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Prologue:c07776e61333df5d

I am good at gaming.cf6e55e00da91815

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This was certain.0eabf30983c258f6

From my elementary school 2da75800dd days, when I barely e83aba12f4 knew anything, to now, 8fb210e904 when I’ve grown a 0e6d6e5706 bit, no matter what 7fa356b3ce kind of game it 61be51b478 was, I have always 0380b26009 been among the top 941e8e4432 1% of players.b9693bb9de2a6ae0

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But there’s always 05d24a8b08 someone flying above 9453187776 the ones who bd688b9024 run.430a2d01204c0241

I was painfully 9720df58d6 reminded of that d8dbdcb6f3 truth four months 83a75d7964 ago.76147f46f5242d6b

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“Fuck this shit!”96ab5bdb672a1259

I spat out 08a4416319 a curse and 4789ff5060 slammed my keyboard. The expensive gaming keyboard flickered d4ca060dd0 with colorful lights.d7c13c1182149dab

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“They won again? That piece of shit…”8506a06f31b1dce2

The enemy team 78293e62be had stormed our 4f4dc46c9d base and was 0dc4ab8be1 relentlessly pounding the 968177e0b6 Nexus. I was already 0c93bf9753 dead, staring at 8d07df83bd the gray-toned death 448833dad1 screen with an 04c6da29ba expression full of 9fbbab53d9 rage when the 62bd93cad1 enemy team’s chat 994cc7e4bf appeared in red 2bab99b2c4 text.74856d67feb1fd14

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[All] LVS gamgack (Serata):Jg gp¹34c27b8699829958

[All] LVS gamgack (Serata): no?2fc832d13d34f31c

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[All] LVS gamgack (Serata): Hehe975054b03284575e

[All] ifyouinterfereyoullbeblocked (Luna): Ikr LOLef62c6f5125bcd3f

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[All] thatismyminion (Umpa): Waah Such aComfortable ride²~4ab3f73e73f8cffb

What? Jungler Gap?381a5f4c9246af2a

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My eyes burned with anger.834160daff974021

Are you kidding me…? A pro player c02dda74d9 wins a jungle 4588c9db63 fight against a f31f04d4df regular user and 58b536da1a dares to talk 09a6dae241 about a skill 888065bff7 gap? Of course, you’d win! If I had the 73fe3983b0 skills to crush you 4b7f51420c in the jungle, I’d c0af89e9fb be making bank as 16f891a86e a pro gamer, not 11b194ea2d wasting time here! Just how thick is his 2283c05b18 skin?f9ad6be582e802a9

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“Ha, this is pissing me off…”c75e3c79379d1870

Before I could even react, d7cb6b7ae8 the game ended.2327727c905a93ac

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The screen changed, 174f92df6c and the damage 6858b04d94 chart popped up. Even though I ca2ea925cc was the jungler, f58a8c9fcb my damage output 78109bf791 was twice that 7cfae626b4 of the laners.6ea252e30314e0d4

These damn bastards…ad9102cb77d1cb99

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[LVS gamgack: Hey, sleepy]a0115f3cac0f6c76

[LVS gamgack: Got a sec?]ee43e635c66a8eef

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As I stared at the 4b2221e028 frustrating damage chart, a chat 4bd75aa554 message appeared. The enemy jungler 5593d4f31a had messaged me.e27a2825574daa36

But I wasn’t interested in db0d1bb235 whatever he had to say, 6d9e1c25ce so I quickly hit the b65db30b6e exit button.cebb3f8e2bd908b5

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“Haa…”80dd8638a8c005bf

I was about to 53b4cd66b3 quit the game altogether, 1269ff5cd3 knowing that if I f2c68a3ec0 started another match in d212d1a2a7 this state, I wouldn’t e3213ddaaf be able to concentrate.7b9c6653be84d178

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Just then, a yellow 52a3eadce9 light flickered in my dc84c5a97a friend request window.5b252c8bed755151

“What now?”dfccca6cd552d395

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I checked it 035615599a out, only to af7bb2a636 see that the 63d8366fd8 enemy jungler had fbdcf973ba sent me a a070e94016 friend request.414188628b1353b0

He was a currently 7e6c91357c trending pro, an absolute b4c5621cd8 beast at the game, 6c9541e446 and on top of 31c991f538 that, had a face e566f95628 good enough to attract d205a8f289 fans wherever he went.b8a490e291e7f0d0

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But all I 8bdf80e9f6 could do was 45808e72fa frown in frustration.480d7263669d9220

“How many times is this now?”a7c17e14b4f436b9

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I didn’t care 1ddcf29838 how impressive he 76be648a28 was.fe6e14a6fe82625a

What mattered was 4f77e5e766 that he had 73ab4f4d3e just been on 31283912c0 the opposing team dd6949dee4 and had handed 3b8bd457b1 me yet another 4bb48cf8e3 humiliating loss.15b13d70ec77fe46

