f94742 No.15808364
Do you ever get depressed about not having anyone to play games with anymore? Or most of the games that you're into aren't something friends or acquaintances would really dive into?
Like for example, I remember the old days of couch gaming and how I used to have fun playing through a campaign of something together with a friend, or maybe playing something else split screen multiplayer or taking turns. In games like Oddworld or Super Mario Bros. 3 you would take turns in 2 player mode, or those Mario Party games each player would get their own turn and you'd have the minigames too.
I don't have anyone to game with anymore, most people are just playing casual shootin games these days with online multiplayer, playing MOBA type games, or coughing up money for the latest hyped up AAA games. I have nothing wrong with shooters as a genre as they've had some really great games in the past, but that's essentially the predominant genre people play together or with multiplayer for a while now.
b005c2 No.15808370
I get depressed i don't have time anymore, and by that i mean 6 straight hours of carefree attitude.
Posting around here is a different thing if anyone wants to bring that up
2cd394 No.15808372
>Live in apartment two years ago
>From kitchen, at around 1 am every weekend, I'd see some faggots get together and play Crash Team Racing and other stuff together in some other apartment in front of mine
>Tfw you were never invited to play Crash Team Racing
fac6ac No.15808380
Yes. None of my IRL friends are able to pick up anything deeper than point and shoot, and anyone I talk to online ends up being a retard or a complete autist.
4d2c8f No.15808381
I just talk about games with /v/ and play games with them if I'm in the mood for multiplayer. I don't see any value in having someone sitting right next to me so it's not that big of a deal that I am surrounded by people with shit taste.
3f1076 No.15808382
Yeah, feels bad. Few years back I had a friend that we'd always go get shitty old cartridges to play through together, drifted away though
9c2a33 No.15808397
I met most of my online friends playing Left 4 Dead 2 back in the day. I haven't talked to any of those people in years. It feels bad that everyone I know in real life only talks about Fortnite or Smash, and that no one wants to sit down and play a quick arcade-y versus game. I can't reconnect with any of my old online friends either for the same reason. Sometimes I miss the days of playing Midnight Club 2 on split-screen with my neighbor, or playing Sonic Adventure 2 split-screen with the girl next door. Now I can't even talk about vidya unless I'm willing to play a battle royale.
969bcc No.15808399
>>15808364
Relieve depression by lifting+masturbating everyday.
a6f65a No.15808443
I get depressed I can't even enjoy online games without a subscription fee.
22f5bc No.15808454
>>15808399
*do not attempt at the same time
05841c No.15808457
>have best friend since forever
>play games with him all the time, doesnt matter if its a shitty game always have fun
>always talking shit about games, roasting each other for liking games that are trash
>consolefag so im always talking shit. he doesn't care though he knows i'll get a game on console if he has it so we can play
>friend passes away
>can't even play more than 5 min of any game now
i like talking about games but i really can't be bothered anymore to play much of anything anymore
dc99cb No.15808481
>>15808364
I used to until I got someone to play with. Now I'm glad I don't.
Unless I can clone myself, it'd be shit.
c309c8 No.15808486
Sort of, yeah. But then I got into tabletop gaming, which is fine since I usually stick to single player games anyway. My friends who were into video games always liked stuff like Smash, Halo, and LoL. Fun enough with other people for a while, but not the kind of thing I'd spend money on.
If I do play a couch game with a friend, it's usually something older, or we trade off on a single player game.
2902ae No.15808488
>>15808399
>lifting+masturbating
Just how big is your dick anon?
d4a67e No.15808504
>>15808488
Legs are where it's at.
e958f3 No.15808512
>>15808364
>Do you ever get depressed about not having anyone to play games with anymore?
no because I have you faggots to play vidya with
f97cc0 No.15808516
>Older brother introduced me to gaming
>literally would walk me through games on our n64 before I could effectively read
>our parents were drunks and never took care of us so it was up to my older siblings
>end up spending alot of time with bro and otger siblings just playing games or watching them play games
>Used to game alot with older brother
>At the height of ps2, start of the 360 and ps3 generation
>Beat countless co-op games
>Play through and co-op any game we could find, beat all the Gears of Wars together
>He even introduced me to some good cult classics nobosy fucking talks about like Darkwatch and Obscure
>End up enjoying alot of mediocre titles just because of my older brother
>We have our own little memes and jokes based off of some of the things weve said while gayman
<fastfoward to CurrentYear+4
<he has a kid with and lives with a pozzed red hair vegan feminist
<10 years older than him
<Actually cucks him
<Threatened to kill herself last year because we hung out one day a week
<Hates my guts and blames me for the fact they cheat on eachother
<Threatens to leave my brother multiple times a year
<He works 6 days a week 12 hour days as an electrician to provide for his wife who spends 400 a month on DoTerra essential oils
<Every time I call him or talk to him he seems really tired or depressed
<Has a PS4 Doesnt really game anymore is more or less just a netflix device for his wife
<Never hang out or game anymore
mfw the person whos been my best friend my entire life is now trapped by A STRONG EMPOWERED WYMYN
mfw when she threatened to kill herself and their 3yr old child 4 months ago
mfw I find out shes pregnant and having another kid with him despite threatening to kill their 3 year old earlier this year
3D women will fucking ruin your life
d4a67e No.15808522
>>15808516
There's a very simple solution for that, you know
2902ae No.15808529
>>15808516
>marrying a feminist
I'm sure he realized by now that no pussy is worth that price.
5a7898 No.15808531
>>15808364
>Do you ever get depressed about not having anyone to play games with anymore?
Never did.
375745 No.15808548
big time, playing online "solo" is complete shit, i used to have a group of dudes were we'd fuck about online but now? i've got no irl friends and one on steam (who i met through l4d2)
miss playing tekken 2 with my cousin
1e6974 No.15808552
I mostly play single player games anyways. Factorio, Metroid, Diablo 2, that sort of thing.
69c7b4 No.15808573
I miss it. Grew up with an older brother to play with all the time, after he moved out it was highschool friends. Now I’m married and have a toddler and a work schedule that doesn’t give much time for much else due to how sporadic it is. I mainly play singleplayer cuhrayzee and strategy games, and only multiplayer I have time for is fighting games. A quick 5 min or series of 5 min DBFZ matches can really get me feeling great, but I miss the days of hanging out and playing local multiplayer.
Once or twice a year, usually around christmas, me and the wife go hang out with those highschool friends and catchup on life, and we play bullshit couch multiplayer games. Sometimes that type of shit like Towerfall or other times Injustice 2 where one guy always pics Gorilla Grodd and dick punches. All those friends were way into smash back in the day so I’m hoping the new one coming out spurs another one of these parties to happen. I’m still too damn anti social to try to organize it myself.
2f6bf8 No.15808598
>Do you ever get depressed about not having anyone to play games with anymore?
I don't have many people to hang out with more at all anymore, but when it comes to games its particularly frustrating
>me and 2-3 friends used to gather once or twice a week to play fighting games and whatever else we could local play
>move into an apartment with one of those friends some time later
>when he gets the other friend we'd play fighting games with over they exclusively play fortnite duos now
375745 No.15808603
>>15808573
does your wife play games at all? or is she just a proper bird
56a389 No.15808618
>Motivation running low
>Want to play games with someone
>Most of my friends from around 10 years ago moved onto modern games I'm not interested in
>other hobbies and skills neglected and out of practice
>Have the time and money to do want I want
>Stuck in a body that can barely bring itself out of bed
69c7b4 No.15808642
>>15808603
She plays very little, stuff like animal crossing and pokemon, then there’s certain games that we go through together like Zelda BotW or Mario Odyessy which is a lot of fun as it’s she plays until she gets stuck and then I help, and by the end it’s just her watching as the games gotten either too hard or too intense. She insists on 100% them which is fun in some games and dreadful in others. She almost is able to solo old god of war games with the exception of a few bosses, and I think I know why. My wife has a sense of direction so bad she can get lost in a straight line, so a game as linesr as old God of War works real well for her. I think when we try the new one it’s gonna be “honey you do it” a lot.
d4a67e No.15808646
>>15808618
The right hobby fixes all of that
56a389 No.15808652
>>15808646
I already exercise every day.
5fb78c No.15808658
>>15808642
My wife thinks she's terrible at games, but she got through dark souls with a terrible dagger build she insisted on. My brother and I helped her when we could, but there's plenty of shit you have to solo, and we never took the controller away from her, y'know?
69c7b4 No.15808660
>>15808642
Also we don’t do any real competitin multiplayer just the two of us cause women are sore losers. She likes stuff with coop or multiplayer racing like sonic/sega racing and mariokart, but thats it.
9db731 No.15808666
>>15808646
>Been on and off lifting for the past year after 5+ years of lifting without fail
>Gotta take breaks due to injury, causing nerve issues
>Couple that with 12 hour work days, and a personal projects
I'm just gonna start biking again, but god damn, I miss 4 plaet squats, it's been a month now, and I'm livid.
56a389 No.15808667
>>15808662
I wear weighted clothing, there's a bit of an analog there.
2f6bf8 No.15808676
>>15808642
>I think when we try the new one it’s gonna be “honey you do it” a lot.
silly, but at least spending that time together is fun right?
d4a67e No.15808677
>>15808666
In full plate? This is important, Satan.
ae9778 No.15808696
>>15808364
I still have one friend to play vidya with, but we haven't done so in a long time, due to his PS3 memory being nigh full (he's at 60gb and will never get around to upgrading the space or deleting enough) and the DVD laser in it being dead (thus I can't bring any of my PS2 games over), and he rarely leaves his house anyhow and thus never comes over to hang out at my place. Most we do vidya related together when I'm over these days is watch him play stuff blind and make comments or give ideas for progression. Seeing him lose his shit at stuff like the camera in the Griffon fight in DMC, or even just the Shadows, is quite amusing at the very least.
