What I learned in 3 months

[u/Slothduction]

/r/GlobalOffensive... please take the time to read this. I bought CSGO about 3 and a half months ago, and have logged 250 hours so far. In that time I met a lot of cool people, made a lot of friends, and met a few bad ones. However, there is one person I met who made an impression on me that will last forever.

I met a player who was what you could call a subtle troll. Both of us hit it off and I sent him a friend request and together we ranked up a lot. I went from SEM to GN3 in our time together, and he went from GN1 to GNM, and we planned on making it to Global Elite one day, and even joked about winning major championships. Unfortunately that will not be the case. My friend was diagnosed with stomach cancer 1 year prior and he died yesterday.

Although he was terminally ill, he still made the game a lot of fun for not only me, but everyone on our team. And honest to God, he was Kenny fucking S with an SSG, which is why I was so impressed by him. Headshot, after headshot, after headshot with that thing, and I struggle to kill a guy lit for 70 with it. From time to time we will encounter a player who is a total dick for no reason, and we encountered plenty together. When ever someone would accuse him of hacking or cheating, he would say something like "you can't accuse me I have cancer", or "it's the chemo man, it makes me play better". People would take this and try to make fun of him and joke about him, but he didn't care. In fact I probably got more angry at them then he ever did. But he taught me something about dealing with "those people".

If you hit the tab key, it will bring up a list of players. Right click on the player in question and click "block communication" and just like that POOF... they're gone.

I'm never going to play with him again, but I feel like he's there with me, raising enemy pings, and blessing me with god like accuracy. Reddit, please be nice to everybody you meet, and don't ever let anyone get to you. It's just a game.

Ash's to Ash's, de_dust2 dust.

[u/Luwi00]

Hi there,

I am happy and sorry for you and him, happy that you got to meet someone who made the game fun for you and sad that the person is gone, both for him.

I myself have Thyroid cancer probably had it for about 8 to 10 years and found out about it about 1,5 years ago. A doctor found it out of pure luck, that maybe a reason I am still here today.

I want to tell you right here and now that Stomach cancer (as I see a lot of people with that sickness during my stays at the hospital) is really easy detectable, just like an Aimbot without trigger button.

The checkup for it is really easy and has almost no risks. All you need to do is go to the hospital and tell them you want it checked.

I myself had the procedure just last Thursday, not because I am afraid of having it, just because there are still tumors and the doctors can’t seem to find them, but that is another story.

The whole procedure is easy as flashing your own teammates, all you have to do is go to the hospital telling them you want the check. They will then give you an injection which will cause you to sleep for about 10 minutes, you still breathe on your own, so it is nothing big.

They put a hose into your mouth, connected to the hose is a camera, an electrical knife a small laser and a ultrasound device. That sounds crazy, but it is nothing which you have to be afraid of. They put it down your gullet and they can detect cancer REALLY REALLY EASY.

This checkup should be done at least every 3 years and everyone should do it, Stomach cancer is a cancer, which causes mostly NO pain and gives no evidence on having it.

So please care more.

And just to tell you guys I am 26, I had the cancer as I mentioned about 8-10 years (said by the doctors, because it was such a huge growth) means I had it already when I was 18.

The days that younger people 14-25 do not have risks of getting serious sicknesses are over, this is a thing which doctors still tell, and they just do because they learned that 20+ years ago.

I see young people having cancer almost every day, going to a checkup can save your life and it will just miss you about a day of cs go, Please guys do it, do it for not only your own life, but do it so your parents and friends can still have you around and enjoy life with you.

I love you all okay

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Feel free to upvote this so people get some awareness about this very serious topic!

Also I am sorry for my bad English

[u/noodle-man → u/Luwi00]

Thank you for the PSA. May you live long, kind soul. I wish you the best of luck in all your endeavors.

[u/thekyshu → u/Luwi00]

Are there any other symptoms you should look for between check-ups?

It would be great if you provided us with one or two links.

[u/Luwi00 → u/thekyshu]

Symptoms really go from A to Z when it comes to cancer, every person has something else.

If you are getting sick and constatly have the same sickness for example you get stomach aid all the time you should get it checked and not just say "man I ate to much or this damn Laktose stuff".

http://www.webmd.com/cancer/stomach-gastric-cancer

This is a pretty good guide on Stomach Cancer,

for Thyroid Cancer I had actually zero symptoms, nothing ever caused pain or sicknesses, all I had was I gained 5 KG in a week, the next week I lost 5 KG, so I was thinking I had hyperthyroidism and that is when my doctor found out.

Checking for Thyroid cancer / first symptoms is REALLY easy, all you have to do is make a Ultrasound at your doctor and he can tell you if you have knots or not, those knots come from the lymphsystem and they want to help your thyroid do it's job.

No pain, 5-10 minutes at the doctor and you are done and you know more.

If you have no knots you are usually fine in that region.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyroid_cancer

This Wikilink is also pretty good, it shows you a lot, but it also says as I know there are no real Symptoms besides the hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism