>What are you playing?I study almost every day for more IT certs. Minecraft is the only thing that I play that helps me ease off my head.
>>721214895These threads were fine until the shinchan retard started spamming them and attracted normalfags blogposting.
Playing Shadow Generations
>>721214895>I study almost every day for more IT certsIf we didn't get today's news I could call you an idiot. I pivoted out of IT when my first 2 jobs got shipped to jeetland
>>721214895>>721215042>>721215129>>721215139i need some advice from you guys, im 42 here. I've been playing video games all my life, in many different genres, from Civilization to Warcraft to Wolfenstein 3D to Halo to Half Life to Fallout to Fornite to Red Dead Redemption to The Witcher to Cyberpunk 2077 and many in between. My wife knew this shortly after we met and of course when we got married. She had always said that she doesn't "get them" or understand why anyone would want to play them but she understood that it was something I found relaxing and enjoyable.Fast forward to this week and she flat out tells me (while we were arguing about something else) that she thinks video games are juvenile, she can't believe that a 42 year old man plays them, and that playing them makes me less attractive to her. For reference, I'm a manager at work, we have a nice house, four kids and 2 dogs. So it's not like I'm just bumming around. And I take care of my hygiene and appearance - basically I don't fall into any of the negative gamer stereotypes. I also play when everyone else is asleep so it's not cutting into family or housework time. It does mean that I tend to sleep in on weekend mornings though, which she doesn't like, as she's more of a morning person.what do? Is there any hope of her changing how she feels? She knows that some of them are very much not for kids and that it's a bigger industry than movies, but it doesn't change how she feels. Should I give up gaming? That would feel like a huge sacrifice but would probably have big benefits. Or do we just live with this?
>>721214895>>721215139I forgot but I am replaying Luna Nights. I fucking love ladybugs games
>>721215174You kill yourself faggot. My god only a woman writes this much shit.
>>721214895the Shokuho mod for bannerlord got updated recently.I cant believe 10 people have made what is essentially a new game that taleworlds could have charged $50 for if they had done it themselves.
>>72121489534 here.Playing Final Fantasy 1 Pixel Remaster. I'm at the Sea Shrine. Upgraded my classes yesterday and met Bahamut. I'm also replaying Dragon Quest XI S and Trials of Mana Remake
>>721215174Make her respect your hobbies or she'll take them all away
>>721215174Man I am glad I married a woman who likes Vidya. Regardless you firmly and calmly explain it is your hobby and it isn't changing. If she has a problem with it just stand firm and don't start shit flinging. Just stay on topic and point out if she has a problem with it she should have addressed it years ago. Then compare it to other adult "hobbies" like drinking/drugs/gambling blah blah blahMore importantly... What Vidya you been playing?
>>721215174no you do not let your wife change a major lifestyle hobby you have. If anything its more likely a signal she wants to do something on the weekends once in a while. its give and take since many older men have gaming as a hobby and wives love nothing more than to gain more of your time instead of allowing you to de-stress. they think that time with them = happiness. Jesas don't give in
>>721214895>30+>studyingi have studying fatiguethe neuroplasticity schizos were right
Counter-Strike: SourceWarCraft 3Battlefield 3 & 4On my 14900k, 4090 system with my modified Windows 11 OS.
>>721215998I feel like I learn better at 32 then I did as a 19 year old uni student.I stopped drinking though so maybe I was just in a drunken/sleep deprived stupor for 10 years and this is what normal brain function feels like
>the desktop icon is a dragon>the early promo material had a 3 headed dragon>there is no dragon in the game
>>721215998There's no reason to when you already know it's a scam and you will end up a worthless wageslave in a meaningless job or just unemployed.
>>721216279t. will be miserable forever
>>721214895Tonight it's Taz Escape from Mars on Sega Genesis.
>>721215174>Civilization to Warcraft to Wolfenstein 3D to Halo to Half Life to Fallout to Fornite to Red Dead Redemption to The Witcher to Cyberpunk 2077Your taste in games is shit. How can you enjoy such boring slop?
45Dune Awakening with a friend, Nightreign with randos, trails in the sky 1st chapter remake any other time. Comfy multiplayer, fun multiplayer, comfy solo. Dyyyyyiiiing for Manor Lords 1.0.
>>721216348so will you
I transitioned a couple of years ago and now I’m jerking my tiny white pecker to sissy porn. Best decision of my life. I recommend it to everyone here. It’s never too late to transition and be happy
>>721215541>What Vidya you been playing?Postal 2 and Fortnite, as usual.
bananza
>>721216662>I recommend it to everyone here.this is /v/, they already have
>>721216713a nice big phat ass
>>721215139I'm temped to just get a job at McDonald's because I live in CA. It would pay probably 80% of what a jeet gets paid in an entry-level IT job and it pays way more than trying to do freelance or independent anything unless you are in the top 0.1%.Anyway, I got NMS on sale and it barely runs on the lowest settings on my PC but it has sucked me in.
>>721216662Why would I want to ruin my big dick
>>721216402I am not miserable now so that is unlikely
>>721214895I dont have time to play anymore. I hate my job and am too mentally drainedId like to start and finish e33 and bg3 this year
>>721215541where do I find a wife who also likes vidya?
>>721216885>I am not miserablesays the guy literally browsing /v/eddit
>>721215174Your wife sounds like a bitch
Playing Silksong. It's a blend of mostly 10/10 kino with frustrating whirls and the occasion chunk of absolute bullshit.On Act 3 in the coral tower at the moment. I am taking a break today to do gamedev. Partially to do gamedev, mostly to give my hands and fingers a rest.
>>721216713who is she?
>>721216834trump just slapped 100k in fees on jeet HB1s so mabye that will help you out
>>721214895Path of Exile 2
>>721216963he doesn't know. but i do, it's Elz The Witch. Some e-wanna-be-whore.
is minecraft fun for someone who will not build, not has friends, and just wants to fuck around? im tired of CS2, Starcraft2, league. (these are games i played a lot many years ago, i never tried 'craft)
>>721217024I really hope it does help me. I need all of the help I can get. I got a CS degree years ago and haven't found a job. I'm nuts kind of like Terry Davis so I probably can't be saved.
40+ here with a young family. Been playing indie shit. Looking forward to this game Neon Inferno. I know its pathetic at my age but I actually need job training because this warehouse shit ain't cutting it financially and I'm grinding my body to a pulp. No idea what to pursue. Too old to become a plumber
>>721216662based tranny
>>721217105>who will not buildbuilding is the whole point of Minecraft. don’t buy it if you’re not gonna build. it’s like asking if you should play GTA V but you don’t want to steal cars
>>72121489531Silksong is great, thinking about playing Sekiro or Expedition 33 next. Finished Far Cry 5 a week ago, fun game but forgettable.
>>721217105Depends what you mean by fuck around, but there are thousands and thousands of mods that change the gameplay so it's just a single player adventure game.
>>721217270do your wife's kids play vidya too? does their father let them?
>>721214895Playing WoW and Chrono Trigger. Found a new game store today and bought some Game Boy and GBC games to add to my collection. Don't need them, I have flash carts, but the GB/GBC is one of the few things that I still collect games for because they tend to be very cheap. My wife spotted a copy of Rule of Rose and told me it was $350... I was about to jump on it because it tends to go for around $700, but she was wrong, it was $650.>>721217024Based.
>>721214895Nothing right now. Probably going to get an Xbox soon. My laptop is too old to play any new games.
>>721214895I was replaying PS2 games until it broke.
Want to start New Vegas, but my hands ache too much to hold a controller.I'm 32, but my job is entirely hands on.
>>721215174Find a game that involves all four of your kids, assuming they're actual kids
>>721215174>four kidsshe's had however old your kids are plus however long you were dating before that to raise this as an issue.why is she only bringing it up now?
>>721217341My two sons are biologically mine actually. My youngest just turned one. Yes I'm poor on welfare with two blue eyed perfect boys. I'm trying though
>>721215174You tell her to be thankful for the comfortable life you have given her and to respect your hobbies. Never change yourself because a women told you to. They just lose even more respect for you once they know they can push you around.
>>721217729>why is she only bringing it up now?women shit test their men at every phase of a relationshipOP needs to pass the shit test by calling her out on it and telling her to behave the tl;dr is that women crave discipline and if a man doesn't provide guidance they will fuck with him until he does, or breaks
>>721214895Trying to finish Hogwarts LegacyThen I'll play Ender LiliesAnd after that either Hollow Knight/Silksong or MonHun Stories 1 & 2
>>721217729He's lying.its pretty simple. We don't care if our wives are attracted to us after 4 kids especially. I'd tell my wife to go find someone else if she's not attracted to me.
>>721217270Welder? Electrician?
>>721214895Viscera cleanup detail, way of the hunter, ultimate fishing sinulator and mushroom season.
>>721217105You'll have to build some just for a base, even if it's as basic as a cube of stone or a hole in the wall, and maybe the dissatisfaction will motivate you to do a little more.But you might be the right type of person for a Complete The Monument map. It's a sort of map where your resources are limited and usually metered out as you progress, going through different obstacles to collect blocks of wool to fill out a display.Watch a video or two by Zisteau to get the idea.Or you might be down for a Skyblock Challenge, start on a 3x3 patch of dirt with a tree in the middle, and have to gradually expand your island and complete objectives in a book to get more tools to further your goal.
>>721217916You sound like fake alpha guy Rich Cooper on youtube lmao
losing thousands of dollars in day trades and gooning to futas in virtamate
>>721218107Fuck no. I used to operate a knife grinder. Probably already have cancer from breathing in metal but I'm too retarded to fuck with electricity. Welder is a borderline meme job at this point.
>>721215174get into retro handhelds. then tell your wife you’re into fishing. grab your fishing pole and tackle box at 6AM and tell her you’re going fishing then playing snes roms in your car while you’re parked at the lake
>>721214895Dishonored 1 and Pathologic 2
>>721217270Forklift Operator, dude.Should be fairly straightforward at your age, and no need to find a different company, just a new position.
