Tuesday, January 1, 2013
The Golden Rules of Time Travel
I feel I had to do this article because the propagation of Time Travel memes is out of control. Time travel as a medium of travel is loose within the bowels of the populous. And I don't a trust a one of ya.
Not only that, the propagation of horrible time travel etiquette is also out of control which is far more dangerous than the time travel virus itself.
AND Not only that, but people are becoming so familiar with bad time travel and its tropes that they think a movie with barely acceptable time travel is good time travel. And even that barely acceptable is sorely lacking in proper time travel causality.
Lets ask ourselves for a second where do we stand with the flow of time? Do we understand the various theories on it. Or possible mechanism involved in it. No? Hmmm messing with things we haven't even the foggiest notion. Oh sounds like quite a bit of fun doesn't it? (^_^)
Well you are wrong! But when has that ever stopped humans from doing anything? It is said some of the scientists who worked on the first a-bomb thought there was a chance the explosion could ignite the earth’s atmosphere and burn the earth to a crisp.
As history shows they went on with the test anyway.
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Alright then lets ask first. Are you a bad time traveler? Not evil bad, but bad in the sense of a Mark Sanchez-esc football player. Are you a catastrophe waiting to happen?
First lets ask if you are planning on going into the past. Yes? That is bad.
What is your reason for going into the past? Is it something to do with nostolgia over your life? Yes? That is Bad.
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Have you considered the consequences of time travel? No? That is bad.
Are you a selfish person? No? Yet you seek to go into the past? So you lied to yourself. Bad.
Do you have contact protocols? No? Willy Nilly? Yes? You are doubly bad.
Have you researched the time period you are going to? No? Suicidally Bad.
There you go. This is what we are dealing with. Poor material with which to make a universe but one does what one can. This post is not for you I am afraid. Report your address, location, and exact date and time to my to my email terror.and.love@gmail.com. So I can report to the proper authorities. For the rest of us on to the rules!
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As you can see this is a sad state of affairs, this time we find ourselves in. So I decided it was time to get everyone a refresher. We need to reevaluate where we stand with time travel and time travel etiquette. So to the ….
The Golden Rules of Time Travel.
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1) Do not go into the Past.
This IS thee Golden Rule of Time travel. No one person can properly account for all the avenues of chance that can ruin the entire timestream. Every enormous instance and , the most minute minutiae that can affect proper flow of time. Interrupted it can cause disaster. Pesky little things like you not being born in the first place or your mom and da.
This one rule if followed can save you from over 90% of all damage to the time stream. It can save Yourself, your ancestors, your descendants, your race, your universe even.
(Exceptions):There are only a few exceptions and in that cause done so for the most dire of circumstances.
- It is the last hope of the future of humanity to come into the past to save it. Terminator, 4400, Millenium.
Yes that dire. Your child or father dying, while sad is not a sufficient reason for time travel. We are talking macro like destruction of th earth bad. I dont feel like typing out the moral ramification but just know its not big enough unless its on this scale.
Then of course there are the implications of you effecting the timeline of another race by saving your race. But I will grant certain disposition to saving my people as a whole. Bias I know.
*Sigh* If you happen to find yourself in the past through mischance or wizard or alien device you and your friends tripped on then lets look at the rest of the rules. I am assuming you are not a bad time traveller at this point. A bad time traveller wouldn't have any regard for this blog post anyway.
2) Determine what type of time travel rules does your universe operates under.
So you found yourself in the past. The first thing to get a bearing on your environment. What type of time travel rules does your universe run under?
The Closed Universe or the expanding universe? The closed being a linked and enclosed timeline in which the future can be affected by the past. Or an expanding verse. One that when differences occur a new universe created and from that point the old one still exists but you cant get back to it?
Is your universe one in which you are innately linked to the one in which you came? For example. Does changes in the timestream affect a person from that time instantly? IF so, best be careful. Unlike back to the future, you fuck up events that lead to your birth, you will never know you fucked up. Ah the joys of a closed universe time travel. Still even in a closed universe you may be immune to the timeline changes if you aren't in the right time. Or maybe you have a device that keeps you from being affected by instantaneous change, ala Bishop in the X-men TAS.
See how tricky this?
For the expanding timetravel verse. Your problems are a bit less academic. You might be able to fix the things that your presence in the past created but if there have been changes you might be able to get back to your proper exact time, as you remember it. But you will never get back to that same universe. Its forever bared to you.
Best to just accept that now and cope.
Location. This is one of the things nearly all time travel movies fail at. The relation of place to the time period it inhabits. Unless your machine compensates for rotation of the earth, solar system, drift, and expansion of the universe. Going back in time can strand you in the middle of deep space. DEAD. (Good for me though because it will keep the fucking timestream clean.)
There are ways around it though, like linked machines. One linking to a location in past and future. Or if you are in a space conveyance like the dreaded time offenders of the Star Trek enterprise series of ships.
