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13 years ago
Okay. Gamble 'round the campfire, children. It's not Senor Cardgage, but I'm the best you got.
Lately, my life's found a fresh new direction thanks to my co-workers, but we'll come back to that shortly. BEFORE that, things have started to go a bit downhill. Before that, I was on Dungeon Fighter Online slaving away just because I wanted to be "cool" to my guild buddies and because I wanted those Victory Points which make PvPing mandatory. Honestly, it felt more like work than play, because it was the same. Damn. Thing. For hours. And it was terrible. I really started to just not enjoy the game like I used to. It got old VERY quick. Plus, it didn't exactly help that my brain decided to suck at math at the worst possible time. I JUST started a MAT 102 course and after the first test came to pass, I was in shambles. Literally. I felt like a city block after the Tsunami. Devastated. I had this overwhelming sense of fear and loathing in my mind that I have not felt since the 10th Grade. So I dropped that class like a two-ton weight and decided to regain my mental footing by opting to take up English Composition II instead once I can take classes again. After a while, I also dropped Dungeon Fighter Online, and here's the reason as to why I did THAT.
After hearing stories, true or otherwise, about REALLY corrupt GMs who let bots and hackers walk free and ban legitimate players, working the midnight oil to get Victory Points from PvPing just to have them taken away from you by an NPC like the game is some sort of sieve, and playing constantly with or without your guild buddies to assist you hour after hour...would YOU want to keep playing?
So after vowing(once again) to give up MMO gaming, I decided to go back to Chester, South Carolina(the most northern part of South Carolina which is like, right next to Rock Hill) and do what I did best...sit on my fat ass at the IT department waiting for something to do. However, to my surprise, I found purpose! Let me tell you what, dropping that fucking math class was the best thing I've ever done, because my co-workers Matt and Mike need my help. In case you guys don't know me well, I work at Chester Regional Medical Center, a small hospital on I think the southeastern edge of town. Our hospital's website, literally, hasn't been updated in YEARS. What's even worse, it's almost completely unorganized, so I get to do a little web design by editing the site! At least once the information I need to update the site with comes to my office. So basically, before now, I've been a fat waste of space surfing on the internet and not doing any real work while getting paid. Now? I can actually approach my job with true integrity! And believe it or not, I DO want to be busy at work. It gets the clock to turn its hands faster.
So my life has gone from starting to get really bad to a bit better. And now, the final thing I have on my mind...impulsive friends. Guys, have you ever had that one friend of yours who ALWAYS bugs you to play his favorite game or do his favorite thing day in and day out with him because he loves it so much? I used to, but I helped that shiny Charizard think a little better. Besides, I refused to give up on our friendship. Anyway, it seems another buddy of mine has impulsive friends, but they sound a bit worse than what one of my OTHER buddies used to be when we played Minecraft together. See, this friend of mine plays League of Legends, and it seems pretty cool, but also pretty long. He told me last night that his friends are CRAZY about two things: The game and finding ridiculous ways to intentionally lose it. Okay, that's fine, some people do stupid shit when they're bored, but what was worse is that my friend felt obligated in the same way I did towards Dungeon Fighter Online. I didn't ask why, and I wish I did, because these guys already sound like the winners of the Derpy Manchildren Award of 2012 (1st Quarter). Now, I normally don't want to rag out someone's friends just because of one thing they did, but I feel that this needs to be brought to attention.
I don't know why my friend felt like he needed to hang out with these guys, nor did I know why he even plays League of Legends, especially when he even mentioned that he "could be doing better things right now"...but when your buddies start getting super impulsive and constantly want you to play their favorite game with them no matter what you want to do...that would be the time to reconsider everybody's interests, especially yours. A. I think MMOs are just fine to play as long as you either don't impulsively play it just becuse your friends do, or B. Don't obsess over "seeing what's next" or "PvP Points" that are mandatory because the game's creators totally suck and take money baths like Scrooge McDuck. This is why I've stopped trying to listen to peer pressure(especially my id's peer pressure) and kept my own interests at heart for the most part. So I can do what I want for a change, which is probably more productive than what those guys I see are doing.
So I've told this friend of mine my reasoning and told him to start looking after his own interests more instead of listening to these guys if he wants to do something else. He told me that it actually makes a lot of sense, which was good, because I know this guy. He has this habit of sometimes just feeling unmotivated and "useless" in this world, and during those times, I've had to use my reasoining to teach him that life's not all that bad. Come to think of it, I should probably be asking him why he feels like THAT sometimes if I want to get to know him better.
So there you have it. There's my current life. I hope that update information reaches my desk soon so I can update the site. And I hope that friend of mine takes my advice and pursues what he wants to do, at least for the current day. You kids take it easy.
