I planned to make this an epic post for the ages, but I used up all my creativity in my previous two blogs (Kdrama style fanfic and a spoof on mixed eSports). With my monthly imaginary tank running low, I'll scrap together whatever remaining bits to put this together. There is no way I'm waiting another day or two for something epic to come up, I must post in all the subscribed threads!
Since Roffles did an AMA but abandoned it halfway down page 2 (scumbag Roffles right?), I'll yoink his idea and do one myself. Meh, but then I'm not exactly a mystery kind of person so at least the TLMS people know enough about me already.
But, before everything else, may I humbly suggest some background music for reading this blog? (*gasp*, not Kpop!!)
Introduction
On April 10 2012 05:00 TheToast wrote: You know it's funny, I've heard some of the BW TL vets complaining about how SC2 has brought so many "trolls" and poor posters to TL. Yet the BW forum sure has it's fair share of terrible posters. The only difference is the bad posters in SC2 get permed after about 200 posts, poor posters in BW tend to somehow reach 5000 posts before they get permed.
Tomato, Tomaato.
Words of wisdom from one of the ABL Discussion Thread comrades. It's true, bad posting isn't an exclusive property of the newly-joined members, older members do it too. I must confess I have a couple warnings and bans to my name too, although my last ban (via this harmless blog) was probably totally worth it!
Nowadays with a gazillion SC2 tournaments in the SC2 tournament section, lots of them being LR, lots of new joiners rack up posts in such a fast pace that would make even Torte de Lini frown in disbelief. For me though, a BW faithful, I don't have lots of places to spam "YES STORK BOSS YEAH GGGGGGGGGGGGGG" plus since I'm done university, I can't make flexible sleeping patterns to watch games live during weekdays. What I'm trying to say is, from about 3k (my last milestone blog) to 5k, I think most of my posts are from the MapleStory thread and the blog section (all the girl blogs yay).
Involvement
After first joining TL (after a couple months of lurking) in 2009, I never had long-term goals to be involved in the community as much as I am right now. Okay, well, I'm not exactly super-involved, but in the past couple years I've been:
- playing MapleStory and keeping the guild together for most of mid-late 2011 (before it finally died T_T RIP TLMS) - translating Korean articles, most of BW fans would know! - giving out lengthy, legitimate (and sometimes half-troll...) advices on girl blogs - writing random fanfics (the one linked in the preface is a good example, but there's this too) - read Katawa Shoujo, my first VN... DEM FEELS (Hanabro4lyfe)
Actually, now that I think of it, it doesn't seem like a lot... I've said no to a lot of guest-writing requests for BW hype threads because I'm a huge Stork fan (bias incoming) and I really suck at making solid commitments. Maybe I should get around to doing that too late for that it seems...
Anyway, I enjoyed doing activities I listed above - I don't think I'd have came across the opportunities if it weren't for TL. It also keeps me sane during boring work days. Now, with the amount of browsing and posting I do at work, some accuse me of being a big slacker at work. Nope, nope, I am a stellar employee who meets deadlines with exceptional quality work. It's just that when I fire up the network model simulations, I have nothing else to do but watch occasionally for potential problems. Okay, I could be working on the non-analysis part of the report, or doing work in other projects, but why multitask with projects when you could be on TL?
Opinions and Ramble
I figure this is a good place to express all my opinions. Right?
- Stork is #1 progamer. Stork forever. - Fantasy is a scrub. Booo. Screw you Fantasy. - I will not cheer for Shine although I am a Khan fan (well probably more of just a Stork fan). - I am no longer a SC2/LoL hater because of that recent BW Head Coaches Interview article I translated. After reading that... I have come to terms with the reality and I'll support whatever those Korean teams decide to do. Blah, fine, to be completely honest I'm still a bit of a hater. So the correct thing for me to say would be that I'm less of a hater. There.
Okay, wait, more on that. I still think BW is the best game and it deserves its own league. I grew up watching BW. While catching up with BW VODs, I crush AI's on BGH by turtling into carrier+arbiter (lol laugh at me laugh at me XD) just because it feels good. When my best friends come over, I force them to play at least a game of BW with me - then I have to pay my part of the bargain and play LoL with them. Regarding BW, there is nostalgia, no doubt, but there is also no other game like BW that even comes close to its excitement. It's been said that BW was never intended to be so balanced and so amazing, and I believe it's the community and the dedicated professionals (progamers, teams, mapmakers alike) that made it as incredible as it was in its prime years. I know that OGN's (and MBC... RIP MBC Game) casting team plays a major part in making it exciting, so that is why I haven't abandoned all hope with OGN's transition to SC2/LoL.