>>721218414>I'm too retarded to fuck with electricityThe last electricians that I hired gave me the impression that you are wrong.
>>721214895Megabonk. Addictive little game.
>>721218218I don't know who that is, because I don't get my opinions from other men.My comment is indisputable proof and every man who has been in multiple long term relationships can attest to it. Women require boundaries, and if they feel like they are totally free to do whatever they want, they will make it the problem of the man in their life until he does something about it. This is because women want to feel guided. When a man is involved telling them what to do they can feel like it's a shared responsibility and the burden for them is lessened. The guy with the wife nagging him about video games has a wife with too few boundaries, and he needs to set some ground rules for her to follow. Maybe he did in the past and it 'wore off', so now he needs to do it again. It happens. It's just how women are.
>>721214895Stomping on Liao tanks in MW5 atm
34, binging Railroader for the last couple of days
>>721217270if you have a military background, or just a clean background, you can look for technician work that requires a security clearance. pays better than other work
>>721215174I really hope this is just copypasta because damn what a bitch.
playin' XIV
>>721216385this list is dad core
>>721214895>What are you playing?i play mostly indies and fromsoft games, 42 working for the argentine goverment and divorced , i dont have kids and i dont play to , life is easy here at least for the ones working in the gov agencies , lot of money for few work that gives me a lot of times for gaming movies and other hobbies
>>721218474It doesn't pay that well unless I been in a union 20 years already. Most local Forklift jobs in my major American city pay less than what I make as a tier 1 at an Amazon warehouse. Forklift operators don't make more money at the company either.
Jap only srpg. Also, I've been NEETing it up for too long. It is chill though.
>>721215174It's not about the games. That's all I can tell you. They'll give you a bunch of nonsense reasons. Not the real one. Only thing you can do is start listening and looking. Figure it out on your own.
Why bother studying for certs ? You can pretend you have them and nobody will ever notice.
>>721214895Been replaying the STALKER trilogy, just finished Clear Sky.I also have half-completed runs of Elden Ring and Divinity Original Sin that I have going with friends.I'm also gathering a few horror games that I'll be binging once October rolls around. I'm thinking of starting with either Koudelka or The Evil Within 2.
>>721215174> i need some advice from you guys>i’m 42 hereIf not bait, then kys. A fucking 42 year old asking for life advice from people on /v/?? Lmao
>>721219462I’m gonna try this. Management has been asking
>34Haven’t played anything in about a month. Was waiting eagerly for my new GPU to come in and went down an optimization rabbit hole instead, and finally it’s gonna be here this week.
>>721214895>35>>What are you playing?Was gonna chip away at my backlog but ended up chillin' on the couch with Grand Bazaar.Maybe some MTG Arena before bed. I'll finish Alan Wake's American Nightmare tomorrow>>721217347I bought Rule of Rose when it came out because I like survival horror games. It's wild to me that such a mediocre game goes for that much now>>721215174If that's true, explain to her why gaming is important to you, the benefits of it, and get the kids involved. Start setting up game nights or playing stuff with them>>721216931As a tired wagie, Expedition 33 sparked a love for games again. Make yourself sit down and start it. You'll be glad you did>>721218573ComfyI don't know anything about trains but tell uswhat your favorite one is
>>721214895What certs are you studying for?
>>721218435Dishonored 1 is great. I remember pairing it with Pink Floyd. I had a Pink Floyd cd that I ripped onto my hard drive. See Emily Play.
>>721220174>I bought Rule of Rose when it came out because I like survival horror games. It's wild to me that such a mediocre game goes for that much nowI love seeing games that I bought cheap going for crazy prices now. At that same store I saw Tron Bonne priced at $450. I bought it for $10 at a LAN cafe when it was a last-gen title.
>>721216662kys mentally ill faggot
>>721220174>I don't know anything about trains but tell uswhat your favorite one isI don't know much either, I like them but I'm not turbo autist about itProbably the GP9
>>721215174How old is your wife?
>>721220174Based E33 enjoyer. I just got game pass a few weeks ago because I was going to buy E33 and metaphor eventually anyway, and i cannot get over how good e33 is.I just got a 77 inch oled, and all im using it for is UFO 50 currently. I’m playing through borderlands 1 on pc again too, I def need a few people to play that with to get the most out of it.
>finally started Snake Eater 2 days ago>finished the first mission and called it a day>yesterday I didn't feel like playing games>told myself today I would continue>work was so heavy that I didn't feel like doing anything, ended taking a nap while my sister played Roblox>spent the rest of the day playing Master Duel>surely tomorrowSurely tomorrow. On a different topic, as October approaches, I'm being recommended some horror videos here and there, mostly Backrooms stuff which just end with people telling their own fanfictions. It has become annoying, but now I'm kind of interested in playing a Backrooms game, but there are way too many on Steam, I just want a good Backrooms game where I can explore different huge areas. Added to that, yesterday I ended watching some Minecraft horror mods, specifically some mod named Broken Script, and they look pretty cool, but now my Youtube feed is getting filled with Minecraft thumbnails with your typical deformed horror abomination looking at you from inside dark holes.
>>721216113Same.
>>721214895>IT certshow badly has AI damaged the utility of these for employers? feels like rote technical knowledge and support is like the first thing on the chopping block.
>porn doesn’t do anything for me, can’t get hard, orgasms feel weak>don’t like any music that comes out>have 6 books that I haven’t read>no motivation to go to gym >untouched Lego sets>don’t feel like hanging out with friends>kissed a girl at work who’s boyfriend broke up with her but don’t feel like returning her texts, we’re both uglyOkay, what the fuck is wrong with me? How do I fix it? And no I’m not depressed because I don’t feel sad
>>721214895Playing AfterimageThe game seems way too big and sparsely packed. I can drop an hour and a half in an area, map it out fully, and despite opening 20+ chests find nothing that excites me
>>721220673It hasn’t. Shockingly, AI hasn’t replaced competent human beings yet.
>>721220710It’s literally depression>no it’s not because I don’t feel sad God you are a fucking retard lmao. At least learn the proper definition of these things.
>>721216935so? Not everyone is a miserable cunt here
>>721220710Depression isn’t just being sad. You sound depressed, and I say that with a hand on your shoulder, not to insult or talk down to you.>we’re both uglyidk, I thought I was ugly my whole life and apparently I’m pretty good looking.I’m sorry you’re going through all this anon, but you can get better. Therapy helps if you’re really struggling to get out of this feeling after a few months.
>>721215174The dog is trying to gain authority over you.>Cut off joint bank accounts>Prepare for a possible divorceDon't trust any fucking woman saying shit like that.She's trying to undermine and belittle you to see how much she can get away with.
>>721220710that's textbook actual depression not pretend depression people pretend to have.you have depression.
>>721220836Depression is pretty often dismissed as “being sad”, especially by the kinds of people who hang out in places like this. Glad to see someone else at least acknowledge this isn’t the case.
i'm so fucking done with datingfuck dating appsfuck womentime for me to fuck a whoret. 30yo virgin
>>721221031sex doesn’t matter. find companionship that makes you happy, whether that’s friends, women, strangers, whatever. Sex isn’t as important as making a connection that matters.
>>721214895>Lost my job of 5 years due to layoffs Wednesday.>No money to buy new games>Wife recently lost her job as well, currently working retail job. >Economy where I live is shit all around.I've been playing Borderlands 4, it's the last game I bought since I was laid off. Shit sucks, hope y'all had are having a nice weekend.
>>721221012Yeah because I’ve actually made an effort not to be an ignorant idiot over the last 15+ years. The fact that there are anons my age or older who still don’t know such basic shit isn’t even alarming anymore, it’s just pathetic
>>721214895I'm emulating god hand, super metroid, dmc3 and medievil while I wait for ninja gaiden 4.Blade chimera went on sale so I might play that. Or I'll just replay metal gear rising. >>721220673It's completely fucked. Not only are most tech job postings fake, but even if you get into that field you're going to have to tardwrangle all the overseas jeets that big companies outsourced before, during and after the fake job market index got exposed.>>721220710All that sounds like stress. Exercise can fix the limp dick and the boredom.
>>721220710Being sad is not the same as feeling depressed, and right now you're the textbook definition of depression. There's unfortunately not much advise we can give you, everyone deals with their own depression on their own different ways, but what I can at least recommend is to try and go outside, just go and walk around aimlessly for like an hour or so, your body and mind need to be reactivated so you can start feeling motivated again.On the other hand, it also sounds like you're suffering from choice paralysis, you have too many things you want to do and have no idea where to start. Just take it one step at a time and try not to purchase anything else that might also require several hours of your attention, the last thing you want is to start building a hobby backlog.
>all these dudes that seriously replied to a pastalol
>>721220260I got splunk power user, im going for saa03 now
>>721214895
I turned 30 about 5 years ago, and I've finished more games in these 5 past years than the entire rest of my life. It's way easier to just sit down and play 4ish hours of games a day and focus on them nowadays.
>>721221253That’s cool, wish I had gone into IT but I’m in my 30s now so it’s out of the questionKeep it up anon
>>721221031>time for me to fuck a whore Good, get that shit over with and quit operating under the delusion that you’re missing out on something special.
>>721221135I thankfully have good friends and my family is pretty good all things considered, but i've just had 0 luck with women.>dated me to get back at ex>accused me of rape even though i never did anything and she always said she wanted to fuck me>asexual>snapped randomly and told me she would go to hr if I didn't leave her alone>camwhore who I'm falling for because I'm an idiotand then a bunch of random 1-off dates that never went anywhere in between. I've seen around 20ish women in my life and have gone no where with them
>>721221012it's stupidly named desu because it sounds like "the sads" when really it's "the complete disinterest with life"they should have called it Apathomia or something so people didn't think whenever they got sad they had a brain chemistry issue.
>>721221236I wanted to know what he would make up :(
>>721217024It won't. Big companies will just eat the cost because it's not actually about cheap labor.