3) Dont Destroy the future. Aka. If you find yourself in the past always research before moving.
A bit different than number two. Once you figure out or make a guess at how time travel is working in your adventure do as much research as possible to minimize your footprint on the time stream. Also try to correct any damage you have done just by going back into the past in the first place.
Ond oh yes, there will be damage done.
Set up a series of protocols based off of the time travel rules you’ve observed. Make sure you bumping into a bum on the street doesnt destroy time. Or you stepping on a butterfly sinks California of 2010 into the future.
This advice is not only to people trapped in the past but you guys out to save humanity too. Remember just the changes you need to to save humanity, we dont need all kinds of new problems because you told your boy you couldn't resist you have to save the future. Which brings me to our next rule.
4) Do not sleep with anyone!
This mostly falls into the responsibility of the closed time travel universe.
Look I dont care if he is all over you. I dont care if you looked at her wallet. You dont fully know what your damn Grandma and pa did in the past. They had a life before they became had your parents and Grand parents. Who knows who has changed their name or lied about their past.
Also pregnancies have a habit of derailing a chance meeting in New York during the end of WW2 where Grammy met Grampy at the docks.
Sometime you can even enter the dreaded time paradox where you are the mother of your own fucking dad and it had to happen that way. I fear for you because this is one of thee most annoying of all time travel tropes to fall into. The fucked causality trap.
If you are in an unlinked timestream though and you dont plan on or dont think you are getting back. By all means be an ass. Sex your young dad up all you want to. Completely derail entire family lines and the lines those families influenced. Everything is all fucked anyway right? Ya?
5.) Kill all other time travellers.
This seems a bit harsh. But is entirely necessary. I give you famous words.
“Never suffer a Time Traveller to live” - Abraham Lincoln.
*Wipes tear from eye.* Beautiful words Abe just beautiful.
See other time traveler's, be they meddling aliens from the past, our mutated descendents from the scattering future or evil necromancers from parallel worlds. They probably have not read this and unless they have fallen into the past by accident, have disobeyed the first rule of time travel. And so forfeit any rights to civility or quarter. Besides, who knows what they are up to, or the damage they can do.
6) Only safe way to go back in time is within your own life time.
If I cant stop you or dissuade you from going back please at least follow this last rule. Of course it might fuck up my life or me even not existing but by this point at least if you follow this rule you wont have too drastic an effect on the time stream. Like for instance causing the amendment abolishing slavery to not pass. Or by somehow causing the founding fathers to lose the war of independence.
Some of you boomers are still pretty dangerous though, who knows what any little thing could affect the outcome of World War 2 or the Wars to come. Many died but it has brought us to this place we are here. Try not to meddle too much. I mean sure placing money in your past account seems fine at first, but make sure the money is not out of circulation in the time you are going to. I wouldnt want to find myself in jail. Then you have strange questions being raised in Langley if they figure out your money isnt even supposed to be made yet.
7) Only go into the future.
If you are going to time travel. The best thing to do is travel into the future. No worries about poluting your time stream. No worries about never being born because you threw some gum on the ground while you were watching your Da make out with his first girlfriend.
Ah but what about the future? Don't they have a moral right to not have us pastiens messing up their time stream?
I mean it is rude as shit to go traipsing all over the future. Messing up time for people not even born yet, in relation to yourself. Ah another bag of headache inducing ramifications for the respectable and socially conscious time traveler. But discussing the nature of things to come and what rights they may or may not have is an argument for another time.
So until next time my friends. And just say NO to time travel if you can.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Even the infinite can be tamed?
"Even the infinite can be tamed" - TL as he awoke to the lightning-strike
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Making the Impossible Possible through anchoring?
Perhaps the infinite can be tamed but not tamed in that usual way, but more like confided within limits. Yes I think the infinite or unknown can be “confined” or at least made into a form that one can grasp a hold of it.
Making it real? (~_~)????
To begin I propose that even an impossible, improbable, or even unthought-of concept can be made to be real. At least within the confinds of a person’s abstract intello-rational universe.
This was a concept I thought of upon awaking from deep sleep and in a semi-delirious state of consciousness. Sadly I did not write down the ideas that were flooding my mind. Had to recreate this through my half remembrance (about a week ago, so the idea explosion was strong enough to make a lasting impression) and cryptic notes I left for myself on twitter.
This hypothetical method of framing reality came about while I was considering a metaphysical concept. I want to go into later.
I found that when I approached a concept that had no possibility of limit or of even existing, if one can create a idea framework to hold it, even, or perhaps especially if it is linked to the concept from another already established framework, it can be made to be potentially possible.
Did that make any sense?
I would like to point out that this potentially-possible has sufficient realness and energy, if only potential energy of course.
Next the potentially-possible concept then has sufficient real heaped onto it to actually cause an existence gravity well.
Say, if we add enough already tangible concepts and link them to the potientially-possible, perhaps it can be given constraints. Perhaps it can gain substance. Is weighed down sufficiently to be made tangible itself. Which is were I came up with the term Reality Anchor.