- IU is still my #1 but Eunji (Apink) her high note are so good, I wouldn't say "jizz-in-my-pants" but you get what I mean. So I don't know, I'd still choose IU but Eunji is so good. Speaking of which, if you feel like you've had enough muse, here is Eunji in a sweet duet:
I don't browse the KMD (avoid it like the plague, they said). I do update myself on the recent Kpop stuff though. Not very recent, maybe, but I think my three favourite songs at the moment are Shinhwa - Venus, Shinee - Sherlock, and Sistar - Alone.
OpShot's Girl Blog
*Gasp* the dude offering all those detailed advices on girl blogs actually has girl problems? No, I don't have some heart-wrenching 7-year on-and-off mixed-signals cheating-involved drama, although I would love to read someone else's story about it because I simply feast on juicy e-drama. Let me sum up my entire university love life in one word: ENGINEERING. I'm sure you all understand.
That being said, there is this cute brunette at my office that I get to see in the cafeteria once in a while. I think she's in HR, because I never see her around my area, and she was doing the tickets at the company Christmas party last December. I know her name because I creeped her on the company employee list. She was also handing out popsicles last summer. She kind of looks like Alison Brie (yay Community!). I don't think she knows my name.
Shoutouts
Erm, every time there is a milestone blog and shoutouts, it's corny as shit. Thanking internet people for the internet, sort of seems silly and honestly do the people read it anyway? I mean the people in it maybe feel good for two seconds then they click on another blog, and the people not in it feel like shit (I'm looking at you people who didn't include me in your shoutouts!!!).
Still, I want to say thanks to the people that make my everyday TL experiences awesome! Where else to do it except in a milestone blog, right? It's a lot better than sending an awkward PM then the recipient gets awkward too then we all do the awkward turtle dance and yeah.
Roffles the raging troll, jaymik the mex, JonsaBoy the physicshomeworkboy, kesrith the Fuhrer, showkjh my downtown boy, Neos the ignorant, Nytefish the neoslover, Yomi.Doom the RIPBONJWA (noob), Enderbantoo the terrormic, Kamille the traplover (but also an odd intellectual), infinitestory the infinitely useless, Nunger the Aussie, naonao the tubs, xusam the old (remember I'm Gina's #1 fan), meltingcake the forevernab, Kyuukyuu my BW brother, Harem the awesome (Eunji <3), Abenson the Sens-fan (shame on you tsk tsk), Elvex the haxx0r, all you guys are awesome and please keep me entertained on TS because I am bored (even right now). Also moar girl blogs pl0x. And of course, the new symbol of TLMS TS channel: + Show Spoiler +
Kiett the #1 Bisu fan, Sawamura the defender of BW, BLinD-RawR the KT fan, Azera the teenage blogger, TheToast the oh-so-punny ABL regular, Hassybaby the fellow girl blog hunter, Sayle the BW (re)caster, TheAntZ the Pokemon Master, Konadora the lolimaster, you people keep it going strong!
Conclusion
With that, I now declare myself a not-terrible BW poster.
I've learnt just recently that your name forms an anagram of "postcoital", bar the h.
Given your prolific commenting in girl blogs, I think this spookily apt, though perhaps you should only be qualified to give advice on what to do after the deal is sealed.
Okay fine she's not like a 100% replica but that's my impression of her.
On April 25 2012 02:08 kesrith wrote: sc2 or bw?
BW4LYFE
On April 25 2012 02:28 ohsea.toc wrote: OpticalShot,
I've learnt just recently that your name forms an anagram of "postcoital", bar the h.
Given your prolific commenting in girl blogs, I think this spookily apt, though perhaps you should only be qualified to give advice on what to do after the deal is sealed.
Regards, and congratulations on 5k!
Thank you, I never knew about that anagram... really I just liked spamming optical shot on Albus mode (Castlevania - Order of Ecclesia)
On April 25 2012 02:40 konadora wrote: im sad i dont get a mention
you no reply me on facebook bro =P actually when was the last time I left a message?
On April 25 2012 02:41 Sawamura wrote: hater and forever will be hater ^_^ . By the way what is AmA and what has this blog got to do with milestone o.o
Ask Me Anything The contents mostly have nothing to do with milestone... hehehe
<20:02:35> "OpticalShot" : there is no way im killing stork <20:03:01> "OpticalShot" : that's like killing esports <20:03:04> "OpticalShot" : but fuck <20:03:06> "OpticalShot" : that hana pic <20:03:16> "OpticalShot" : she so ready for my chocolate <20:03:21> "OpticalShot" :
On April 25 2012 01:59 OpticalShot wrote: OpShot's Girl Blog Let me sum up my entire university love life in one word: ENGINEERING. I'm sure you all understand.