Does annoy me though how one former friend's choice of actions pretty much shattered the group game nights we all had half a decade back, but what's past is past, and those nights will never come back.
>>15808372
>Finally find a cheap copy of CTR locally maybe four years ago.
>No one left interested in playing it.
>>15808516
>Threatened to kill herself last year because we hung out one day a week
Family time between brothers is worth a suicide over?
>>15808529
Wouldn't be so sure about that.
69c7b4 No.15808702
>>15808658
No. She couldn’t navigate that not alone. You don’t understand how bad she is at knowing directions. Recent example, we recently went to the big city with a massive mall that has a hotel connected to it for a weekend with my mom. She could not navigate herself back to the hotel area despite the mall being basically a straight line. I had to walk her back if she was taking the baby to the room for a nap while me and my mom visited. Also, when we were looking for a game at this mall and I wondered aloud “no I don’t think there’s any other game stores in this mall,” she pointed and said “Isn’t there one on the second floor over there?” I was amazed because I remembered there was another smaller used game store over there! We got there and she said she meant this other store that was actually in a different mall entirely.
>>15808676
Yeah. Doesn’t happen much but can be fun, most of the time she doesn’t play games all the way to the end.
02b4a3 No.15808708
>>15808364
I only ever played games with my siblings anyway. It was fun but they weren't really interested in the same type of games I was. Now they've all grown up and turned into sjws, I don't even bother trying to discuss games or anything with them anymore because the only thing they want to do is scream about the orange man. Outside of that I don't play lots of games in general that have multiplayer elements period except sometimes I play COD zombies. That's fine and I've gotten a lot better at it with friends that have come over from time to time but that's also become increasingly rare, because of everyone's hectic work schedule. So the only time I can multi play zombies is usually online and even then the experience kind of sucks.
Another issue is now that I mostly game on PC it's almost impossible to find games that have split screen modes, had a lot of fun playing Black Ops 3 PC on the couch because it has a split screen mode for up to four players but I've heard that's gone in the new Black Ops 4, and that's a major bummer.
2f6bf8 No.15808711
>>15808666
>I miss 4 plaet squats
jesus you're a big fucker. I thought I was a strong dude from my work but signing up for a proper gym made me realize I got a lot to work on and i'm socially retarded so I've been too nervous to go use the squat rack in fear of anyone watching me figuring it out at low weights
d00d8d No.15808716
>>15808529
You had me worried for a minute anon. Thank god the canadian courts haven't gone full commiefornia yet.
>>15808457
This is the soul of this thread and depressing as fuck.
>>15808642
I want to reconfirm my theory about women and game ability real quick with you anon. Think about most of the vidya where women you know not just adapted to but excelled at the mechanics thrown at them. Now ask yourself how many of those required using two analog sticks and the shoulder buttons in tandem constantly/often to succeed? If the answer is in the single digits even percentage-wise my theory remains intact.
69c7b4 No.15808722
>>15808716
Your theory is safe. Only shooter shes been able to play competently is splatoon with motion controls. Only action games she doesn’t need my help in don’t involve two sticks
2902ae No.15808736
>>15808716
Women also have horrible reaction times, a girl at her peak reacts slower than a 50 year old man.
eb49ae No.15808737
>shitty early childhood
>abusive fucked up parents
>still manage to have good close friends
>spend most of my time with them to escape from home life
>highschool lan parties with crappy cobbled together pc's
>diablo 2, half life
>endless fun
>fast forward
>life is hard after highschool
>old friends move away
>spend a couple years almost completely alone
>finally find new friends
>always hanging out together
>find time to play some vidyo
>playing all night a bunch of pc's in one room
>play mmo's, all kinds of fps
>play until there's only a couple people left making a competition out of who can go on the longest
>endless fun
>feels good to finally have friends again
>fast forward
>back to living alone
>recovering from a rough patch of life
>all those old friends gone, doing their own things
>barely even think about video games anymore
>log on to some of my mmo accounts just to look at my inventory and log back out
>last online 6 weeks ago
>check to see who's playing on steam
>last online 2 years ago
>close games
>uninstall games
>try not to think about it
d4a67e No.15808738
>>15808722
So, you're saying women are hardwired to handle just one stick at a time? Seems reasonable.
d00d8d No.15808746
>>15808738
>>15808722
Appreciate the insight fellas.
c404aa No.15808759
>>15808364
I don't get depressed, but I always wish I could, I just experienced that short burst of being passionate about videogames again with someone I knew.
8be414 No.15808766
growing up i always wanted friends who played computer games so we could lan party. i never got to have a lan party with friends because everyone had a console.
b08371 No.15808783
>>15808364
>Or most of the games that you're into aren't something friends or acquaintances would really dive into?
This is the worst feeling. The two friends I see regularly have pretty similar tastes, so they usually decide which game we all play when we get together. Recently I actually managed I to get them to try playing DMC1 with me, but the first guy couldn't give less of a shit and the other spent 20 minutes laughing at the door opening animation then quit before even getting to Phantom. It was an infuriating experience and it really opened my eyes to just how completely different my tastes are from theirs. I wish I knew how to meet new friends.
290c82 No.15808791
Yeah, kind of.
I used to have two great friends, neighbours coincidentially, who we'd play just about anything with. Even singleplayer games, Ratchet and Clank, Sly Cooper, Metal Slug, those Godzilla fighting games, some JRPGs, Left 4 Dead, a bit of Runescape(We never even got past level 20 but it was so fucking fun together).
Then whatever circumstances happened and I had to go to another country for family reasons and we simply forgot to share contact information, and now I have no idea how to get it in touch.
The thing I regret the most is occasionally being a little shit around them. It didn't happen often but good god I wish it never did. I wouldn't be surprised if they were glad I was gone.
2f6bf8 No.15808804
Tangibly related but I've also started to realize that maybe games aren't just casualized but the players are from playing these games, my roommate who i mentioned earlier I would wager was an above average player of video games, he could figure out most mechanics pretty quickly and was pretty good at fighting games, then he started playing more and more games like fortnite to kill time and then I see him bitching more about mechanics he would previously have no issues with, he played VC4 and complained about any time the game threw a challenge at him calling it bullshit or unfair and similar things. It's a shame
0f02ac No.15808810
>>15808364
>back in highschool
>at least once a month or so, usually more frequently, someone would round up the guys and we'd go fuck around at somebody's house (usually one guy in particular because he had a soundproofed home theater in his basement with a bigass projector TV, although the latency on that thing sucked)
>spend the whole night playing Mario Kart, Melee (and Brawl when it came out), Quake and/or Age of Empires over LAN, etc.
>usually somebody would smuggle in a bottle of vodka or something too, which only fanned the flames
>when Demon's Souls came out we'd all pitch in and make a hideously ugly character, then take turns playing, switching off when we died
>try to keep it up after finishing highschool
>worked out for a while, but soon everyone started getting too busy with college and eventually work
>nowadays we'll get together maybe once every 4-5 months, and only three regulars other than myself typically make it
>it's been 6 months since the last one, with no plans on the horizon (we'll probably get together for New Years or something, though)
fucking hell, it's been 10 years and Demon's Souls still feels like "the new thing"
I sometimes think I've been frozen in time, and everything else is just rushing by
the only thing about me that's actually what it should be at my age is my annoyingly strong urge to find a wife, which doesn't fucking help
aa0308 No.15808851
>pirate game
>it's actually fun
>but to play against others online, i need an account and proper copy
>fuck that
>play against ai(s) several matches a day
>watch videos of top players having fun and doing new tricks
>git gud by myself
>good times
>years later end up getting account
>play online
>it's fun in a weird way
>player count drops
>apparently everyone's in the discord
>fuck that
>back to being alone
>can't go back to playing computer after playing people
>game ruined
oh well
2521f5 No.15808873
My roommate bought Fallout 76 to play with his online friends. He also plays Madden regularly and constantly yells into his headset despite me telling him to knock it off.
I should have switched apartments a year ago.
>>15808783
>I wish I knew how to make friends
It's easy as fuck online, there's always someone similar to you if you look hard enough. The problem is finding somebody close enough to be friends in person.
2f6bf8 No.15808897
>>15808873
>He also plays Madden regularly and constantly yells into his headset despite me telling him to knock it off.
my roommate and our mutual friend get so fucking mad at one another over fortnite i hear it from my room frequently, they never did this shit when we played fighting games, its making me convinced that these kind of games have made them angrier especially when they don't get instant gratification. It might be why the roommate who was good at fighters plays them so much less now unless it's something kinda casual he can assert domination in like BBTAG and then just blame broken characters when he loses
b08371 No.15808960
>>15808804
>Tangibly related but I've also started to realize that maybe games aren't just casualized but the players are from playing these games
I don't think it's necessarily that all these casual games are killing the brain cells of people that used to like complicated games, I think we're all just getting older and while we all still play vidya probably, everyone else is turning into normalfags without any time to get invested. Obviously I don't know your friend's gaming habits, but I'm assuming he's probably in/nearing his 30's and working a full time job.
>>15808873
>It's easy as fuck online, there's always someone similar to you if you look hard enough. The problem is finding somebody close enough to be friends in person.
