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Storyboard for Call of Duty: Gaming Relapse


Story board for Call of Duty: Gaming Relapse
Scene 1: If it had not been for Charles I would have probably never played video games again.
Scene 2: He is my girlfriend's little brother and my new supplier.
Scene 3: He got the game two Christmas's ago. And it was quality product.
Scene 4: ...but I could not have seen an addiction coming...
Scene 5: I began with watching Charles play and I thought to myself...
Scene 6: "Its just like Goldeneye on Nintendo 64."
Scene 7: I used to play Goldeneye all the time, this could not be too different.
Scene 8: I became exhausted playing Call of Duty whenever I could get my hands on it.
Scene 9: Hours would go by.
Scene 10: I could not have told you when I had slept last, but when I did...
Scene 11: ... babies could not have slept that well.
Scene 12: I was hooked six months into it...
Scene 13: And that is when it happened...
Scene 14: ...Charles left me high and dry.
Scene15: It was one addiction for another but I wasn't ready to move on
Scene16: Charles had a new itch...
Scene17: ...and switched product
Scene 18: It used to be that Charles and I both co-operatively played online.
Scene19: But now only I could move up in rank in order to customize and acquire different WWII weapons.
Scene20: ...acquire 5 kill streak artillery strikes...
Scene21: Get 3 kill streaks for reconnaissance planes...
Scene 22: ... and get 7 kill streaks... 
Scene23: ...to be able to call the dogs on my opponents.
Scene 24: All while Charles played Halo..
Scene25: ... and I remained addicted to Call of Duty: World At War.
Scene26: They say it only takes one time playing the game to get hooked...
Scene27: ...but all I had to do was watch.