You're in Toronto right? I'm in my last year of eng @ U Toronto, I lol'd a lot when I read this.
<20:09:08> "OpticalShot" : you made me kill my waifu
I have no further questions. Thanks for calling me physicshomeworkboy.
YOU MONSTER
On April 25 2012 03:36 Rkie wrote: Favorite BW unit from each race? I want to guess + Show Spoiler +
Muta, Ghost, Scout
. No idea why.
P - Scout (prince of the skies, very unique because... it's simply not cost-effective) T - Tank (the symbol of Terran army) Z - Guardian... just kind of picked it at random right now
On April 25 2012 01:59 OpticalShot wrote: OpShot's Girl Blog Let me sum up my entire university love life in one word: ENGINEERING. I'm sure you all understand.
You're in Toronto right? I'm in my last year of eng @ U Toronto, I lol'd a lot when I read this.
5/5 for all the BW stuff, I couldn't agree more.
I graduated last year, engsci - infrastructure. Enjoying your final year?
That blog was way better. On that day, you became a true TL hero.
It also keeps me sane during boring work days. Now, with the amount of browsing and posting I do at work, some accuse me of being a big slacker at work. Nope, nope, I am a stellar employee who meets deadlines with exceptional quality work.
There's a reason I have 3000 posts, the most complete thread in Tech Support, and a growing number of LP coins. And it's not because I work hard at my job....
With that, I now declare myself a not-terrible BW poster.
Grats, your posts invariably make me chuckle and I will remember the ban-me thread for all times. I don't meander into most girl blogs but if you make silly posts there then I may have to more often. Also...ask the HR girl out yo!
Favorite ice cream flavor? y u no have girl drama go pick up dat cutie so i can read the resulting blog about how you're happily married and i go d'awww ♥ KMF: Fantasy, Shine, JulyZerg What do you do for your job anyway? Ringtone atm? Are Bisu and I meant for each other? What jobs/levels were your chars in MS? Best K-drama ever?
I don't really do boy blogs, but for a 5000 post present I tell you a love story: + Show Spoiler +
When I was but a young girl (like 13), I was addicted to dis dumb maplestory game. There I met a dashing, handsome, and sweet guy, an I/L wiz like me, who let me follow him around and leech off of him for a day (his pickup line: "Hey, you wanna grab my loot while I grind?") and we became fast friends soon after. He was 6 years older than I, an engineering student at University of Toronto (LOL i swear i'm not making this up). His name was George, but I called him Minty. I fell deeply in love. For over 2 years we ran (and teleported) through the lands of Maple hand in hand. His nickname for me was Kit, because apparently Kiett is too hard to type or something (wat). We did everything together, and I used to imagine that when I grew up I would move to Canada and go to school in Toronto to be with him, and I had all these crazy girly fantasies in my mind 24/7. But then one day he disappeared. When I finally got hold of him, he said he'd left to play some other MMO called Flyff. I was so betrayed and sad. We'd added each other on myspace cuz facebook wasn't around then, but myspace is just a terrible site and awful for fostering long lasting relationships between people like facebook is. I tried flyff once but it was such a shit game. Eventually I heard from him less and less, and he stopped going on myspace too. I found his facebook a while back, but never added him, because wtf would I say? Hey, remember that one chick you used to play that one online game with like 6 years ago? Yeah, no. So in the end, we never regained contact, but he still lives on in my heart and my memory~ And then I met Bisu and forgot about every other guy I'd ever thought about prior to that :D The end!
On April 25 2012 05:47 Synwave wrote: Grats, your posts invariably make me chuckle and I will remember the ban-me thread for all times. I don't meander into most girl blogs but if you make silly posts there then I may have to more often. Also...ask the HR girl out yo!
Thank you sir, I hope to deliver more laughs in the future. The HR girl, however, doesn't know my name.
On April 25 2012 06:49 Kiett wrote: i wub u
Favorite ice cream flavor? y u no have girl drama go pick up dat cutie so i can read the resulting blog about how you're happily married and i go d'awww ♥ KMF: Fantasy, Shine, JulyZerg What do you do for your job anyway? Ringtone atm? Are Bisu and I meant for each other? What jobs/levels were your chars in MS? Best K-drama ever?
