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ohforfsake
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Achievements / Decisions you're proud of
Hi, I thought this could be a topic where we'd write some of our greatest achievements, or best decisions. Maybe something we didn't knew back then would be a great achievement or a wise decision, but in the long run it proved to be a very clever act no matter how randomly it may have been choosen.
I don't expect people can remember it all, so just list those you remember. It may not be something particulary great either btw., but something that you find unique.
An example could be for the subject computer games, my greatest achievement was actually defeating my very first game (captain comic), probably because of my age back then, as the game in itself is pretty easy for me now, however the feeling I got of accomplishment is something no other game have given me, that's why I believe that completing that game was the greatest achievement I've made in the subject of computer games.
An example of a decision I'm very proud of could be from the time when I just went into my teenage years, I didn't eat much and refused to try a lot of things, then a friend of mine got me to try some chips and they were so good I even got dependent of them (eating 3 bags of chips pr. day and nothing else). I did that for 1-2 years, and then I decided that this wasn't a good thing, so I stopped, cold turkey, and I haven't been eating it since, except once or twice, only a few and foremost the most important part is that I didn't become dependent again when I eated it eventhough it still tasted very good.
I could go on, and if this thread goes on I'll add some more, but right now, I've to log off.
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Fauch
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posted August 31, 2009 02:01 PM |
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Edited by Fauch at 14:02, 31 Aug 2009.
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I have quite a few nice achievements in videogames.
Timesplitters :
Being ranked the best fragger
Being ranked the best headshotter
Being ranked 1st in capture the bag
Being the 1st to not die at all in the 2 Bag Tag levels
Having the most world records in challenge mode (tied with another guy)
well, since I stopped playing more than a year ago, I lost some of these records, but I still got them.
Timesplitters Future Perfect :
Being ranked the best french fragger offline (and 3rd in the world was my best rank)
Being the 2nd best french player online
Being the best known mapper (probably)
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william
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posted August 31, 2009 02:33 PM |
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I've had a pretty tough life, especially in the anger department. My anger usually went from bad to worse at school and it started when I was in primary school and escalated in High School, to the point where I was physically abusing people and also verbally abusing people. I'm not at all proud of that, and it was a dark time in my life. I had a lot of fun, mind you, but the anger dominated a lot of it. The worst years were when I was in years 8 to mid-way through year 10. I had nearly been expelled two or three times, and suspended over 10 times, numerous detentions and sent out of the classroom a lot. I didn't think I'd actually be able to finish High School, which is what I wanted to do.
Something changed mid way through year 10, though, and it brought out a side to me that most of the teachers were probably hoping to see much more of; a less angry, happy person. I had a lot of friends and life had suddenly changed. I made that sole decision to try and change my ways, try to think before I act and make something of myself because if I kept going the way I was, I probably would have ended up in jail or maybe dead. I actually changed my behaviour that much that I actually managed to become a school leader, which I was proud of. I successfully finished high School and I'm quite proud of that decision that I decided to make. Those 2 last years of High School, years 11 and 12 were truly great because I was a happier person and I changed myself.
Other achievements that I'm proud of have to do with music. I started in 2004 and I am proud of the fact that while my music may not be the best, and I still have a lot of improving to do, I'm proud that people can actually listen to my music and say that it's a good song or that they like it. It's always great to hear things like that when you've put a lot of effort into creating something. Back in my High School days and even now, I make music as a way of letting out what I feel. If I'm happy then I usually create an up beat song, and if I'm sad then I'll make a slow song. It's also a way to escape the troubles that real life throws at me and just go in my own little world, so to speak, and have fun doing what I think I do best. Going back to the anger part in High School, I used to get back home and I used to create music, because it helped calm me down. It was just a way of helping, I guess.
In terms of games, I have finished a lot of them. I finished Fable, first time playing it, in about 4 hours. Finished Fable: The Lost Chapters in less time, I think. I've also finished numerous Halo difficulties on first time playing, and I'm quite good at a lot of First Person Shooter games, often dominating in LAN matches that I have with friends. I also usually dominate in Real Time Strategy LAN games, such as Starcraft or Age of Empires 2, with my friends. I'm also very good at Racing games and usually every game that I buy, I finish and get 100%.
