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Ever since last year (December 07), when Quesadilla and I started (re-started) hosting the SoCal LAN's, they have been progressively more successful. Now, it will be the one year anniversary of the first SoCal LAN, and I want to see the biggest and best LAN yet!
Here's a brief history (in picture form) of the SoCal LAN's!
It all started in 2005... when Syntax (aka Izack.. or the other way around), planned out the first one, which led into a second one (pic), and we all met again for the WCG qualifiers that year as well. Good times, back when we were all little newbies, watching Day[9], CypressMan, and Froz destroy everyone. Well actually, it seems like nothing has changed since then. But the LAN's were nice, friendly, and tons of fun. Although there was a hiatus for several years - no more fun LAN's.
Then in about December 2007, Quesadilla said "hey some SoCal people should get together and play BW!" and of course I jumped right on board with that idea. We organized the first SoCal LAN, which was really low key, only 7 players actually played, but it was a blast. Xeris, Sonic, and Machine were able to take 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, respectively. After that, we decided to host another one!
In February of 2008 we hosted SoCal LAN 2, this one was at a better venue, there were more players, and there was a prize pool as well as a raffle. The games were really intense, although Day[9] dominated it... but Machine flexed his muscles, and JoeKim cheesed his way up to the 3rd spot!
We knew that another SoCal LAN was pretty much a certainty....
August 23rd 2008 was the date of the third SoCal LAN. This one featured an even better venue (Howies), the largest number of participants (17), and the largest prize pool. We also received a free case of Monster energy drinks at the end. The skill level at this one was also better than it has ever been. CypressMan returned to dominate after failing to come to SoCal LAN 1 and 2 (but he owned the 2005 ones), with Day[9] taking 2nd place, and Deuce the unknown gosu taking 3rd place.
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SoCal LAN 4 will be held at Cyber Cafe Planet in July of this year! It's been a long time since the last SoCal LAN but we have finally found a new home after the Howie's disappointment. CCP will prove to be an awesome place, with lots of computers, good monitors, and the ability to bring your own gear and everything else.
This will be the best SoCal LAN to date!
LAN Date
July 18th, 2009
Who's Here
1. Xeris
2. Machine
3. CowGoMoo
4. Diggity
5. KingHillBilly
6. Cypress
7. Meatpost[aov]
8. Meatpost's friend
9. Semih
10. Stiffy[aov]
11. Sanity
12. Hypnosis
13. AcrossFiveJulys
14. ash.sonic
15. TFlame
16. Johnny
Entry Fee
$25
BRACKETS
Groups:
http://www.wgtour.com/draw.php?datab=broodwar&id=13104
Final Bracket:
http://www.wgtour.com/draw.php?datab=broodwar&id=13106
Final Standings
1st. Machine ($131)
2nd. Cypressman ($61)
3rd. Semih ($11)
4th. Meatpost[aov]
Thanks to:
Cyber Cafe Planet !
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Ahhhhh I don't think it would be possible for me to show, taking time off from work is such a bitch : |. If I wasn't in Fresno I could definitely come. I don't know anyone in person yet either and a long drive + definite getting raped in the tourney doesn't sound like I would enjoy it, haha. Don't you do the LAN party for watching the OSL finals or whatever, Xeris? I think I'll try to catch that if I can't make this one.
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semioldguy is the one with the party for the OSL finals.
That day is so far out there that i'm not sure yet if I can make it.
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I think I'm in Vegas that weekend... if not, then I'm there.
And you don't need to be good to go to the LAN, it's fun regardless. I'm not very good and don't think I have a chance of actually winning, but I always have fun going.
edit: I locked the other thread. I'll unlock it when it disappears from the top couple pages in a few days.
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cool thanks yo =D
ya semioldguy is the guy who does the OSL/MSL party things, those are really cool as well.
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WADAFAX!!!!
people best be coming cuz it's gonna be awesome ok ?!
