An Ode to an enemy

The fearless GecKo® fears none. Until he is not dead the opposing team is not at rest, anxious every minute that the GecKo might come from anywhere and annihilate the whole squad in one go. This fear keeps the other team on its toes and causes them to camp here and there, which in GecKo’s gaming books is an unforgivable sin, or use automatic weapons like the SMG which in the gaming community is not considered as professional gamers weapon of choice.

GecKo® loves challenges but almost all the fellow-gamers are easy targets for him, except a few. One of them is now a goner as he does not come to the gaming much often. Besides that person the only person GecKo loves to face is ReaperMani formerly known as RoboMani.

Why ReaperMani? ReaperMani has the most extensive experience of the Counter Strike game. He has been playing CS for three or more years now. He had started playing up against bots which are computer-programmed players. This gave him a head start when the others chose/ started playing CS. Soon after all the fellows adopted CS as their favorite activity together, GecKo started playing CS too on his Local Area Network and it soon became his obsession. He learned and learned, played against the best of the players on the LAN and soon surpassed the skills of the fellow players.

Even having the LAN experience which the others lacked, GecKo revered two players most Sameer and ReaperMani, as somehow they always managed to get the better side of GecKo. Sameer too had been playing on the LAN but had been going on and off so his experience wasn’t as much as GecKo’s but his skills were at par with that of GecKo * =D.

ReaperMani has also been one of the most consistent performer on the CS Nights programs. He has not only played but also acted as an unsolicited captain for his side as he usually gives the call-outs to the fellow players. He has a complete skill set with adequate sniping skills and superb assaulting skills. Besides this the accurate and proper usage of supporting items like the Flash bangs and Grenades makes him an even more difficult and tough opponent to encounter. His gaming sense is very correct and utilizes hearing to his favor very effectively.

Every famous player like the GecKo has to face some criticism sooner or later. ReaperMani was accused of playing under the shelter of Sameer who was young and in his bloom those days =D. But soon this accusation was turned to a mere murmur as ReaperMani proved that his skills were what made him a tough opponent and not Sameer’s close association. He proved this fact the day he was cast in the team playing against Sameer. Besides getting Sameer, ReaperMani also managed to get the top scores in all the rounds. The people accusing ReaperMani had to admit his supreme skills and accept the fact that he was a better player. One of the accusers was GecKo himself.

“ReaperMani is THE best when it comes to backup.” - Sameer

“The only difference between the two sides was Mani.” - GecKo

At the last CS Nights gathering held on Saturday 12^th April 2008, ReaperMani yet again played his heart out to get his team close call wins over an equally placed opponent which had a superb sniping front lead by Capt. He not only lead his team very well but also managed the team mates efficiently, having the three most nagging players on your side and scoring even after that is for sure what we call skill.