Imagine for instance, that one cant hold the infinite or impossible. But perhaps, just perhaps, if one can add an anchor or hand hold onto it. It can then be grasped onto!
So something that is entirely not possible, or improbable, or infinite and immeasurable is saddled with a reality anchor or a relative measurement assigned to it. Now the indefinable or infinite has been assigned a relative measurement quantity that can be used to understand the thing. Thus rendering it partially-possible within the concepts of the idea framework.
Example: Lets say one can not measure distance because distance does not exist or is unfathomable. Through deriving some other concept someone thinks to link their tangential idea to distance. Giving it a unit of measure. Length! Now the thing is defined and can be looked at without it disappearing in front of your eyes because you cant wrap your brain around it initially.
A gravity well is created for illusive concepts trapping them in a idea framework that allows them to be inspected!
That is what I am trying to accomplish with this theorem. A way to make possible, impossible concepts by giving them reality anchors tying them to the laws of this universe. If one can think of a thing, then that thing is real or possible! At least in the theoretical universe inside our heads. Which depending on how you look at it is as real as the psychical world with its psychical laws. In so far as an idea does exist and is a tangible spectrum of reality.
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I hope to further explore these concepts at a latter time or epiphany, which experience tells me, will come if I continue to think of it.
Causing a wave to convert into a particle by placing it under observation as I like to say. (~_^)
(These ideas came back to me as I was trying to remember the dream, and as I was trying to rewrite it. Incredible! At first when I was thinking it it didn’t make sense to me, then it did make sense to me, and then it didn’t, then when I drafted this blog post it did start making sense again. TRUE STORY. Actually after I publish this it may very well cease to make sense again.)
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Picture Source http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=Persona%203&order=9&offset=120#/d1u8xbh
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Making the Impossible Possible through anchoring?
Perhaps the infinite can be tamed but not tamed in that usual way, but more like confided within limits. Yes I think the infinite or unknown can be “confined” or at least made into a form that one can grasp a hold of it.
Making it real? (~_~)????
To begin I propose that even an impossible, improbable, or even unthought-of concept can be made to be real. At least within the confinds of a person’s abstract intello-rational universe.
This was a concept I thought of upon awaking from deep sleep and in a semi-delirious state of consciousness. Sadly I did not write down the ideas that were flooding my mind. Had to recreate this through my half remembrance (about a week ago, so the idea explosion was strong enough to make a lasting impression) and cryptic notes I left for myself on twitter.
This hypothetical method of framing reality came about while I was considering a metaphysical concept. I want to go into later.
I found that when I approached a concept that had no possibility of limit or of even existing, if one can create a idea framework to hold it, even, or perhaps especially if it is linked to the concept from another already established framework, it can be made to be potentially possible.
Did that make any sense?
I would like to point out that this potentially-possible has sufficient realness and energy, if only potential energy of course.
Next the potentially-possible concept then has sufficient real heaped onto it to actually cause an existence gravity well.
Say, if we add enough already tangible concepts and link them to the potientially-possible, perhaps it can be given constraints. Perhaps it can gain substance. Is weighed down sufficiently to be made tangible itself. Which is were I came up with the term Reality Anchor.
Imagine for instance, that one cant hold the infinite or impossible. But perhaps, just perhaps, if one can add an anchor or hand hold onto it. It can then be grasped onto!
So something that is entirely not possible, or improbable, or infinite and immeasurable is saddled with a reality anchor or a relative measurement assigned to it. Now the indefinable or infinite has been assigned a relative measurement quantity that can be used to understand the thing. Thus rendering it partially-possible within the concepts of the idea framework.
Example: Lets say one can not measure distance because distance does not exist or is unfathomable. Through deriving some other concept someone thinks to link their tangential idea to distance. Giving it a unit of measure. Length! Now the thing is defined and can be looked at without it disappearing in front of your eyes because you cant wrap your brain around it initially.
A gravity well is created for illusive concepts trapping them in a idea framework that allows them to be inspected!
That is what I am trying to accomplish with this theorem. A way to make possible, impossible concepts by giving them reality anchors tying them to the laws of this universe. If one can think of a thing, then that thing is real or possible! At least in the theoretical universe inside our heads. Which depending on how you look at it is as real as the psychical world with its psychical laws. In so far as an idea does exist and is a tangible spectrum of reality.
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I hope to further explore these concepts at a latter time or epiphany, which experience tells me, will come if I continue to think of it.
Causing a wave to convert into a particle by placing it under observation as I like to say. (~_^)
(These ideas came back to me as I was trying to remember the dream, and as I was trying to rewrite it. Incredible! At first when I was thinking it it didn’t make sense to me, then it did make sense to me, and then it didn’t, then when I drafted this blog post it did start making sense again. TRUE STORY. Actually after I publish this it may very well cease to make sense again.)