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I might be able to make this. It depends on:
A) If I have work this day.
B) If I forget like I did with the last SOCAL event t.t
Haven't practiced in freaking ages so I'm gonna suck hard if I do show up.... Maybe I will just 6 pool or go DT's every game and hope for the best =)
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count me in, should be fun ^_^
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EG needs to send me and Jake to this! rofl
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EG does need to 
ship it
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Barring any serious complications I will be there.
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Everyone and their mothers should be there.
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OMGoSh <3 Diggity
somene take a picture of him no one knows what he looks like
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First picture, bottom left, hilarious! xD
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yes... THIS is what Diggity looks like.
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ya I know but this is the closest approximation known to man. truly, only God can comprehend the perfection that is Diggity
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On June 25 2009 09:03 Xeris wrote:
ya I know but this is the closest approximation known to man. truly, only God can comprehend the perfection that is Diggity
It's rumored that those who venture to close to Diggity actually have their retinas burned from the pure beauty of his presence.
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This is soon... just under 3 weeks to go. Need more people! SoCal people, UNITE
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Awesome player list so far... G5, Machine, Day[9]. It'd be awesome if more people came!
AWESOME
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I will be there unless I forget again. So far I am 1-1 for remembering LAN events.
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This is in Sweden I assume? :X
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On July 03 2009 03:30 Boundz(DarKo) wrote:
This is in Sweden I assume? :X
- Cyber Cafe Planet
19026 Brookhurst St.
Huntington Beach, CA 92646
Not quite in Sweden, just a few thousand miles away.
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damn, too many good players
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stfu David , you better show up
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I am poor, I might come to be a lookie lou. Also, I might not come because I'll be at home playing sc2.
Oh shit, KingHillBilly is coming - I thought you were just a war2 pro.
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On July 07 2009 05:18 CharlieMurphy wrote:
I am poor, I might come to be a lookie lou. Also, I might not come because I'll be at home playing sc2.
Oh shit, KingHillBilly is coming - I thought you were just a war2 pro.
yaok
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this is in 2 weekends guys! It would be cool to have +10 people added to this list! let's gooo!!!! =D
I can guarantee awesomeness
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u are not coming to blizzcon to see me, why should i go there to see you
bad duran bad bad bad bad bad bad
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WTF I went last year yo! =E
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i will be at both, so HAH!
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Okay, so it's lame to come and watch. What if I bring delicious boozes to add to the prize pool?
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Anyways need more people! Don't be shy ;]
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Machine you plan on getting lost at this one? If in doubt JUST GO SOUTH that should get you to the beach eventually lol
Or you can go to garmin.com to buy a great GPS lol <3 Bryce
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me and my friend are going~
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It's easy, just take the 405 and exit Brookhurst, head towards the ocean about 5-6 blocks and there is a shit load of fast food restaraunts. It's right behind the jack in the box, in the 99 cents store/pep boy's shopping center.
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everyone best be coming =D
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My friend AdmiralTimoteo wants to go and he wants me to go along, WE'LL SEE! Gotta wait for my work schedule.
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just as a reminder, this is the same date as Tournament 3 for the TL.net Iron man
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Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu------------
I'll be on tour, I cant go :/
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Hey Xeris what kind of deal did CCP hook up btw?
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SEAN NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
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T_T lame, really wanted to see Sean again T_T
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made a youtube video to try and draw some people in
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If anyone coming has ever played warcraft 2, this will be your chance to meet a living legend. :o
Do we have a confirmed list of how many people are going to show up for this?
NM I see the list on the first post. Thats it? moar people!
Also - party/drinking somewhere after? I'd assume most are over 21...
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yes I agree.. need more people :D
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maps would be nice ^_^ also party after would be awsome as well
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Maps: Destination, Medusa, Python, and Heatbreak Ridge... sound good?
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Destination , Othello , Tau Cross , Gods garden
sound better
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maps sound good as long as they are relatively recent.
