Part 3: Every Given Friday
Finally, it's Friday, the most glorious day for playing counter- strike, its because we have until Monday to finish all our home works. It's two o'clock on the afternoon. Mark Gil, Anna Lisa and I are suppose to meet at a popular CS Court at the mall, Mark Gil said he arranged a battle against some rookie clan with one professional player that the clan imported.
The match is going to be a three against three, the winner will be decided by the rule best of five, its basically a race to three fight. The maximum number of rounds are five, the game can end at three, four or five rounds or they can forfeit the game and let us win with any fight we are not expecting them to forfeit.
I must took the subway to arrive at the mall as fast as I could. From the school, I don't even have the time to go to my apartment before going to the mall; I must go there quickly. One train ride and a hotdog later, I arrive at the mall the CS Court was very expose, the game is displayed on a big theater size TV. The Court is definitely alive and hot, counter-strikers are cramped inside, and some are even waiting outside, maybe waiting for a game just like me. That reminds me, I have to find Mark Gil and Anna Lisa fast!
"Hey!" A guy from behind of me shouted that startled me for a moment. Looking behind I saw Mark Gil putting his hand at my shoulder, as cheerful as ever.
"Where's Anna Lisa?" I asked Mark.
"She's not here yet." He said with a slight smirk on his face. I didn't like that smirk one second, the match is going to start in about a minute and if one of us doesn't show up, we automatically forfeit the game.
"What! The match is going to start in a few minutes!" I said in an shouting manner.
"What are you talking about? Mark said in an puzzled face.
"The match's not until five thirty this afternoon, its only quarter before three." Mark Gil said
"What!? But you said the match is on three!" I said, again shouting.
"Oh that! I only said that so you'll come here early." he said in a mocking approach.
Quenching my fist I said.
"What! if I knew that then I might have at least dropped my bag at my room." I said trying to make a point.
"Well then I guess my decision is right." Mark Gil said.
"Come with me" He said as he leads a way that I've quickly followed.
Going inside the CS Court the place was very huge, cleaner than the unofficial CS Courts, it's my first time playing at an Official Court this outsized. Banners of official tournaments are hanged everywhere. CS Capsules are almost uncountable.
"Quite cool huh...?" Mark Gil said, looking at me smiling.
"This place is huge!" I said to him in amazement.
"Yes, this is one of the four large CS Courts that are located at New York" Mark Gil said. Pointing at one of the giant TV's that show some of the games that are happening.
"See that one?" Mark Gil asked. I looked at the TV and I see a game, the camera is locked on one of the players that use an AWP. Its one of the most powerful sniper rifles back at the year 2003.
"That the player that are opponent have imported, he's name is Silent Trigger, a powerful sniper." Mark Gil explained as he watch Silent Triggers game. I watch that guy named Silent Trigger play the game and I see perfection within his skills, the very idea of fighting with this guy later at the match makes me tremble where I stand right now.
Silent Trigger was moving from corridor to corridor and killing a lot of enemy every round. Their team was literally unbeatable when Silent Trigger was playing on the game.
All hope of winning the game was lost until.
"Hey, look at this closely and see what will happen." Mark said as he concentrated his looks on the TV. The camera was still locked at Silent Trigger and displaying his talent.
Silent Trigger is waiting on a sniping area and the whole game is deafening silent. Even footsteps are invisible from the sense of hearing.
Suddenly an enemy player jump out of one of the corridor shooting at Silent Trigger who fired back but for the first time, missing the shot. Silent Trigger was wounded from that attack and hid fast to find cover.
"Did you see what happened?" Mark asked to me.
"Yes, Silent Trigger misses a shot." I said to Mark Gil.
"Right!" Mark said as he nods his head and smiles.
"But how could he have missed the shot when he is obviously has an advantage over the position?" I asked Mark.
"Ah... that's the question, why did he MISS that shot?" Mark Gil said arrogantly.
"Some of the people watching will see that it's just a fluke miss but what they don't know is." Mark Gil said as he moves his mouth closer to me ear.
