What the fuck is going on.

Today is Saturday. Today I recieved three calls. The first one was from Saro, saying that I need to check in with this website.

The second was from the vice-principal of my school, who is worried that I am in trouble in Korea. Through the commnication barrier he seems to think that this is a school matter, because somebody (Dan) is calling me at school. This is a very important man, and I am at the bottom of the totem pole... not a good idea.

The third is from my 78 year old terminally ill grandfather, because he was contacted by the Canadian Consulate. Apparently somebody has reported me missing and the consulate contacted my emergency contacts. Now my grandfather is worried that I am sick or dead, and waited up until 3 am to call me. THIS IS A DYING MAN PEOPLE.

THINK BEFORE MEDDLING IN SOMEBODY'S REAL LIFE.

Now I am sorry that I have caused worry. I apologize that I have not been to this StarCraft website for a few weeks. I am sorry that I am not on MSN. These are factors that are currently out of my control. My life is not one of a high school student, college students, or drop out. My life is pretty difficult at the moment, and I don't have time to sleep let alone work on StarCraft. The details are not really any of anybody's business, but suffice to say that I will not be coming back to StarCraft any time soon.

ManaBlue

Canada10458 Posts

June 16 2006 11:05 GMT

#223

That's sad to hear Mani. We'll be here when you have the time to come back.

Alborz

Canada1551 Posts

June 16 2006 11:07 GMT

#224

I found it pretty stupid that an entire community went to search for someone who went away for a week or two. People have other things to do than TL.net + Starcraft.

bsj9

United States927 Posts

June 16 2006 11:08 GMT

#225

We definitely don't know the whole story, but it's natural that us here are simply worried about your whereabouts... No one knows it may have endangered someones life or make things worse for you

Patriot.dlk

Sweden5462 Posts

June 16 2006 11:13 GMT

#226

Alborz go post in many threads until rekrul notice you 3++ times ok?

Night[Mare

Mexico4793 Posts

June 16 2006 11:18 GMT

#227

finally

mel_ee

2448 Posts

June 16 2006 11:19 GMT

#228

I love this community!

DTDominion

United States2148 Posts

June 16 2006 11:21 GMT

#229

On June 16 2006 20:02 Manifesto7 wrote:
Now I am sorry that I have caused worry. I apologize that I have not been to this StarCraft website for a few weeks. I am sorry that I am not on MSN. These are factors that are currently out of my control. My life is not one of a high school student, college students, or drop out. My life is pretty difficult at the moment, and I don't have time to sleep let alone work on StarCraft. The details are not really any of anybody's business, but suffice to say that I will not be coming back to StarCraft any time soon.

Dude on one hand I know exactly how you feel, you don't show up at a gaming website and you get those phone calls? "What the fuck?" Especially the Canadian consulate thing, which I think was really fucked up.

But dude you totally shut out contact with the people you know online for a whole month. Time does move a bit faster comparitively online, but a month without contacting any of these dudes, even if you only know them online, is quite a bit.

Maybe Rekrul went a bit far (again, the fucking Canadian consulate?), but dude it's totally understandable.

bine

United States2352 Posts

June 16 2006 11:37 GMT

#230

This is a really interesting case of evolving social tendencies. It's interesting to me that the lines between "online life" and "real life" have the potential to be not so separate, and why should they be? I understand that given the circumstances, the results of the inquery into his whereabouts were unfortunate, but at the same time, can we really say that friendships formed digitally are so much less important that "real" ones? I haven't experienced this before, but if I was in close contact with someone via the internet every few days and suddenly they disappeared, I would be worried for their safety just like I would anyone else. I only interact with my family over the phone 90% of the year, so really, what's the difference?

Again, I'm not taking a position as far as the rightness/wrongness of all this (none of my business), but I just thought it was interesting to notice the changing online/real dynamic.

decafchicken

United States20132 Posts

June 16 2006 11:44 GMT

#231

wtf reported missing at canadian consulate... -_-

but really, you could've just left a post saying you would be out of touch for a while or something, you're our rock!

ROOTheognis

United States4482 Posts

June 16 2006 11:54 GMT

#232

rofl 3 phone calls and reported missing.

THE POWER OF TL.NET FOLKS

Mortality

United States4790 Posts

June 16 2006 12:00 GMT

#233

HAHAHAHAHAHA OMG, THEY CALLED THE CANADIAN CONSULATE!!!!

Refrain[FriZ]

Canada4337 Posts

June 16 2006 12:05 GMT

#234

this was pretty ridiculous

BlackJack

United States10574 Posts

June 16 2006 12:07 GMT

#235

omfg

brian

United States9636 Posts

June 16 2006 12:09 GMT

#236

overkill.
dont blame Mani for this. god forbid he has a life.
by the same token, Mani shouldnt blame any of us. good intentions, bad results. shit happens, everyone just cared a little too much.

okay, whoever called the Canadian Consulate, you can get mad at them. thats fucking stupid.