Read the following story.

Quest to the Top

Michael loved to play Legend of Starfell on his computer. He played online every day and was the expert among his friends. He showed them how to find all the hidden tools and tricks he had mastered.

One day, he was playing online with his friends and telling each of them what to do. In his excitement, he snapped at them when they made any kind of mistake.

‘Michael, stop yelling,’ his friend Mark said over the headset.

‘Yeah. I’m playing for fun here,’ said Jay. Michael apologised.

From then on, however, he started playing more on his own. That way he could be as competitive as he wanted. Sometimes he was already in the middle of a game when his friends wanted to start one. Michael would ignore their requests, so they played without him.

When the summer holidays started, Michael filled entire days with Legend of Starfell. Meanwhile, his friends made plans to get together. If the plans didn’t include gaming, Michael didn’t bother to join them.

By summer’s end, Michael’s progress had stalled. He was highly ranked, but he couldn’t break into the ‘elite pro’ level. He was finally tired of playing.

At that point, his friends had stopped calling. When Michael reached out to them, they were busy. Summer was almost over, and Michael had nothing to show for it except sore eyes from staring at his computer screen. He couldn’t remember having much fun at all.