>coworker starts talking about video games

haha us gamers right?

le sekrekt club(penguin memes)

"Oh, I don't play video games."
There, solution to your problem.

>>380915739
"Yeah, I play pokemon GO too"

>>380915979
This. Genuinely only autistic spergs talk about vidya in public. Do you people not realize there are others that can hear you and are laughing at how much of a loser you are?

Where is the line drawn between me having a casual conversation about video games and me having to hide my power level? Like, when do I hide it? I know the common saying is 'always hide your power level', but does the only come into play when talking about certain games?

>>380916170
>caring what people say behind your back

Sad

>>380915739
>Fuck yea bro I play video games. I play Street Fighter all the time
Tragedy averted.

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>>380915739
>employee drops memes and 4chan lingo into sentences
>literally says kek out loud

I can't wait for this shitter to slip up once so I can fire him back into neetdom.

God forbid you have something to talk about with your co-worker.

How do you fuckos have so many problems when it comes to being public about your video game hobby?
I don't give a fuck, I play my 3DS in public and if someone wants to talk to me about them I'm happy to oblige.
It's like any hobby, as long as you aren't talking about it too much around people who aren't interested in it then no one has a negative response to it.
You guys need to calm down.

>>380916301
test to see how normal they are by talking about pussy first.

>>380917104
>I play my 3DS in public
>if someone wants to talk to me
Not likely pal.
Fun fact: Video games are toys. If you play, or talk about video games in public, you are a manchild. This is undisputable.

>>380916301
Just talk about it my dude, you can tell when people aren't interested, if they aren't then just move on.
It's better if they ask you about it or engage you in the discussion first though, they're more likely to be responsive, but of course for that to happen you have to put it out there that you like video games in the first place.

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>>380916170

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>>380915739
>OP starts blogging about not vidya

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>>380917269

This

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>start new programming gig at big firm
>my teamleader comes into the room with a pokemon hoodie
>opens the zip after a while
>he has a dbz shirt underneath

Naturally we have a lot of geeks in this job, but that was a bit too much even for my powerlevel.

>>380917269
The only place I've actually seen disparagement of gamers is on /v/ itself.
If you actively hide your gaming hobby or even go as far as discouraging other IRL you're literally trying to hard to be likable and it's why no one actually likes you.

>>380917763
If video games are the only hobby you're capable of talking about then you have a much bigger problem than not being likable.

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>>380916521
>Girl at work asked what vidya I played with friends
>Mainly just play Smash Bros and Heritage to the Future but no fucking way am I saying that
>Just say Street Fighter because I thought it was well known
>She looks at me, dumbfounded and asks if its a shooter

>>380917763
It's surprising how insecure people here are considering how self-deprecation is basically a staple of this site.

>>380917565
Isn't DragonBall Z one of the most "normalfag" animes? I don't watch anime myself, I'm just going by what I've seen online.

>>380916170
Get the fuck out normy

>>380917907
I already stated previously in the thread that it's important to not talk about them much if people aren't being receptive of it.
It's like any hobby, unless they're interested it's not worth getting in depth with it.
Why doesn't anyone have any fucking nuance? Why has it got to be hard against it or autistic guy wearing a pokemon hoodie?

>bartender
>have to agree with their shit taste that skyrim is game of all time and metaphorically suck their dick for good tips

I'm a slave and want to die

>>380916829
>>literally says kek out loud

Hope you get used to this, because it seems that shouting memes in public is the hip new thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAE_QQ-GcJE

>>380918204
>Why doesn't anyone have any fucking nuance? Why has it got to be hard against it or autistic guy wearing a pokemon hoodie?

It's always "One extreme or the other" with /v/ users.

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>>380918368

Fucking /pol/

>>380916829
Fire him for using alt-right racist lingo

>>380918031
Might as well have just told her the games anon.
You'll be surprised how neich even surface level games can seem.

>>380917565
>wow, this guy likes TWO normalfag "nerd" franchises that most people in their generation probably grew up watching!
Fuck off, Dragonball and Pokemon are literally the first and second most normalfag anime there is in the west.

>>380918204
>it's important to not talk about them much if people aren't being receptive of it
Nobody is receptive to talking about video games, not even people who play video games.
Wanna know why? Because there is nothing to fucking talk about. Recounting your experiences of watching paint dry is a more interesting conversation topic than "let me tell you how I shot those two people in that online FPS match".

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>Nintendo has gone downhill since the first Super Mario Bros., except for Galaxy

>>380918652
Meanwhile you're on the 4chan board that's dedicated to talking about games.

>>380918368
Jesus Christ, this is why I don't tell anyone I come here.

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>coworker starts talking about video games
>actually has good taste
>get another job
>former coworker tells me he wishes I was back
>reason:
>our other coworkers have shit taste in video games
Went better than expected, honestly.

