Back in 2002, I got banned from playing EverQuest.

This was a massive multiplayer online role-playing game, or MMO RPG.

I spent years playing the game as a half-elf-bar traveling through the world of Norath.

I consumed my life, but I had ventures that I'll never forget.

Like the time I got together with the 80 other players and killed dragons like Lady Vox and Nagifen,

but after years of doing the same repetitive things over and over and making it to the top,

I got bored and I quit.

But that didn't last long because I found myself playing again a few weeks later.

I had spent years working on my character and it was just too hard to let it go.

I got to the point where I just couldn't quit the game.

So the only solution I could think of, to force me to quit was to find a way to get banned.

So I started using a bot.

The bot would take control of my character and automate it for me.

This was strictly against game rules.

I would leave the bot run all night long fighting monsters and gain experience while I was sleeping.

And when I woke, I was surprised to see that I was still fighting monsters.

Still not banned.

I kept botting and letting it run night after night.

And eventually players complained to a GM or Game Master,

which is like the game's admin.

And I got just what I wanted.

Banned.

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