12-13-2007, 03:56 AM
I never felt shunned because i had others of my kind with me back then.
All the groups i hung out with during elementary and high school pretty much had videogames and cartoons on the brain. Even though some of us did play sports (hey, i was on the track team back during my junior and senior years) or were total brainiacs (the class valedictorian was our best SFZero player, near unbeatable with Adon and Guile), the centerpiece of our after-school and weekend activities consisted of us hanging out at a designated-somebody's room and playing games all day long.
In class, we all sat at the back of the room and all of our seats were covered (read: vandalized) with cheat codes, game titles and the like. All of our discussion revolved around games and anime (just a scant handful back then -late 90's). We were also the guys who first discovered anime way before it became mainstream in the Phils. Saturday morning cartoons were with me almost since i first learned to walk, I've been watching Voltron for as long as i could remember and i first saw Robotech on cable in the early 90's. We first saw Yu Yu Hakusho on ch.13 and Slam Dunk on ch.5 in '96 and '97 way before the became famous on GMA-7.
Looking back, i just realized that i've been a geek for almost my entire life! Alright!
All the groups i hung out with during elementary and high school pretty much had videogames and cartoons on the brain. Even though some of us did play sports (hey, i was on the track team back during my junior and senior years) or were total brainiacs (the class valedictorian was our best SFZero player, near unbeatable with Adon and Guile), the centerpiece of our after-school and weekend activities consisted of us hanging out at a designated-somebody's room and playing games all day long.
In class, we all sat at the back of the room and all of our seats were covered (read: vandalized) with cheat codes, game titles and the like. All of our discussion revolved around games and anime (just a scant handful back then -late 90's). We were also the guys who first discovered anime way before it became mainstream in the Phils. Saturday morning cartoons were with me almost since i first learned to walk, I've been watching Voltron for as long as i could remember and i first saw Robotech on cable in the early 90's. We first saw Yu Yu Hakusho on ch.13 and Slam Dunk on ch.5 in '96 and '97 way before the became famous on GMA-7.
Looking back, i just realized that i've been a geek for almost my entire life! Alright!
"May those who accept their fate find happiness. May those who defy their fate find glory."
