Black..hawk...down...Looooong post..irrelevant to many..boring to most..warning you..disclaimer done..
I have only ever played one game in a network environment..ok..make that three..ok..make that 5...
ok..lemme rephrase...i have only ever
liked playing one game in a network environment..
BHD...short for black hawk down..
One of those late nights in the old lab..11:30 PMish..and too early to start working on the assignments..
Last few months to go..before passing out..and the last thing I wanted to do was to go out of campus..even to pee !
Only the tam-gang..arun..ashwin(a.k.a Big-F$%&-I-care man)..rajesh & anant and kelya and sudeep...sometimes..frequented the spot...
and knew that the first one is kini's comp ..and 2 chairs,please..one to sit on..the other to spread his legs on..with the keyboard on his lap..
*kya life thee..I really shld think abt doing my PhD there..
Still miss that comp.."mba-acer 1"..:(
"tumkooo na bhoooluuu paayeenge..."*The advantages with sitting in the old lab were..
1.No noisy juniors..they WERE a very vocal lot !
*One of those times..i remember having walked in unable to bear it anymore..and shouted..
"HEY ! I am trying to do an MBA here !! Do you mind !??"
*Pindrop silence..murmurs..."Yeh kini ko kya ho gaya ?"*:D
I was a very bossy senior..yeah,they are still in touch with me..and dont actually hate me..i hope :)*2.Compared to the 40-odd in the other lab, Only 5 top-of-the-line PCs here..jismein one was mine !! alone !!
3. The A/C never did work properly..meant not many people sat there..which was just fine with me.
Could work when i wanted to..in peace and silence..could play when i wanted to..in peace and silence..
and the few juniors who dared enter the territory...were stunned to see screensavers left by me..which said...
"buree nazar waale...tera muh goraa..." ..*most of them were northees..and black is beautiful...so :D*"After you touch....say hi to satan for me...""Da da da dum...da da da dum..yeah,Tchaikovsky...the grim reaper cometh back...after a cigarette break...stay off !"
"Walk away rite now..this is not your war..you dont need to be a hero..and martyrdom counts for nothing in hell..."It worked..sometimes intimidation and the threat works more effectively than the violence per se..
:D
Well..Sitting in the old lab...with Arun alone for company..my geek-comrade-in-arms..
I was plugged into some classic rock...and playing BHD..single-player mode..
*Deep purple.."Smoke on the water..." goes soooo well with a video game !*
While arun was playing GTA...grand theft auto..and ogling at the naked-prostitute..on screen !
*it's an R-rated game...and ver.2.0 ran into some problems earlier this year..
arun,i'm sure..has it downloaded with all the hacks...pakka 100 %,i know !!*We were both 'sigh'ing...about the lack of a significant challenge in the game...and the consequent boredom..
when we suddenly get a brainwave...how cool would it be to indulge in network gaming !?
We try to put in the ip and other details...few attempts..failure...cigarette break...and re-attempt..success !!
"yo ! i am in !!"
*Yo..as in tamil..no..we are not 'cool',hip,"Yo" amreekans..we are just ordinary south-indians...we are so much more cool...*"Hey ! I think i can see you.."
"Ofcourse you can da,VeNNey ! i am sitting next to you ! hehehehehe..."
*VeNNey..to put it lightly..means..idiot..tamil..*"Arun..one more PJ..and i will kill you ! We are doing something that will ensure remain names are immortal in the hall of fame..of iitm mba history...
Tomorrow..when an unknown junior flunks..and blames too much network gaming for it,we will be remembered as having started the rot ! IMAGINE the glory !
and all you can think of is an AJ ! "
*arun..cracked a lotta PJs..it was therefore renamed..AJ..an arun joke..AJ >> PJ in the P quotient..*"ok..now walk towards me..wooohooo ! it is really you !! coool macha! we are kalakkifying !"
*Kalakkifying in tamil..is to..well there is no real word for it in englipis...sorry...*"ok..now what ?"
*slash with the army knife at arun's character..nothing happens..*"shit..i cant kill you ! DAMN ! that sucks ! :("
"Maybe,it's bcos..it's a game..and virtual...ever thot abt that ? :D"
*Arun...the bugger shuts up only when drunk..he pukes then..but that's better than listening to his PJs..anyday !**Disregard comment..and hope he shuts up..*"YESSSS ! I got it !! we are in the same team ! no wonder !! ok...login as the enemy.."
*arun did it..fortunately..with a closed mouth..helped that he was munching on something..*"Yeah..am in...now ?"
"Ok..stand still..yeah..exactly right about there..."
*Arun..in my crosshairs...Dichkiyaaoooon....gotcha ! :D*"Vottha !! We did it ! Macha !! too Cool da !!"
*thats the good thing with arun..the "We"..has always been a 'We' person,that guy...no 'I' in 'T-E-A-M'-types...
We rejoiced like little kids...we had just cracked the toughest assignment we had ever faced, in 2 years !
the Finance subjects,not-withstanding !
And..Vottha..is what "F&#%" is..in tamil...listen,learn..and enjoy,mtv...at this rate,i must start to collect a fees for the lingo training ! *Soon..the virus spread..dinner done..half the class,girls included..was plugged in..teams..scores..sweet revenge...the works !