I don't really do boy blogs, but for a 5000 post present I tell you a love story: + Show Spoiler +
When I was but a young girl (like 13), I was addicted to dis dumb maplestory game. There I met a dashing, handsome, and sweet guy, an I/L wiz like me, who let me follow him around and leech off of him for a day (his pickup line: "Hey, you wanna grab my loot while I grind?") and we became fast friends soon after. He was 6 years older than I, an engineering student at University of Toronto (LOL i swear i'm not making this up). His name was George, but I called him Minty. I fell deeply in love. For over 2 years we ran (and teleported) through the lands of Maple hand in hand. His nickname for me was Kit, because apparently Kiett is too hard to type or something (wat). We did everything together, and I used to imagine that when I grew up I would move to Canada and go to school in Toronto to be with him, and I had all these crazy girly fantasies in my mind 24/7. But then one day he disappeared. When I finally got hold of him, he said he'd left to play some other MMO called Flyff. I was so betrayed and sad. We'd added each other on myspace cuz facebook wasn't around then, but myspace is just a terrible site and awful for fostering long lasting relationships between people like facebook is. I tried flyff once but it was such a shit game. Eventually I heard from him less and less, and he stopped going on myspace too. I found his facebook a while back, but never added him, because wtf would I say? Hey, remember that one chick you used to play that one online game with like 6 years ago? Yeah, no. So in the end, we never regained contact, but he still lives on in my heart and my memory~ And then I met Bisu and forgot about every other guy I'd ever thought about prior to that :D The end!
Favourite ice cream flavour (notice the awesome 'u's in there that's right Canadian English awww yeah): Superkid (available at Laura Secord) it looks like this: http://www.laurasecord.ca/details/superkid/ although if I had to pick one ice cream bar, it'd be Jaws (Korean... you may know it)
No girl drama because I sit in a cubicle all day by myself and my computer and TL and that's all I do D=
KMF's are awfully mean today... K Fantasy M Shine F JulyZerg, yes I have thought it through and imagined it fully, K Fantasy is a given and I'd shove Shine in the kitchen and JulyZerg, well, I won't go there...
At my job I make traffic models using traffic modelling software (yes very redundant), simulate, analyze, and write recommendations based on it. I also browse TL full-time and used to translate for Fomos part-time (all at work).
Ringtone: Cry Cry (T-ara) I had this for the longest time, should definitely make a new one.
You and Bisu are meant for each other of course it's all good as long as Stork remains available for me.
Highest char in MS is 190 Corsair. I also have a bunch at 70-110 but yeah that corsair!
Best K-drama ever? Well I haven't watched a ton, but obviously the one I watched during my puberty years touched me the deepest. So that would be Winter Sonata.
+ Your story: D'AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW Dem loots be real romantic.
On April 25 2012 09:19 Yomi.Doom wrote: That Corsair was real weak until everyone quit. Opnig then got all the quitters accounts to manage and he suddenly became super stronk.
RIP xSoBad
RIP all the valiant heroes of the sanctuary Your heroic deeds will be remembered
On April 25 2012 10:00 Nytefish wrote: Why is my MS stuff all gone ( You hack me?
Nope, not me, but your gun is gone nooooo
On April 25 2012 11:23 Mobius_1 wrote: When are you going to Korea to start full time Kdrama writing?
Who will you cast as Bisu? Who as Kiett? Who as Stork?
How will you resist your boss's demands for the female lead to get cancer?
FMK Manifesto7/Nyovne/EvilTeletubby (Our top 3 most ban mods)
1) when I make enough money from this engineering job which is never D= 2) All as named, if not, I'll use some cheap Kpop idol stars lol. 3) Female lead gets cancer... sounds like a fine idea (of course she'll get cured in the most unexplainable way possible) 4) this KMF is definitely a trap to huehue me into ban. but... HOPEFULLY mani is afk. so K mani M nyov F ETT!!!
damn 5k!! congrats man, also (for some reason i type "awesome" instead of also the first time, i guess even my subconscious knows ur awesome) thank you for all the bw translations hopefully u'll keep doing them and i'll read ur 10k blog post ^^ Not really a question, (well it kinda is) Fav game of bw, that u played and do u still have a replay so i can watch ^^ <3
On April 25 2012 06:49 Kiett wrote: I don't really do boy blogs, but for a 5000 post present I tell you a love story: + Show Spoiler +
When I was but a young girl (like 13), I was addicted to dis dumb maplestory game. There I met a dashing, handsome, and sweet guy, an I/L wiz like me, who let me follow him around and leech off of him for a day (his pickup line: "Hey, you wanna grab my loot while I grind?") and we became fast friends soon after. He was 6 years older than I, an engineering student at University of Toronto (LOL i swear i'm not making this up). His name was George, but I called him Minty. I fell deeply in love. For over 2 years we ran (and teleported) through the lands of Maple hand in hand. His nickname for me was Kit, because apparently Kiett is too hard to type or something (wat). We did everything together, and I used to imagine that when I grew up I would move to Canada and go to school in Toronto to be with him, and I had all these crazy girly fantasies in my mind 24/7. But then one day he disappeared. When I finally got hold of him, he said he'd left to play some other MMO called Flyff. I was so betrayed and sad. We'd added each other on myspace cuz facebook wasn't around then, but myspace is just a terrible site and awful for fostering long lasting relationships between people like facebook is. I tried flyff once but it was such a shit game. Eventually I heard from him less and less, and he stopped going on myspace too. I found his facebook a while back, but never added him, because wtf would I say? Hey, remember that one chick you used to play that one online game with like 6 years ago? Yeah, no. So in the end, we never regained contact, but he still lives on in my heart and my memory~ And then I met Bisu and forgot about every other guy I'd ever thought about prior to that :D The end!