"That kind of thing happens to Silent Trigger all the time." he said whispering to my ear. I stared at the big TV, and I saw Silent Trigger misses his every single shot when he is on a sniping are. However Silent Trigger will kill his opponent and the second time that he takes a peek from the sniping area. What does that mean? my mind eagerly asks.
"Your mind wants to know what does that mean right?" Mark Gil said to me, which is very weird because of the way he read my mind.
"I bet you also confused how I've read you mind right?" He said again reading my mind, this is getting creepy.
"No, its not creepy, actually I don't even read you mind. I just plan a lot of steps ahead than you." Mark Gil said. As he explains it.
"Planning steps ahead of your enemy is very vital on playing this game. This helps us prepare our game strategies." he said smiling a big one at me.
"Can I get from what you have said that, you've think of a plan already." I said hoping to hear the answer yes.
"Of course! A plan that would also put as at a great advantage too. See in this game, there is a game plan, and there is an effective game plan, a game plan is a simple as go here, then go here kinds of stuffs but an effective game plan is carefully researched like this one that I have. An effective game plan considers both the ability of the enemy and us, also it is based on our weaknesses and their weaknesses too. Mark Gil said.
I just nodded as an affirmative sign. I can see that this game means a large thing on Mark Gil, I think I should put more desire on winning this game, and think of ways on winning this game.
"Don't put too much pressure on your self, its only normal that for one team to win, the other one has to lose, lets just hope that the losing team is not us." Mark Gil said that lessens the pressure of the game a bit. However I couldn't believe how many times this guy can read my mind in one day. Am I really that transparent.
"Let me first point out the basics of the plan. It will be difficult for us to eliminate Silent Trigger with his accuracy at long range and mid range. However if we get at close range, it will be easy for us to pick him off. Mark Gil said.
"Wait a minute! Why aren't you telling this to your sister? Isn't she part of our group to?" I asked Mark Gil out of curiosity.
"On team plays, you can't count on her that much." Mark Gil replied as he walked outside, which I quickly followed. Mark Gil stopped walking, and looked at me, and continues on explaining the plan.
"As I examine Silent Triggers play, I notice that he is not a great sniper. He's just an ordinary sniper with a better accuracy. Accuracy isn't vital to the game if your opponent will not cooperate well with what you expect them to be. Silent Trigger likes to get himself into the zone before fighting a match, which in this case is our match. It will be easy for us to avoid his shooting range if we could go to one point to another with lightning speed, it is important that we won't stay long at his sniping sight."
It was all making a lot of sense to me the longer he clarifies his strategy. For some reason my hopes of winning is suddenly being amplified just by Mark Gil's brilliant tactics.
"Do you think we could pull it off?" I asked Mark Gil honestly. He looked at me smiling and said.
"Yeah, Of course we can pull it off, we're the best." He said conceitedly. The sheer fortitude of Mark Gil makes me smile every moment he does. He's cheerfulness is very contagious.
"Come on! Lets get back inside." Mark Gil said to me bidding. I with nothing to do outside followed him inside. I also want to see more of Silent Triggers skills at counter-strike.
Watching Silent Trigger make frags never fails to amaze me. The pressure rises as the time drops every second. I'm starting to doubt that I'll even give Silent Trigger a challenge, even though Mark Gil said that Silent Trigger is not a great sniper an only has a great sniping skills, it definitely works with Silent Triggers foes. The enemy team is being fragged one by one just like an insect being swat. The enemy looks helpless. Suddenly, someone tapped my shoulder.
I looked at that someone and see Mark Gil looking pass me. I looked at my back and see Anna Lisa. She's as cute as ever wearing jeans, green t-shirt with a brown jacket; she's wearing a blue cap. She's eating a hamburger and looks cute eating it too. She jerked her head to her side and smiled at me as a greeting sign. I smiled back.
About to take another bite at her hamburger, Mark Gil snatched it from her hands and took a bite quickly . "Hey that's mine!" She shouted at Mark Gil. Mark Gil didn't spend a second sooner at Anna Lisa's presence to eat the hamburger at peace. He quickly disappeared at the crowd.
"Thanks for the burger!" Mark's voice roared loudly from the crowd.
"Darn!" She mumbled as she clinched her fist.