>>380918532
That's not /pol/. It's reddit. The typical faggots who kept on following Sargon after gg was over. Not even /r9k/ would be that cancerous.

Any person who uses this site knows you hide your powerlevel. Also, remember this: any person who uses the term "normie" is a normalfag who refuses to use the term "normalfag". Not that using either vocally would be a good thing, mind you.

>>380918572
I was just scared about what would come up if she googled JoJo. And I thought she'd know about some stuff, we'd had conversations in the past about how she played Pokemon and Rayman as a kid.

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>Co-workers/classmates talking about something
>This is my chance!
>Chime in.
>Convo continues as though I said nothing.
>Oh...they must not have heard me.
>Say it louder
>Still no acknowledgement
>Louder.
>EXCUSE ME ANON COULD YOU KEEP IT DOWN WE ARE HAVING A CONVERSATION HERE.

>>380918840
It's almost as if conversations in real life and conversations over the internet are completely different things that work in a different manner. Huh.

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>>380918946

They're all a bunch of retard faggots. If I saw this shit in person I'd probably just walk away from second hand embarrassment

>>380916301
most safe bet is to say you play few hours of "insert mainstream game here"

many people play like 1-3 games per year and nothing else

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>>380919017
thats fucking cold

>>380917565
it's on the same level as having a mcdonalds shirt

>>380918652
I find talking about games with narratives and shit works best, since you can discuss the characters and plot like you would a TV show.
If not then you can talk about your favourite weapons or maps or whatever, it's just as entertaining a conversation as most other media based conversations, I mean how often do you get into an in depth discussion about cinematography or whatever the fuck with co-workers? They usually talk about the latest TV shows dude.

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>>380915739
>tfw my coworkers have a higher power level than me

>>380918946
>Any person who uses this site knows you hide your powerlevel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAHv1wIT01o

>>380919017
>Be bolder, anon! Don't wait for others to talk to you! Talk to them first!
>People get visibly offended when I try to talk to them

EVERY TIME.

>>380915739
I work construcrion and play vidya. I dont hide my power level and i say rascist shit alot. If you spergs would try to act normal youll be fine. The world isnt some sjw utopia, not by a long shot.

>>380915739
It's absolute fine to talk about anime or video games. Just don't be ugly and it's okay.

>"haha dodged that bullet! God forbid I share common ground with another human"

You're your own problem. Bring this up in your next therapy session, it'll probably do you good!

>>380919017
for me i hit this weird almost there valley where i say good stuff but also very stupid shit so normies often feel at unease

>Coworker brings his Switch into the office and a few of us play for lunch break.
>Ask him if he's looking forward to Prime 4
>"Uhh I don't really like those games"
>Ask him if he's interested in Splatoon 2
>"Uhh I didn't really follow that one"
>Ask if he was thinking about Xenoblade Chronicles 2
>"Xe-what"
>Ask if there is another game besides Zelda and Mario Kart (which he is convinced is not a port of a Wii U game)
>"Well ARMS looks kinda fun"

I give up. People aren't even aware or interested in the hobbies they claim to have.

>>380919330
There's literally no common ground between casual scum and emulating pc-98 eroge.

>>380919367
that's pretty damn weak, switch has so little games

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>>380919096

i play 1 to 3 games a year

>coworkers start talking about factorio
>wish I played enough to be able to join in on the conversation

>adding your coworkers steam accs. and having new friends to play with

>reminisce about C&C Generals
>good times were had by all

How terrible

>>380916521
>"Oh yeah dude who's your main?"
Now what

>>380919496
i play lot of shit but very little time so hardly anything gets finished

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>>380915739
>That one buff dudebro coworker who always wears his cap backwards
>suddenly starts talking to me about obscure SNES RPGs
Recommended me Illusion of Gaia, cool game

>>380919420

I thought so too but if you let go of your fixation on specifics of your shared interests you'd be surprised. Interests only take a relationship so far, I'm willing to bet your personality types are more compatible than you're giving yourself credit for

What's the story behind this OP image?

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>>380919580
I

I play 3 hours a day and still don't finish games

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>>380919017
>tfw they don't even acknowledge your desperate cries for help

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>>380916829
>>380918368
>tfw I would say "lol" out loudvsince 2011
>tfw I said at work to the point of getting my coworkers to say it
>tfw when I say lmao/kek out loud instead, but rarely
>mfw I don't want to anymore
help

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>>380919578
>have to explain who Ibuki is in front of multiple people

>>380919650
He dropped his beer while making marshmallows.

