Gamerz Heaven! The name says it all. For now it seems it is really a heaven for us, but for how long it continues to be, is another question, an ominous one.
What GecKo had been saying over the period of one year or so at last got acknowledged this year *yet another win for GecKo =D*. When after one disastrous gaming the two teams swore they would not play at the Scorpionz again. He got the cue to make his move and he played the right cards. With a few other supporters he managed to provoked ALL *including a few of those who just can’t help it! =P* to come to the new GZ. The rituals began and a thread was started, which before the gaming, managed to gather in more than fifty replies in around four days, including replies from Jawaad =P *featuring for the first time ever!*. Well after the gaming, and another gaming the thread still continues *now standing at 400+ replies – the highest ever number of replies – another accolade for GecKo =D of course with the undeniable support from the Guys!*
The first gaming was doubtful, because besides a few no one had played at this Game Zone before. The presence of Ghost Rider-the scornful critic, made GecKo a little nervous, as people had complained *led by him* earlier that he made them buy accounts at Stadion *their previous home*, which he claimed was a false accusation. Anyways, he advised everyone to purchase codes, instead of getting accounts, at least for the first gaming. After a great hustle and bustle with people buying accounts or codes and the last minute team finalizing decisions, the guys settled into the match room. Equipped with LCDs, Optical Mice, Headphones *in working condition*, comfortable and fixed seats and properly working AC, the conditions were almost perfect for a healthy, fun-filled gaming. GecKo realized he’d enjoy gaming, at the very beginning of the warm up round. The teams were very equally poised; Robomani, Jaws, Hitman, GhostRider and Ladlaa vs. GecKo, Dr.Offender, Capt, Malangi and U. Perfect teams, perfect environment, the result was an almost perfect gaming. The final results unlike always are not with me, but the team GecKo performed well, and were victorious *assumed*. The after gaming talk was the usual, derogatory. But it was evident from the faces that everyone enjoyed the gaming and it made GecKo very happy.
On Sunday, the very next day after the weekly Saturday gaming session, GecKo played a match at the GZ with the old veteran Sameer and others. The gaming was a good one again. Even though they lost but the contended feeling of having a good gaming made up for the loss. The other team was not a pro-team either but was better than team GecKo which had almost no coordination between them.
Monday began with a fight that picked up when GecKo claimed that now at the new game zone SMG won’t be as effective as it used to be at the Scorpionz, and he had solid reasons for claiming this. Apparently the SMG kings were annoyed and felt insulted. The fight grew and turned into a war with everyone having a say about the topic. Dr. Offender and GecKo soon started taking on the guys and challenged almost every one on board. The offended ones kept warning them for not going over the line, because the duo was making it look like as if the others didn’t even knew how to play. Everyone dubbed it as mouth-firing and termed it to be nothing but bull-crap. This according to GecKo and Dr. Offender was nothing but just a little pep talk to pump up the players for the weekend’s gaming. But the others took it as pride, and kept asking the two to step down from it. This talk really does make the players play well, the accused and the accuser both want to show that what they say was not just a blabber but it had some substance to it. *An example of the fact that mouth firing isn’t just blabbering is that-some people who continuously termed this as mere Mouth-Firing were seen serious, almost about the same as much as GecKo himself, there are eye-witnesses to this. They did every possible thing (including camping) to make the accuser pay for what they said, but in doing so they themselves played well and this was the motive of all the mouth-firing.*
Just a few hours before the gaming this Saturday, July 28, 2008, an unknown number appeared on the screen of GecKo’s Broadcast station aka his cell phone. On the other end of the line was dada aka Sameer. He inquired GecKo about the gaming and informed him about his not-confirmed-availability. GecKo told him about the number of PCs and hearing this, just before disconnection, Dada added; do write in the BC “seats available on First Come First Serve basis” *>D hehehehe! Abay haan!*.
This gaming, the second one at the Gamerz Heaven was a highly anticipated one perhaps even more than the first one. The reason being, all the mouth firing that had been done by Dr. Offender and GecKo had made everyone to look forward to the performance of these two big-guns. The duo had to perform or it was going to be one rough ride down hill for them from there. This time the teams were even more balanced: GecKo, Hitman, RoboMani, Capt and Dr. Offender vs. Sameer, Ghost Rider, U, Ladlaa and Jaws. The gaming started with the usual warm up round and GecKo did not found himself up to the mark, this did concern him a little but not that much to make him loose it all. He kept his cool and kept playing. De_dust2 the first round went to team GecKo (~15-7), and it seemed the other team won’t survive the other rounds as well, as team GecKo seemed to be on a roll, with GecKo leading the first round score sheet from his side *perhaps from both the sides*. But what was coming after that was beyond their wildest imaginations. De_dust2, second round - 6/7-0 to team Hashmi, the scores made GecKo go crazy, he yelled, “Yaar zero sai to nahi harna hai!!” and the guys assured him that it wont happen! And surely it didn’t *you must have seen him at the first win, relieved he was, as if he had just survived a tsunami standing under an umbrella!* the second round went to team Hashmi (~15-4). Team GecKo was as much shocked as he himself was.