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posted August 31, 2009 04:56 PM |
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Achievements.
I'm only 20. I can't say I have some great achievements, but I can remember some good facts.
1)During learning in the school and then lycee I took part in the olympiads: mathematics, physics, computer science. I have won first prizes in the city several times and second-third prizes in the country competitions.
2)I have participated in the city beer festival contest . The task was to drink glass of beer (0.5 l) as fast as you can. I have ranked second doing it in 2.72 seconds. The first place was 2.44 sec . Remember I've drunk 3.5 l of beer that day during 5sec selection effort, quarter-final, semi-final, final and after all.
3)Computer games. The best achievements I had in Counter-Strike - taking part in the city competition. I've played for team, which ranked 8 in the city. Near 100 teams were in the rating. I remember those days - coming home from the university and playing CS for 5 hours a day minimum. That was not playing, that was training . Now I rarely play CS so as Heroes.
Decisions.
I can only remember one decision that I'm realy proud of. I was near 12. I and other children were playing in the yard. There were some elder boys and one of them have suggested me to smoke one cigarette, but I refused  . Now I don't know what would become if I'd agreed. Certainly till now I have already tried but I'm not a cigarette addict. That time I was only a child. I'm happy I don't smoke, but that all is a topic for another thread. I think that was a good decision.
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Lord_Woock
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posted August 31, 2009 05:11 PM |
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Well, there was this nation-wide English spelling contest for high schools. I won it, earning myself a nice handful of cash in the process.
As for games? Well, I top-foured at an MtG tournament once. (Shadowmoor prerelease to be exact).
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Fauch
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posted August 31, 2009 08:42 PM |
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drinking beer is an achievement?
when I was 11 I went 1st of my département in a math contest.
I've never taken the decision to smoke. does not taking a decision count?
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ohforfsake
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posted August 31, 2009 09:26 PM |
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@Fauch
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I have quite a few nice achievements in videogames.
Timesplitters :
Being ranked the best fragger
Being ranked the best headshotter
Being ranked 1st in capture the bag
Being the 1st to not die at all in the 2 Bag Tag levels
Having the most world records in challenge mode (tied with another guy)
well, since I stopped playing more than a year ago, I lost some of these records, but I still got them.
Timesplitters Future Perfect :
Being ranked the best french fragger offline (and 3rd in the world was my best rank)
Being the 2nd best french player online
Being the best known mapper (probably)
Those are quite impressive, much more than I've ever been able to accomplish in the world of video games, though back 6 years ago I'd dream about what you probably did, however in another games, dreaming about becomming pro and been able to live from it. Realising how I was back then I guess it after all was the best thing I sucked too much 
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drinking beer is an achievement?
when I was 11 I went 1st of my département in a math contest.
I've never taken the decision to smoke. does not taking a decision count?
Sure it's an achievement as long as you're proud of it, eveything counts if you believe it counts, that's the whole point of this thread  . So if you think never taking up smoking (which is quite impressive nowadays) was a good decision that you're proud of, then it's something to be proud of ^^.
@William
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I've had a pretty tough life, especially in the anger department. My anger usually went from bad to worse at school and it started when I was in primary school and escalated in High School, to the point where I was physically abusing people and also verbally abusing people. I'm not at all proud of that, and it was a dark time in my life. I had a lot of fun, mind you, but the anger dominated a lot of it. The worst years were when I was in years 8 to mid-way through year 10. I had nearly been expelled two or three times, and suspended over 10 times, numerous detentions and sent out of the classroom a lot. I didn't think I'd actually be able to finish High School, which is what I wanted to do.
Something changed mid way through year 10, though, and it brought out a side to me that most of the teachers were probably hoping to see much more of; a less angry, happy person. I had a lot of friends and life had suddenly changed. I made that sole decision to try and change my ways, try to think before I act and make something of myself because if I kept going the way I was, I probably would have ended up in jail or maybe dead. I actually changed my behaviour that much that I actually managed to become a school leader, which I was proud of. I successfully finished high School and I'm quite proud of that decision that I decided to make. Those 2 last years of High School, years 11 and 12 were truly great because I was a happier person and I changed myself.