>>721221317Why is it out of the question?
>>721215174Remember most women act like children. She's just jealous you have a hobby you enjoy. You won't be able to change how she feels. You could just play games on your phone so she shuts the fuck up every now and then.If you're making that much money to live comfortably, you really shouldn't give a fuck about having a hobby you enjoy that she doesn't like. Then again, she could just be giving you a shit test as an excuse for some shit she feels guilty about.
>>721216834The American Way Mcjob died during the Obungo years cmon son, everybody knows this. Except a big fat You.
>>721215174You're the head of the family. YOU decide how to run the family. Tell your wife to get in line... or be a bitch and sacrifice whatever crumbs of game time you have left.
31i don't play anythingjust doomscroll this shithole>>721220710literally me minus the kissing and lego autism
>>721221414Because the IT job market is beyond fucked.
>>721221317you still can, i got in by a single fucking A+ and networking, basically nowhere, you still can. CCNA will open doors for you
>>72121489530I bought some Looking Glass games this summer sale (+ Dishonored 1). What's the best way to play them?Complete series?>System Shock -> Thief -> Deus Ex -> DishonoredOr release order?>System Shock -> Thief: The Dark Project -> System Shock 2 -> Thief II -> Deus Ex -> Deus Ex: Invisible War -> Thief: Deadly Shadows ---> Dishonored 1
>>721221498Why? If you’re good at it then you’ll definitely find work.
>>721214895>Had autistic overworking parents>Thought sex and relationships taught themselves, so they never talked or encouraged me about them>Fed brimstone and fire anti-relationship bullshit by school>Oneitis through HS, rejected a few good fucking girls and didn't learn to be rejected>went straight to medicine after HS, got an oneitis-cuck situation simping for a girl who had met the love of her life, for 5 fucking years. Took meds, finished 8 year med degree>Took 2 leap years over covid and because I fucking hated medicine. Only graduated because I thought living other than the safe way was impossible (still wonder)>Dad died from covid. Enroll into residence from hell for his dead-sake>Dropped out from overwork 1 year and half in>Took another leap year cause can't think what to do with life>Turned 30. Started 2 year CS course because dream is making games>Time feels running out. Want to experience college love but only have autism to work with. Course is half assed crammed shit. Learning C#, Java, JS, SQL in 4 months timeframe. No time to do exercises and meet assignments, burned out again.>Realize I'm rather driven to art and music. No time or place to develop them formally, but procrastinate with them between CS assignmentsI don't know what to do with my life bros. I'm losing hair and feel like chicks will never like me, feels like once again i'm being trapped to do what other people want me to do, and can't find a way to gain a living doing what I like. Guess this is as youthful as it gets. I sincerely don't know how other people don't submit to this pressure, or how can they quietly comform and make time to themselves.
>>721214895>>What are you playing?rebellion saga once a weekcame off a dominions 6 bender
>34Been bingeing Space Engineers with Fishtank on the second monitor, old games I missed out on as a kid on an emulator when I visit the folks for a few days
>>721215174She isn't just coming to this realization now. She knew about this all along and has decided to be a bitch about it for an ulterior reason. She might be in the mood for divorce rape.
Finished reading Muramasa (kino). Now no time to play during work days. On weekends time for a couple rounds of Mahjong. I'm waiting for my week off. Gonna go through E33 in one week.
>>721221569sounds like you should take estrogen. you’re very feminine and you’re a failed male anyways
>>721221343>I've seen around 20ish women in my life and have gone no where with themyeah it's rough, you just gotta remember that every time you do it you also get better at it and if you dont do it you'll never meet anyone.so there's really no option.
>>721221414Because I’m in my 30s and no one would hire me? Don’t even know where to start, haven’t been in school in forever >>721221503Really?
>>721221728the real shitty thing is that one of my long distance friends confessed that she wanted me to fill her with baby batter but she didn't want to move or wait for me to move therelong story short she got a fiance shortly after that and has two childrenthat has really fucked me up too
>>721221498I know companies that dont even have networking set up and they move files around on flashdrives in the year of our lord 2025.there's work out there.
>>721221729Well no shit no one would hire you lol. You have to get educated first.
>>721216935lmao how is that proof of anything? Imo you're projecting your own life situation on the board.
Games great actually.
>>721221729dude what the fuck are you talking about? 30's is nothing, just have some certs and some type of work history that shows you are a functional adultI was in the military for 8 years then a contractor for another 8 years and we have fucking 65 year old motherfuckers showing up as fresh hires for my company because they felt bored in retirement
>>721221562True but most of the time you'll just find companies that keep you on for a big project, then fuck with you until you quit.If job hopping isn't a dealbreaker for you, it's nice in a way, until you have to deal with retarded managers and boomers that get scammed.
>>721220710>>untouched Lego setsWhat kind of sets are we talking here, because this is the easiest thing on your list right now unless you do some OCD shit like lick every piece before assembling and if you didn't say the step number out loud when placing the piece then you have to start over.
>>721221164i dont think i could ever be fired because i have so much niche knowledge for an important and widely used systemits kind of a curse, really
>>721215998>the neuroplasticity schizos were rightjust get on Adderall, get it illegally if you have toknock out some sort of degree in a year then quit it cold turkey and spend a month recovering
Wrapping up act 2 in silksong and practicing stage 4 in daioujou, which i more or less have fully routed up to the rail turret section, at which point only God can save you there. Shmups have been an endless source of obsession for the past 2 months, I forgot how fun they are. I like CAVE games because while it looks impressive it's moreso using your brain and minimizing the amount of crazy shit you have to do. I feel there is a not insignificantly sized group of older milennials turning to this genre. I also like Taito and Raizing games. Pretty much everything made from 94 onwards is a good time. Also I remembered this guy exists the other day.https://youtu.be/rRhFYV4-pBQ
>>721214895These days doing Spelunky 2 coop with pals and trying to finally beat all of Epic Battle Fantasy 5 in its hardest difficulty. Those optional bosses are kicking my ass.
>>721221812Sounds like she wanted to mooch off you. I think you dodged a bullet.
>>721217270>I know its pathetic at my age but I actually need job trainingIt's becoming the new normal anon, no shame in making sure you can continue to provide for your family.>>721218618Do you have to request a security clearance yourself or is it part of the process after you go through a few rounds of interviews?
>>721221723Fuck you faggot. How is there anything more manly than keep trying to beat life despite failing over and over? I'm gonna be this guy. I'll try to make my stupid selfish dreams true no matter what, no matter who I end up scamming, no matter the cost. If a manga character can keep trying so can I.
>>721221980she claimed one of her doctors said she wasn't likely to conceive past 30ish so she wanted to get hitched immediatelyI didn't even know she had feelings at that point so she most likely just panicked
>>721221569>>721222059Whatever you do, don't visit the hellholes that are /agdg/ in /vg/ and the gamedev threads here on /v/.
>>721222058>Do you have to request a security clearance yourselfa company hiring people for security clearance required jobs will pay for your security clearance screening, as long as you are qualified in every other way first
33been playing pokemon romhacks and gachatrash. Wating for the new Digimon Story game and Battlefield 6. Need to do my yearly playthrough of the DKC games though
>>721220673 I'm not in IT anymore but all the people I studied with are still working, albeit mostly in shit roles. A lot of the grunt work in IT has little to do with computers and more with handling people, especially if you're not in a callcenter and actually have an internal position in a company. It might change in the next 10 years but none of them seem worried about job security, for sure recruitment has slowed down hugely but the people already hired are still there for now.
>>721221569>spent entire 20's in med school>switches 'career' before even starting a careerholy shit you fucking idiot, just go become an x-ray tech or something what the FUCK is wrong with you
>>721222226interesting, shame I have no in-demand qualifications or knowledge though.
>>721222335I did the same thing and I don’t regret it.
34 yo, I got baited into playing twow with a college buddy but he never shows up so I leveled way past him just playing an hour or two every other day. It sucks man, I'd accepted that most of the guys I knew don't log on anymore and hadn't played wow since college.Other than that I'm still dying frequently in Noita, one day I will reach the end of the game and then move on to parallel world fuckery. I've started Days Gone as well but gave it up after a dozen hours because it's so boring. Started Book of Hours last week but can't get into it, feels too much like Stacklands micromanaging without much of the actual lore and novel-length dialogs I was expecting.
>>721221569Unless you have fallback income, gamedev is probably best kept as a hobby. If you get satisfaction from working with your hands, a trade union could bring decent income without making you want to kill yourself. Don't confine yourself to college when you're looking for ya next ho. Figure out which friend of yours has the best camera and ask them to take pics of you whenever you look good or are somewhere interesting. Use said pics to create profiles on every dating app that doesn't charge for messaging and start swiping till that shit goes click. Bars are a pretty decent way to organically meet women that are relaxed and like to have a good time, all while you yourself feel less inhibited by your own head, just don't be reckless and make a fool/creep of yourself. If you end up ruining your life with alcohol like me, you can still meet chicks in AA.
>>721221228Not that guy but I’m close to him, wait a fucking minuteExplain yourself because I also have a lot of hobbies. I also took Tennis classes last month, bought a recorded this month and next month I want to learn JapaneseHelp me, I feel like there’s no enough time in the day. HAM radio is Novembers goal
>>721214895Nice. I'm trying to break in to data. I come from a web dev background and I hate the design and content part of it. Maybe because I do it for university and have to deal with them most of the time, but I've come to learn that "doing what you love for your job" meant, "doing this thing you liked doing for fun but doing it for a company with their guidelines and stipulations even if they don't make sense to do or else you get fired or reprimanded". Data analysis and the data sciences is something I'm pretty good at, but wouldn't consider as something I "love" doing, which would make it perfect for doing as a job. I'd really like to do market research eventually so I see that as a nice way to get in, even if it's only be for a few years since I'm already 34 and just not trying to make the career change.As for games I'm playing recently...basically nothing. I just doomscroll here which, for me, IS the game. I did have family come by and we played some Dreamcast games though, which was fun (yes I still have it hooked up). Most times if I'm playing something, it's on my PC, Wii, DS, or (obviously) Dreamcast.
