Tuesday, March 22, 2005

With a Bowed hEaD..

College next week is going to be something of a carnival , rides and fun , all a part of the game . Aracade gaming , Building design , i do not know what i'd be doing. Both prospects are equally interesting . Both have got their share of perks and turn offs . Both are arenas for showing off one's skills and talents , for bragging ,for boosting esteem and for gaining the repect and awe of peers ,on a scale unimaginable till now.

This maybe uncomprehendable to many . But face it . Guys always need masculine fronts to show off their egos and skills and face them off against each other on a seemingly mindless display of physical strength or skill. Gaming is as close to a duel most of us may get to in real life. Fighting in a real war may not be as romantic as it may seem on a television or in a book . But fighting in a virtual arena with warriors as adept and unrelenting as us is definitely something we could live for for ever. Racing through the roads , burning tarmac , skirting through rush hour traffic at top speeds in mean machine , seemingly risking lives (on mostly a 0-100 health scale),to respawn after a crash losing precious time to opponents , all send the adrelanin pumping right through our viens.

Unreal tournament , you are a warrior send to fight in the tournament . Your strenght and brutality are legendary .You have to fight , fight to show you are the best , to crush your enemies , to win .. the tournament.. Or Counter-Strike , with weapons feeling as real as any game ever , you could feel the M4A1 Maverick Carbine being cocked after a reload almost right in your hands your head cocking from the effort, you could feel the reloaded cartridge being jammed into the gun with the hell of your hand and feel the resistance of the cocking mechanism against your fingers . Bursts of two or three ,sending you back in recoil, catching the opponent in the chest and head , you running away from assaults reloading your gun frantically , desprately trying to stay alive till the gun has juice again to pump lead into the heart of your opponent . That is power. Power in its rudimentary form . You are a warrior , one of the elite....You are a virtual gladiator and the crowd roars at you "You are the best" from the aisles.. You are the legendary .. you are the best ... you are a Gamer...

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