WORLD CUP PHENOMENON //by BarTek ======================================================================= INTRODUCTION Many people have played the worldcup. But what is the worldcup? Well i myself think it is nothing more a gathering for replay begging people. Sure its about competing on a level for a surtain time and compare your times with others, but most people dont know that the real fact lies beneath the surface of such harmless competetion. I am talking about: (1) The replay begging (2) Spreading of styles by teamplayers gone rotten (3) Constant nagging on #across when ppl ask about your wcup time I will take you readers beneath the harmless surface and tell you the truth behind the glamour of the elastomaia world Cup. ======================================================================= REPLAY BEGGING Often you log into the irc channel #across for a moment of good conversation but can do much before some n00b or person screames their trouths out at you and asking: "what is your current wcup time?!1 pliz tell0r, ok??" If a person has good time he often doesnt wanna tell cuz other who are satisfied with their current time relize that thier own time is worse and it makes them motivated to play some more and beat that persons time. And somehow we all can relate to that cuz we have been in that situation before. And beacuse of this many do lie about their times and add 3-5 seconds to their real time so others may think they arent threatned by that person and dont have to play more. This often takes place among the better players, n00bs on other hand brag about their sucky time cuz they know they are no treath to others. ======================================================================= SPREADING OF STYLES Well dont we just love those ppl who spread our recs to others without our permision. Hell no! It takes much to make a team mate spread recs and the World Cup is a very tempting place for it unfortunaly. This highly respected event that take place only 1 time every 1-2 years CAN and WILL turn your un-suspected friend to turn to the darkside. The idea of the world cup is to help eachother in the team and come up with the best style. Sadly you sooner or later meat some dude outside your team that offers his services for the team replay. I like to call these kind of people "Dealers". (It resembles very much to offering a kid some candy so you can lure him into your car and rape the "bazooka" out of him.) Often the "Dealer" offers other peoples replays or other similar stuff. This may variate from a nice rec on a internal level to a reservation in the "dealers" own team. But often the judas of a team wants the both of 2 worlds and chooses to stay in his current team but keep on spreading replays. I'd like to remind you on the "MrOizo - [SC]" scandal that took place looong time ago. But what can we do about this? Well i tell you, there aint a shit we can do about it. ======================================================================= THE NAGGING As i mentioned in the beggining of this article, people ask of other people their times, and the circle of life continues. Now lets investigate this a bit closer shall we: 1. Player A joins #across 2. Player B screames "Hey Player A, whats your time?" 3. Player A stops and thinks before he answers (Player A) Hm, i have a very good time. I may even infact win with mine current time. But i dont wanna reveal my time for Player B. If i tell him mine time and he has much worse he will feel forced to play. This way i might loose my chance to win this event if he beat the time i have given him. Theirfor i must give him a false time. 4. Player A adds 4 seconds to his real time and tells it to Player B 5. Player B is sceptic and thinks for himself (Player B) Eh, the asshole must take me for a fool. I know he has a better time then he says he has. I must play more to beat his real time whatever it might me. But i wont reveal it to Player A. I must make him think i am happy with my time and wont play no more so doesnt get scared. 6. Player B heh, thats a nice time...good luck in the world cup :P 7. Player A hihi, i wish you the same :D Hahaha, fuck the hypocrism in elma scene. Although it is one of the many things that makes the game so much more exciting and un-predicted. ======================================================================= SUMMARY So what can we make of all this? 1. People are shit 2. There is a judas in all of us 3. We behave like cp-barn 4. Dont trust anyone Yeye i know you might have shit your pants after reading this. But you should really dont let these things bother you. My advice for all is to go with the flow and let shit happen to you. After all we aint not more then simple people living in a world of hypocrism. Birds may shit on your head, but this way you learn to use ambrella the next time, ok? ======================================================================= //BarTek The "Elma Artist"