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    Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 10 Jun 2014

    I could have been clearer. :) What would be REALLY helpful is 1) REALISTIC disappointment/setback with 2) over-the-top unhelpful response

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      2. Julie Martinez‏ @JulieBoeBooley 10 Jun 2014
        Replying to @avantgame

        @avantgame Lose possessions in fire. Become arsonist and set everything else on fire.

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 10 Jun 2014
        Replying to @JulieBoeBooley

        @JulieBoeBooley that made me lol :)

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      2. Anna Geeks‏ @AnnaGeeks 10 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame Not sure if this helps since it's not a setback, but graduation seems to have instilled a rather large dose of Impostor Syndrome.

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 10 Jun 2014
        Replying to @AnnaGeeks

        @G33kGrrly familiar to us all. you've seen amy cuddy's TED talk??

        3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Anna Geeks‏ @AnnaGeeks 10 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame Definitely. I don't think I've seen it but I'll go look it up. This is combining with a bit of odd depression I get every summer.

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      2. Zahra B.‏ @badaza 10 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame Large game company axes female avatar. Refuse to play any game, ever (including tabletop).

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      3. Zahra B.‏ @badaza 10 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame not that it's related to any gaming news of today... ;)

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      4. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 10 Jun 2014
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        @badaza I hear you!!

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      1. Casey Boyle‏ @caseyboyle 10 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame isn't this breaking bad?

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      2. TheCowboyTester‏ @cowboytesting 12 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame Griel Marcus has an excellent take on how pop music artistry turned people off from starting a band but punk changed that.

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      3. TheCowboyTester‏ @cowboytesting 12 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame "There's no way I could ever play as well as Jimmy Page, so why bother" vs "Hell, If Steve Jones can do it, what's to stop me?"

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      1. Chester Kang‏ @chesterkang 11 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame Extrovert 7y.o. on stage in front of school to tell a funny story but *crickets*. Spends rest of life with stutter n shyness?

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      1. Ronnie‏ @kxronne 10 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame 2) teachers response to my work: write family drama.

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      1. Marcel Schmitz‏ @marcelschmitz 10 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame 1) feeling that the tweeps don't get the question you asked 2) blocking and ignoring them all

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      1. Natalie Welch‏ @rerunnat 10 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame being laid off; reacting in a way that would prevent future employment i.e. saying something negative on social media

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      1. Steve Biddick‏ @SteveBiddick 10 Jun 2014
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        @jatosha everything cycles. @avantgame: Defeated in boss-fight, retires to blindfolded LEGO for ever.

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      1. Jane‏ @jatosha 10 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame Sitting piano exam; make a big mistake in final note of prepared music; never play piano again.

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      1. Joshua Morris‏ @Imalloutofideas 11 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame car breaks down, you take a sledgehammer to it.

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      1. Ronnie‏ @kxronne 10 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame 1) to have wasted 3 years working stint jobs to save up money for a very disappointing creative writing course in UK.

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      1. Pixxadoo‏ @Pixxadoo 10 Jun 2014
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        @avantgame Lost all the money -> cuts power of entire city and robs all banks.

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