Vim rants...

Last Friday, the SP-Belk desks observed a moment of silence.
It was parting time again. It was time for Bharath to say Goodbye.
The ritual, a game of Halo...the last one for Predator. No more Bloodshed at his hands.
The Covenants rejoiced, another fellow marine quit the company.
I never believed it, you would have seen his comment on the Goodbye note to Stardust .
He was quiting, for better prospectives, to take up his family business, to run a coffee plantation.

Halo 2 is a ver popular game among us guys in office.
War cries fill the atmosphere during off production hours.
I can remember those early days in SP&Belk, you could hear people cry "Dont kill me, I am on a call". Gone are those days, we rarely play now, a lot of work and people are too busy for a game. Of all the players, Muggy and Dev were the first to leave the team. We missed them, but Terrorist and Demolish soon bridged the gap.
Over 18 months as a part of the Sp-Belk Team, Terminator seen many members come and a many go...and most of them loved playing Halo.

I tried introducing other network games as well, UT, NFS, F.I.R.E, etc.
However, Halo has always been the most played and most popular among them.
The facts, that it can be played on a number of machines from a single installation and that it runs well on both new and old PCs are the advantages over the rest.

Now, Stardust is leaving, he has found a new job elsewhere.

Here is the Goodbye note from the Terminator's desk.

From the Desk of Terminator

Dear Stardust,

Wipe your bloody Visor,
Put down your weapons,
Ease your flexed muscles.
Let our armours clash one last time,
I want to say Goodbye Mate.

No more Double Kill.
No more Killing spree!
Never again, a "Back me up!"
I wouldn't hear you say, "All right, mate, I'm right behind you!"
Stardust wouldn't grunt again.

My rockets wouldn't find you in camouflage again.
My grenades wouldn't stick to your torso, no more blue flames to devour you.
I wouldn't fly a Banshee over Stardust, nor would my Warthog pump fire into your chest.
Our snipers would never again spot a hidden Stardust and knock life out of his brain.
No more suicide penalty for you, no seconds countdown.

We will miss killing you Stardust.
We will miss your war cry and seeing our blood at your hands.
Covenants would be happy that a great soldier has left Halo,
But Bhailog would continue to be strong and hold the base...in your name.

Fight every battle, win every game...like you won last night!
Wish you success in the game called LIFE!
Bhailog, lets bid adieu to Stardust.
Long live Stardust, the Great Warrior of our times!
Miss Terrorist, Demolish, Maverick, Terminator, Yo!Man, Chunnibaba, Hacker, New001 and all the other warriors!

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