When was the last time you made a friend in a video game? How'd you do it? Have you made any lifelong friends through video games? Do you consider vidya friends real friends?
No.
Maybe.
I guess back in 2006-2008.
Met him in Gunz, we frequented the same forum, met some other people there, had some fun.
And now I feel depressed.
Back in TBC, something like 07-08. We are still friends.
Couple of years ago, Russian I friended on steam to yell at him for being bad at csgo. We ended up bonding over poverty in slav lands and we chat to this day. Guy has oneitis trouble but started lifting recently, so I think he§s gonna make it.
Every now and then I make some steam friends. Half of them are nothing more than useful contacts, about a forth part of them I don't talk to dem anymore but I have them added because some minimal respect for being friend for a long time and the rest I speak to them regulary, for good or ill.
I will never consider internet friends as real friends, even tho they differ most of the times. Most people I found in my friend list don't have any problem in telling me their personal problems an real life shit. I'm realy fucking tired of being an armchair psychologist because of these people. You wouldn't belive how many people told me that they have depression.