Evanna+Wang+TCT

The Rift tale [1] Evanna Wang

Let me tell you a tale of this game now I play this time consuming game, anyhow

We set the scene with a female student She sits twisting her indigo pendant. [2]

Her name that her parents gave is Sherry, and her favorite fruit is blueberry

Her hair is dark like the black crow’s feather [3] But she has the leukemia cancer

So her hair has not been seen for a while But she has wig with many hairstyle

During the day she studies hard and fast Sherry is loved and far from a outcast

She enjoys to go out with her good mates But now she is at home and it is late

It is late in the night and homework done It is time to log in and have some fun

What is this game called league you may now ashe? [4] So I shall tell you, wait for my unlash

League is similar to the game DOTA [5] But are the games identical? Sort of.

But lets not talk about DOTA shall we, For this is league, who provides much much glee

The old season stats has been renewed She had better redo her placements, dude

In league of legend these are crucial games You must win them all, or you will bring shame

After placements are done you will be placed And it is very unlikely to be misplaced

There are different tiers, six to be exact Being placed in gold does not mean a hacked

All Sherry wanted to do was to play For gaming late at night is her forte

But queue time takes forever to load now [6] Impatient ten days no play in a row

The login finally finishes, wow, Wondering if rank games will be allow

Anxious she is to begin her game oh, She tries to see if anyone will duo

She sees that no one is online, of course. [7] And solo she does not want to enforce

But game she wants so she hits start button Hoping her spirits will not be broken.

Three minute in match is found, she hits accept. And so she hopes nothing will intercept

Into champion select she is in Ideal for winning she now weigh in

Her team seems so trust worthy she could sing But soon in game they begin with dying

Have they forgotten this is a rank game? This is not bot game, it is not the same.

It is not like they’re not a bad player Also the other team is not cheaters

Suddenly a afker [8], oh dear Her cheeks suddenly feel a hot, hot tear [9]

And so the game will now end horribly Out raged, Sherry screamed out with agony

She does not understand what went wrongly In her team must have been a flea

This bug must have caused this catastrophe His action has been pronounced so foully

But she tried her luck again and hits start She prays her team will not be so apart

But Sherry’s team fell apart regardless Her team lacks the needed brightness

that is needed to win the game, to place in a high tier where she could become the ace. [10]

Suddenly in the next game things has changed It seems as though god himself has arranged

This game that is causing her so much stress But it’s 1-7, is this now hopeless?

But for now on her team’s a team player Who is far from being a loud blamer,

Sherry suddenly saw hope in this game Finally she might able to tame.

The game starts out very calm and nicely The rest of the team seemed very friendly

But soon first blood is drawn and it is bad Sherry once again begins to feel sad

From there on the game quickly went downhill It is as if the team has lost their will

Sherry reflects on what she has done wrong She founds out that it's the team all along

Why can’t she win any game or be close This is definitely one of her lows

The game continues and it just gets worse She feels as though a witch has sent her a curse

A curse where she cannot win anything She is scared of what the next game may bring

There are ten game in placement in total She finishes the tenth and is baffle

She saw the screen with her own dark-brown eye(s) [11] What she saw made her let out a big sigh [12]

Sherry is now officially a bronze Being in bronze as so many bad cons

She had such high hope to be in silver She feels like she is such a big looser

Tired she is so she decides to sleep But truthfully she really wants to weep

She got up, she went to her bed, she sat [13] She is now stuck in bronze and that is that

To get out is nearly impossible The league community is very cruel

So here I sit warning you about it Do not fall into the elo-hell pit

[1] According to the internet a rhyme scheme is a rhetorical device [2] Imagery talking about the color, calls attention to sight [3] Simile comparing her hair color and the crow’s feather [4] Ashe is a pun for ask, a pun and an allusion to a character in the game [5] Allusion to another game [6] Hyperbole, forever is not real [7] Sentential adverb- the of course [8] acronym for- away from keyboard person [9] Epizeuxis- repetition of words [10] Metonymy- ace means the best [11] Pleonasm [12] Onomatopoeia [13] Parataxis

Basically this tale is about how stress full rank games are in this game called league of legend, this came is fun but so bad for you, it is so easy to get hooked onto it and people spend way to much money on it. Sad to say, Sherry's tale is very similar to what I am experiencing in the game right now as well. It is understandable if you do not fully understand the poem.