I met a squeaker today while picking up a couple of fill-ins for a Crota raid with my clan. We were all in a party, so when the new guys joined my "ambassador" would go to game chat to make sure they knew what they were doing. That's when it happened.
Psaud, our metaphorical "Speaker," left the party as usual to discuss the raid strat before we began, to make sure they were there for the right CP and could listen well, etc.
Then suddenly, only moments after leaving the party and moments after I invited the fill-ins to the party, Psaud's voice, frantic and obviously boiling with fear, rambled through our mics: "You gotta boot this kid! He's the worst squeaker I've ever heard! He'll never stop talking! He'll- *Squeaker001 has joined the party*... oh hey man."
The raid begins. We're at the Crota checkpoint, hard mode, and we're all packed with heavy synths and ready to go--well, almost all of us.
"Squeaker, are you ready?" I asked.
"Give me a minute, I have to do the heavy glitch."
First of all, I was shocked that he even payed enough attention to figure out the glitch, but I played along, as did my team. It was late, we wanted to get this done.
"Alright, ready. Middle strat, right?"
Everyone aghast, my clanmate Sammy responds with a single breath that depleted as soon as he started his words: "..That's right.."
Did this squeaker know what he was doing?
"Who has the sword?" He asked.
"That would be me," replied Sammy. We took our positions, and Sammy ran to grab the sword from the ashy remains of the Swordbearer.
"Ready, go!"
Sammy leapt from his perch on a rock straight up to Crota's heel, who kneeled promptly from 4 rockets that all hit him in beautiful unison.
The squeaker had not said a word. At this point I could tell in their hesitant voices that they were careful not to excite him. The next sword phase passed, no squeaker voice was made audible. The ogre phase passed, still nothing.
"Is everyone good on heavy ammo?" Sammy said. I could tell that he was thrown by the initial squeakidge and now the lack thereof. No voice above a tenor replied. I couldn't help myself. I had to know why this squeaker was so quiet, and why every stereotype of a squeaker had just been debunked at its seam.
"Hey [Squeaker], you good?" I asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He sounded normal, no frustration, no hesitation in his voice. His normality was perplexing.
"Why are you so quiet?" quizzed Adam. We waited with bated breath for the conundrum to be solved.
"Everyone hates my voice, so I just listen and do whatever I'm told. I don't want to annoy anyone, I just want to get the job done."
About ten seconds went by where not a soul could be heard save the screeches of thralls and the snarls of the Hive god above us. The first noise heard was a clapping noise. Then another. Slow, but the cadence in it was undeniable; Squeaker was getting an ovation. We all put our controllers down, and before the squeaker knew it we were all standing in front of our screens, applauding the living, breathing anomaly before us.
The raid ended, Crota turned to nothing, and to orbit we went.
"Thanks for letting me play, guys. Have a good one." said the squeaker.
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We never got to respond to that kid, but I think we could have been in the presence of someone that will turn out to be an inspiration to squeakers everywhere. I didn't use his real tag out of respect to his privacy. I can only dream of meeting a squeaker like that again.
Pray that you may one day experience the same.
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Vid or it didnt happen (Lol)
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[quote]"Everyone hates my voice, so I just listen and do whatever I'm told. I don't want to annoy anyone, I just want to get the job done."[/quote] I cri evrityme :,(
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Why can't they all be like this
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This sounds too good to be true. The kid must be on some kind of ADD meds. Lol
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I had a similar experience. Some friends and I were doing the Deathsinger checkpoint and needed another Guardian. This random joined us, seemingly without a mic. We were talking strategy in the beginning. Since we thought he wasn't able to speak, one of my friends asked him to wave if he understood. He waved. Everything went according to plan. We were giving him grief in the end about no mic, just friendly stuff. Suddenly he started taking (squeaking) and said "I leave my mic off because no one wants to hear me talk". I felt kinda bad for the kid. He did a good job. It was nice to see someone so young have consideration for other people's feelings. He left before we could say "thanks" and "good job".
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I like how he says just want to get the job done
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What's a squeaker?
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This post hit me right in the honey-nut feelios.
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[quote] "Is everyone good on heavy ammo?" Sammy said. I could tell that he was thrown by the initial squeakidge and now the lack thereof. No voice above a tenor replied.[/quote] This is gold mate. I actually laughed out loud.
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Remind me what a squeaker is?
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Edited by Aeromatica: 2/10/2015 5:31:06 AMI've never found a decent squeaker I always give them chances but usually right when we walk out the room *SuperSqueaker69 has died* the Wtf guys (insert excuse that was entirely his fault) or this kid named NH Bear he's a friend of a friend he got killed by everything and anything he would never listen he had the squeakest voice I ever heard and always had to argue with everyone during a raid that 3 of us that were carrying the other 3 didn't even need to do. Oh I found one decent squeaker he's in my reg group decoratedrex418
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Squeaker for Speaker 2k14
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#truebravery
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Squeeker for President
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Gr8 m8 I R8 8/8 - IGN
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From the sounds of it... That was not a squeaker... Squeakers don't know what they are doing. What you described was simply a younger player.
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This almost makes me want to stop posting "no squeakers" when im recruiting.
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"Squeakers" can be just as good as any other player. They are gamers, like you and I, and we were also that age once. They can be assets for the team. I'm not saying they are all ok, but don't immediately dismiss them like a common "scrub" when you hear their voice. I've met annoying ones, so I don't interact with them in the future, but I don't throw away the good ones. If they sound annoying, whatever, but if they keep talking about how they know what theyre doing when they clearly don't, then they are dismissed immediately.
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Hey that's what I do its best to not get kicked. People think we squeakers can't listen but we do just give us a chance some of us like to get the job done
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Some squeakers are actually kind of entertaining, one time I joined 2 squeakers and you know how Crota shoots from his hand? Well they would point at Crota and he would point back and they would giggle like crazy
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Story of my life
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Good guy
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8/8 m8, would read again. Excellent writing skills =).
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I'm going to say that this was one of the best stories I've read in this forum. To be honest I really don't care if they are a squeaker. As long as they listen and not do anything reckless I'm cool with that. If they talk to much it kinda gets annoying.
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That was beautiful.
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Edited by 에그시: 2/10/2015 4:53:32 AMThis made the 7 remaining minutes of my day (11:53 p.m.)