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>walk pass a work colleague's car
>see this fucking decal on her back passenger side window
>get to work
>"hey that red symbol in your car window, where's that from?'
>"Silent Hill"
>"oh cool, have you seen the movie?"
>"yeah but the game is better"
>"yeah".

End of conversation
She is probably mid to late 30s and has children.

>>380916170
>Do you people not realize there are others that can hear you and are laughing at how much of a loser you are?

I have a house I own and I'm 33
I have a fiancee
I have a BMW Z4
I have a Galaxy S8

I couldn't give less of fuck about what people think about me when I'm talking about vidya with someone else, if someone thinks I'm a loser they are quick to judge and I really don't care about what they think
I don't see much difference between having an in-deph talk about Dark Souls with a friend and a in-deph talk about a movie with a friend

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>>380919650

Manchester by the sea

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>>380919804
>I have a BMW Z4
>I have a Galaxy S8

>he judges people based on their material possessions rather than their virtues and character

Wew millenials are disgusting

>>380916829
Make sure to tell him 'Rules 1 and 2' before firing him.

>>380919804
>using a woman and a phone model as status symbols

Bro, I'mma stop you right there.

>>380919713
well thats pretty much it, im a neet atm

>>380919804
You obviously care a LOT about what people think about when, since you took your time to name all your status symbols.

>>380919798
I like how that symbol was the save points in Silent Hill 3.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3_S4x81sAM

>>380916170
I live in the UK, so things might be different here, but I've never seen anyone IRL making fun of me or other people for liking video games.

>>380919584
That's some good taste right there.
Did he like Terranigma too?

>>380916170
Don't you have a bunch of people you should be maintaining eye contact with while tiptoeing, Quentin?

>>380919804
>I couldn't give less of fuck about what people think about me

Your post suggests directly the opposite

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>>380916053
>Boss and other Coworker girls make playful fun of me for playing Go for a little while
>Stop after it's died down because it was pretty shallow in the end
>Whenever the topic comes up we have a laugh and they just say "Anon used to love that"
>tfw I've probably spent more time playing Pokemon than I have spent talking to them and I worked there full time for two and a half years

>Talking with colleagues
>Bust each other's chops
>Minor insult is tossed over in my direction
>Haha, throw what seems to be a non-offensive insult back
>"Jeez anon my bad."

Every time. Now I just don't say anything.

>all they play is lol

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>>380915739
>female coworker asks me if I've ever played oregon trail

>>380919967
>>380919995
>>380920064


I realize that those arguments are there to prove that I don't have anything to prove, but focus on how society thinks and works: I'm not saying to need to achieve everything but if all people can see about you is that you talk about vidya, normalfags will judge you easy and you won't have anything material to prove they're wrong, it's just their opinion against yours.
Now you shouldn't care at all about their opinion, but other people will.

>>380920262
Yes actually, he was playing it on his phone during a break. That's how we got into the conversation.

>>380920307
You tell it a certain way but if you told us exactly what you said I bet it's some autistic shit

>>380920285
literally all of my coworkers play Pokemon GO. I'm practically the only person who doesn't

>>380920274
you know maybe I used to care, but now I've reached the point where I don't need to care anymore

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>2011 video game
>PARTY ROCKERS IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT

>>380920525
Probably
>Something something something we did some stupid frat shit in college.
>Lol, I was never in a frat or something
>Yeah anon we can tell, lol. You remind me of on of those pledge kids.
>Yeah lol, well I guess at least wasn't one of the ones you left face down dead in the house.

>>380920487
It's like being proud of your diaper fetish. Bums shitting in the street don't care what other people think either.

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>>380920724

>2008
>hiphop remix of classic rock song

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>>380919584
>that buff dudebro who fucks you boipussy

>>380920797
You're right anon, I'd be like "What the hell?" too.

>>380920797
Holy fuck that's so uncomfortable

>>380920797
That's pretty funny actually, might've been your delivery

>>380920954
>>380920972
Yeah, and I didn't say it wasn't my fault.

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>Keep smelling something weird when the the girl I sit next to stands up
>Realise my nose is level with her crotch are

>>380920797
lmao, is there a link to a news article about that incident?

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>>380920797
2savage4them

>>380921343
I think his frat in general had an incident where a kid died, but it obviously wasn't his actual chapter or whatever. I have to realize that farming (You)'s in real life just doesn't work.

>>380921158
I bet it wasn't said confidently, like a deftly delivered gem. His tone was probably just bland enough where he sounded serious.

>>380915739
My coworkers only talk about Netflix shows and playing games SP.

I dream of the day I crush them online.

>>380921246
I love how vagina empowerment propaganda tells women that other people unequivocally CANNOT smell their vagina...when men's noses have been proven to be extra sensitive to vagina smells.