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Picture Source http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=Persona%203&order=9&offset=120#/d1u8xbh
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Any of you have TV shows that you want me to NOT watch?
Mourning for the Fallen.
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Yes, I am thee Black Cat of Television. Any show I watch and start to really like gets cancelled or only makes it to season 2. Over the years I have cause the death of some greats.
To this day I regret what I did to shows like 4400, Arrested Development Firefly, Wonderfalls, Sarah Conner Chronicles…. To name a few. I didnt really commit to watch Lost till the last 2 seasons so that made it out. Surprisingly BSG lasted a long time to, but that’s cause I stopped subscribing to cable, thus saving it. It was a miracle we got Space above and Beyond for as long as we did. Thanks for little miracles.
Sadly I had decided to start to watch Stargate Universe, just mearly decided to watch it. Alas its fate has been sealed as some of you now know.
I ask your forgiveness for these things. They weigh heavily on my soul.
If you have any shows you want me to NOT watch please email me @ terror.and.love@gmail.com.
Also let us take a moment of silence and offer up kind thoughts to those mighty heroes who have fallen because of my negligence.
Firefly
Arrested Development
4400
Deadzone
Space Above and Beyond
Freaks and Geeks
Dollhouse
Tick (Live Action series)
Flashforward
Pushing Daisies
The Riches
Party Down
Drive
Veronica Mars
Carnival
Wonderfalls
Dead Like Me
Huff
Life
Brisco County Jr. (Yes that was me even back then)
Wolverine and the X-Men
Rome
Invader Zim
Sleeper Cell
Knights of Propserity
New Amsterdam
Blade the Series
El Tigre
Greg the Bunny
Johnny Zero
Space Above and Beyond
American High
Book of Daniels
Stargate Universe
(Also I express sorrow that I didn’t watch Heroes sooner, I would have gladly given it a mercy killing)
Monday, November 22, 2010
Human’s really that advanced? And a thoughts on sentience.
This is a concept that I have pondered over a bit every now and then….
It deals with the idea of humanity as a really advanced species. I think this is a fallacy of us humans, (No surprise, us being largely egocentric creatures). But not in the way you might be thinking. What I am thinking about is that we are like the blank computer.
Take all of our accomplishments in the last 100 years. It would appear that our creations are in a way transitory, due more to mediums and teachings than the actually advancement of human mind. The idea or as I call it a knowledge construct, also known as a meme, was really the factor that propelled us to ascendancy on this planet.
Could it be that human’s are really one step away from backsliding down into savagery? Take away our technology and our knowledge and are we still so advanced as related to other creatures on this planet? Really it’s at a certain point is it just our transfer of recorded knowledge moving forward. How to explain this…. at a certain point inventions and technology and all we make is just ideas transferred from the starting source. Human knowledge is then sort of part virus and part operating system, in how it spreads and grows. It infects the blank brain and then builds constructs in the brain to store the knowledge we have attained in our relatively short time on Earth.
I wonder if we as humans are just the platform that can contain sentience. An uneducated human living in the wild without any teaching, is he the same as one who was raised in civilization? Will he form societies like our ancient cityfounders did or just instinctual tribal groups? All the knowledge and flukes we discovered lost for all time.
If not, we are no different than feral cats, except in our ability to store and generate knowledge constructs, and the capacity to hold that ability, and the luck that it happened. A scary thought. Does this mean then that in reality sentience might be a fluke of a nature? Which brings me to thinking about sentience.
Imagine that first proto-sentient human. He would be smart enough to figure shit out surely, but at most he is a sum of his instincts with some reasoning throw in. But that does not really make sentience or does it? What happens when on the off chance the human realizes that he is alive. How would that be to the first blank slate? Would it be like coming up out of the depths of the pool. At first it is blurry and murky and then everything is clear. “I think therefore I am.”
But then how does one elevate your clan mates to that level of active reasoning from the reactive brain state? Is it then not a matter of meme, but a natural occurrence that we become sentient?
Are there Animal Humans and Awakened Humans.... I don’t know were I stand as of yet though, ideas?
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Neutral Good huh?
I Am A: Neutral Good Human Ranger (4th Level)
Ability Scores:
Strength-12
Dexterity-14
Constitution-16
Intelligence-15
Wisdom-14
Charisma-11
Alignment:
Neutral Good A neutral good character does the best that a good person can do. He is devoted to helping others. He works with kings and magistrates but does not feel beholden to them. Neutral good is the best alignment you can be because it means doing what is good without bias for or against order. However, neutral good can be a dangerous alignment because it advances mediocrity by limiting the actions of the truly capable.
Race:
Humans are the most adaptable of the common races. Short generations and a penchant for migration and conquest have made them physically diverse as well. Humans are often unorthodox in their dress, sporting unusual hairstyles, fanciful clothes, tattoos, and the like.
