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brettlbecker writes "The NYTimes is running a story on Richard L. Stenlund, or, as players of MMORPG Anarchy Online undoubtedly know him, Thedeacon. Quote from the article: "Thedeacon is a celebrity. Mr. Stenlund, meanwhile, feels trapped - trapped in a town too far from big cities where big things happen, trapped in a hand-to-mouth existence, trapped in a mean little culture of cheap thrills and fast-food television." Infamy, perversion, bankruptcy, virtual protests, online counseling. How much do *you* accomplish in 7 hours a day?"
This article just confirms my belief that mmorpg'ers are sad and pathetic.
ok dipshit. youre in the richest country on the fucking planet. you hold an american passport which 99.99% of the rest of the world would kill for. youre located in the cheapest part of the richest country on the planet. you have the largest consumer base in the entire fucking world at your doorstep. you have the ability to code and use the most common item people have difficulty with out there -- the PC. :p c sales pitches/i-can-fix-your-computer-program-problems service pitches/insurance/do-your-tax pitches or ANY fucking thing you can get your hands on and sell.
and whats your fucking excuse ? i dont know how to look for a job.
pathetic. just pathetic.
heres what you do
[0] stop feeling sorry for yourself.
[1] declare bankruptcy. wipe out your debt. no one will give you a credit card ever again (for the next 7 yrs anyway) which is a GOOD THING.
[2] get a job selling cars/working at a convenience store/door to door sales/farming/manual labour.
[3] get gas money saved away.
[4] go drive to the nearest large city and sell door to door widget/magazines/books/tshirts/i-can-repair-your-
[5] repeat #4 until you move out of your parents basement.
[6] get a fucking house within driving distance of a fucking large metropolis.
[7] now you can buy a suite, tie and go find a programming job. by this time the fucking economy will be back on track.
He claims that his problem is that he doesn't live near a big city, where big things happen. Well newsflash
Stop blaming society. Stop blaming misfortune. Stop blaming location. Get off your ass, sell your computer, cancel your AO membership, and go get a job. Whatever you do
The most ironic part of this whole story is that he'd probably be content playing video games as a career. Well, he's moving to one of the 11 states (Nevada) that forbids players from collecting price money in fee-based tournaments. At least he won't have a problem living out his foot fetish.
You.
Grab your asbestos panties. I'm about to flame the hell out of your jelly belly, Dr. Schole's, pencil protector wearing, ain't had pussy since pussy had you, slashdot reading, wannabe flaming asses. Let me ask you this: If I was as poor as this fella makes me out to be, how in the hell can we afford car payments, insurance, Cable TV, High speed internet, entertainment (not AO, ya goobs) Easy.....the guy lied. Um, and here I though slashdot readers were supposed to be smart? Wow...I don't get out much, yet somehow I find time to go dancing every weekend, go to trips out of town, etc. "Shy"....Come to Madison or log into AO and see how "shy" I am. Let's break it on down for the less estute among us: Rent: $645/mo Cable: $60/mo Internet: $50/mo car: $299/mo Insurance: $shit, I forgot. I think it's 1-200 or something. Yeah, I got speeding tickets, bite me. Food: roughly 300/mo (I like my steaks) AO: $12.95/mo Clothes: I buy alot of clothes, so sue me? roughly $500 a month. Other entertainment: meh, 5-800 a month or so. Last year I cleared just under $100k after expenses. No, I'm not poor at all. in fact OMFGLOLROOFLESMAYO. Do the numbers. I make 50-100 per hour times 20-40 billable hours per week. That equals: a buttload more than half you bitches pull in :p
If the walls were "crashing down around me" and I was so poor, how the hell was I able to afford a $50 game and $200 in clothes that day?
Easy. The guy lied.
I mean, there's so much about the article that doesn't make sense. Yes, I'm oh so poor, let me lean back in my leather chair and play AO on my brand new 21" monitor.
Here's what I see you people writing:
"OMG this guy is such a loser, he plays MMORPGS and has no life, blah blah blah how pathetic. I think I'm going to spend the next 26 consecutive hours blasting him on the slashdot forums.
the very fact alone that you bother to read the article and then post flames about it makes you look far more pathetic than even that article could make you look.
You call those flames? Panty waists. Amateur flamers. Get some meat behind some of these weak ass jabs and maybe you'll be blessed enough to have Thedeacon own your Linux lubbin asses individually.
Um guys? YOU READ SLASHDOT. You read slashdot and troll the forums for all day. Hey, it's reality calling. JOO ARE A DORK.
I play for 40 hours a week. Heh, to be honest, when you consider how much TV (and forum trolling) most americans do, that number is not too horrible.
Of course that number is grossly exaggerated (I work for 9 hours a day, make dinner, watch a movie with my wife, I write, work out, I do stand up comedy, I read, etc, so it's a physical impossibility that I play that many hours, unless I've gained the magical ability to increase the length of the day by 6 hours or something).
Wow, the Linux freaks on this boards sure are in a place to talk. Lessee, "Slashdot: News for nerds". Um, "nerds". And you guys are proud of this. What does that say about you?
I think the flamers on this thread are more pissed that I play games and still get the pussy, while they're spanking it to midget porn.
People, get your collective heads out of your asses and don't be so naive......The article was a lie. Seth Schiesel (aka Amis ingame) harbored a grudge over an AO article I picked apart nearly a year back. His writing has the flow of an 8th grade essay and structure to match. You know the Times has to be hurting for talent and news when they make a post about a video game.
Really people, log off your super admin whatever Linux geek shit for a sec and think about it. Take a good hard look at your own hobbies and think about it again. Let's see: you spend all day arguing about Windows versus Linux on what it by far the nerdiest webpage in existence, based on what I've read so far today.
Look at the news post icons, look at the topics. Fuck man, look at yourself.
this is me: http://www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/juneau/RickS.JPG
Now post your pics. The people flaming me are the ones I used to beat up in high school an
which is exactly why it's not possible to play for 7 hours a day, dumbass. from 9am to 6pm, I work. After 6, I log in on and off of the game. Maybe chat with folks a bit, log off, do something else, maybe log back in and leave the game running while I do the great unknown in slashdot world: HAVE ACTUAL SEX WITH A REAL, BREATHING WOMAN! omg! Now go grease that shriveled piece of meat in between your legs and blow up tonight's date, dork.
And then onto.....what else are you good for other than a spelling and grammatical error? forum trolling? Shit, I already got you beat on that one. I'm the fucking king troll. I'm the troll the OTHER trolls pay toll to when they cross bridges. Oh I know, perhaps you can educate me on how to masturbate with my other hand so it feels like someone else is doing it? Other than that.....I'm drawing a blank mind. See? I'm already becoming more like you!
Give it a week and you'll rip out that nerdy ass siggy you got going and replace it with: "OMG TEH FOOTNESS!" Deacky pwns thatazz, y0.