User:Clearshot01

My life (Short version, trust me you'd want to hear the long version even less)
My name is Stephen Cleary. I was born on the 2nd of January 1993, and I am currently studying Software Development in Colaiste Stiofan Naofa as my dream is to be a games developer. My life wasn't the best if I'm honest with you. I had a lot of problems with bullies, the people who wanted to help me were powerless to do so, and the poeple who could've helped me chose to ignore me and act as if I didn't exist.

Primary school was alright, except for one guy who always made it his business to bug me, and another who attacked me by taking a hurley to the back of my legs. Other than that, I mostly liked primary school. The main reason was that all we wanted to talk about were video games.

This is a hurley, for those not acquainted with Irish sportsSecondary school was where my biggest problems began. I had absolutely no interest in the subjects being taught. All I wanted to do was play games and read books. I also had no interest in socialising with others, which made me a target for bullying. Of course, as a teenager, I had no desire to tell my parents about my problems, which only made helping me harder. It may sound paranoid, but it was almost always the work of one person. Every time something happened, I immediately suspected him. I don't mean things that could happen out of nowhere, but things like my bag ending up in the bin, or my books going missing right after I take them out of my locker. My teachers were'nt able to do anything about it because they could never catch him in the act (All the security cameras in our school were broken, believe it or not), & the Vice Principal would ignore my situation & pretend it wasn't happening (The bastard's retired now, thank God), but he had no problem punishing me when I retaliated. It was like he was deliberately defending a bully who made my life a misery until he (the bully) left the school after the Junior Cert (Irish equivalent of GCSE's). But I wasn't in the clear yet. His friend took his place, & he was even worse because he was a sadistic asshole. He actually made me consider suicide, & I feel ashamed of that. Once again, the vice principal defended the bully. He was finally forced to take action when I got into a fight with him (a passing teacher had to drag him off me and hold him back while he continued to shout death-threats at me) & came home with a bloody and dislocated nose. My parents went ballistic when they found out about everything that had been happening and how he had always taken the other guy's side. The sadist eventually left the school before the Leaving Cert (Irish A-Levels). But I still had problems as I had no interest in academia. The only subject I liked was computers, & I was in fifth year thinking about what I wanted to do with my life and it hit me. I loved video games & I wanted to learn how they were designed in regards to programming & coding. So I decided to apply for software development courses. And now I'm studying in Colaiste Stiofan Naofa (St. Stephen's College). If I do well, I hope to try and get a job working with Capcom, as unlikely as that dream may be.

Finding out I had Aspergers
During the summer of 2011, my parents brought me to a therapist who told them I had Asperger Syndrome. In case you're wondering, Aspergers is a mild form of Autism. People with Aspergers tend to be socially akward, though not as much as people with other forms of Autism. My problems are as follows :
 * 1) I have a very narrow range of interests (Books, Video Games & Computers)
 * 2) I find it very difficult to focus on anything that does not involve those interests
 * 3) I find it almost impossible to work on something, even if it is important, unless I actually enjoy it or unless I am interested in it.
 * 4) I can't remember anything about things that I'm not interested in, no matter how much I learn about them.
 * 5) I have difficulties being organised.
 * 6) I have trouble talking about anything other than what I am interested in
 * 7) I do not really like talking to people I don't know or like in person, so I sit by myself a lot
 * 8) I can usually only have a successful conversation with people by computer (Yes I know, it is pathetic)
 * 9) I am very sensitive to loud noises.
 * 10) I don't like physical contact, and I usually recoil or lash out if someone touches me, even if they are friends

Stuff I like(Not in any particular order)

 * 1) My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Yeah, I'm a brony)
 * 2) Manga (I know a few like Naruto & Bleach, but if you know any that you think I might like, feel free to say so)
 * 3) Video Games (Mostly Shooters and Beat 'em ups. If you ever want to play online on 3DS, just say so and we can trade friend codes)
 * 4) Books (Mostly Sci-Fi and Fantasy)
 * 5) Shotokan Karate (I'll be going for my black belt in May of 2012)
 * 6) Fencing (Was in a supermarket in France when I was 5, a lady, in what I think were medieval style garments, dragged me into a makeshift ring, gave me a wooden sword and started showing me stances. I was hooked ever since.
 * 7) Watching Videos on Youtube
 * 8) Music (I'll listen to anything once, and if I like it I'll listen to it a lot more, so if can think of any music you think I'd like, feel free to say so if we're in a chat)
 * 9) Playing Guitar (Every Monday)
 * 10) Drawing (Don't get much time to practice, but when I do, I draw like a man possessed)

RE Games I've played (When I first played them is just a rough guess, the comments made are as close to true as I can remember)

 * Original RE (When I was 7, at my mom's friend's house. No instructions though, so I couldn't figure out how to shoot that first damn zombie)
 * RE2 (When I was 9, at a school friend's house. I had figured out how to shoot, but he kept stealing the controller when I was about to kill a zombie, and then he'd yell "BOOM. Stole your kill cleary kid")
 * Confidential Report (Can't remember when I first played it, but it was sometime during my second year of secondary school)
 * RE4 (About a few days after it came out. Kept getting killed by Dr. Salvador cause I sucked with the new playing style at first. Didn't get to improve though, cause not long after, my sister tossed it in the bin as revenge for me eating the last slice of cake which I had forgotten she was saving. My bad Meadhbh)
 * RE Degeneration: Mobile Game ( Roughly three years ago. Kept getting killed cause I couldn't time my moves right so that the dogs would get hit by the tyrant's attacks instead of me)
 * RE5 (Two years ago at my friend Caroline's house. We both go to karate, and we both liked video games, so she invited me over to play RE5 with her and her sister Kate, we alternated every time one of us died, with the deceased relinquishing control. Somehow, they died more than I did)
 * Darkside Chronicles (The day it came out in Cork. Got a Wii Zapper that day with it. My sister sometimes uses it as a paper weight)
 * Umbrella Chronicles (A few months after DC. Found a preowned copy when in Dublin with my mom and sister)
 * RE: Deadly Silence (Can't remember when I got it, but I do remember always getting the Barry dies ending with Jill, no matter what I did)
 * Mercenaries 3D (Got it the day it came out in Cork. Then my dad threw that copy out thinking it was a piece of rubbish. Actual rubbish, the stuff that's thrown out every day. Got a new, well preowned copy last week and have been working my way back to the top since)
 * Revelations (Got it when it came out in Cork. Can't get the hang of dodging, so I die a lot when dodging becomes important)

Pics I've drawn since I got back into art again


Sites/Wiki Pages I visit frequently

 * Resident Evil Wiki:Chat
 * DarkSeraphims
 * Eriador Riders
 * deviantART