How I became involved in this sport

My first year of high school (age 13), I was invited to an after school doodgdball event at some tennis courts next to the school. My friend had the idea from playing Super Dodgeball NES. We only played for fun, but years later I discovered the style of play from the Nintendo game was a very popular style played by the youth in Japan, in official leagues. During my second year of high school, the guys who started it moved far off for university. In this year I only played the Nintendo game in the memory of the fun times. During my third year, I decided to bring the sport back. Ten years later, we're still playing. In my fourth year of high school, I discovered groups in other cities who played the sport. So this is the point we began traveling to compete in events. This is also the year a popular comedy movie about the sport was released. This movie has helped people remember the childhood game, and helped them gain interest in forming or playing in adult leagues. The movie was played with a different style, which is a style most leagues use now, so that's the style we began practicing with. Although it has been difficult getting the sport to grow in my area, it has always been growing in other parts of the U.S. and also the world. I want to bring every country possible the fun of this sport. Tomorrow I will try to make a post relating to my experience with the sport internationally.