What got you here? (MPGH) and into game hacking/programming?

Hey,

I'm new here and I wanted to introduce myself with a nice little topic, and it would be nice if everyone could submit just to see where everyone is coming from and how every person got to the stage they are at now, and even what motivated them to continue.

I code in C/C++ and a little bit of inline ASM (just to move a few variables here and there). I started off because I got bored of everyday life, and I realized that with programming I can do a shit tonne of things. All from my computer. What motivated me to continue so far, is my thrive to be better than everyone. And there are a lot of MPGHeans I look up to just by looking at their posts and how knowledgeable they are. These include ~Hitokiri, Master131, and InSaNe.

Let's see what you guys come up with

I started off really by reading a book on how video games were made with c++ back in like 7th or 8th grade, then hacking my psp, doing basic coding on random games, learning a little mips making basic codes, stopped doing coding for like 3 years, trying to get back in to it as a hobbie.

It's been like 2 years and people still call me pedowaldo wtf? i had that name for all of 2 days.

found this site because i looked up some programming question that led me here. i stuck with it because of the programming section.

Well, back in the days when I played combat arms hackers where really common. When others are overpowered with aimbot/shoot through wall, you desperately want that power (especialy when your 13 xD). This is where I got my empowerment! And It's good to see you guys here after 6 years