Class:
Rangers are skilled stalkers and hunters who make their home in the woods. Their martial skill is nearly the equal of the fighter, but they lack the latter's dedication to the craft of fighting. Instead, the ranger focuses his skills and training on a specific enemy a type of creature he bears a vengeful grudge against and hunts above all others. Rangers often accept the role of protector, aiding those who live in or travel through the woods. His skills allow him to move quietly and stick to the shadows, especially in natural settings, and he also has special knowledge of certain types of creatures. Finally, an experienced ranger has such a tie to nature that he can actually draw on natural power to cast divine spells, much as a druid does, and like a druid he is often accompanied by animal companions. A ranger's Wisdom score should be high, as this determines the maximum spell level that he can cast.
Find out What Kind of Dungeons and Dragons Character Would You Be?, courtesy of Easydamus (e-mail)
Ability Scores:
Strength-12
Dexterity-14
Constitution-16
Intelligence-15
Wisdom-14
Charisma-11
Alignment:
Neutral Good A neutral good character does the best that a good person can do. He is devoted to helping others. He works with kings and magistrates but does not feel beholden to them. Neutral good is the best alignment you can be because it means doing what is good without bias for or against order. However, neutral good can be a dangerous alignment because it advances mediocrity by limiting the actions of the truly capable.
Race:
Humans are the most adaptable of the common races. Short generations and a penchant for migration and conquest have made them physically diverse as well. Humans are often unorthodox in their dress, sporting unusual hairstyles, fanciful clothes, tattoos, and the like.
Class:
Rangers are skilled stalkers and hunters who make their home in the woods. Their martial skill is nearly the equal of the fighter, but they lack the latter's dedication to the craft of fighting. Instead, the ranger focuses his skills and training on a specific enemy a type of creature he bears a vengeful grudge against and hunts above all others. Rangers often accept the role of protector, aiding those who live in or travel through the woods. His skills allow him to move quietly and stick to the shadows, especially in natural settings, and he also has special knowledge of certain types of creatures. Finally, an experienced ranger has such a tie to nature that he can actually draw on natural power to cast divine spells, much as a druid does, and like a druid he is often accompanied by animal companions. A ranger's Wisdom score should be high, as this determines the maximum spell level that he can cast.
Find out What Kind of Dungeons and Dragons Character Would You Be?, courtesy of Easydamus (e-mail)
Thursday, October 21, 2010
TL's Folly. You think you're the worst but your not Zerg Replays.
*Man with dejected eyes sits by the camp fire*
"Have a seat lads. Ol' TL here is gonna tell you all some good old fashioned fables of bad times and good times. Heroes. And terrible scouting, horrible play and matches of pure hilarity and ultimate sadness."
"But why unkie TL?”
“Why You ask... so you can learn from the mistakes of the past my friends. TL's folly"
*Sigh*
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(I just suffered a horrible lost.... kind of broke my heart. Turned into the catalyst for finally uploading my replays.)
I will post them here so that you can see, that you are not in fact that bad. Prepare for replays of Terrible APM, Non-existent laughable scouting, microphobia, and complacent macro. There are always some one worse than you my friends. But heck you might even learn something!
The real horror? Some of these are wins.
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What is Star Craft 2?
For the un-initiated, SC2 is a real-time strategy game. It’s very demanding. The multitasking alone is quite taxing on the brain. But the rush of building and controlling your units is unlike any other gaming experience out there. There is technique involved, strategy, tactics, reactions.
Its like Chess on Steroids. 3 races each with unique units and abilities and buildings, you then go up against the other races or the dreaded mirror match up. The game has a story mode, but the true allure is testing your skills online versus other opponents. I am a bronze level player, the lowest level. I get beat a lot but the game is so fun that I LOVE it even when I am struggling. Sometimes tough battles do exhaust the heck out of me and depress me a little. Because many times it’s because I made stupid mistakes that cost me the game, or at least the chance to do good in that game match.
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Oh joy! Proxy Rax distraction (,_, ) totally throws TL into off balance sloppy play - October 19, 2010
http://screplays.com/replays/terrorandlove/12044
So I send out a overlord to get a looksie at his base. Somehow somewhere in between this interval he snuck a SCV into my base. Takes me totally of guard. Somehow I exize him. Then finish my expansions. He tries more pushes but then I get Corrupters and finally Broodlords. Sloppy Macro them and some how manage to win.
BUT!!!! SPECIAL SURPRISE: Opponent GGs. Hmmm, but thankfully I was so engrossed in my Broodlords grinding his base I dont exit right away. Then I realize he is still in the game and go hunting. Good thing I usually dont just end my games.
Moral of the Story?: FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THATS GOOD TL USE A PROBE TO SWEEP THE BASE. And its cool to always check that map even if they GG.
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Worst Zerg Play that actually won a game - October 20, 2010
http://screplays.com/replays/terrorandlove/12042
Standard TL Build (AKA no plan and no scouting) led to a devastating Void Ray attack. Some how managed to keep it together by Turtling with the Zerg. YES turling. Other player was so out of it too he stayed air after I walled off and ended up spending himself out on the defenses. The poor soul.
