Originally posted by T2
Now hear me out, but I think the folks in WL still want to win as much as they ever did.*sigh* I understand why you persist in telling us how we feel and act because the truth diminishes your accomplishments, but let it go. No, the WL folks don't care about winning
anywhere even remotely close to what they used to. The evidence is right in front of your eyes. Look at the games and you can see that the old guard didn't even bother changing AIs.
Originally posted by
If someone didn't gameplan against my team (and I don't care to check) in the playoffs (talking about Odessa here), I feel that it is more likely due to over confidence than it is due to 0 cares.Because you just got here and therefore you don't get it yet. The longer you do anything, the less it means. Many of us have been coordinating in the WL for 20+ seasons now, which is over three years. When I won my reaction was "
that's it? Well what do I do now?"
Originally posted by
You don't try because you don't have to, not because you're disinterested.It's both, but at least you're acknowledging that the WL is down enough that we don't need to try.
Originally posted by
Every person reading this wants WL gold each and every season.Everyone would prefer winning to not winning, but that's absolutely not the same as caring enough to invest effort. The really brutal reality is that after you win gold, especially if you've been trying to do so for a while, you realize how utterly empty and meaningless the "achievement" is. That's even more true once you sit back and think about how much time and effort you put into reaching that goal. I imagine that tautology's constant failure to achieve that stings him, but if he outlasts the rest of us and finally wins then I really doubt it will feel like any sort of vindication. It will probably just make him feel silly for obsessing about it in the first place. Or maybe I'm projecting too much of my own feelings there. I intend to win WL gold in s36 and I plan to try, but I'm not anything like I was before winning.
Originally posted by
Knowing how hard you have to work for it (and for some not as hard as others) doesn't mean that working less somehow equals zero cares. That's just lying to yourself. 
What part of "
didn't change AIs" do you still not comprehend?