Hui, I wish I could have the honor of meeting you in real life as you have previously with other team members. Looking back in time, from my perspective (an aspiring micless gaming genius rummaging through the mid-level clans at the time, later sticking with your former mate, Diskord), I have always looked up to you; wondering what it would be like to be in your shoes. I never thought that I would have gotten to meet the man himself, much less play NS with him. Goodbye my fellow friend. <span style='font-size:30pt;line-height:100%'>;(</span>
<!--QuoteBegin-comrade+Jun 19 2005, 12:52 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (comrade @ Jun 19 2005, 12:52 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> i remember ktdm vs exi scrims, lol <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Yeah I heared they got **** when they were losing and left.
<!--QuoteBegin-coris+Jun 19 2005, 07:03 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (coris @ Jun 19 2005, 07:03 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-comrade+Jun 19 2005, 12:52 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (comrade @ Jun 19 2005, 12:52 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> i remember ktdm vs exi scrims, lol <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Yeah I heared they got **** when they were losing and left. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> nope?
we only played like 2 or 3 times total, one of those was on ayumi in preseason of CAL season3 where we tied
another time they had to go play a CAL match after 1 round on eclipse
the second time we played them we tied on eclipse, our comm dropped so we had to pause, then nadagast flew into 5 shotgunners as fade when we were sieging maint hive and died instantly
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->The week afterward, I spurned a family outing to play the UGL finals against Damage Networks.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->That's what I call a true, hardcore gamer.
To all the people who came in here to complain about something that they ARE NOT OBLIGED TO READ being too long or sentimental, get a life.
When you play games enough and to a high enough standard you start to get attached to the community and the game. It's a pity you had to leave, I never knew you apart from hearing Zunni's Exi./Ter. shoutcast, but having read this I can see that the community is losing a valued member. Love's something I reserve for my true friends, but from the little you wrote you have commanded one anonymous player's respect.
<!--QuoteBegin-hawthorne+Jun 18 2005, 08:46 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (hawthorne @ Jun 18 2005, 08:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I returned to the game in Season 6, but without nearly a fraction of the dedication that I had in the past. After the quarterfinal playoffs just yesterday, Team Exigent gracefully informed me that Garrett "Nadagast" Mitchell would be taking over the command chair. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Doesn't look familiar to me at all
QuaunautThe longest seven days in history...Join Date: 2003-03-21Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
Sad to see any competitor worth half a cent go. Wish I could've talked to you at a point or somethin. Hope to see you back, man. One love and all that shiz. <3
<!--QuoteBegin-hawthorne+Jun 18 2005, 08:46 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (hawthorne @ Jun 18 2005, 08:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Having played Natural Selection since its Halloween release, I can safely say there has been no game that I have loved more.
There was nothing else like the command chair, the welcome weight of responsibility over your marines who were helpless in the world without you. Then I started competitive NS, where I learned that the commander and his troops were one and the same.
I should hope that my name be remembered in the annals of NS history alongside great commanders such as HAMBONE and Annihilator (apologies to the Europeans I never had a chance to study). I am honored to have spent time, effort, and comradery with the finest gamers in the community. Although I've had my difficulties with a few, in the end, all is good.
As for the rest of this post, I will chronicle as briefly as possible my career. For posterity's sake, and to thank all the people who have helped me along the way.
Love,
Hui "Hawthorne" Chen
----------------------------
I began the game shortly after the Halloween release, where I found a home server with [KIR] HOMELAN. After progressing as a player, I joined their team under the guidance of Spydermonkey (who has contributed much to the game himself). My inability to control my ego led to my dismissal from the team, whereupon I created the 21st Lancers with takumi, marabeth, Unit, and Da Kine Guy.
The 21st Lancers soon became the dot clan as we prepared to enter the CAL competitive scene. Our first scrim was against [eR], where we were a mess of friendly-fire and miscoordination. We played one match against |DL| on ns_lost, where my skills as a commander were first tested. Although we lost the marine round, we recovered with a DC chamber rush which nearly failed. My first CAL match was a 1-1 tie.
Shortly after, Diskord, optikal, and assorted others created #NSDraft, a league geared towards pulling pubbers into the competitive scene. Thanks to dn`protaganist, I was chosen for team "GaCB (Gimme A Cookie ****)". Here I met evil | One (who is now busy being a father to his first child). GaCB played a few scrims, one against Envy which I remember very fondly because I killed about 4 waves of their skulks in double on veil singlehandedly with a jetpack and a shotgun. This may have been when jetpacks had unlimited FPS juice.
evil | One invited me to play with evil, a middle-ranked team at the time. I had been frequenting the HAMPTONS server and I found myself among the players that I had great respect for, namely fox, titanium, and evilmonkey. As they were trying me out, I offered to command a game. I failed at this, but they kept me around for my general skills.
