My mom supported the hobbies I shared with my little sister, and we found the barely ventilated gaming rooms that lurked in the depths of anime conventions. I didn't have much of a chance, I was a total videogame and anime-obsessed dork before I even made it to high school, and discovered online forums with like-minded weirdos.

He'd always take the warp levels as far as possible. ' Whenever he'd play games in front of me, he went as fast as possible, on a straight path. He also casually mentioned that he and his friends would try to beat games 'as fast as possible. (also known as 'turtle tipping' and brought to me via Super Mario All-Stars) to stack up infinite lives. I have a very distinct memory of my brother showing me how to do a 'trick' where you jump on a Koopa shell for as long as possible in 3-1 of Super Mario Bros. There was already a Nintendo in the house my parents were early adopters of console gaming and had an Atari, Collecovision, and Intellivision.

My older siblings were already in their late teens when my younger sister and I were given a Super Nintendo for Christmas, which I consider my first gaming system. My brother sent pictures to 80s gaming mags for photographic proof of his scores for clout and a chance to win prizes in a time that even predated the existence of Twin Galaxies. While cleaning out my parent's house to sell it last year, I found developed photos of an ancient CRT with barely visible Pitfall! scores. During pre-internet days in my household, it was primarily from well-worn gaming magazines and my older brother. I've been subconsciously aware of competitive gaming since I was a kid.

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