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>>380921246
>a couple hours into first day at high school
>start smelling something
>realize it's me
>started sweating profusely without even noticing
>had to sit next to the popular girl because it was the only free seat
>look over to her
>that face of pure discomfort and disgust as she was trying her hardest not to look at me
School was nice

My only co-worker is a literal faggot who talks about nothing but Marvel movies and whatever dumb cunt on the radio is greatest musician in history.

>>380919578
Ryu

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My coworkers are all women so they never talk about anything remotely interesting

>mfw they are the only women I can talk to without spilling my spaghetti

I guess because they are all 6's

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>Coworker starts talking about video games in our free time.
>I also follow the conversation and talk about video games and other stuff I like.

It sucks to be an insecure fuck like the most anons of this thread.

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>>380915739
>bro did you see that wicked sick E3, heard there was a racist on youtube making fun of it - I think stuff like that should be banned don't you?

>>380922073
That a trap?

>>380921857
>"Whose R'YOO"?
>"You mean "Rye-ooh"?
>"HE SAID IT THE CHINESE WAY"
>"I BET YOU WATCH JAPANESE CARTOONS AND SHIT"
>LOLOL ANON JACKIN OFF TO TENTACLES AND SHIT GO GET ME SOME KOOL AID FAGGOT

Daunte's mom whipped his 14 year old ass in front of me when I ratted in him for making fun of me

"DUDE DESTINY DUDE."

My boss.

>>380922153
I thought to add after I posted, pronounced raiyu.

>>380922153
>being friends with black kids

Not Even Once™

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>mfw I'm a total sperg but most people find it endearing
>mfw I can talk about whatever and people think of me the same afterwards as they thought before
>mfw I can't relate to feelings of discomfort of the anons ITT

>>380922153
>Daunte
nigger detected hahaha you will never be white ooga booga

>Coworkers half ass their work all day and talk instead of buckling down and getting their shit done.
>Despite being much busier than them, as soon as they need something from me it must be finished ASAP while they complain about all the work they don't do.
>Have to use kiddy-talk and niceties all fucking day while all I want to is tell them I'll do it when I have time and that I'm higher-up than them.

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>>380922003
>tfw you start to crush on the plain but qt girl who joins purely because she's the only girl of a similar age who wasn't a slut that you'd seen in literal years
I got over it but I still want to die whenever I think about it

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>>380922375
>the benefits of being attractive
wow congrats on being apart of the genetic 1% how lucky!

>>380917269
>undisputable

American "education," everyone.

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>>380918785
That's some pretty shit taste, anon.

>>380922003
what do they talk then? food, fashion, worst boring normie things like kardashians?

>>380922375
>Be me
>Usually pretty clever and funny
>talking to muslim supervisor at work about Ramadan
>casually mention being raised catholic
>start an engaging conversation about similarities between christianity and islam
>much later in the day, suddenly realize being funny and clever led to me shitting all over catholicism, which she was repeatedly insisting shared many beliefs with islam and my deprecation of christianity was insulting her and my assberg self didn't detect it in the moment.

ISIS is gonna freak.

>>380915739
>coworkers talking about videogames
>"hahaha I'm so much better than they am for not talking about my interests with people that share them"
>go home alone
>wonder why you have no friends

Why is /v/ so insecure?

>>380922804
>co-workers talking about religion

holy shit I'd so rather them be talking about "normie scum" vidya shit and netflix anime

>>380922375
Same. I'm an autistic, boring loner who rarely talks yet for some reason people always want to hang out with me, be it at school or at work.

>>380922804
fuck muslims, they are cunts

>>380922980
>i'm boring

Everyone knows that's code for "chronic masturbator". Please tell me you don't tell people you are boring and "do nothing" for fun.

>>380922980
Yeah same here. I barely talk to anyone and I am awful at conversation, but for some reason people are attracted to me and just want to talk to me. They quickly realize their mistake though.

>>380922761

Nah, mostly stupid stuff they see on Instagram

A lot of them are Hispanic so I do some banter with them during break

>>380917269
kys

>>380923126
you should talk to them how T H I C C girls are the thing

>>380922891
No, "nerd shit" is awful for conversations. As soon as you try to make legitimate conversation about something people are legitimately disgusted by how far done the rabbit hole you've gone with your hobby.

>>380915739
What is even the problem here
They started it and you don't have to reveal more powerlevel than they do

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>>380922761
Not him but
>Work with 3 women
>Boss in particular is one of the most thorough and precise people I know
>Incredibly knowledgeable about her field
>Try and learn everything I can off her
>Go to a site one day
>She gives me a ride home
>Start making small talk
>"Have you ever seen the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Anon? I record it whenever it's on. I love watching Dance Moms too."
It took me a minute to respond because I was so shocked

>>380923351
No, that's actually a weird thing to ask a man.

