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by thenerdhead 1632 days ago
When I was 12 it was Counter Strike & World of Warcraft.

Nobody knew how to install weapon skins, sprays, or custom maps, so I learned how to do that & taught people in my clan how.

Nobody knew how to organize 40 player raids, so I learned how to host a forum & build a guild website for recruiting new players.

Eventually, I learned the power of automation and setting up bots to do the repetitive tasks on WoW like grinding honor and mining ore to make a little bit of money to pay for the subscriptions & computer parts.

It got to a point where I could level & gear a character up while I was at school and then do the fun PvP (player vs. player) arenas to get a special "Gladiator" title & sell the account on ebay for a pretty penny because it gave people a faster mount. Good times.