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Gaming Life Chapter One: A New Player
Rick loves his MMORPG, but when a new player joins his guild, he becomes a bit weary.
I wouldn’t call myself an addict, but it was always on my mind, even at work, with my family, or friends. I couldn’t help myself. I loved the game ever since my friend Gregg turned me onto it, I just couldn’t stop myself, but it wasn’t just the game.
I liked the guild I was in; they were a bit childish at times, but we were outstanding, second best on the server when things came down to it.
The Tears of Trigon was our guild name; we had over seventy members. In the MMORPG gaming world, we were good. We did raids together, dungeons, and quests.
We were like a family; some of them I hated, some I liked, and others I would give my right arm.
‘Can’t believe Natalie turned me down,’ Gregg texted me as I got off work.
‘Dude, you were trying too hard, as usual,’ I replied, throwing my stuff to the floor.
Natalie, or KillerInstinct, was one of the frost mages in our guild.
‘Well, fuck her!’ Gregg said.
I knew he didn’t mean it; he had been chasing Natalie for over two years now. When she divorced Ken or Tiamat, every guy in our guild had been on…