De_Inferno, short story, team GecKo just wasn’t in the groove that day, despite of an un-usually good performance by GecKo *accepted by the team mates! Which he greatly acknowledges*. Nothing seemed to be working, no combinations, no ideas, not anything! It has to be accepted that Team Hashmi played better of the two sides that day. Thanks to the loads of camping from Mr. Ladlaa, who is proud of the fact. Well let’s be honest, camping is not something forbidden, but it is something that GecKo hasn’t gladly acknowledged, and considers it as foul play due to his aggressive approach towards the game. During all this the one thing that stood out were the yells of triumph throughout the game from none other than Fahad Wali aka Ghost Rider. Residing at the bottom of the score sheet this valiant player yelled, whenever, he himself got GecKo or someone from his team got the chance to do so. Why he was doing so? What was the reason behind all this? And, why is he persistent that GecKo is not a PRO? These are the questions which GecKo can’t understand, better to say no one can understand. Over and over G.R. has been doing this, laughing, yelling, jeering when he gets GecKo, and when the vice versa happens; well I have seldom seen GecKo mock his opponent. So let’s say he shows mercy over him and that is so very majestic about him *=P*.
This loss was the heaviest of all the losses to GecKo, perhaps even more than his draw to Ghost Rider in a one on one combat. He knew he was playing well and if only his team had supported him a bit more *like they greatly did in de_dust2 round 1* they would have bagged the entire gaming. Anyways no good in shedding tears over what is gone. After the gaming the usual happened, GecKo’s team (especially him) was targeted. No wonders after all the big talks on the forum, they had lost. The blame game was played and for once GecKo had no one to blame. He was quiet and wanted to stay quiet for the day.
What was going through his head, nobody knows and nobody cares. What does he want from the gaming; again nobody gives a damn about that. GecKo has always taken CS very seriously. Why do the others not take it seriously? Why only he takes it like this? Well the answer is fairly simple, he thinks that this is one game he is really good at, and wants to play it seriously. Just like the team used to play in the cricket tournament at the University, seriously with dedication, similarly GecKo wants to play CS like that with zeal and enthusiasm. Cricket takes labor and takes more time too. CS is just about a matter of hours and one side emerges as a champion, unlike cricket where you had to wait for weeks. There are personal enmities in cricket and so exist in CS, but in cricket you got ten players besides the person having the feud. In CS if one out of the five players has a grudge against someone and keeps going after that person, well the game is quiet much over there.
Well I don’t know whether I should say this or not but when you are playing cricket matches *serious ones!* do you ever try to bowl with the wrong hand? No, why, cause there you have a motive for playing then why not have such a motive in CS? Similarly in cricket not everyone can bowl! Or perhaps bat, likewise, in CS not everyone can snipe, neither they should. Responsibilities are divided, in matches, captain, vice captain etc. Similarly in CS *talking about real teams* responsibilities are decided and divided. There are roles, bomber, assaulters, and snipers. When these roles are over looked, it results in chaos. When you not follow them, two people usually start sniping, or the bomber goes elsewhere. Decide who would be the bomber; make him the bomber in every match. His main responsibility would be to get safely and quickly to the bomb site and plant the bomb and then safeguard it. Once at the bomb site no body leaves it unless the bomb is about to explode. Try to save yourself if left alone there is no need to show heroics, your loss of life will affect the team funds. If PARTICULARLY a sniper is not able to snipe he should either swap the responsibility with someone or just leave it. These are just some points that could make the gaming better for players and playing both.
After the gaming last Saturday, GecKo, sent in this little email to me which goes like this: “I am no more interested in these Saturday night gamings. Now either I play when the guys get serious towards the game or I play the matches only, with Sameer, against other teams. I don’t have any problems in loosing matches; it’s with loosing matches due to lack of seriousness of all or due to one person’s mistake. I know I yell, I even sometimes make people go crazy but that is when I feel they are not performing what they are capable of. I have now understood the statement ‘Play Hard, Go Pro!’ Going pro is not what I want but playing hard for a few hours is definitely what I want. I keep playing hard the others just goofing around, well this ruins my efforts and sabotages my hopes. I have repeatedly said this thing that I won’t come to the GZ, I am saying this yet again. And yet again I don’t know whether I’d be able to do so or not. It’s the love of my friends and the love of the game that draws me back to the game zone. But for once this time I’d like to say that I am thoroughly disappointed not just with myself, like I usually am, but with the way we play the game, guys it needs to be changed!”
I believe the problem is not with you guys, perhaps it’s with him. You guys play for enjoyment and he plays for honor, glory and personal pride too *which is utter silliness*. His reason for playing the game is different than yours. I don’t understand that why you people play the game like him and I think same thing that why he can’t play like you guys. Complex. I remember him once saying, “When I am playing, I am not Saquib - I am GecKo, Fahad is not Fahad – he is Ghost Rider, Asif is not Asif – he is Hitman, and like this everyone is not themselves but what they appear as names on the screen. I am in a state of war when I am playing. I play the game as if I am in there!” He is one of the most serious persons that I have seen when it comes to game playing and it is evident when he is playing the game. I know you people enjoy it, but just consider yourself as a player inside the game and then think of it, when you get flashed unwanted, when you had come to the front backing on the person standing right next to you to cover you and do not get any backup, when you are planting the bomb and you expect a fellow to cover you and you get killed in the process because that someone had strolled away, when you had the call to rush in and only you are the one to get killed on reaching the rush site, just how irritating all these situations are! I am not advocating him but when I think like him I find these things quiet irritating too.
That's all from my side. Play Hard, Go Pro.
Adieu.
Zed-e