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ok so stick with those 4 I listed =P
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Hypnosis and I may be driving from colorado
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I gotta work and most likely won't be showing up when you guys start. If you're still there after I get off at like 6/7pm I might show up.
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holy shit i missed this when it was posted... but finally I'm in town during another one of these (I went to the 1st one) so fuck yea I'm THERE
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Awesome
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BTW, I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO PROMISE TO BRING A CAMERA TO TAKE PICTURES. IF YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE PM ME!
sorry for caps, but this is important ^__^!
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I don't own a camera and my phone takes 320x240 pictures so..... not it.
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lol =D
my phone doesn't even take pictures period.
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On July 16 2009 09:53 Xeris wrote:
BTW, I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO PROMISE TO BRING A CAMERA TO TAKE PICTURES. IF YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE PM ME!
sorry for caps, but this is important ^__^!
Phone takes decent picz, I can bring my camera too.
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On July 16 2009 09:53 Xeris wrote:
BTW, I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO PROMISE TO BRING A CAMERA TO TAKE PICTURES. IF YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE PM ME!
sorry for caps, but this is important ^__^!
Sanity is bringing is and we are going to document our 15 hour drive from colorado. Mind you we are bringing alot of weed so it should be awesome.
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is their going to be a party after? and if so can I stay @ someones house that night? Its gonna be like a 4 and a half hour drive for me, I dont mind staying after but driving till like 6 am is nothnx
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I live in Ontario, about an hour or so from the lan center, but i can put up a few people for the night if need be. Just look for the guy playing warcraft 2 haha.
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lets play on b.net so machine can't micro his mutals
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bryce you can stay at my place if you want.
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lol, its gonna be awsome seeing u again david ^_^ , ty Duran, if we have a party I will most likely want to stay over after ^_^ thanks for letting me over!
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Sean... you just had to give me hope, then crush it, didn't you? lol jk
gonna be great to see you again !
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Lawlerskates =D
EVERYONE SHOW UP OR DIE. That is all.
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>< duran why ur lan so much cooler looking in op than mine? can you tell me codes for spoilers etc to make mine look cool? :D
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[.spoiler]
[./spoiler]
=P pretty straight forward dave =D
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On July 18 2009 04:05 Game wrote:
>< duran why ur lan so much cooler looking in op than mine? can you tell me codes for spoilers etc to make mine look cool? :D
You see that Smiles & UBB code overview button above the post box? use that.
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honestly I didn't even know that =P
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I r spendin da night @ DOORAN'Z Houze, cuz if i left in the morning i would have to wake up @ like 6 am aka not gonna happen lol
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I'm breaking your fingers while you sleep bitch! +D
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cool cool.
I'm here now with:
Machine, Semih, Semi's Friend, CowGoMoo, KingHillBilly, and 1 more guy (forgot who he was).
Waiting for more !_!~
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WHERE ARE YOU OUT OF STATE GUYS ?
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I'm bored, could i still come or too late?
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I'm bored, could i still come or too late?
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come in the next few mins =p
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Alright we have 16 people, $200 and some change in prizes. I'm gonna update the op with the full info.
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I hope you guys are still there when I get off work, I'm heading down there at like 6/7pm
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We are going to try to set up a live broadcast ! Stay tuned.
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First round is done... still trying to set up live streaming.
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anybody reading this thread / care want me to livereport ? I can livereport Cypressman vs Semih (wb semis) playing right now.
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WB Finals: Cypressman vs Machine
LB Semis:
Sanity vs Semih
Johnny vs Meatpost[aov]
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LB Consolation Final:
Semih vs Meatpost
Machine 1-0
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Cypress 1-0 Semih in LB Final...
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What's the dealy, are you guys done? Too late to stop by?
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Machine vs Cypress in the final
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you can stop by... it's the finals now
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Bryce starts with 1-0 series lead... Cypress needs to win 2 BO3's to take it.
