deanb Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 Living in Glasgow (Drunk typing this, if anyone can tell.) hehehe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 (edited) It's mostly about FOMO from what I can tell. This guy feels he needs to have a working knowledge of every piece of pop culture to be relevant. I get it, but I don't really agree with the sentiment. P.S. Sorry to hear you went long distance on the relationship. Will you be heading south of the wall soon? Edited August 5, 2015 by Thursday Next 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 (edited) Living in Glasgow (Drunk typing this, if anyone can tell.) hehehe. Shut it, you! Now, where's ma bucky... It's mostly about FOMO from what I can tell. This guy feels he needs to have a working knowledge of every piece of pop culture to be relevant. I get it, but I don't really agree with the sentiment. P.S. Sorry to hear you went long distance on the relationship. Will you be heading south of the wall soon? Yeah, and FOMO is all about self-expectation. If you just listen to yourself, son, and focus on your interests, cultural FOMO drains away. Unsure on the trip – in the long run, yeah, I'll probably have to go down there. Manchester is pretty much the perfect place to be for broadcast journalism at the moment, the opportunities are hot. Relatively there's nothing big for her to cover up here, so she'll probably build her career from there. I really don't want to leave Scotland though. What a great place and all my rootseys are here. The plus side is that there's a fairly high chance we're going to get a second PS4 so that the two of us can chat online and play game's co-op (which we do all the time anyway). Edited August 5, 2015 by kenshi_ryden 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 For me it's that everyone's talking about things, and I want to be able to participate in the conversation. So FOMO more about being able to participate than the game/movie/whatever itself. Although there is a little bit of "everyone else likes this, what am I not seeing in it?" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 I make time for gaming because it is a priority in my life, despite being nearly 30 years old and working 2 jobs. I have a friend or two that I hang out with every now and then, but they share the same interests as me and also carve out time in their lives for gaming. Other than that, I don't have a boyfriend or any other obligations. Obviously, my work is a serious responsibility, so it takes precedent over my gaming, but it is the second most important hobby/interest of mine. It's just about priorities. If you feel spending time with a significant other is more important than getting in a few hours of gaming every week, then so be it. If you can squeeze in a few hours because you've got the free time, then that's how it is. My point being, if something--gaming or anything else--is important to you, you'll make time for it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielpholt Posted September 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 Got a little update to my original comments. Me and Dannii (we share a name, it's awkward) have started to game together, turns out she is actually pretty okay at COD, granted we're only playing against Bots but she holds her own and it allows me to rid myself of that itch. She also said If I ever wanted to game whilst she's around, thats cool too; just not all day long (fair). So yeah, communication is good right, I should do that more often. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted October 3, 2015 Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 (edited) Women are typically bad at games so you have to make comments about how they aren't, right?Pffft. Anyways, here's adult life for you: I took a day off so I could actually play MGS5 for a few hours. Mind you I caught up on sleep as well but that was a good 3-4 hours of that. Edited October 4, 2015 by Faiblesse Des Sens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielpholt Posted October 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 (edited) Women are typically bad at games so you have to make comments about how they are, right? Pffft. Anyways, here's adult life for you: I took a day off so I could actually play MGS5 for a few years. Mind you I caught up on sleep as well but that was a good 3-4 hours of that. I know you've got the whole 'Forum Asshole' thing going on but really? Do you walk around with a stick up your ass all the time or is it just this persona you use on a web forum to give yourself some illusion of power? If you're looking for a reason to be offended, you won't find it in that post. I was making a point about a girl, not all girls. Pffft. Edited October 3, 2015 by danielpholt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 Women are typically bad at games so you have to make comments about how they are, right? Pffft. Anyways, here's adult life for you: I took a day off so I could actually play MGS5 for a few years. Mind you I caught up on sleep as well but that was a good 3-4 hours of that. I know you've got the whole 'Forum Asshole' thing going on but really? Do you walk around with a stick up your ass all the time or is it just this persona you use on a web forum to give yourself some illusion of power? If you're looking for a reason to be offended, you won't find it in that post. I was making a point about a girl, not all girls. Pffft. Of course you're not going to see what's wrong in what you're saying because you're in the privileged position where thoughts like this don't occur to you. Your wording (granted) makes it seem like the situation is only occurring because you're playing against AI and not the "full" game. I don't see how that's not a sexist viewpoint. Plus, in your reply back you then refer to this person as a girl and then mention "girls" as a whole. You don't even see these people as women. You look down on them in both of your posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 He never implies she's bad at games because she's a girl, just that she's bad at games. You're just trying to start trouble, cut it out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 Obviously a female cannot at any point be legitimately bad at games, because that'd be sexist. Get with the times. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 "Gamers" living up to the stereotype I see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Alright, FDS, you've been warned. That conversation ends now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Got a little update to my original comments. Me and Dannii (we share a name, it's awkward) have started to game together, turns out she is actually pretty okay at COD, granted we're only playing against Bots but she holds her own and it allows me to rid myself of that itch. She also said If I ever wanted to game whilst she's around, thats cool too; just not all day long (fair). So yeah, communication is good right, I should do that more often. It's cool that you've found time to game with your significant other. Might have to try the same with my gf once we've moved in together. Starting out on Bot Matches and the like seems to me to be a good, non-intimidating way to get into games like COD that already have a large number of highly proficient players. Learn the buttons, learn the ropes then if she wants, take it online once confidence has been built. Shame more games don't do split screen coop. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Lovers in Dangerous Spacetime might be up your alley. I think you'll work out relationship issues, major or minor, and more importantly (hopefully) bond really quick with that game. I'm debating of showing it to my roommate and have him play it with his girlfriend. I wish I had some SO to play the game with... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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