What do you get from
reading that you can’t (or don’t want to) get anywhere else?
The thing about reading that I love is that I can go at any
pace I want. whether I am enjoying a fantasy book and want to take my sweet
time. Or when I am reading some guide on how to improve my skills and learn
some new tricks. Sometimes when you watch a video guide it can go too fast and
will have to watch over a couple of times (which helps since I am deaf
sometimes, most likely due to the ridiculous I use EVERY day at home XD).
Sometimes I might not even get that option to rewind if I am watching a stream,
but with reading I have the safety of going at a rate I am comfortable
with. This allows me think about the
content I am reading and not forget about it later.
When you read, what
happens inside your mind?
There are two things that can happen in my mind when I start
reading. The first thing that happens in my mind is when I am reading a story,
lore, or any book that’s just for fun. I will picture the setting, all the
character(s) as the book describes them and a lot of times I will take pauses
to imagine what the character(s) looks, walks, sounds, how they think and many more details on how I think
they look unless the book says otherwise. The other thing that happens when I
read something along of the lines of Guides, Theorycrafting Blogs, basically
anything that involves learning I will do something called “SQ-RCRC”. This
stands for Survey, Question, Read, Cover, Recite and Check. It’s a method I
learnt from oxford learning center that is usually used for studying that I use when I want to know something
inside out as quickly as possible. But I will sometimes use it in less formal way.
The best book I ever
read was ___________ because _______________.
(This ended being long than expected even after shorting it so I made a
TLDR thing at the bottom for people who can’t this much text. Your welcome J)
This is the most interesting question by far because I
originally didn't want to do this question. The reason why I didn't want to was
because when I really thought about it I didn't have a favorite book. Which I
thought was really silly considering all the things I have read, wanted a real
answer for myself I tried thinking to myself “OK, what’s my favorite story of
all time?”. And that was without a doubt the League of Legends Lore. Now it may
not be a real “book” but it has so ALL things that I would want in a book. It
has a diverse, colorful, large, unique, universe that is always growing. All
the stories have a great pace and plots that make you want read more and more.
And finally to top it all off the best thing about it, the characters. Few
books, movies, and even videos game can pull off having a large amount of characters
that are interesting, unique, and for lack of a better term alive. League of
Legends currently has 115 unique champions that all have different backgrounds,
personalities, and appearances. If that wasn't enough they all interact each
other and none of them are truly are under the typical “good guys” or “bad
guys” categories. They are all just different shades of “grey” , some people
would say “Varus, The Arrow of Retribution” may seem like a really “dark” character
but if you read his story you would know that he actually was a kind caring solider
and the most killed archer of his village. Which was he was choosing to protect
a temple that contained an ancient evil that he needed to make sure didn't fall
into the wrong hands. When Noxus (A Faction/Country in the League of Legends
world) invaded his homeland of Ionian he had to make a choice between keep his
oath to make sure no one would use the ancient evil or protect his village. He
decided that he would not break his oath and protect the Temple. Unfortunately when
he came back his village was in ruins and his wife and daughter did not
survive. Enraged by this he goes back the temple and uses the dark powers in
the temple which he gave everything had for to get revenge on those killed his family.
This a short summary of one of the wonderful Characters in League of Legends. Now I KNOW this was a very long post but one
more thing I had to throw in is that not only do I get read about these characters
I get to play as them and walk a mile in their shoes. Even if you’re not a gamer, imagine how cool it would be to your favorite character(s) from your favorite
book or movie.
TLDR:
The League of Legends Lore is my favorite book/story because
they have a great plot, an ever growing world that just keep getting better and
better and they have interesting spins on characters that feel fresh and are
unique. Over 115 characters right now and more are made still, next one might
be a storm dragon
Techno "Do-you" Paragraphs:
I don’t have a smart phone, I have an iPod which I keep with
at all times and can use at any time. My
parents have a kobo thing I can use if I really needed I usually read E-books
on my iPod and my mac. I do have a Twitter account but I rarely ever use it.
The only time I use it is sending tweets about E-sports when they are asking
viewers in stream about stuff. I really didn't have a blog until today but I
would posts and comment on stuff often on theorycrafting website called Reign
of Gaming (theorycrafters are people that usually give strategies to players and
give explanations on why they work).My interest in this course comes from wanting
to become a better writer so I can share my knowledge and be as clear as
possible.
P.S. For this wondering what Varus might look like here's a picture of him and if you ever need to know anything League of Legends I am your man.
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“"The life of an arrow is fleeting, built of nothing but direction and intent."”
-Varus, The Arrow of Retribution |
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