Starcraft II: Hell hath no fury like a geek’s woman scorned

Ryan Wilsey 8 Apr, 2010 at 11:10pm ET Article published in Life

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Anticipation for Starcraft II continues to control the emotions of geeks everywhere. The latest upheaval comes to us courtesy of CollegeHumor.com, where a video is circulating of a Starcraft fanboy’s ex-girlfriend exacting her sweet revenge.

According to the video, they had just recently broken up, but the enraged lady hasn’t finished with the poor sap just yet. Holding his Starcraft II beta key hostage, she monologues her plot just like any good villainness—and then proceeds to shred it.

Regardless of whether the victim can obtain a replacement beta key online or not, revenge against a nerd has never tasted so sweet.

Comments

9 Apr 2010 ~ 12:10am rolleggroll She has pretty glasses.
9 Apr 2010 ~ 12:48am Frylock ouch...I got my Beta and love it!
9 Apr 2010 ~ 12:51am shwaip What's funny is that might just be the email that lets you know that you got into the beta. By posting the video and not just deleting the email, she let him know that he's in the beta. WHOOPS.

(PS frylock send me your friend beta invite when you get it)
9 Apr 2010 ~ 2:46am Frylock Mine was a friend beta invite, if I get another I have already promised it to my little brother. If I get more than one I will put you on my list
9 Apr 2010 ~ 3:04am Thrax You rage, you lose.
9 Apr 2010 ~ 5:38am ZenMode Mad cuz bad.
9 Apr 2010 ~ 5:39am M46h1n3 Shemad
11 Apr 2010 ~ 4:10pm rolleggroll New developments, the girl is fucking crazy.

http://www.break.com/index/starcraft-breakup-girl-strikes-again.html

breaks dudes window.
12 Apr 2010 ~ 4:58pm shwaip I know if I ever do something illegal that causes $x of property damage, I'll be videotaping myself and posting it online.
12 Apr 2010 ~ 5:43pm Bandrik

rolleggroll wrote:

New developments, the girl is fucking crazy.

http://www.break.com/index/starcraft-breakup-girl-strikes-again.html

breaks dudes window.

Holy shit. It just jumped to the nut dimension. Where it can be either no longer funny and now stupid rage, or continued hilarity. Honestly, I stand on the side of "it's not funny anymore..." Shredding a piece of paper while acting like a bitch is one thing... but busting a window and leaving a hose on in your house for water damage?

Yeah. He had it comin'... he had it comin'... he only had himself to blame...

...but still, ouch.
12 Apr 2010 ~ 6:08pm DogSoldier she scares me...
12 Apr 2010 ~ 6:13pm ZenMode I mean I'd be pissed if I were cheated on, but she's clearly got some anger issues.
12 Apr 2010 ~ 6:55pm GnomeQueen Yea....she's crazy.
13 Apr 2010 ~ 9:55am Snarkasm Wow.
13 Apr 2010 ~ 10:33am Thrax I'm gonna call it now: I bet this is staged. Her 15 minutes will be up soon.
13 Apr 2010 ~ 10:44am Ryder Everything so far looks fake to me.
13 Apr 2010 ~ 10:47am Cyclonite ^This.
13 Apr 2010 ~ 11:15am Bandrik It most likely is. After reading enough comments about the second video, the rumor mill is churning out a pretty universal thought process: the first video was fairly convincing, but the second video was too much - people began to state it was a viral PR video by Blizzard to promote the game.

I myself believed the first video. The second... eh... a little overboard. I'm not 100% convinced it's Blizzard's doing, but it does appear to be staged at this point.
13 Apr 2010 ~ 1:03pm primesuspect It's totally staged. I can tell from the pixels.

Also, the raft of "angry girlfriend" videos that started a few months back. Take a hot angry chick, make her the bitter and spiteful destroyer of masculinity and nerd-dom, add some flair, and you have nerdbait that gets tons of attention.
13 Apr 2010 ~ 1:12pm Snarkasm If she didn't yell so loud, the mic wouldn't clip.
13 Apr 2010 ~ 2:06pm Bandrik

primesuspect wrote:

It's totally staged. I can tell from the pixels.

Even if staged, hopefully it was able to entertain and perhaps even bring in a little traffic. I sure enjoyed it for the lulz. =D
14 Apr 2010 ~ 2:28am Jengo that was pretty immature, no wonder the dude left her
14 Apr 2010 ~ 5:07pm Ryan So....she's single again?