Why no scouting? I think I figured I could just static defend until I got enough macro to start major pushes. Of course VR come in and my attention is so poo poo I dont even save my workers.
Moral of the Story?: Scout!! And dont trust your static defenses. The enemy can sneak into your base through the smallest margins. He would of won too if he had scouted my Spore Colony traps [yeah yeah I meant to do it..... (~_~) ]
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Of all my battles and losses. This loss hurt me the most. – 10.21.10 (Ended 1230AM)
The Epic battle of Macro failure.
http://screplays.com/replays/terrorandlove/12039
This was a grueling 1hour and 45 minute game that ended in a really bitter defeat for me.
After earlier losses that day I was doing pretty darn well mentally. Got my expansions down, timing was alright in the beginning. I had my overlords outside scouting his base so I could see when he pushed up. (LOVE patrol function)
I saw he was turtling so I even managed to research drop. I thought I was so cute with those drops. Even had a good army. Which I proceeded to piss away. My static defenses were rather nice also. Since I figured the Air attack was coming. Messed up again by not scouting properly. Managed to pick up 2 more bases. I though I was doing well. Even managed to stop a few raids. Lost my initial base but I had smartly (FOR ONCE) remembered to build backup structures so I could keep producing units.
My main problem I think was ineffectual attacks. I had some good pushes but I attacked expansions when I should have attacked key structures at his main. Not enough harassment at all. Damn looking back on it I just cringe I didn’t know what I was thinking. I guess I was so glad to be in late stages of the game finally, after
I was also filled with over-confidence. I thought because I had 5 bases, with tons of queens I could just attack and outproduce him. Then totally forgot about 1 of his expansions. The Battlecruiser attacks just cost me too much too even if I defeated them. Then before I knew it I had spent myself into the grave, when that’s what I wanted to do to him. SO MANY ADVANTAGES I HAD, I PISSED AWAY.
In the end tried some fancy (I.E. sloppy) spore crawler and spine crawler tricks because I didn’t have enough units to attack anymore. Though maybe finally he ran out of money only to be surprised by a 4 Battlecruiser force.
Finally I conceded. Of all my battles this one broke me a little, because if I had applied pressure instead of being complacent I could bust his force with Brood Lords and Corrupters I might have won. Really messed up on upgrades too. Definitely shouldnt have let him have carte blanche in terms of building what ever he wanted either. It was quite a learning experience in any case. And one of the most epic battles I have had in my short and volatile career.
Moral of the Story?: Even though Zerg are Macro-delicious and you think you have a lead don’t get Complacent. Resources are not finite. Harass, Scout especially late game. Don’t let them gain momentum.
"Have a seat lads. Ol' TL here is gonna tell you all some good old fashioned fables of bad times and good times. Heroes. And terrible scouting, horrible play and matches of pure hilarity and ultimate sadness."
"But why unkie TL?”
“Why You ask... so you can learn from the mistakes of the past my friends. TL's folly"
*Sigh*
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(I just suffered a horrible lost.... kind of broke my heart. Turned into the catalyst for finally uploading my replays.)
I will post them here so that you can see, that you are not in fact that bad. Prepare for replays of Terrible APM, Non-existent laughable scouting, microphobia, and complacent macro. There are always some one worse than you my friends. But heck you might even learn something!
The real horror? Some of these are wins.
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What is Star Craft 2?
For the un-initiated, SC2 is a real-time strategy game. It’s very demanding. The multitasking alone is quite taxing on the brain. But the rush of building and controlling your units is unlike any other gaming experience out there. There is technique involved, strategy, tactics, reactions.
Its like Chess on Steroids. 3 races each with unique units and abilities and buildings, you then go up against the other races or the dreaded mirror match up. The game has a story mode, but the true allure is testing your skills online versus other opponents. I am a bronze level player, the lowest level. I get beat a lot but the game is so fun that I LOVE it even when I am struggling. Sometimes tough battles do exhaust the heck out of me and depress me a little. Because many times it’s because I made stupid mistakes that cost me the game, or at least the chance to do good in that game match.
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Oh joy! Proxy Rax distraction (,_, ) totally throws TL into off balance sloppy play - October 19, 2010
http://screplays.com/replays/terrorandlove/12044
So I send out a overlord to get a looksie at his base. Somehow somewhere in between this interval he snuck a SCV into my base. Takes me totally of guard. Somehow I exize him. Then finish my expansions. He tries more pushes but then I get Corrupters and finally Broodlords. Sloppy Macro them and some how manage to win.
BUT!!!! SPECIAL SURPRISE: Opponent GGs. Hmmm, but thankfully I was so engrossed in my Broodlords grinding his base I dont exit right away. Then I realize he is still in the game and go hunting. Good thing I usually dont just end my games.
Moral of the Story?: FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THATS GOOD TL USE A PROBE TO SWEEP THE BASE. And its cool to always check that map even if they GG.
