And because I am dead I can take off my head

... To recite Shakespearean quotation.


Heroic or Legendary, that is the question
Whether 'tis nobler in the Legendary to suffer
The plasma bullets of the elites and grunts
Or to take arms against a sea of hunters,
and by opposing end them? To die: to re spawn;
No more; and by re spawn to say we end
The humiliation of having no ammo
To put in the battle rifle 'tis an issue
Devoutly to be avoided. To die, to sleep.

I was confronted with this life changing decision as I booted up my X-box for the first time in over two years. Heroic or legendary? We all long to be held as a legend in the eyes of others, but we many times must settle for heroism in our own sphere. Think deeply into that, not philosophically or anything, but seriously think that as much as we cannot beat Halo on legendary, we can in no manner be legends, but heroes. Hero? Why a hero? Because we dare to humble ourselves and recognize that we may not be the best player in the US, and our X-box live handle may not be nationally recognized. Maybe we don't have the skills and talent we long for, and maybe on a daily basis we a re pwned. A NOOB HAS RIGHTS TOO! Think back to your first moment of video game glory. I have many, but think of the humiliation you passed before accomplishing the task. Is there one among us who can truly say that he has never run out of continues, or on the screen where Mario (now an angel) stands next to his brother Luigi we have not borrowed or jacked a life? Who can honestly say that int heir games of baseball 2020 they have not reached over to hit a button on his friend's controller to make his robot jump and completely miss the ball? Who of us has not, at the beginning of an NFL blitz game jammed buttons like crazy trying to unlock something that wasn't "tournament mode" or "big heads?" I stand firmly today against all those who feel that they can use their legendary status to be uplifted above those who are not as schooled in the beautiful ways of the video game arts.

One who shall remain unnamed of our order is probably the biggest video game fan on Mutton Hollow road. No one can speak up a storm of video game jargon quite like he can. No one can intricately explain relationships between games, characters, their creators, and their marketing quite like he can. No one can get as excited about a new Nintendo product like he can. And seriously, how many of you have bought the E3 wrap up DVD consecutive years and watched it through? Yet, aside from that no one can suck quite like he can. No one can piss you off being on your team if there is a ghost on the map quite like he can. Don't get me wrong. I have a deep love for the one we all know by his first name that is not really at all his first name. No one can make me laugh quite like he can. How many others would do the things he does? No one. We must, however, keep in check here that he is quite possibly the worst gamer of the Fat Angry White Kids, well, with the exception of Haacke. Ok, I needed someone to dump on, didn't I? Anyways, as I now begin my long campaign controlling the one we know and love as "master chief" to once again defeat unconquerable odds and unrealistic expectations in route to saving the world I will do so on heroic. Why? Because I freaking can. And I freaking can't on legendary.


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