"Hi" I said as she looks at me. She was smiling as she reached into something on her bag. She took out a plastic and gives it to me. I accept the plastic and opened it, it was a hamburger.
"Just something I want give you, I have a feeling that you'll be hungry." She said as she jerked her head at her side again. I didn't notice the first time knew her that she's he type of girl that is concerned at others.
"Thanks." I said bashful, as I scratched my head involuntarily. She moved to my side and took my arm, she was pulling it as if she wants to go somewhere. I looked at her and she's going through the crowd.
"Come on! let's find brother." She said. She has given me a hamburger already, it will be ungrateful of me not to follow her so I followed.
After minutes of searching we come to a stop not finding Mark Gil.
"So, what have you two been up to?" She asked as she took a break a stopped walking. I looked at her, it seems like she's really interested to hear so.
"We've been watching Silent Trigger's game, we've been aware that he's accuracy is a dangerous level, even for us. I said looking at her.
"Hahaha... You worry too much." She laughed, as she smacked my shoulders repeatedly. I was staring at her dumbfounded, the thoughtful girl whom I knew have suddenly disappeared. She's becoming quite scary.
"You're scaring me." I said in a joking manner. She laughed at my corny jokes, kind of makes me think about what Mark Gil said, the part where Anna Lisa likes me. Anyway I have to concentrate on the game so I have to stop thinking about that non-sense.
On the crammed people inside the court Mark Gil appears hustling in the crowd. He is going towards us, we watched him pushed left to right. Serves him right from hiding at us.
"Where did you go? I was searching all over the place." He said upon reaching us. Anna Lisa hits Mark Gil on the head.
"Ouch! What's that for?" Mark Gil said while holding his aching head.
"That's for taking my hamburger." Anna Lisa answered. Again she gives Mark Gil another blow in the head.
"And that's from hiding from us!" Anna Lisa said childishly shouting.
"Hey are you going to keep hitting me for all the time I torment you?" Mark Gil asked, still holding his aching head.
"No! That would kill you on the spot!" Anna Lisa said.
"Anyway lets wait until it's our time to play the game." I said barging in to those two's childish quarrels.
The two immediately stopped arguing and lightens up as they two looked at me. With eyes burning they two cried. "Okay! WE'LL CRUSH THEM!!!"
We've waited hours after hours till the time for our match is on. The pressure of the fight is really getting big, as the time before the fight is going small, it will be only a few minutes before the big match. Its five fifteen, only fifteen minutes more to go. A group of three people approaches us three, and Mark Gil engaged at them and shake hands.
"This guys are going to be are enemies, they are my classmates and they are starting a clan, they said that it will be a great pleasure fighting against our group." Mark Gil introduced the to us. I've shake hands with the one by one.
"The match is going to start in a few minutes, let's go to our CS Capsules," One of them said. We approached our CS capsules and preparing ourselves for the fight. I couldn't help to feel irritated while fighting with this much pressure.
"Hey Mervin!" Mark called to me. I looked at him positioned to his CS Capsule and looking at me.
"What?" I asked.
"Don't forget about the plan." He reminded me. As he leaned his head back to his capsule, which makes him, disappear from my view.
"Hey!" Anna shouted from her capsule. I leaned forward to look at Anna Lisa, but she's leaned back, which prevents me from seeing her.
"Don't put to much pressure on yourself, it won't do you any good. Just concentrate on the game, if you concentrate hard enough on the game, you'll usually forget about all the pressure that's been troubling you. Anyway, this is your first time fighting with this much pressure so I guess it can't be helped. I don't know if all that advice works for you... well at least it works on me." She said. I didn't know that she cared enough about me to give an advice that truly comes from her heart. The very thought of her giving me advice involuntary creates a smile on my face.
"Lean back already. The game is starting in a few minutes." She said. I leaned back as a hologram appears in front of me. It was a countdown of the game.
======================================================================== ================= Well, how did you like the third chapter of my story, sorry to cut this chapter in two but the next chapter will be out soon, okay? Now I'll be waiting for your review, and oh yeah. I won't continue until there are some reviews about this chapter, so. REVIEW IT NOW!!!
