Well, I am leaving for Connecticut College tomorrow [Monday]. Pre-orientation is a 4 day hike on the Appalachian Trail, followed by a week of regular orientation on campus. Then classes...lots of lovely classes...I promise that it won't be like an M4 thing [visiting here twice every 100th summer or so]
. However, I probably won't be able to maintain the usual level of activity and probably will do more lurking than actual posting. I, like Ben, plan to continue with community development though. Somehow, I may manage to find time to put my new articles up on SoakerMedia and SSCentral [the newest Tactical Theory articles and my new site remain surprises]. If you click the ads on SoakerMedia, it may motivate me to post new stuff earlier
[single clicks with the ad up for a while make the most $$$$ :rolleyes: ].
I've had a great time in the soaking community these past four years so far. I've gone from a silly little freshman to a silly...larger freshman while watching things change - SSC had a couple thousand posts when I joined it, WWN had about 10K, and here wasn't in the picture yet. Then there was iScF, SM, the AII controversy, Water-Talk, and eventually WWc.
Who knows what the future holds? A televised league with multi-million dollar tournaments? Why watch a Boston vs New York baseball game when you can watch a tri-warrior duel between me, Ben, and iSoaker? ESPN will figure out where the TRUE entertainment is. Move over, NBA Finals, the Ridgewood Militia and the Red Scorpion Commandos have some serious business to attend to!
We really can revolutionize the TV experience. Why bother with Ebay when you can get a CPS 2000 off the Shopping Network? Maybe you'll actually watch those pesky Invention Channel ads since Ben's newest homemade is only $29.99 and comes with a free backpack and strap [a $20 value] if you call within the next ten minutes? And there will be new stuff for sprucing up your guns - need to get rid of ugly color fading? - try Soak-On, applied DIRECTLY to the soaker!
Warfare will never be the same, either. The Iraqi insurgents stand no chance with their G1 Douchenators [soooo old school], while Boeing will be furious when they find out that their contract was lost to Lowes.
We'll be very popular in the gambling world too - why bother betting on horses? Bet on Ridgewood Militia vs Waterbridge wars, easy money there!
Politics might be a bit nasty though, with Hasbro and BBT going at each other's throats. Good thing the Electoral College will be entirely composed of teenagers - Hasbro hasn't got a shot at the Blue House if they're still making that 70ft shooting crap, goodness no.
Where will I be in 20 years? I'll probably find myself aspiring to be a grand master in Water Warriors' Chess [undefeated for exactly two years!]. Either that or a senior general of the US Army, always complaining about my officers [You don't know the difference between a fast progressive left oblique distraction pincer and an echelon left oblique stalling swinging pendulum defense and you call yourself an officer! Good Grief man! Drop and give me 50! Not push-ups you idiot, 50 tap shots of course! That one doesn't count, you saw all the mist!]
So I bid thee farewell at least for the 4 days where I'll be deep in the woods where bears tend to scare away the internet. You know that I'll be posting on WWc when I'm supposed to be writing a 10 page essay on the meaning of life. I'll be shotgunning XP 310's when I should be shotgunning beers, and I'll definitely get slapped by my roommate's girlfriend when she hears me talking about Douchenators.
Peace Out and Soak On! [and join the revolution while you're at it]
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