EPTToo bad there's nobody in the midwest
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decafchicken
United States20019 Posts
Too bad there's nobody in the midwest (hi bio/sadist) | ||
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kdog3683
United States916 Posts
On December 16 2008 22:04 Rekrul wrote: i know all sorts of powerful people they always like me probably because i don't lick their balls like most people I don't understand why the neurons firing off in your inactive deflated egg brain give you the impulse to type this. True, you do need to reinforce the "i am rekrul persona: I drink beer, know tons of programmers, go to bars/whorehouse every other night, i make lot of blogs showing how awesome I am, etc etc" And although sadly the tl populace in general raves for your heavenly stories, I'm sure by now we all fully worship your amazingness to the fullest extent. So why I'm confused is why you're telling us 'cool people like me cuz i act cool.' Not that you are trolling, it is relevant to haji's post, but haji's post is a very good post with the potential to strike up plenty of material. You don't need to defile it with a generic statement of how cool you are and why your cool buddies like you because we've already heard it many times in many forms and after a while, even your most devout worshiper won't care! In my bw analogy, It's like those disgusting lastshadow/ambrosia trash who abuse D-'s x20 and get beautiful pgt reps and go around singing "look @ me, i'm a gosu." True gosus like nony/day have the ability to cause others to want to advertise their amazing skills for them. B/c I'm too lazy, I'm not going to go digging up quotes of you from previous posts. However, I'm sure the majority of your posts which aren't about your amazinglife/poker/bw/insults to others/random flames/ is a post which translates to "i'm rekrul, i'm a E-cool" sorry to make flame post --; | ||
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Nitrogen
United States5345 Posts
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Naib
Hungary4843 Posts
On December 21 2008 17:30 iNfuNdiBuLuM wrote: I really enjoyed reading that haji... Although some of it hit pretty close to home for me. I'm halfway through my 3rd undergrad year at UConn and i don't think i've developed any semblance of a 'network.' I've made friends and stuff here and there, although recently I've begun keeping to myself more and more. Not sure why i do it. I don't exactly enjoy it, and i'm not sure how to change it. See the thing is, more and more i hear people talk about the importance of building a network at college, that most jobs are gotten this way - through your contacts, rather than sending resumes to companies. I don't know exactly how to go about building this network; through my life i have never been too adept at socializing with strangers (ironically, i probably have BW to thank for this). It makes me scared for my future, to be honest. I don't know what I'm going to do. Sorry for rambling a bit about my life there, it's late and and i'm tired. Does anyone else have difficulty with this like i do? Were you able to overcome it? I would really appreciate any advice  I have the exact same problem, and wonder about my future with the exact same thoughts... Luckily for me, I'll most likely work in a field that is very similar to my father's, thus I may end up utilizing his network (which has already started to some extent with his help, for like summer jobs and stuff like that). If you're not lucky like I am, I don't know what I could say to help you - I'm also curious about this question. I'm not sure however, that having a fully operational "network" of people you know at uni is necessary. I think having a few friends / acquintances / whatever may work out just as well later on. | ||
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BloodyC0bbler
Canada7876 Posts
On December 21 2008 17:41 decafchicken wrote: So mom...i was thinking about flying to the other side of the country to meet some people i know from the internet. Probably even sleep in the same room as them, and participate underage consumption of alcohol. I'll be back tuesday. Too bad there's nobody in the midwest (hi bio/sadist)Come visit me? | ||
Rekrul
Korea (South)17174 Posts
On December 21 2008 17:55 kdog3683 wrote: I don't understand why the neurons firing off in your inactive deflated egg brain give you the impulse to type this. True, you do need to reinforce the "i am rekrul persona: I drink beer, know tons of programmers, go to bars/whorehouse every other night, i make lot of blogs showing how awesome I am, etc etc" And although sadly the tl populace in general raves for your heavenly stories, I'm sure by now we all fully worship your amazingness to the fullest extent. So why I'm confused is why you're telling us 'cool people like me cuz i act cool.' Not that you are trolling, it is relevant to haji's post, but haji's post is a very good post with the potential to strike up plenty of material. You don't need to defile it with a generic statement of how cool you are and why your cool buddies like you because we've already heard it many times in many forms and after a while, even your most devout worshiper won't care! In my bw analogy, It's like those disgusting