BML #11: The "Pokemon" Story

Back when I was a wee lil' beaver, I played a lot of Pokemon .... a lot of Pokemon. It was a daily regiment for me to sit in my chair during breakfast, lunch, and dinner; playing Pokemon on my gameboy.

I was a beast at Pokemon Red & Blue. Motherfucker, do not mess with me. I will unleash my lvl 100 Gyarados on your ass. Missingno? Who's got *flower grass*10 Master Balls? You will rue your life!

*ahem* Anyways, I had my fat gray Gameboy with Pokemon Blue in. My "ex" friend told me that I had low battery and that I need to replace them. I looked for fresh batteries but I couldn't find any. Then he suggested that he had an A/C adapter that he could plug the Gameboy in. I said I was game(boy) and then he made the ill-fated proposal that I leave the Gameboy on while the batteries "charged".

Now before you guys start yelling questions and statements at me; NO: they were not rechargeable batteries. NO: I did not realize this. YES: I was fucking 7 years old.

To my surmise, I return about a half hour later to see that my game had automatically started back over, erasing all my information and Pokemon. It seemed what had happened was when I was absent, the game had autonomously selected the first option in the main menu, which was "New Game". My world of Pokemon crumbled around me. I weeped for hours over it. I hated my friend for ever recommending me this procedure. I told my dad this and he chuckled and told me that you had to buy actual batteries with rechargeable capabilities, which were exactly the ones that were NOT in my Gameboy.