Ha. Boy, can I relate to that.

I started roleplaying here when I was fourteen years old, even though I signed up when I was thirteen. I did most of my roleplaying on my iPod for several years and it was easily the hobby that defined my upbringing. I both did GMing and regular playing. I was somewhat ambitious but not particularly successful. I guess I just didn't work hard enough. C'est la vie.

Anyhow, my dad was convinced that roleplaying was emotionally unhealthy and would lead to me attempting to act out my roleplays across the city. The older I get, the dumber that sounds in retrospect. He read my emails and implied that I had at some point agreed that I wouldn't do this sort of thing (which very definitely never happened, he had been recovering from years of drug abuse, general neuroticism and pretending to outgrow his own childhood trauma). So I would hide my hobby, getting guilt tripped and dropping in and out.

These days I'm just a regular flake, though. Long live the RolePlayerGuild. Pleased to have you back, [@hide on mana]. I'm more of a punk than a metalhead, but hey #WeAreTheCounterCulture. I admit, there is some cool musical stuff coming out of Japan. RPGs like Trails to Zero really make me wish I could read Japanese sometimes.