//------------------------------// // Intro // Story: The Game Players // by GamePlayer64 //------------------------------// Some things can't be explained. They just are. And after a while they disappear, usually forever, or become interesting in another way - Richard Ford My name is Game Life, I’m 17 years old, I’m a high school student in the 11th grade at Canterlot High. I have dark gray skin, my hair is cut bowl black with white lines and my pupils are a dark emerald. I have the most awful life than anyone in my P.O.V. I lost my folks in a plane accident, almost all of my lousy relatives were dicks and bitches who refuse to take a 6 year old in their family to feed an extra mouth or too deadbeat to be responsible. I kind of lost all feeling in caring about everything around me. I lost the feeling to care, cry or feel sympathy for myself. Aunt is my mother’s step-sister when her mom and her dad hitched to make a caring family, she never found the right man but she always dreamed of having kids, she babysat me, feed me, change me (Don’t laugh) and love me like family. She adopted me and hoped I can crack a smile for her, she hugged me to make me feel better but I was young and different than other kids who are too emotional. In my elementary school days; I played my Gameboy Color everyday when I’m in school, the bathrooms, in the closet where our backpacks are held or in recess. I didn’t care that I had no friends, no companions and no trust with my teachers, all I cared about was my gaming but that changed a bit. A girl with scarlet hair and indigo skin was being picked on by popular girls for having an eyepatch over her right eye which was infected with pink eye, I didn’t care about them but they were distracting my focus. I took out my lunch, and a plain white milk carton (which I hate since I prefer to have chocolate milk or have it when it’s warm in cereal) and dumped it over one of the bitches who screamed in horror. They started crying as the teacher came in and noticed what happen, they bitch and whined that I dumped milk on her head. I admit it with no regrets and earned 5 weeks of detention but was cut to 2 weeks when that scarlet hair girl told the teacher whyI did it because she was being bully by the girls who earned a month of school service. She waited for me after I spend my time in detention, her name was Fancy Looks she wanted to hang out with me but I said that I don’t want friends as I walked away with a Gameboy in hand until she saw me playing Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. She squealed like a mouse and revealed that she’s a Gamer like me, someone who love games as well as me. I hated the fact that I have to be with another person but I’m interested to see how far this girl will stand as a Gamer. After 5 years of being together; I liked her, liked her as a fellow companion, my first P2 that I never had. Time as passed as from Elementary School to High School; our small group grew with more Gamers like me who are pros in certain genres, we call our group ‘The Game Players.’ We even created a personal guild called the Guild of Gamers in a Massive Multiplayer Online Game. Fancy Looks; female gamer, age 16, third tallest of the Game Players. Daughter of a rich family who believe that videogames are a waste of life but hides it in secret and an expert in playing Platform games to strengthen the sight of her lost eye and her avatar in the MMO is a Cleric. Tough Exo; female gamer, age 18, second shortest of the Game Players, pure black skin, Malachite hair and sky blue eyes. Despite being born in a neighbourhood with gangs and thugs, she earned the title of being the toughest, bravest and strongest since the age of 8 and have the height of the elementary school girl. She specialized in Fighting games since she loves to seeing brawls and violence, her avatar in the MMO is a Berserker. Large Harvest, male gamer, Age 15, Largest member of the Game Players, dark brown skin, sunflower short hair and Maroon eyes. Born in a farm, his father gotten remarried to a nice woman who was employed in a Game Company. She respected her husband’s decision to keep his farm and allow his son to be hired as his wife’s beta tester. He is an gaming expert on Simulation Games and his avatar in the MMO game is a Tank. High I.Q.; a male gamer, age 16. Despite for being the only smart member of his family of 4, Xanthic skin, Denim spiky hair and Fuchsia eyes. He dreams of being a superior doctor for his own brother who saved him from being hit by a car was driven by a drunk driver. He continues to increase his intellect by creating plans and his own personal inventions. He is a expert gaming on Strategy Games and his avatar in the MMO is a Blacksmith. Sharp Shooter; female gamer. Age 8, shortest & youngest member of the Game Players, Falu ref skin, Ecru hair in pigtails and Eggplant