Hate Speech: Come to the Dark Side

P.S. i love the chess analogy! And to combine this analogy with the fiero experience he mention, as well as RPGs, I'd like to state that my favorite condition for this is manifested in DDO (dungeons & dragons online). It's due to your deeper engagement into what you are creating that a greater sense of accomplishment is revealed. Why "Online"? Because like Hates stated, you get to enjoy goofing off with the elements of the game prior to understanding what exactly the full extend of the game is. On pen&paper, you pretty much need all the intell on builds for it to be pleasing, if you're a lay-person. If you follow a predetermined path that is provided in DDO, you will fall into many disappointments as the full extent of a quest is beyond you. But if you plunge your mind into understanding what a character build yields and the potential behind it, then that stronger sense of accomplishment arises. You will be exceedingly pleased to know that it was your careful tailoring of your toon that allowed you and your companions to get the most out of a quest!! You WoW players don't even know. "Four other people were depending on me to come out of this alive, and I didn't let them down." Enter fiero. "I got the quest reward and it's teeming with attribute enhancements!" Enter fiero. This game is at the other end of the spectrum from SC competition, you collaborate with your peers, instead of ripping their egos from their souls. Both ends of this spectrum can be found in Call of Duty and the like. But the deeper engagement is not simply with game mechanics, but with the psychology of your colleagues as you lead them to victory. Plus one gets the fiero out of overcoming the opposing faction you just crushed. This is on top of the adrenaline that comes from emotionally immersing yourself in a situation where you feel the need to survive. The immense addiction of people using CoD supports Hates analogy and Paul Ekman's inference. And as RPGs go, the only reason to play DDO these days is because Elder Scrolls ain't an MMO. Is anybody here awaiting the intensity of SW:OR?
 
Unfortunately, there's no way I will be able to make to anything outside of Arizona (I have to save for my next semester of college classes, and don't own a car). Hopefully, though, some of you will have the privilege of kicking my arse at the first SCV tournament in my area. :)
 
At least you have a community in Arizona for SC. I've tried bulletins at my College, word of mouth, even Craig's list, people where I live just don't play SC.

If SCV online is near lag free, it may have a huge impact on how/where tournaments are held. It may mean that poor people like me can participate in a tournament.
 
I live in Greensboro, North Carolina. It's semi-close to Charlotte and Winston-Salem. Rednecks tend to play FPS, not FG :)

Anyone near me please shout at me VERY LOUDLY. I'm desperate for offline competition. I'm fully willing to be the one who drives to YOU.
 
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