Name / Twitter Handle:
Olav Larsen, @Cellusious
What do you do?
I’m a art and game design freelancer, currently in school.
Where are you from?
Northern Part of Norway
And where are you based nowadays?
Northern Part of Norway
What’s your favourite game of all time?
Ratchet & Clank
What’s the last game you enjoyed?
I don’t really enjoy playing games, because i think too much on design, art and game design. But the last game i enjoyed was Spelunky.
Please describe some of the bullying you experienced:
Getting bullied by multiple people everyday, using my physical and psychical state against me. Hiding my stuff, using a phobia against me, violence, setting false rumors, closing me out, getting chosen last because of the rest agreeing to do so, dragging me down stairs, getting the blame of stuff which never took place. 10 years of this changes a person.
When did you learn to manage the bullying and how?
I didn’t, i never stood up for myself and tried to just get out of the way.
What effect do you think bullying had on you?
It changed me, to a nicer person, seeing how bad people feel, and you know how that feeling is. You’re not going to do that to others when you know how damaging it is.
How is your life better now?
People appreciate my art, appreciate that i’m there, and know that i exist.
Did you ever think life was going to be this good?
No.
What would you like to say to a youngster thinking about getting into video games who is experiencing bullying right now?
Bullying is the bully’s way of expressing that they have problems, not that you have problems. Knowing that they’re the problem, not you is a vital part of understanding why they bully. It sounds clichéd, but it gets better.