>>721222335>Become X-Ray tech>Have to submit to yet another marathon of useless cramming for the most competitive specialty since everyone knows it's a boring office job. >Afterwards get the equivalent in rads as living in chernobyl for a month. Do nothing but see black sheets every fucking day and night without seeing light of day for 3 years>Due to shitty laws of my country, get into an indentured slavery contract that forces me to move to a godforsaken shithole town and work for shit pay for 5 years without any choice to live life as I want>In summary, enroll into another 8 year timeslot of doing fuckall to do with what I want.
Are most people on /v/ in their 30s and up? These always hit bump limit.
>>721222714That's interesting to hear. My two most successful friends are radtechs and both are fucking miserable and trying to quit to do something more fulfilling and enjoyable. Both also have the wife, baby, and assets shit down coincidentally
>>721220710>we’re both uglyI wouldn't focus too much on looks if you're not Quasimodo-tier hideous. Sure there undoubtedly beautiful people that mog everyone else, but there is an infinite layer of ugliness shades in between beautiful and roadkill face. I thought I was ugly most of my life and still do somewhat, but I found out a few months ago that there were multiple girls crushing on me in college, with one developing an obsession that lasted past that and went into Facebook stalking into our 30s, most people are at least one other person's idea of a good looking human.
>>721222809I imagine gen alpha is all on discord or whatever is latest forum
>bloons is good shit>tried planet coaster, it was too autistic>got parkitect instead, much better>don't get the hype for bf6, it's just s bf3 remaster>must be for all the zoomers who have never played a bf title before>cod is on bo7 now, please stop, get some help>reinstalled skyrim, still super jank and comfytried to get back to dating this summer but no one wants me
>>721221841if you're here you're an actual loser irl
>>721221569you're 30 with a medical degree and you're speedrunning a CS degree and you feel like a failure lol.if you want to be a gamedev you don't need the degree, you could do this in 6 months with your background:- download Unity and make a few "toys" as in just a scene that does some shit, a character that can jump, a pot that pours water etc.- once you're comfortable with the workflow try to make a game based around the funnest toy, trying to fill as many pots with water in the timeframe + scoreboard etc etc.- once you've done that and are happy with it, enter a few game jams, maybe even with other people, release a simple game start to finish in the time span.- do this until you think you know what you're doing- make a 2d game, look up marketing benchmarks on how to theme it, look up good release dates and nextfest demos and all that- release game and sell ~100 copies- you're a gamedev.
>>721221569I think you have multiple conflicting goals. First of all, you're clinging to youth that isn't there. You're old, mature now. Your relationships will be mature relationships. Doesn't mean that you have to settle for 30+ girls, more like you yourself can't be young anymore. Your college fling can be a younger girl looking up to a mature dude.I think you've been instilled into and you've instilled yourself into a though pattern: "I am what I do" rather than "I am what I experience".>>721222059I'm glad you're into FKMT, because now I know we speak the same language. I think you should look up to Akagi rather than Nikaido.To return to my preaching, you have multiple dreams that you're chasing, but even your dream of coding only results the same you experienced in medicine. More work, work and work. There's a danger that you end just learning and working until you wake up as a 40yo who hasn't accomplished anything, and even worse, hasn't experienced anything.My advice? You spent 8 years on medicine. Find a job on the field that you find tolerable, maybe eventually rewarding. Work four days a week. Don't go chasing after your dreams like you're driven by demons. First, find your footing. Then go after your dreams, whatever you might find the most appealing, with joy and curiosity.
>>721222879Ezili wants you
34 year old neetPlay a lot of Fortnite, random fotm friendslop with other neet friends and bloons td 6
>>721221164I have never held a job more than a few months, either I get fired or I quit for some stupid reason. There is peace of mind to be found in accepting as soon as you get hired that the job is in all likelihood short-term. I'm poor as fuck but it has never really bothered me, most things I want to do are free or cheap anyways.Can't start a family without a steady job though, that's my only regret.
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>>721222594People who do alcohol have so many failed people to relate with. People who never touched alcohol have so little chance to meet other perfectionists who run life without alcohol.You're right I need to make a profile and make myself known. I still need to develop a personality, and know what is worth revealing. I like a LOT of different shit, but all of those are niches, nobody ends up relating to anything I say, do or want. I'm kinda like the cool resourceful anime character who everyone looks up to but doesn't have a personality.
>>721214895gym, wuwa, pgr, and ffxiv
>>721222959i am only for adora
>30 yo>have an equivalent of a cs degree>worked as an IT help desk monkey for the pasts 5 years>don't like it, the pay is shit, but it's easy and i get to spend most of day doing nothing basically>yet feel tired all the time and don't want to do anything
>>721221430>Remember most women act like childrenAs an autist it is so hard for me to contain myself and not call my gf out for this. The biggest thing you could call a hobby is coloring books or those diamond art paint-by-numbers things
>>721223052women are basically retarded and dont understand money or investments, they just understand what media and social expectations tell thema guy with $2 mil in a portfolio can live easily off dividend stocks and have a comfortable life, but a foid will see a guy in his pajamas getting doordash and driving a toyota with a $400k house and get the ick because wealth to them is living in a mansion driving a bugati
>>721223052>white woman is bored or stressed>takes it out on her husbandnever seen that before
>>721222714>8 years>to be a fucking x-ray techAnon, pls. >>721222809I sure hope not. There’s truly no hope for humanity if the fucking idiots posting on here are mostly in their 30s.
>>721221592>L4DMy freshman year I got cheated on and dumped for another guy by my highschool girlfriend (LDR, should have known but I was 17). I was completely broken, stopped going to class, drinking, taking stupid risks etc One of my best friends from high school flew across the country with 2 other friends, bought us all copies of L4D and forced me into a 48h LAN. One of my best memories of teenage friendship.
>>721223168start lifting heavy shit
Married-fags fuck off.
>>721223197I think to women, seeing her man playing video games is his effort wasted in her mind. She would rather have him use that energy out in the real world acquiring more resources for the couple.
I have to pack my shit and move in a week. At least i found a place close to work.
>>721214895>IT Certslmao he fell for the scam
>>721223305same but phoneposters
>>721221871>work historyThis is the most important thing. I NEETed for 10 years and was absolutely unhireable, tried to fake my resume but it must have not worked because I never got callbacks. Then I got into a job training program that included a year long paid internship (rare), much easier after that despite not having any real new knowledge. Employers act like women, they like to know that their peers have already experienced and approved you.
34Emulating PS1 games such as Tales of Eternia, Ridge Racer Type 4, Gran Turismo 2, Legend of Mana
>>721215174She cheated on you and is retroactively applying justification to it. Women don't live in an objective reality. How they feel in that moment is how they've always felt. They're basically niggers.
Instead of play vidya, I'm looking at used cars and trying to decide if I want to buy an electric MINI Cooper S
>>721223168start taking estrogen. notice how trans women are so much more happy compared to you guys? you’re probably a repper but haven’t realized it
>>721223078How often do you leisurely talk to other people, friends or otherwise? Also don't be afraid to force yourself into some low-risk dates (sub-7s) so you can figure yourself out and learn to banter like a normie so she's comfortable. At worst she doesn't talk to you again, big whoop, you still gained XP nigga
>>721223318the guy says he worked a stressful job for 15 yearsa woman doesnt understand what working a stressful job really means since they live in a bubble and never had to do real work (guys wife in this case is a teacher aka babysitter)she also is probably trying to do some gay keeping up with the joneses type shit and doesnt want to tell her gossipy knitting circle that her hubby is retired and plays video games all day
>>721222809Most people across all boards seem 30+ outside of ragebait threads. People whine about zoomers and summerfags every year but I have a hard time believing we've gotten any real measure of new blood in the last decade.
>>721223251Heartwarming little story, thanks anon
>>721223414when employers see gaps in resume they assume that means there is undisclosed prison time
>>721222910Nigger did you never see the sign, you don't get to leave, no matter how your circumstances improve you will still be coming back a few times a year.
>>721218315based.
>>721223305when you join the military or cross into a 100k+ salary single women basically hurl themselves at you, it is totally trivial to be married
>>721222931Should include some IP good practices in there, very real risk of IP theft for devs starting out. A friend of mine got his entire project he'd worked on for a few years stolen by Team 17, although to be fair he should have probably gotten a lawyer to look at his contract when he signed on with them.
>>721223507Waiting for the 40+ threads because 30+ seems too young to me now.
>>721223507exactly, zoomers dont come here, forums and image boards are old internet, banks are getting rid of websites in favor of apps entirely because normies dont even use the actual web anymore.I would say the bellcurve of users here sits at 30 years old.
>>721222340maybe look at the jobs available before telling yourself the experience you have is useless
>>721215174>>721223197This is why you don't get married, the cunt will never let you relax a day in your life.
>>721223168Hard jobs make the time go quicker. I wouldnt last in an office, it'd be like sitting in school staring at the clock.
>>721215496I did this to my sister once
>>721222941This makes me wonder. What are accomplishments? What are experiences? Medicine will provide some pocket money (about $400 bucks per month to do some 4 hour 5 days thing, plus 3 hours traffic every day). I don't think doing this gives me any footing in anything. But you're right maybe I shouldn't pursue many things at once. Maybe I shouldn't finish the speedrun CS course and I should start working in developing independently. I am willing to forgive medicine, only if it's a half time private company job and not an indentured slavery bullshit for the national health system. I will look into that if I feel like the years are weighing down. Still I feel I shouldn't give up on dreams no matter what. Life will happen, I may end up being garbage, but at least I will be able to call myself Human garbage. I can cope however way I please afterwards.
>spend weeks looking for a date>finally find a date>spend weeks going on dates>find out she's a freak>have to start over, months wastedyeah no thank youwhy can't we have arranged marriages
>>721223557Would they rather get an ex-con or NEET haha, at least cons usually have jobs in prison. I get it, I'd probably feel the same as an employer but it makes digging your way out of NEETdom very frustrating.