Lately, my life's found a fresh new direction thanks to my co-workers, but we'll come back to that shortly. BEFORE that, things have started to go a bit downhill. Before that, I was on Dungeon Fighter Online slaving away just because I wanted to be "cool" to my guild buddies and because I wanted those Victory Points which make PvPing mandatory. Honestly, it felt more like work than play, because it was the same. Damn. Thing. For hours. And it was terrible. I really started to just not enjoy the game like I used to. It got old VERY quick. Plus, it didn't exactly help that my brain decided to suck at math at the worst possible time. I JUST started a MAT 102 course and after the first test came to pass, I was in shambles. Literally. I felt like a city block after the Tsunami. Devastated. I had this overwhelming sense of fear and loathing in my mind that I have not felt since the 10th Grade. So I dropped that class like a two-ton weight and decided to regain my mental footing by opting to take up English Composition II instead once I can take classes again. After a while, I also dropped Dungeon Fighter Online, and here's the reason as to why I did THAT.
After hearing stories, true or otherwise, about REALLY corrupt GMs who let bots and hackers walk free and ban legitimate players, working the midnight oil to get Victory Points from PvPing just to have them taken away from you by an NPC like the game is some sort of sieve, and playing constantly with or without your guild buddies to assist you hour after hour...would YOU want to keep playing?
So after vowing(once again) to give up MMO gaming, I decided to go back to Chester, South Carolina(the most northern part of South Carolina which is like, right next to Rock Hill) and do what I did best...sit on my fat ass at the IT department waiting for something to do. However, to my surprise, I found purpose! Let me tell you what, dropping that fucking math class was the best thing I've ever done, because my co-workers Matt and Mike need my help. In case you guys don't know me well, I work at Chester Regional Medical Center, a small hospital on I think the southeastern edge of town. Our hospital's website, literally, hasn't been updated in YEARS. What's even worse, it's almost completely unorganized, so I get to do a little web design by editing the site! At least once the information I need to update the site with comes to my office. So basically, before now, I've been a fat waste of space surfing on the internet and not doing any real work while getting paid. Now? I can actually approach my job with true integrity! And believe it or not, I DO want to be busy at work. It gets the clock to turn its hands faster.
So my life has gone from starting to get really bad to a bit better. And now, the final thing I have on my mind...impulsive friends. Guys, have you ever had that one friend of yours who ALWAYS bugs you to play his favorite game or do his favorite thing day in and day out with him because he loves it so much? I used to, but I helped that shiny Charizard think a little better. Besides, I refused to give up on our friendship. Anyway, it seems another buddy of mine has impulsive friends, but they sound a bit worse than what one of my OTHER buddies used to be when we played Minecraft together. See, this friend of mine plays League of Legends, and it seems pretty cool, but also pretty long. He told me last night that his friends are CRAZY about two things: The game and finding ridiculous ways to intentionally lose it. Okay, that's fine, some people do stupid shit when they're bored, but what was worse is that my friend felt obligated in the same way I did towards Dungeon Fighter Online. I didn't ask why, and I wish I did, because these guys already sound like the winners of the Derpy Manchildren Award of 2012 (1st Quarter). Now, I normally don't want to rag out someone's friends just because of one thing they did, but I feel that this needs to be brought to attention.
I don't know why my friend felt like he needed to hang out with these guys, nor did I know why he even plays League of Legends, especially when he even mentioned that he "could be doing better things right now"...but when your buddies start getting super impulsive and constantly want you to play their favorite game with them no matter what you want to do...that would be the time to reconsider everybody's interests, especially yours. A. I think MMOs are just fine to play as long as you either don't impulsively play it just becuse your friends do, or B. Don't obsess over "seeing what's next" or "PvP Points" that are mandatory because the game's creators totally suck and take money baths like Scrooge McDuck. This is why I've stopped trying to listen to peer pressure(especially my id's peer pressure) and kept my own interests at heart for the most part. So I can do what I want for a change, which is probably more productive than what those guys I see are doing.
So I've told this friend of mine my reasoning and told him to start looking after his own interests more instead of listening to these guys if he wants to do something else. He told me that it actually makes a lot of sense, which was good, because I know this guy. He has this habit of sometimes just feeling unmotivated and "useless" in this world, and during those times, I've had to use my reasoining to teach him that life's not all that bad. Come to think of it, I should probably be asking him why he feels like THAT sometimes if I want to get to know him better.
So there you have it. There's my current life. I hope that update information reaches my desk soon so I can update the site. And I hope that friend of mine takes my advice and pursues what he wants to do, at least for the current day. You kids take it easy.
Either way, I'm glad your life is improving once more.