Summary of Eric Siu's Leveling Up

By IRB Media

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#1 I had won a championship that crowned me the top player of my class in EverQuest, a massive multiplayer online role-playing game. In the real world of my parents and friends, my win didn’t mean much. But to my thirteen-year-old self, a nerd who always sucked at sports and never caught the attention of girls, it felt major.

#2 I was always late to catch on to things in the real world. I was always picked last for pickup basketball games, and I was told to be cool or to stop trying to fit in. I always had trouble dating girls. I found comfort in gaming.

#3 I learned that to be at the top of the game, I had to study. I went to websites and printed out pages of maps and put them into a binder. I would never do something like that for school. But as I studied and improved on my own, I realized that in order to do the most challenging things in the game, I had to join a team.

#4 I knew gaming was my purpose. I sacrificed a lot to become great at the games I played, including a stronger relationship with my parents and admission to a higher-tier college. I gave up on potential chances to play high school sports.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 29, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669379126

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I had won a championship that crowned me the top player of my class in EverQuest, a massive multiplayer online role-playing game. In the real world of my parents and friends, my win didn’t mean much. But to my thirteen-year-old self, a nerd who always sucked at sports and never caught the attention of girls, it felt major.

#2

I was always late to catch on to things in the real world. I was always picked last for pickup basketball games, and I was told to be cool or to stop trying to fit in. I always had trouble dating girls. I found comfort in gaming.

#3

I learned that to be at the top of the game, I had to study. I