>>721223573>No u see, I'm le gigachad irl, that's why I post on the vidya gaems site
>>721223507Going by what's generally posted in these threads (normalfags complaining about their wives, a lot of boring consoles lop and rpgs) I think the bulk of crappy posts on 4chan are made by people in their 30s.
>>721223464Never really. It's always have to do with work. I'm not comfortable talking to uncomfortable randos bothered by strangers talking to them.
>>721223682you basically should never sign with a publisher anyway, it rarely if ever actually makes sense.if your game is good enough for a publisher to approach you, you dont need them.if you're approaching a publisher for money, you're too risky and you're gonna get a bad deal that de-risks them as much as possible.
>>721223747Why was she a freak?
>>721223747>find out she's a freak"You want me to put my WHAT in your WHERE?!"
>>721223714I'm like this anon >>721223414 except 6 years of NEET instead of 10. Before that I went to college for a bullshit degree and then worked retail and as a museum guide. None of this would be of any use in security clearance jobs, or at least I don't think so. I was just curious since a few of my college friends are aerospace engineers that have to go through that stuff.
>>721220279I replay it every year around Autumn. I'm doing a high chaos ghost run. Maybe I'll replay it immediately on a low chaos, ghost run with some Floyd.
>>721214895Monster Hunter Wilds. Its my new forever game. I thoroughly enjoy everyone seething about the performance issues because my machine can run it. First time in my life I can say>works on my machine :^)Life wise, I'm just putting aircraft together as a mechanic for the airlines and hearing about the other retards keeping me in the job. Seriously there's some retards in this field, but they're keeping them in the fucking chambers and not giving them real work, so you'll be safe guys.
>>721216932High school and/or groom them
34Playing Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion atm. Put about 40hrs into it so far and I think I'm near the end. Not sure what I'll play after, but the new Digimon game comes out soon so it seems like a good choice.
>>721223789lmao there is an ocean between chad and loser, most people here are just average bums with a few NEETs sprinkled in. I'm sure it makes you feel good to believe everyone here is a basement dweller LARPing as a finance chad or whatever but I'm pretty sure most work shit computer or retail jobs and come here to vent, it's not different from other places like reddit or FB in that sense.
>>721223557>>721223414>3 years military, 80% disability benefits shortly after>7 year gap (irregularly worked on CNC programming, drafting/design, and gen ed degrees)>get degrees, employers don't care>aircraft repair job, mostly cleaned and couriered, quit after 3 months>machinist job, mass production style, quit after six months>corrective insole designer, mostly plugged numbers into software, quit after six months>3 month gap>factory job, mindless tasks until they promoted me to shift lead, quit after six months>2 years college working on Mech Eng degree>start flunking, get convicted of some misdemeanors, lose drivers license for a couple yearshow bad is it, doc
what i want in life>more nuclear energy, stop trying to have solar and wind work as baseload >more robots and drones everywhere, have them do manual labor >get on space colonization, mine and exploit everything>hoping for a good ai singularity outcome, a godlike creature that will help better all of humanity
>>721224029>I'm pretty sure most work shit computer or retail jobs and come here to ventnta but how do we get these shitters out of here? they ruin everything they touch.
>>721224029You seem extremely butt devastated.It just proves he was right and you're a seething loser lol
>>721223858I don't know the details of what happened since we are not that close anymore, all I know is that he was working on his game for years, announced he was scouted by Team17 and then two years later the game came out and he was nowhere on the credits and I see him post about how they fucked him over in our college groupchat or the rare times I see him at a party.Imo it's the desperation that pushed him to sign, dude had a cushy government job and gave it up his years of service and benefits to risk it all on a gamedev career he initially had no training for at all. And then his wife got pregnant one year into the gamedev thing. It must have been horrible knowing you could have fucked up your life following a dream.
>>721215174this is bait copy/pasta.gj. Thats a lot of >you's
I play gacha games..............................
>>721224170haha you're almost as fucked as I am! What are your plans/hopes for the next few years? I personally have mostly given up, it sucks but I've bashed my head into that brick wall for so many years I don't see the point anymore, I'm definitely doing something wrong or there is something wrong with me but I can't pinpoint what so I keep fucking up in the same way.
>>721223737>sitting in school staring at the clockthat's exactly what i do most of the time
i share work office room with three cool guystwo of them are the classic boomer i hate my wife type and the third got the dream with his high school sweetheart
>>721224204>u mad>nothing else to sayUh huh, very nice anon, thanks for speaking up. Please keep up your contributions, people like you are vital to the vibe we try to maintain here.
>>721223853Gotta dive into that deep end if you wanna pee in the pool. Sounds like you have a good sense of when not to bother people, but personally, occasionally just blurting out something friendly and rolling with whatever comes next had made me seem less like a 4channer
>>721224430Yup, mad af
>>721223616If you do get married, find a wife that's okay with you having side bitches, because you WILL get tired of fucking the same pussy every day.
Look at all these depressed failed males in this thread. I recommend estrogen. Since none of you are real men and all of you are beta male losers, just transition already
>>721215174FUCKING NORMALFAGSGTFO MY BOARDJESUS CHRIST REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>721224571retarded advice from a retard
>>721224571>men can fail at simply being>women are entitled to what they want just for beingtruly, a society
>>721223507I already got the feeling people here were by and large in their 30s and up by the threads that get posted here and the replies to them. I don't know about the rest of 4chan, but /v/ definitely has not gotten out of the early 2000s and not because new blood comes in with similar ideas. It's because the people who were hanging around here during the early 2000s are still hanging around here while the younger generations are using others means of communication. Also what >>721223804 said.
Have a few games I've been rotating between.>Final Fantasy 4 (translated SNES version)>Paper Mario>Banjo Kazooie>SilksongThose are the current ones. I just got my N64 back from an in-law who wanted to borrow it, hence why I've been in the mood to go back through the game. FF4 is played on the phone during lunch breaks at work, and Silksong has been something I've been coming back to bit by bit. Though I know I've felt the urge to come back to Stranger of Paradise and possibly going back to Hyrule Warriors again.
>>721224346What's your situation, anon?>plans/hopesAfter all the legal stuff is behind me, hail mary return to college with the rest of my GI bill, all the while trying to gamedev something worth $5 and figure out what I can make and sell from my apartment. Backup plan is National Guard or whatever branch will take me in my late 30s, by then the criminal record shouldn't be much of an issue.
>>721223305fpbp
>>721224489Keep it up! I'm counting on you anon!
>>721214895Almost 30 here (27) the only stuff I play nowadays are gacha games and nwn on my phone. I wanna get out of my shit country so fucking much bros... its a shame other countries make it almost impossible to for me to get my paperwork in order to act as a dentist
>>721223771unless you are a SME for an extremely niche field you are basically at the mercy of the employerif you are a technical SME for something niche you are basically irreplaceable i dont know why no one ever teaches kids this
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>>721215174Lack of sleep makes you unhealthy and overall less sociable. Don't cut your sleep time or compensate it with morning sleep. We all have biological clock and it feels really shitty when that's messed up. On the other hand I don't see why there are so many retards who insist marriage even when your partner rejects your identity. (Yes I say it gaming is an identity)
>>721224770The national guard still takes people?What are you gonna do there
>>721214895I wanted to try something new and bought Ace Combat 7. Naturally, I've never played an AC before, or a game similar to it, so I'm getting absolutely destroyed. I expected it to be kinda tough, but not "spend 4-5 hours trying to clear a 15-minute mission" tough. So far is enjoyable even if I don't like some of its design, but is starting to get on my nerves. I want to finish it on Normal, but I've seriously considered to give up and just start all over on Easy.
>>721224228publishers give you money up front in exchange for a % of revenue.but that contract could have any number of other things they're getting for their money, like if they think you're a retard they can kick you out of the project to try and claw back their investment by taking it over.for the deal to be worth it for the publisher they need to guarantee they'll get ROI, they're not gonna be able to do that unless you have a track record or a half popular game already on your hands.in any situation, you as a dev are getting fucked in the ass because you are a risky investment and they need to mitigate that.>announced he was scouted by Team17they would have offered wages or something in exchange for basically the whole game, I have about 20 emails from various publishers for a shitty vampire survivors clone I made, I just archive them.he was presented the deal and took it, he has no one to blame but himself really.
i just don't know what i want in lifeim 35 and still don't know "who do i want to be when i grow up"
>weekday>Body can sleep for hours, easily stay in bed, wake up only when my alarm goes off and have to force myself up>Weekend>body wakes up at like 5am sharp, which is well before when my alarm is set for on the weekdays and I can't get back to sleepAnyone else get this?
>>721224948Come to Australia, I'm pretty sure we let anyone in. I was thinking of studying to become a doctor or something abroad just so that I could bypass 90% of the requirements if I studied locally.
Yeah, I work like 10 hours a day. I don't have the energy for nonsense. Apart from hangover Sundays, I just play football games for about an hour. On Sundays, I'll try and binge an adventure game or an RPG. But goddamn, some of these games need to learn to not waste your time. Persona is chronic for this. I feel like it was made for salarymen to come home and go into a fantasy world every day for a year.
>>721225148All I know is I was fated to live in Japan, so I'll teach english, clean toilets whatever
>>721223507Why would young folks browse 4chan? Their generation strives to become famous. They want to get something out of posting and contributing on the internet (even if it's just a few likes on Twitter). They don't care about being Anonymous. If you want to interact with young people you gotta use social media.
>>721225045It's not very hard, its just aerial jousting. If you are struggling you are likely doing something fundamentally wrong, might want to look up basic maneuvers. You should have started with AC4 though.
>>721225230>Just cut your dick off or never watch loli ever again bruh
>>721215174Your wife is cheating on you and isn't looking for a deflection. I'm in my 40s and have seen it many times. For one dude, it was train sets. Another dude it was Warhammer. Women will point to a hobby as juvenile when what they really mean is "I'm fucking someone else." I'm sorry, Anon. It sucks, and it's not your fault. Just get a lawyer and don't get fucked.
