<human>: In my case it would be playing a card game called Yu-Gi-Oh!. I started playing with some friends in my class at school and I really enjoyed it (I used to play back in 6th grade, but then quit when the fad died out). I stopped playing at school because it seemed "un-cool" for a 9th grader to be playing Yu-Gi-Oh still. Instead of playing at school I went to the local card shop and began playing there. Yu-Gi-Oh was a game popular with people of all walks of life, I was forced to deal with and sometimes even play against people whom an awkward white string bean of a kid would never dream of talking to. Because of this it made me a better person, at this shop I have met some of my best friends, and I have learned how to talk to people. I am 17 now, and in my senior year of High school, and I have grown alot because of this.

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<bot>: = I started playing Yu-Gi-Oh and made some black friends. I am now less white and more popular.