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Dandel Ion
Profile Joined November 2010
Austria17960 Posts
November 26 2013 22:44 GMT
#13481
On November 27 2013 07:33 Navi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 26 2013 23:51 jcarlsoniv wrote:
My dad always used to play Mario Kart with us. He enjoyed playing games with us and tried to often, but he doesn't really have the finger dexterity or the coordination to play games that require pressing more than a few buttons.

In high school, my parents were always on my ass about how much I was playing games (mostly WoW). But come college time, and after I got really into LoL, they started being more supportive. It was really after I hit plat and I was talking to my dad about the game and that I was technically in the top 1% of the NA ranked, he was like "oh shit". It's an essentially meaningless stat in reality, but I think it was the moment my dad realized I wasn't completely wasting my time, per se. Since then, they've been pretty supportive of my goals of potentially working in the gaming industry in the future.

He was also really interested when I started getting into casting, and still asks about it every once in a while.


so jelly of flexible parents.
my parents didnt even flinch when i told them i was #5 on the ladder.
"not even #1"
fuck that

that sounds pretty asian of them
A backwards poet writes inverse.
Nos-
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada12016 Posts
November 26 2013 22:45 GMT
#13482
aka we're all asian
Bronze player stuck in platinum
Dandel Ion
Profile Joined November 2010
Austria17960 Posts
November 26 2013 22:49 GMT
#13483
No I'm not.
A backwards poet writes inverse.
ReketSomething
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States6012 Posts
November 26 2013 22:51 GMT
#13484
Apparently most of us aren't asian.

+ Show Spoiler [Poll] +
Poll: Race?

Not Asian (22)
 
69%

Asian (10)
 
31%

32 total votes

Your vote: Race?

(Vote): Asian
(Vote): Not Asian

Jaedong :3
GhandiEAGLE
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States20754 Posts
November 26 2013 22:51 GMT
#13485
You guys think you know something about rivalry? It probably doesn't compare to the intensity occurring presently at my school.

There's a ton of kids directly connected to Valve, and thus play Dota 2. The elitism threatens all of us few LoL users at my school. The pressure every day is unbearable.
Oh, my achin' hands, from rakin' in grands, and breakin' in mic stands
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-11-26 22:59:30
November 26 2013 22:59 GMT
#13486
On November 27 2013 07:41 Roffles wrote:
Pretty sure my parents wouldn't have even cared if I was #1.

"Waste of time. We work soooooooo hard bring you to America and this is how you repay us"

Something along those lines.

What if you told them you have cancer?
Moderator
jcarlsoniv
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States27922 Posts
November 26 2013 23:01 GMT
#13487
On November 27 2013 07:59 TheYango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 27 2013 07:41 Roffles wrote:
Pretty sure my parents wouldn't have even cared if I was #1.

"Waste of time. We work soooooooo hard bring you to America and this is how you repay us"

Something along those lines.

What if you told them you have cancer?


"Is it terminal? COME BACK TO ME WHEN IT TERMINAL"
Soniv ||| Soniv#1962 ||| @jcarlsoniv ||| The Big Golem ||| Join the Glorious Evolution. What's your favorite aminal, a bear? ||| Joe "Don't call me Daniel" "Soniv" "Daniel" Carlsberg LXIX ||| Paging Dr. John Shadow
Nos-
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada12016 Posts
November 26 2013 23:07 GMT
#13488
On November 27 2013 07:59 TheYango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 27 2013 07:41 Roffles wrote:
Pretty sure my parents wouldn't have even cared if I was #1.

"Waste of time. We work soooooooo hard bring you to America and this is how you repay us"

Something along those lines.

What if you told them you have cancer?

"Why you not a doctor already and fix yourself"
Bronze player stuck in platinum
Requizen
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States33802 Posts
November 26 2013 23:09 GMT
#13489
Gamemaker is free right now if you want it legally.
It's your boy Guzma!
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35172 Posts
November 26 2013 23:10 GMT
#13490
On November 27 2013 07:41 Roffles wrote:
Pretty sure my parents wouldn't have even cared if I was #1.

"Waste of time. We work soooooooo hard bring you to America and this is how you repay us"

Something along those lines.

"Why don't you have a second job?"

I do, it's being your fucking tech support. -.-
Alaric
Profile Joined November 2009
France45622 Posts
November 26 2013 23:22 GMT
#13491
Friend shows us this link and follows up with "I haven't watched this film. :3"

Should I get buff just to slap him?
Cant take LMS hipsters serious.
Dandel Ion
Profile Joined November 2010
Austria17960 Posts
November 26 2013 23:23 GMT
#13492
On November 27 2013 08:22 Alaric wrote:
Friend shows us this link and follows up with "I haven't watched this film. :3"

Should I get buff just to slap him?

Slap him now

Some things you just can't delay.
A backwards poet writes inverse.
red_
Profile Joined May 2010
United States8474 Posts
November 26 2013 23:23 GMT
#13493
On November 27 2013 08:22 Alaric wrote:
Friend shows us this link and follows up with "I haven't watched this film. :3"

Should I get buff just to slap him?


Given your starting point that could take awhile, how badly do you want to slap him?
How did the experience of working at Mr Burns' Nuclear Plant influence Homer's composition of the Iliad and Odyssey?
ReketSomething
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States6012 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-11-26 23:25:34
November 26 2013 23:25 GMT
#13494
On November 27 2013 08:10 Gahlo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 27 2013 07:41 Roffles wrote:
Pretty sure my parents wouldn't have even cared if I was #1.

