A Brief Introduction for Those That do Not Understand a Thing I Say:

Hi. To start things off I would like to apologize for posting another blog in such a short period. I know most of you need at least a few more days to recover from my old one, but I cannot post regular blogs for some reason, only World of Ming ones. I'm sure there will be a Ming blog quickly following this one it is his turn today.

As I have neglected to post a serious introduction, I felt serious blog would be as good an opportunity as any to offer you a bit of insight toward my uniquely bad style of writing and its author. Some of you may appreciate my walls of meaningless text. A preponderance of you will not. I am not going to try and come off as a fantastically gifted being who deliberately riddles his articles with bits and pieces of obscure satire and convoluted humor. If you find any instances of such, understand that it was unintentional. I am just an average guy and a below average writer. Most of my blogs contain nothing but unsubstantiated drivel.

I am a profound believer in the importance of perspective, and as such, I write with a conduct that I feel would amuse me personally. Largely, my blogs will make absolutely no sense, and in the interest of preserving even a shred of dignity, I attempt to construct my more abase points in a manner which will allow them maximum blatancy in the hopes that my readers can construe their deliberately humorous nature. I am not literally trying to insult people. The only players I even have the courage to bash are those who know me on a personal level. Comparable to Fivezors' trashing of Chumpjohn this past week, I am just trying to shed some light on things exclusive to the bg9 circlejerk, while trying to keep the read as fun as possible. However, this will not be a fun read.

The Real Future of Fnatic:

Obviously the fact that my last blog was a complete joke was too subtle (excuse the paradox, also unintentional), so I am just going to present the facts as they are, with no attempts at literary genius. Judging from the many complaints that I have received, what I wrote concerning Fnatic's future as a team was too ambiguous for the readers whom weren't well acquainted with me. As I want to avoid further misinterpretation, hurt feelings, and angry sponsors, I am posting this article in hopes of offering you (the reader!) some clarity.

Fnatic is not falling apart. Fnatic never was falling apart. We have several reasons for being inactive on the live realms, which I will present here:

We went into our first tournament with very high hopes. We were easily the best team, and unquestionably the most practiced. Our confidence going into the event proceeded only as far as the hotel, in which afterward we all experienced bouts of nervousness which lead to stupid mistakes - something that happens to any new LAN team. We didn't manage to do as well as we had originally hoped, so of course this led to the subsequent emo period in which we all just lost interest in WoW until we had to begin preparations for MLG #2.

After once again failing to meet the standards we had set for ourselves, Douja started playing less, as did Woundman and I. We felt it would likely be beneficial to our overall mental health and functionality as a team if we took a short break. Unfortunately, we all started to adapt progressively lazier attitudes when it came to practicing seriously. Douja in particular felt it wasn't worth it, but we would still log on occasionally for our 10 games and win our matches versus the top ranked teams of our battelegroup.

Later on, we all just came to the conclusion that the gap between gear on live and gear on TR was too large to justify spamming queues - particularly when we all have an excess of real life commitments to attend to. Douja didn't want to play, I didn't want to play because he didn't want to play, and Woundman didn't have anyone to play with. However, with our newly reinstated contracts, we plan on working much more and you will once again see us on the live realms. I view my teammates as extremely close acquaintances, and as a product of our friendship, I value their ideas and decisions in directing the team.

Perhaps my World of Ming persona has given my readers the wrong idea. I am not actually arrogant, nor am I nearly as stupid as I appear when it comes to interacting with people socially. My blogs are just that - blogs. In order to separate my writing from that of hundreds of others inundating the website daily, I decided to add that distinctly uneducated flavor in hopes of scoring points for uniqueness. Perhaps orienting my blogs toward a small circle of my personal friends wasn’t the smartest idea. They are usually the only people who find them funny and understand the contents.

I have the utmost respect for my sponsors and I am incredibly thankful to them for giving us the opportunity to perform at tournaments. Furthermore, I am also very pleased that they have been generous enough to allow us future participation at the MLG's this year.

The team of Fnatic (Woundman, Douja, and I) is still together. We plan on picking the game up again seriously, and are doing our best to replicate EG's success. There is no drama within borders, and the contents of my previous blog were nothing but works of fiction generated from my lack of forethought.

Before Woundman left for Germany, he made sure to get consent from all of us, our sponsors, and even some of his other friends to ensure that he was making the correct choice. I personally told him that I would be a massive hypocrite if I refused his request to go. He never ran off like I insinuated in my previous blog. He never even slept with Azael as I also insinuated in my last blog. He did what any respectable team member would, and made sure we were all okay with it, which we were. There is no bitterness between myself or any of the members of EG; we are all still friends and I have the highest regards for them as a team, individual players, and as friends. As for their most recent victory at ESL - well deserved; they are all phenomenal players and it's about time their persistence paid off.

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