That's very impressive, one of the hardest things I believe is to be able to realise that you need to change, then imagine how hard it's actually to change. I think it's much more impressive than your talents in FPS, because FPS games you probably have a good talent for (don't get me wrong, beeing the best also takes a lot of practice, I know ), but on the other hand, making such a huge change over so relative short time in your life, which probably was much harder, that's really something that impress.
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Other achievements that I'm proud of have to do with music. I started in 2004 and I am proud of the fact that while my music may not be the best, and I still have a lot of improving to do, I'm proud that people can actually listen to my music and say that it's a good song or that they like it. It's always great to hear things like that when you've put a lot of effort into creating something. Back in my High School days and even now, I make music as a way of letting out what I feel. If I'm happy then I usually create an up beat song, and if I'm sad then I'll make a slow song. It's also a way to escape the troubles that real life throws at me and just go in my own little world, so to speak, and have fun doing what I think I do best. Going back to the anger part in High School, I used to get back home and I used to create music, because it helped calm me down. It was just a way of helping, I guess.
I think it's great that music for you've been able to help you with your previous problems and you've developed good skills, I myself knows nothing about music at all, but then again, so are we different.
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Achievements.
I'm only 20. I can't say I have some great achievements, but I can remember some good facts.
1)During learning in the school and then lycee I took part in the olympiads: mathematics, physics, computer science. I have won first prizes in the city several times and second-third prizes in the country competitions.
2)I have participated in the city beer festival contest. The task was to drink glass of beer (0.5 l) as fast as you can. I have ranked second doing it in 2.72 seconds. The first place was 2.44 sec. Remember I've drunk 3.5 l of beer that day during 5sec selection effort, quarter-final, semi-final, final and after all.
3)Computer games. The best achievements I had in Counter-Strike - taking part in the city competition. I've played for team, which ranked 8 in the city. Near 100 teams were in the rating. I remember those days - coming home from the university and playing CS for 5 hours a day minimum. That was not playing, that was training. Now I rarely play CS so as Heroes.
Decisions.
I can only remember one decision that I'm realy proud of. I was near 12. I and other children were playing in the yard. There were some elder boys and one of them have suggested me to smoke one cigarette, but I refused . Now I don't know what would become if I'd agreed. Certainly till now I have already tried but I'm not a cigarette addict. That time I was only a child. I'm happy I don't smoke, but that all is a topic for another thread. I think that was a good decision.
Your scholary work sounds very impressive, I'd wish I was that good, what's your secret? 
Nicely done at the contest, I hope it was one those things you'll always remember as happy times, I myself have never touched beer (or bears for that matter) yet, haha.
I think it's great you said no, I can tell you this in my environment at the age of 8-12 there was someone walking 'round and trying to get kids of my school to smoke, some of my friends started when they're 9, they still smoke, they've tried to quit several times with no luck, others started at the age of 13 (1 years older than me), and for what I know also still smokes, I can only think of one person who've stopped actually (though some people in my family have as well), and that's quite impressive, however she did also start much later than the rest, so I think you made a very wise decision that day.
Btw. as you can see I've underscored 2 parts, I couldn't help notice your age and seeing you describing university as the "good ol' days" if I may be so frank, so how young were you when you stared in uni? I mean I was about 19-20 back then, and well it's not something I call the "good ol'd days" or "back then" yet .
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Well, there was this nation-wide English spelling contest for high schools. I won it, earning myself a nice handful of cash in the process.
As for games? Well, I top-foured at an MtG tournament once. (Shadowmoor prerelease to be exact).
Nice doing at the contest, and it's always nice to earn some cash, I don't know about Shadowmoor or MtG turnaments, but becomming top four in competetive computer games these days is quite impressive!
I've btw. something else to add, something else I'm proud of, though not nearly as impressive as what you others have wrote I remember back when I was 6 years old, I started watching this series called Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, I really liked it, not for the story behind it, but for the fights in it (brilliant concept), sadly it was cancelled after season 2 in my country, however I found out that it went on the german RTL, at 5:00 AM in the morning! Only saturday! So for the following 6-7 years, most of the saturdays I went up at 4:55, opened the TV and saw the show in a langauge I didn't understand one bit of .