>>380915739
It's mixed.

Some have shit opinions. Some have good opinions. But they're all casuals.

>>380918652
and still you can talk about movies even thought you just watch em

>>380923351
>no, what's it about?
You just need to play shit off and stop being surprised. Shit happens, just go with the flow.

>>380920797
Based. Don't let yourself be pushed around by some queers. Better to be the guy who everyone thinks is going to bring a gun to work.

>"Hey Anon, do you watch anime?"
>Mind immediately jumps to my bedroom: covered in anime posters, walls lined with DVDs, dozens of character pillow cases and use onaholes strewn about.
>"N-no, not really."

The insane thing is that I don't have any of those things and I really haven't watched anime since Toonami and Adult Swim in middle school but I still feel like telling the truth about not really liking anime would come off as a bold faced lie because no one as pathetic looking as me could ever possibly not be the absolute worst kind of otaku monsterman.

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>>380922804
>be Arab but not Muslim
>have 3 Muslim coworkers
>every single shift I work with them together they try to convert me to islam
>one time one of them legit talked about the Qur'an for 5 hours straight
You gotta hand it to them, they're dedicated

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>coworker starts talking about video games
>pretend not to know what they're talking about
>they awkwardly try to change the subject

>>380923216

Some of them are thicc but they rarely wear anything revealing for me to appreciate it and they are also "very religious" so they talk about church and bible shit sometimes

>>380922891
Kill yourself, faggot. Everyone should understand that it's always best to keep your power level hidden at all costs.

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>>380916829
>Be walking my corgi early last summer

>Run into some kid

>Can't remember the conversation but the kid ends up saying that "corgis are MEME dogs"

I had to consciously restrain myself from punching him.

>>380923616
I think the get Allah Points just for trying.

>>380923742
You're only angry because he's right

>>380923665
Nice blank image you homo faggot.

>>380922586
I'm not very attractive at all. I never even had a highschool gf.
>>380922804
Yeah. I often upset people when I'm really not trying to. A few times I got yelled at for "being an asshole to women".
>>380922980
Same. I really don't get it either.

Just be able to talk about other things and no one will give a shit, everyone I work with knows I play to many video games, I just don't bring up the topic of games and let others do that.

>>380923663
This. I just completely deny everything and act completely ignorant if someone tries to talk about vidya, that way nobody can ever find about my powerlevel. It's just better to kill the conversation fast that you don't slip something out accidentally.

>>380923819
Kill yourself faggot.

>>380922408
>hahaha you will never be white
>white

Not him, but that is a rapidly depreciating status nowadays.

>>380922375
>>mfw I'm a total sperg but most people find it endearing

No one other than you thinks this.

>>380923907
What's the point of denying the fact that you play vidya if it's someone else that brings up the subject in first place?

>>380923351
I would've probably giggled at that point and said no

>ask classmate if he likes anime
>"uhh no?"
>"o-ok thanks haha"
>have no friends because no one in my generation likes anime
>will probably graduate without having a friend

>>380923819
Laughed. Too true.

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>oh no people who don't spend hours talking about my hobby on a paper folding east asian board don't know as much about it as I do

If someone starts talking about videogames with you just don't be a sperg and talk about the most popular games to see if you have something in common, if they keep talking to you then you can also recommend them stuff you like. Who knows and you'll also make a friend

>>380919096
What's the worst thing that could happen if you are honest and just say the last game you actually played? If the other person in discussion doesn't know it, just give a quick "oh, you do things x and y in that" -style explanation. What could possibly go wrong with that?

>inb4 but I played Senran Kagura/eroge/something embarrassing last
Well, that's the only obvious exception where it's better to lie.

>>380923616
holy shit, I would've snapped in 5 minutes

>>380924004
Always. Hide. Your. Power. Level. Faggot.

>>380924004
If I actually talked about the kind of games I play, they would think I'm fucking weird.
If I talked about games I don't play, I would come off as a fucking /v/ poster.

>>380916170
>Do you people not realize there are others that can hear you and are laughing at how much of a loser you are?
literally everyone does this

>>380923351
>Have you ever seen the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Anon? I record it whenever it's on. I love watching Dance Moms too

She probably thinks you're a faggot and likely wants you to be her gay best friend.

>>380924298
This. For example, the last game I played is Factorio, and even if you guys think that it's an autistic game that you should stay silent about, it really isn't hard to tell about it without sounding like a sperg. I would just tell that it's a game where you mine resources, build automated machinery out of them and fight some bugs while doing it.

Does that really sound so incendiary that someone would start disliking you if you told that you play stuff like that when they ask about what vidya you have played recently?

>>380918270
>not slowly molding them into better games

>>380924413
See >>380924617, unless it's literally some eroge shit it shouldn't be that hard to phrase your words so that it makes the game sound harmless and normal enough.

