The time has come, yet again, for me to bid farewell to you all as I embark on my journey to University for the second time. However, this time will be a little different and it saddens me greatly to say this to you all. I will be leaving the game permanently for my own benefit. I will not be leaving you in the dark about my decision and so if you are interested the story will be right here. If you're not too concerned about the details please skip to the end as I do have something exciting I want to share with you all!
Sauerbraten is easily one of the most time consuming activities that I currently enjoy. To give you an idea:
And this is just the time spent logged into ogros on the new effic.me servers. Multiply that by about a factor of 8 (Which is probably my best guess for how much time I spend logged onto Ogros compared to how much actual time I spend playing) and you can see that within the past month I've spent nearly 1/3 of my time playing sauerbraten (This includes every single hour spent sleeping, eating, working and socialising). I consider myself a man of pragmatism and hence you may start to understand why playing sauerbraten is probably not the best way forward for me. But this enormous time consumption can easily be fixed by simply moderating how much time I play right? Well, I have two answers for that. The first is that this game has become an addiction of mine. Closing the game and simply cutting my time is hard enough on its own when the temptation to play is always there! Quitting cold turkey is already going to be giving me withdrawal symptoms. Moderating would not be a simple solution. Well it's certainly an easier solution than simply never playing right? And this is where my second answer comes in:
I've been getting involved into some serious considerations about where I want my life to be. Most people are afraid of letting others know what their real dream is but seriously fuck it, I'm telling you mine whether you think I'm an idiot or not. - I have a vision of my perfect day. My perfect life and the perfect lifestyle that would suit me best. Put bluntly, sauerbraten is not part of that vision. To give you a better idea of my vision consider this: Imagine waking up at 5AM. You're so excited to work that you can't sleep any longer, despite only going to bed after midnight. You're ready for work and remember that the work you're involved in isn't even mandatory! You don't even need to turn up because regardless of what you do you're going to end up with money in your wallet and a smile on your bank statement. Imagine now that your bed is actually afloat. That's right you remember now! You're on a cruise ship to a small island where you'll be spending your holiday doing nothing but partying with friends and the likes. You make a couple quick phone calls to ensure your business runs smoothly (Did I mention you own your own business?) and reply to a few emails dealing with some lowly tenants (Did I also mention you own houses across the country and make a profit renting them out to people?) and begin your day with no concerns for money because you have it all already.
I've put this here on the internet for everyone to see, and whether I make it or not I'm not going to let the possibility slip by.
That is all I have to say about the subject. Again I will miss all of you very much as sauer has most definitely NOT been a complete waste of my time. I got to meet some fun guys and play together with them on a game we all shared and loved. It truly has been a wonderful experience meeting you all and I give you all my best wishes for your futures in both sauer and life
Bon voyage!!! Maybe our paths will meet again in the future....
So there was some exciting news I wanted to mention. I've put together a few ideas for a frag movie and have some of my favourite clips in place already. But then I had another idea... Why not make a clan frag movie?!?! I want you guys all to submit your favourite moments in sauer for me to add to the video in the hopes of making an awesome frag movie from the .rC team for everyone in sauer to enjoy I figured since I'm leaving, I'd like to leave a legacy for our clan in the least.
Just reply to this post with an attachment of all your favourite demos and let me know which times you enjoyed the most and I'll get recording and editing. As a bonus I hope to release the video for everyone here first before the rest of the community get to see it
So at the tender age of 19 years old I'm currently studying MORSE (basically Mathematics and Statistics) at Warwick Uni. This is a genuine hobby of mine and I love the work I do
Aside from that and sauer I take an interest in mindset. Control of emotions and our thoughts. It is said that our actions are based on our mindset and our beliefs. The theory is if we can have the mindset and hold similar beliefs to men of success, then we may become successful in life as well. I consider myself a pretty controversial guy. Not just to argue or for the attention but because I have seen that success comes from those who do not listen to the masses.
I work at a cinema serving popcorn to overweigh 13 year old girls and selling tickets to greasy film fanatics. It's a really fun job, despite my complaints about who we serve :p
Right now, I'm interested in teaching myself the ways of investment. Particularly two fields: Investment banking and real estate investment. I have come to learn the true depth of knowledge there is inside the world of finance and I'm excited to learn about them every day!
I have some interest in bodybuilding diets and workouts but I haven't quite got to the stage where I'm actually working out :p
As for sports. Trampolining is my main thing Along with pretty much every racket sport invented i.e Table tennis, badminton, tennis but NOT squash! They're mostly just a fun interest of mine and I only commit to practising trampolining weekly. (Yea, I'm not actually that sporty :p)
I'm a book worm who doesn't like fiction. I prefer reading non-fiction, how-to books. I believe that our brain is our greatest asset and if we truly want to take care of anything, it should be our mind.
While at Uni I'm not all about learning and education. I'm an extroverted introvert.. (If that makes any sense. Basically I love socialising and being the centre of attention, but I'm a relatively shy guy :3) I love clubbing with friends and being that guy who busts out his epic drunk dance moves! I guess you could also say I love cooking and baking :3 It's a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine When at Uni I would bake brownies, cookies, cupcakes and what-not every week for my flat mates. It was a great way of giving back to my friends after they've given me many wonderful memories of stupid nights out and days doing something fun.
