Some times I'm reminded of what a game can do to a person.

Games can take your sleep, your strength, your mind, your soul, your life. . . .your girlfriend. But worse than all would be the game becoming your life. That is the state I find my self. What game could be evil enough to entangle a man's soul? Not one game. A game series.

Bemani.

Many of you have fallen victim to this at one time or another. The few that did not escape this terrible fate are now slaves to Konami; myself included. But I find the fact that someone of powerful mind, such as myself, was taken so easily to be . . . well . . . confusing. The main source of this draw comes from the evil that is Dance Dance Revolution. I was taken in, and then conformed to it's will. DDR is me, and I am DDR. Just the very fact that you are reading this, on my DDR THEME HOSTING WEBSITE is proof of my devotion. Am I holding a pity-party? Maybe. Do I want a medal? Yes. Is that my point? Not to my knowledge. But what I think my point is is that this game has given and taken so much from me. When I started playing, I found that my Counter-Strike skill slowly decreased as did my GTA massive killing skill. Then, when I was forced by bug to play CS again, I sucked. Then, slowly, my skill increased and I was playing just as good as I was before StepMania. After fixing the bug, I returned to SM to find that I sucked again. I couldn't even AA Sakura on Heavy. It was bad. I started to play again and now I can AA Max Forever. Now, more dedicated than ever, I take the next step into the Bemani madness that swells over me even now. I will take a trip to Richardson Square Mall, to play . . . Beatmania IIDX. Will I suck? Most definitely. Does it matter? Not in the least. I am a slave to DDR, Konami, and Bemani . . . and I love it.

In other news:
I started to work on the Backend some more and helped Don out more. Cyber-Knights, for the uninitiated, is a LAN Center here in The Colony, Texas. Well . . . was a LAN Center. In December of 2004, It was forced to shut down due to costs. Don has cited 3 reasons for the costs.

1) The building was so old that the AC and Heating units were in need of Replacement. Upon inspection by certified personnel ( Guy who works on AC/Heating ), he found that the units were using 3 to 4 times the normal amount of electricity used by units the same size. But since it would cost too much to replace it, Don was stuck.

2) The T1 line, while awesome, was costing him $600 a month. Google the prices of T1 if you don’t know already, and you will find that this is grossly over priced.

3) Rent, a necessary evil, was $1,700 a month. This was over inflated by the landlord who wanted a bigger cut than CK could handle.

There is a fourth reason, which is really just a conglomeration of all the previous reasons. Cyber-Knights had to support Don and Itself. Now with Don working in a full time job, Cyber-Knights can be reborn. To help Don in his struggle, I have started work on a Comment form for his website. At its completion, you'll be able to go to Cyber-Knights.net and fill out a form with your name and a comment stating how much you want Cyber Knights to come back. But why, doesn’t Don want to start CK again anyways? Good question me, the reason he wants this form is because he has been talking to a bunch of investors, and what they want to see is an established clientele. If Don can show them that, CK could be open by the end of May. So check that link often and see if the form is there.

If you want to show your support now, Just comment on this post about how much you want CK to come back. And thank you in advance for your support.