EQ at a lan center ... the future sux.
I started training for counterstrike as a teen planning to hang at the LAN center by UNLV. got my drivers license and it was like 5 years closed.
We did do a "teambuilding" lan event once when I was employed, tho, and I stomped beautifully (was a pro at the time). Wound up 1vEveryone, as CS gets when you're genuinely good. It got me worship at the office and i got promoted to management soon after, lol. There's nothing like demonstrating your IQ with something martial and competitive, it feels better than anything. So I guess it did paid off. But still, I thought my adulthood would be like Hackers with LAN center weekends at mixed LAN/BDSM venues in the local akihabara district, lots of chains and leather pants, and instead it sux and everyone is frightened of cyborg wives. Brain drain is the most tragic feature of our society.
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