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After all of these relatively long stories I feel like I haven't said as much as I should have; or in a way that's quite as great as all of you who have currently participated in this community building activity. Of course, I'll leave what I originally posted, but I'll add to it with what is to follow this.

When it came to gaming, it's always been in my life. I would always jump up and down making a snapping sound with my fingers without actually snapping them (I have no idea what it actually be called) as I watched my brothers play various games. I don't remember all of the games I watched before playing Dungeon Siege, but I do recall that amongst them were legends such as Half-Life, Team Fortress, Counter-Strike, Super Mario Bros., Sonic and World of Warcraft. Before I continue, I have 6 siblings: Matt, 35. Luke, 33. Hannah, 30. Rick, 30. Mark, 25. Myself, 20. Becca, 18. So, it was through WoW that my brothers learned about Dungeon Siege, which one of their friends had started to play. Mark joined in with him and fell in love with the game. Though he doesn't play it anymore, he does admit that Dungeon Siege is a fantastic game.

Funnily enough, I remember watching my oldest brother playing the game on the highest difficulty, drinking potions and loudly exclaiming how he felt. Falling in love with this game just by watching it, I asked for a computer at about 11 years old. On Christmas, I finally was given my first computer; a black and green cardboard tower and a large 'fat screen' (as I like to call them) monitor. I borrowed Mark's copy of the three disc collection which was at the time in its original box. And from here on out, I would have played nothing else if it hadn't been for my best friend showing me RuneScape. Nevertheless, when I wasn't playing RuneScape, I was playing Dungeon Siege.

It was here on Dungeon Siege's Zonematch chat that I made two friends that I knew as ThatOneGuy and ArcherX. I can clearly remember one of the fantasies we had; laying on a pool, naked for some reason. In any case, ThatOneGuy and I both liked ArcherX, and ArcherX seemed to like both of us. It was around this time, I think, that my brother moved on to Guild Wars, which I eventually followed suite, though he had already become someone well known and skilled at it. Secretly at this time, I felt like my brothers were in a completely different league; I felt like I was unworthy to even watch them. It sort of hurt, but I still wouldn't complain about watching them. Hell, given the chance, I'd still watch them... albeit less energetically.

Anyhow, I joined LGC with enough knowledge to become a Lieutenant or something like that, though the thing I remember the best was attempting to create a map with a single invisible enemy to level on. I remember it was a fairly successful attempt. I would definitely love to recreate that some day. Apparently Mark played through Dungeon Siege II and liked it a bunch, but didn't stick around it for as long for one reason or another. I tried playing a pirated copy, but I could hardly get anywhere past Aman'lu until I eventually cheated and beat the game for the first time.

As technology improved, I ironically lost the ability to play Dungeon Siege at all, but I was eventually given the CD my brother once owned. One of the more recent memories for me is when he saw me playing it and said "That game is like 10 years old and you're still playing it? You must really love that game."

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So now I am here, still loving the game and, as it turns out, working on a story that I wanted to do for years. Lets hope that the end of 2015, the entirety of 2016, and all of the years that follow will be fruitful years for this game's community, our stories and our everlasting love.