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That first section has me cautious for what comes next, pretty direct way of saying the narrator isn't reliable. Second part felt confusing but in a way where I went 'dreams are simply like that.'

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Have you seen Sandman (the comic/Netflix adaptation)? It's one of my first exposure to Mythology outside of Greeks, Mythology that came straight out of someone's creativity.

On a sidenote, I played Playstation All Star BR longgg before I ever touched Smash, and I think it captures the original intention of the Smash devs: the game was supposed to be a party game. Ironic that I would later become a semi-pro Smash player, but BR was heaps of fun.

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Haven't seen Sandman, but read American Gods. I played Smash competitively for a while before getting fed up with the community and their rulesets, but it did get me into fighting games as a whole. When I brought PASBR to a summer camp it was a hit with the little kids, they loved the Columbia stage for the baby face robot and 'Rayden' was a popular character.

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In my country if I'd bring video games to class for the youngins I'll get my body dragged through the streets, with an army of moms armed with pitchforks cheering behind. Slight exaggeration of course, very slight.

I love the fighting game community, but quit due to feeling my own competitiveness leaking out of my pores.

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