This is unrelated. I just wanted to start with a video.



In 16 days, I will be turning 22. It's not a monumental age to reach, I already can drive since i was sixteen, I bought enough porn, lottery tickets and fireworks to start my own casino when I was 18, I got oh so hammered and smoked like a chimney when I turned 19 and when I turned 21, I went and got shitfaced in the States (I was like a God, drinking weak American beer) But today I started to think about my life in terms of video games.

I got my first console when I was 8 I think. It was Christmas at my grandparents and I was about to leave and head home. This is when one of my aunts drove in and handed me a huge wrapped gift. I opened it up and beheld the Sega Genesis in front of me. I had a similar reaction to that of the Nintendo 64 kid and the Wii kid. Since that day, video games have had a huge influence in my life. I've cut class to play games before, I've put off homework and social gatherings to play my games. Final Fantasy turned me into a recluse for almost a fucking month.

In 2006, I got my first gaming PC that I've been upgrading ever since. I'm glad I chose the PC route instead of getting an Xbox360 or a PlayStation 3 or a Wii. My PC has become my major source of news, television and keeping in touch with people locally and globally. I loves my PC, I loves her so.

Over the course of my life, I've been able to see the video game industry take off. I wasn't able to appreciate the coming of the Atari and the like, But Nintendo and Sega both raised me well. It's also opened my to a group of people who I am convinced are some of the greatest people on the planets, Gamers. I think we gamers have the best sense of humour on the planets and I enjoy the camaraderie. I have never stood in silence in a line up for a release for more than 5 minutes before a full out conversation breaks loose between everyone within hearing distance. I've made new friends with the bar trip that followed up the fallout 3 releases, taking turns reading the manual and drinking every time we heard Nuclear.

That feeling of an instant connection is what lead me to this site. I had joined a few forums and other gaming sites, but none of them really offered me what I wanted. A community of gamers, where i could interact with them, laugh at them and a few times so far, get owned by them. That's one major reason why I love this site. Call it trolling in the worst cases, but I knew I would be here to stay in the first week of my joining, as i saw that idiocy and sucking would not be tolerated, but you had the chance to redeem yourself.

So, in the oncoming of my birthday, I wanted to say thank you to this community. You've made me feel welcome and have made me laugh my fucking ass off. As long as it doesn't get old, I'll keep up with the stories and I'll do my part to keep the community free of dick wads.

This is also unrelated. But I would love to rush someone dressed like an army of Visigoths

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