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>>380924275
>make a friend

Tell me more.

>>380924298
It's not always the embarrassment factor.
Usually I just know that what games I would talk about would definitely not be of interest to them, so why waste our time trying to explain something they don't care about?

>coworker starts talking about how they saw something on the news about a furry convention
h-hehe furries are so weird what the heck am i rite coworkers

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>>380915739

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>ask what is you favorite video game
>"league of legends"

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>>380924172
>couple weeks into HS
>finally decide to start a conversation with someone
>end up bringing up anime somehow
>tells me he loves anime
>we start talking for like 10 minutes, probably the most I've ever talked to someone outside of my family
>he tells me about a Hellsing collectors edition bluray set he owns
>tell him I've never seen Hellsing but always wanted to check it out
>he says that he'll let me borrow it
>ivefinallymadeafriend.jpg
>next day arrives
>he didn't bring the blurays, doesn't talk to me about or at all
>I thought that he may have just forgotten it
>days go by without him talking to me and me being too awkward to approach him
>we ended up not become friends
>years later decide to finally check out Hellsing
>it was ok

>>380924784
>hey anon, what video games do you play
>well, I recently played Grim Dawn
>What's that?
>It's a top down acti-
>can tell they are already looking for a way to escape the conversation

>>380924941
Wanting to hump the carpet or fuck your dog is weird, anon.

>>380924872
You don't have to go on with a detailed explanation, just tell the truth and if the other person doesn't seem to be interested at all, move forward to another subject. I just don't see the point why one should lie about harmless stuff like that as if it was some dark secret.

>>380916301
Conversation I had with a guy last night

>so what kind of games do you play?
>[normalfag stuff, new AAA titles]
>some of those look cool, I've really been into Metroidvanias lately
>what's a Metroidvania
>you're trapped in this big labyrinth and you gotta get out. They're very light on story and place a lot of emphasis on new powerups changing the way you play or move around. Go try Super Metroid if you want a good example of what the genre is like.

Hiding your power level isn't necessary at all, you just can't gush about all the intricacies of your favorite games or genres to normal people because they have no frame of reference to gauge it by. Just be concise and to-the-point about why you like the game and give them a popular recommendation from the genre.

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>Someone finds out you like anime
>"Haha anon, I bet you like schoolgirls, tentacles and hentai!"
or even better
>"Anime is weird with all those little girls"
For fucks sake what the hell do normies know about anime?

>>380925045
This. If normalfags ask you about vidya, they just want to hear shit like CoD, Fifa etc.

If you say some game that they don't already know about, they will consider you a freak

>>380917565
>TFW wore love live idol shirts to a game testing job
>Somehow everyone liked me probably because it made them feel less awkward

>>380924002
Why are you so insecure? Do people lie to you that often that you can't trust anything they say?

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>>380915739
>gotta hide that power level while they talk about the latest shitty AssCreed, CoD or Destiny garbage

>>380925045
You also lost me there anon
Don't describe a game like you're reading its wikipedia game, just mention what kind of stuff you do in that game.

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>''hey, dude! you play call of duty?''

>>380925309
>trusting normies
>trusting anyone

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>>380925045
>>well, I recently played Grim Dawn
I really wish I could get into these sorts of games, but I really don't like sitting and staring at a bajillion points in a fancy grid and stats.

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>>380925169
>haha i bet anon likes anime about little school girl and tentacles haha
>i saw that one time as a joke haha
>isnt it totally gross haha
>like what kind of website even has that stuff on it anyway haha

>>380925270
This is the reason why it's just better to say that you don't play vidya at all. Power level stays 100% hidden and you don't have to listen to "you play CoD?" -tier shit that makes your blood boil.

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>>380925384
>"not since I was 14"

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>>380915739
>coworker starts talking about video games
>they have the same favorite game as you

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>tfw bought Overwatch because friends are moving over to it
>can't really enjoy it by myself because I can see flaws
>try to enjoy it with friends and their friends
>friends friends get salty as fuck most of the time win or lose
>also trying not to sperg out on how much I don't like the flaws

>>380925369
>wikipedia game
page

>>380925449
People are pretty honest with me. To the point where most peoples feelings would be hurt if they heard this stuff.

>>380924382
Enjoy spending the rest of your life alone or with people that make you feel like you're alone.

>>380925384
>Hell yeah Black Ops 1 was my favourite.

>>380925309
No, I have met enough spergs in this life to know that your opinion of yourself does not reflect reality in any way.

>>380925725
Just tell them that Overtrash isn't your cup of tea. Stop wasting time on a game you're not enjoying.

