The Agony of Lag

I promised to post some of my writings, so here is a poem for you...

The Agony of Lag

by:

Juliana Cobb

The screen

strob

es

before my

ey

es

Jerk

ing

my Avatar

thr

ough

time.

I stop

my for

ward

run.

/em Noooooo

Too Late...

I've run through an aggressive mob.

They assail me from all sides.

I punch frantically at keys

and

click madly with my mouse.

Perhaps I can clear a path to safety.

The str

obe

begins again.

As

I je

rk

through

ti

me

once more,

I not

ice the mob

has

BAF'd.

The strobe ends.

I lie

face down

on the ground.

A sign in red,

over my head

reads

“You have died.

You can wait for one of your team mates

to rez you or you can...

[Go To Hospital].”

(Copyrighted 2008)