Semih takes 3rd.
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I'm about 30 minutes away
edit - well, I'm off work now and I assume you guys are done?
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was a fucking awesome lan to bad we didnt have Le mother fucking Epic Day[9] there
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That was a ton of fun even though I got raped. I especially enjoyed the nerdgument I had at Islands afterwords over the flash vs julyzerg GOM semifinals!
Oh, and tourney people, hit me up on iccup, ID: Curtailed
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and lets do it again soon btw
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thanks everyone for coming it was really awesome... so great for all the out-of-state people that flew down for this, I feel honored and hope you all had fun.
the next one will of course be bigger and better =D
**PS Sanity gogo pics!**
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this was alot of fun, hopefully we do this again soon!
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Sounded awesome. Lotta good players.
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Sanity where r teh pics =D
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he said he gonna upload them when he goes back home tommorow
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are there any replays available? I wanna see cyp games
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Bet meatpost didn't go on a bm rampage when he lost in lan. The guys who nerdrage hardest online are always meek as anything irl.
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Kwark you dont even fucking know me first off and yeah i do bm on bnet but at least im not like a fucking idra-esque person irl like you are.
and stfu next time
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I never bm, online or off. You don't know me offline so you can't possibly judge me. I know you online, I can judge you there.
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oooooooooo what ever kwark
Edit: you act like you werent bming me A LOT more than i was bming u that was more of a response bm
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I will try to get commentated replays up asap
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Meatpost is a cool guy... stfu Kwark it's not as if you have a perfect reputation either. don't derail my thread with your drama bait / flames please; I have nothing against you but your posts are pretty much uncalled for.
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On July 20 2009 09:05 Meatpost[aov] wrote:
he said he gonna upload them when he goes back home tommorow
cool
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On July 20 2009 09:20 Kwark wrote:
Bet meatpost didn't go on a bm rampage when he lost in lan. The guys who nerdrage hardest online are always meek as anything irl.
Isn't there some non PvP matches on longinus you should be playing? We all know how much legitmacy falls behind that sexy rank of yours whenever you do that.... turns me on personally.... Better yet.... make another blog about it, Chill loves those.
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paul you truly are the light of my life.
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On July 20 2009 09:49 Kwark wrote:I never bm, online or off. You don't know me offline so you can't possibly judge me. I know you online, I can judge you there.
LOL KWARK FUCK YOU , meatpost is way cooler and has a much cooler view of the beach then you ever will so Fuck off . Come to the LAN then talk shit k?
gg
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TELL SANITY TO UPLOAD PICS =P
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On July 22 2009 02:06 Xeris wrote:
TELL SANITY TO UPLOAD PICS =P
what he said
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I have the pics. Blog incoming, might take awhile... but it'll be cool ok?
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On July 21 2009 13:11 SkepTicAL wrote:Show nested quote +On July 20 2009 09:20 Kwark wrote:
Bet meatpost didn't go on a bm rampage when he lost in lan. The guys who nerdrage hardest online are always meek as anything irl. Isn't there some non PvP matches on longinus you should be playing? We all know how much legitmacy falls behind that sexy rank of yours whenever you do that.... turns me on personally.... Better yet.... make another blog about it, Chill loves those.
If I recall correctly Longinus hasn't been motw since I've been playing this season and it's not like I have any trouble getting decent ranks playing straightup on other maps. I have nothing to be ashamed of, people who bitch and whine when they lose a game online do.
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Its ok kwark, what I think everyone is trying to say is, no one cares. So go make a blog about it or something but please dont continue with this silly argument.
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finally back, ah fuck that drive lol. it was fun meeting everyone had a great time!
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On July 22 2009 09:47 Machine[USA] wrote:
Its ok kwark, what I think everyone is trying to say is, no one cares. So go make a blog about it or something but please dont continue with this silly argument.
k, np.
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