Shriek = gone

[a2m+]

Originally posted by pv=nrt
wtf is faded?

Harharhar, you made me chuckle









Oh and conc, stop badmouthing us and let us die in peace (if there was a crying smilie face i'd use it here)

[pv=nrt]

wtf is faded?

[PhaithDzyne]

Sad. Even faded going to die. Im a going to b lonely again.

[Da1andonly]

dominated?

[Aerin]

I wanted the show to go on too! ..Although we weren't gonna make LD i still wanted to be with the shriek family. Its really sad how we dominated twd but everbody left when twl came. Oh well.. we'll always have our chat

Shriek4Life

[a2m+]

it seems that in the end the only ones on chat who cared were me herc and evasion...i'm sure a few others cared but at the time it seemed like only us three wanted the show to go on.

[Randedl]

true tyson. . .

now we, melee, get replacement squads for 2/3 leagues this week. . .

shriek woulda rolled over us in lj in week 10 and 1st round playoffs, diso gets to do that now.

on the ld side, melee hasn't had a really tough game (with the delays and a couple not-to-hard matches) in a while. shriek always gave us a fight at the very least, and an asskicking from time to time. u guys were also always there, in yer prime, for twd matches, i think we built up a healthy rivalry at least. . .i was lookin forward to week 10s ld vs u guys, i spose we'll see supremecy instead.

it's kinda odd though how nobody from shriek really seems to care. . .

[Tyson Bitbeast]

Sorry to see Shriek go.

-Tyson

[bloodzombie]

I look at it this way... fuck em, who cares.

[ConcreteSchlyrd]

It's post-dissectin' time!

Originally posted by Eric is God
Its not pathetic to dissolve after losing.

Nope, it pretty much is.

Originally posted by Eric is God
I think the guys just stopped caring and realized they werent having fun anymore. If u arnt having fun u should quit, regardless of whether its the first game of preseason or the playoffs. I think a lot of players feel obligated to stay on longer because they feel they owe it to their squad which is silly. Play for yourself and dont take friendships or squads too seriously in here. Most ppl u think r your friends would probably stab u in the back without even knowing or caring since "its just a game" to them, even if its more than that to u.

There's a few flaws in this logic. First, by accepting an invite into TWL, you're pretty much signing up for the long haul (or at least that's how it should be viewed). There are enough players out there who would kill for a chance to get into TWL that people who don't feel like they can stick through ten weeks need to think about not accepting a berth in the league. Seriously, it's ten weeks. Two and a half months of weekends. That's not that much to commit to, and if you have a decent number on your roster, not everyone needs to show up every weekend. Yes, you should play if you're having fun, but don't fuck the rest of the league because you lost a game.

I'm not trying to be a dick here, really, but these things should be a little more thought-out. You may not owe anything to your squad (a notion which I also find kind of funny), but you definitely owe it to the rest of the teams that can be a cohesive unit for ten weeks to finish it out.

[Randedl]

Originally posted by Luckily Yours
the saddest thing of all is that both melee and ancients will make playoffs with pathetic twlj records such as 3-6 .....

more like 5-5. a squad can't even have 3-6 in a ten week league

[Rule]

Too bad. Was looking forward to playing shriek at some point in the TWLJ playoffs.

[Ephemeral]

Well, as several as the posts above relate, it was a fairly large number of variables that caused the actual breakup. The loss probably could be considered as the 'last straw'.
So, while I can agree that it's unfortunate that this has happened, I would not classify it as pitiful. Also understand that the actions of a few should not be held against all involved. Shriek had it’s problems; such as immature players reflecting badly on the squad, a lack of clearly defined direction, a lack of good communication, and a lack of squad discipline. These are the true reasons I think the squad broke up, quitting after losing was merely a symptom for the broken things in the squad. Please note, however, that these same issues exist with many other squads.

[Eric is God]

Its not pathetic to dissolve after losing. I think the guys just stopped caring and realized they werent having fun anymore. If u arnt having fun u should quit, regardless of whether its the first game of preseason or the playoffs. I think a lot of players feel obligated to stay on longer because they feel they owe it to their squad which is silly. Play for yourself and dont take friendships or squads too seriously in here. Most ppl u think r your friends would probably stab u in the back without even knowing or caring since "its just a game" to them, even if its more than that to u.

[Server]

Originally posted by Ephemeral
How so? (pathetic, I mean)

well... dissolving after losing