4 35 The Silence of the Crickets

4 35 The Silence of the Crickets DoD kills 12 aberrations in under 10 seconds during the 25-Man Maloriak encounter, Blackwing Descent The Mirror Where is it written that the best players must also be the shittiest people? Im sure there are exceptions; theres always exceptions. Yet whenever I look from a distance, its easy to spot the douche-canoes pulling ahead of the flotilla. Finding a solid gamer thats also a decent human being is an achievement by itself. Egomania is too often the bastard stepchild of proficiency. Perhaps it comes from who we are as gamers, why we turned to this as a hobby in the first place. Cast out of social groups at a young age and mocked for our ability to geek out on subject matter too niche for the general public: ham radio signal frequencies and handles imprinted onto license plates, the collected works of Rumiko Takahashi, an admiration for the aesthetic of a twenty-sided die. When the Nielsens reported a drop in Twin Peaks ratings, w...