The most important rule of social interaction is hiding your power level about fucking everything. Someone asks what you play? Just say something that's as popular and normie acceptable as possible. And if someone asks the same about movies or music? Just say what's the most popular thing among normies at that moment.

When you act like that, no-one will ever consider you a freak and you will easily get along with everyone just long enough that you can get away from them without it being awkward. It just makes your life easier.

W-what if the guys who talk to you about CoD and Fifa are just trying to hide their powerlevels as well? And in reality all they wanna do is talk about Umihara Kawase?

>Manager I work with was wearing an N7 Hoodie.
>Start a conversation
>He likes KoF, WOW, MGS and other games.
>Job is shit and put in my 2 weeks
>He's legitimately upset

>Fellow Co-worker also plays vidya.
>Mostly PC
>Loved ME Andromeda.
>Says the game was shit but he liked banging the space pussy

>Huge musclefag co-worker
>Also into vidya but his interest is declining
>Mostly dudebro stuff and skyrim
>Still a cool dude and regularly chat

>Team lead is WAY into vidya and knows his shit.
>Regularly talk strategy about games and what's coming out.
Don't really see the problem, you just talk about it and mask your Powerlevel a little to see where they lie and adjust accordingly.

Why is it so hard to find a girlfriend, /v/?

>>380920487
+1 well said

>>380916170
No matter what you talk about or do there is always a group that makes fun of you. It actually has almost nothing to do with you personally. They just have nothing better to do together.

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>>380926170

>>380926003
That's exactly the reason why I like being truthful about what I play. If they don't know about it and don't seem interested, no harm done, just move forward to another subject. And in the best scenario, you may be able to get actual discussion about something you like.

>>380926170
Nigga you gay.

>>380925962
It's not my opinion. It's what I've been told quite a few times.>>380925871

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>>380925712
>but they play it wrong

>>380925985
See >>380925885

If you are never willing to reveal anything about the real you, there's also no way that anyone will ever actually like the real you. I'm not saying that you have to pour out everything you like and want to everyone you ever meet, but if you completely hide out what you like from everyone, you will never connect with people you could have some meaning interaction with.

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>/v/ starts talking about video games

>>380919323
>This

>>380925972
I can semi-stand it but it really needs alot of work before I play it normally on my own

Would it be weird to start talking to guys since they were talking about dark souls and mgs? I haven't made a single friend since I was 15 so I'm not really sure how it goes these days.

>>380915739
>sisters boyfriend is interested in linux too
>actually knew what arch linux was
FINALLY, MY E-PEEN PAID OFF, SEE YOU SUCKERS

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>>380926635
>it isn't this thread

The only coworker I have that occasionally talks about vidya is 21. Being a gun store, most people would rather talk about guns, hunting, knives, and other out door stuff. Vidya guns has never came up.

Now, when I go over to the fire house for volunteer FF, I got dudes in their 40s talking about vidya and table top 40k.

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>>380915739
Hi V newfag to this board, why are there so many threads about being angry spiteful when a coworker starts talking about vidya? I rather enjoy a conversation about it. Am I the coworker fag that makes everybody mad when they bring up games?

>>380926838
That sounds ok anon
vidya and guns don't mix well most of the time

>>380926896
Learn to keep your powerlevel hidden, faggot.

>>380926361
Nah, I think you're a liar.

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>>380926428
>what are you into anon?
>so embarrassed of playing jrpgs and magic the gathering that saying I like professional wrestling seemed safe
>Confidently say "I like pro wrestling."

HOLY SHIT I WAS WRONG ABORT ABORT

>>380926734
if you already have something in common then sure go for it, just don't try to force it if things don't go as planned

>>380916170
No one actually gives a fuck about you. You only think they do because you're a vain beta.

>>380921525
Depends on your audience. Careful in bars though.

>>380926989
wrestling is just below anime on the socially acceptability totem pole right above snuff pornography

>>380916463
>not wanting to advance up the work ladder

Pathetic

>>380924859
I'd consider being your friend, but loli's are for fags.

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>>380926965
Liking video games equates to a power level? I don't understand. Most of the time I work for a small company only 4 employees in the shop. Most of the time its just me and my coworker doing stuff together for 8 hours. I get desperate for topics to talk about.

>>380926982
Okay.

>>380922891
I hurl the same kind of bullshit that people used to make fun of me with when I was younger.

Revenge is sweet.

>>380927820
So you aren't lonely as fuck?
Frankly if ANYBODY wanted to talk to me about vidya I would love to and attack myself to them like a parasite.
I've put in hundreds of hours playing garbage games like hearthstone, dota 2, lol and HOTS cause I wanted to make friends with people who I learnt played them.

>>380928070
>So you aren't lonely as fuck?