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Worst Zerg Play that actually won a game - October 20, 2010
http://screplays.com/replays/terrorandlove/12042
Standard TL Build (AKA no plan and no scouting) led to a devastating Void Ray attack. Some how managed to keep it together by Turtling with the Zerg. YES turling. Other player was so out of it too he stayed air after I walled off and ended up spending himself out on the defenses. The poor soul.
Why no scouting? I think I figured I could just static defend until I got enough macro to start major pushes. Of course VR come in and my attention is so poo poo I dont even save my workers.
Moral of the Story?: Scout!! And dont trust your static defenses. The enemy can sneak into your base through the smallest margins. He would of won too if he had scouted my Spore Colony traps [yeah yeah I meant to do it..... (~_~) ]
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Of all my battles and losses. This loss hurt me the most. – 10.21.10 (Ended 1230AM)
The Epic battle of Macro failure.
http://screplays.com/replays/terrorandlove/12039
This was a grueling 1hour and 45 minute game that ended in a really bitter defeat for me.
After earlier losses that day I was doing pretty darn well mentally. Got my expansions down, timing was alright in the beginning. I had my overlords outside scouting his base so I could see when he pushed up. (LOVE patrol function)
I saw he was turtling so I even managed to research drop. I thought I was so cute with those drops. Even had a good army. Which I proceeded to piss away. My static defenses were rather nice also. Since I figured the Air attack was coming. Messed up again by not scouting properly. Managed to pick up 2 more bases. I though I was doing well. Even managed to stop a few raids. Lost my initial base but I had smartly (FOR ONCE) remembered to build backup structures so I could keep producing units.
My main problem I think was ineffectual attacks. I had some good pushes but I attacked expansions when I should have attacked key structures at his main. Not enough harassment at all. Damn looking back on it I just cringe I didn’t know what I was thinking. I guess I was so glad to be in late stages of the game finally, after
I was also filled with over-confidence. I thought because I had 5 bases, with tons of queens I could just attack and outproduce him. Then totally forgot about 1 of his expansions. The Battlecruiser attacks just cost me too much too even if I defeated them. Then before I knew it I had spent myself into the grave, when that’s what I wanted to do to him. SO MANY ADVANTAGES I HAD, I PISSED AWAY.
In the end tried some fancy (I.E. sloppy) spore crawler and spine crawler tricks because I didn’t have enough units to attack anymore. Though maybe finally he ran out of money only to be surprised by a 4 Battlecruiser force.
Finally I conceded. Of all my battles this one broke me a little, because if I had applied pressure instead of being complacent I could bust his force with Brood Lords and Corrupters I might have won. Really messed up on upgrades too. Definitely shouldnt have let him have carte blanche in terms of building what ever he wanted either. It was quite a learning experience in any case. And one of the most epic battles I have had in my short and volatile career.
Moral of the Story?: Even though Zerg are Macro-delicious and you think you have a lead don’t get Complacent. Resources are not finite. Harass, Scout especially late game. Don’t let them gain momentum.
Kei Katan – 10.21.10
Kei Katan - “What is up?” - Kalaykan codetalk. (rough translation)
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So what have I been up to lately?
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TL’s Law of Conservation of Energy.
For the most part I have not done a lot of anything. Lots of rest and some gaming since I have free time (more on that later). I have done some reading. Got a few good books from the library. Writing (EXTREMELY minor. Damn this prison sequence….writers road block.) I have downloaded a few new shows to watch. Started doing some walking out at night in the cool Florida weather too… Until I realized that my neighbors let their semi large dog loose at night and without a lease so had to cancel my favorite route. This disrupted my patterns and now I am inactive once more until I find an alternate. Gave up on taking care of my pool. It was costing too much to maintain in terms of chemicals and cleaning so its officially closed for the season. (-_-) Had some good times with her.
(P.S. Fall and Winter in Florida is some of the best weather in the United States of America. Period. Nothing can beat it.)
Started getting more and more into Star Craft 2 online play. Which is going okay in terms of having fun but not in terms of me doing actually good. (subsequent blog to follow)
There is a cat I am thinking about adopting who hangs around my job. He is cool but also annoying with all his damn chatter. It’s what makes me like him and hate him at the same time. He is not a wild cat. I think just someone’s domestic that got loose a while back and has been surviving in the wild. Using http://www.wikihow.com/Earn-the-Trust-of-a-Stray-Cat guide I got him used to me and now he is sort of overly friendly with me. He is kind of an ass though, demanding, and he talks too much too. (A perfect match huh.) Sorry ladies looks like I don’t need a girlfriend now. (-.-)
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And so the ship sinks.