I'm all about making memories. When I plan a day out, I don't want it just to be wandering around town and grabbing a Cheeky Nandos but rather travelling to different cities and doing something exciting like laser quest or hiking around beautiful mountains (More like hills in this country though). Life isn't long enough to be bored half the time! Do something that you love (You can tell I'm that naive guy who's still "discovering himself" :3)
Anyways. Enough vanity from me If you've read it all, thank you very much Look forward to reading everyone else's posts as well!
So recently there has been a lot of activity regarding your application. We definitely took it seriously as you were a very potential candidate with beautiful skill as well as good integration with the rest of the community. You're a fairly likeable guy who's easy going with most things and definitely at the start of your app we were all saying the same thing "I like him, he's skilled and friendly". The reason your application took so long is mostly due to the attitude problem with raging and annoying a lot of people about how you did so bad. This is NOT something we want in the clan. Despite most of us being students of Universities and schools we are proud of our non-aggressive, friendly and calm reputation. When someone joins a server with rC members they expect friendly hello's and civil chat. This kind of personality makes us approachable by both regulars and newer players alike. It brings nervous and new players to ease and we definitely want to keep this going.
I'm afraid to say that we feel you lack this level of maturity and respect for others. We don't want it in the clan and so it is with shame that we say your application has been REJECTED.
As mentioned before. You can be a really nice guy and we would encourage that you re-apply in the future if you feel like you've matured and managed to keep that sassy attitude at bay
I hope I've given the attention that your application deserves as it was definitely a tough choice. But our decision has been finalised. We wish you GOOD LUCK for any future endeavours you may have.
Yo. So to keep things going some decisions have been made and some talk has been made throughout your application process. We are still discussing the viability of your application and there's definitely no stagnation if you're wondering
We would like to collectively emphasise on your raging. Whilst some can tolerate a bad mouth most of us really are looking to see an improvement in your attitude. Think of it this way, no one gives a fuck how well you do except yourself. So keep it to yourself. This isn't meant to be a wake-up call or harsh words but rather just the reality of the situation and a suggestion of how to control that pent up anger that we know all too well when having a bad game.
Depending on what happens; your application may take another few days, or it could take a few weeks. It's up to you. Skill is no longer a problem for us. Please put 100% effort into keeping calm and 0% effort into proving yourself. You're good enough already. We know you can get 100+ in effic. We know you like getting 30% in your effic duels. And more importantly we understand your high expectations, but please be patient and I assure you that your game will improve.
As Donal Trump once said (paraphrased): When shit gets tough. Sit tight and wait for things to get better.
Okay Parti. Pretty much everyone in the clan is on the same page. We like you're skill and there's little more to prove to us. What we're concerned about is your maturity. Raging MUST STOP. Acting like a child at the end of a game MUST STOP. What I care about and what most of us are probably wanting is a happy, progressive attitude that says "Shit, well I hope to do better next time". Of course some annoyed mumbles are fine.. an ffs, an OMG is what everyone would do including ourselves. But having an entire conversation talking about your 10 minutes of below average gameplay (ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE ALREADY THE HIGHEST FRAGGER!) MUST STOP.
Your application is promising skill wise. Please start working on attitude. If it's a bad game then fine, just say "Hmm.. I was hoping to do better. Maybe rematch in the future?" (Feel free to add some smiley faces).
We're all waiting to make our decisions, please make them easier for us
You can absolutely continue to improve. Possibly the reason why some may think they plateau whilst genuinely trying is because they fail to recognise that improvement in non-linear. There will be times where you are improving day by day and there will be times where it will take a month to break past the barriers and even then the improvement is barely recognisable. We blame it on things we can't control such as our focus and our equipment. Equipment is a very minor part in your performance. Similar to how little a tennis racket will change a professional tennis player's performance.
There may be a limit to how quickly you can react and how fast and accurate your cognitive abilities allows you to twitch that mouse to a successful shot. (I still believe there are ways to improve these cognitive limits - see Binaural Beats). But you can most definitely improve your style and improve adapting your style to other opponents. For Team-Based modes I'd argue these tactics are even more important and more dynamic. Player awareness, awareness of opponents health and awareness of your opponents skill and how much they can handle vs other opponents etc etc etc....
Simply write down everything you observe. You learn a lot. (Yes, I've done this before).
Hey Hades. You should read my post to partizan on his application. Similar stuff to what I would like to say to you as well. And especially emphasis on ego. With a big ego we consider ourselves too good to be taught from others. This slows our improvement and we plateau. Definitely do not want this!
