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The Slots Story.
Before I start with this, I just want to let everyone know whose reading this that these events happened probably 8 ish years ago? Possibly even more. I wanted to make this journal entry about my stories, experiences and memories I've had on Gaiaonline. But to be a little more specific, it would be in the slot rooms. Due to all of these happening so long ago, it will be a bit hard to recollect all of my memories exactly to how it was. I'll try to piece things together the best I can. Anyway, lets take a look into some of the great times, bad times, and hilarious times I've had on this site.
First off, I wanna say that compared to most of the people I'm going to be talking about in this recollection of memories, I was a bit of a newcomer. I stumbled upon this little community totally by chance around 2006 or 05. I remember going into a slot room, this was back when you could actually name the rooms yourself and it wasn't just titled X's or Y's Slots room. You can probably only imagine the names of the rooms that were listed at the time. I wish that I could remember the name of the room, but I don't think it really mattered. The first people I remembered encountering was a fellow named Brad, a girl named Madi, and another person who I only can remember as Crayola Explosions [[ Sorry, my memory isn't that great. ]] I could probably be defined at the complete definition of a noob. Apparently you were classified as a noob if you weren't literate, and if you didn't know how to change the color of your text, you were obviously not a slot reg. All of these things of which I was totally unaware of. Thank god I was completely socially retarded, because if I was, there would be no story.
The slots almost reminded of High School. There was online friendships, cliques and dare I say it relationships. This group in particular was my first group of friends I was some what close too. Brad seemed to be like the leader and more popular person in the group, followed by Madi and then Crayola. If I'm being quite honest, Brad was a bit obnoxious and cocky, and probably someone I wouldn't really find myself associated with. But like any new kid on the block, I wanted to belong. I was taken under the wings of this group and we were all pretty good friends. Brad and I would play CoD sometimes, while Madi would call me Jackie Chan. I would find myself logging into the slot rooms and just going there to talk about random stupid crap with them. And of course, if some random person was in the last spot before we were all situated, we would curse at them and rage at them to leave so one of our own could take their rightful spot in the room.
Through that group I met a couple of other slot room regulars that would stop by every once in a while. Some of these people included Liddi [Douche bag biatch]. Rybbi [Robin i think.], Kathy [ I can't remember her name at this moment.] and many others. Unfortunately, the comparison I made to High School was all too accurate. Certain people wouldn't like other certain people. Probably for really dumb reasons that I can't really remember at this moment. I remember in particular that Brad and Rybbi has some crazy beef due to a falling out. And because Brad was my "Friend" at the time, I sort of was influenced on the way I looked at her. I was young, and was afraid to lose some of the few online friends I had. It seem's really stupid now [ And it is ], but I dreaded being abandoned from a group of friends I worked so hard to gain.
So the war between the two cliques continued. We would gossip about each other and talk s**t about them behind their backs. Completely childish, but at the time it was a odd way we all bonded with each other. In Rybbi's group,, I felt like I was suppose to be cold towards them, but one person in particular was someone who was just so damn nice that I really couldn't hate them. This person was someone who ended becoming my longest standing friend on this site, and that was Liddi. Everyone loved her, she was just a joy to be around and she never really got on anyones bad side. We use to make stupid soulja raps on each others comments until we realized how lame we were, she was a great friend to have. Another person who I wasn't exactly super close to but is an important person in this story was Kathy. She was cute, and she was nice for the most part. I remember she had a online boyfriend named Chris who was a rather large fellow that was considered more popular than me. Kathy is very important to this story because she introduced me to someone that played an important part in this story. Her name was Mizu.
Well, at least that I was told her name was. Mizu and I were basically set up through Kathy. Kathy apparently said something to her about me and she was interested. BOOM, I was in! I had my very first online relationship. This would of been all hearts and roses, but when you bring someone into your life, you have to take the entire package that comes with it. Mizu wasn't exactly the most popular person among Rybbi, Brad, and a bunch of other people. She dated around alot an apparently even Brad went out with her a while back. I felt like I was just going to be another one of those guys she dated, and was starting to kind of doubt our relationship. But instead, I chose to ignore what others had to say about her and I wanted try and stick things out.
Mizu and I got along quite well, we were both gamers, both had a similar sense of humor. I will say however, I was a bit of a push over. But this was basically my first relationship, so I was very agreeable and even a bit naive. Back then I use to think she was a little bit more of a "Tough love" kind of girl. This could be true to an extent, but I never really was assertive or argued back. The main reason was because I was clingy and didn't want to mess things up. I often remember times where I would ask Liddi questions about her because Mizu herself wouldn't really be too open with me. Never the less, we stayed together for quite a while. We talked on MSN for long hours and had our own stupid little inside jokes with each other, even playing games like Maplestory and Gunz. The hardest part about online relationships was the fact that if they just decided to disappear, then they just disappear and its out of your power or control. That was sorta what happened with us. But it wasn't all her. I was clingy, and was always smothering her with affection. I wasn't assertive and I never argued back with her. Because of this, we had a very off and on relationship. And the one thing I wanted and never got for a while was closure. She left and never really said much, At one point I was so anxious where she was I would bombard her with texts until she finally told me that I needed to stop and move on. And just like that, I deleted her number from my phone, and just tried to go on.