God, I miss my old forum buddies. I also used to go to fightan locals and there was a ton of cool guys there, but even after taking a road trip to Combo Breaker with them I still had no idea how to talk to anyone.
68e559 No.15808962
>>15808646
>filename
>not calling it Dark Swoles
You're welcome.
760f06 No.15808965
I get sad thinking about my favorite multiplayer games which are dead ;_; I'll never get to play them again. Also miss my old gaming set up, now I'm just hunched over my desk.
99600d No.15808982
>>15808851
Just join the discord.
2f6bf8 No.15808987
>>15808960
>but I'm assuming he's probably in/nearing his 30's and working a full time job.
mid 20s with a full time job, but I'm only a bit older than him and work a much more labor intensive job and I don't feel its taken a toll on my gaming ability. Although I have been working out a lot which I actually feel might have benefited me in games ever so slightly and he only eats junk food and never works out because he still falls for the "I just can't gain weight!" meme which i will laugh about when it catches up to him
375745 No.15809008
this thread is fucking depressing (in a good way), i used to play tekken with my sister, play timesplitters/wwf games with my best mate at the time
now i'm just an alcoholic with no friends lol
add me on steam - paranoidandroid93 or unkle
13c7a3 No.15809063
My friends will play games with me, but they have mostly been taken over by the modern AAA trash bug. I would like to introduce them to some of my older games, but I live a couple of hours away from them so I will have to wait.
13c7a3 No.15809066
>>15809008
I'll play some games with you sometime dude. My brother and cousins and I used to play Gamecube games together all the time (Super Monkey Ball, Bomberman Generations and Cell Damage to name a few), so I know your pain.
fc3865 No.15809072
>>15808364
I've almost never played games with people, I've always considered it annoying. I want to be left alone and play at my own pace. Oh yeah, when Diablo 2 came out I let my little sister press the use potion buttons.
3f6965 No.15809077
>>15808516
Be proactive with logging information with dates and times, and you can get her thrown in prison for threatening to murder their child. Reclaim your brother, she doesn't own him.
375745 No.15809087
>>15809066
cheers mate, lol i know what you mean man
last co-op game i played was timesplitters 1 (after release) with my mate, and we'd just be drinking and fucking about, what's your steam id?
353e2f No.15809088
>>15808364
>Group of 20 friends that I used to play games with all the time is down to just me and another guy who plays old RTS games with me every few days.
>He got a girlfriend and is on less and less
6bf617 No.15809111
>>15809077
Its dubs how can you argue
bc15f1 No.15809126
>>15808364
I play Splatoon 2 with friends multiple times a week. From /v/
760f06 No.15809135
>>15809063
>>15809126
I don't even have online friends that's how much of a sperg I am. I used to be ok being a shut in NEET but am tired of it and I kind of want friends and I want to see the outside world. I feel like shit.
6bf617 No.15809147
>>15809135
You got in that dark room somehow maybe use the same POE to get out?
cfa917 No.15809154
>>15808529
I decided to look up the wiki article on that for updates it's a complete mess on the talk page with the admin in charge of it admitting to personally knowing, being friends with and engaging with on twitter all three of the complainants of the court case yet not claiming to not having any conflict of interest whatsoever in his editing.
And besides showing how slow the courts are at by taking 4 years to deal with there's also the incompetence of the judge that's on full display
>On March 4, 2016, Judge Knazan amended his original ruling which claimed Elliott’s tweets were "obscene and homophobic in at least two instances" when it was discovered that the tweets were actually made by an account impersonating Elliott.
If those women had any brains they'd have gone to the Canadian Human Rights Commission which has a 99.9% conviction rating on these types of cases. But that would have taken the possibility of years in jail for their victim off the table.
>>15808716
>Thank god the canadian courts haven't gone full commiefornia yet.
Look up the Canadian Human Rights Commission. The only reason why he 'won' was a blunder on the part of the harassers. The way things are he can be considered lucky to have only lost nearly a hundred thousand dollars, 4 years of his life and his job.
Sage for offtopic
760f06 No.15809170
>>15809147
>POE
Path of exile? I'm so stupid I don't know what you said. I've always been a sperg even when I was a kid I had no friends until I was in grade 2. I remember having 2 nigger friends in grade 6 that were outcasts. I must be legitimately autistic I've never gotten diagnosed. I honest to God wish I was never born.
21edfd No.15809189
>>15808364
I've been extremely depressed all my life because I've been unable to make close friends, let alone ones that want to get together and play video games once a month, my entire life. I hate being so alone and I'm not even autistic or ugly. Nobody wants to be around me and they never have. It's been this way even since elementary school where it only got worse as the years went by. I've been told at every single stage of life that things would get better at the next step but they have only gotten worse. Sometimes I think god hates me and doesn't want me to have the one simple thing I've wanted in my life, somewhat close friendship. Every time I think I'm somewhat close to making a friend they abondon me or denounce me while talking about me behind my back. I just wanted to play some video games man. Shit, I can't even find the energy to look at games anymore without feeling a deep sense of longing for what I can't have. There's no where to escape to for me and I'm trapped in a room browsing image boards all day because no one else wants me. I hate this world. God help me please I'm so alone.
2902ae No.15809190
>>15809170
Point Of Entry. You need to play more games with SWAT.
760f06 No.15809204
>>15809190
Fucking wew. I need to build a time machine and stop myself from being born.
eefccf No.15809218
>like being with friends
>after an hour or two I get the overwhelming urge to be alone
>miss the company of others quickly
>I am never happy
2902ae No.15809222
>>15809189
I guess you (and I as well) must do something, without realizing it, that repels normalfags. I have no idea what though since I know incredibly boring people who have more friends than me (0).
>>15809204
inb4 you accidentally become your own grandfather by fucking your mom
b66e6a No.15809228
>>15809189
actual friends are rare, the normalfag groups are often shallow surface level friends. One argument can rip them apart. The word friend has been muded down and means little to nothing like love. Honestly if you want a guy to play games with I recomend playing heavily social games like MMOs or joining the game nights, get into a niche group, listen to them get them to all talk about themselves and when you find one that is like you start talking to them more and finding common ground. Its actually quite easy to make aquantences, sort of act like a social chameleon. That way you can find numerous groups and eventually find one person that you agree with. I basically did this in middle/high school, I would be in different groups, just listening to people, and because I let people always talk about themselves they would like me alot. I met there friends, and after something like 4 or 5 years I have a friend that I see myself always hanging out with up past 30 I just realized how close I am to that age oof da. I'm not kidding when I recomend reading How to win friends & Infuluence people alot of retard politicians and the high and mighty Psych majors use them, but if you use it in a genuine, sincere maner you will get alot out of it, which is what the book drives home alot too. Being a social chameleon is good, but if its the kind where you're doing it out of subterfuge, and not out of trying to get to know the person more, it can come off as insulting there intelligence if you're fakeing it the whole way.
But at the same time, learn to enjoy your own company, when you learn to love your own company others will follow, which is easier said than done. And has been said by every pompous faggot attempting to get into Psychology, but there is an honest truth in it. I'm not an expert in this shit so take my opinion with a grain of salt, this is a simple opinion that I've had from experience. I'm not even that wise lmao, but I am getting close to my wizarding license.
>>15809222
Nice digits
375745 No.15809234
>>15809218
that's the worst thing man, knowing the people you're talking to are decent but having to put on that facade of "oh, hey man, i care about your stupid shit"
i can shitpost on this and then have a wank and fuck off but irl there's so much effort you need to put in
760f06 No.15809239
>>15809222 noice
>inb4 you accidentally become your own grandfather by fucking your mom
If my mom was hot, sure.
760f06 No.15809243
>>15809189
Holy hell, I feel your pain.
2ccda5 No.15809246
I get depressed at the lack of private servers being the standard in online games now.
I miss the atmosphere of playing with regulars. Now it's all random assholes and nobody gets along.
eefccf No.15809247
>>15809234
I mostly don't even try that shit any more. I'd rather be real with people and tell them how I really feel. Makes for more genuine friends, if less of them.
21edfd No.15809249
>>15809228
I know what you mean by real friends man. The closest thing I had to one of those stopped talking to me a year ago. God I miss him so much. I knew almost everything about him and vice virsa. Of course we didn't have all too much in common, hell that was one of the reasons he stopped talking to me, that and the fact that our friendship was mostly out of desperation and the fact that we were somewhat far apart politically didn't help either.
375745 No.15809255
>>15809247
you're right, that's why i don't have any friends anymore im 25 btw but yeah i couldn't be arsed putting in the fake effort, there's only one dude i get on with who i work with but he's a fag that games on ps4 (used to play day of defeat, fuck knows how he likes the new shit)
i still "entertain" him but i wish i just had a faggy nerd friend that gamed on pc
tfw no lan party on q3a, drinking beers with friends
13c7a3 No.15809265
>>15809218
I'm like that with everyone I hang out with. I can have a laugh but after a while I just want to get back home and play videogames or browse the internet ironically to talk to people. It's especially awkward when I'm talking one-to-one with somebody. I'll often move slightly away from them but they will keep talking to me. At least on here I have people to be autistic with, and I can stop talking whenever I want. Even with IDs it's not really that rude because nobody knows who I am anyway.
eefccf No.15809269
>>15809255
>tfw used to LAN party with 3-4 friends back in college
>there was a girl who only ever played on a Mac, but she still knew how to play any game we'd play
She does porn now.
1bd36c No.15809270
>>15809008
Can't find you anywhere. Too many Unkle's out there and your other name doesn't get anything for me.