T_T (man tears) into ^^ (nodding agreement for bisu) u should totally add him on fb, gamergirls are the BEST type of girls ever, ofc they get completely shitted on by BW-bisu-loving-gamer girls
On April 25 2012 15:15 Hurricane wrote: Did you play Battlefield: Heroes?
Nope o.o
On April 25 2012 16:11 endy wrote: Just want to say thanks for the articles your translated ! Congrats for 5k ! (it will probably take me a while since we have less and less BW )
You're welcome. =) Less BW = more blog reading!
On April 25 2012 16:22 Shock710 wrote: damn 5k!! congrats man, also (for some reason i type "awesome" instead of also the first time, i guess even my subconscious knows ur awesome) thank you for all the bw translations hopefully u'll keep doing them and i'll read ur 10k blog post ^^ Not really a question, (well it kinda is) Fav game of bw, that u played and do u still have a replay so i can watch ^^ <3
On April 25 2012 06:49 Kiett wrote: I don't really do boy blogs, but for a 5000 post present I tell you a love story: + Show Spoiler +
When I was but a young girl (like 13), I was addicted to dis dumb maplestory game. There I met a dashing, handsome, and sweet guy, an I/L wiz like me, who let me follow him around and leech off of him for a day (his pickup line: "Hey, you wanna grab my loot while I grind?") and we became fast friends soon after. He was 6 years older than I, an engineering student at University of Toronto (LOL i swear i'm not making this up). His name was George, but I called him Minty. I fell deeply in love. For over 2 years we ran (and teleported) through the lands of Maple hand in hand. His nickname for me was Kit, because apparently Kiett is too hard to type or something (wat). We did everything together, and I used to imagine that when I grew up I would move to Canada and go to school in Toronto to be with him, and I had all these crazy girly fantasies in my mind 24/7. But then one day he disappeared. When I finally got hold of him, he said he'd left to play some other MMO called Flyff. I was so betrayed and sad. We'd added each other on myspace cuz facebook wasn't around then, but myspace is just a terrible site and awful for fostering long lasting relationships between people like facebook is. I tried flyff once but it was such a shit game. Eventually I heard from him less and less, and he stopped going on myspace too. I found his facebook a while back, but never added him, because wtf would I say? Hey, remember that one chick you used to play that one online game with like 6 years ago? Yeah, no. So in the end, we never regained contact, but he still lives on in my heart and my memory~ And then I met Bisu and forgot about every other guy I'd ever thought about prior to that :D The end!
T_T (man tears) into ^^ (nodding agreement for bisu) u should totally add him on fb, gamergirls are the BEST type of girls ever, ofc they get completely shitted on by BW-bisu-loving-gamer girls
I don't have a replay that I'd call favourite... nor do I have any replays, really. I'm just a casual player (and a hardcore fan). If I had to pick one game to watch, it'd be Stork vs Jaedong on Match Point, SPL, I think that was two years ago... Match Point was such a beautiful map.
On April 25 2012 16:24 BrTarolg wrote: Bow down to your guildmaster
Also are you playing swordgirls with us yet?
Where is other sg players
You abandoned us! You quit before I joined! Also, I think everyone quit Sword Girls already. I don't see anybody talking about it on TS (and I don't play it any more). I'm trying to get better at Baseball '12 on Android.
On April 25 2012 18:10 Azera wrote: NEW RECRUIT OF TL MS IS COMING
I logged in yesterday to patch and you know, see what's up... and entire guild was dead.
On April 25 2012 23:12 storkfan wrote: Dating girls from work? Cmon man, you should know thats strictly no go territory. Way too much shit that could go wrong.
My boss's wife works in the same company (different office, same city). That being said, I do agree dating girls from work is generally a bad idea. Not that I'm on a hot pursuit or anything. I added that blurb just because I thought she was attractive (and she still doesn't know my name).
EPT
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