Computer Games
I've been a gamer from a very young age. Probably around 3 or 4 when I was truely hooked by the marvel that was the Acorn Electron. Ahh Chuckie Egg, Repton, Strykers Run and so many others. Such classics had me absolutely enthralled.

As the years passed, technology improved (omg GFX FX Chips - on a side note I once paid £80 for Virtua Racing on the Megadrive) - I continued to improve as a player. I've always been competitive in anything I do so putting in the hours on consoles to get the edge over my mates was becoming increasingly important.

Goldeneye on the N64 proved to be a key milestone, as did Pro Evolution, Mario Kart, TFC, Counterstrike and most recently Call of Duty 4.

And I didn't just play. Oh no I studied. This was a way of life, an art. In fact my own friends were not good enough anymore and I started playing online. In friendlies, in tournaments in fact anything where the stakes were high. It was around the counterstrike era that money became involved so you can see how much time I spend on the PC and console just bettering myself.

In fact the stakes online weren't high enough anymore and I started actually going to televised events where, I'm proud to say I've won over £10,000 in prize money.

Yep, I've been beating Pro's across the nation when I should have been plying a real mans trade like carpentry or something I dunno...
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 17:17, Reply)