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In our lives, events happen: ups and downs. It is they that make us who we are. However, if you think about it and trace this chain of events back to the past, you will find that the root cause was either insignificant or, at first glance, had nothing to do with it. I want to give an example of a chain of events that led me to the Hive: If I hadn't transferred to another school in the 9th grade, I wouldn't have met Maria, a classmate who persuaded the girls in the class to install a mail agent. Without the mail agent, I wouldn't have met Lesha, and anime would have remained a small hobby instead of becoming a passion. If I hadn't watched a lot of anime at the time, I wouldn't have started watching anime online. While searching, I wouldn't have clicked on a link to a browser game, and then I wouldn't have moved from that browser game to the forum of the same game. Out of laziness, I signed up for a game. If there hadn't been all sorts of jerks, with whom I had many arguments and disappointments, I wouldn't have started looking for another Mafia forum and wouldn't have ended up on Heroes, and I wouldn't have met so many good, creative, and interesting people. This is not a complete chain, but I am giving it as an example. What chains of events have you experienced in your life? What was the root cause of any current events?

I first came across ХВ waking up with a hangover on August 31 after celebrating my birthday...... Everyone was still asleep.. So I grabbed a can of beer and went to bash some VOG against the computer. I felt kind of sad and wanted something new )) Yeah, it was after my birthday that I got the urge to find some map on the internet. I stumbled upon ХВ...

As for the butterfly effect.. I agree, everything happens for the best. There have been a few unpleasant, shall we say, stumbles in my life.. But if not for them, there wouldn't be what surrounds me, and what is within me. Someday I will write my own story. Even if I cross out the things I don't want to remember - quite a bit will remain. After all, for 29 years now, the environment has been making a human being out of me :)

Yes, strangely enough, most of the negative events in my life also stemmed from trivial matters. Whether this led to a good or bad outcome, I wouldn't presume to judge.

If it hadn't been for my father's initiative in introducing me to a certain good person, I would never have joined a group with whom I spent quite a lot of time running for apples in gardens to computer clubs. It is possible that I would never have tried a game like Heroes, which I didn't actually like at the time; however, I decided to try it again once I had my own computer. Consequently, if I hadn't tried it, it's very likely that I wouldn't have noticed the release of the fifth part, as I bought it while being inspired by the wonderful third part. If I had never played the 5th, I would never have introduced my classmate to it. If that hadn't happened, we would never have started playing Heroes via modem, and some time later—via the internet. Then my classmate wouldn't have registered on this forum in search of tactics and discussions regarding various game aspects. And as for me, I registered here solely because I didn't want to fall behind him :)

So, that is roughly the chain of "how I ended up on the forum."

I don’t mean to judge whether it led to something good or bad. Just trace the chain of events that caused one thing or another to happen: after all, there must have been some reason you clicked that link in the search engine. Why were you looking for a forum? Did you buy a game? And why did you buy the game? A friend recommended it? And how did you meet that friend? And so on)) In the end, maybe you ended up on HeroesWorld because you went to the "Solnyshko" kindergarten instead of "Lastochka"))

There was already a topic:
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Well, if we're talking about it, it was my father who introduced me to the Heroes series. He didn't want to fall behind the times and bought every new installment. If he hadn't done that, I probably wouldn't have gotten into this series, and if he hadn't bought some pirated collection of maps for the fourth game, I wouldn't have learned about the map variety there. If I hadn't learned about it, I wouldn't have started looking for maps, and here I am now (:
Pretty short, compared to you and Vikhom :)
Verwolka, it's short and not very interesting.

The butterfly effect

Butterflies create an impressive effect!

Werewolf, I wasn't just talking about Heroes =)
It was just an example!
You can talk about anything in principle: for example, why you work in the profession you currently have, how you came to a certain life decision: whether it's choosing a university or deciding to move to another city. "I just decided so" is not a reason. You decided that way because something influenced your worldview at the time =)

Yes, there was already a topic:
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Werewolf, noooooo....
I got it! *lightbulb smiley*
We need to build a chain!
Mmmmm... I'll write it now, and it will turn out that I ended up on ХВ because... well, for example, in some year long ago, one idiot had the bright idea to release pike perch into the lake O_O Don't believe me?