It wasn't easy, as stupid as it sounds. I really did care for Mizu. I was always there to listen to whatever bothered her, and I stuck through all the mysteriousness just to spend five minutes on the phone talking about stupid yet hilarious things. I would often sulk and just talk to Liddi or Madi about how I really missed her. In the end, I realized I hardly knew anything about her, or who she was. Not even sure who she really was or if she was actually who she claimed to be. And to be honest, I don't blame her. I was an internet boyfriend. Plain and simple. But through all the mysteriousness, I really didn't care if I didn't know who she was. I enjoyed her company and I don't regret the time I spent with her.
Mizu was a like I said, a really huge part of my life. And it sort of defined me as a person. I became known as "That new guy who dated Mizu for a long time." which didn't really bother me. But after we went our separate ways, I was once again with out a group or an identity.
Eventually, I didn't really talk to many people that I used to. Liddi was the only person I really gravitated too. She was nice and understanding, and she was really helpful in helping me get over Mizu. She helped me feel like I belong. Not so much in a group but more along the lines of just having a friend. Because of her bringing me back to the slots basically, I got to meet new people. Allie [Well, that's a long story.] Angel, Darien, Damaris, Kelly. And of course Anna, who I briefly dated for a bit as well! This was probably one of the most fun times I had on this site. Everyone was very friendly, and for once I felt like one of the more popular guys in the group. Who doesn't like seeing their named blown up in the slot rooms when they enter? In fact, somewhere in my journal you can see all the things they said about me in little profile shout outs. They were all great people.
It's been a while, but I'll give my honest thoughts and opinions on some of the people I remember from the slots room.
Liddi - Probably the nicest person I met and someone I got genuinely close too. She really did care for her friends and she was someone that you could always talk too. She made fun of me for being a boy scout though... Anyway, I think it's safe to say everyone loved her, and it was easy to see why.
Brad - When it comes down to it, he was nice to me and did listen to my problems most of the time. We had some good times. I did notice that sometimes the way he acted was a bit obnoxious, but he was never ill mannered toward me.
Maddi - She made me laugh alot. She was hilarious and was someone that could also be a good friend to talk to. I felt a bit bad that I always tried to drag her into my problems, but she was a good sport about how weird I was. And also, I don't look like Jackie Chan.
Mizu - It's safe to say that I was rather infatuated with you. I was a clingy, mushy, and a bit of a push over. Yet you tolerated that for a while, which I totally give props too. I remember buying you maplestory points so we could have rad hair. If I could go back in time, I probably wouldn't have been as clingy and would of snapped at you. I enjoyed our conversations on the phone that lasted hours, and I hope you did as well.
Casey - You were also a good friend to me. One of the first people that taught me how to change my text color and told me to be literate lol. Thanks for being a good friend, and I hope you're doing well!
Rybbi - It saddens me to hear what happened to her. Although we never really got a long per say. I wish I took the time to get to know you a bit more rather than judging you just based off of what others said. I was young and easily influenced. Never the less, I think I took your harsh honesty as hostility and it kind of put a rift between us. And btw, Liddi was your biggest supporter <3
Allie, or Anna or whatever - As Allie, you were my close friend and I loved just talking about random s**t with you for hours. We would yell blargh at each other for no reason and have a blast with it. As Anna, well I was already falling out of the scene at that point, but never the less, if you were the same person I'm sure we would of got along fine.
Angel - I think I still had you on facebook for a while. Was cool that you liked competitive melee like me. I remember talking to you about the most random things along with Allie.
Darien - It was fun to talk to you for long hours on the phone. Make up stupid raps about you and what not. I remember you and Kelly made a hilarious shout out video and I was in it! Thanks again, and take care with whatever you are doing in life.
Damaris - I always talked about playing basketball with you one day. You were a homie and it always made me happy when you had nice things to say about me. Take care, and I hope you're still balling somewhere!
Kelly - I met you through Darien, and I remember we had some stupid thing where we would say like "I hate you so much" or something along those lines. Whatever you're doing in life, I hope things go well for you. And I hope you and Darien are still great friends as well!
Kathy - I was never suuuuuper close to you. As stupid as it sounds, I felt a bond with you cause we were both Asian. And not to mention you hooked me up with Mizu. Hope you are doing well!
Anna - I remember we briefly dated for a bit. You were very nice to me and you were a nice change of pace for me. Thanks for being understanding and I hope you are doing well with whatever you are doing. I'm not sure if I still have you on facebook, but I'll try to get this to you somehow.
I'm gonna give some quick shout outs to people I slightly remember or people I remember and weren't really close with.
Ashmodai, you had such a german name.
Doomcookie, you were...interesting haha. Heard you lost a ton of weight on Wii Fit though, awesome!
Waynebrizzle - I just remember you went out with Liddi and I think Rybbi as well.
Ms Psycho, I remember talking about salads with you.
Chelsea, I think I still have you on skype. lulz.
[[ To be finished. ]]
 Kid Aloha · Fri Dec 19, 2014 @ 01:53am · 0 Comments |
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