In gaming as in life

So you play by the rules, you stick out a helping hand to the other guy, and he flips you off. In gaming, as in life, as this gamer ruefully says, it sucks to be that guy.

Gary Coleman "It Sucks To Be Me" Award

There's always someone who deserves the "It sucks to be you" award. So to launch the award, what could be better than today's item about Gary Coleman himself. Every time we think, "Man, it sucks to be me" we simultaneously think that there are others who it more sucks to be. Again, with a bow to Avenue Q, let me point out that it continues to suck to be Gary Coleman, cited for disorderly conduct after yelling at his girlfriend in a public parking lot. As if its not bad enough that someone has to follow you around recording those moments when you are not, perhaps, your best self, they must also cite in each new story the litany of shame from past stories. It does suck to be Gary Coleman.

But wait, while in the world view of those living on Avenue Q, Gary Coleman's woes surpass all others, in our larger world there are perhaps people it sucks more to be. Please send me your links, and post to the comments, examples of people it sucks more to be for the "Gary Coleman It Sucks to be Me Award."