>he thinks vidya friends can save him from the loneliness

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>>380916170
i know right
i laugh everytime i go to the pub and fucking nerds watch and talk about football
what a bunch of faggots amiright? /smily


nobody gives a fuck about what you as a person like to do on your spare time, only younger people care about how others see them, and the older you get, even less you care

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>talk to a coworker who's excited about ps4, watched the E3 conference
>he's hyped about the upcoming God of War
>say I'm dissapointed with the camera angle compared to the older games but it should still be pretty good
>visibly let down/loses interest
I don't get it man, it's literally impossible to talk to any co worker about vidya

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Why does every """gamer""" that I talk to who seems like they'd be fun to hang out with ONLY FUCKING PLAY LEAGUE

>What games you played recently dude
>Oh I usually play league
>Literally these faggots just sit in their discord and talk to their faggot friends while playing their faggot game all day long
>Never any interest in trying other games

>worked retail while WoW was growing in popularity
>more than half the store played
>discussions in the break room constantly
>one day a new hire sitting near us
>"Is all you do is play and talk about WoW?"
>coworker replies "Go back to writing your rap lyrics, Eminem."
>explodes into anger and storms out
>find out later he quit from his ex that worked there also
>she kicked him out of her apartment after he quit his job

>>380916170
I don't talk about video games and people still laugh at me

>World of Tanks
>MMA games
>FIFA
>LoL
>Counter-strike

What is it that people find in this bland shit?

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>>380915739
I work in IT, so my co-workers usually have decent taste.

Two of em play fighting games and one plays shooters so it's pretty based. Sometimes we bring our sticks and play SF at lunch.

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>>380929225
It happens, just keep on keeping on.

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>two coworkers are talking about vidya
>you chime in and awkwardly reveal your powerlevel
>the room goes silent

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>talking to coworker about what we did on the weekend
>mention I'm building a computer
>"oh great, what are you using it for?"
>ahh j-just browsing the internet and stuff...
The fuck is wrong with me?

>>380919323
Literally this.

>>380929568
This happens because you're a fucking sperg who no one likes, not because you revealed that you play video games.

>>380929826
I was aware

A guy I work with plays consoles and watches only anime that was dubbed and released in America, laughs uproariously on anything "abridged" and is constantly showing me clips from said series and about how awesome DBZSuper is and I just can't give any shits about anything.

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>coworker recognizes your shitposts on 4chan

>>380929123
>hang around some /tg/ and Magic friends
>very very slim knowledge and intresst about it
>still try and have a jolly good time with everyone
>weeks later play some multiplayer vidya games
>friend who dont greatly enjoy them or play good, still plays a good chunk of the time with us
>still enjoy 4chan cup with the dude that hate football

feels good man

>>380929980
>haha so your surfing /hc/ all day huh anon wink wink

didnt remember what it was as im very rarely over there
but my face must have been priceless as i didnt know what board he ment

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>>380916829
>literally says kek out loud

>>380922980
wow anon m-maybe you want to.. you know go bowling or something ;D

>>380925953
>oh so you like retro games

>classmates talk about vidya
>felt the opportunity to socialize and try to join the conversation
>it's
>all
>about
>fucking
>MOBAS
>can't really contribute to the discussion because I fucking despise league and dota
>if it's not about league, it's about those cancerous youtube faggots that do dumb shit while playing league
>"LMAO anon didja see that? ahahaahaha ebin xDDD"
>try to talk about other vidya
>mention a few console games
>"wow anon I haven't heard about that game before, only a richkid like you would probably be able to afford fancy stuff like that"
>jesus fucking christ do you people even think before you talk you guys empty your wallets on fucking autistic skins for your champions that are probably 5x the price
>faggots go back to talking about league and brag about how hardkore gamers they are
>try to shift the topic into anime
>all they fucking know is one piece, naruto, dragonball, attack on titan
>"ANIME AIN'T FOR KIDS CUZ I WATCH HELLSING AND AoT's DARK LMAO"
>hide my powerlevel and leave the faggots who brag about their shallow powerlevels

>>380917269

My boss has a PS4 in his office, and is a literal millionaire. Now what?

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>talking to coworker about vidya
>we start talking survival horror
>he vehemently defends Resident Evil being better than Silent Hill
couldn't coexist with him after that desu

>>380925169
>"wow anon you sure do like little girls and tentacles"

if only my /d/epravity was just at that level

>>380916829
Fuck. I didn't want to think more than one person in the world did this outside my coworker. He says top kek super loudly, but I'm friends with his sister, so I can't put him on blast like I'd like to. He browses the front pages of reddit so he can't even be a leddit drone properly.

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>>380931859
>Now what?

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>ask cs classmate what he wants to do in the future
>he says he wants to make video games
>he doesn't stop talking about video games