Never did a job post about this but. Well a few weeks ago I was alerted to the fact that our office is loosing money. In an effort to not let everyone go they reduced us down to 3 days a week. At first I was quite overjoyed as I had hoped for something like it to happen. (At first I wished for a 4 day work week. At a 20% paycut I still wouldnt have to do anything extra to stay afloat maybe have to cut out a stripclub visit or 2. Give up drugs and drinking to every other day) But a 40% pay cut is kind of bleh. I will be able to keep up my rent and power. Might end up paying my car note like every 2 months though. Feth debt. I can handle debt standing on my head (What can they do ship me to a foreign colony of Georgia… sorry US but there are no new lands to settle). I had hoped we would get some work for the company by now, but its 3 weeks into this and I think we wont. At the end of October there is definitely going to be layoff. I think it will be me too.
THE BRIGHTSIDE! There are jobs out there in my field, which is ironic in that those are the jobs I don’t want to do again. I want to do something new. A janitor job or something where I can be active. Hmm if I do get kicked out of my house I might be able to become a servant at Alistair and Shannon’s house in exchange for Room and board. Which might work out as I can focus on my writing too.
Also another benefit of the 3-day work week. LOTS of free time. I have caught up on my reading and gaming and anime. I have had pletty of time to get doctor appointments and admin stuff as well. And taken time for vacations.
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Under the knife.
Aye. TL has had a few implants lately. My datajack and reflex augmenters are running nicely. Recently underwent some LONG awaited oral surgery too. Got my chompers fixed. Haven’t told anyone at work other than my Apprentice. Want to see if anyone will notice and actually have the guts to bring it up. I know they knew I had bad teeth problems before but never said anything. Be interesting. Cant wait to see if my friends really like em though. My Uma is happy. Gums are still sore. Been healing for weeks. Still cant really eat hard stuff yet. Oh got prescribed some REALLY nice Hydros for the pain. Hoping to get a refill. (Actually glowing on them as I type)
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The Great Hunt
Thanks to an obscure preview of an anime I plan on intro-ing at our anime club, called Gankutsuou. I have now taken to diving into more classical music. The particular selection of music is Tchaikovsky’s Manfred Symphony. So after that I ran into a massive collect spree. I have a lot of Tchaikovsky to get through its all sounding good.
(UNEXPECTED SIDEEFFECT! – This type of music synchs really well with writing. As most music I try to listen to while writing ultimately distracts me. The magical notes of Classical orchestral have a nice un-distracting flow. In fact it helps block out distractions even!)
Some powerful stuff. (Actually has my toes curling up as I type right now)
Downloaded some Everything But the Girl best off. Nice soft yum yum music. Thanks to @VentureBrosBlog I found out the name of the Techno song that plays at the beginning of second season of Venture Bros. Aquagen feat. Rozalla remix – Everybody’s Free. Been delving into Techno/Trance/House music as a result. Which also seems to have a writing synch effect. Brother game me the Halo: Reach and Street Fighter II The Movie OSTs which are good.
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The LMT returns
Very happy that an old friend of mine who I love dearly has contacted me through twitter. Glad to be in touch with her again. Follow my dear dear @KimmyLMT . She is doing well! Yay! And my future apprentice is also doing well in school.
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Status
Relationship Status: Single w/Cat (Although I do have like 3 crushes I am under right now. One particular women is soo cool I dunno what I would do if I had courage to… I don’t know.)
Health Status: Standard (Back is better, but need Super Tam to walk me. Gums hurting)
Money Status: Some reserves still remaining after surgery
Car Status: Relatively Clean with Gas in tank
House Status: Semi-Clean need to wash dishes. Make bed more in morning
Work Status: Extremely Bored. No projects to keep me occupied.
Friend Status: Need to hang out with friends more. Sad Panda.
Sleep Status: Bad, moving to a Nocturnal to a Morning midweek is fracking me
OCD Status: Getting kind of annoying with bad thoughts.
Meds Status: Off my meds because of surgery. Not Good
Hope For Black People Status: Hopeful in long run
Hope For Political Apparatus of USA: Grim w/ small dab of Hope
Social Thought: Wish country could grow up and just accept Homosexuals without all the damn lag. People are too homophobic too. I hate casual homophobia the most!
Life Expectancy of United States (As of this post): 20 years tops. (+5 years from last prediction)
Booty of the Month: Rachel McAdams http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9590/f3su34.gif
Celeb Infatuation: Helen Mirren <3 :(
http://paintedfurnitureonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Helen-Mirren-1.jpg
Favorite Dream: Transendant Sex-Marriage Dream
Movie of Week: Starship Troopers
Book Currently Reading: Dhalgren. (One confusing narrative having a hard time breaking into it) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhalgren (O_o)
Game of the Week: Super Robot Wars OG for GBA.
Meme of the Week: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-rent-is-too-damn-high-jimmy-mcmillan
Closing thoughts: Concerning Jimmy McMillan a lot of people see the dude as a joke. But dammit the RENT IS too damn high. He takes it seriously too. And damn he would have my vote if I lived their just for saying stuff that regular politicians are too scared to say. Well and because of the awesome mustachios too.
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