Home » General Discussions » Heated Discussions and Debates » Let's Discourage Progress
| Re: Let's Discourage Progress [message #348353 is a reply to message #348326] |
Tue, 26 August 2008 15:41   |
 |
NukeIt15
Messages: 987
Registered: February 2003
Location: Out to lunch
Karma:
|
Colonel |
|
|
J3R1CH0 h4X!!!11!!11!!!!1 BAN PLZ!!!!
And just like that, the plague spread from online gaming to the entire internet... and when the internet could no longer contain it, the plague spread beyond... and it was called by its name: HUA.
(That's Head Up Ass for those of you who don't do acronyms)
Please, somebody tell me that I'm not the only one who sees a parallel with all the bloody n00bs online (especially admins) who start kickvotes, request bans, or outright leave the game because they're getting their asses kicked by somebody who's just plain better. This kid's one of the honorable ones, too- he's good at what he does, but he's humble about it. This kid's future role model material, no matter what profession he chooses- unless the Legions of Mediocrity get him first.
The mother's reaction was a bit extreme, but IMHO understandable- the opposing team (which was probably made to walk off by parents and coaches, not the kids) behaved like a bunch of two-year-olds. How can they ever expect to get better unless they face a challenging opponent? Do they just abandon the game every time it looks like there's a good chance they might not win, then blame it on some crocked-up "dangerous element" or another? For that matter, knowing youth leagues, how many of these kids are even playing because they want to, and how many are playing because their parents want to make trophies of them? If you ask me, it all goes downhill once you get organized at that age... supervised pick-up games are much more appropriate for kids.
Nevermind the inherent hypocrisy in allowing your kid to play an active team sport where objects (very capable of inflicting blunt force trauma) are routinely hurled and swung about, often in random directions, then complaining about it being "too dangerous." Well no shit, Sherlock! Who'da thunk that standing in the path of a fast-moving baseball could be dangerous? Next you'll be telling me that it's inadvisable to stand in traffic! Psh.
This wins an Epic Fail.
"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. Horrid mischief would ensue were (the law-abiding) deprived of the use of them." - Thomas Paine
Remember, kids: illiteracy is cool. If you took the time to read this, you are clearly a loser who will never get laid. You've been warned.
[Updated on: Tue, 26 August 2008 15:43] Report message to a moderator |
|
|
|
Current Time: Tue Nov 12 02:39:19 MST 2024
Total time taken to generate the page: 0.00792 seconds
|
Search
Help
Members
Register
Login
Home
