There was a study that has discussed that it takes 10,000 hours to master a skill. That all athletes, musicians, strategy game players (chess), etc. etc. have spent over 10,000 overs to hone their talent.
At this point I know I've beat that mark for video games. At your age I easily had that many hours put into games too, probably more, which you probably do too when it comes to games you play without Xfire on. I spent my early teen years on Starsiege Tribes and Diablo 2, playing 8 - 10 hours a day, more during the summer.
I've been refurbished and reissued, prepackaged and precooked, decontaminated and deloused, but I still smell, sound, look and feel like shit.
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