[b]Friends, many months ago, I entered the dojo. It was the first time I had seen such a thing. Roleplaying seemed such an intresting affair, I took haste in creating a character, one many have noticed as being based off of an enderman from the popular game 'minecraft'. Though, in my haste, I didn't see what was and what was not looked upon highly. I started a fight, and quickly saw how intricate a sport roleplay is. Using my character's innate abilities, which, in hindsight, do seem slightly overly powerful, I frantically attacked, and shadeformed, untill my opponent killed me, without my permission. Whether this was justified is a different argument. I saw myself as having won. Some leuten - autocorrect - does - nothing ants disagreed. Nevertheless, I carried on in the brave new world, learning new things,( including why never to electrocute a demon), meeting new people and generally enjoying myself. Then things got sour. Taking it upon theirself to take me down, a certain deity informed all my combatants that I was illegitimate. A push came to a shove, and I made a post, announcing my legitimacy. Obviously the deity had backing, and I was banned. And so I drifted from roleplay to roleplay, creating rules to stop this from repeating it's self. As of now, I can fill a page with them. Suddenly, after I was sure it had died, I found this, very much alive. After digging for an hour streight, I found no trace of the order of my ban. I logically concluded it did not exist. After asking for another fight, I was voted out. Should a man be based off of his past actions? I was a baby. Now I am a man. Hence the speach. It is hard to keep down a man who has nothing to lose. How many people here have, in hindsight, regretted a perminant affair. Maybe a divorce. Maybe not studying for an exam. Maybe missing an interview. [quote]many people who give up didn't know how close they were to success when they gave up. [/quote] I can distinctly recall writing those words at the desk, in my youth. I was writing to my headmaster, asking for another chance at scholarship stream. Before you look away, and dismiss this as the ramblings of an idiot, ask yourself this: Have you ended a relationship from a single moment of anger? Have you ever fallen, and given up? Would you go back and stop it? Think on that, my friends.[/b]