(approved by Sophie)
First look at these pictures from my copy of the Guinness Book 2012 Gamers Edition:
Before you potentially say, "OMG, YOU'RE THE BEST AT SONIC, I LOVE YOU!" or "YOU'RE A NARCISSIST FOR SHOWING THIS!" the reasons behind this were much darker than most people would expect. Do not send me a message about this unless you understand my reasons for playing video games competitively.
Witness my past (from my Google site):
Some say that people with Asperger's syndrome are inferior, but here's the thing: I have it, so does the creator of Pokemon, George Lucas the father of Star Wars has it, Bill Gates of Microsoft fame is certainly worth noting as well. You may wonder how I got where I am in video games: you see, when I was about four or five years of age, I played a Sega Genesis with Sonic The Hedgehog 2, thus my first game ever, I then desired to be the fastest thing in the world, but sadly, physics made me realize my limits. Before I lost hope, I received that same Genesis with a few games. Sadly, the machine broke and I was sad, then the PC version of Sonic 3 & Knuckles was released and things went fine. People bullied me, even said that I was an humiliation to my family and the "R word". The excessive bullying partially made me develop a chronic, sometimes physically self-abusive inferiority complex. A Nintendo Gamecube was a holiday present one year with Sonic Mega Collection, featuring all the Sonic games I had in my early days and I felt nostalgia. After some ups and downs in school, I saw segments of the movie King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, and remembered my early wish and thought, "if my own legs can't be the best, I will simply use my childhood-present hero's to be the best instead!" So, with some practice, I completed a few speed runs and points runs in Sonic games. In fact three of my records were mentioned in the Guinness Book of World Records: Gamers Edition 2012, truly a positive shock since I was trying to prove stereotypes of people with autism to be absolutely false and make a wish of earning respect come true at last. As a result, I feel better about myself and the poor self-esteem is no more. As long as I exist, sticking up for the minority is my mission, I saw too many people be bullied for thinking differently, just like me to not care. The majority of people don't realize that Asperger's Syndrome has benefits, which made my task easier.
So to sum it up, I made an impossible wish come true using my child hero Sonic The Hedgehog (and Knuckles The Echidna), constructive use of anger and revenge, stick up for people who are mocked despite that they get strengths for having Asperger's Syndrome. Defiance is often bad, but I used that to prove that incomplete/poorly informed information leads to misunderstandings of what IS there.
Though not mentioned on my site, I had not one, not two, but THREE suicidal periods growing up, each partially from pressure to "live up to expectations" and I'm 20 now, this provided another reason, to potentially save people that are bullied from "not being like everyone else" from doing so. My individuality allowed me to gain more knowledge than most my age and allowed me to not think in absolutes.
I even used my being Guinnessed to set up a charity for the voice actor Dan Green (Knuckles champion helps former Knuckles with his tragedy). It's on his Guestbook right now.
You know what, you sir, are AWESOME!
Not only a great Sonic Fan/Gamer (congrats on the record book) but also proving that people with Asperger's are just as good (if not abit better, lol) then others.
I myself have been accused of having Asperger's, never been proven either way though.
Also, if you don't mind me asking (as a big Knuckles fan) what tragedy is Mr.Green currently going through?
All Will Know The Wonder Of My Dark & Jewled Sky, When All The World Is Wrapped In An Eternal Lullabye.
I apologize for my late response, but his wife died giving birth to twins, I simply had to set up a charity (that sadly no one has talked to me about), he suffered one of many reasons why the idea of me as a father frightens me, that and his being Knuckles made it a thoughtful pun. Even more irony, I share a birthday with Seto Kaiba's namesake, the desert god Set and Dan was in Yugioh. (For those reading, visit my Facebook page "Support Dan Green Through Video Games" for the games I can sign, I charge a little bit since I need to return the games and send the rest to Dan, I set it up through Mike Pollock (Dr. Eggman) who has been helping Dan since this incident in November
Once upon a time, Lime from Saber Marionette was so cute with her hugs, a real person decided to give lots of hugs. THE END Megumi Hayashibara may be in her 40s, but she still looks adorable. Zzzzz....... Deficiency of cuteness detected, initiating Kawaii Cannon! There was a hug monster who gave lots of hugs and we all lived happily ever after. THE END
You, sir, are an inspiration.
