well amigos, i really did it this time lol
this last Thick As Thieves event will go down as the greatest, most embarrassing defeat of my MPQ career [we’ll see about that. knowing you, you will do it again. someday.] <yeah, he will>
After spending 4 straight days dancing with el Senor Grind struggling to keep my self in the top 10 of my bracket i decided to make the last lap of this event a bit more ahem interesting?
With about an hour and a half left to go i had sunk back down to 9th with a whole fresh batch of nodes waiting for me. Sitting about 10,000 pts below me are happyfatkid (every time i see that name it brings a smile to my face) and the legendary HailMary. What i should have done is proceed to grind like i had always done but i was intrigued to see if one of them would try to make the push.
Half hour later, i’m looking for a place to eat and i notice i’ve dropped to 10th and HailMary is on the move about 6,000 pts and some change below me. This is when the alarm bells should have gone off and i should have been focused on securing my place. But instead, maybe due to the hunger of the monster in my belly or just from fatigue from the dance with el Senor Grind but a perverse idea popped up in my mind: Let’s race HailMary to the finish line!! The devil on my shoulder was there whispering away “you’ve got a whole fresh batch of nodes, the second he catches up all you gotta do is hit your big point ones and done!” and my angel was no where to be found, tha booger is never around when i need him but always come around after the fact. shakes fist in air
After finding a place to eat which took about 20 minutes, i played a couple of matches in the Heavy Metal pVp while i waited for my food and for HailMary to catch up. Finally, around T-minus 25 minutes he hops over me and i proceed with operation “Let’s make this final lap fun!” And boy was it ever! A back and forth race we both were keeping pace until the last 5 minutes where i got a bad board on that damn Hood/Bullseye/Daken board and mistakenly took in a health depleted X-Force. Having abandoned that node i tried my luck again on the Mags/Hood node and finished!
But was about 10 seconds too late. i was greeted by the record board showing me that my points weren’t added and HailMary was up by 509 pts. [even restarted the app a couple of times to see if it was really true haha]
Although there were other factors that led to my defeat (particularly not being able to play the full final hour of the subs due to work), ultimately it was my hubris and HailMary’s determination that decided the outcome. In all honesty, i didn’t think he had a good shot and was just making sport of him but i learned the hard way if you are going to mess with the best bring your A-game or shut up and eat your lunch. The better man won this race and i want to congratulate HailMary for an amazing push. Racing you was the most fun i had this pVe and also the most disappointing but i hope your victory tastes as sweet as the bitterness of my defeat. [what does that mean? i don’t think it means what you think it means] <he’s trying to sound cool again>
anyhoo, after eating humble pie with happyfatkid and reflecting on the error of my ways, i don’t think i will be doing that for awhile. then again, i didn’t think i would shield hop to oblivion again either so who knows? but as long as you’re having fun, right? lol
and of course if HailMary is down for a rematch, i’d gladly accept 
haha
The moral of the story is: sobriety, zeal and perseverance can prevail over indolence aka don’t stop grinding until the deed is done. The end.