However the thing that made me proud was that after some time (I think I was 12, so about 6 years) I had gotten a bit tired of the show, but nevertheless I sticked to it, and then the SABAN-era series finale came, and I decided to let that be it, 6-7 years of watching and I decided that was a good finish for me, eventhough it was hard to let it go (I did also check out the new series by disney) I sticked to it, because it was simply something I'd lost my interest in. Now it may not sound like much, but years later I'd often find myself sitting on for hours (over a period of years) playing games, watching tv-shows, reading comics, I didn't really like anymore, not being able to let it go, letting it be finished. It makes me proud to think of how much better I was to tackle that sort of things back then, not giving in to habit, etc.
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Corribus
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posted September 01, 2009 03:55 AM |
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You know, there comes a time in every man's life when he feels the need to sit down and survey his accomplishments, find out exactly what he's managed to do with his life. Has my life been worth it? Will the world remember me? If I died tomorrow, would I have lived my life in vain? Interestingly enough, the thread's author really made me take the time to do this. So, without further ado, I present to you all a short year-by-year biography of some of my favorite accomplishments.
Corribus's Notable Accomplishments During His Life
I was born in late fall of 1977 under an auspicious moon. Some might not think being born is much of an accomplishment, but a lot of people aren’t able to do it, so I say it’s not too shabby. I was, naturally, a perfect baby. I never woke up crying in the middle of the night. I never threw up. My poop never smelled bad and never leaked out of my diaper onto the floor. I never made a mess. I was adorable and everyone loved me. Not much has changed.
In 1978, I potty trained myself at 14 months of age. I let people know when I needed to go by drawing a picture of a toilet with a crayon on a little pad I carried around with me. One time when we were on vacation and staying in a hotel, I was sitting on the toilet when I noticed smoke coming from a grate in the bathroom. I finished my business, flushed the toilet, crawled out of the bathroom and across the room to where my parents were watching television. I sketched a picture of a fire truck, and my parents recognized it immediately and pulled the alarm. My ingenuity saved four hundred lives.
In 1979, my first exposure to the public occurred when some of my artwork showed up in the Louvre. It was the first - and only - time that fingerpaints have ever been held in such high regard.
In 1980, at the age of 3, I taught myself to read Mayan Hieroglyphics. With this newfound skill, I translated an ancient tablet unearthed at Tulum, and proved that it was eating too many McDonalds hamburgers – not the Spanish conquerors – that led to the collapse of Mayan Civilization.
In 1981, my brother was born. He’s almost as amazing as I am, but not quite. For instance, he cannot beat a gorilla at arm-wrestling.
In 1982, I decided never to go to sleep again. Sleeping is for pussies.
In 1983, aged 6 years, I learned to play Beethoven’s Waldstein sonata. Backwards. On a kazoo.
In 1984, I won the Tour de France. I was riding a tricycle.
In 1985, I discovered that I have the unique ability to eat and digest granite.
In 1986, in second grade, I joined the High School Varsity swim team. I went undefeated. In my last meet, I took pity on my opponent and decided to give him a head start by treading water for a few seconds. Out of curiosity, I decided to see how long I could last, and I ended up treading water for two and a half days, setting a new world record. I could have gone longer but I had to take a really bad dump.
In 1987, at the age of 10, I obtained my first of 6 PhDs. I am still the international authority on guano analysis.
In 1988, I took apart my parents’ car and built a working airplane from the parts. I didn’t have enough money for gasoline, so I invented a new process to turn corn into ethanol, and modified the plane’s engine to run on that. I then invented a new strain of corn through a careful combination of cross-pollination and genetic engineering; it grows in half the time as normal corn and tastes twice as good. By March of the next year, I had enough ethanol to fly my plane from Pennsylvania to Alaska. I could have flown to Russia, but we Americans weren’t welcome there at the time (I solved that problem 2 years later), so I had to ditch the plane somewhere over the Prince William Sound. I landed in the water, which was rather cold, and thought I was a goner; I kicked the crap out of a whale and used it as a flotation device. Just when I was starting to get thirsty – six days later – a ship thankfully showed up. I let the whale go and swam towards it, hailing it frantically, but the captain didn’t see me I guess because the ship ran right into me. The name of the ship was the Valdez. Don’t worry, I wasn’t hurt. Can’t say the same for the Valdez.
In 1989, I rescued the Princess of Lesotho from her abusive father. I am still an outlaw there. I don’t plan on going back.
