What can I say Blind - you were a powerhouse behind this community.
I still remember back when I started casting, even before actually - I used to watch your casts and think "Man, this guy is good, I want to do this!". I never had the in-depth analysis that you had though, even how hard I tried. Just wasn't my style, but that was something I always envied of you! (in a good way!) I remember when you asked to cast together for the first time - I seriously was floored and humbled! I was thinking "Wow, THIS guy that has casted so much and knows so much wants to cast TOGETHER with ME!" Sounds cheesy, but it was so cool for me at the time.
I would like to say that that was the beginning of a great friendship! Had so much fun casting with you, helping with what I could with the league, spending hours upon hours upon hours planning out the NS2WC show schedule (sometimes till like 4am your time!), being so delirious from planning that we actually thought it would be funny to bring back face painting (ha!), hanging out in Germany, etc, etc.
We always used to say how cool it would be for the both of us to cast on stage together, somewhere. Well, my friend, it happened and it was such an awesome experience:
Good luck with your endeavors, Blind! You still got me on Skype/Steam so you better keep in touch!
IxianDenmarkJoin Date: 2014-03-16Member: 194783Members, Squad Five Blue
Thank you blind.
It was a pleasure playing with you, learning from you and having so much fun in such a short time with you.
Sun Tzu wrote something like knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
I believe you're wise, and becoming wiser by the day.
But now i know, for sure, that you are on the way to enlightenment too.
Thank you Blind for all you have done for the NS2 community. You are a legend and was always, a pleasure and on honour to meet you in Germany all those times.
I will miss the livestreams and casts so please, don't go too far away. NS2's future is very bright indeed ;-)
blindJoin Date: 2010-04-17Member: 71437Members, Squad Five Gold
Thanks for all the cheers
Really miss it already but can't change it. Maybe one day Mendasp proves right..but I'll probably stick to forum ghosting and occasional pub play. But hell I will ofc watch the NSL finals in 20 mins
And sorry for everyone I missed in my list, yes Maxx that includes you
Aww thanks for everything Blind! I used to look forward to you posting Youtube casts of old NS1 matches sooo much, before live streaming was even a thing. You are truely the godfather of NS casting and will always be #1 caster for me.
Also, thanks for making me laugh with this. Spot on impression.
- Liza
Suka, don't steal my SG! "Shaddap". Good memories and many laughs
- HBZ
First team I commanded (NSL Season 2). Thanks for being patient. It is really difficult to get the same "tickling" of your trained spider sense regarding the game's flow from a different perspective.
Good times.
Thank you.
- blind
Since I'm pretty much the only one left from the HBZ team back then, I'm going to speak for it:
You're welcome.
It was fun playing with you and I think you're an awesome guy. However, I wished you hadn't become ENSL head admin and didn't have your little tea parties with B1, Fana and Scrajm. They were informative and interesting and all, but I (or we HBZ) would rather have trained in that time. The team had potential.
I'm not mad though, you've pushed ns2 competitve a lot. The casting, taking care of the ensl stuff, helping to create these kick ass ns2 tournaments in good old Deutschland, the guide you wrote, all that helped the community, UWE and the game itself a lot.
Also, our new comm is way better than you ever could be (PROVE ME WRONG BRO!!!).
Anyway, see you around.
Du gibst zu, dass du nachts das Bett nässt, wenn du dem hier ein awesome gibst.
Blind, all my knowledge about you comes from meeting you during the NS2WC. It was short, and we exchanged only a few words as you told me that you guys had already eaten lunch. During this short conversation we confused the hell out of everyone on the table by switching to German and formed a deep emotional bond. It was a great time. (At least 40 seconds.)
I'll miss you.
Bye.
Where there's life there's hope. As long as the community lives, even if in a couple servers, there's always hope that a year, two, five years, it will be there when you get that itch...
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I still remember back when I started casting, even before actually - I used to watch your casts and think "Man, this guy is good, I want to do this!". I never had the in-depth analysis that you had though, even how hard I tried. Just wasn't my style, but that was something I always envied of you! (in a good way!) I remember when you asked to cast together for the first time - I seriously was floored and humbled! I was thinking "Wow, THIS guy that has casted so much and knows so much wants to cast TOGETHER with ME!" Sounds cheesy, but it was so cool for me at the time.
I would like to say that that was the beginning of a great friendship! Had so much fun casting with you, helping with what I could with the league, spending hours upon hours upon hours planning out the NS2WC show schedule (sometimes till like 4am your time!), being so delirious from planning that we actually thought it would be funny to bring back face painting (ha!), hanging out in Germany, etc, etc.
We always used to say how cool it would be for the both of us to cast on stage together, somewhere. Well, my friend, it happened and it was such an awesome experience:
Good luck with your endeavors, Blind! You still got me on Skype/Steam so you better keep in touch!
Welcome to the club of ns2 inactivity and maybe part time forum trolling.
It was a pleasure playing with you, learning from you and having so much fun in such a short time with you.
Sun Tzu wrote something like knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
I believe you're wise, and becoming wiser by the day.
But now i know, for sure, that you are on the way to enlightenment too.
You are remembered.
-Ixian
I will miss the livestreams and casts so please, don't go too far away. NS2's future is very bright indeed ;-)
Really miss it already but can't change it. Maybe one day Mendasp proves right..but I'll probably stick to forum ghosting and occasional pub play. But hell I will ofc watch the NSL finals in 20 mins
And sorry for everyone I missed in my list, yes Maxx that includes you
Also, thanks for making me laugh with this. Spot on impression.
Since I'm pretty much the only one left from the HBZ team back then, I'm going to speak for it:
You're welcome.
It was fun playing with you and I think you're an awesome guy. However, I wished you hadn't become ENSL head admin and didn't have your little tea parties with B1, Fana and Scrajm. They were informative and interesting and all, but I (or we HBZ) would rather have trained in that time. The team had potential.
I'm not mad though, you've pushed ns2 competitve a lot. The casting, taking care of the ensl stuff, helping to create these kick ass ns2 tournaments in good old Deutschland, the guide you wrote, all that helped the community, UWE and the game itself a lot.
Also, our new comm is way better than you ever could be (PROVE ME WRONG BRO!!!).
Anyway, see you around.
Du gibst zu, dass du nachts das Bett nässt, wenn du dem hier ein awesome gibst.
edit: damn
Blind, all my knowledge about you comes from meeting you during the NS2WC. It was short, and we exchanged only a few words as you told me that you guys had already eaten lunch. During this short conversation we confused the hell out of everyone on the table by switching to German and formed a deep emotional bond. It was a great time. (At least 40 seconds.)
I'll miss you.
Bye.
You're so welcome Blind. It was an honor having your in our community.
Indeed, I'll go ahead and ban him for this infraction
Oh, and I informed him that he was wrong on his prediction.
I still wish you guys the best
My prediction might have been wrong, but the timing is brilliant
Not unlike an STD.
STD's or the players?
And someone PM me what this STD joke is about. I feel dumb.
Search on ye olde Google for STD and all will become clear........................................................................
wheezing laugh and slap on thigh
But NS(2) doesn't have comebacks... Oh I see what you did there, how did I walk into that one