After the last couple of nights I've done a little thinking about playing games and what they mean to me.
When I started gaming it was for competition. I wanted to be the best, a golden god. During SWBF2 I got to be among the elite. I lived for each of our practices and scrimmages. I took it seriously and loved every minute of it. I showed up for every practice and every scrimmage. Every win further catapulting me to glory and every defeat that further push to become better. I loved it and as much as I loved the clan, it was about the competition and the love for being that golden god.
Over time it became less about that and I started to develop legitimate friendships within the clan. I grew from being the new guy in a group of people I didn't know, who lived no where near me and I really didn't give a shit about, to actually having friendships with people that are as close as any I have in real life. I found that I cared when someone got married/dumped, was having a baby (dumbasses!), or just their normal day to day shit. As I get older and my job has gone from just a paycheck to something I legitimately care and stress about, I find myself happy to just play. Every time I get the chance to get a solid night of gaming in, I feel like myself. In the world of Xbox, my stress is simply whether or not I'm having fun. I get to escape the stress and real world problems for a few hours with people that I like and virtually kill stuff.
Without this clan and online gaming in general, I wouldn't have met some of my best friends. I can not be thankful enough for the DSA Jedi server for introducing me to this clan and to several of my best friends. Some of you will get this and some won't, but those that do know what I'm saying.
So let's hear it. Why do you game?
When I started gaming it was for competition. I wanted to be the best, a golden god. During SWBF2 I got to be among the elite. I lived for each of our practices and scrimmages. I took it seriously and loved every minute of it. I showed up for every practice and every scrimmage. Every win further catapulting me to glory and every defeat that further push to become better. I loved it and as much as I loved the clan, it was about the competition and the love for being that golden god.
Over time it became less about that and I started to develop legitimate friendships within the clan. I grew from being the new guy in a group of people I didn't know, who lived no where near me and I really didn't give a shit about, to actually having friendships with people that are as close as any I have in real life. I found that I cared when someone got married/dumped, was having a baby (dumbasses!), or just their normal day to day shit. As I get older and my job has gone from just a paycheck to something I legitimately care and stress about, I find myself happy to just play. Every time I get the chance to get a solid night of gaming in, I feel like myself. In the world of Xbox, my stress is simply whether or not I'm having fun. I get to escape the stress and real world problems for a few hours with people that I like and virtually kill stuff.
Without this clan and online gaming in general, I wouldn't have met some of my best friends. I can not be thankful enough for the DSA Jedi server for introducing me to this clan and to several of my best friends. Some of you will get this and some won't, but those that do know what I'm saying.
So let's hear it. Why do you game?
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