Finally, it's Friday, the most glorious day for playing counter- strike, its because we have until Monday to finish all our home works. It's two o'clock on the afternoon. Mark Gil, Anna Lisa and I are suppose to meet at a popular CS Court at the mall, Mark Gil said he arranged a battle against some rookie clan with one professional player that the clan imported.
The match is going to be a three against three, the winner will be decided by the rule best of five, its basically a race to three fight. The maximum number of rounds are five, the game can end at three, four or five rounds or they can forfeit the game and let us win with any fight we are not expecting them to forfeit.
I must took the subway to arrive at the mall as fast as I could. From the school, I don't even have the time to go to my apartment before going to the mall; I must go there quickly. One train ride and a hotdog later, I arrive at the mall the CS Court was very expose, the game is displayed on a big theater size TV. The Court is definitely alive and hot, counter-strikers are cramped inside, and some are even waiting outside, maybe waiting for a game just like me. That reminds me, I have to find Mark Gil and Anna Lisa fast!
"Hey!" A guy from behind of me shouted that startled me for a moment. Looking behind I saw Mark Gil putting his hand at my shoulder, as cheerful as ever.
"Where's Anna Lisa?" I asked Mark.
"She's not here yet." He said with a slight smirk on his face. I didn't like that smirk one second, the match is going to start in about a minute and if one of us doesn't show up, we automatically forfeit the game.
"What! The match is going to start in a few minutes!" I said in an shouting manner.
"What are you talking about? Mark said in an puzzled face.
"The match's not until five thirty this afternoon, its only quarter before three." Mark Gil said
"What!? But you said the match is on three!" I said, again shouting.
"Oh that! I only said that so you'll come here early." he said in a mocking approach.
Quenching my fist I said.
"What! if I knew that then I might have at least dropped my bag at my room." I said trying to make a point.
"Well then I guess my decision is right." Mark Gil said.
"Come with me" He said as he leads a way that I've quickly followed.
Going inside the CS Court the place was very huge, cleaner than the unofficial CS Courts, it's my first time playing at an Official Court this outsized. Banners of official tournaments are hanged everywhere. CS Capsules are almost uncountable.
"Quite cool huh...?" Mark Gil said, looking at me smiling.
"This place is huge!" I said to him in amazement.
"Yes, this is one of the four large CS Courts that are located at New York" Mark Gil said. Pointing at one of the giant TV's that show some of the games that are happening.
"See that one?" Mark Gil asked. I looked at the TV and I see a game, the camera is locked on one of the players that use an AWP. Its one of the most powerful sniper rifles back at the year 2003.
"That the player that are opponent have imported, he's name is Silent Trigger, a powerful sniper." Mark Gil explained as he watch Silent Triggers game. I watch that guy named Silent Trigger play the game and I see perfection within his skills, the very idea of fighting with this guy later at the match makes me tremble where I stand right now.
Silent Trigger was moving from corridor to corridor and killing a lot of enemy every round. Their team was literally unbeatable when Silent Trigger was playing on the game.
All hope of winning the game was lost until.
"Hey, look at this closely and see what will happen." Mark said as he concentrated his looks on the TV. The camera was still locked at Silent Trigger and displaying his talent.
Silent Trigger is waiting on a sniping area and the whole game is deafening silent. Even footsteps are invisible from the sense of hearing.
Suddenly an enemy player jump out of one of the corridor shooting at Silent Trigger who fired back but for the first time, missing the shot. Silent Trigger was wounded from that attack and hid fast to find cover.
"Did you see what happened?" Mark asked to me.
"Yes, Silent Trigger misses a shot." I said to Mark Gil.
"Right!" Mark said as he nods his head and smiles.
"But how could he have missed the shot when he is obviously has an advantage over the position?" I asked Mark.
"Ah... that's the question, why did he MISS that shot?" Mark Gil said arrogantly.
"Some of the people watching will see that it's just a fluke miss but what they don't know is." Mark Gil said as he moves his mouth closer to me ear.
