Hermes's blog

So these 3 jokes have been circulating throughout my school, and I thought I'd share them. They pretty much have me laughing every time.

1. What do you when the dishwasher stops working?

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If any Korean could translate the following, that would be great
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Hey, do you by any chance have a replay of our game?

If you did, could you send it me please? That would be awesome ^^

Thanks,
Hermes
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Story: I played a lot of iCCup today and got a lot of losses. I forgot to turn on Autoreplay, so I didn't get any of them. Coincidentally, many of the losses were against Koreans. Hopefully, by PMing them this message, they can be generous enough to send me the rep of our game. Thanks a lot TL.net ^^

Is it just me or is Youtube falling apart?

I am constantly getting the message "We're sorry. This video is no longer available" for a ton of videos. Is anybody else getting this?

Finally broke 11 in the 3000!

10:49 baby! I know that some of you tracksters would think that sucks, but I'm really happy I've finally reached my goal

Alright guys - I need ideas to ask this girl to prom.

A few things to note:
1)We are casual friends
2)She's very shy/quiet
3)It's my first dance that I've gone with a date to
4)She's never been to a dance before
5)Asking her at track practice would be preferable

I'm thinking a rose and candy, but I need something creative - any thoughts?

http://iccup.com/iccprofile/290343/

I started with 14-5

Now I'm 16-11

fuck.

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Superman[Kal] vs Sea.Try

Point of Emphasis: A jaw-dropping PvT on Python. Huge comeback that is definitely must-see.

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Like Incontrol, I will be uploading what I think are good replays to watch. My insight is definitely not as good, but I will, at the best of my ability, try to provide some analysis, following the same format.

Here is Sword[fOu] vs Suae[Kal]

Point of Emphasis: Interesting build and great harassment by Sword, and fine recovery from Suae. Protosses these days should play like this, as I see many P's are very passive and hope to win by blunt macro.

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Not best joke of all time, but pretty funny

A farmer had 3 beautiful daughters who were getting ready to go out on dates. The first beau came to the door and said, ''I'm Eddie, I'm here to pick up Betty. We're going for spaghetti, is she ready?''

"No," the farmer said.

The second beau came to the door and said, ''I'm Joe, I'm here to pick up Flo to take her to the show. Is she ready to go?''

"No."

The third beau came to the door and said to the farmer. ''Hello, my name is Chuck.''

The farmer shot Chuck.

I couldn't really think of a good title so I just chose that one.

A little background before I begin:

Ever since I started BW, two things happened: Battle.net continuously discing on me and I sucked. It wasn't until a LONG time after that I discovered the haven of Hamachi and could play uninterrupted games there, that I quit Bnet completely and switched full time to Hamachi, as I do until this day. I probably made the switch a full year and quarter ago, and have not changed since. Even though I did gain BW skill via Battlenet, I experienced the BM that players can give to others. As a result, I pledged not to be BM. Even if my skill would be inadequate, my manner would at least be my saving grace.

Actual Thoughts now ()

Since that full year and a quarter of playing Hamachi, it's incredibly refreshing to see more and more players switching to Hamachi. As my BW career has progressed, some changes have happened within me that I have found frightening.

Recently, I have found myself becoming and more and more angry when I lose. Not to anyone, but to certain people. Usually when I lose, I just take it, but somehow there's something that really gets me angry after a loss to a certain player.

Back in March 2006, a zerg player challenged me to game on Tau Cross, and I of course accepted. Not to be rude, but the game wasn't even close. Despite winning so easily, I continued to play several games with him. For our last game that day, after I had claimed victory, he said the words, "Next time we play, I will own you." Now don't get me wrong, I wasn't mad, but just confused. My impression of him was just a nice guy who was frustrated with losing. I totally understood him and just let it go. It was strange, however, that he didn't appear until a few months ago where he challenged me once again. He told me he had improved a lot, and when we played, it was definitely apparent. The wins that he was earning wasn't all-out rape, but it was safe to say he was better than me now. Naturally, I was a little frustrated at this, but we were still buddies, so I just let it go. I am ashamed to say that him becoming better than me definitely formed a rift between us, but I was still (almost reluctantly) willing to play games with him. It wasn't until recently that we played a game on Python that both of us knew was going to be a long game. I got 3-3-3 units and fully-upgraded reavers as well, victory was still within my grasp. Everything he threw at me turned to blood but he wouldn't give up. Eventually he said the words: "I have 3k mins and 1k gas," and then he visioned me showing me that he had taken the rest of the map. He claimed that the game had already ended due to him taking the map and I should just say GG. At this point, I had just blew my top; I just couldn't take it. I cursed him out completely, threw my every insult at him, left the game, and booted him from my server.

I didn't give it much thought after that incident, but hit deja vu when I met another old "friend" of mine. But this time, I knew he was better than me for sure. He was by far a better player than me for sure and I acknowledged that. We played a game on Peaks of Beakdu, and he started complaining about the lag. There was definitely none, and somehow, his next statement angered me greatly. He said "This feels like battlenet again." Even I think it's silly, but as I have such a hard bond with Hamachi, I took that personally. I then said, half-jokingly and half-serious, "How about we don't play then?" As the game went along, I found out he had 4-pooled me. My anger rose to beyond disbelief after that. After the game ended, he messaged me, saying "271 apm lol." Me, being pissed, said "So?" He took the hint and said, "Why are you so angry? You weren't like this before." I looked at that statement, and realized the truth in it. I had no real basis to be mad at him. In my anger, I knew I had to say something to let him know that his actions weren't appreciated. I told him was whiny complainer that cheeses to get his wins. Obviously, this isn't true, but in a fit anger, I can pretty much say anything to vent it out >.<

My attitude for BW is changing. My acceptance for losses isn't as open as it was before. It's very frightening to see my manner go down so quickly - and I don't know what's causing it. I'm definitely ashamed that I get angry so much more easily than I did before. I honestly feel like Harry Potter in Book 5 now, when I am playing BW. I am actually very scared.

I will refrain from talking about one other person, but I will add it when I feel the time is right.