In 1990, President Bush asked me to destroy the Berlin Wall, and I did.
In 1991, at the urging of the United Nations, I traveled to the USSR and challenged Gorbachev to a game of high stakes Chutes and Ladders. I won. The USSR collapsed.
In 1992, I bred a line of award-winning snails, prized world-wide for their delectable flavor and colorful shells. Curiously, I noticed they were also quite a bit fleeter of foot than the average Gastropod, owing in part to a particularly low-friction grade of mucous secreted by the creatures under stress. Using a patented extraction technique and an aggressive breeding program, I isolated several thousand tons of the substance, which I stored in giant silos behind my house. It smelled something awful, but when I sold my stockpiles and the formula for producing them to DuPont for sixty-five million dollars, my parents stopped complaining about the stench. The substance is now marketed heavily as a “personal lubricant”.
In 1993, to commemorate my 16th birthday, I solved Hilbert’s Sixteenth Problem. It’s still listed as unsolved, though, because nobody else is smart enough to understand my solution.
In 1994, I criticized one of Nirvana’s albums. In response, Kurt Cobain killed himself. By way of apology, I played “Smells Like Teen Spirit” on my favorite set of panpipes, and it was broadcast on every channel on cable TV. Teens everywhere swoon over me.
In 1995, President Bill Clinton sent me on an expedition to northern Canada, where I negotiated a treaty with a remote tribe of Inuit. I should say that my journey did not start off well, and lest you think from this autobiographical account of my accomplishments that I am perfect or immune to error, I will admit that my initial troubles were my own fault. As it turns out, there is only a miniscule phonetic difference between the Inuit phrase for “Clinton says hello” and that of “Hi, your mother is a fetid space snow”, and I had been rather neglectful in learning these important nuances in their language before setting out. Greatly offended, the Inuit leader had me stripped naked and tied to a pole in the middle of the tundra, where I fended off hungry polar bears with nothing but my caustic wit. For two weeks in the subzero temperatures, I gnawed through the steel cables that they had used to bind me there. I finally escaped and ran the hundred and forty kilometers back to the village, stopping only once for a mug of ale and a slice of pizza. I arrived just in time to protect the Inuit from a rampaging Sasquatch, which was no small feat given that I was armed with only a rubber garden hose and a bottle of Vicks VapoRub. The Inuit elder then proclaimed me the earthly incarnation of Silap Inua, the God of the Sky, and over a meal of roasted Sasquatch meat and fresh mangoes, he committed his people to a fifty year mutual protection agreement with the US. As a national hero, I was offered a ride back from the arctic on Air Force One, but opted instead to run the Iditarod. I made record time. I was so fast, in fact, that global temperatures rose nearly a whole degree that year.
In 1996, in a political move, the Nobel Prize committee awarded a bunch of hacks the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering fullerene, a discovery that was actually made by – you guessed it – yours truly.
In 1997, I launched a line of designer sombreros, starting a new fashion trend that was all the rage with Hollywood celebrities and New York socialites. It was rather short-lived, which is why you probably don’t remember it. Why was it short-lived? Because I quickly proclaimed that sombreros were no longer cool.
Through an exhaustive process of trial and error, I discovered sildenafil, otherwise known as Viagra. I sold the rights in 1995 to Pfizer and became even more filthy rich. The drug is finally approved by the FDA in 1998, when I turn 21. AARP promptly named me Man of the Year.
In 1999, I was the inspiration for the acclaimed film, The Matrix. I am The One.
In 2000, I personally recounted all the ballots in Florida. Three times.
In 2001, the US invaded Iraq, and didn’t find any weapons of mass destruction. That’s because I got there first. I sold them all on eBay.
In 2002, Stephen King announced his retirement, because I told him that he had lost the magic. In 2003, he started writing again. He and I are no longer on speaking terms.
