killa

Debriefing by CABAL.

Sad day. I've just recieved the hands-up-I'm-out message
from the first original member of TEAM D.O.A., Killasluga.

We started playing Red Alert many years ago, and later included
the excellent Rainbow Six which grew into Rogue Spear. Since
1999 we would play Rogue Spear and Red Alert quite a lot, only
recently putting our beloved Red Alert in the closet and instead
fight for control of Arrakis in the unforgiving desert landscape.
I must admit that forced Emperor: The Battle For Dune upon the
two other members of this clan. However, I firmly believe that
this was the RIGHT choice. Some people would say that I did
this due to the fact that I'm a huge fan of the first two Dune
books(Dune, Dune Messiah). The real reason is that I love
tanks and deserts and this game had both PLUS being the best
RTS has to offer. We had some disagreement here, but I got
my way(smileyface).

We always agreed that Rogue Spear was the hub of the universe
and perhaps the focus of our friendship, but we still found time
to discuss books and music. Thanks go to Killa for introducing
me to Kurt Vonnegut and Jethro Tull. He might not say the same
the about Isaac Asimov and Dune, though I felt that Asimov was
more to his liking.(frowneyface)

Sure, we tried other games and hated all of them; Starcraft,
Tiberian Sun, Counterstrike, Quake III, Delta Force and so on.
Our place was always the paranoid battlefields of the Rainbow
Six games.

The reason for his depature from the fields of glory is something
so trivial as work. Something about writing books about such
topics as "The wonders of linguistic communication". Okay, I
made that up. I'll say that talk is cheap, but your HK where you
mouth is. But could there be another reason? Normally the rule
of thumb is that 35 is the closing age for infantry troopers. This
could perhaps be adding to the decision. Another possibility is the
war-syndrome known as combat-fatigue, which, in Rogue Spear
would be named LAG-fatigue.

But hey, it's been fun. And if your depature means that you have
had the urge for a real life, fine. If the reason is that you got tired
of playing, fine. Just remember that the friends you make in the
frontline are hard to find anywhere else. And know this: You'll
always have a home in my clan, if you fail to adjust to civilian life.

I will, of course, keep you posted on what's going
on in the world of RS and Ghost Recon.

This concludes the debriefing, I will now quote Disney's
'The Lion King':

"Our trio's down to two"

...And Pink Floyd:

"Did you exchange your walk-on part in the war,
for a lead role in a cage?"

CABAL
Webmaster of this site and TEAM D.O.A