OcR FoRk
06-08-2007, 03:16 AM
Hello everyone! I have returned!
Well, its been a while since I posted. Let me basically tell you why. I've been really busy. I have only played Halo twice in the last 6 weeks. I really, really am considering quitting gaming altogether. I've never told anybody the real story of last year, but I think you guys deserve to know:
As some of you may know, I started playing Halo March 05. As soon as I started, I played all the time. I would stay up late on school nights to play, causing me to not get enough sleep, and to not do my homework. Besides affecting my grades, it also affected my athletic performance. Because I didn't get enough sleep, I wasn't at my best for baseball, which I played in high school. At the beginning of the season, around February, I was the number 1 pitcher. By the end of the season, in May, I definitely was not. Halo was always on my mind. During the summer, the majority of my time was spent playing fun customs. I pretty much spent about 50% of my time doing that.
The school year didn't get any better. I still was thinking about playing Halo all the time. Literally. I didn't care about a social life. I actually started getting good at it too, around October, when I started playing MLG, making me even more addicted.
When I got involved with clans, it was all over. ALL my free time was spent on either the forums, or on live. When baseball season started, I would have to play less, so I made up for it by staying up till 2 or 3 each morning and getting 4 hours of sleep. I slept some during class, but it wasn't enough. I started doing worse and worse in games. Eventually, I was so frustrated at my lack of success that I quit baseball, which I had played for 8 years. I quit it for Halo. Halo had become an addiction, and I had fallen victim to it.
Once I quit, things only got worse. I played more and more. I stopped excercizing. I stopped talking to people. As soon as summer hit, 95% of my day was dedicated to Halo. At least 12-14 hours per day. Noon-4 AM, taking occasional bathroom and eating breaks. It was pathetic. A month straight spent like this. A MONTH. I started playing less as time went on, but I was still addicted. I managed to stop playing when school hit back up...but I got back into it in November. From November to April, I started playing again(for OcR now). I lost the desire to play when I got fucked over prom nite.(Remember that? haha) And now that I reflect back on it, I'm actually afraid to play seriously ever again. I seriously will get addicted to this game rather easily.
Now I have worked out hard, and gotten in shape. I'm going out for the varsity team next year, seeing as how it will be my senior year. Halo will not fit in with this.
I have smoked, I have drank, but nothing is as addicting as gaming. Maybe its just me, but now you guys know why I have been hesitant to come back. I was considering quitting the clan, but I don't think I can. I love you guys wayyyy too much and I would miss you all.
Now that you know what's up, I will just say this: I can still help the clan. I can definitely post around the forums. I think I still have a lot of knowledge about the game that I could share. I just cannot be depended upon. That said, I think it would be best to remove me from Outcast Royale. I just won't be on at scheduled times anymore. That was one of the things that caused me to be more addicted last time. I will probably just play occasionally, and play mess around games, if that is cool. If you think I shouldn't do this, then I guess I can leave.
I really hope you guys understand. Again, I love you all.
-Fork
Well, its been a while since I posted. Let me basically tell you why. I've been really busy. I have only played Halo twice in the last 6 weeks. I really, really am considering quitting gaming altogether. I've never told anybody the real story of last year, but I think you guys deserve to know:
As some of you may know, I started playing Halo March 05. As soon as I started, I played all the time. I would stay up late on school nights to play, causing me to not get enough sleep, and to not do my homework. Besides affecting my grades, it also affected my athletic performance. Because I didn't get enough sleep, I wasn't at my best for baseball, which I played in high school. At the beginning of the season, around February, I was the number 1 pitcher. By the end of the season, in May, I definitely was not. Halo was always on my mind. During the summer, the majority of my time was spent playing fun customs. I pretty much spent about 50% of my time doing that.
The school year didn't get any better. I still was thinking about playing Halo all the time. Literally. I didn't care about a social life. I actually started getting good at it too, around October, when I started playing MLG, making me even more addicted.
When I got involved with clans, it was all over. ALL my free time was spent on either the forums, or on live. When baseball season started, I would have to play less, so I made up for it by staying up till 2 or 3 each morning and getting 4 hours of sleep. I slept some during class, but it wasn't enough. I started doing worse and worse in games. Eventually, I was so frustrated at my lack of success that I quit baseball, which I had played for 8 years. I quit it for Halo. Halo had become an addiction, and I had fallen victim to it.
Once I quit, things only got worse. I played more and more. I stopped excercizing. I stopped talking to people. As soon as summer hit, 95% of my day was dedicated to Halo. At least 12-14 hours per day. Noon-4 AM, taking occasional bathroom and eating breaks. It was pathetic. A month straight spent like this. A MONTH. I started playing less as time went on, but I was still addicted. I managed to stop playing when school hit back up...but I got back into it in November. From November to April, I started playing again(for OcR now). I lost the desire to play when I got fucked over prom nite.(Remember that? haha) And now that I reflect back on it, I'm actually afraid to play seriously ever again. I seriously will get addicted to this game rather easily.
Now I have worked out hard, and gotten in shape. I'm going out for the varsity team next year, seeing as how it will be my senior year. Halo will not fit in with this.
I have smoked, I have drank, but nothing is as addicting as gaming. Maybe its just me, but now you guys know why I have been hesitant to come back. I was considering quitting the clan, but I don't think I can. I love you guys wayyyy too much and I would miss you all.
Now that you know what's up, I will just say this: I can still help the clan. I can definitely post around the forums. I think I still have a lot of knowledge about the game that I could share. I just cannot be depended upon. That said, I think it would be best to remove me from Outcast Royale. I just won't be on at scheduled times anymore. That was one of the things that caused me to be more addicted last time. I will probably just play occasionally, and play mess around games, if that is cool. If you think I shouldn't do this, then I guess I can leave.
I really hope you guys understand. Again, I love you all.
-Fork