Didn't post any entry last night as I was awake all night gaming. Maxi was here & Arch3r joined us from his place & so, it was DotA the whole night. That obviously means that I woke up late today. And so, didn't do much today. Ganesh anna said that he'll meet us next weekend, so, the get together didn't happen. Actually, I didn't meet anyone or leave my house today.. :p Just another one of my usual 'Stay at home' days. Nothing new for a gamer eh?

Anyway, 0mF lost to DK today. I didn't expect this at all. I'm now really glad that we managed to beat 0mF in a clan match earlier, else, DK would've been the first Chennai based team to beat 0mF. But never-the-less, they are the first team in Chennai to beat 0mF in a tourney.. :p We've got a match tomorrow which we can't afford to lose. Eagerly awaiting it.. And going to apply for an OD for 20 days in my college. I really hope I get it.

Woke up at 6.30 in the morning & after some confusions as usual, we missed the SRR college bus & started on our bikes. OMG! was Maxi slow!! lol! Guess he didn't want to pwn the engine before the service. So, for the first time, traveled at an average speed of 50 for more than 30 kilometers straight. It was symposium time at Vijay's college.

Even though it was Vijay's college, we were still cheated of money & there wasn't much we could do about it. But still, we managed to salvage some money out of the trip & returned home happy, but tired. Maybe not me, but Vijay & Ashwin sure were. So, not much of an action in the evening. We just played in Zion for a while & left for home. I'm thinking of getting MS 3.0 from Raja's friend who is visiting Singapore. Will take a decision in the morning. I still owe Bharath & my dad refused to help me out, atleast for now. So, I'm hungry for money again.. :p

One of the worst days in college. I mean, we stayed in college till 3pm but did nothing the entire day. Useless as hell.. I better start bunking again. The only positive thing is that we got our letter asking for OD for 20 days signed by the Class Adviser.. So, we just have to get the HoD's signature & we can bunk for 20 days.. :p

Besides that, we had our long lasting wish fulfilled today. We managed to beat 0mF. Yes, they were not all together in LAN & we were. But still, this is the first time we've beaten them in a clan match. I was hoping we could beat em before we meet Ganesh anna. And my dream came true. Now, I'm really looking forward to meeting Ganesh anna this weekend & can't wait to tell him that we managed to beat 0mF finally..

Weirdly I woke up on time.. Must've been those damn mosquitos.. :p Anyways, its getting late & so, I'll get straight to the point. Arch3r initiated the conversation with Maxi. Then, everyone (except scrib) joined the chat & we made sure that our views were expressed. Its all said & done. We are back, hopefully. There were still a few concerns about scrib's game-play. But somehow, I'm different in my view as I feel that it is the team & not just scrib who can change it. So, I've decided to work more closely with scrib & hopefully, we'll learn from eachother. But I'm not sure whether scrib can control himself. Only time will tell.. Good night..

I didn't blog for a couple of days as I was too depressed to do anything. Thanks to this, I didn't even attend my assessment in college today. I felt that I was let down by the team, by my friends. Arch3r, Spk, Maxi & even scrib at first. Their lack of enthusiasm towards the team & Maxi's complete lack of involvement made me feel like I have nothing. I couldn't understand why treated me this way. Infact, I still don't understand Maxi. I obviously spoke with Spk & Arch3r today and explained how I felt. They along with Siva completely agreed that the team's performance depended solely on how good our relationship was during that game.

Let me explain it with a simple example. We played Err0r a week back. Actually, it wasn't their main line-up, they had 4 players on LAN and took 1 random player. And we had our main line-up except Maxi and we were high on spirits. It was a very competitive game that we managed to win. To explain how it went, I'll say that we got pwned badly at the start & then, we started to co-ordinate & the combos were executed without a flaw & we won. Arch3r & scrib went to the extent of saying that "TD lead well in the middle". None of us quarreled or cribbed during the game. Today, they had Maxi instead of me & most of us were completely low on spirit and the game according to Spk & Siva was worse than a pub game as they had no communication. To top it, scrib was completely mind-fucked & Maxi was cribbing from the start. Both played poorly & the game was lost badly. This proves that our problem is not game-play as much as team-spirit.

