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Facultyadjutant
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
Sweden1876 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-07 12:46:25
August 07 2012 02:20 GMT
#1
Fuck






Fuck





Fuck





Fuckity fuck fuckity fuckit




fucking fuck fucker fucket fuckit fucken fucker





Fuck.... Since I was a kid, years ago I knew how my life was going to be, what I was going to do, what I was going to work with. I lived with an uptight family, and progaming was so distant. I was always great at games but never dedicated the time. However bw and later sc2 I got captivated, not because of the game itself or the competitive aspect. But the dreams in it. To see all the progamers cry or cheer at their win. To disheartening losses to invigorating wins.

And I wanted that, I wanted to feel such a passion for something. I wanted to finally feel like I would do something 100%. To give it your all and not sit passive as you sit content, and don´t mind being the average. Those who never risked it all.

What was so enthralling about Jinro was how he poured his soul into it. To become the best in a foreign place. I saw him beating my die hard favorite player Idra in code S. I hate him for it, I absolutely hate him for it. I wanted to kill that motherfucker, irregardless if he was from my country, that fucker beat greggors. But with time I saw what an undertaking he had done, and the sacrifices he had made to get there. It was teamliquid coming out and fighting the world with nothing but heart and passion... and it won.

No one has ever surpassed Jinro, and with it, he now passes into the legends. In similar fashion as Grrr... people will discover Jinro´s unimaginable run at the last OSL - this time sc2.
And recall those days with awe and nostalgia filled memories.

This is a day where we see the foreign ''bonjwa'' of the very first era of sc2 retire, and we look proudly back of his run.


But for me, for me, this day could not be more sad. Because after watching all this passion and dreams, and especially following Jinro after he crushed greggors, seeing his stream and how he more and more spiraled down. But retiring or something like that was beyond this world. I knew he was going to continue forever, and I would to.

Just a month ago I stopped watching and with looking up to Idra and Jinro I started pouring all of it. I became mid gm in two months and have spent every waking moment perfecting my play.

For I to dream.

I dream the same dreams as these.

And to see one losing his ability to dream, it scares me, and it devastated me. What is left of us when we no longer dream? Will my dream to... be only dust one day? Should I just quit now?


No... Because I want to be as proud as Jinro and be able to scream: I FOLLOWED MY DREAM, I never lied to myself. Because what is a dream if not fleeting? It is about the travel and giving it you all. You want to pour everything out and press every drip out of yourself so you can finally see what you really are.



And as so I will continue to dream, and follow my dream, just like Jinro did. Just like Jonathan Walsh did when he left home and chased an adventure in a distant world.

Good luck in poker man!

- Rebel


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Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10287 Posts
August 07 2012 04:17 GMT
#2
This is a day where we see the foreign ''bonwja''

Why does this word have to be dropped in threads like this? Great players and amazing community members like FA can be respected, appreciated, missed... All without this word.

Cheers FA, I hope life goes well for you and you stay a part of the community as you've been for almost forever.
"The right to vote is only the oar of the slaveship, I wanna be free." -- бум бум сучка!
ninazerg
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States7291 Posts
August 07 2012 04:21 GMT
#3
The progamer life is tough. Like any professional competitor, you can't go on such a rigorous schedule and keep it up forever, and I had a bad feeling for awhile that Jinro was feeling discouraged. I can only wish him the best, though.
"If two pregnant women get into a fist fight, it's like a mecha-battle between two unborn babies." - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33565 Posts
August 07 2012 04:24 GMT
#4
I wish I could give you 0/5 solely for misusing bonjwa
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
xxpack09
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2160 Posts
August 07 2012 04:27 GMT
#5
On August 07 2012 13:24 Waxangel wrote:
I wish I could give you 0/5 solely for misusing bonjwa


A 1 will have to be sufficient
Ryalnos
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1946 Posts
August 07 2012 06:09 GMT
#6
On August 07 2012 13:24 Waxangel wrote:
I wish I could give you 0/5 solely for misusing bonjwa


Not to mention misspelling it :|
.Sic.
Profile Joined February 2011
Korea (South)497 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-07 07:04:27
August 07 2012 07:04 GMT
#7
i wonder why its spelled bonjwa, the pronunciation is closer to bone-jaw
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Shana
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Indonesia1814 Posts
August 07 2012 11:19 GMT
#8
What is a bonwja?
Believing in what lies ahead. | That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.
Facultyadjutant
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
Sweden1876 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-07 12:48:36
August 07 2012 12:42 GMT
#9
On August 07 2012 13:27 xxpack09 wrote:
A 1 will have to be sufficient


On August 07 2012 20:19 Shana wrote:
What is a bonwja?


On August 07 2012 13:24 Waxangel wrote:
I wish I could give you 0/5 solely for misusing bonjwa

It's in '' '' marks. (however, I did correct the spelling mistake)

The point was to attest the efforts and recollect of what could have been if the dream continued, aswell as play around with the word.

I am not removing it.

Edit:

This part of internet culture, where everything is accompanied by jokes or comedic effect, I wonder why that is. Guess it´s the reddit effect. Think il do a blog about it in the future.
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