A few weeks before Christmas 2003, I was playing in a UGL playoff match between evil and bs` (brotherhood of steel) on ns_eclipse. For some forgotten reason, One (the resident commander) could not show up, and I offered to take the helm. I was probably underprepared, but a few fades egged on the ground in Computer Core which my marines dispatched. We took both rounds and I was now evil's main commander.
The week afterward, I spurned a family outing to play the UGL finals against Damage Networks. On ns_origin, I gained fame for midair-medpacking of the jetpackers to help take down furnace hive. Although evil | One disconnected midway through the first half (he was at a hotel), we successfully took both rounds.
In the lull between seasons, I paired up with titanium to create #nspug. With the help of SjN and mayhem as administrators and programmers, we created an ever-improving automated PUG system. Thanks to the aid of community contributors, #NSPUG became the largest non-official Natural Selection channel.
The Evil clan soon died, and I found myself with int. (integrity). I commanded here under the guidance of Annihilator and Cole, succeeding until a marine-round breakdown early in the season against GoM (Game Over Man). Here I also met a few staple figures of the community: meb, Silverwolf, Diskord, Su1c1dal Maniac. Unfortunately, I was no longer entrusted with the command chair after GoM, and was benched for a highly anticipated match against Exigent. Extremely desirous of playing, I left int (which was now infinite reverence) and joined up with Exigent.
I finished Season 2 of CAL with Exigent, defeating my former team and reigning champions [eR] to take the highest honors in CAL. Early into Season 3, I left Exigent for personal reasons and remained absent until late into the season when I returned to play for an Omega team: Sphere. Here I met icebaron, milk, lumberjack.
Against `wmd (and their commander TheAdj), we put up a good fight in the quarterfinals but lost the tiebreaker. The following season, milk convinced me to play with an up and coming team, Scientifically Unstoppable.
Season 4 was my greatest challenge and greatest growth as a commander. With Exigent going through its own turmoils, Scientifically Unstoppable took the second seed in CAL as a team of players who had mostly never competed in the Delta league. Unfortunately, the lack of experience and personal errors (the famed DC in the vent) led to an embarrassing showing during the finals. Here I spent many hours working with and playing with Arc, Photek, Milk and God.
I did not participate at all in Season 5 but was honored to have watched the most epic finals ever between Terror and Exigent. I was proud to see ArcAngel commanding the victories and honored that he remembered to mention my name. To ArcAngel, who has been one of the most loyal persons I have known inside or outside of the game, I give my eternal gratitude.
I returned to the game in Season 6, but without nearly a fraction of the dedication that I had in the past. After the quarterfinal playoffs just yesterday, Team Exigent gracefully informed me that Garrett "Nadagast" Mitchell would be taking over the command chair.
It is here that I take my leave. I have left out much and only put in the parts that I saw fit, but everything that is here is completely truthful. I have always attempted to maintain good will and an open heart to everyone within the community, because ugliness begets ugliness and hurtful words hurt both ways.
I wish the best of luck to the future of this game and its players, and thank you all for the love that you have shown me.
Nanites,
hawthorne <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Goodbye and good riddance.
The last thing this forum needs is another "omg I'm gonna cry I can't play anymore because I fear change" thread.
<!--QuoteBegin-hawthorne+Jun 19 2005, 12:07 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (hawthorne @ Jun 19 2005, 12:07 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> sorry guys, its for good. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> You said that the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelvth, thirteenth, and fourteenth time you quit, which is probably why when you came back, you were smurfing. You didn't want anyone to know you came back. ;-)
But hey, you made my signature more interesting now.
I don't even know you, but it seems that you had a great experience... while it lasted. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Anyways, good luck with life! <!--emo&::marine::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/marine.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='marine.gif' /><!--endemo-->
The unbelievable amount of disrespect in this thread alone is staggering. A little part of me dies every time I see such vehement ignorance vented towards inappropriate targets. Some people wonder why the game is going downhill... behold a shining example of ignorance, hate, and malintent.
<!--QuoteBegin-pjofsky+Jun 19 2005, 12:53 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (pjofsky @ Jun 19 2005, 12:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> way to forget about that machinima thing <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> i haven't. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> it's part of my future goals. working on live-action stuff first though.
<!--QuoteBegin-Woodstock the Lerk+Jun 19 2005, 12:52 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Woodstock the Lerk @ Jun 19 2005, 12:52 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> The unbelievable amount of disrespect in this thread alone is staggering. A little part of me dies every time I see such vehement ignorance vented towards inappropriate targets. Some people wonder why the game is going downhill... behold a shining example of ignorance, hate, and malintent.