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So, something like this:
A little backstory for atmosphere.
I quit my job in the city and went to live with my grandmother in my native village for a year or two to take care of her. There was no work there, practically nothing to do, no computer, no internet... And so I started to get bored, and I began fishing seriously. For about two months, I calmly entertained myself and earned money, but then they banned it. Now, the chain.

Pike perch was released into the lake -
It ate all the local fish -
Fishing was banned -
I became bored again -
I agreed to an offer from the director of the local school to work as a teacher for a while -
I agreed to help her with her home computer -
At the same time, I copied a funny game (WoG) that I saw there -
/How can you not take anything for your work?/
I completed all the maps and campaigns -
I searched the Internet for new ones -
And found you :)
That's how it happened

Okay, there wasn't a topic like that.

Hehe) That way you can make a huge chain, maybe starting from age 5)

Well, let's begin...
If I hadn't gone to kindergarten (yes, yes, starting from as far back as I can remember), I wouldn't have learned to speak properly on time—I had speech problems and couldn't pronounce about 7 letters) Actually, I wouldn't have learned many other things in kindergarten either) Moreover, perhaps it was a downside—in kindergarten, I developed as a melancholic. It was precisely thanks to the knowledge (or rather, skills) gained in kindergarten that I would have entered a gymnasium instead of attending a regular school. The desire to stand out + withdrawal and melancholy led to me standing out through my studies—I did as much as possible, answered as often as possible—basically, I became a nerd) During those two years of primary school, before I got a console, I learned, among other things, how to think quite well (an extremely useful skill; from my observations, only one in ten people under the age of 18 possesses it at a proper level).
But then I got a console, the first Sega (this happened at the end of 2nd grade). I got seriously hooked. However, due to the cognitive skills I'd acquired, my grades didn't slip for a while) When my academic decline (in 3rd grade) became obvious, my parents started forbidding me from playing. Because of this, I actually argued with them quite often. Coupled with my withdrawn, melancholic nature, I simply sank into a depth of conflict, depression, and apathy.
It's unknown who I would have grown up to be if not for the tragedy: in 4th grade, my father was killed. This event forced me to think, and think seriously. I don't even know—this might seem extremely cynical—but in my opinion, this is exactly what saved me... because God only knows where I would have ended up.
With his death, I became more withdrawn. I had practically no friends, I didn't leave the house, but I studied diligently.
Until 6th grade, my life consisted of simple rote learning with rare bouts of playing the console. Until I stumbled upon my father's books.
Basically, his library consisted of about 60 percent historical literature. And most of it was military history. It happened during the holidays, so I got heavily absorbed—I had no other activities at the time by definition.
There weren't just dry archives; there was also a lot of fiction on military themes. Specifically, Soviet literature from the war and post-war periods (up to the 50s-60s).
Immersing myself in these military stories, I completely re-evaluated my "existence." First and foremost, I acquired something resembling a goal. I became more self-confident, tougher (and more cruel, if you will).
With all these newly acquired qualities, I entered seventh grade. I made friends, and looking back at that period, I noticed that they... I don't know... recognized me as a leader, I guess. They imitated me, were slightly afraid of me, shared their deepest secrets with me... I didn't even notice it then; I thought it was normal. But now it seems to me that it was exactly that.
My studies went steeply uphill. I was consumed by knowledge, and knowledge came much easier to me than before. This pushed my self-confidence to extreme heights.
Over those three years, I stopped being a melancholic and stopped being so inhibited.
In tenth grade, I took first place in the region for physics and mathematics. I managed to achieve nothing at the national level in Russia. Perhaps for the best. Because then my self-confidence would have led me to arrogance, or even a mania of grandeur. Losing at the national level cooled me down.
During the holidays before 11th grade, I earned money for a computer—not all of it, of course, but definitely about half; my parents gave me the rest. Since then, I began to actively explore the computer world. That's also when I discovered Heroes, specifically Heroes IV (that's the only one I played))
I entered Pacific State University to study physics. Studying there wasn't a particular problem for me either. Then, in my first year, I had the first girl in my life, and, to tell the truth, I fell in love for the first time (FOR THE FIRST TIME! I don't even know why, but before her, I hadn't felt love for any girl, not even a hint of love). Life was working out very successfully for me then.
In my second year, I got the internet. Basically, shortly after that, I registered here. I lived quite happily and regret nothing. I lived like that until the summer of '08.
Basically, that's when I disappeared) It all started with the eclipse in Altai on August 1st—I saw it, by the way. That summer I was vacationing in the mountains—hiking through Altai. And then life took a VERY sharp turn. Over those year and a half, life threw a bunch of different trials at me, sometimes so nightmarish that even now I sometimes break down in hysteria when I accidentally remember them.
But I managed to survive it all. The understanding of human nature I gained from my father's books helped a lot. And the awareness of my goal.
After everything that happened to me, I became more cynical and more... honest. First and foremost with myself. I became more cruel and more just. Although, it's not for me to judge my current qualities))

