TID

Ill get serious for a moment.  Most of us go through life healthy, and it is only when illness strikes that we consider how lucky we were.  Well, when illness hits unexpectedly, it can be a shock, but it can really change lives, sometimes for the better, sometimes not.

Ive recently started gaming on my computer again, and managed to hook up with some old friends who were still playing Warcraft III.  I was saddened to learn that one of them has come down with TID.

He cant really play like he used to anymore, and it was terrible to hear the kind of comments his play was eliciting.

"You suck, you little bitch."  "What a noob."  "SA (his avatar) you SUCK!  Why do you even play?"

Hearing things like that made me think about some of things I say when gaming and how its not really possible to know whats going on with the person behind that character.

So, I thought Id better chime in on the SA too.  My comment was, "He doesnt suck, hes got an illness that makes it tough for him to play.  He doesnt suck, he sucks ASS!  Hes the whiney-est little POS Ive ever been in a game with."

Yes, my old game-mate had come down with TID - Timmy In Denial.  He still sounded the same in lobby, but, when we got into the game, he was crying about every last thing non-stop, and saying horrible things to the other team non-stop too.  When you consider you must type your comments in WCIII, you can see that left little time for him to actually play the game, which did not help in his suck-iness department.

When we were back in the lobby, I asked him what the hell his deal was and that I didnt remember him being like that at all.  His reply was that no one had asked me to start playing WCIII again.

So, the moral is, Timmy aint an age, its an attitude, and TID can strike at any age or time.  Be wary, it may be contagious.