The Story of the Sickest Ping Alive

[Amaterachu1]

"Looking at my earlier messages I can see how much I've grown through my experiences. I used to be so full of energy and cocky about my rising status in the KFPSOLL. I often bit off more than I could chew and took challenges that were unrealistic to overcome, and rather than coping and learning from my mistakes I tried to maintain a sense of grandeur and lie to save face. I was so obsessed with the glory, that I let it get in the way of my real growth. Now that I'm up here I realize that glory wasn't really what I wanted, I'm now where I always wanted to be and somehow I enjoyed the climb much more. I never really wanted the glory, otherwise I'd be ecstatic with where I am, so what did I want and what do I want now? Right now I wish for nothing more than to go back and choose a new path, one where I didn't have to sell my soul for glory, one where I could've kept growing in healthy ways, one where I didn't push myself over the peak. As for what I did want? Even I don't really know, maybe I did want this but was too naïve to understand the pressure and loneliness that comes with being here, maybe I was just looking for something to spice up my average routine, maybe I just wanted to challenge myself to do something no one else could say they can. This game has given me a lot, but it has also taken away so much more. So many people abandoned me on the way — friends, family, significant others — they thought I was crazy, they didn't understand, Heck, I didn't even understand. I thought by finally getting here they'd get it, but all they said was something along the lines "I don't care how good you are at a licensed Kung Fu Panda platform fighter made by a bankrupt company that is no longer even produced". It hurts realizing that all the time I put into my Ping and climbing the ranks could have been spent cultivating relationships and strengthening my pre-existing bonds. I just wish that becoming a Legendary Legend was worth all the loss that I have faced because of it."