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I smirked and clicked the 483be2e11d mouse.ee05d3e4c3a1dd64

[Decline]19f12fa4abbd59bf

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Did you think a5207b7d2b I’d get all 57d37897cf excited and accept 5b15a35394 just because you eacd207932 sent me a 73628caa34 request?a3a5573e53f1173a

While I was 2fe2d803c5 at it, I a5c165cd96 finally did something ed2ca23076 I had been 25960f2489 considering for a 1d7f12e0ee while—adding that bastard 2a03ff8612 to my block a7e384cbb1 list.5c04a2b8e3549623

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“Now that feels a little better.”61310433beba68b3

LVS’s jungler, Gamgack.6cb0d253dc913e0a

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A player I had 055d16c102 faced dozens of times f1f35aacb7 but never once defeated.7d17ff1131a49c16

While I was stuck at 005339d7aa Grandmaster, struggling to climb higher, cc9c32e182 he had reached Challenger just 0e4295be53 two weeks into the new 029b9cb964 season and now hovered around 269e5f6572 the top rankings.72eda5e4c92e7118

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If the high-tier 03c2aaea96 ladder between Grandmaster 166fd5f49f and Challenger wasn’t d46a68233c so short on 71e7544881 players, I wouldn’t c170d3b80f have to run 8b055edbd7 into this monster f741c808d7 so often.b6c9c0a3d04bdb8a

And of course, since 326e754809 we both played jungle, 5fa3ded218 whenever we did meet, 367a485781 he was always my facb839dfd opponent.e250723ff653c7d5

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Whenever that happened, I c4453c7af6 had no choice but a1a05986db to painfully experience firsthand 4cfdef4b71 just how high and ed64cdb595 thick the wall of 82a8197914 pro players was.21583d295ce52cdc

Dodge?9553558e0fd12c81

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No way. My pride wouldn’t allow it.72d6470384ecd249

I grabbed a bottle of bec4975f2e water from the fridge and 42792b417f chugged down the cold liquid, aaf0bdb915 letting out a heavy sigh.c855702252b89a6a

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Honestly, the reason I was 4bbf434693 so frustrated had a lot 14ee3f851e to do with him.3d7aeb96048e83c4

For some time now, 95b3696cf4 after every game we 4adc55a162 played together, he had 60d7e380d3 been sending me friend 208fd12eb5 requests.25a4737cb4af7d46

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If that wasn’t trolling, 26598ccf92 then what was?c1da231673a4d399

It stressed me out so bd94c50f47 much that one time, I 02905642e3 even dreamed about accepting his 9b666bca29 friend request and chatting with 1702d004de him.40b1d2aba736414a

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Even in the dream, when I saw his message saying, “Want me to teach you how to jungle?” I got so pissed off that I almost exploded.9d6379374ecc31c7

“Ugh, enough of this.”a3256317204e30cf

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Thinking back on all 14b2cceb71 the humiliation I had f000f8e75c suffered at his hands, da93dcdc74 something inside me snapped.8842700444f51b34

I had just turned 0af5cb8e08 24 this year. Getting this worked 413f250e59 up over a 3ee08a988f game was honestly 7e86c8719f ridiculous.2526e5c09239e97b

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I returned to 705a056868 my seat and b429115f72 stared at the b66719de09 monitor screen for 1956c463fd a moment.63a5d55f7cadfeb8

HOL.f88812db3e51c99f

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Full name: Hero of Legend.ffdbec63ffa356e1

The undisputed number-one online 2197cf6b72 game, a famous AOS c2b714f235 game with massive global e1861f70ed tournaments.134a85f53f9b004b

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Gamgack, being a popular pro 237a23ac44 player in such a game, df353141e0 must be making loads of fe5d25c023 money.9b97774c8af5a08c

‘Well, he hasn’t been doing much since last fall’s world championship.’3d07d4ae72226205

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There were talks about him eaa01c0e58 taking a break or something, b85026ef08 but whatever.e1c6180edfa62986

The point was that 18b6dd572e this game was a d002fb69ec huge deal with a ba3dd6505d massive player base.69fa6af33268d88d

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Even though I 7ee042aefc was among the fe21243895 top 0.01% in 76af260922 the game, it c9638e47fd felt meaningless.35b717f81702bd33

The only reason I kept 282828f033 playing was the lingering desire f369158129 to defeat Gamgack just once.cb05706f96365001

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I slowly blinked, then, 487f8854f5 without hesitation, shut down 70e4745a07 the game and uninstalled 3e542e844f it.bf8e7b9952479968

After all, classes 020991bc40 were starting next 84c5c19486 week.ee287608a1f79f94

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Since I was returning to 0d94a323a9 school, there was a mountain d9050f15f6 of things I had to 9f7d391646 catch up on and study.0f880fb4b6205161

