Numbers and statistics help ruin immersion in video games. Can we survive without them?

Anonymity-based message boards are playgrounds for trolls. Blizzard attempted to remedy this by displaying real names on the Battle.net forums; After unexpected backlash from the community, however, it was decided to keep the anonymity -- a decision that will hurt the fans and the games themselves.

My thank you and apology to the Bitmob community in regards to this first year.

This is my entry for the Bitmob First-Person Writer Challenge. It is from the point of view of a gaming teen who becomes addicted to Pokemon: HeartGold. This is a fictional story based on things that have happened to friends of mine. I haven't actually played Pokemon: HeartGold and don't plan on playing it or any other Pokemon game ever.