375745 No.15809274
>>15809270
i'm a retard when it comes to this, pic related might help
24eca7 No.15809276
>>15808364
Often when my friends make it a point that they're going to buy a game we could all play I buy it or play it aswell.
I don't like Poke'mon, but I got a new smartphone and an external battery for Pokemon Go and played up until most got board with it.
I wasn't all too interested in Monster Hunter World, but I got a brand new PC just to play it with them.
Only one got it for PC and played it for 6 hours, stopped and then went back to Overwatch which I refuse to play.
3 of them are getting Smash.
I don't particularly like Smash.
I pre-ordered Smash.
I'll likely play it longer than any of them.
Until they or their wives get the seven-year-itch and break it off I don't think I will ever really hang out with my friends much.
I only see them about once a month.
13c7a3 No.15809298
>>15809276
Jackbox is pretty good with friends.
19ddbb No.15809300
Looking for gamer friend that will let me give them the succ while they play.
375745 No.15809305
>>15809294
nah, glasgow, scotland
375745 No.15809309
>>15809294
>>15809305
woops
13c7a3 No.15809311
>>15809305
>>15809309
lel. I didn't want to derail the thread. There are some videogame-related bars though.
4d28ce No.15809314
>>15808851
Multiplayer vidya is degradation of the media. Before computer games existed, all games were technically multiplayer with the exception for toys, perhaps. The whole miracle of video games is that you play with an artificial opponent.
d4a112 No.15809327
>>15809190
Just got playing some SWAT 4 tbh.
>hospital is attacked by armed gunmen looking to kill korean diplomat
>they're fully dressed up and tacticool, automatic weapons, etc
>shoot on sight because holy fuck gotta protect the civilians, these aren't common criminals, these are professional hitmen
<unauthorized use of deadly force
Well fuck you too, TOC.
2c791d No.15809346
>move to the city so I can attend university
>have only 2 friends who play vidya
>the three of us play Warcraft 3 customs every week for years
>one had to move back to his hometown after his studies took a turn for the worse
>I had to move back to my own
>only one guy left in the city now
>the city guy and I sometimes meet to play Warcraft 3 for a few hours every 2-3 months
>have only one online friend
>all he ever plays is War Thunder and VRchat
>try WT, get to T4, still can't get into it at all, game doesn't suit me
>don't have a VR set to play VRchat properly
>he doesn't like any game that I like
>wanted to play something with /v/
>look through the catalogue
>find Granblue Fantasy
>the voiced jpegs of girls are nice, but that's where the game fun ends
>only saving grace is the shitposting which is admittedly top tier
>stop playing because the grind is killing me
It's suffering.
375745 No.15809347
>>15809008
>tfw made two friends
cheers lads, now buy and install sonic all star racing
5bb420 No.15809359
>>15808516
Same thing happen with my older brother.
You know what? I never will be like him.
1ed6f3 No.15809402
>friends with kid in elementary school
>I transfer schools in 4th grade but we still hang out from time to time, reconnect in high school
>brother stole his games and pawned them off to buy stupid shit, mom sold his games at yard sales
>kept his games at my house instead, over all day erryday for years
>played Valve games, JRPGs, a bunch of sixth and seventh gen titles from 2007-2010
>college, both of us live at home, gaming time gets less frequent but still a shared interest for a while
>starts hanging out with big tiddied girl, no one's seen him since
He's probably still into games, but likely just AAA titles. Meanwhile I mostly go through the same games I used to play, occasionally branching out when one online friend buys something co-op for us. I don't even know if I care to play with anyone besides him anymore, I get too anxious playing with randoms.
5bcad8 No.15809410
>>15808516
Sounds like the problem isn't the woman but your brother being a bit of a retard anon, why did he think, and still does think, this woman is even worth the time?
070196 No.15809427
>>15808364
I trained my best friend to love the same games I like.
I'm above you. I'm like… the Illuminai.
070196 No.15809441
>>15809431
> X Factor theme music playing
> Jonathan Frakes appearing
cb97b6 No.15809489
>Do you ever get depressed about not having anyone to play games with anymore?
Can't be depressed about something you never had. Oh sure my sister played games, but she pretty much hated my guts back then. Honestly local co-op always felt like the devs were twisting the knife, on-line multiplayer was a blessing when I first experienced it.
>Or most of the games that you're into aren't something friends or acquaintances would really dive into?
So pretty much like before video games were cool? I didn't really have that bonding moment since I was in middle school, that's more of because I moved away and we were friends back in elementary school.
18fef9 No.15809544
>>15809135
Get a Switch and play Splatoon 2 with us. You're more than welcome as long as your sperginess doesn't annoy people. We're all likely on the spectrum.
e2af5d No.15809709
Last time I remember playing couch co-op was almost 15 years ago when I played NBA Street and DOA 3 with some nogs I went to school with, and surreal enough, it was the one time I ever had any fun with it.
48385c No.15810056
>Use to play games constantly with this one chick
>There was always a bit of sexual tension
>Eventually go our separate ways do to moving
>Meet tons of girls later who are hotter, and this girl was already pretty hot
>NONE OF THEM PLAY VIDEO GAMES
Lovecraft's stories about knowledge that will drive you insane wasn't fiction.
9b6228 No.15810274
>>15808364
Must be good to have someone to play videogames with you. Nah just fucking with ya I dont like the idea of playing with somebody else a bit. Playing videogames to me should only be enjoyed when there is only me. I used to play with my brother and some older neighbors sometimes but I never like it. Either they just talked to fucking much or just being a form of distraction in of itself.
55c4f4 No.15810278
>>15808364
I get depressed about the sorry state of my life.
9eddce No.15810336
>have childhood best friend with who I played vidya every day
>we manage to rustle up a little group of people to play vidya together
>life is great
>high school happens
>he gets a gf
>gf dislikes me
>he chooses her over me
>entire group falls apart because of this
>life is not great
>years pass
>have a group of friends who I talk to, but don't really play vidya with often
>finally find someone I trust as much as my best bro
>she's an underage tomboy who is really autistic about early 2000s MMOs
>bring her into this little group because she has no other friends
>play vidya together for months
>go out as a group once and I ask her to come along
>it goes well overall
>don't hear from her for a while after that
>hear that she started dating one of my friends
>of course it's the rich guy who has never had a girlfriend before
>turns out I was just a meal ticket until I told her I wasn't filthy rich
>then I was apparently just a vehicle towards a meal ticket
>haven't heard from friend since
>it's been four months
Serves me right.
48385c No.15810354
>>15810336
You probably saw signs she was being fake as fuck.
9eddce No.15810385
>>15810354
In hindsight, sure. I mean, even while everything was "okay" I had that niggling feeling in the back of my mind, but I decided to go against it and really trust someone in a long while. At least I'm not the one getting beta provider'd.
d69db8 No.15810390
I just get really drunk and that usually makes the pain stop. Then I can enjoy the lowest common denominator of normalfag vidya trash because I'm too wasted to care.
2c791d No.15810394
>>15810336
Sounds like a good cautionary tale about not letting women into your group, ever.
48385c No.15810433
>>15810385
>I mean, even while everything was "okay" I had that niggling feeling in the back of my mind, but I decided to go against it and really trust someone in a long while
I have a feeling men can instinctively tell when a woman is being fake to get something out of them. At the same time, it's hard to tell the difference between a woman is being fake or if they're just nervous talking to you. It's something to keep in mind for next time I guess.
9f037a No.15810632
>>15808364
No, it doesn't depress me, instead it irritates me for the purpose of finding the solution, and as far as I am concerned it is as hard, if not harder than finding friends.
I was playing alone vidya for so long, that not many people can keep up with me, but due to how pursue of any field goes - your preferences and taste narrow down, it worsens the situation even more. But then, even for a gaming relationship to be lasting you need to have something in common beyond your taste in any particular hobby. Thus, the question rises - where the fuck do I find people that enjoy to play games on their own, that are seeking other people to play games with that I would enjoy that are also good and not imageboard (and since we are talking 8ch, we are talking a very specific subset of preferences in that regard) allergic? Do you see the problem here?
Sure, I could force some faggots to play with me, but one can't rely on that to replace your longing for a vidya partner, unless you harbor a community specifically for the purpose of playing vidya (which I'm currently thinken about).
Alternatively, streaming is also an option and I already have some experience in that, but I am neither a natural entertainer/whore, nor exceptionally skillful at any game.
However I am a huge disagreeable faggot, so I am probably fit for either of the two.
d3d7c2 No.15810847
>>15808516
>threatened to kill herself and his fucking child
Next time she pulls some shit like that, report her to the authorities. Even better if you can record her saying it.
Alternatively, you could just martyr yourself for your brother and brain her with a baseball bat.
178399 No.15810861
>Do you ever get depressed about not having anyone to play games with
Not really, since i was young i understood gaming as a solo passtime, whenever kids my age went outside to play and eventually become drug addicts i just stayed home and played my games, even then the concept of multiplayer games didn't really was experienced by me until discovered MMORPGs in puberty, i mostly still play single player games as it's natural for me to do so
d3d7c2 No.15810879
>>15808642
My wife has been playing Fallout New Vegas for 6 years and still hasn't beaten the game. She insists on putting points into non-combat stats, picks useless perks like Iron Belly, and wonders why she can't kill a fucking raider.
She also has shit hand-eye coordination and her sense of direction is abysmal. At least your partner is competent.
178399 No.15810904
>>15808516
That's not a woman, that's a hell spawn from the depths and you as a good brother must do your part and silently get rid of her.
2c791d No.15810912
>>15808642
>>15810879
>bunch of anons on /v/ are married already and probably have children, or at least one does
I don't know how I should feel about this.