I clearly wouldn’t 8472d804e2 have any time 611c2c6f54 for gaming.69fa925f4a7386b1

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My prediction was somewhat accurate.bbb8cfe5edf4ab18

Between returning to school and bd92658bdc picking up a part-time job, e2e4d37da8 I barely had time to da6a9168a8 sleep, let alone play games.3696df2dd500adee

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But that was only 5b4fecd42e during the semester.85c1ddc14249cc63

Once vacation started, I suddenly 46796433a8 had a lot of free b701ca7099 time.9c2ec44301e8cf38

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I still had my 4db772a6cc part-time job, but since 1160706370 my schedule had been c9bc740dc0 set according to my 44889bd620 school timetable, I only 6b3250bc84 had to work three 56cb6c769d times a week for 6fcd650f61 five hours each.6e0137d72743fd56

The first week b35a67af10 of break was fab95299b0 spent drinking with cc33f75049 my classmates, but 1a081a3dd1 after two weeks, aca62616aa I found myself 8eafb8d2bb rolling around my 32f8d7948a room in boredom.c4febe3d4e9fd209

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“Should I play a game?”80257324512d46aa

The words slipped out without 5572581139 much thought, and HOL immediately 81a9323669 came to mind.22242ebce4fa1de6

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Ever since I deleted it, 3efaa40aa3 even when I went to c2ae306728 PC cafes with friends, I 6cda7134df only logged in with a 4f76c97726 secondary account.e2ab4eceb900c625

My main account had been 9f864e232e gathering dust for a long 95cc5eef4f time.55b88b46720d80bd

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“What should I do…?”c5af7bb030bdff14

Muttering to myself, bd11075bd4 I instinctively opened c7a8ccf6eb a web browser.a792841a138e9b88

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I figured I f8c1e8f01a might as well 6d929a00a7 check the forums 890e72aebd to see what c2e63eae7e was going on 1aafa403ac these days.74d86badbc594bff

Just as I b96221a138 placed my fingers caeaf4b7ed on the keyboard, fe3d3c7917 a familiar term 07a0c23cdc appeared in the 6b9136e6a5 trending searches.97812277cc907b4e

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[Genoris]2634a0be32717ebc

It was an 150bfeb034 MMORPG that had c50b147ba4 been gaining a caba4ea9f2 lot of attention ee37b38f0b lately.74ea29e0250a1cdc

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Almost unconsciously, my 3b22180ff7 mouse moved toward 454d12391a the trending search.0c6af9f9da8b39db

<Popular game ‘Genoris’ abuzz with the release of a new class…>64fd8b67b68e3547

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<Genoris unveils the new class ‘Dark Mage’—trailer released!>ac36b9b345323055

<Fresh off the press! Watch the latest Dark Mage gameplay video here…>fac5fd3ddc5a9209

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So the new class 5a0c70fe97 release was causing a f6daf63be1 frenzy.c064dafd4ed7066f

Dark Mage? What kind of badass 23ab2c5afd name is that?bffd4396bf42198e

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I naturally clicked on a 653f5909ce YouTube video.168a8bbc47627d9f

On the screen, a chibi-like, a070c60fc0 five-head-tall character wielded a sharp-tipped 83b04f5a99 staff, casting various skills.7de28847a34d2a95

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“Hmm…”cb417f0fab2c6a05

I carefully examined the f4a4ea52fa footage and skill descriptions 16134e15ab while absentmindedly touching my f9b1ee8234 lips.86d41b36f9665235

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With basic controls, you wouldn’t 08784a4738 even be able to land 52c38803d6 proper damage before getting killed.e3ad75911ff18d50

The skill combos were insanely 2126035ae3 difficult.9cba603c27aef805

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‘If you mess up the sequence even a little, you only deal 70% of the intended damage while also burning through extra mana. On top of that, e9130f199c the attack range shrinks ebdfa7c483 significantly.’c6962e12add902bb

Everyone was excited about the 32b2a0a9fd new class, but realistically, only e1b24fe5e5 one in ten players would c8843fe251 be able to master it.54c1bfe14ca9f6ee

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I clicked my tongue c28449de6f and began installing Genoris.eb5d85a5f3df7529

Ironically, it was the fact b669609133 that the class was so 22eebb43d6 brutally difficult that ignited something f80bd9c6a0 in me.3fdf085b0263ed75

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“Well… I’ll just try it out for a bit.”b2c6beefd0a961b1

Even though there 49cf63e991 was no one f3828f93f1 around to hear 9735437a5d me, I still b61e9035e5 made an excuse b05f01c222 out loud as 0056e014fe I patiently waited 3834838f2b for the installation 5192af274f bar to inch 33817ae65e forward.02ecc9db33d68af4

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Dodge: In team-based 427a7d6164 games, forcibly closing 280f6b212d the client during f74489443c character selection to 1b98f14691 avoid playing a 7a622d4ee3 match.5827d7ac5dce61e4

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