GG <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> trust me, there was a lot that i left out. the competitive community can be an ugly place. kudos to those who keep it otherwise.
i'm leaving because i feel i've contributed a good amount to the community, and also because a number of offline events have pushed me away from computer games. i have no regrets about spending two years with this game, but i also realize its time to go.
best of luck to exigent on their way to CAL finals.
<!--QuoteBegin-the hole+Jun 19 2005, 11:04 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (the hole @ Jun 19 2005, 11:04 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-hawthorne+Jun 19 2005, 12:07 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (hawthorne @ Jun 19 2005, 12:07 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> sorry guys, its for good. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> You said that the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelvth, thirteenth, and fourteenth time you quit, which is probably why when you came back, you were smurfing. You didn't want anyone to know you came back. ;-)
But hey, you made my signature more interesting now. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> don't worry, you're still going to lose <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
oh yeah Im retiring from professional ns to my yacht and mansion just off the east coast. Ima become a professional pirate instead cause my sponsors busted my balls, oh wait people dont sponsor ns teams... bwahahahaha
<!--QuoteBegin-ZiGGY+Jun 19 2005, 02:40 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (ZiGGY @ Jun 19 2005, 02:40 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> oh yeah Im retiring from professional ns to my yacht and mansion just off the east coast. Ima become a professional pirate instead cause my sponsors busted my balls, oh wait people dont sponsor ns teams... bwahahahaha <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Apparently you haven't been keeping up with recent news. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Comments
I wish I could have the honor of meeting you in real life as you have previously with other team members. Looking back in time, from my perspective (an aspiring micless gaming genius rummaging through the mid-level clans at the time, later sticking with your former mate, Diskord), I have always looked up to you; wondering what it would be like to be in your shoes. I never thought that I would have gotten to meet the man himself, much less play NS with him.
Goodbye my fellow friend.
<span style='font-size:30pt;line-height:100%'>;(</span>
Yeah I heared they got **** when they were losing and left.
Yeah I heared they got **** when they were losing and left. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
nope?
we only played like 2 or 3 times total, one of those was on ayumi in preseason of CAL season3 where we tied
another time they had to go play a CAL match after 1 round on eclipse
the second time we played them we tied on eclipse, our comm dropped so we had to pause, then nadagast flew into 5 shotgunners as fade when we were sieging maint hive and died instantly
To all the people who came in here to complain about something that they ARE NOT OBLIGED TO READ being too long or sentimental, get a life.
When you play games enough and to a high enough standard you start to get attached to the community and the game. It's a pity you had to leave, I never knew you apart from hearing Zunni's Exi./Ter. shoutcast, but having read this I can see that the community is losing a valued member. Love's something I reserve for my true friends, but from the little you wrote you have commanded one anonymous player's respect.
GG & GL
Doesn't look familiar to me at all
There was nothing else like the command chair, the welcome weight of responsibility over your marines who were helpless in the world without you. Then I started competitive NS, where I learned that the commander and his troops were one and the same.
I should hope that my name be remembered in the annals of NS history alongside great commanders such as HAMBONE and Annihilator (apologies to the Europeans I never had a chance to study). I am honored to have spent time, effort, and comradery with the finest gamers in the community. Although I've had my difficulties with a few, in the end, all is good.
As for the rest of this post, I will chronicle as briefly as possible my career. For posterity's sake, and to thank all the people who have helped me along the way.
Love,
Hui "Hawthorne" Chen
----------------------------
I began the game shortly after the Halloween release, where I found a home server with [KIR] HOMELAN. After progressing as a player, I joined their team under the guidance of Spydermonkey (who has contributed much to the game himself). My inability to control my ego led to my dismissal from the team, whereupon I created the 21st Lancers with takumi, marabeth, Unit, and Da Kine Guy.
The 21st Lancers soon became the dot clan as we prepared to enter the CAL competitive scene. Our first scrim was against [eR], where we were a mess of friendly-fire and miscoordination. We played one match against |DL| on ns_lost, where my skills as a commander were first tested. Although we lost the marine round, we recovered with a DC chamber rush which nearly failed. My first CAL match was a 1-1 tie.
Shortly after, Diskord, optikal, and assorted others created #NSDraft, a league geared towards pulling pubbers into the competitive scene. Thanks to dn`protaganist, I was chosen for team "GaCB (Gimme A Cookie ****)". Here I met evil | One (who is now busy being a father to his first child). GaCB played a few scrims, one against Envy which I remember very fondly because I killed about 4 waves of their skulks in double on veil singlehandedly with a jetpack and a shotgun. This may have been when jetpacks had unlimited FPS juice.
evil | One invited me to play with evil, a middle-ranked team at the time. I had been frequenting the HAMPTONS server and I found myself among the players that I had great respect for, namely fox, titanium, and evilmonkey. As they were trying me out, I offered to command a game. I failed at this, but they kept me around for my general skills.