>>721225370still have my dickstill watch lolijust don't import it lol
>>721224770>got run over by a drunk driver in 2016>college still bills me for the year despite not being able to attend at all>court fucks me, got a few thou and that's it>medical debt, college debt, bad financial decisions at 18 debt>mood swings because my head got bonked bad, get thrown out of class and decide to just flunk out altogether>no training, only shit experience, stuck in dead-end retail jobs with 20yos for the last few yearsI'm still relatively young, or at least when you look at it from a job training pov, but I feel like I fuck myself up a little more every time I try to get back into what I'd consider a normal lifestyle. Most of it is my own fault besides some obvious bad luck here and there.I had an excon roommate right after I got out of college, I never knew if what he said was true but allegedly he'd killed his father in self-defense and did 10 years. Struggled to find a job as well but lucked out and got hired and trained by a local baker. Sweet guy, always on time with rent and clean as fuck, I don't need much else from a roommate so he was alright by me. Bit unsettling knowing he'd killed another human but after a few rounds of BlazBlue it's easy to forget about.
>>721225045honestly just go ahead and play on easy, and practice using the non shitter flight mode. Get ever so bolder, and more daring with your maneuvers over time as you attack enemies to build confidence and you'll get better, I promise
About to go back to school for some IT certifications and make a career change. I hope it's worth it.>playingKenshi and another playthrough of Sekiro>>721215174>Getting marriedIt's over for you.>>721221448Unfortunately that isn't how the western world works anymore.>>721225150Because internally you hate working so you want to sleep more. But on the weekend when you have the free time you want to spend it doing things you love.
>>721215174Uh whats a woman?
>>721224952they do, but how are you supposed to know what kind of niche will be viable in the next few decades? An instructor I had in college told me about a fortran guy he knew who was unfireable and I met this excel wizard in quality assurance that was basically doing his whole department's job singlehandedly by being such an excel god but that's the only cases I know of outside of people who've built their own business and have constant demand.
>>721225019Current plan is combat engineers, else infantry, else something technical -- they all pay the same besides hazard/demand bonuses I reckon. I'd go back into the Marines if I wasn't so old and morally/mentally compromised.
>>721225045play nuclear option
>>721225580take a look around you at the embedded systems that were invented in the 80s and dont appear to be going anywhere. study those and you have job security for lifeits not that complicated. boomers retire every day. employers need the SMEs
>>721214895>IT certs.lol
>>721225116>he was presented the deal and took it, he has no one to blame but himself really.That sounds likely given what I've said previously. So I guess he just regrets accepting that deal at the time, for what it's worth I don't think the game sold that well so he didn't miss out on much financially.So does that mean that there is no situation in which it makes sense to sign on with company if you know you can bring a viable game to the finish line yourself? Don't even solo devs go through a publisher at some point (O don't play new games much but didn't the Stardew Valley guy go through a publisher)? I have no real knowledge of how the industry works besides what little I've gleaned from hanging out with game devs.
>>721225595>morally/mentally compromised In what way?
>>721225580also fortran is highly in demand lol
>>721225763>boomers retire every daynot anymore retiring at 65 is a thing of the past and zoomers earn shit money so expect to have social security drying up
>>721222910Loser≠miserable
>>721225267>They don't care about being AnonymousThis isn't exclusive to zoomers, most people don't get the point of anonymous forums at all when you're not doing anything illegal. I agree about the fame thing though, but it seems inevitable with the rise of influencers these past two decades. I mean it was already a big thing in the 90s but social media made it a much more viable ambition
>>721215174I have seen this pasta before.
>>721225906you are not listening to what im sayingBOOMERS are the ones who retire who have decades of siloed knowledge in niche systemsthat creates a vacuum where employers need to fillthe best thing you can do for your career is to study under a boomer who specializes in some niche irreplaceable embedded system filed before they retire and sponge up as much info as you can. easier said than done but not impossible.
>>721226034that game sucks ass now. why are you still playing it?
35. I barely have time for vidya now.I work 9 to 18:00, sometimes 19:00 and then I also work out like 4-5 times a week and go for walks because I got tired of having a beer gut, despite being skinny as hell and weighing like 70kg. I manage to sneak in maybe 1 hour of vidya a day and I mostly play some random roguelikes where I can do a run or two and quit.On weekends I just play the new stuff that comes out.Currently playing hell is us, chronos new dawn and BL4. Sometikes I also fire up EDF6 because that game never gets old.
>>721225763Huh that's good advice, guess I'll start looking for old knowledgeable boomers in future places I work in then, ty.
>>721215174Fuck off normieIf this is is real then the main problem is she's standing around in the morning while you're snoozing in and you know it
actually aqw has sucked ass for a while
>>721226091nostalgia.
>>721214895TLOU Factions
>>721225763NTA, I am 19 and am starting an internship in a local IT company in December (can't afford college and don't want the debt, internship is a favour to my father). What would be an example of a niche tech such as you previously described? Would I need to go to college or is it something I can study on my own? >>721226034Is this AdventureQuest? My cousin used to play that religiously but it looked different.
>>721223742Based
>>721226252It’s AdventureQuestWorlds specifically. Not AdventureQuest. AQW is really really different now. The gameplay is still the same obviously but there’s so much unfun bullshit
>>721224170>80% disabledmy Marine buddy gets just shy of 2k a month off just disabilityat 60%. If you are in that ballpark stop being a nigger and just get a job
>>721226252>Is this AdventureQuest?Yes it is, but thats how it looked during alpha phase.
I mostly just play Overwatch lately. I did take a break to check out Hollow Knight though. Very cool game, thinking of grabbing Silksong soon.
>>721214895I just beat Star Ocean 1
>>721226375That's the fate of any MMO to be honest.
>>721225787How about showing some respect to your superiors? You know this little thing called internet? Yeah, that you use to share your stupid 2 IQ opinions? And your smartphone you're using to post on here? And your shitty console? All of this is made possible only by 110+ IQ thundercock Information Technology chads. Bow down and show some respect.
>>721225883The military (esp USMC), ideally wants people that DON'T have substance abuse issues, depression/anxiety/etc., or a record of wrongdoing. Waivers are possible, but some people are just a guaranteed liability and can't be trusted to not cause problems in the future. For me it's all three of what I mentioned, but I have hope that time passing and documented personal improvement will clear my shitty history.
Im currently stuck in a rut where i download a game, play it for one or two hours, get bored and download another game.
>>721225819>So does that mean that there is no situation in which it makes sense to sign on with company if you know you can bring a viable game to the finish line yourselfpublishers can do stuff that you dont know how to do, like marketing and localization and shit.or they can give you money so you can hire an artist, or help you get the game on Switch/playstation or whatever.but if you can do all the things you want to do yourself there is 0 reason to take a publisher deal.
>37>divorced >sssssssssaturday nightAny 4thots want a middle age e-boyfriend (girls only play I like deep pushy gotta get that stank on my hang low)
>>721226558Even the dumbest normies know how to use chatgpt. Gone are the days you get by with an A+
>>721226584stop playing games for a week and do something elseread books, manga or watch some netflix
>>721226504true…..
>>721226418Do you mean get a job because I'm that disabled? Every time I've done that I uncontrollably work beyond what's expected despite the meager pay, pent up my frustrations and depression until I snap, then quit with little to no notice like an asshole. I figure four times is too much for any potential employer, so extra income will have to come from odd jobs and maybe a small home business.
>>721225267I interact with them on weebcentral (good site, reminds me of old 4chan, /a/ is unusable dystopian garbage now) sometimes and they seem pretty okay to me. I don't think giant social media sites is the answer, I wasn't browsing MySpace back then because I didn't want to interact with those types of people. I don't think things have changed as much as people think it did. If you look at these threads it's like 95% people who don't belong here, who clearly aren't interested in video games and are very boring. I don't care about your job situation or relationships, nor do I care about some casual console shit or rpg you played. Like when I go to /a/ everything feels like super curated normalfag crap, /v/ is the same with its mod approved generals and shit. No one has any passion or interesting hobbies. I can tell.
Just finished the Assassin's Creed Shadows DLC
>>721226572Yeah, makes sense, I guess. I find it interesting that they’d consider the “record” to be a hard stop, though. There’s no telling how many people in the military actually have these issues but just never had them diagnosed. I have a history of anxiety/depression and substance abuse, but they’re properly medicated and under control now. If I hadn’t gone through the process of figuring it all out and having it dealt with, then I would’ve been far more “compromised” back then (in my early 20s) than I am now in my early 30s. Not to mention my moral compass is significantly more nuanced than it used to be. Only advantage I can think of to using younger guys is that they have a higher physical upper limit, but in terms of character, I doubt they’d be as competent as someone with 10 years of additional life experience.
>>721226902Why would you do that
33yo virginI had fun with Silksong, now I'm trying to get to 100 on Gears, but it's a long climb.
I'm playing Pathfinder and I'm disappointed it doesn't have full voice acting like it advertises.
>>721223507last real new blood injection was probably the egirl board they added but thats already almost 5 years old so theyre on their way up too.
>>721227270What e girl board??
Get a grip and be a parent!
>get back into Bloodborne after a couple years of only Elden Ring>play my file that's at NG+ DLC >get fucking massacred>start new file>breeze through the first part in a way I never did beforeKinda butthurt but also kinda happy
>>721226848then try coasting on your bullshit disability pay instead you fucking retard
>>721227354I grip my dick every night already
>>721227354no, the family narcissist-schizoid cycle stops with me
>>721227002It was fun
>>721224974I'm on the fence about Patrice. He's correct about a lot of things, but he proposed to his gf like an idiot.
