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I was seriously intentioned to write periodically something about my experience in Switzerland, I really was. But here is the thing, life-related issues took over, and I might even had neglected some of them too much while focusing on work and writing my thesis, at the point to screw up important things.

So, right now it’s gone. And it’s gone really fast. Almost 200 days considering the initial trip, the six months and the few days after. To me, it looks like the day before yesterday.

However, Zürich is an amazing city, and I found Switzerland to be.. well.. actually more or less what I expected, which is really a big win. The landscape is wonderful: lakeside with swans, ducks and gulls surrounded by trees, spanning in a wide range of colors and hiding the buildings in the typical style of the city, and the hills and the snow covered mountains in the background is probably the best example that I’ll always remember.

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I’m back-date posting to include in the blog some memory of my e-gamer experience with Counter-Strike. I played intensely for a couple of years towards the end of the hight school, participating to many LAN parties and enjoying the beginning of the wide bandwidth spreading in italy, playing online. I played with Counter-Strike versions from the end period of CS 1.2 (2001) to the beginning of CS 1.6 (2003). I left with the income of STEAM and Counter Strike Source, which i don’t like much as the following FPS most famous games because of the too much detailed maps i’m not comfortable with, that i think brings the gameplay to a competition for the best machine owner.

I recorded this video some time after i left the intense playing, when at university i had some rush on old 1.5 servers.

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