I am always that guy with the unpopular opinion, and I'm not talking about here on Smitefire.

I'm that one guy who thinks telling kids about Santa Clause is wrong.

I'm that one guy who thinks that colleges shouldn't offer athletic scholarships.

Yea, and nobody really likes me for it.

I'm told I'm going to be a bad parent for the first one, and I'm told that I'm crushing people's dreams for the second one.

Really, apparently I'm going to be a bad parent because I don't lie to my kids and promote irrational thinking?

Apparently I'm crushing people's dreams because I want college (Definition: an educational institution or establishment, in particular) to stay a place for education. In addition, as a high school student that is recognized by state as being a gifted student who preforms extremely well in high school, I can't stand to think about my possible scholarship being taken by Joe Football with a 2.0 GPA.

I have a few friends, and even two of them are girls (Yipee.) but still …
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Siege is fun, I guess. I went like 20-0 with He Bo.

Siege or Arena League?

Arena League, without a doubt. I typically stand by Hi-Rez's decisions, but this was a bad one.
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I seriously think I might do ranked more often. With the advice of Raventhor and many other lovelies on the forum, I did my first ranked match. I had been 30 for a while, but I never did a ranked match because I thought I "Wasn't good enough". Well, let me describe the experience in full.

Wow. There was no instant locking in Anubis. I hated when people instant locked Anubis. There was actually, oh my lord, strategical talk in the lobby! Loved it. Played Athena.

I did really good. I was nervous at first, and my team was a little mad at the way I was playing passively. But instead of "OMGURMOTHERYOUSUCKATTHISGAME REPORT RAGEQUIT" It was "Athena, try to dash, drop your 3, and then use your 2, instead of holding back." And "There's no need to waste your dash on the creeps Athena."

It wasn't TRASH TEAM or NOOB ATHENA. It was actually people who were intelligent. Holy hell was I surprised. I ended up going 0/0/12. I had the best time ever. I would taunt a silly enemy Zues into my 3, where…
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