you have to be mentally ok if all hell breaks loose, the mouse breaks, you forget what you're talking about and someone starts laughing out laud at you. Cause really, even in this worst case scenario, if you just laugh it off, no one is going to care what went wrong. Everyone wants the awkward situation to be over just ad badly as you do because they can feel it too.

You don't want to memorize any speech material, you want to know it well enough that you can just talk about it without reading from the paper. This is the sure fire way to get out of any bad situation. If you think you need to recite every word as you wrote it down, then you're setting yourself up to fail and you have no fall back.

And the only way to practice public speaking, is public speaking. Try it first in front of family members.

Desert combat mod was awesome, I loved having chopper wars.

sounds like something is forcing vsync on, or your video card is overheating and it has a safe mode.

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Like sal said, it's not about the drinking. It's about having fun, playing games, talking with new people. General social interaction. Having a drink or a smoke just makes it that much more fun. I was never a drinker myself, but I would never miss a good party.

He said he has a gf, so I doubt he's lonely. He just doesn't know how to party yet :)

Ya, do NOT waste your few years you have to be irresponsible and party it up. You will regret it later. Right now you have all your parents own beliefs and worries pushing down on your guilt button but they already had their fun, or they already missed their chance. Don't be that guy!

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I think the issue is the current cost vs ROI. It costs way too much to send a bunch of guys to lan and end up with the same amount of marketing reach as if it was online. If there was no flight/hotel costs I bet many more invite or IM teams would have good sponsors. Then any payback could go directly to the players. Free mice, keyboards, monitors, pizza. Sponsors could sponsor individual players too.

Sponsors can also focus on getting players equipment to stream video of themselves while they play and it'll just be that much easier to promote and help the flow of casting and interviews, in real time, during game breaks.

I know the LAN is nice and all, but it takes money out of the pockets of the investors and the players. People will watch the finals no matter where they are held. There just isn't enough player base to market too for the smaller games to warrant paying for LAN overhead.

What's wrong with giving in to peer pressure if you like your peers and their pressures?

If you can't get a 120Hz low input lag LCD then I suggest getting a 21 inch CRT.

please tell me that shirt is see through mesh around the HUSTLER part.

I like the "B4nny and the Dets" version better

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