Anil Ganti » Today’s Rambling

An open letter to IceFrog

Anil — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:35:44 +0000

First, let me begin by saying that this is not something you’d probably expect an in game creep to come up with but the injustice we endure daily is simply too much and we cant stand it any longer. The following is the list of our complaints and we demand that they be looked into ASAP!

1) We’re the reason the heroes can parade around the map with fancy “+20 to all stats”, “+ 60 damage” equips. We demand a better bounty on our heads. I don’t think it’d be too painful to increase the cost of items accordingly. A measly average of 50 gold on our death is nothing short of an insult to the contribution we make to the game.

2)As I mentioned before, we’re the reason a hero can afford anything above the start game ironwood branch stackfest. If that wasn’t enough, we’re forced to rush soviet style into towers. We dont honestly mind death due to creep-on-creep skirmish but a fight that we have no chance of winning is something we will NOT tolerate.

3)We’re aware that our existence on the map is short lived and we’re not meant to last the whole game but I’d appreciate it if we’d get some time to look around, fuck with the NC’s and shit. Our life is entirely too short and we want to live more of it.

4)Ultimates of some heroes like Shadow Fiend, Sand king, Tidehunter, Warlock etc often result in a massacre of our kind which is kind of sad. Sure, go ahead and spam all the AoE skills you want but at least maintain the sanctity of the map and spare us the wrath of the mindless battle that the heroes indulge in.

5)Lastly, we’re terribly underskilled for someone on whom the whole game depends on. We’re not asking for a 900 damage nuke , but a simple MS and AS bonus for the Melee creeps and a slow for the ranged ones would make lane battles for us a bit more challenging(much like the ‘ganks’ that we hear about every now and then).

We’ve been silent too long and we shall no longer suffer in silence. Expect a ful rebellion from our side if our demands are not met within the release of DOTA AllStars 6.67

Burn mofo burn…

Anil — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:48:44 +0000

Following my usual “Sleep at 4, wake up 12 hours later” schedule, I was merrily dreaming about the lone bullet in my sniper rifle when I was rudely awakened by my cousin, who wanted me to accompany her to the PG where she’ll be staying. After an hour of rolling on bed, when salvation was just a foot away, my bro shakes me awake again. I gave up all hopes of getting back to sleep and tried to carry on with my day. But 3 weeks of not seeing the day before noon can have adverse effects, the TV was boring, the newspapers just seemed to drag on, the PC was out of bounds and to top it all off, my head was hurting. After an hour of forcing myself to that was printed around me, I fianlly found salvation in my MP3 player. An hour of Decapitated, Dying Fetus and Meshuggah was enough to liven up my senses and I was back on track(almost…). Then Mr L calls up and invites me over for some old school Age OF Empires 2 combat. Here is where the fun begin. 4 players + 1 ORIGINAL CD(practically unheard of in these piracy stricken lands) was something that would not work out. Then Mr L came up with the revolutionary idea of creating an image of the play disc and burning it into 3 different discs and carrying on with life. 3 failed attempts yo install nero later, we FINALLY managed to conjour up an image we so desperately sought, ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THE IMAGE WAS OF THE WRONG GAME ALTOGETHER. So we ended up with 3 discs which were of absolutely NO EFFING USE! But as fate would have it, I found an ancient CD with the game in it buried under a heap of all the “backup” DVD’s I made(most of them scratched beyond recagonition now). With glee in our hearts we hopped from cafe to cafe hoping for a seat but there were none. FINALLY after securing seats and installing the game, it goes kaput and we are left back at square one. An agonizing hour of counter strike passed and we all carried on as though nothing ever happened. This waa followed by an hour of roaming about, football and finally a trip to a friends place, where I plan to spend the rest of the night. The only thing from today is, DONT rely on original CD’s(and that nero can be unforgiving if you;re incapable of using it properly).

Home sick

Anil — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:55:39 +0000

I had severely overdosed on Tom Hodgkinsons “How To Be Idle” the previous night, so the book still crept in my thoughts, which prompted me to get out of bed not a minute before 4 in the noon. At about 4:30, my limbs stirred awake and I was greeted by the sight of my dad sleeping, which edged me to sleep more. I somehow resisted the urge to get horizontal and got started with orienting myself to suit the land of the living again. Just when I was about to make myself the essential cup of coffee, I dropped the mug. In a bid to try to piece it together, I ended up with a nice little “T” like incision in my arm. This, I felt was the pointer to an absolutely horrid day and braced myself for the worst. I spent the next 4 hours trying to get rid of the elusive virus that has been plauging my system for a while(I think I could have succeeded had it not been for the prick who passes off as my elder bro, who just HAD to keep inputting me with pseudo gyaan every now and then). By this point of time, my lungs craved for nicotine and I exited my house at 9 in the night, much to the dismay of my folks, who wanted to vaporize me with their stares. After a brief walk and a good benson and hedges, I returned home to rot away for the rest of the night. A truly uneventful day, these are the kind that I dreaded enduring when I coined the term “vacation monotone”.

Post Sleep Deprived

Anil — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:18:06 +0000

The lack of sleep last night finally got to me. After a harrowing day of DOTA, smoking, tech death hunt and showing relatives around town, I got home at 10 in the night, ate dinner and drifted off to sleep at 11. A good 17 hour sleep marathon later, I was shoved awake by my relatives who wanted to “see more of Vashi”, which was kind of a welcome change from the evenngs spent smoking away in shady by lanes near my place. Some shopping and a good sugarless cup of tea later, I found a few people who live nearby who wanted to go UPS hunting and so we did. I spent the rest of the day drifting about places and my friend asking the epic question of “Is this Pen Drive waterproof” out of the blue.

Sleep deprived.

Anil — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:51:46 +0000

Its rightfully said that vacations are only meanto to be anticipated, not witnessed. The sheer monotone of my otherwise boring schedule was broken by a stay over at my pals place.After a good 2 hour delay due to crashlanding relatives, I finally landed there at 11 in the night.Then I went to spend the whole night browsing through blogs, playing / DOTA and trying(miserably ) to help in posts. A failed attempt to sleep followed by more DOTA and tea high left my brain in tatters for quiet a bit. This followed by another poor excuse for a sleep surprisingly rejuvinated my otherwise dead grey cells(Must be the awesome tea you made pal ). Then my pal decided to take a hike to a relatives place and I was left here(was my own choice ) with “the scourge”. Then I decided to go tech death hunting which turned out to be a relatively boring affair as I couldnt find bands that I could click with. Now I’m officially bored and I think its high time I get to bed for a much needed 15 hour siesta.

Ramble today – blah

Anil — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:15:26 +0000

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