>>721227351vt, but its all guys talking about png egirls and not egirls if thats what you thought i meant
>>721227438bro he married a single mom
>>721227367Wtf were you even saying to begin with
>>721214895Just finished Abiotic Factor doubt another survival craft will hit the same after that one but now im trying out that Megabonk game that just came out feels like a nice mix up of 80% Vampire Survivors and 20% RoR2 gameplay, its been pretty fun.
>>721227517He proposed to her, but died before he got married. Didn't know she was a single mom though.
>>721225267Also 4chan is inferior to literally any other community functionwise. Imgine the 4mb filesize restriction in 2025.
>>721227606this is the only place I know that doesn’t have so much rules. i get banned pretty often on other platforms so i eventually stopped using them
>>721227589patrice laid out some good rules for men to abide by, but he didnt abide by them himself
>>72122669137 counts as middle age huh? How sad for me.
>gamer friend starts bragging about being busy and going to bed earlyThe fate of all gamer friendships?
>>721227735he can lead people to fortunes that he cannot have. tale as old as time
>>721215174It can't be helped. Women believe every hour of your day should be used to do something that benefits her. She could be watching serial killer videos on youtube, but you need to be out being productive.
>>721222714My country does the same thing for some med students (I think those that are on a scholarship?). I never understood the whining as there is a real dearth of medical personnel in the countryside with some people having to drive 4h+ away to consult a specialist but seeing it from your POV I can understand how unfair it must be for the person being relocated. It's interesting though, the medical field is the only lucrative profession I can think of that can be subjected to this kind of thing and it's not like you'll get any sympathy from normal people either since whinging about having ot live somewhere not of your choice while still being in a prestigious and well-paid position makes you guys come off like pampered bitches in this economy (I don't wholly agree but that's what most people think)
>>721214895little witch in the woodsjust played 6 hours but the damn thing started getting choppy and decided to crash when i wanted to go back to the main menu
Im still jerking my tiny white pecker. Just wanted to let everyone know. Trans btw
>>721215174And normalfags will still tell you that; "Marriage and women are great bro, you can still play games like before bro". Relationships are the primordial Ponzi scheme. Just a bunch of other suckers trying to rope you into the pyramid so they can feel like they weren't the only ones who got scammed and forced to sacrifice all their hobbies.
>>721227531get a second grade english education and re-read my post
>>721222714you can always opt out and become a delivery slave
>>721227981I was in the Marines retard, I can barely read
>>721227923impressive. very nice.
>>721228079thanks. this means a lot to me. more than you know
>>721228063Yeah I suppose you got crayon poisoning
>>721228108
>>72121489532 Mostly been playing Dawn of War Definitive Edition, Unification mod and Ultimate Apocalypse mod waiting for those lazy modmaker fuckers to fix the campaigns.
>35>no experience with woman at allif I was in the US with access to firearms I'd have killed myself already
>>721228267youre not missing anything
Factorissimo is so fucking OP. Each factory us it's own fucking map. You can just load a factory up on a million units of water, steam or gas at a depo, put a turbine generator on the sonnabitch, then deplace that shit to inventory and BAM instant ploppble energy generation on the fucking go to power a new excavator siteprobly would be more balanced and less fun to:>make the factories only 2 more tiles bigger on the inside than outsidewould still be worth it imo just to avoid dealing with powerlines>add more tiers for bigger factoriesfactory 1 would be a 4x4 placeable with a 6x6 internal tile, 2 I|O(input/output lines to transfer shit from the inside to the outsideand viceversa) connectors, cheap instantily makeable with first tier of powerlines but long install time2 would be 6x6size with internalspace(IS) of 8x8 and 4I|O3 would be 8x8(what is tier 1 currently) with 12x12IS(tier 1bcurrentlyoffers 24x24 IS I think) and 6I|Os(mod default is 16)and so on>make factories unmineable/ununplaceable when loaded upwould make hauler trucks/runs more of a necessity
Trails 1st chapter. pure kino
>>721228267it's honestly nothing
>>721228291>>721228408>cuddling>holding each other>hugs>kisses>hand holding>emotionally intimate conversations>feeling like someone gives a shit about medoesn't sound like nothing to me, sounds pretty significant.
>>721228267true women are the best
>>721228501Sounds like faggot shit
Self-love can never replace the human need to be loved by others
>>721228680
>>721228267thats me. i turn 35 tomorrow.
>>721227946You sacrifice a lot more than just hobbies. It was awful watching all my friends lose themselves. My cousin, if he started talking about music he never stops. Now has only the most normalfag Playlist in his crappy suv. Only been to a Coldplay concert cuz his wife likes them. It's so depressing it makes me wana cry. And its the same shit, with all of them. Im not saying all women are like that, but a good majority will not stop til they got you wrapped around their finger.
>>721228501women arent your mommy, there are still struggles even if you married your teen love. the modern world is extremely skilled at disrupting relationships, tempting people, and creating chaos between peoplewomen also naturally are very prone to chaotic behaviors when unconstrained, and currently in this present moment in the world, we are 100 years into a lilith worship occultic social experiment where women are emancipated and treated at parity with men, which does nothing but cause division and strife
>>721228267I got with a hooker and went to her until she got sent off to another city, she was pretty damn great not amazing but I want to keep mongering her pussy was clean. My very first time it was a different, young woman and her skills were way more impressive than my usual gal's, so I've still got a mountain of pleasure to climb. Wonder what it's like to fuck trashy hookers wish there was chicks standing on street corners but I don't see any.
>>721228680love from humans is fickle and fleetinglove from God is eternal, perfect, and unconditional
>>721228501>>emotionally intimate conversationsThis is what being bluepilled looks like. You're not getting real intimacy from XX brained sociopaths. The other stuff is valid to crave, though. >>721228860>2025>worshiping rabbi yeshua and the angry ooga booga storm god
>>721228797>women arent your mommyThose traits aren't exclusive to a mother, a partner does them as well albeit with a different dynamic. Just because the dude wants a gf with gf things doesn't mean he's looking for a literal mommy gf fetish shit.
>>721228785nta but I'm fully aware that the reason I'm single is that I won't spoil a woman, and I don't care anymore. They can get whatever they want from whoever's enough of a sap, but it ain't me.
>>721214895KCD2 Forge DLC
>>721229047Did you have gay sex
38Jak and DaxterReally fun. Man, the girls are really cute. Even the evil villainess makes me happy. I love the early 2000 obsession with girls and tight midriff and tummies. We had such great taste back then.Solid platforms. Really addicting. The due are fun, and making Daxter a silent hero was a good idea. Dexter talks enough for the both of them. I heard the sequel gets guns and shit. Not sure about that but I'll play it anyways.
>>721228975your mom loves you unconditionally, your wife will constantly judge, henpeck, nag, and shittest you
>>721228501There's a lot of bullshit that comes with all of that stuff in relationships. Like, yeah all of that is nice. But the downsides that come with being in a relationship might make a person, depending on how they feel, decide that relationships just aren't worth the hassle. I might be wrong but I think very few people get to experience that pure kind of connection that you describe.
>start game>play it>realize I'm not having fun and close it>repeat
>>721229108I usually get bored with jak and Daxter about 30 minutes in. Feels too plagued with cynical normal tard design, like it's trying to sell itself to people who have never played a video game before. Everything about it is very superficial.
>>721229105no i tried not to have sex but the game forced me to do it with that one lady in the siege so i missed out on the secret theresa ending
>>721229149>your mom loves you unconditionally
>>721229250i will rephrase myselfyour parents may be flawed people but their love for you, however imperfect it may be, is the closest thing to unconditional love that you will find in this world
>>721227764The fate of all gaymers who fall for the female trap. They will 100% start parroting the; "Yeah man, after getting married and having kids gaming just feels like a waste you know. The missus told me it was all wasted time you know".
>>721229320
Finished hardcore hunter run, now doing priest
When I was younger I could not understand why anyone would commit suicide or even make unhealthy lifestyle choices that could lower their lifespans, I wanted to live as long as possible and enjoy life. Now I have a house and a good job, everything I thought I wanted, but I realized that my temperament makes me incapable of developing and maintaining strong secure friendships and relationships. I watch people making friends and flirting from a distance, wishing I could do that, and then waste my free time drinking and playing mediocre puzzle games instead of going through the classics that I missed out on, basically just waiting for the rollercoaster to end.
>>721229547Literally take estrogen
>>721228785people really are all the same. they think all they need is a family. then they will be elderly and remember friendship again.
>>721228824>I want to keep mongering her pussy was cleanWhat?
>>721214895I think I might just be over video games. The only ones that do it for me are ones with high player agency/ expression, and mechanical depth. Fuck story, fuck graphics, fuck skinner boxes, fuck surrogate actives, fuck Simon Says simulators, and fuck everything else. The unfortunate thing is I have no other hobbies and this shit was foisted on to me at a young age, damaging my development as a person. I'm jealous of normal fucking people who got introduced to healthy hobbies at a young age. Like instead of being a 4 year old and getting thrown in front of a PS1, what if I was gently shown the beauty of a piano or synthesizer? Of a painting canvas? Of LITERALLY ANYTHING ELSE?
>>721229172>There's a lot of bullshit that comes with all of that stuff in relationships.For sure, there's annoyances and low points, but there's also good times and high points. They don't invalidate each other, but go hand in hand, and that's typically a trade off that's widely accepted. You can be happy you don't have the annoyances, but you also don't have the high points either that a relationship would bring.
>>721229739>player expressionlmao dude, if you were "thrown" in front of a piano maybe you'd understand what games were actually about. you guys have never overcome a single obstacle in your life.
>>721229149>your mom loves you unconditionallynot minei doubt she even understands what that means
>>721214895>>721215139>>721216834>>721217236It's easy to get into ISPs if they're actually looking for candidates. Among the most valued certs are the CCNA and whatever Mikrotik or Fortinet cert. But networking jobs are just office jobs. That is, almost nobody has certs. Competition is just eliminating the competition... And nepotism, of course.
