I've already had a massive post about this before, but when I was diagnosed with ADD I had no idea how much of my life it was affecting.
Until I saw this video about 3 years ago, it shook me to my core, everything he said lined up and made sense now. I used to go by the name BallisticGe0rge because of my short temper. I always thought that was just who I was, but this explained it.
I became very active on PCMR and helped some people in need. Someone then said "BallisticGe0rge? More like GloriousGe0rge!" and I realized I had been using the wrong user name my whole life.
Not long after I made my way through Bottleneck Pass; I found myself standing in the Hall of Horrible Ports as massive beast stood between myself and glory! It towered before me, fire spewing from its lips. The ground shook as it slammed its massive spiked tail into the ground. It howled and churned as it approached...
"State thy name demon!" I shouted as my hands gripped tighter around the hilt of my RGB Sword.
"I am he who is known as Poor Optimization!" It howled. "You shall not pass no matter what drivers you install!"
Suddenly, Poor Optimization lunged toward me, its claws ready to sink into my flesh. I ducked and rolled beneath it, narrowly dodging its spiked tail that dragged behind it.
"Foolish beast! There is one remedy for you..." I shouted as I reached into my bag of holding, unveiling my best hope of survival "BEHOLD! COMMUNITY MODS TO FIX ALL YOUR FLAWS!"
Poor Optimization hissed and growled in pain as the light from the mighty Mods shined upon him. "NO! NOT UI FIXES AND HD TEXTURES!! YOUR GPU CANNOT BE STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THEM!!"
The beast continued to struggle and burn, but for a moment my frame rates dropped to 59. It was nearly enough to give me pause, to give into fear, but I knew better... "FOOLISH BEAST! I OVERCLOCKED MY GPU WITH LIQUID COOLING!!!"
"NOOOOOOOOO!!!!" Poor Optimization screamed as the fire from the glorious light of the PCMR bathed him in righteous Mods. As he burned, he turned to ash and the ash into dust and the dust into nothing.
He was gone. My battle was finished, and I stood alone--Just then! I light shined upon me from the heavens and I heard him, I heard the voice of GabeN and he said "You have done well my servant, from hence worth, you shall be known as GloriousGe0rge."
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u/GloriousGe0rge May 30 '17 edited May 30 '17
I've already had a massive post about this before, but when I was diagnosed with ADD I had no idea how much of my life it was affecting.
Until I saw this video about 3 years ago, it shook me to my core, everything he said lined up and made sense now. I used to go by the name BallisticGe0rge because of my short temper. I always thought that was just who I was, but this explained it.
Edit - Here's the entire series of his presentation, anyone dealing with ADHD should definitely watch it.