eyes. Discovered to be a gifted genius child at the age of 6 and graduated from Elementary School in 5 months and graduated Middle School at the age of 7. Despite her age, she truly despised being treated unfairly for her age. Her father is a military general, respected him for being a marksman gunner and let her play virtual simulations of Videogames of the Shooting Genre. Her avatar in the MMO is a Hunter. Dark Speed; male gamer. Age 16, between medium tallest of the Game Players, charcoal skin, long messy cream hair and cobalt eyes. He see life as a fabrication with happiness and positive energy from everyone believing that their is no bad days or bad decisions. He is the most depressed teen in life while his parents are happy loving freaks. He is an expert gamer in Racing games since he see it as enjoyable in crashing cars into other racers and see their loss as a their sadness in games. While he has a gloom expression, he is physically fit as well as fast, he even gave Rainbow Dash a run for her money since he never looked happy when he beat her. His Avatar in the MMO is a Necromancer. Sweet Tunes; female gamer. Age 17, fourth tallest of the Game Players, chartreuse skin, sapphire hair and rose color eyes. She is the most musical member of the Game Players. She loves hearing the soundtracks of videogames along with their remixes and grooves to the rhythm of each soundtrack. She is an pro at Rhythm theme games as her Avatar is a Cantor. Plus myself, a gamer who is flex able to different game genres and my MMO Avatar is an Demon Overlord. All members and my friends, my true friends. Despite my lack of trust for others, I never believe that nothing will change our ways or life but… all that ‘reality is superior than fantasy’ shit has been flushed down the crapper. It happen a week ago while I was heading for school; I started to see numbers above people’s heads which show the short abbreviation of level (LV). I saw my refection in a large puddle in the road and saw my level with a title above it. LV 4… I admit that I play videogames when I was a kid but earning a title like this must mean something, I guess. “GAME LIFE!” I turned around to see Fancy Looks, we been pals since we were kids but… I see a female highschool student with an eyepatch over her right eye, plump thighs, glutes and a big rack which bug a lot of girls which is odd that they haven’t mature even if their already in hit puberty. She was wearing a pink shirt with Kirby on it and blue jeans with white snickers “I can’t wait for our 6th anniversary of our Game Players Club! We will try our best to earn enough cash for the Nintendo Switch and enough controllers to the games we’ll get equally.” I looked at her level was 5, normally I would blast anyone on online but since she’s my friend… I’ll ignore it. She noticed me looking at her and blush. “What’s wrong?” I snapped out of my phase. “I’m sorry, I think I need glasses.” She agreed with that. “That’s possible since who knows how many years we’ve played videogames in the dark and our TV as our source of light.” We were walking together to see our pals waiting for our as Dark Speed was reading something out loud from his book of personal poems. “As damnation absorb our prays, we will meet our eternal end since the illusion of a paradise in the afterlife is nothing but an endless void as we scream for the suffering we will experience.” Some students walk away from him as some their pals sighed. “At lease they left 29.4 seconds earlier then expected.” Said High I.Q. who was reading a book. We arrived on time as they were excited and don’t show any emotions. “We’re all here and remembered the party time.” They said at the same time “Today at 8:30 PM!” They raised their fist in the air as I looked at them and saw LV 8, 7, 10, 5, 9 and 3 even though it pisses me off that Sharp Shooter is the highest. A blue screen appeared as the others enter the school ‘A Quest is created.’ I touched I and a new screen appeared. ‘Task from Friends: Be at the 6th anniversary part at 8:30PM! The Gamer’s friends want you to be at the party! Limit time: Be at 8:30PM Rewards: 6000 EXP, Increase trust of The Game Players. Fail Penalty: Lost of Trust to The Game Players & Lower Love Level to Fancy Looks. I looked annoyed since I had these have been bothersome but I like the level up but the Love Level was a shock to me. “Fancy… loves me? Oh Shitballs.” School pass quickly since that Bitch Sunset Shimmer was focused on something else that isn’t us or the other students, I finished my homework in an 20 minutes and gain one intelligent point and 3 strength points for lifting my barbells. I was examining my new abilities “Status Screen.” A window appeared Name: Game Life Occupation: The Gamer Level: 4 HP: 400 MP: 100 Power: 14 Strength: 12 Intelligence: 13 Wisdom: 5 Luck: 3 Points: 15 Cash: $200 I wonder about this