I don't have Asperger's but I can relate to the bullying. I went through a lot of that in my early years since I was overweight, liked to read, and suffered from extreme depression. Channeling anger into something constructive was a big part of my survival too.
People have attached far too much negativity to a natural aspect of the human soul. Anger and a sense of defiance are important necessities for humans: they drive us to do things when other emotions are absent. Defiance is a good thing, especially in the face of injustice and intolerance.
Why people get so bent out of shape just because someone doesn't fit into a mold is beyond me though. All that really matters in life is what you can and can't do and what you want and don't want to do.
English dubs rule! Spread the love, raise the profit, get more anime.
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@Metal: Well thats depressing, I hope he's able to get through this tragedy
@Richard: Agreed. Great people will always be bullied by those who don't understand, sadly.
BOT: Again major props on the reords brah! As Sonic would say, "WAY PAST COOL!
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All Will Know The Wonder Of My Dark & Jewled Sky, When All The World Is Wrapped In An Eternal Lullabye.
I don't have Asperger's but I can relate to the bullying. I went through a lot of that in my early years since I was overweight, liked to read, and suffered from extreme depression. Channeling anger into something constructive was a big part of my survival too.
People have attached far too much negativity to a natural aspect of the human soul. Anger and a sense of defiance are important necessities for humans: they drive us to do things when other emotions are absent. Defiance is a good thing, especially in the face of injustice and intolerance.
Why people get so bent out of shape just because someone doesn't fit into a mold is beyond me though. All that really matters in life is what you can and can't do and what you want and don't want to do.
@Richard: Agreed. Great people will always be bullied by those who don't understand, sadly.
BOT: Again major props on the reords brah! As Sonic would say, "WAY PAST COOL!
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Thanks guys, sorry I was SOOO late with responding, how do I set notifications on when people reply to me? I'm kinda naive with this.
Oh, and there were bits of my past related to anime that LITERALLY were keeping me from self-mutilation, but that's another story (unless you count buying the imported video games). Now, the hatred of being "below" or "insignifigent" also harshly reduced what I can watch and read even now without being aggressive in response to trauma involving the feeling of being inferior. (Evengelion in general, Sasuke and Garra's childhoods in Naruto etc.)I won't watch these or similar stories again because they seem to "attack" my need to be special and have meaning. Of course, having meaning was part of my revenge in the first place, not of arrogance, but to be loved and to love myself. Now, on a much brighter note: I also have the time that beats all NES times on the Wii version of the blacksheep of Castlevania:CV II Simon's Quest http://twingalaxies.com/php/player/ShowScore.php?t1=438288&t2=328748214168&t3=280687579170&t4=412965856014&t5=546511004322&d=3 Man, I must really like unpopular games and give them a chance!
Once upon a time, Lime from Saber Marionette was so cute with her hugs, a real person decided to give lots of hugs. THE END Megumi Hayashibara may be in her 40s, but she still looks adorable. Zzzzz....... Deficiency of cuteness detected, initiating Kawaii Cannon! There was a hug monster who gave lots of hugs and we all lived happily ever after. THE END
So yea.... I happen to have Aspergers as well. >.< I mean look at my I've worked my butt off to make it as a game journalist and get my self known at some top companies.
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First off, I wanna say congrats on getting in the World Records on Sonic games. I'm no fan of sonic games, but hey, congrats anyway.
Second, I too have Asperger's as well, and I do believe that people with Asperger's have some advantages over others, and since it's different with everyone, it really varies as to who and what he/she is capable of.I've been bullied PLENTY of times in my past and I've been suicidal over it, but over course I felt that there was much more to live for. I'm (as of this post) 21 years old, still finding a job, no drivers licenses, etc. so I'm EXTREMELY limited by what I can do. Sure there is public transportation where I live (Minnetonka, MN), and because of that I try to be places an hour or two early for whatever means.
