Before RS.
I played PS2, yugioh was the "thing" because everyone at my school had a deck(5th grade). I also just moved so it was pretty epic, I met a lot of friends. But by the next year the yugioh thing cooled down and not many people played so I put away my cards. Soon this guy told me about RS and I started playing.
During RS.
I wasn't quite addicted but since I have always played games nothing really changed. Then we graduated to a new school at 7th, now RS was the thing. Everyone played it, crazy. 5k was a lot to these nubs. Since I've been playing for 2 years I had decent cash 3m lol. I hang out with almost all kinds of people except emos and goths :\. So once in a while me and 10 people from school would go kill monsters and etc. Was fun while it lasted.
After RS.
Well once I moved I really didn't want to play because no one at my new school was interested and someone from my old school stole my main. Then my bestfriend called and asked me to play again and become a member, I did. I still play with him, but we barely get on 2 hours a day. I just mainly bot/pk now.
I didn't lose my popularity or get into drugs, so I'm pretty much the same. Except less of a tan lulz.