Resuming service with nonsense about gaming

First things first; you may have noticed the scarcity of posts recently. The road to procrastination is laid with best intentions and all that. But, in addition to today's post, I have a couple more cookin' on the back burners, so you should hear from me plenty in the next week or so. I also have a major baby update to post online next, so keep an eye out for that baby lovers.




My unwinding mechanism of choice these days is a computer game called Counter Strike. Usually, my brother, Dan, and I hook up on Skype and play together defeating endless wave of terrorist attacks.

I recently changed my internet connection to allow people to log into my CS server, allowing them to play along with us with no password - meaning the whole internet now has access to my game server. I love the variety of having the wide range of Internet users (ie 13 year old dorky boys) logging on to play with us. I laugh, though, when I see some of the names they have chosen. They are always in l33t speak, you never see a Tom, Jerry, or Helen. Here are some examples...

S0rdidC@det (Sordid Cadet): This gentleman wants everyone to know that he is, perhaps, enlisted in the armed services and that his defining characteristic is dirty and foul, maybe to better frighten his opponents.

PieceOƒRo_no (Piece of Round): Equating yourself to meat is uncommon, but should be taken seriously, like his penchance for killing. Or perhaps he is referring to a round, or bullet, but not the whole thing. Oh no, just a piece. Modesty is important in killing your opponent.

§up@f£yHor§eman (SupaflyHorseman): Probably a reference to the four horseman of the apocolypse, and also that this individual is fly. But wait, no, he's better than just fly...he's supafly. Sadly, he was not fly enough to afford typing the "er" in super and had to settle for just the "a" in supa.

-3art0ƒoeer (Heart of Beer): I think I can sum this one up using mathematical terms. If Beer = Cool and Heart > than elbow (or most body parts, for that matter), then Heart + (or filled with) beer = Cooler than an elbow with no beer. I'll let you manipulate that further.

And my favorite...

Fis7Full0fCu7thr0at "First Full of Cut Throat": If you could materialize an adjective - for example - be able to put 17 angries into a basket made of prudents, then why couldn't you have a fist full of cut throat? What would that look like? I imagine that Mr. Fis7Full0fCu7thr0at would expect you to fear that particular image heading your way. Ooooooo....

And finally, I'd like to add that, since my IP address for my CS server changes all the time, I've decided to keep it on this site on the right side of the page. I'll keep that up to date until I tire of the game and bring down the server.

UPDATE: Oh, and how cool is this?