Jut letting everyone know that I will be going on Hiatus for the month of October. I am not abandoning the story. See you in the beginning of November. Anyone who is interested can read up to chapter 65 at https://www.patreon.com/WayOfTheWeird. Stay safe everyone. And since I need at least 500 characters .....

If your ping is really swinging and your lag is getting high,

And the pixels on the screen are twitching as your teammates die,

And the server’s rubber-banding makes your character defy,

Then the game’s about to crash, and it’s enough to make you cry!

If the matchmaking’s breaking and your squad’s a random mess,

And the hitbox that you swear you nailed results in no success,

And your stats are taking hits you simply cannot repossess,

Then you’re stuck in ranked purgatory, feeling all the stress!

When your Wi-Fi’s barely hanging and the frames begin to drop,

And the loading screen just lingers while you beg the lag to stop,

If your sniper shot just misses when you swore it hit the top,

Then you’re ready to start raging, and you’re reaching for Alt-F4!

Can’t you cope?

It’s a shame, friend!

Find a new one,

Switch the game, friend!

If the headset’s barely buzzing and your mic just won’t relay,

And the game chat’s filled with shouting though you’ve nothing left to say,

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And your guild is planning raids but you keep getting lag delay,

Then you know it’s time to rage-quit and throw the mouse away.

If your framerate’s going haywire and the graphics turn to mush,

And the enemy’s exploiting, making everything feel rushed,

If your spells don’t seem to cast and your build is getting crushed,

Then you’ll scream at your connection till your whole screen’s turning lush!

When the spawn point has you cornered and your health bar’s flashing red,

And the team just won’t coordinate no matter what you’ve said,

If your healer’s never healing and your DPS is dead,

Then the scoreboard’s looking grim, and you can feel your rising dread.

But it’s not fair!

Still, it’s fate, bud!

Take a breather,

It’s too late, bud!

When the patch notes change your class and all your gear’s now out of sync,

And you’ve lost your favorite power as you hover on the brink,

When you’re grinding for an hour just to lose it in a blink,

Then you’ll contemplate your choices and be heading for the brink!

If the lag spike strikes again and warps your character in place,

And the rage just keeps on building as you fall behind the race,

When the leaderboard is laughing, and you’re sinking in disgrace,

You’ll begin to wonder why you even joined this losing chase.

What's the fix?

Reset now, pal!

Maybe next time,

Take a bow, pal!

If your mana drains to empty and your cooldown’s far too long,

And the spells you try to fire only end up feeling wrong,

If your keyboard’s getting smashed from frustration growing strong,

Then perhaps the game's the problem, and you don’t quite belong.

When your team is losing fast and you’ve taken too much flak,

And you’re sick of all the trolls who just sit there talking smack,

You’ll consider, just this once, there’s no use in coming back,

And you’ll close the game down hard and let yourself relax!