I guess hopeful for the future.
760f06 No.15810929
>>15809544
The original is my favorite I don't like the second one, I spent more time playing squid beatz than the actual game plus I don't want to pay for online. Maybe one day.
ac6354 No.15810994
>>15810912
>japanese_saw_localization.png
a99b02 No.15811103
>>15808364
>Do you ever get depressed about not having anyone to play games with anymore?
Not at all actually. I prefer to game alone now. I used to play games a lot like you did as a kid. Single player games friends and I would mess around with taking turns playing. Later on I would get into shooters and often play with friends and I would say this was even more fun to play with people than the old games actually. Then I started to get over shooters for various reasons. They would get abandoned fast due to not enough liking the game, friends wouldn't be into certain shooters I liked like Killzone 2, and then there are those games people do like a lot but these games just eventually get replaced by either the next new shooter or the sequel later on. What I hate about most of these games is so few strong communities are able to thrive on them due to how the marketing and hype has people always seeking the next big shooter rather than learn to enjoy a certain game.
It really does suck how so many great multiplayer games are just dying or already dead. Most will forever remain dead so if you didn't play it at the time you are shit out of luck. However one other thing I hate about shooters is they also eventually all became these grindfests where they favored time put in rather than actual skill and then this sadly got replaced for something even worse with the lootbox pay 2 win crap. Halo MCC could have actually brought me back into online gaming had it been good but even that had to be a massive letdown. The Souls games continued to have shittier and shittier multiplayer rather than truly capitalize on their unique multiplayer they offered or even give fans what they wanted. Allowing co-op and voice chat would not have hurt at all if added in the later games. Also gimping invaders so damn much hurt the potential for these games. Plus they all have horrid netcodes.
So really almost everything online for gaming just sucks and I prefer playing alone really. Honestly a lot of why games are this way also likely has to do with how much competition these developers have with each other. Oddly enough there might be way too much competition in the industry for anything to truly be great and to thrive.
c616c9 No.15811146
>peanut brain
play games to play with people
>galaxy brain
play games to KILL people
c616c9 No.15811154
>>15810336
I hope you learned your lesson, anon
Never let women into your group. Ever.
9db731 No.15811162
>>15808711
>You're a big fucker
For you
Not really, I'm actually 5'3, They call me "Gimli" at the gym Also, you shouldn't be afraid man, you gotta check your Ego out at the door, before my injury started acting up (again) I had to start at 175lbs for my squats and work my way back up to 375 (before the injury acted up once more, prompting my current month hiatus) It's not a contest, good form, and good gains is all that matters
I've had folks approach my manlet ass mid-lift for advice on how they can improve their squat, and despite being socially retarded as well, I've happily gave them advice, and now they're squatting near 3 plaet with perfect form. You can't be proud at the gym, that shit can introduce you to snapcity.
Take it slow, focus on form, and do your best
you'll make it
2f6bf8 No.15811182
>>15811162
>you shouldn't be afraid man, you gotta check your Ego out at the door,
maybe i sounded like i was acting tough, I did think I was a bit above average in strength from doing physical labor for years though, it's less about pride because I know everyone starts at the bottom but I just don't wanna get in anyone's way sorta thing. tomorrow is leg day for me so maybe I'll hit the rack for the first time instead of goblet squats and machines
0de228 No.15811204
Kind of, but not really. I've always been the sort of person that doesn't need other people to be entertained. If a friend bails on me when we were going to go to the movies, I'll just shrug it off and go anyway.
Same goes for vidya. Most of the time I'm just content to play alone, and when it comes to multiplayer I'll just join random servers or whatever. Even when I was playing MMOs, I was always more of the solo type, just joining up with random groups when I needed some help. Didn't help that every guild I'd ever been in fell apart around me and left me the only one still playing, and I hated the thought of finding another one only to have it happen again.
As for friends and vidya, I haven't really played anything with online friends for a while. And when it comes to real life friends, I either never played vidya with them or they moved on to something else entirely that I had no interest in. I'll never forgive DotA and its clones for stealing my friends away several years ago, but if it happened today it'd probably be some battle royale game instead, and tomorrow it'll be some other fad.
If you want my advice, find some friends who are willing to play board or card games and set up a game night. There's not really a fad problem in tabletop gaming, and when you've got a decent selection of games between you, you'll always be able to find something to play. Vidya is a lot harder now that couch multiplayer is more or less a thing of the past.
9db731 No.15811223
>>15811182
>I sounded like I was acting tough
Nah, you sounded fine, it's just generic advice, and ego could just also be in general, nobody wants to look silly in public, or get in anybody's way, I feel ya.
>"I did think I was a bit average in strength due to physical labor"
Which is most likely true, but gym lifts require a completely different nervous system/body connection, so it is indeed disheartening to experience, you gotta form a new (literal) muscle memory around your new lifts, which carry over to a lot of other physical movements. A good gym will have helpful people and folks willing to lend a hand, don't be afraid to ask.
The only type of people at the gym, who will laugh, or get upset at a person struggling at a rack, are cocksuckers who just do quarter squats and blow out their knees before they're 35.
Hit that rack boi
255cd6 No.15811282
Far more important, how do I deal with the void inside of me?
I'm not really sad or filled with hopelessness, just kinda empty.
2f6bf8 No.15811359
>>15811282
hobbies help, try to cut down as much non-active time as you can, so don't do stuff like brainlessly watch TV or "background noise" youtube videos unless its something you're specifically interested in.
0de228 No.15811362
>>15811282
As someone who's felt that way before, what helped me was social interaction. Even if you're an introvert, your brain still craves face-to-face interaction with other people. I was in a deep funk for a while back in college, when I was holed up in my dorm all the time and barely went out for anything. My mental state kept deteriorating until I broke down and had to leave for a semester. I improved a bit after moving into an apartment with some roommates, but I still didn't go out much. After leaving college for good, I started to go out more frequently and forced myself to interact with others, and my mental well-being improved dramatically.
You can start with something simple, like if you go out for fast food or something, go inside and order rather than use the drive-thru. Look into an adult learning class on something you're interested in and interact with the other students. Even just going outside and seeing other people out and about can help.
You can also look into taking up a hobby. Having something to focus your energy on will keep you distracted from the continuous self-reflection that can paralyze you.
2f6bf8 No.15811405
>>15811362
This anon raises a point, I know I'm really losing my fucking mind because my social abilities have absolutely crumbled over the last year or so and it's make me really depressed when I do go out I cant' find a way to make new friends and have no clue how to talk to people on an approach level anymore. As expected this exacerbates my introvert tendencies. So if you're you have a job where you interact with people a lot or are still in school environments you might want to try being more friendly to those around you because in my experience once i moved into the work force I was never able to make another friend again and skipping college although saved me lots of money I made no network of connections
2f6bf8 No.15811416
>>15811405
holy shit i should have proofread that post, my bad guys
255cd6 No.15811418
>>15811362
I don't know how to properly articulate my situation but I'll try my best. I do in fact have hobbies that I genuinely enjoy and spend time with my friends. But I can get myself to do them, I always feel a kind of pain when I try doing them, which is somewhat frustrating but one could live with that.
I sometimes go out with my friends, but it either costs money or don't enjoy the company of other people. I rarely connect with other people, they often either lack their own mind or any form of ambition.
If I where to put it into words I would describe as a form of soullessness, I can think and interact but I don't feel anything besides very strong emotions or pain.
2f6bf8 No.15811434
>>15811418
nigga you have depression
255cd6 No.15811442
>>15811434
negro how do I deal with it then?
2f6bf8 No.15811459
>>15811442
depending on the severity of it you either self discipline and improve your diet, exercise, social relationships, and self motivations and re-balance out, or have to take happy pills from some quack doctor that make it so your dick doesn't work anymore
0de228 No.15811466
>>15811405
Again, this is what helped me, and I'm not sure if it works for everyone. But I got a real jumpstart on my social skills by going to a convention every year. When you're surrounded by hundreds or even thousands of people, you're more or less forced to socialize. This also has the added benefit of your having something in common with just about everyone else there, so you have a starting place to work from. It's not nearly so hard for me to strike up a conversation with people these days.
Like I said, start small. Head to a diner and talk with the wait staff, or talk with the clerk at a bookstore about what they've been reading. You don't have to jump straight to trying to make friends, just work on acquaintanceship first. After that, see if you can find clubs in your area that appeal to your interests, you might find a friend there.
>>15811418
You very well might be depressed, which isn't something I have a lot of experience with. My only real advice would be to consult a therapist (a real one, not that BetterHelp scam) and see if they can help you get to the root of the matter. Barring that, talk with family or friends if you're able to. Even if you're not sure exactly what's causing these feelings, getting anything that's bothering you off your chest can help. And like >>15811459 said, self-improvement can have an effect on your mental health. Wishing you the best, anon.
2c791d No.15811474
>>15811405
>no friends
>no idea how to meet new people
>got into a hobby place on the last year of high school on a whim, so I have a somewhere to go to 4 times a week
>only ever talk with one or two people there, but it's much better than nothing
Dodged a bullet and kept my sanity.
2f6bf8 No.15811491
>>15811466
> But I got a real jumpstart on my social skills by going to a convention every year.
strangely enough I went to my first convention this summer, granted my reasons behind it were to kind of just keep an eye on my younger brother who was going to meet his internet friends for the first time but I ended up enjoying myself quite a bit. I probably could have stayed in contact with the guys we hung out with there but I decided against pushing that at the time. Honestly I really regret not partaking in more cons when I was younger (mid/late 20s now) I probably coulda made some decent memories if I was goofing off at those kinda things in my late teens and early 20s
> It's not nearly so hard for me to strike up a conversation with people these days.