I don't even know what prompted me to write all this) I wanted to give some short, relatively harmless chain, but it all just flowed out. I probably needed to get it off my chest. Or answer a few questions. So please forgive me for dumping all this on you...

Hmm... quite an interesting life story, so to speak.
Mine is much simpler.
My introduction to computer games happened so long ago I don't even remember when. I never had a Sega or a Dendy; only my friends and relatives had them, so I'd go over to their places to play. Honestly, it's strange, but it never really hooked me that much.
Having no idea about PCs (well, I'd heard of them, that's all), I went to see (I don't even know what to call him)), basically the son of my grandmother's cousin's daughter), a friend, in short. I'd never been to his house before, only to his grandmother's place, since it was near my great-grandmother's house (it's all so confusing, dammit)) ). It was at his house that I found out what a PC was. The first game I played... I don't remember what it was called; it was something like Heroes and an RPG, something like that. Naturally, I was amazed, since I'd never seen anything like it before. Soon, a PC appeared at his grandmother's house too; on weekends and holidays I'd come over to see him, and on one of those days I was introduced to Heroes number IV. But he didn't just introduce me to those — he also introduced me to the world of fantasy. Not long after, I got my own computer, but I didn't remember Heroes right away; instead, I started playing Prince of Persia. One day, while at a store, I saw a box with a knight in shining armor on it, and it said Heroes of Might and Magic V. After finishing Heroes (or maybe not, I don't remember), I stumbled upon HeroesWorld completely by accident; I don't even remember what I was looking for ))
So that's it — the main reason I ended up here is my friend, who opened up this wonderful world of Heroes for me =)

The main reason we ended up on the forum is our parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and so on. So, it's hard to say from what point to start describing, from what depth.
I was actually looking for something related to Heroes, found the forum, and I don't remember if I found what I was looking for or not. Then, I observed the forum for about six months, just occasionally visiting, and when Tribes of the East came out, and I played it, I wanted to shout out my well-worn ideas to everyone, and that's what I started doing on the forum.
And my dad got me into Heroes a long time ago; we played The Restoration of Erathia (I still only have that one, no others). By the way, he always beat me in the third game, but in the fifth, I definitely crush him.
By the way, the topic isn't about how we ended up on the forum; we need to write something else.

By the way, the topic isn't about how we ended up on the Heroes of Might and Magic Online forums; we need to write something else.

Probably, for most people, this is the most memorable questline.

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For example, I don't remember much from the questlines because I don't dwell on the past; I live in the present.

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Well, I sometimes remember: "Ah...it was so good back then," but nothing more.