SnowyIn high school there's more than enough time to prepare for school and play hours upon hours of video games every day. Don't pretend your parents are forcing you to choose between TF2 and studying; you can easily do both. You just don't want to study. Can't fix a problem if you refuse to acknowledge it.
That being said, be nicer to your parents. They only want the best for you, even though they're not sure how to go about getting you there.
Don't listen to the idiots telling you to move out. You're nowhere near independent enough to do so. It'll only hurt your family, and in the end, yourself.
This is a great post.
But in the original post, I really will not believe you have no time to study except at night. Most high schools get done around 2 or 3 PM, which gives you at least ~5 hours to study. You don't even have to study for the full ~5 hours, either. Maybe study for like 2-3 hours, then do whatever. However, if there is truly no chance to study except during the time you want to play TF2, then the answer is obvious. Don't get me wrong, studying can be very dull, but it's one of those things where if you end up not performing well enough, you'll regret it.
You can't really be angry at your dad, either. I mean, think about it. You didn't do well on a few tests, and you even just admitted to us that you can't find time to study because you're playing TF2. He wants you to do well in school so you can have a respectable GPA, therefore getting you potential scholarships and getting into a good college. Once you graduate highschool, you can't undo anything that you've already done. You might as well do the best you can, because what you do there can and will impact your future openings in colleges / jobs.
R3VoltYo, do we have the same parents or something? My family is Vietnamese and I get this shit all the time. Used to play ESEA Open and I'd have to leave a couple scrims early and missed others. Left one match early as well. Parents thought I was addicted, even though I was getting B+ to B- in school. Then my grades started dropping, my parents said from video games. It wasn't though, it was from all the stress of my parents arguing with me and shit. Fucking hell, I already have gray hair, AND I'M 16.
Anywho, I quit playing TF2, I only play it casually. Just don't fucking listen to your parents. They're lunatics and so are mine. They REALLY, like REALLY, do not understand commonsense nor do they want to. Here's a story about logic and commonsense. I was about 180 lbs last summer and I wanted to lose weight. I went and lost weight. I weigh 140 now which is a good range for the height/age I'm at. My mom thinks I'm TOO SKINNY. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? LMAO, it takes a lot for me to not just burst out about how utterly ridiculous their train of thought is. (Sorry for the reference, but) They are like an autistic train; trains have multiple paths they can take. The best one is the one that rides you to the next station, then there are MULTIPLE paths that are blocked off. Guess which one they take? Yeah...
So, for all intents and purposes, just ignore them. You know better than them. Focus on school, show them that you can do EVERYTHING and that you don't need them. Once you get where you need, spit on their shoes and walk. It is too taxing to argue with them. Hope all goes well for yah mate.
Ferskin, please don't listen to this post. Because if you really believe you are definitely, unquestionably more knowledgeable than your parents and that you should "just ignore them," you are fucking sorely mistaken. But I was pretty naive when I was 16 too, haha.
I don't think I can name a single person I know who completely neglected their parents and are currently successful today.