In 2003, I was voted International Tuba Player of the Year, in part because of the award winning reinvention/reinterpretation of the music from the film Mary Poppins, which I co-wrote and co-performed with my good friend, Ludacris. In November, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra invited me to perform Beethoven’s 5th with them, despite Mr. Beethoven forgetting to include a tuba part in his score, but I refused the offer because I was already booked on the evening in question for a special charity performance of Back the **** Up, Miss Poppins, to be held in Memphis. When conductor Lorin Maazel offered to compose a special solo segment for the 5th just for me, though, I told Ludacris to “shove it” and went to New York posthaste. The concert was a success, and earned me a record thirty seven minutes of standing ovation. It so happens that Scarlette Johannson was in the audience, and during the applause while I was taking my bows, I saw her standing there, clapping so furiously that it’s amazing her hands didn’t burst into flames. So, I winked at her. You’d think that by now I’d have learned not to show undue attention to anyone, but I never have been able to quite get over my popularity. Sigh. Anyway, Scarlette dumped Joshua Hartnett that night and left six messages on my cell phone begging to see me, but I had to break her heart and refuse her invitation to dinner. After all, I was already dating Charlize.
In 2004, December, I was in Bangladesh as an undercover agent working for the American Yogurt Association, when I heard the earthquake in Indonesia. I managed to protect an entire village from the raging tsunami by building dikes made out of dried mung bean paste. Inspired, I went on to write an international best seller detailing 364 more ingenious uses for the sticky substance.
I took 2005 off. Even so, I managed to write seven novels, compose four symphonies, design seven major skyscrapers for cities around the US, and still found time to be the first person to swim across the Arctic Ocean. I did it all naked.
In 2006, I beat God at Yahtzee. I always told him not to play dice, but he wouldn't listen.
In 2007, I took out Osama bin Laden with a wooden kitchen spoon. The CIA will never admit it, though, so don’t bother asking.
In 2008, I ate thirteen entire pineapples in one sitting. At this point, there is an entire volume of the Guiness Book of Records devoted just to me.
In 2009, I was the sniper who saved Captain Richard Phillips from Somali Pirates. Except I didn’t do it from a Navy Ship off the coast of Somalia, as reported in the news. I made the shot from my home in Philadelphia. You’ll notice there hasn’t been another attack on American ships since then.
Yet, despite all of these accomplishments, despite my world fame, despite my legions of fans, despite earning my trillionth dollar; despite my near godlike physical prowess, and my Adonis looks, despite my much envied skills in the art of hang-glider repair; despite my 120 mph fast ball; despite my culinary inventiveness and my reputation as a world-class chef; despite my contributions to art, science, literature, phrenology and concrete technology; despite my Mithradatesian immunity to every poison known to mankind; despite my bioengineered X-ray vision and superfast healing rate; despite my many close friends and bitter enemies; despite my historic trip to the moon and six other natural satellites using my home-built rocket ship; despite the fact that I have personally changed the course of human history and despite the fact that the whole Milky Way Galaxy will mourn my passing in the unlikely event that I should ever die; I would have to say that my proudest accomplishment, the one thing that I would throw all the rest away for without a nanosecond’s hesitation, is my little girl, born in 2007. Because while I may not actually be the Hero I fancy myself to be, I know that for her, I will always try to be all that, and more.
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I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're goin', and hook up with them later. -Mitch Hedberg
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Binabik
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posted September 01, 2009 04:48 AM |
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Mytical
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Hmm I am half tempted to say that my only real accomplishment was in 2002 when I time traveled back in time (to roughly 1976) to father somebody named Corribus...but nah.
I really don't have any accomplishments. See it doesn't matter to me that in 1990 I placed 3rd nationally in a 'Common Law' contest for students despite never having even learned a thing about the subject. Nor is it impressive that I took somebody who had a d- average for the same class I was taking and helped them get a 100% on their finals. All in 2 weeks time.
So I've saved a couple of lives, and turned around a few more. So what? What is there to be proud about for making sure my parents have a roof over their head. After all, they did so for me for 18 years. No, I am not proud of anything I've done. Not the soup kitchen I donate my time to (or did before the illness), not time I cared for my brother.
Most of the things I have accomplished, others have done better. For the rest, it is what people should do so there is nothing to be 'proud' of. There are things I am greatful for, but nothing I really am proud about. People should do whatever they can to help each other.
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Vlaad
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posted September 01, 2009 06:59 AM |
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ihor
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@OhforfSake
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Your scholary work sounds very impressive, I'd wish I was that good, what's your secret?
