All pics posted on Facebook! OK, I guess it's time for my real evaluation now.
I had a lot of high expectations for this meet. I wanted to play some Kart, some GE multi (and dominate of course), GE solo for 0:17 Bunker and 0:47 Facility, and some other various games. Meeting Clemens was awesome because him and I are a LOT alike in many ways that bonds friendships; I'd like to think I just got myself a new real friend in the elite. The drive there was fairly boring, what else can you expect out of WI, IL, IN, and MI? Chicago was a bitch, massive traffic jams on I94 all the way through downtown. I averaged about 24 miles per gallon once we got past Chicago and headed nonstop 367 miles to Eddie's in the Eastern Detroit Suburbs.
Eddie, being how young he is, seems to have life pretty good right now. He's been dating the same girl now for 2 years and seems to be massively in love with her (more pics of her and him around his apartment than I've ever had of any girl with me haha). He has a full time career which can only bring him forward in life, and a car which is probably paid off. Greg is a software engineer and he's done with college, plus he's in a solid relationship too so that's neat. Adam's almost done with college and seems pretty content with life. On these notes, I naturally feel inferior because all I do is work full time, buy sub-standard cars (to the public anyway), NOT socialize, to live cheaply (anything to save money and finally buy my house... $14K and rising). That inferior complex of mine always fucks with me; I never have the best comebacks, I can never really one-up anybody, and I don't have a lot to offer a trio of this kind. The only way in my mind to stand out is to dominate at the game I've wasted my life on... and when that doesn't happen, I start to become pissy and believe it was a waste of time. This would explain why I was quieter than normal, really pissed off when I got home, etc. (this is also why a lot of the Jimbo-insults were starting to add up, I was taking them seriously after a while) I wasn't able to get any records, we played a lot of games I had no interest in (Smash ffs), I never won a GE match that mattered, we only played one round of Kart, and didn't do anything outside during the day. It was still a fun meet, but those were my consistent complaints going on in my mind. Clemens and I were also kind of the outsiders too, you guys have been friends for god-knows-how-long, and I am still trying to "fit in" (which won't REALLY ever happen, but you know what I mean)
My health was starting to take a shit at the end too. I already ate a lot of Eddie's food and needed more to keep up with my naturally-fast metabolism, I had a huge headache before leaving (I'm blaming my upset against Greg on the fact that I could barely think). Eddie made us Spaghetti on Saturday night and that's when I said "hey thanks Eddie, for everything this weekend". I left my life-long pillow there too like a dumb fuck (literally a 25 year old pillow and was the only one I ever slept on).
Anyway, enough about the bad things, below I will post what I really liked about the meet and what memories will stick with me forever:
- David Clemens. Guy is fucking awesome and a lot like me.
- Milwaukee at night has about as many people as 100 acres of land, nice!
- Eddie's place was nice and homey, just wish I had the couch all weekend
- NSa, sheesh, didn't think I could stay up that long.
- Winning 2/2 PD matches, wish we had played that more.
- Quad Kill, omfg!
- Beating Eddie 10-6 in Kart with no items, ego +1
- Saturday night was vintage-Jimbo in GE multiplayer, playing in peak form.
- Going almost 4-0 in prelim matches for the tournament.
- DRUNK GUY IN THE VENTS!
- An entire bag of shrimp? Really?
- Seasoned PP7, Country Fried Magnum, Recipe 90, ZMG 9oz.
- Silo 1:03, Fac 0:46 bad Trev, Train 1:05, etc. Clemens raping GE solo.
And a few more, but that's the gist of it. Can't wait for Virginia, regardless. I should note that I really don't enjoy playing GE multi anymore because it emotionally exhausts me. If I don't play worth a shit, it's enough to ruin my day for a few hours. I'll end up stopping GE multi after a few matches if I do really good because I want to preserve my reputation in my own mind as being relevant. I do have some unfinished business in Kart 64 however, and that will be my main target in August.
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