"Waste of time. We work soooooooo hard bring you to America and this is how you repay us"

Something along those lines.

"Why don't you have a second job?"

I do, it's being your fucking tech support. -.-

My mom has 11 siblings and I have to do the tech support for all of them because I work in computers and everyone knows it. Its the stupidest thing doing tech support for people that don't know english well and type 3WPM. Its painful making them type a long url because theres no way to send them a URL, whether it be a link to download something or just like a youtube/movie link because they wanted me to find them a chinese video.
Jaedong :3
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
November 26 2013 23:30 GMT
#13495
On November 27 2013 08:22 Alaric wrote:
Friend shows us this link and follows up with "I haven't watched this film. :3"

Should I get buff just to slap him?


it'd be good to just tell him he's bad, and that if he doesnt watch it soon things are gonna get ugly
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35172 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-11-26 23:35:38
November 26 2013 23:34 GMT
#13496
On November 27 2013 08:25 ReketSomething wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 27 2013 08:10 Gahlo wrote:
On November 27 2013 07:41 Roffles wrote:
Pretty sure my parents wouldn't have even cared if I was #1.

"Waste of time. We work soooooooo hard bring you to America and this is how you repay us"

Something along those lines.

"Why don't you have a second job?"

I do, it's being your fucking tech support. -.-

My mom has 11 siblings and I have to do the tech support for all of them because I work in computers and everyone knows it. Its the stupidest thing doing tech support for people that don't know english well and type 3WPM. Its painful making them type a long url because theres no way to send them a URL, whether it be a link to download something or just like a youtube/movie link because they wanted me to find them a chinese video.

While insisting to write out http://www. when they don't need to.

Who else is ready for "Happy Thanksgiving! ...Hey, can you fix my computer?"
ReketSomething
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States6012 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-11-26 23:41:26
November 26 2013 23:39 GMT
#13497
On November 27 2013 08:34 Gahlo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 27 2013 08:25 ReketSomething wrote:
On November 27 2013 08:10 Gahlo wrote:
On November 27 2013 07:41 Roffles wrote:
Pretty sure my parents wouldn't have even cared if I was #1.

"Waste of time. We work soooooooo hard bring you to America and this is how you repay us"

Something along those lines.

"Why don't you have a second job?"

I do, it's being your fucking tech support. -.-

My mom has 11 siblings and I have to do the tech support for all of them because I work in computers and everyone knows it. Its the stupidest thing doing tech support for people that don't know english well and type 3WPM. Its painful making them type a long url because theres no way to send them a URL, whether it be a link to download something or just like a youtube/movie link because they wanted me to find them a chinese video.

While insisting to write out http://www. when they don't need to.

Who else is ready for "Happy Thanksgiving! ...Hey, can you fix my computer?"

Well most of them end up typing it into the google homepage in the middle of the screen. The first time this happened I was so confused how X wasn't on the screen but now I expect that 50% of them will type whatever I told them to type into google. Its also hilarious getting them to type "/" and capital letters.
Jaedong :3
jcarlsoniv
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States27922 Posts
November 26 2013 23:40 GMT
#13498
http://www.twitch.tv/jcarlsoniv

smite streaming
Soniv ||| Soniv#1962 ||| @jcarlsoniv ||| The Big Golem ||| Join the Glorious Evolution. What's your favorite aminal, a bear? ||| Joe "Don't call me Daniel" "Soniv" "Daniel" Carlsberg LXIX ||| Paging Dr. John Shadow
iCanada
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada10660 Posts
November 27 2013 00:24 GMT
#13499
On November 27 2013 07:33 Navi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 26 2013 23:51 jcarlsoniv wrote:
My dad always used to play Mario Kart with us. He enjoyed playing games with us and tried to often, but he doesn't really have the finger dexterity or the coordination to play games that require pressing more than a few buttons.

In high school, my parents were always on my ass about how much I was playing games (mostly WoW). But come college time, and after I got really into LoL, they started being more supportive. It was really after I hit plat and I was talking to my dad about the game and that I was technically in the top 1% of the NA ranked, he was like "oh shit". It's an essentially meaningless stat in reality, but I think it was the moment my dad realized I wasn't completely wasting my time, per se. Since then, they've been pretty supportive of my goals of potentially working in the gaming industry in the future.

He was also really interested when I started getting into casting, and still asks about it every once in a while.


so jelly of flexible parents.
my parents didnt even flinch when i told them i was #5 on the ladder.
"not even #1"
fuck that


Yeah, pretty much this. I was number one on the Diablo 2 hardcore ladder for a period of like two months when I was in junior high.

My mom told me to imagine how good all the hundreds I could have gotten in school with that time instead would have been.
Lord Tolkien
Profile Joined November 2012
United States12083 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-11-27 00:48:09
November 27 2013 00:28 GMT
#13500
Alright, I'm finally replacing my pos laptop, Black Friday week yay. What are your thoughts about this one. Midrange and really damn cheap for the specs. Don't expect much battery life with it, and the heating is probably a bitch (may get an anti-heat fan for it), but teh valuez. Might even up it to this for slightly worse gfx and a larger screen for only $40, but not werth I think, as the resolution's the same.

I am concerned about Lenovos' shoddy tech support, though. Better than HPs, but that's not saying much.
"His father is pretty juicy tbh." ~WaveofShadow
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