Glimpse of former glory.

Once upon a time, I was widely known. A long time ago...eons
it seems. Long before any of you reading this blog got to know me.

Once, I was the ilkhan.

I happened to be using the yahoo! search engine today, and was struck by a fancy.
And so I entered my nickname 'Metalfyre' and hit the search button.

And found this link. (page done by Gunner/Overmars Kerensky)

Immediately, images of an age long past assailed my conscience.

A game of strategy and tactical acumen. Picture 'Mechs letting loose salvos of long
range missile before leaping forward from behind the cover of a dense forest to
unleash an energy torrent of extended-range lasers or a rain of lead from a pair
of heavy ultra autocannons on an unsuspecting enemy whose ability to detect
threats has been hampered by electronic countermeasures. Mechcommander.


An online platform for multiplayer purposes. The Internet Gaming Zone

A league, for players to pit themselves against each other, to set standards
that each player strives to equal and outdo. The Warrior's Hall League.

Enter Jal 'Metalfyre' Ward. Forms Clan Wolf. Absorbs Ulric's (Eugence)
Jade Falcons. Proceeds to build Clan Wolf to become the biggest and most
successful unit in the league. 90 over members at its peak. When Clan Snow
Raven comes the closest with 46 members, and their Khan started poaching
members of Clan Wolf, Metalfyre manages to convince the Khan to rejoin
and become a wolf again. He agrees, and brings over a huge part of his touman.
The remains of Clan Snow Raven seethe with rage, but in the ensuing battles,
their bitterness is quickly crushed along with what paltry forces they throw
at the wolves. Metalfyre becomes the ilKhan through political maneuvering,
and despite challenges to the authenticacy of his nomination, proves that his
right holds true and is elected the 2nd ilkhan of the league. (Which explains my blog title).

And then...

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Mechcommander is no more.

Sigh....wish for the days where whenever I logged on to the Zone, everyone
knew me, greated me, and had something to say to me. If you look at the
scores you'll notice that I have a paltry 758.8 points, compared to some others
who have scores in excess of 2k.

Reason. No one dared to play with me. Except those who were really good,
which would mean other unit leaders who were in considerably shorter
supply than the normal members. Losing a game in the league would mean
a loss in % wins and a possible deduction of hard earned points if the game
led to an ignominous defeat. Which was usually what we (SHC and Eugence)
dished out.

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Marked the math papers today. Just like in spelling, more than half failed.
5 students got single digit results. Primary school...and with such results.
I can't imagine.

I really roared at the class today. Railed at them...pissed me off some. Had
to turn to L'Arc~en~Ciel as usual to let off the steam.


Riding fast, hard AND safely. Tyres are new so no taking of corners :P