joeyontheguitar

being like jon in starcraft 2

So we were playing some 3v3 recently, and our team was losing… it was at that point where things looked really, really grim. One of our teammates shot his mouth off in the “All” chat about how the other team wasn’t that great, and of course he shouldn’t have, but nevertheless one of the other guys responded, “Well, neither are your teammates.”

Seriously? I mean, our guy was out of line for launching the first shot, but there was no reason to attack Jon and me. That was pretty cowardly. Go for the guy who insulted you and you have the moral advantage; go for the other people who didn’t even say anything and you’re just a douchebag.

Naturally, I was going to stick up for my side and shoot my mouth off for my team, regardless of whether we were right or wrong; I was getting pissed off about the other guy’s total assholery of picking on the people who didn’t even say anything. I was just about to say something to the opposing player who was launching the insults. But then Jon said, “It’s all good guys, it’s just a game.”

Leave it to Jon to find the best goddamn way to deal with the situation. Right then he put everything into perspective: This was an online game, with a couple of random people we’d never met, in a practice Ladder match that we were playing at 5 in the morning. Sure, we could make a big deal out of this and get angry and everything, but for what purpose? Was it worth getting mad over? Not for us. We were playing SC2 for fun, and we were having fun whether we were winning or not. Sure, there might come a time when I’ll take this game fairly seriously. But now? I’m a n00b and I know it, and I have no plans ever of playing this game professionally. So if I feel like floating my buildings around and making you hunt for me for fifteen minutes to take me out, then you bet your ass I’ll do that — which, by the way, is exactly what we made the other team do. HAHHAHAH.

Jon reminded me of something really important, which is: Be cool. Not just in StarCraft, but in whatever else you do, namely life itself. It’s something I’m working toward every day.