After 6 years living as a monk and a total of 19 years later, MMO player returns to Old School RuneScape and proves the classic phrase: you don't quit, you take breaks

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“I quit being a monk to play RuneScape,” Ben Xi’sfirst YouTube videoproclaims.

He’s nearing 31 now, just to put this game’s legacy into perspective.

“RuneScape is deeply meshed into my being,” he says in the video.

“‘He used to be a monk, now he’s back playing video games.

Surely that’s a bit of a waste of time.’

That’s a common misconception about spirituality.

That’s not really the case, actually.”

At the time of writing,he’s 93 Prayer on the high scores.

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