powers I now have “Item Screen.” It opened as it showed a silhouette of myself and boxes. I place a metal bat that I owned since I was 12 when my aunt wanted me to try sports in it as it appeared as a picture of it in a box. “Holy Shit.” I moved my screen to show my skills [Gamer’s Spirit (Passive) LV MAX]- Recognizes reality as a game and keep mind calm. Immune to Mental Insanity [Gamer’s Body (Passive) LV MAX] - it provides the body to remain the same as a game avatar. [Observation (Passive) LV 1 EXP. 50%] - Reveals targets information. [Physical Endurance (Passive) LV 6 EXP. 6.11%] - Increase Body durability and decrease the damage of the body. Physical attack damage decrease by 8%. The Endurance skill makes sense since we helped Large Harvest in his farm for his father’s harvest. I wonder about what other possibilities do I have with this power as I heard a knocking from my door “Come in.” The door open to show a short chubby woman that half my height with Magenta skin, orchid color long hair and razzmatazz eyes. “Game Game!” Have you finish your homework?” I nodded. “Yes, Mama Sweet Medication.” I answer to her as she smiled and kiss me on the forehead. “Say hello to your friends for me." I waved as I gotten ready. I headed out early at 5 PM since I volunteer to bring drinks. I headed out to the store to by drinks since food from the minimart is expensive. I got 3 1gallons of mango juice and and 4 3L bottles of soda with my cash and place them in my inventory “No more pains for the back.” I walked down the path to Fancy’s home as my screen appeared in front of me ‘You have enter an Instant Dungeon!’ I was confused that everything around me was quiet “Wait… where’s the animal cries and insect chirps?” I looked around as I noticed someone walking towards me while slumping “Great… a drunk.” I was annoyed until the streetlamps’ light reveal the drunk to be a zombie “A ZOMBIE?!” I backed away as more were appearing out of the alley ways. My Gamer’s activated to calm me down. I opened my inventory and pulled out the metal bat Metal Bat, Strength: 40 High Durability, Lightweight - A replica of a wooden bat but made of metal alloy. It creates a loud sound when its hit. “Observe!” Zombie LV 7 HP: 800 <800> MP: 50 A walking dead body. It despises the living and attack to consume living beings. It’s movement is slow but it’s power is doubled when it was among the living. I grip my bat, smashed one in the head and contentedly smashing it until it turned into a black smog that vanished. “Whoa…” I looked up as more were coming and I smirked “GAME ON!” A screen appeared in front of me as I read it. [Game On (Action) LV 1] - The Gamer’s Ultimate Skill. Use all the MP the Gamer has, 50 MP per minute to change to area to the Gamer’s genre of choice. I smirked (“Two minutes is all I need.”) “RPG!!!” The area turned into a RPG battlefield as a timer above us as 2 minute countdown ‘Three Zombies Appeared’ I was on a side as I unleashed a triple hit combo one of the zombies as it lost a total of 550 points damage to it. The Zombies marched slowly and tried to attack me with a team attack but I dodge it. I ran to the middle and swung the bat as it hit all three in one hit, 100 points of damage and one of them vanished. The Zombies tried to attack but fell by the sluggish movement, no damage to them but cost them a turn. I charged at one and swung it at one between the legs ‘CRITICAL!’words appeared above it as it did 1200 points of damage as it fell and vanished. The zombie tried to flee but failed as I took my turn, I unleashed a 4 hit combo that did 800 points of damage and vanished. I raised my bat in the air “The Victor!” You have earned 2000 EXP. You have Level Up You have Level Up You have Level Up You have earned 15 points You have collected a soul stone. The Timer made it to zero as the entire area return to normal as a screen appeared ‘A new skill is created with a specific action’ [Strong Hit] is created, that give a strong attack. [Strong Hit (Active) LV1 EXP. 80.1%] - An Action that hits the enemy hard, Critical increase by 10%, Attack increase by 35%. “Holy shit.” I was amazed but I heard more groans as I turned to see more Zombies “Oh @#$% me.” I ran as I whack some Zombies out of my way and hid to see a group of people with actual weapons, armor and spells attack and collecting Zombies. "We have enough Zombies! We are leaving!” Yelled some pompous looking teenage girl as they raised their arms in the air with the hands spread out. “Observation.” I said quietly to scan what their doing. [Escape From Protective Space] - A Skill that exits a Protective Space. I heard a loud crack as the sky itself was breaking like glass and shattered the sky. I heard sound that isn’t from Zombies, the strange group vanished and I looked around and catch my breath “That… was insane.” I just left as I headed to the party.