A few weeks before Christmas 2003, I was playing in a UGL playoff match between evil and bs` (brotherhood of steel) on ns_eclipse. For some forgotten reason, One (the resident commander) could not show up, and I offered to take the helm. I was probably underprepared, but a few fades egged on the ground in Computer Core which my marines dispatched. We took both rounds and I was now evil's main commander.
The week afterward, I spurned a family outing to play the UGL finals against Damage Networks. On ns_origin, I gained fame for midair-medpacking of the jetpackers to help take down furnace hive. Although evil | One disconnected midway through the first half (he was at a hotel), we successfully took both rounds.
In the lull between seasons, I paired up with titanium to create #nspug. With the help of SjN and mayhem as administrators and programmers, we created an ever-improving automated PUG system. Thanks to the aid of community contributors, #NSPUG became the largest non-official Natural Selection channel.
The Evil clan soon died, and I found myself with int. (integrity). I commanded here under the guidance of Annihilator and Cole, succeeding until a marine-round breakdown early in the season against GoM (Game Over Man). Here I also met a few staple figures of the community: meb, Silverwolf, Diskord, Su1c1dal Maniac. Unfortunately, I was no longer entrusted with the command chair after GoM, and was benched for a highly anticipated match against Exigent. Extremely desirous of playing, I left int (which was now infinite reverence) and joined up with Exigent.
I finished Season 2 of CAL with Exigent, defeating my former team and reigning champions [eR] to take the highest honors in CAL. Early into Season 3, I left Exigent for personal reasons and remained absent until late into the season when I returned to play for an Omega team: Sphere. Here I met icebaron, milk, lumberjack.
Against `wmd (and their commander TheAdj), we put up a good fight in the quarterfinals but lost the tiebreaker. The following season, milk convinced me to play with an up and coming team, Scientifically Unstoppable.
Season 4 was my greatest challenge and greatest growth as a commander. With Exigent going through its own turmoils, Scientifically Unstoppable took the second seed in CAL as a team of players who had mostly never competed in the Delta league. Unfortunately, the lack of experience and personal errors (the famed DC in the vent) led to an embarrassing showing during the finals. Here I spent many hours working with and playing with Arc, Photek, Milk and God.
I did not participate at all in Season 5 but was honored to have watched the most epic finals ever between Terror and Exigent. I was proud to see ArcAngel commanding the victories and honored that he remembered to mention my name. To ArcAngel, who has been one of the most loyal persons I have known inside or outside of the game, I give my eternal gratitude.
I returned to the game in Season 6, but without nearly a fraction of the dedication that I had in the past. After the quarterfinal playoffs just yesterday, Team Exigent gracefully informed me that Garrett "Nadagast" Mitchell would be taking over the command chair.
It is here that I take my leave. I have left out much and only put in the parts that I saw fit, but everything that is here is completely truthful. I have always attempted to maintain good will and an open heart to everyone within the community, because ugliness begets ugliness and hurtful words hurt both ways.
I wish the best of luck to the future of this game and its players, and thank you all for the love that you have shown me.
Nanites,
hawthorne <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Goodbye and good riddance.
The last thing this forum needs is another "omg I'm gonna cry I can't play anymore because I fear change" thread.
I hope you never come back, tyvm.
You said that the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelvth, thirteenth, and fourteenth time you quit, which is probably why when you came back, you were smurfing. You didn't want anyone to know you came back. ;-)
But hey, you made my signature more interesting now.
Anyways, good luck with life! <!--emo&::marine::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/marine.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='marine.gif' /><!--endemo-->
sphere was fun
The last thing this forum needs is another "omg I'm gonna cry I can't play anymore because I fear change" thread.
I hope you never come back, tyvm. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
**** off
have fun in whatever you do hawthorne
GG
i haven't. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> it's part of my future goals. working on live-action stuff first though.
GG <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
trust me, there was a lot that i left out. the competitive community can be an ugly place. kudos to those who keep it otherwise.
i'm leaving because i feel i've contributed a good amount to the community, and also because a number of offline events have pushed me away from computer games. i have no regrets about spending two years with this game, but i also realize its time to go.
best of luck to exigent on their way to CAL finals.
i haven't. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> it's part of my future goals. working on live-action stuff first though. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
oh good.
You said that the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelvth, thirteenth, and fourteenth time you quit, which is probably why when you came back, you were smurfing. You didn't want anyone to know you came back. ;-)
But hey, you made my signature more interesting now. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
don't worry, you're still going to lose <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Jesus saves you from sin.
Apparently you haven't been keeping up with recent news. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->