"That kind of thing happens to Silent Trigger all the time." he said whispering to my ear. I stared at the big TV, and I saw Silent Trigger misses his every single shot when he is on a sniping are. However Silent Trigger will kill his opponent and the second time that he takes a peek from the sniping area. What does that mean? my mind eagerly asks.
"Your mind wants to know what does that mean right?" Mark Gil said to me, which is very weird because of the way he read my mind.
"I bet you also confused how I've read you mind right?" He said again reading my mind, this is getting creepy.
"No, its not creepy, actually I don't even read you mind. I just plan a lot of steps ahead than you." Mark Gil said. As he explains it.
"Planning steps ahead of your enemy is very vital on playing this game. This helps us prepare our game strategies." he said smiling a big one at me.
"Can I get from what you have said that, you've think of a plan already." I said hoping to hear the answer yes.
"Of course! A plan that would also put as at a great advantage too. See in this game, there is a game plan, and there is an effective game plan, a game plan is a simple as go here, then go here kinds of stuffs but an effective game plan is carefully researched like this one that I have. An effective game plan considers both the ability of the enemy and us, also it is based on our weaknesses and their weaknesses too. Mark Gil said.
I just nodded as an affirmative sign. I can see that this game means a large thing on Mark Gil, I think I should put more desire on winning this game, and think of ways on winning this game.
"Don't put too much pressure on your self, its only normal that for one team to win, the other one has to lose, lets just hope that the losing team is not us." Mark Gil said that lessens the pressure of the game a bit. However I couldn't believe how many times this guy can read my mind in one day. Am I really that transparent.
"Let me first point out the basics of the plan. It will be difficult for us to eliminate Silent Trigger with his accuracy at long range and mid range. However if we get at close range, it will be easy for us to pick him off. Mark Gil said.
"Wait a minute! Why aren't you telling this to your sister? Isn't she part of our group to?" I asked Mark Gil out of curiosity.
"On team plays, you can't count on her that much." Mark Gil replied as he walked outside, which I quickly followed. Mark Gil stopped walking, and looked at me, and continues on explaining the plan.
"As I examine Silent Triggers play, I notice that he is not a great sniper. He's just an ordinary sniper with a better accuracy. Accuracy isn't vital to the game if your opponent will not cooperate well with what you expect them to be. Silent Trigger likes to get himself into the zone before fighting a match, which in this case is our match. It will be easy for us to avoid his shooting range if we could go to one point to another with lightning speed, it is important that we won't stay long at his sniping sight."
It was all making a lot of sense to me the longer he clarifies his strategy. For some reason my hopes of winning is suddenly being amplified just by Mark Gil's brilliant tactics.
"Do you think we could pull it off?" I asked Mark Gil honestly. He looked at me smiling and said.
"Yeah, Of course we can pull it off, we're the best." He said conceitedly. The sheer fortitude of Mark Gil makes me smile every moment he does. He's cheerfulness is very contagious.
"Come on! Lets get back inside." Mark Gil said to me bidding. I with nothing to do outside followed him inside. I also want to see more of Silent Triggers skills at counter-strike.
Watching Silent Trigger make frags never fails to amaze me. The pressure rises as the time drops every second. I'm starting to doubt that I'll even give Silent Trigger a challenge, even though Mark Gil said that Silent Trigger is not a great sniper an only has a great sniping skills, it definitely works with Silent Triggers foes. The enemy team is being fragged one by one just like an insect being swat. The enemy looks helpless. Suddenly, someone tapped my shoulder.
I looked at that someone and see Mark Gil looking pass me. I looked at my back and see Anna Lisa. She's as cute as ever wearing jeans, green t-shirt with a brown jacket; she's wearing a blue cap. She's eating a hamburger and looks cute eating it too. She jerked her head to her side and smiled at me as a greeting sign. I smiled back.
About to take another bite at her hamburger, Mark Gil snatched it from her hands and took a bite quickly . "Hey that's mine!" She shouted at Mark Gil. Mark Gil didn't spend a second sooner at Anna Lisa's presence to eat the hamburger at peace. He quickly disappeared at the crowd.
"Thanks for the burger!" Mark's voice roared loudly from the crowd.
"Darn!" She mumbled as she clinched her fist.
