>You need to do something about that chip you lug around on
>your shoulder. Every single time you delete, it's the same "I
>was a badass, I'm the best" crap.

The chip was placed there by players like you who can't play straight up. I simply was appalled at the amount of cheating going on. Now I accept it and deal with it and played despite it. I wished only to do well according to my standards, not yours.

>
>"Then I hit level 43 with 35 people in PK, 90% of them wanting
>my head but most too afraid to come by themselves"
>
>It was amusing to see you log in, and based on who else was on
>to see just how fast you could log back out again.

You are right, out of sheer boredom. I could fight a handfull of imperials or a handfull of goodies. It's not like I was ever going to get a 1v1 so I said, nah, I'd rather not play. I won't give the gangbangers the satisfaction. Finally I just had enough and went out and died.

Noone is
>denying you're a good player, but jesus, NOONE could be as
>good as you think you are, or try to make yourself sound.

Hey, I'm not perfect. I died four times and lost two axes. But my performance is acceptable in my eyes because I know I did it clean and was quite effective. I try to make myself sound like nothing, my record speaks for itself. Don't put words in my mouth. I wanted to reach a level that 'I' was statisfied with, no one else.

If you wish to set a standard of mediocrity and use OOC means to attain it, by all means do so and feel good about it. No one is telling you to do anything else. I set a standard of excellence (not perfection) and attained it completely on my own, and for that I am proud and that is enough in my eyes and that is all that matters to me.

You
>really don't seem to enjoy this GAME, you just seem like you
>have something to prove. You've even said so time and time
>again "And with that, I don’t really feel I have anything else
>to prove here."

Yes, I wanted to prove something to myself. I wanted to prove to myself that I could play a successful character that was a total loner, didn't need to use preps, didn't need to cheat, could go toe-to-toe with the cheaters, treated everyone with respect, gave almost everyone all their items back, went up against harsh odds for most of their life, didn't need overpowered cabal powers to do it and had a decent level of roleplay. That is what I wanted to prove and I think I attained that. And I did enjoy doing it until I couldn't find opponents anymore. Thing is, even doing this, people like you will still come out and criticize one and accuse one of permaing, having special powers, playing the easy side or whatever just to knock one down. I learned this long ago and that's why your words are like water off a duck's back to me.

>Why did you feel you had something to prove to begin with?

Why? It's called setting lofty goals and woking your ass off to achieve them. I do this in life, with my career, my education, in the sports I play and in the games I play. It motivates me to do better. I don't play things to lose. I never have. People who are content with losing are just that, losers. We all want to win, everyone is competetive deep down inside. Half the people here will even cheat to try and win. If someone beats me fair and square, then I respect them and strive to be like them. I wanted to prove to myself I could do well, bottom line.

If you are content to go through life aimlessly, with no goals, to not strive to improve yourself, that is your perogative. If you want mom to cook you dinner, do your laundry, pay your bills while you tap away on a keyboard to strive to be completely ordinary, all the power to you. I am here to prove things to myself, not you.

>It's an online game, designed for people to log into and have
>fun. You always play with such a huge chip on your shoulder,
>and such a "I must be the best, no matter what" attitude, I
>just can't imagine that you actually have any FUN with the
>game.

On the contrary, I have tons of fun at the beginning when no one knows anything about me. Its when I get a rep and everybody is too attached to their sets to go and mix things up and fight a good opponent by themselves, that's when it gets boring for me. I don't have to be the best, I just have to meet my own expectations, which I set quite high for myself.

>
>I'm glad that you're "done with CF", not because you ever had
>any impact on me, or because I don't want you playing, but
>because it just doesn't seem to be healthy for you.

It was totally healthy for me. Competition is healthy. It's when you have to cheat to compete that it is no longer a good thing.

I hope you
>find yourself a nice hobby, maybe needlepoint or gardening or
>something. Just please whatever it is you decide to move on
>to, don't feel the need to run around with your loom, or
>garden trowel or whatever implement of your new hobby, beating
>people on the head with it screaming "I am the best! All
>lesser needle point people/gardeners should see this! BOW
>BEFORE MY GREATNESS!" Just do something you can enjoy, relax
>at, and have fun.
>
>Vlad
>
Again, you can go through life with your ordinary, underachiever attitude. That is totally fine. It is no secret that to get somewhere in life, you have to work your ass off (unless you want to take the easy road and #### as many people as you can over along the way). Myself, I will continue to challenge myself and strive to better myself without ####ing others over, both in games and in life in general. I will walk the straight and difficult road and even if I fail, I will still have my integrity which is more than I can say for many.

Ancruhljin