As far as gaming, I'm not a completive gamer by any means (although, if you play with/against me, you'll think I am). I enjoy playing games online like "COD" or "YOU DON'T KNOW JACK", I just play for fun almost regardless of who I'm dealing with. The only game I go "All Guns Blazing" is "Pump It Up", because there is a lot more to that game series that is over looked by many then just stepping on arrows to music. ([Heck], I could probably write a book about it.) I do use gaming as a "get away" kind of thing at night or as an "anti-depressant" (depending on the game), it's a good stress reliever especially music games (for me), because it makes me focused and takes my mind off whatever I'm stressed about, and after few songs, I feel a whole lot better. I guess being a gamer has it's perks if used properly. I try not to make it my "drug".
--@AgeTyree
First thing I can say is cool - not everyone can do something to get into the GBWR, so, I say, cool and good job, you have a right to be proud, you own that.
I also want to thank you for bringing up Asperger's syndrome, I had no idea it existed, but after hearing about it on this thread and doing some research, I can confidently say I have it.
The reason for my thank you is that you made me aware of its existance - after my research it explains a lot of my behaviours, past and present - even to this day I still see the signs. I'm not going to divulge my entire life story, but things weren't alaways as good as they are for me know. I went through a lot of crap to get everything from my job, to my knowledge and ability to read people and socialize with them(which took a lot of practice and someone to actually help me with) that I have now. It explains why I can sit for hours and hours playing bass developing techniques, or why I need everything planned and when something comes up that disrupts my routine I get very upset or anxious, I expect certain thigns to occur at certain times.
One thing I do know is myself much better, and I always knew something was up, from the time I was just a kid, I knew I was different from people at school and even my brothers, sister, cousins, I almost felt as though I was from a different family, like I didn't fit, I went through the BS of kids at school hunting me down and beating the crap out of me for no good reason, there was even one year it got so bad I missed so much school and my sister brough my homework home during that time- but this continued on even into my adult life - which consisted of two abusive relationships (I was the abused - vocally, sometimes physically - and I took it for a long time) - which is why I'm steering clear of relationships at the moment, four suicide attempts - which I fortunatly failed a; numerous crappy jobs and basically no stucture in my life, no plan. The fact that my mother passed away almost 12 years ago I feel was one of the primary triggers that brought this about.
It wasn't until the last three years I decided to stop feeling sorry for my self and give myself a break by going back to school, working a decent job and about a year ago getting into a good company and really pushing to get the position I wanted. Sounds selfish, but nobody was going to do it for me - I had to do it myself, for myself.
I spend most of my time alone, I'm single. I don't have a best friend, or any real close friends, however, with the way things are, I'm not lonely, I find I always have something to do, I relish in the freedom I have for (with the exception of work) I am not obligated to anyone, time to myself is actually quite enjoyable. I still have enjoy a social life, I get together with old friends I worked with, I enjoy the company of my current coworkers while on the job (we got a lot of good people there) gatherings with my family every week or two, although I am and feel different from them, they are my family and there's something comforting about being around them.
And there I go, rambling again when I was just going to comment on your achievement and the Asperger's syndrome and I probably wrote too much information.
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Not a problem, as I heard in the 2nd episode of Saber Marionette J, "sometimes the defective ones are the coolest." The oddballs get awesome advantages, heck as a result of my proving the stereotype false, a running joke in my life now is that I am Chuck Norris Ziese. (no cowboy outfit... yet)
Once upon a time, Lime from Saber Marionette was so cute with her hugs, a real person decided to give lots of hugs. THE END Megumi Hayashibara may be in her 40s, but she still looks adorable. Zzzzz....... Deficiency of cuteness detected, initiating Kawaii Cannon! There was a hug monster who gave lots of hugs and we all lived happily ever after. THE END
Anyone have suggestions of old school games to try to world record for NES, SNES and Genesis?
Once upon a time, Lime from Saber Marionette was so cute with her hugs, a real person decided to give lots of hugs. THE END Megumi Hayashibara may be in her 40s, but she still looks adorable. Zzzzz....... Deficiency of cuteness detected, initiating Kawaii Cannon! There was a hug monster who gave lots of hugs and we all lived happily ever after. THE END