Do you know that phrase?: "Geniality is 1% of talent and 99% of sweat." . That lycee which I had mentioned is the mathematically and physically oriented - it's name is Lviv Physics and Mathematics Lycee. It's the main centre in my city to find kids with talents in mathematics and physics and develop them. We had many (very many) physics and mathematics classes and special classes for olympiads tasks. Before the olympiads we even missed lessons from geography, chemistry, biology, etc to spend this time for preparing to the olympiad. Certainly in my class I was not the most talented. In mathematics there was another boy and we were good equal competitors. But in physics there was a boy in my class - absolutely the best . In the graduating year he took part in the International Physics Olympiad in the Singapore and he won the silver medal(in such an olympiads could be 6 gold medals 12 silver and 24 bronze for example).
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Nicely done at the contest, I hope it was one those things you'll always remember as happy times, I myself have never touched beer (or bears for that matter) yet, haha.
Thanks.
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Btw. as you can see I've underscored 2 parts, I couldn't help notice your age and seeing you describing university as the "good ol' days" if I may be so frank, so how young were you when you stared in uni? I mean I was about 19-20 back then, and well it's not something I call the "good ol'd days" or "back then" yet .
I don't know the system of education in your country but in Ukraine it is usually that in the age of 17 you graduate from the school and enter the university - so even at 17 you are the first-year student.
Now I'm 20 and I am fourth-year student  . I have played CS when I was first-year student and a little when second-year. Besides today is the 1st of September - our Day of Knowledge - the first day of lessons in the schools and universities.
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drinking beer is an achievement?
when I was 11 I went 1st of my département in a math contest.
I've never taken the decision to smoke. does not taking a decision count?
Could you repeat such a result?
Have never taken the decision? Couldn't believe that. How old are you? The bad influence of social enviroment haven't touched you.
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Corribus
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posted September 01, 2009 02:49 PM |
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Oh I forgot to mention, in 2003, I killed Chuck Norris. 
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posted September 01, 2009 03:33 PM |
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When I started reading this, I thought it was in tavern - and while reading Corribus' post I was debating if I should give him a QP or not even though it's been a very short time since I gave him his last...but then I read that last post - and had decided for certain that he should have one (because it made me spit my coffee on my keyboard, something that hasn't happened here in a long long time!)
So then I go to the great trouble of actually logging in to do it and find that I can't...such a bitter pill to swallow
Mytical, I gave him one where you couldn't - repay the favour?
Laughter in the OSM has certainly got to be worth a shiney
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posted September 01, 2009 04:55 PM |
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I haven't actually accomplished anything. I have few medals from sports and good grades from school and army but none of those are something I've really worked for.
I did turn my life around when I started sixth-form but that was something that just had to be done or I'd be in jail or worse.
There is something that I hold in high regards but even that's more of her accomplishment than mine.
So I haven't really accomplished anything.
And yet I feel like I have so much to be proud of.
Like the time we played around in the field laughing.
Or the time we broke into the cottage holding hands.
Or the time when we kissed on the beach bruised and still bleeding.
Or the time when we said goodbye at the airfield.
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Oh and Corribus for QP!
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posted September 01, 2009 05:45 PM |
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oh yeah, quite a long time ago, I gave one of my ribs to God. not sure what he did with it, but he told me that was very important
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Have never taken the decision? Couldn't believe that. How old are you? The bad influence of social enviroment haven't touched you.
I'm 21
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posted September 02, 2009 02:22 PM |
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@Corribus: That's pretty funny - Nice to hear about your daugther btw. good to see you've good priorities.
@Mytical: Exactly, however everyone to his own, one of the key parts I believe is how hard it was and how much it mattered for you, if you're soo talented it's not difficult and in the end it doesn't even matter, then sure you won't feel proud, I understand.
Though I do also realise it might be the proud part you oppose, in that case, we could change it to events that mattered for you, or something like that, if that suits you better.
@ihor: Nice response, thank you, I wonder how old are you when your education starts in Ukraine (at the very first level), I believe called public school, and how is it ordered?
Here it's public school for 9 years, age 7-15, then gymnasium for 3 years (probably equavalent or a bit higher than high school), age 16-18, then university for ~5 years, age 19-23.
@JoonasTo: It's the things that matters for you, that's what's important , remember one persons "boring" everyday life may be another persons dream and vice versa.
