>be 12-14 years old
>fake stomach ache
>get to stay home from school
>enjoy glorious Runescape/WoW and early Halo and CoD era of gaming
>those long summer mornings and afternoons where you'd be levelling and BTFO your friends from school when they logged in that night and you had a huge headstart
>how jealous they'd be when you told them everything you did
>lie down for 1 hr when mummybot gets home and get a comfy soup made for you
those were the days lads
>>35266993
>those were the days lads
and it's all over
>>35267057
shh, they can't take our memories away anon
>tfw rushing in a few cheeky Warsong Gulches before school started
>>35267176
>tfw beating Gravemind on legendary for the first time
>tfw 11 years later you barely enjoy games
>>35266993
>be 9 years old
>wake up at 4am
fucking jackpot 2 hours of vidya before parents wake up