I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our community.
Half score one years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, created StarCraft. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.
But eleven years later, the slave still is not free. Eleven years later, the life of the slave is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. Eleven years later, the slave lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. Eleven years later, the slave is still languished in the corners of society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.
In a sense we've come to our community's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the compedium, they were signing a promissory note to which every member was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." It is obvious today that our community has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, your community has given the members a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds."
But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this community. And so, we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.
We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind our community of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of capitalism. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of financial justice. Now is the time to lift our community from the quicksands of injustice to the solid rock of competition. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of My children.
It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Twenty Naught-Nine is not an end, but a beginning. And those who are now content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. And there will be neither rest nor tranquility in StarCraft until the slave is granted his rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our community until the bright day of justice emerges.
We cannot walk alone.
And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead.
We cannot turn back.
Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.
And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the StarCraft dream.
I have a dream that one day this community will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all players are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of GosuGamers, the sons of former hackers and the sons of former tournament administrators will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even SC2GG, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little hackers will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their rank but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day, down in ICCup, with its vicious hackers, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in ICCup little boys and girls will be able to join hands with little hacking boys and hacking girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day every hacker shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Ansadi shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together!"
This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to Ansadi with.
On April 02 2009 05:43 Teejing wrote: ah ok, good to know..
well tourney starts in 18min, i made and acc: asl-courven and requested to join the team.
Can i start from the start or do i have to wait until you approved me joining the clan?
No, tourney does not start in 18 minutes. I didn't realize the Javascript counter was using the computer local time. The League starts in roughly 7 hours from the time of this post. (Sorry)
On April 02 2009 05:48 King Ansadi wrote: I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our community.
Half score one years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, print StarCraft. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.
But eleven years later, the slave still is not free. Eleven years later, the life of the slave is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. Eleven years later, the slave lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. Eleven years later, the slave is still languished in the corners of society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.
In a sense we've come to our community's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the compedium, they were signing a promissory note to which every member was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." It is obvious today that our community has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, your community has given the members a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds."
But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this community. And so, we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.
We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind our community of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of capitalism. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of financial justice. Now is the time to lift our community from the quicksands of injustice to the solid rock of competition. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of My children.
It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Twenty Naught-Six is not an end, but a beginning. And those who are now content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. And there will be neither rest nor tranquility in StarCraft until the slave is granted his rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our community until the bright day of justice emerges.
We cannot walk alone.
And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead.
We cannot turn back.
Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.
And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the StarCraft dream.
I have a dream that one day this community will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all players are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of GosuGamers, the sons of former hackers and the sons of former tournament administrators will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even SC2GG, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little hackers will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their rank but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day, down in ICCup, with its vicious hackers, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in ICCup little boys and girls will be able to join hands with little hacking boys and hacking girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day every hacker shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Ansadi shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together!"
This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to Ansadi with.
Hmm, I was lulled into believing that nobody else would sign up. I didn't think 20+ people would sign up at the last moment like that and the league hasn't even started yet.
I guess the field is going to be more fierce than I thought. Regardless, I want to wish every one good luck again and if you run into each other online, it's good to say hello to one another. I hope you all try and make this a fun league. And I hope you don't BM each other or other players out there and represent ASL well/good.
Stay positive if you're having trouble climbing the ladder, and just focus on effort/learning.
I'm sorry. I just find it really unusual that someone who nobody really knows is willing to spend 700 dollars of their own money out of nowhere on a BW tournament. Of course it's not a big deal if people play their asses off and don't get paid, since not being paid to play a game beats not making money any other way.
On March 30 2009 11:14 SiegeTanksandBlueGoo wrote: Can i commentate too?
I want to have this guy as my commentating partner. So he can tell me to shut up during the replays.
Well, it's like this.
I have 2 weeks to figure out how to do web casting. If I have time and set it up "in time", then we can do live broadcasting.
I need to hear some samples, if you could link me to some example videos, then we can proceed with installing software on your computer, etc.. to do live casting.
I just need to make sure you speak well and you don't sound like an 11 year old. That tends to piss the Brood War community off in general and will detract from the quality of the event if that's the case.
On April 02 2009 08:08 LordWeird wrote: I'm sorry. I just find it really unusual that someone who nobody really knows is willing to spend 700 dollars of their own money out of nowhere on a BW tournament. Of course it's not a big deal if people play their asses off and don't get paid, since not being paid to play a game beats not making money any other way.
I wish you the best of luck if this is legit.
So, I'm getting this through 2nd hand.
To quote Dawkins who quoted some other famous biologists out there that said it.
Perhaps the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. He was talking about science, but in general, I think that can be applied to humans/people.
I appreciate your post, but
It is legit. It's not a game. These are people's time. The situation is peculiar, but we're not exactly normal people in more aspects than are usually considered. The strangeness doesn't preclude it from being legit.
On March 30 2009 11:14 SiegeTanksandBlueGoo wrote: Can i commentate too?
I want to have this guy as my commentating partner. So he can tell me to shut up during the replays.
Well, it's like this.
I have 2 weeks to figure out how to do web casting. If I have time and set it up "in time", then we can do live broadcasting.
I need to here some samples, if you could link me to some example videos, then we can proceed with installing software on your computer, etc.. to do live casting.
TBH if you want the best commentators who are willing to do events like this, you should go to SC2GG and recruit them. Please don't put SiegeTanksandBlueGoo on any commentating team you might organize.
Sounds good. I am probably not the best pick, but I would like to leave some options open anyways, I have some free time lately. Might be some fun. I'll whip up something and send it.
I just wanted to say that if you get online and see that every one else is already so far ahead record wise in the league, don't be too discouraged. The world is round so, essentially, half the field of players play when the other half is asleep at any given time. We're already seeing some very strong players.
I'm surprised there aren't more Koreans. Hmmm, I guess the prize money isn't big enough to draw them in.
On April 02 2009 14:00 messengerASL wrote: I just wanted to say that if you get online and see that every one else is already so far ahead record wise in the league, don't be too discouraged. The world is round so, essentially, half the field of players play when the other half is asleep at any given time. We're already seeing some very strong players.
I'm surprised there aren't more Koreans. Hmmm, I guess the prize money isn't big enough to draw them in.
Did you advertise on any Korean sites? Did you post the news in Korean? How do you expect them to know about it?
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