lastshadow/ambrosia trash who abuse D-'s x20 and get beautiful pgt reps and go around singing "look @ me, i'm a gosu." True gosus like nony/day have the ability to cause others to want to advertise their amazing skills for them. B/c I'm too lazy, I'm not going to go digging up quotes of you from previous posts. However, I'm sure the majority of your posts which aren't about your amazinglife/poker/bw/insults to others/random flames/ is a post which translates to "i'm rekrul, i'm a E-cool" sorry to make flame post --; LOOOOOOOOOOOOL i only skimmed the first half of his post where he was talking about its all about who you meet / know then i got bored and just typed that and moved on and fwiw meeting the right people is not about 'being cool' or 'the man' or anything you might be stupid enough to think i was implying don't get all butthurt cause i wrote the word powerful whore houses are not cool btw, i promote against them and i also promote against progamers attending them, if you missed my thread a while back. and if you think most of my posts are about 'how cool i am' well...they are...but if you were smart maybe you'd realize its all satirical | ||
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Rekrul
Korea (South)17174 Posts
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Rekrul
Korea (South)17174 Posts
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Rekrul
Korea (South)17174 Posts
I COMPLETELY disagree with the going to LANs or meeting ppl irl stuff it changes everything, ppl who hated eachother online instantly become friends everytime, it crushes all e-drama and is terrible i mean before meeting incontrol i would flame him liberally whenever i felt like it now after seeing just how massive he is i can't : ( | ||
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Energies
Australia3225 Posts
So you have any plans to deal with that inactive deflated egg brain thing he was talking about? Sounds kind of serious. | ||
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Rekrul
Korea (South)17174 Posts
i'm really sharp again, don't know what he's talking about | ||
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Starparty
Sweden1963 Posts
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Avius
Iraq1796 Posts
I mean: there is the "observers" and the "observed" so to speak. You always want to be the latter, obviously (look at Rek, mang!! haha). If you take part in a community, people will recognize you and give you credit for your contributions. Now while doing this on the internet might not have the immediate effect similiar to doing this in real life, there still are benefits as you described them already in the OP. I always thought of communities and forums as being lame and I would never get hooked to anything like that. Well, turns out that TL.net proved me wrong. I spend so much time here nowadays, I browse TL.net more than I browse newspages (yeah wth, they are lame anyways) and even at work I try to browse and read TL all the time. The Pusan banner even gave me some strange looks from colleagues, hahahaha. Well fuck em, Spirit-Toss is win. :D I think a lot of the people on TL.net wish they could visit such a great event as WWI or Blizzcon or WCG for that matter. Because of the event itself (obviously) but moreso to meet the people that "hide" behind their online avatars. I, myself, wanted to visit WCG Cologne this year... me living in Germany and all, but sadly I couldn't come. I bet it would have been great if I went but sometimes real-life bitchslaps you in da face. However, I just wanted to voice my opinion here  Hope you guys will come out of your closets (uh oh...) and be part of this wonderful community. Seriously (yes, seriously.. like the OP's title), TL.net is the best online place ever- hope to see everyone participate even more now.My 2 cents Peace | ||
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Elric
United Kingdom1327 Posts
I'm never been to a LAN myself so I can't really comment on that. But the general theme of networking and just getting out and meeting new people in any way is so important. I really fucked up during my uni years by not doing this. Got too lazy and just kept it close with a small group of friends. But in hindsight, really, really stupid. | ||
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Navane
Netherlands2748 Posts
While i think networking is indeed very efficient if you want to get things done in the future, you can't omit the fact that networking itself costs a lot of time. Not only need you to initiate your network, you have to maintain it as well. It comes down to lifestyle. If you want to achieve certain things in your life, no matter what, I think networking is a very efficient way. If however, you think the road is more important than the goal, the benifits of networking dwindle. Since the goal is not that important to you, the time you spend on networking can become a burden on your road. Some people like the networking act; then it's a good road for you no matter what. But me for instance, i am healthy, my familiy is healthy. I don't have any goals which are more important than their respective roads. So for me, networking is not the most efficient way per se. | ||
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