Hey Parti. Nice to see another applicant! Make sure you see us on TeamSpeak and get as many games with us as possible to make the application process as speedy as possible
One thing I would say we are proud of is the maturity of this clan despite our young age. When you play you drop your ego, you forget proving yourself, you ignore showing others what you can do and focus on yourself. There's never a bad game since every game lost is a lesson that you're not invincible. It's an opportunity to do better. After each game you should write down what you fucked up and what you did well. If you're not sure ask us, we've probably all had a similar problem and we love teaching what we know. Focus on really improving and no more "I suck" excuses. I want real and fast improvement. I know you're already fairly good but improving should be something that never stops. You should always be getting better and better (non-linearly, of course, but still definite forward improvement).
It may have come as a huge surprise but we did it!!!! We won the insta-ctf SSL June championship!! (We'll try win the other ones another time.... :p)
Super well done to Jawer, Blushie, Marti and everyone else who contributed during the games This has been the first and it certainly won't be the last!
The games against .cS were concerning at the very beginning as they had quickly scored a flag with little effort on our map pick and first game - Redemption. However, we persisted - refusing to give in so quickly and made a wonderful comeback by taking out the attacking enemy when they didn't expect and neutralising their defenders well before making a run for it, scoring a tight 7 - 5 flags to us. This gameplay was done well on both maps and even better on Twin_Forts when Blushie had kept the enemy in their base where they belong while I pranced around a bit with barely any frags and tried to score flags :p. Jawer had some great saves and very good flag protection during the game as well, ensuring as many flag runs were executed successfully. This made for some challenging yet very well executed gameplay. Very well played by Blushie for consistently ensuring our team was safe from those nasty reds, despite our little TeamSpeak troubles at the start :p. Also some great gameplay by Jawer for keeping big pressure on the enemy and scoring some great flags even without much help from my side. Well done to me for not embarrassing myself and making my way out with the flag and successfully scoring enough times to get that win :3
Our final match against DM was no walk in the park. Skillz had dem skillz and was easily getting twice the frags of his fellow teammates. Their talent and teamwork proved worthy as they showed us how it was done on our first map pick, Authentic, making for a sad loss of 4 - 1. Our hopes were not over yet though as DM made their mistake of choosing l_ctf. We knew what Skillz was up to and ensured he didn't get away with such a high frag count. Keeping very high pressure on their team and constantly trying to get in, steal the flag and get back. At the same time we kept our defences high, giving them very little leg-room for stealing our flag. This tactic, although failing many times, was done well on enough occasions to win us the very close game 4 - 3. Our final game was chosen to entertain our beautiful crowd and we bravely chose Pandora! The game was intense, the enemies coming from 4 entrances and the DM team pushing very strongly forced us to stay on our toes! Blushie had made some wonderful defence and expertly cleared our base form those monkeys while Jawer and myself ran for that flag like it was a quad damage. Amongst the clever gameplay, the amazing defence and the awesome flag carrier protection we made our tough but clean win of 6 - 4. Leaving us as the champions!
The All-vs-All:
Our games vs Crowd (They chose Forge, we chose Abbey):
Our semi-final games vs .cS (We chose Redemption, they chose Twin_Forts):
Our final games vs DM (We chose Authentic, they chose l_ctf, we chose Pandora):
The games were surely not easily won but we made it Well done again to everyone!!!!!!
And let us not forget that it was the wonderful work of last Sunday's team that allowed us to progress to the semi-finals. I am afraid I cannot write a story for you as I was not there at the time But I'm sure we would all love to hear about it if you wish to tell us
Finally, it definitely was a wonderful thing to come back to after being in action for only 2 days after a long break and being able to contribute towards our teams success. It has already made me fall in love with the game again. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of such a super clan Let us make a toast for todays victory and any future victories we strive for in the future
And that is how we roll!! Very well done Blushie, so proud :'). Also super glad that this was resolved and as much as what I'd love to wave my beautiful round bottom in the face of all the haters... I shall remain civil and friendly with the doubters and simply write off their harsh accusations as a silly mistake.
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This is going to be hard :p
Anyways, can't wait to see you guys whip some sauer rifles! Good luck tomorrow
If this is for the competition on Sunday this week I'll be arriving then and should be able to fill in any places if this ban hasn't come around by the time. Hopefully it'll be sorted before and I'll be able to cheer you guys on during the games!!
Posted a comment as well about this ban. Fortunately the SSL admins are the most rational and reasonable of players in sauer and hoping it'll be handled quickly and justly.
Also remember Hades was willing to leave the clan and join rC if we proved Blushie was innocent... Can't wait to reject his application
Hey Man, so we're looking for opportunities to have you participate in our clanwars and get some team building on the go. That means coming on ts when a cw is possible and seeing how good communication is when it comes to a serious game
As a personal note, I love the fact you're into insta. It's kind of a rarity these days <3
Your effic is great as well, especially in ctf games but I know it can be better! Make sure to get some good effic duels, and trying to get that accuracy and kills to a sexy number
Other than that, you're a wonderful applicant to have Much love and keep those frags going
Hey man!! Good luck with your application! Glad to see you've applied
Forgot if this has been mentioned, but we encourage you to visit us on ts, IRC and have as many games with us as you can. Because we love them duels and mix's
Sat Sep 26, 2015 1:53 am
It truly has been a wonderful experience meeting you all and I give you all my best wishes for your futures in both sauer and life 
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