I think -my- problem is I am very bad at reading people, I guess an example would be I won't spill my spaghetti trying to order my food or if some one approaches me I can handle it but if i wanted to approach some one I generally assume most people don't want to be bothered and can't read the signs if people don't mind or want to be talked to. This talks making me think I might go get some dinner out and sit down at the place instead of just taking it back the the apartment though
0de228 No.15811614
>>15811491
Like I said, start slow. Don't even worry about trying to talk to strangers out of the blue, because yeah, I also think a lot of people would rather keep to themselves. But just going out and seeing people helps.
And yeah, regrets are a bitch, but it's never too late. Find another con that's coming up and just go for it.
9db731 No.15811639
>>15811466
>Go to conventions
Depends on the type, I used to hang with an anime crew back when I first moved out a long time ago. Spending time with those people made me feel even worse, I don't think I could find a more amoral bunch of people if I tried. Mind you, I did meet a good person or two, but holy shit, I'm not sure I can say it was worth it.
going to Anime conventions when I was younger painted, a really poor picture for the future, especially in the context of romantic encounters, holy shit
While it's important to try and learn to talk to people, it's equally more so to form connections with people that are tangible, be smart about who you interact with, essentially, because depending on the community you enter into, you're more or less disposable to certain people, and they're good at hiding their intentions.
ecd4cd No.15811688
I used to have family that would come down for the major holidays. It was nice being able to play those 4 player games like Mario 3d world with them and just have a blast. One of the things that still make me laugh is how after we reached the flag we would all go YEAH at the same time. But now everyone is older and some have started their own families so they have to worry about working around their own schedules and obligations. It's all a part of growing up I guess but it still feels bad man.
fd1fa5 No.15811727
I spent the last 24 hours tearing through videos screaming about Fallout 76, and now I really want to play good video games. I don't know how that worked out but it fixed me.
cc52f4 No.15811859
2f6bf8 No.15811882
>>15811614
>Find another con that's coming up and just go for it.
I might be going to another this summer, unfortunately all the way in commiefornia but maybe I'll actually make a costume this time because I was pretty envious when I saw all the people with cool cosplays walking around and didn't have my own
>>15811639
>I don't think I could find a more amoral bunch of people if I tried.
funny enough I had an online friend who got wrapped up in a cosplay group and it turned them into a fucking psycho. Apparently there was lots of infighting about it, funny that I just remark how i woulda liked to bring a costume to a con but people deep into cosplay "communities" seem to be absolutely vicious fuckers
9db731 No.15811918
Times like this make me grateful that I have friends that I love it's scary though, One of my best friends, I consider him a brother and a part of me, grew up with him, and still hang with the guy.
but what do you do when friends like that vanish from your life? By death or by circumstance
Unrelated blogpost, but man, it's a scary thought
>>15811882
Cosplay communities, and diehard weebs tend to be vicious fucks, I'm willing to be abstract and fluid on some things, but there's one thing I can say with absolute certainty, cosplayers and people around them are snakes, and spending time with them is the equivalent of walking into a den of vipers. I used to live with a buncha em' due to work, and The anime house was a hellhole, the petty shit, the sleeping around, the degenerate shit, the lying, cheating, and gossiping, these people have no souls and at the risk of sounding hyperbolic, are demons. Stories for days.
Now, that aside, there would be occasionally be folks who disregarded thots, and attention in general and just liked making cool shit, those guys are great (never met a chick like that though) But yeah man, it's fucking bonkers, it's like everybody is an actor, and they're fighting over a bit of the fame.
Shouldn't discourage you though, you can meet some good people, and make friendships that can last a lifetime, there's this one guy I know, who was really into gunpla, I consider him a really, really good friend, but I don't talk to him as much as I should due to the ongoing health issues I miss him a bit, he's on my discord right now, and I feel like I should talk to him.
2f6bf8 No.15811949
>>15811918
> who was really into gunpla,
gunpla dudes tend to be pretty chill, I dabble in them a bit myself, it might just be one of those hobbies that requires a bit of focus and patience and it likely rubs into the personality
9db731 No.15811980
>>15811949
Gunpla is tight man, and yeah, it seems to rub off, they've always been hella chill.
You got any models you finished recently?
I still gotta finish my 666
2f6bf8 No.15812002
>>15811980
Last one I did was an HG build-burning. I got two MGs unopened I'm sitting on but gotta take some time from games/working out to focus on them and learn to give them a nice paint job which I haven't really explored yet
9db731 No.15812028
>>15812002
>Burning Gundam HG
N I C E, taste my man, are any of your unopened MG's https://www.amazon.com/Bandai-Hobby-GUNDAM-Master-Action/dp/B00030EU80
This? If so, you're in for a fun time.
2f6bf8 No.15812060
>>15812028
the MGs I have right now are the the zaku 2 and a ground gundam. first MG i ever did was the 3.0 what a nightmare
9db731 No.15812104
>>15812060
>3.0
OWCH
Zaku 2 MG is really fucking great though, the only downside is the Pipes that run between it's arms, it uses a spring and beads, and uncouples a lot but it looks real nice.
2f6bf8 No.15812176
>>15812104
>OWCH
no kidding, I never panel lined it or applied decals because it's so finicky with it's gorillion moving parts
09ba15 No.15812189
>>15809300
As a prank right?
375745 No.15812590
anyone here ever went to one of those "game workshop" places? (play dnd/warhammer with people)
i kind of want to go to one but i know i'd feel out of place
fa9441 No.15812664
>>15808642
Be thankful you aren't getting bullied for not being able to 1cc shmups on lunatic difficulty all the time.
e12265 No.15812718
>>15808364
>Do you ever get depressed about not having anyone to play games with anymore?
yes but thatll all change after i collect the dragon balls and wish everyone were lolis
c787d0 No.15812794
Rarely, the only game I ever had multiplayer experience with was tf2 when I was a teenager. Used to play on a server that ran custom maps that were all pretty fun, bit silly sometimes but always fun to play on. The people were cool, I still remember a spy who'd kick my ass with an ambassador and a guy who impersonated Hank Hill that eventually became a mod. I think I even became a local figure for a while there since some people started to remember me, thats probably the first time I had video game friends. Actually only if you discount people I played with more out of obligation than anything else.
The server died eventually, think a new one after the same spirit running the same maps is back but it's not part of the original group and I've never seen anyone playing on it.
Worst it gets is my birthdays. As a kid nobody really gave a shit about my birthday but some of the regulars were nice to me so it actually felt like a special day.
6299f9 No.15813622
>>15808364
>Do you ever get depressed
61755c No.15813716
>>15808364
Friends are the worst. I hate all the friends in the entire world. They're all smelly, ugly, and dumb.
96cf50 No.15814006
>>15808810
Shit man, I hope you can get together with your bros soon.
And I wish you luck in finding a wife.
1f70a6 No.15815481
>have best friend who lives just up the road
>go over there almost every day to play games
>doesn't matter what i always had fun
>move to the other side of town
>no bigge, still played games over the internet and hung out maybe once every two weeks
>i start thinking i have no need to see him in person since we could talk and play games online
>see each other less and less
<a girl gamer joins our group of friends
>play games as norm for awhile and she seems p cool
<get crush on girl gamer
>a few months go by
>me and the girl gamer flirt all the time
<best friend also has crush on the girl gamer
>goes to the other side of country to see his brother but it just happens to be where the girl gamer also lives
> he meets the girl gamer
<i get jealous
<tell girl this
<best friend starts telling me that im a bad friend to him and that hes depressed and going to kill himself
>fly over to try and save friend ship
< end up fucking the gamer girl
< have feelings for her
>friend now hates me
>gamer girl found some other boy to play with soon after
>one year passes
> try to talk to friend every now and then but get no response
TLDR i cucked my best friend and am now have no one to play games with and all for a week of gamer girl puss
38e722 No.15815489
>>15808399
you won't relieve depressing by masturbating
you'll feel bad for a day after you masturbate or longer as part of the male orgasm cycle
956710 No.15815506
>ITT normalniggers
I thought this was 8chan, not fucking reddit.
1670bc No.15815530
>>15815489
I just don't understand, why would man be punished for continuing the cycle of life? My body doesn't care how it happens, a release is a release. If anything it is in your head.
38e722 No.15815563
>>15815530
I appear to feel that way myself after pretty much every time i touch myself and finish, but the feeling doesn't set in until an hour or longer, even if I don't go out of the way to feel bad about having done it
and I tend to get depressed for other reasons after touching myself too
38e722 No.15815567
>>15815530
oh, and it isn't release; its about reproduction, which you don't do by masturbating, which is just lying to your dick
e15101 No.15815657
>>15815506
It's been this way for some time, just look at the fucking friday night cancer threads.
5b36a7 No.15816160
>>15808516
Why the fuck are you not carrying a recorder on you whenever you're near that beast plaguing your brother?
Are you going to do something about it or not, motherfucker?
d39f95 No.15816171
>>15815567
Your dick lies to you all the time with 3D women anyway.