I've taken so much of space to explain it because, it is the truth & and hard learnt lesson which me, Spk, Arch3r & Siva completely agreed upon. So, please don't take this in anyother way, but understand what I'm saying. Learn to trust friends & take some effort to show interest in what they do. Even if your performance doesn't improve, your life will be much better and...

Today is what people call "A bad day". Ofcourse, we've all had it, but this was exceptional simply because, I was in the worst mood when I wrote this. That said, I ain't going to get into any details today. Let me just say "I sincerely hope that this day doesn't happen ever again in my life"..

Actually, it wasn't that bad. But considering that I usually find something inspirational in every day, today was a total fuck-up. Err0r visited Chennai. We couldn't play them coz only 3 ppl were ready to go & one of them was busy sleeping. 2 of us went & watched them site & chat. Then, I played a mind-fuckin game in Garena. Finally, I'm here. Thats right, thats all happened today. Nothing else. Absolutely nothing. It would've been a better day even if I had just sat & watch 'Southpark' all day long.

For once, I'm not gonna sleep after writing this blog, instead, I'm gonna watch some movie or something to rest my mind. Now FUDGE OFF!

I slept a little out of control as usual & was late to the venue. And for the first time, I couldn't participate in gaming since I was late & the registration was closed. That was so stupid of me. I mean, it was a do or do situation & I managed to die. As my man Bruce says 'why do we fall? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up'. I'm going to make sure that I wake up whenever I want to wake up. The best way to do that, is to go to sleep on time..

Besides that, didn't do much today. I have been assigned the job of writing reviews & making videos of the DotA matches. I started on working on it already. And, I went to 'Righteous Kill' with Bharath today. Oh man, Al Pacino & Robert De Niro, what can I say! I loved the movie, I loved the dialogues and it was a thorough entertainer. So, yet again, a very positive end for a day that started very negatively. I think I'm beginning to enjoy this. See ya tomorrow..

An interesting day indeed, today was. Spent the afternoon in the lab studying the videos I had taken from the match against Err0r. Me & scrib learned quite a deal from analyzing those videos. We did well to implement them in today's match against Err0r. And surprisingly, we came out victorious. Will make a video of this & analyze it later.. :p

Gladi said that the SRM fest this time around is very grand & so, an impressive amount is expected for gaming. Therefore, I'll go check it out by participating in NFS MW. But for the first time, I'm going alone. Looking forward to a new experience.. And might I also mention that I've already booked tickets for 'Righteous Kill' for the night. So, yippee ye ha!

Another usual day at college. But then, went to Sathyam for 'Wall E'. It really was a good movie. The way they were able to bring out those emotions without much dialogue was impressive. And I'm really glad that I went to the theatre because an animation won't have the same effect on you in a PC. And weirdly, this is the first time I went to the theatre for an animation film. So, I was pleasantly surprised. But still, it wasn't a masterpiece mainly due to the cliche climax.

Moving on to my action time, we didn't have much online action today as Maxi & Gladi couldn't make it. So, we decided to play with the cafe players. We laughed our hearts out making fun of others. Later in the night, played a match against Tranq & gang. It was a pub match & was going decently well suddenly when Nishant got disconnected & so we had to quit.

By the way, Bharath started to blog today & Vijay too would start to blog soon. XFire will always be my personal blog but I'll also start another blog in blogspot for articles & more professional writing. But people seem to use blog more personally to express themselves more clearly & to reach out to the world. Its definitely good & the first blog by Bharath brought out some good positive interactions within the team. So, looking forward to read more about what my friends feel.. :p Its very late already, so, good night..

Weird day today.. Attended 4 hours of college which involved a few strange activities like pinning up a paper behind your back & asking your friends to write stuffs about you.. 0_o Back at home, I saw a match between EHOME & mski which was indeed unique. Both teams used images & revenants to attack the opponent's base.

Had our last Stage 1 match today against Unholy Aura which we weirdly lost. The game was rehosted thrice or more thanks mostly to power cuts on our side. It was a simple matter of MF & we lost a close match. Got a new huge grip for my bike. I've never used grips before, so, looking forward to a new ridding experience & hopefully comfort too.. Nothing much to add, gn..