I remembered something else, something I'm proud of that did change my life rather dramatically, as most of you probably know we've some values in our life, these values are the most fundemental part of how we derive our next action, it's the skeleton to every idea and it's our gradient in life. An example could be that Mytical mentioned that everyone should do what they can to help eachother, that's one of his values I believe.
It happened when I was 17, I was very much in love, and it may have caused it, though when I think back I remember to have come to similar, but not exactly identical conclusions many years earlier, so maybe the being in love part was merely the trigger needed, or maybe it was just a coincidence.
Before that time I always tried to go for maximum pleasure, my gradient of life went straight towards pleasure (most often in computer games), and I'd skip a lot of things, just to have fun. However something changed then, actually it was a part of my core, my values, that changed, in stead of aiming for pleasure as "the meaning of life" I decided that what was most important for me was those I love (not "in love"), and hence my life have taken a big turn in the other direction for what ideas and actions goes.
However as it's most often with changes, it's hard to leave your comfort zones, and habit often got the better of me, yet that's one of the best events I can remember.
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posted September 02, 2009 02:50 PM |
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Laughter in the OSM has certainly got to be worth elevation to sainthood.
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posted September 02, 2009 03:22 PM |
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Not many things I can actually feel proud of except one. Becoming what I am today. I used to be very shy and oversensitive which is not something easily changed. Eventually I recognized that I have things to offer, gave up caring what others think unless I had a measure of respect for them and developed a positive relaxed attitude.
A dedication I had developed while still young. I knew that if I set a target in my mind I would succeed, it was a matter of time and effort. It helps knowing that when what you face seems insurmountable.
My artistic talent, I have some aptitude for drawing, creating shapes with plasteline or landscapes with wet napkins. Unfortunately I haven't tried in ages.
My sense of humour that seems to be appreciated by most people around me.
Some accomplishments I am not exactly proud of but they felt good anyway. In no particular order:
Passing my national exams with rather good grade and getting into an Athens university. I was told there was no option to go in another town so I had to make it work.
Passing Cambridge certificate exam with almost no studying.
Punching in the face a big guy that was bullying me around. He never saw it coming, was quite stunned.
Developing a good shooting accuracy in basketball. Probably long gone by now
Building my childhood fortress with friends, good times. How it mattered to us then.
Completing all those games I have  One of my records is managing to defeat all the fighters in street fighter 2(game boy) survival mode with each player. It's hell when it recovers about a pixel of your hp after every fight. Or completing baldur's gate 2 with a wizard solo. Finishing syberia 2 and runaway without help. And so on.
Managing to reach 170 points away from emperor in the tournament of honour. It was the culmination of my efforts reaching lord status while having played H5 online for only a year.
Creating my first multiplayer map.
Becoming a thread starter and making some successful ones along the way. Used to be the kind of person that only replies.
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posted September 02, 2009 03:30 PM |
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I wonder how old are you when your education starts in Ukraine (at the very first level), I believe called public school, and how is it ordered?
Education systems in different countries could be a nice thread but to make the long story shorter...
I will not mention kindergarten - I wasn't there .
School system when I was studying:
Junior school. There are 2 possibilities: 1 - you go to school at 6 year old and study for 4 years, it's 1, 2, 3 and 4 forms (that was mine) and 2 - you go to school at 7 and study for 3 years - 1, 2, 3 forms and miss 4 forms - this is advanced program.
Here only one teacher give basic knowledges to children: reading, calligraphy, arythmetics -> simple mathematics, ... few other teachers from specific subjects: drawing, music, choreography, physical trainings.
Senior school. You go here with age of 10 and for 7 years from 5 to 11 form. Here are a lot of new subjects: algebra, geometry, geography, biology, history(world and national), foreign languages, physics(from 7 form), chemistry(from 8 form), law(in 9 form). Pupils could enter some gymnasiums and lycees(in different ages depending of the establishments). Those are the same schools but with some specialization (math, law, foreign languages, sport). I have entered lycee after 7th form.
The system has been changed and now it's 12-year studying. Don't know a lot about it but it would be very funny - there will be a year without graduation .
University. At the age of 17 and for 5 years. After 4th year I'll get Bachelor's Degree and after 5th Magister's Degree. Then for some who wants and can postgraduate study(3 years) and science degrees.
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