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fudpeX made me jealous 
Not really, but I thought it was a really good idea. First off, a little about me:
I'm 16, I'm in a family of 11, and every one of them has played or plays video games. Primarily my father, older brother, and 5 of my younger siblings, with another one on the way.
My first memories (literally) are of me watching my dad play Descent. Descent was the first video game I ever played, and since my dad and my younger brother played, my gaming history started off with hours upon hours of 2 or 3 person LAN games. I was 4 years old by the time I could beat my dad, and my brothers gave up on me.
My older brother was into consoles. I watched him beat Megaman X and X2 dozens of times, and I managed to beat Super Mario World myself by the time I was 5 years old, but I never found much accomplishment merely working to get a little 100% by my save file. I wasn't into consoles much; I went straight for the computers. Descent and Descent 2 were the only games I played until I was 8 years old. If I didn't have siblings to play, I'd build a second computer out of scrap parts and play a LAN game with myself. I never wanted to play single player. Ever. I played video games purely for the social experience, and the reflexes it built.
That was, until my dad dropped a game on my desk and said "See if your computer can run this". It was the first FPS I had ever tried. Alien vs Predator. I installed it, started the campaign, figured out the controls, and ran out of the room crying within 2 minutes. I refused to play single player afterward; scared the living crap out of me, and it still does. But I had so much fun playing multiplayer, me and my dad decided to start a LAN party for AVP and Starcraft (I hated Starcraft because my dad was always better).
This LAN party became popular, and we started having one bimonthly. Although my friends and my dad taught me how to play by telling me "W makes you go forward, Shift is crouch, and this button shoots, ok?" within a couple months I was out scoring all of them. And then, when I was about 10 years old, Alien vs Predator 2 came out, and that became the best game in the world.
Every LAN party my dad and I hosted after that was AVP2 all the way. That was the first online game I had ever played. I got so good at that game, I can honestly say that, without a doubt, I was the best player on the internet. I knew every regular from every server, and I could outscore every one of them. Although that's not saying much, because there were only 3 good public servers, and a few clan servers with oddball maps. Plus, I only played Alien. Nevertheless, NeoWolf and WaterproofPanda (my minion) cleaned up AVP2 down to the day it was discontinued.
Skipping all the parts regarding Atten, he bought me TF2 after he got sick of me playing on his account. I started playing TF2 directly after AVP2, and I still play it, and I plan on playing it until the day it dies. It got so popular in my house, my family owns 9 accounts with TF2, 4 of which are mine. 4 of my siblings, and my father, all play TF2. There's at least 3 TF2 games running at any one time, and there's always a family listen server up.
I've built every computer in this house that my family uses, or upgraded existing stock computers so they can run TF2. My computer was built out of free parts I gathered over the span of 2 years, credit to Atten for the remaining 2 parts I couldn't find (CPU cooler and RAM). It can run TF2 at 30 FPS average, and with my upcoming CPU upgrade, hopefully 80. Dual monitors, 5.1 surround sound, and a Razer mouse makes Sykes a very happy panda.
So yeah, that's most of Sykes' history.
PS: I forgot. Starting at age 14, I began to play Super Smash Bros. Brawl competitively. I quit the serious stuff due to the retarded community, but I'm still professional material. I just don't care enough 'cause it requires being in person.
Not really, but I thought it was a really good idea. First off, a little about me:I'm 16, I'm in a family of 11, and every one of them has played or plays video games. Primarily my father, older brother, and 5 of my younger siblings, with another one on the way.
My first memories (literally) are of me watching my dad play Descent. Descent was the first video game I ever played, and since my dad and my younger brother played, my gaming history started off with hours upon hours of 2 or 3 person LAN games. I was 4 years old by the time I could beat my dad, and my brothers gave up on me.
My older brother was into consoles. I watched him beat Megaman X and X2 dozens of times, and I managed to beat Super Mario World myself by the time I was 5 years old, but I never found much accomplishment merely working to get a little 100% by my save file. I wasn't into consoles much; I went straight for the computers. Descent and Descent 2 were the only games I played until I was 8 years old. If I didn't have siblings to play, I'd build a second computer out of scrap parts and play a LAN game with myself. I never wanted to play single player. Ever. I played video games purely for the social experience, and the reflexes it built.
That was, until my dad dropped a game on my desk and said "See if your computer can run this". It was the first FPS I had ever tried. Alien vs Predator. I installed it, started the campaign, figured out the controls, and ran out of the room crying within 2 minutes. I refused to play single player afterward; scared the living crap out of me, and it still does. But I had so much fun playing multiplayer, me and my dad decided to start a LAN party for AVP and Starcraft (I hated Starcraft because my dad was always better).
This LAN party became popular, and we started having one bimonthly. Although my friends and my dad taught me how to play by telling me "W makes you go forward, Shift is crouch, and this button shoots, ok?" within a couple months I was out scoring all of them. And then, when I was about 10 years old, Alien vs Predator 2 came out, and that became the best game in the world.
Every LAN party my dad and I hosted after that was AVP2 all the way. That was the first online game I had ever played. I got so good at that game, I can honestly say that, without a doubt, I was the best player on the internet. I knew every regular from every server, and I could outscore every one of them. Although that's not saying much, because there were only 3 good public servers, and a few clan servers with oddball maps. Plus, I only played Alien. Nevertheless, NeoWolf and WaterproofPanda (my minion) cleaned up AVP2 down to the day it was discontinued.
Skipping all the parts regarding Atten, he bought me TF2 after he got sick of me playing on his account. I started playing TF2 directly after AVP2, and I still play it, and I plan on playing it until the day it dies. It got so popular in my house, my family owns 9 accounts with TF2, 4 of which are mine. 4 of my siblings, and my father, all play TF2. There's at least 3 TF2 games running at any one time, and there's always a family listen server up.
I've built every computer in this house that my family uses, or upgraded existing stock computers so they can run TF2. My computer was built out of free parts I gathered over the span of 2 years, credit to Atten for the remaining 2 parts I couldn't find (CPU cooler and RAM). It can run TF2 at 30 FPS average, and with my upcoming CPU upgrade, hopefully 80. Dual monitors, 5.1 surround sound, and a Razer mouse makes Sykes a very happy panda.
So yeah, that's most of Sykes' history.
PS: I forgot. Starting at age 14, I began to play Super Smash Bros. Brawl competitively. I quit the serious stuff due to the retarded community, but I'm still professional material. I just don't care enough 'cause it requires being in person.
great way to learn other people in the community
