Posts from Nomination for "Bomb of the Year 2013"

Little raccoon, a PEKA-master :D

ahaha, is a female nickname closer to being gay?

Heh, we also have our own "princess" now :) I remember a similar case on WCL (if I remember correctly, it was Daisetsu), and that guy was punished, so I think that's why Maretti is calling for a ban here. It would be nice to know the motives from the source...

Heh, we have our own "princess" now :) I remember a similar case on WCL (Daisetsu, if I remember correctly), they punished the guy there, I think that's why Maretti is calling for a ban here. I'd still like to know the motives from the source...

Daisetsu? Haha, and I was telling Alex back then that it would be nice to go to Romania)) Good thing we didn't go...) But the "her" photo was awesome!)

How on earth did I manage this?

I've often encountered internet scams; I also happened to play an online game some years ago where there were no rules regarding honesty, and it was tacitly understood that it was better not to trust anyone. You could be ripped off in trade, lied to about gender, or even have someone pretend to be another player for some purpose. I personally didn't like people who did such things to gain some advantage. But my attitude toward these things shifted toward "this is more or less normal."
Then came a long break from gaming; I had other priorities. But at one point, I had a conversation with an acquaintance, and we touched upon the topic of online games, and she said that she prefers to play under male nicknames because she generally dislikes the way girls are treated. At the time, no particular attention was paid to this, and the conversation moved on.
And then, some more time passed. I felt like playing something, and Heroes 3 caught my eye. I love turn-based strategies; besides, I really liked this game during my school years. We played via hot-seat, built capitols, and fought with massive armies. And I really wanted to revisit it. I didn't plan on staying long, just to relax a bit and have a good time. That conversation came back to me, and I thought, "Why not pretend to be a girl, just for interest, to see if they believe it or not, and how they'll treat me?" An experimenter, damn it. And so it began.
I played a bit through GR (by the way, the attitude was mostly kind of condescending, which was actually unpleasant), then registered on HW. Life got in the way, and there was a long break during which I only played with one person. I managed to build up some skill.
Then I start playing on HW and continue implementing the plan. But gradually, I begin to realize several things. That the idea was a total fail; here is a small, normal Community and people are mostly treated well. That I like the game. That I like certain people. This would have been the time for me to end this circus and tell the truth while only a few people thought I was a girl. But the chance was missed ("maybe it's fine as is, maybe it's not necessary, anyway the game will probably get boring quickly, and no one will be worse off"). I start communicating impersonally and stop telling anyone that I am a girl. That's how I played for a long time. But information spreads; people find out from each other. I already started to panic and didn't know what to do, but in the end, I maintained the legend. And now everyone is "in the loop."
I think, okay, let it be as it happened, but I'm already feeling fatigue from the game; I need to disappear, and let the fairy tale of this skilled girl remain. I couldn't. Primarily because of very pleasant communication with some people, and I didn't want—and still don't want—to lose them or the connection with them.
But this couldn't last forever; sooner or later, the moment had to come when everything needed to be told. That moment has arrived; dragging it out any further was just depressing. I regret that I caused negative emotions and upset some people. I can also say that my attitude toward such actions has changed, and I will not repeat this again, even if it seems that "no one will be worse off." It had become simply unpleasant for me too, and some people, upon finding out everything, were deeply upset, clearly demonstrating that someone indeed can be made to feel worse.

Did I act poorly? Yes. Was I messing around with nonsense? Yes. Could I have resolved and settled everything much sooner? Yes. In my defense, I can only say that I didn't want anything truly bad. Nor did I want any bonuses in Tournaments or anything of the sort.

I apologize for this deception. Especially to those who were affected by it in one way or another.

Moralki was raging on the forum about a cheater!!!

Nerdy guys have a thing for girls.

Remove him from the Player of the Year poll. Give him socks as a gift for February 23rd – he already has a flower as an avatar...

and then a horde of trolls showed up.

:D :D :D
Pete dropped a bombshell — and what a bombshell))) I don't even know how to feel about it)) At first you read reports like "It's been a while since I played as Cita, couldn't avoid some blunders and took a long time moving. But the layout is excellent, a stable and a wolf den, convenient roads. On the first day I grabbed a Dungeon computer, scouted 2 treasure zones, in one of them a Griffin Conservatory is visible, etc..." — not many people will write from a female perspective))
But on the other hand, the guy outed himself, no one had a gun to his head, although based on the info we had, there were some suspicions)))

I think old Sigmund could tell us a lot about him.

Let me tell you my side of the story. No one could have possibly communicated with Aia more than I did during that time. We've been talking for over a year. She became my online friend. And, ever since Sam accidentally "burned down" Aiauteotl on the second or third day of our conversation, I had no reason to suspect anything was amiss. Girls can also enjoy playing Heroes, and girls can also be smart, interesting, kind, and have a good sense of humor. The only thing that sometimes surprised me was that she didn't get upset in situations where I definitely would have, and that she generally handles stressful situations calmly:smile27: I just tried to take her as an example in this regard. I received the confession on January 13th, and my first reaction was similar to Tvarina's; I even wrote in response to his message, "I don't understand you." Then came: feeling bad; a sense of betrayal; the loss of a friend!; all men are jerks; disapproval and internal condemnation of the fact that when Sam and Marat found out, they continued to communicate as if nothing had happened; I argued and made a scene a lot; I didn't understand how something like this could be forgiven; then I listened to what he wrote, missed him, tried to continue communicating, but I just couldn't trust him anymore; I needed real confirmation of his words, and Pete helped us all:cool: He took the time and sorted everything out from his unbiased point of view in real life. In the end, I understood and finally calmed down. The person confessed, repented, didn't just run away, is a good player, and can we really afford to lose such people? In short, everyone decides for themselves, but I forgave him and will continue to play two-on-two and support him. P.S. This topic appeared three days after the "good" news, and when I opened it for the first time, I thought it would be about Aiauteotl

This indicates that the person likes the heroes.

something like that, I guess :)

I argued and made a scene a lot; I couldn't understand how such a thing could be forgiven; then I listened to what he wrote and missed him.

A guy definitely wouldn't write something like that, even if he wanted to. Just a note for future "ladies"!

P.S. If you take it out of context like this, it sounds like a fight between old lovers after an infidelity.