8ae128 No.15816587
>>15808873
>It's easy as fuck online, there's always someone similar to you if you look hard enough
I got kicked out of 3 Clans for the game I main now Squad for:
>Telling people to read guides/Telling them again in harsher words
>Telling people I care more about being competent that hanging out on Discord jerking each other off being internet buddies
Clans are usually full of faggots who just want to sit on a Discord,
<the last Clan I was in except for 2 dudes that had 250 hours in and 100 hours in the other 30 people had less than 50,I had 1700
Then I found this one chick when I was playing, who actually knew what she was doing and had hour count close to mine(and in this game where 99% of people are retards it's easy to spot),
>I think I managed to play with her for like a week and then she remove me from her friends list
<Because:On the server we were playing some dude got banned for "sexism" and I couldn't hide my power level so I wrote "99% chance it wasn't towards a man","you wouldn't ban him if it was"
Playing online is so fucking RNG
<Kids
<Snipers that never cover
<LMG's that never lay cover fire or even know what it is
<Nobody knows what Flanking is
<Nobody ever read a fucking guide
<People put so little effort they ask "which button for X" and will shit talk you if you tell them to read the control scheme
<Most people are useless Zergs approaching a flag from the same angle 5 times in a row"expecting shit to change"
<When you tell them the enemy is already watching that angle and they should try flanking they will shit talk you
<"Vehicle Squads" that use Tanks and APC as snipers on tracks,with sniper mentality,and they never transport people across the map
<Minecrafters that spend the entier match (2hours) building defences and they always refuse to move out even if they are on an inactive flag and will sacrifice OUR forward flags to justify not moving out
<Except for me most people can't be bothered to walk a few minutes longer to pull off a good flank
<Most people will excuse being bad with"I didn't spend X amount of time in this game" ,you can spend 500 hours building shit and you will still suck
<When they don't understand things like:Observing,Learning,Flanking,Sneaking,Prediction,Some Basic Psychology-Those are not game specific skills,but if you mention that you are Hitler
>The game has a Server Browser ,No matchmaking,also, No levels,No gear score,No DLC,No super weapons,No armor classes
>Everybody has the same chances and is only limited by his effort
<Most people choose to be fucking retards who lost their way to the Discord and treat the game like Skype with extra activities
And you open those loot boxes on the off chance that you met people that can actually think and apply their ideas
Now that I spend the time writing this,The 2 game nights I was on ,Chaos Theory and Neo Tokyo ,people were either good or keep fucking shut and acted like humans
Being punished for caring is really fucking tiresome,No wonder SJW's accuse games of making Nazis out of people,I can't loose the idea that most people act the same in real world as they do in games,
If I cant trust them in a fucking video game how do you expect me to interact with them in the real world
9f037a No.15816762
>>15816587
>Plays mildly autistic milsim game on public servers
>Doesn't double check the shit he is getting himself into
>Complains about retards and cazuls
5a24a9 No.15817026
>>15816587
>most people act the same in real world as they do in games
It's true. Learning this from DotA 2 completely changed my perspective on life. People are generally incapable of thinking about things in the present and how they will progress into the future. It's the single most important skill to develop, but it's conspicuously absent from all schooling.
8ae128 No.15817141
>>15817026
>It's the single most important skill to develop, but it's conspicuously absent from all schooling.
Do you ever think about how everybody in the world plays tag and hide&seek,war for boys and house for girls(even before they see it in a movie),was there some traveler that spread it all over the world?
1e6a78 No.15817185
DO NEVER GIVE UP YOUR DREAMS! ANON!
IF YOU FALL I´M GOING TO CARRY THEM FORWARD!
a270de No.15817199
>>15812794
You can thank Valve for killing servers and custom maps in the same blow by adding a matchmaking system.
e12265 No.15817287
>>15817199
did that backfire for them or is it a more popular feature than i imagine?
8ae128 No.15817297
>>15817287
Is something really "popular" if it's the only choice?
e12265 No.15817307
>>15817297
theres also the choice of not playing which is what ive been doing since the few servers with players on them are all trade or 24/7 2fort.
did it come with a drop, increase or have little to no effect on the player count?
2f6bf8 No.15817514
>>15817185
what if my dream is to be valued by others
204a0e No.15817694
>>15817514
Are you a woman?
Somewhat honest question.
2de234 No.15817713
>Do you ever get depressed about not having anyone to play games with anymore?
I do miss it sometimes, but I've gotten used to it. Like most anons here, most of my friends either moved on, became deadbeats, or both (while either playing the current popular games or going back to old AAA trash). Family members that I grew up with vary, but for the most part are the same in playing currently popular and hyped up games. Between the 2, I think family members would be more willing to play the classics, which gives me some hope that they aren't completely lost. As it stands, I've got a much busier life and other interests to dwell on times gone by, but nothing says the opportunity to play games with others in person or otherwise won't come back again.
>Or most of the games that you're into aren't something friends or acquaintances would really dive into?
Always dealt with that growing up. I was more adept in fighting games/smash than my other friends save for one that was decent (who fell the hardest to all of the bullshit plaguing us out of my group of friends). I wasn't bad in the games they played, but would've liked them to have some interest in my preferred genres (though TF2 was a good meeting point). All in the past now.
>I don't have anyone to game with anymore, most people are just playing casual shootin games these days with online multiplayer, playing MOBA type games, or coughing up money for the latest hyped up AAA games. I have nothing wrong with shooters as a genre as they've had some really great games in the past, but that's essentially the predominant genre people play together or with multiplayer for a while now.
If I could give advice; don't give in and try to join them. You'll slowly be driven crazy by the thoughts in the back of your head that scream at you that you are not having fun with whatever current/meme game you're playing and that the only thing keeping you playing it is your friends ("it's more fun with friends" being a major argument for games like that). The kind of games that are being marketed and promoted as being the next best multiplayer game are not made for those seeking true challenge and fun. They are made for those who want things easy and require less thinking and effort on their part (as well as ones that can be easily policed by the devs how the game is played rather than having dedicated servers allowing fans of said game to do whatever they want and accommodating to whoever is interested in said servers). In short, most modern games are made for sheep that just want cheap, easy, entertainment rather than a real, fun challenge. Don't fall into the same trap your friends did. Try to save those who will listen if you can, but don't expect a miracle (tried warning my friends during the 2015 paid mod fiasco. Was met with either apathetic responses or angry responses defending valve's decisions).
2f6bf8 No.15817741
>>15817694
no, I'm a semi-burly working man but I have shit self esteem
671d17 No.15817758
Im a virgin neet, have been for years, time is literally all I have, with absolutely no motivation to use any of it.
Get the fuck off my board, normalfag.
2f6bf8 No.15817786
>>15817758
>everyone who doesn't suck as much as I do is a normalfag
1e6974 No.15817790
>>15817786
Correct.
Where the fuck do you think you are, Redditor?
2f6bf8 No.15817803
>>15817790
bold of some one seemingly content in wallowing in their own shit to call another a redditor.
>muh motivation
motivation is fleeting, discipline is forever
5a24a9 No.15817952
>>15817141
I don't know. It could be anything nudging events in some particular direction. God, time traveler, or errant spirit giving people ideas. I do know that learning to predict the future makes you godly in video games against the plebs.
1e6974 No.15818026
>>15817803
>Bold of you meme
Yeah. Out.
2f6bf8 No.15818034
>>15818026
how the heck is that saying a meme?
ab851c No.15818046
A little bit. But it's probably better this way.
2635eb No.15818344
>>15816160
>Why the fuck are you not carrying a recorder on you whenever you're near that beast plaguing your brother?
now that's the fucking spirit, anon
>play a cool tune with one hand
>beat the shit out of her til she drops dead with the other
that's awesome
6e1df9 No.15818359
>>15817297
There's still a server browser with servers.
931f01 No.15818555
>>15815530
Personal anecdote on my part shows that masturbating with my hand will leave me downtrodden and with a majorly curbed sex drive for about a day, while masturbating into a fleshlight doesn't have the affect, and if it does it's much less noticeable.
931f01 No.15818563
>>15816587
Dumbshit kids are bad, redditors/discord users are worse, but being a massively cringy tryhard who can't even try to hide his powerlevel around women is worse than both of them
f94742 No.15820757
>>15809189
>I've been unable to make close friends, let alone ones that want to get together and play video games
>I hate being so alone
>Nobody wants to be around me
>I've been told at every single stage of life that things would get better at the next step
>the one simple thing I've wanted in my life, somewhat close friendship
>I just wanted to play some video games man.
>There's no where to escape to for me and I'm trapped in a room all day because no one else wants me
>I'm so alone
I have dealt with all of these same feels. I just wish I had someone, anyone. Someone who wouldn't end up drifting apart from me or ghost me at some point.
63b317 No.15820761
>>15809189
YOU LISTENED TO JEWS. YOU DESERVE THIS PAIN.
a80d6c No.15820803
Just play good games. I just played Hollow Knight for the first time and it got me so damn hype for vidya
f00376 No.15820826
>>15808962
I'm not a porchmonkey so no
8ae128 No.15820940
>>15816762
It wasn't always like that,the first time I played(~1 and a half year ago),most people knew what they were doing,and they bullied everybody around,One of my first games was driving the HMV for 2 hours getting shouted at by the gunner if I parked it wrong
But the Devs fucked up by putting the game on -50% sale almost every second month,and the in game server are all unofficial with the most gay admins you can imagine,I got banned from a server just for being in a squad called "the south will rise again",the whole squad of 9 got banned,this shit wasn't so often at the beginning,now fucking word policing and white knighting on every server,all kinds of banter get's you banned
Who the fuck buys a war game to bitch about "harmful" words,I try to do all the bullying I can with the use of shaming and irony,which a lot of admins let fly because it goes over their head
>>15818563
>tryhard
I will never understand why hating someone for wanting to be good at something became so popular
03287e No.15820951
>>15808504
What the fuck are those monkey feet
583ffe No.15821027
>be an awkward introverted autist that talks to myself at home
>can still be friendly and communicate with people
>those around me either like me or hate me
>make friends by keeping quiet and listening to their bullshit, but get ridiculed and get awkward stares when it's my turn to open up
>from that point on people always get quiet around me or don't have much to say
>crave friends, but quickly realize how bland most people are or how the conversations go awkward fast
>only people that I have gotten along with are all some flavor of sociopath that know imageboard culture and are the only people that I can talk to without having to walk on eggshells
>said friends also scare the fuck out of me and is one of the reasons you do not associate with people from imageboards
I never did like competitive multiplayer due to how nervous it makes me, so single player and couch co-op has always been my go-to. Even casual CCGs make my heart race. Beating a single player game once, then later reading up on the trivia and going through it again for all the side quests and secrets is pretty comfy. I don't play multiplayer unless it really hooks me.