"Hi" I said as she looks at me. She was smiling as she reached into something on her bag. She took out a plastic and gives it to me. I accept the plastic and opened it, it was a hamburger.
"Just something I want give you, I have a feeling that you'll be hungry." She said as she jerked her head at her side again. I didn't notice the first time knew her that she's he type of girl that is concerned at others.
"Thanks." I said bashful, as I scratched my head involuntarily. She moved to my side and took my arm, she was pulling it as if she wants to go somewhere. I looked at her and she's going through the crowd.
"Come on! let's find brother." She said. She has given me a hamburger already, it will be ungrateful of me not to follow her so I followed.
After minutes of searching we come to a stop not finding Mark Gil.
"So, what have you two been up to?" She asked as she took a break a stopped walking. I looked at her, it seems like she's really interested to hear so.
"We've been watching Silent Trigger's game, we've been aware that he's accuracy is a dangerous level, even for us. I said looking at her.
"Hahaha... You worry too much." She laughed, as she smacked my shoulders repeatedly. I was staring at her dumbfounded, the thoughtful girl whom I knew have suddenly disappeared. She's becoming quite scary.
"You're scaring me." I said in a joking manner. She laughed at my corny jokes, kind of makes me think about what Mark Gil said, the part where Anna Lisa likes me. Anyway I have to concentrate on the game so I have to stop thinking about that non-sense.
On the crammed people inside the court Mark Gil appears hustling in the crowd. He is going towards us, we watched him pushed left to right. Serves him right from hiding at us.
"Where did you go? I was searching all over the place." He said upon reaching us. Anna Lisa hits Mark Gil on the head.
"Ouch! What's that for?" Mark Gil said while holding his aching head.
"That's for taking my hamburger." Anna Lisa answered. Again she gives Mark Gil another blow in the head.
"And that's from hiding from us!" Anna Lisa said childishly shouting.
"Hey are you going to keep hitting me for all the time I torment you?" Mark Gil asked, still holding his aching head.
"No! That would kill you on the spot!" Anna Lisa said.
"Anyway lets wait until it's our time to play the game." I said barging in to those two's childish quarrels.
The two immediately stopped arguing and lightens up as they two looked at me. With eyes burning they two cried. "Okay! WE'LL CRUSH THEM!!!"
We've waited hours after hours till the time for our match is on. The pressure of the fight is really getting big, as the time before the fight is going small, it will be only a few minutes before the big match. Its five fifteen, only fifteen minutes more to go. A group of three people approaches us three, and Mark Gil engaged at them and shake hands.
"This guys are going to be are enemies, they are my classmates and they are starting a clan, they said that it will be a great pleasure fighting against our group." Mark Gil introduced the to us. I've shake hands with the one by one.
"The match is going to start in a few minutes, let's go to our CS Capsules," One of them said. We approached our CS capsules and preparing ourselves for the fight. I couldn't help to feel irritated while fighting with this much pressure.
"Hey Mervin!" Mark called to me. I looked at him positioned to his CS Capsule and looking at me.
"What?" I asked.
"Don't forget about the plan." He reminded me. As he leaned his head back to his capsule, which makes him, disappear from my view.
"Hey!" Anna shouted from her capsule. I leaned forward to look at Anna Lisa, but she's leaned back, which prevents me from seeing her.
"Don't put to much pressure on yourself, it won't do you any good. Just concentrate on the game, if you concentrate hard enough on the game, you'll usually forget about all the pressure that's been troubling you. Anyway, this is your first time fighting with this much pressure so I guess it can't be helped. I don't know if all that advice works for you... well at least it works on me." She said. I didn't know that she cared enough about me to give an advice that truly comes from her heart. The very thought of her giving me advice involuntary creates a smile on my face.
"Lean back already. The game is starting in a few minutes." She said. I leaned back as a hologram appears in front of me. It was a countdown of the game.
======================================================================== ================= Well, how did you like the third chapter of my story, sorry to cut this chapter in two but the next chapter will be out soon, okay? Now I'll be waiting for your review, and oh yeah. I won't continue until there are some reviews about this chapter, so. REVIEW IT NOW!!!