Even our HOD was surprised with the increased presence of students in the lab..post-dinner :D
*he saw what it was all about,soon..we encouraged him to participate too..:D*
Character names ranged from "pappu kangi" and "Reddygaaru"..to "Gen. Tommie franks" and Merovingian..Morpheus...Trinity...Neo..etc..
*There were way too many gults on campus..and "Reddygaaru" seemed as apt a jab..as possible..to me..
Tommy franks was CO,US Army during gulf war 2..and..for the rest..The matrix fever was still on..so :D*We passed out..after a few days...The juniors caught the bug..
they spent most of their summers playing the game,apparently..
but...thankfully...managed to land good placements..
*Thanks guys..would've been banned from campus,otherwise :D*Why this post ? nostalgia..
I installed the game on my laptop,today..didnt work..not bothered...dont care..
single-player mode was never much fun...in game..and in life..
And...I just saw the movie..for the nth time..
*bought a War movie DVD collection..so..*The soundtrack(esp. 'Barra Barra')...And some dialogues...are outta this world...
Trivia
here..
"On the last day of their week long Army Ranger orientation at Fort Benning, the actors who portrayed the Rangers received a letter which had been anonymously slipped under their door. The letter thanked them for all their hard work, and asked them to "tell our story true", signed with the names of the Rangers who died in the Mogadishu firefight.""The movie opens with a quote from Plato: "Only the dead have seen an end to war." An earlier cut of the movie opened with a quote from TS Eliot: "All our ignorance brings us closer to death.""Memorable quotes
here..
Hoot saying "Y'know what I think? Don't really matter what I think. Once that first bullet goes past your head, politics and all that shit just goes right out the window."
[Conversation b/w two rangers..]Why aren't you shooting?
We're not being shot at yet!
How can you tell? A hiss means it's close. If you hear a pop, then
[bullets start flying] now they're shooting at us!
[after the Bakara raid briefing]What's the matter Danny? Something you don't like?
No Specter gunships, daylight instead of night... late afternoon when they're all fucked up on Khat, only part of the city Aidid can mount a serious counter-attack on short notice...[chuckles] What's not to like?
Life's imperfect!
Yeah, for you two, circling above it at 500 feet it's imperfect. Down in the street, it's unforgiving.
Josh Hartnett is cool...
but..the cake...the 'ohmygawd-awesome!' cake.. goes to..
Eric Bana..amazingly good job !
*Oscar candidate i tell you,this guy..oscar soon ! 100 % guarenteed !
fantastic in Troy,as Prince Hector..fabulous as Hoot in BHD..*
the movie is graphic..but was shown on campus..no cuts..
One scene..where a ranger picks up his comrade's hand..in the midst of all the shooting..
and puts it in his satchel..is horrifying...
But he's trying to make a point..the mindlessness of it..and the camradrie of it..
" When I get home people 'll ask me, "Hey Hoot, why do you do it man? Why? You some war junkie?" You know what I'll say? I won't say a goddamn word. Why? They won't understand. They won't understand why we do it. They won't understand that it's about the men next to you, and that's it. That's all it is. "And...Arun..is a pal...was our class rep...CR..people also called him CP..Class peon..
:D
He went to the extent of coming to the hostel,one afternoon...and announcing on the mike..
"Machas..Please come to class da..Guest lecture Prof waiting da..please da.."
People turned up at a lecture..for arun's sake..
:D
I have gone to the extent of telling him once..
"Macha..you are the CR..there are way too many mosquitoes in the lab man !! do something !"
:D
Wonder what we'd have done with no Arun,for a CR...
:)
and..i have had my revenge for each of his PJ tortures..
I have imitated a damsel-in-distress voice..and landed him in trouble a few times..when his granny called..
"Muuaaaahh...arun..no...you said tonite..we are going to the movie tonite..tell Patti..a firm NO !" :D
Patti voice..loud and clear..." who's it da,arun !!?? dei...What are you doing there !?? "
Arun trying to hold fort..and trying to hit me...simultaneously..
"No paatti..it's a guy ! pulling my leg...of course not,patti..me and girl..no way ! ayyooo..trust me,patti..please !"
"kini ! you bastard !! damn you man !"
"Not you..patti ! i was talking to her...err...him..err....i mean..it ! ayyooooo !!"
:D
He's just returned from Seattle..works for MT in blore, which is consistently ranked top-5 in the "best-place-to-work-in-india" surveys..
Now is based out of chennai..and hangs out at surd's place..when he's not working,weekends..
:-/
And..so..i am known as the guy who smokes and imitates a girl's voice..to this day..at his home..
I am yet to meet his parents..I am....therefore..alive..
:)
"We've got a Blackhawk down, I say again...we've got a Blackhawk Down.."
PS: Dont ask why we guys like watching such movies..of blood and gore..and play video games with extreme violence..
Ok..since you asked..even after i warned you not to..here's the deal...
It's a guy thing..
We..apparently,were hunters and put food on the table,a long time back...
while...the women were pro-creation machines..
Things have changed a bit today..tables have turned,so to say...
Women put food on the table..and men are required to...only pro-create..
they are irrelevant and vestigeal otherwise..and a bit of a pain,quite frankly..
which the women try real hard to tolerate..but sometimes just cant..again a guy thing...being a pain...
But..the men still need their share of violence,blood and gore..so..they need to atleast simulate it on screen..
So..the video games..so the violence..and so the crazies who decide to imitate reel-life...in real-life..he's a.k.a salman khan..
no..the above...not my views..read it somewhere..sometime..
:D