>>15811103
I've noticed this too. Games are being made way too fast for anyone to get sufficiently good at them or to build a long-standing community. When the community is propped up and finding it's roots, another game pops up and the current population vanishes. Once upon a time I could just wait until the prices dropped to snag up a console game and fuck around on the multiplayer. When the price drops now, it's because no one is around to play it. When CoD4/MW2 was still relatively new and WaW came around, you had the option of picking modern shootan or world war shootan. All of these had thriving communities and you could always switch around. Then came along Battlefield and the endless sequels to CoD, then the playerbases got divided up a lot. No more sitting down for a comfy CoD romp anymore between games.
I went back to see how Blops fared because I love the gritty aesthetic it has and I wanted to play some Zombies for the hell of it. So many game modes apart from TDM and SnD are either dead or with 10-50 players online. Good to see it still kicking, but I can't help but feel a little sad.
09b271 No.15821144
>>15820940
FreeWeekends ruined the game
06afa3 No.15821162
Only friend i still talk to will only play destiny and ignores everything else
Which is fun but activision keeps fucking,it up
Rip
7d95b4 No.15821174
>>15820940
>I will never understand why hating someone for wanting to be good at something became so popular
Why do you think the people who say those things are always really shit, Anon?
931f01 No.15821267
>>15820940
Wanting to be good is fine, you become a tryhard when you have severe emotional changes due to said game & you view yourself as superior while taking every chance you get to flaunt your supposed experience. Which describes you down to the letter, except it's even worse because you're clearly socially inept and don't understand social dynamics but you're still egotistical, & sensitive towards people you perceive as not being on your level in fucking Squad. This coming from someone who has probably a thousand hours in PR.
2f6bf8 No.15822357
>>15818555
>masturbating with my hand will leave me downtrodden and with a majorly curbed sex drive for about a day,
I almost envy you because even if I jerk multiple times a day I still I'm horny as a bastard. I dunno if it's because I started working out more or what but it's driving me nuts
20af61 No.15822505
>>15818344
Fucking checked.
>at the funeral
>one last song before lowering the casket
>play cool tune on the same recorder that was the last music she ever heard.
65f598 No.15822552
I play old classic games online with my buddies thanks to the wonders of emulators with netplay.
I just finished co-oping DKC2 to 102% today with my bud and this was more fun than any new fangled rubbish I've touched in a decade.
d71163 No.15822612
>>15815489
I just don't masturbate and instead read hentai until something satisfies me and then go to sleep comfy hoping for dreams.
c9db02 No.15822690
>grow up homeschooled in the middle of nowhere and i don't mean "middle of nowhere" as a bad thing, i've been transplanted to a suburb right next to a city a few years ago and it's fucking horrible
>only people to play vidya with are my dad and sister
>sometimes we have other kids over but they're usually retarded and don't play vidya either
>for some reason don't even try playing online until like 2010
>always sound like a retarded newfag because living under a rock with no friends i never cared or knew what hip vidya and anime the cool kids were playing/watching
>>15808512
this, gamenights are fun. anons tend to assume they wouldn't be for some reason, but they usually go pretty well t. hostfag i really try not to fuck things up when i realize how fucking depressed people that play on gamenights are
f94742 No.15824921
>>15820803
>Just play good games.
I wish it were that simple for me. Especially with how many great older games that are single player generally have good modding communities for them on PC. I just wish I had someone to play with now and again to take away the monotony of playing by myself all the time.
7f4d21 No.15824980
>>15808364
>You will never be 8 years-old again and be able to just go across the street and play vidya with your best friend
>Instead you've all grown up and moved to the various corners of the country
Why live?
4e91c1 No.15824981
>>15808642
>honey you do it
Thnx anon i smiled
fa9441 No.15825021
>>15820940
Bro if you're talking about Squad the fucking devs killed that game.
f94742 No.15825026
>>15824980
Nowadays you're lucky if your neighbors don't cry child abuse for letting an 8 year old walk across the street alone to go to a friend's house.
729089 No.15825050
>>15808364
I barely played anything with brother/friends but I long for that or to do anything with people who are interested in things like I do.
d7523d No.15825077
When I was 12, I was the only one around with a GameCube. It was fun to invite a few classmates, lug an extra TV to the hall and play SSBM.
0d9639 No.15825137
>live on a farm in Eastern Europe
>never really had anyone to play vidya with
>never really had proper friends either
>anyone near my age that's left in the nearby villages is either a borderline retard, a raging alcoholic, or both
>last time I spoke to someone who's not a family member or a salesperson at a store was in summer
>can't leave because I have land here, working at this small farm is the only thing I know how to do, and I know I'll just end up killing myself living alone in a city
>staying is slowly driving me crazy
Sorry for the blogpost
a82256 No.15825189
>>15825137
condolences
i grew up rural and it felt like i was always in limbo because being a humble quiet farmfag whilst also being an introverted imageboard browsing degenerate makes any social interaction feel distant and fake
eb758f No.15825227
>grew up playing video games with my best friend, her little sister, and my little brother
>best friend moved away a decade ago for university and everything's too complicated now so we don't play games
>brother is married and too busy to ever play with me
>friend's sister likes to hang out with me but doesn't really like games anymore and our schedules never match up anyway
I miss having friends. Some of my best memories were in my parents' basement in high school, playing Gamecube or PS2 with the three of them. Sometimes I get really into a game with good multiplaye and I get sad because I remember I have nobody to play with locally anymore. It's really changed the kind of games I play. More focused on singleplayer stuff now.
f94742 No.15825263
>>15825227
Would you ever be interested in hanging out together on Discord and playing some games together anon?
eb758f No.15825279
>>15825263
Internet where I live is no good, so I don't really play online. Sorry.
f94742 No.15825367
>>15825279
I'm fine with making a new friend too.
fd7ecf No.15828127
Playing group games are a great way to make friends. The reason you are lonely is because of single player games, or online games that encourage your isolation.
You don’t even have to be good at a group game, though most groups of friends do have an expert. Just find a group, and let the game be a way to break you out of your shell.
58b1cb No.15828527
I prefer to play alone. Nice pic OP. Didju rike it?
65ee9b No.15839937
95824e No.15844868
I just wish I had more frands, most of the ones I know and used to play with have moved on or play some gay shit like FFXIV.
5bb56d No.15844939
>>15808364
I play Vidya with my old high school friends every time I visit my parents.
f52b3d No.15845046
>tfw i broke off the only friend i had by refusing to use discord
now all i play is singleplayer games or games with communities i really don't want to get involved with
(and i can't either)
7100d8 No.15845064
>>15845046
Wait, so he genuinely wouldn't continue the friendship if you wouldn't use goycord?
f52b3d No.15845078
>>15845064
kind of. when his other friends moved all to discord, i was the only one not to accept it, and we had no other way to communicate, so he quit using what we had been using and that was it
7100d8 No.15845132
>>15845078
Wow, what an absolute nigger.
Hope you don't let it get you down anymore, anon.
2f6bf8 No.15845159
>>15828127
you got the right idea but online games with matchmaking being the predominate method of getting into a few rounds now has really crushed making buddies through the game. You'll get matched up with some randos who might already be stacked up in their own discord and even if you all have a laugh and get along, it was for 5 minutes so you probably don't feel inclined to send a friend request or something and the system throws you into another bunch of randoms. You're lucky if its just some guys who aren't using the game chat and just in their own discord and not some teenager who fancies himself an EPIC TROLL because matchmaking enables that behavior so he just shitposts and the other players can only really mute him, if it were servers or even a decent community system like FUCKING CONSOLE SHOOTER HALO 2/3 OVER A DECADE OLD other players would tell that kid to fuck off
54ac98 No.15845200
>>15810912
>not just chewing through the strap then sewing it at home
She's not very bright
d218a7 No.15845258
>>15845046
Sounds about right
2619c8 No.15845294
>>15818555
I think the lack of pheromone exposure post climax is the possible culprit of my negative effects associated with masturbation. Basically, we need to develop a post female orgasm pheromone nasal spray we can administer after fucking our onaholes.
014b82 No.15845302
maybe you drove them all away by acting like this faggot
1b834d No.15847723
At least you aren't the "friend" that constantly acts like a smug dickhead and then will vanish for a week out of nowhere and act like nothing happened. Please help me I don't know why I do this
2f6bf8 No.15847800
>>15847723
I don't act like a smug dickhead but I will force myself to vanish
>FOMO gets the best of me and go out to a social event or something
>maybe drink a little to much and let even a fraction of my fucking power level slide out
>chances are no one even fucking cared but proceed to isolate myself for the following 3 months and never show my face around most of the people at the event again