>>721228785Most of my friends got a gf and some even have kids. Two of them already had a breakup and a rather rocky path, one kept lamenting how the dating market sucks these days. The other remains single.It isn't all bad, two other friends have been with theirs for a long time and seem to do fine. Hope it stays that way.But pretty much all of them just up and vanished from gaming. Not saying that is really wrong or anything, family first after all. But it grates me how everyone will lie to you and not be upfront that starting a family means killing your old life. It is always the usual; >"No but you see, you CAN still live like before, just gotta make some compromises"Which is horseshit and they know it themselves.
>>721229612i hope you'll break your fingers
>be only one in family not married or divorced>only one not in debt>in decent shape with my own place>only one who never has anything bad to say about my life or job>everyone finds it off-putting that I play vidya during my time off >anon, you're 33 and you're immature/wrong/weird/stupid/missing out because you didn't take the normalfag pill and we worry about youI honestly don't know why I stay in touch, I've always been and will always be the blacksheep. Bout to boot up Startropics 2, been a minute since I played through that
Now the real question is THIS! Are you boys BALD?T. Lite Chad who has a full head of hair!It feels good to be Norwood 0.
>>721230184Permission to hug you?
>>721230276no
>>721216103loved bf3shame this new one wont be nearly as good despite trying to be similar
>>721230184Permission to rape you until you become a sissy slut addicted to my cock?
>>721230184I'm in a similar situation. They are just asshurt you aren't trapped in debt and miserable like they are.
>>721230353
>>721214895Continuing my MGQ Paradox Part 3 run. 180 hours in and I'm still not done with the first route. Also playing Rift Wizard 2 trying to finish up the Archmage trials.Mutant Masher was cancerous
>>721230184This probably only stems from if you come across as only playing video games and doing nothing else. If you upload photos of yourself travelling, skating, drawing or what ever, you'd be fine.
>>721227735>>721227589he admits this himself on an oa episode and then copes about it with his usual ''my bitch hates that she loves me'' shit. He seemed to really like her kid but kept an emotional distance.
>>721230184>I honestly don't know why I stay in touchKeep them around. Most people are burdened by expectations they didn't want nor need, but had to make bad choices just to keep up with everyone else. Be around those people, if only to remind them that you are living life the way you want, unburdened and free.
>>721229894>lmao dude, if you were "thrown" in front of a piano maybe you'd understand what games were actually aboutI have no fucking clue what you're trying to say here. Piano and video games are completely different. I guess maybe you mean video games are for "fun" while the piano is for more serious endeavors? IDK, feels like a reach. >you guys have never overcome a single obstacle in your life.Every moment of my life has been an obstacle, probably because I'm an undiagnosed sperg + OCD spawn. Being me is like playing with a busted madcatz controller that does the wrong things when you hit buttons that should work and then freaking out when you realize your buttons aren't working and then ruminating on what's wrong with your controller.
>>721229807Yes. It's a decision for the individual to make whether the trade-offs are worth it. For many it is, for many it isn't.
Guys, I’m tired of video gamesI need new hobbies, what else do you fags do to pass the time?
>>721231259Go see a doctor if you want diagnosis, but "muh undiagnosed sperg" is a poor cope for people who fried their brains on media addiction. Unless you have it on paper, nobody will believe you and see you as a lazy slob who can't get out of his comfort zone and doesn't want to improve his situation.
>>721228680It's beyond ridiculous in the present day how this concept of 'self-love' has emerged and is often touted as a substitute for love from another person. It's quite insane.
>game hop for weeks>find one that hits just right>completely play it out over next few weeks or months if its a very long lasting game with grinds>step one againive only played like 10 games in the last 5 years because of this
>>721231397Current events, happenings, /pol/. It's like watching a TV show that never ends with way higher stakes. Sadly there's more filler than a 4Kids cartoon.
>>721231397You can always straight jork it when you're bored
>>721231397Painting and photography is kind of a good time waster and you can hang a quality painting on your wall from time to time.
I've been playing Dream Tank Match. It's full of big, heavily armored tanks firing explosives and I have the most fun drifting around in a little tankette.
>>721231397I literally go fishing. Vidya for indoors, fishing for outdoors makes a good 50/50 for me
>>721231397cooking and baking, mostly trying recipes from regional cookbooks I find in the rabbit hole
>>721231512>check /pol/>half of it is shitting on Kirk>the other half is bouncing on his dickI still don’t know who the guy is and why everyone’s making a big deal
>>721215174>people actually replying to this post seriouslyWhat the fuck is wrong with 2025 /v/
>>721231397Learn jap
>>721231609But what about mosquitos ?
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>>721229250>his mom doesnt love him unconditionally
>>721231845What game
>>721231828I yell "I HAVE AIDS" out loud and they leave me alone
>>721224029This is self evident to anyone that isn't retarded. 4chan has no more losers than X, FB, or reddit. Its all different flavors of the same shit.
>>721228824hookers are awesome depending on where you are, like in my area we have some amazing ladies who don't charge much and give us regulars a discount. More guys should see hookers, it can help you get that shit out of your system without dealing with dating modern women who will bullshit you like crazy unless you get lucky.
>>721215174Kid number 5. Fuck her until she screams.
>>721231946https://archive.org/details/sim-city-2000-power-politics-and-planning-revised-edition-strategy-guide
>>721231259>Undiagnosed OCD sperg that makes my every moment an obstacleDoubt. You sound like you use these self-diagnosed mystery illnesses as an excuse to avoid doing difficult stuff. We're all fucking stupid, socially inept and keep making idiotic mistskes. Stop playing victim and stsrt growing up. It takes literally decades of doing mistakes and learning from them to slowly hammer out the retardation. Think how stupid and childish even an average 20-year-old college student acts when he's out partying. It took him more than a decade to get to that point and another decade before he starts to resemble reasonable human being. We. All. Struggle. And. Make. Mistakes. You're just using excuses to avoid putting yourself into these situations. This is hurting your development. If your life is REALLY that difficult, get diagnosed to prove it. Get some help.
>>721231397Mostly Kpop. I like it more than video games at this point. Cute girls, cool dancing, good music, whats not to like. You can enjoy it on a surface level, just enjoying the music and music videos. Or you can go deeper and learn all the member’s names, watch variety content (basically vlogs where the girls do stuff and go on adventures, and they churn them out constantly) behind the scenes making of music videos, dance practice videos, etc. It can be as parasocial as you want. Its endless. And its a hobby that rewards you for the obsession.Also a lot of people in the Kpop general are 25-40 so its an older demographic. The mods for at /mu/ are very prickly about staying strictly on topic though, so be careful about that.https://youtu.be/M2WTUoy4y6E?si=xtY8avXAX0W9gRBuhttps://youtu.be/JmoQVMcZ0aw?si=7ijRhFOV9rKl_nX3https://youtu.be/XuBE8ns_Ato?si=ZS5ujfalh3zVZVhHhttps://youtu.be/n7kFRxFIPrI?si=gUSfC18YNtSMbX6Lhttps://youtu.be/GkG60kISnfc?si=ln4RUspbeHb8A98FTrying to also expand my passion for Kpop by getting into Kdrama, South Korean history, and learning Korean. But thats still in its infancy.
>>721231868Many such cases
>>721232157I don’t know, man. I feel like once I cross that line, it’s gonna be over for me. I mean, they’re obviously there for the money. I want women to like me.
>>721214895Been playing OSRS, SF6, CS2, Strive and Into the Breach.
>>721231397Cycling. Cycle so much you can barely feel your legs an run cycle some more. It’s by far my favorite tortur- I mean exercise machine
>>721232004No seriouslyAnd do I need classes? Or can I just go to a river and throw my rod in?
>>721231397Paint minis, been getting into making my own RC stuff, camping, fishing, do salami/beer making with some mates.
>>721232282Nah dude they can end up liking you, you'll see when they make you laugh
>>72123254240k and battletech are boring as shit oh my god roll for this roll for that roll for crits roll to see how far the cock goes up your assAnd shit is expensive, like a beginner box was like 150, what the fuck
>>721229659iirc mongering means frequenting prostitutes
>>721232678Sounds like you are filtered.
>>721222274Starting to study for it myself and that's my thinking. The big ballbuster seems to be software engineers and "I wanna work for FAANG and make 6 figures scratching my balls entry level". They'll always need physical circuit monkeys. I get the AI angst sometimes but it's like "Okay then what? Just exist and wait to die? I'd love to do that, but I need money." At a certain point unless you do a job that is purely anti-AI like airplane mechanic you are going to have to deal with the risk. Game wise and I'm playing butterlord. I do think the key is 'nepotism' - IE find some job hiring agency or whatever. As it's a case of:>Hey here's a random fag applyingor>Hey here's a random fag and he's vouched by hireniggas420or>Hey here's ten billion random saaars who are only getting hired because of the hiring manager being a fucking Indian too.#1 has almost no chance unless they really good good credentials. #2 has a chance, #3 sadly has a guarantee if the hiring manager is a currymuncher.I don't have the resume gap now (gig work) but I do in the past, so I'm going to have to figure out what the fuck to do since that anon saying "They suspect prison time" makes the most sense (a lot more than "We just hate that you got to escape the grindstone).
>>721232445bug spray and/or some long sleeves dude. >do I need classesnot really, unless you intend to fly fish than yeah probably>can I just go to a river and throw my rod in?To start get a rod and learn how to tie knots and how to cast, a simple youtube video would suffice. I would advise you find a pond before you go to any river, lake, or ocean and focus on catching pan fish to build confidence
>>721215174didnt read your reddit copypasta.
>>721232781Thanks anonI’ll go look for ponds near my area
>>721232663Maybe a hooker is just the only kind of person someone like me deserves.
>>721230276Zero signs of baldness. But I've got greying hair.t.35
>>721232741Also, those are the only two minis companies that exist
>>721232951See>>721232741
>>721232728I think he was confused that anon said a hookers pussy was ‘clean’
>>721232905
>>721233002>>721232728>I want to keep frequenting her pussy was clean.probably just autocorrect from something
I got this, soma I've never played it before but it is one of the best games I've ever played if the other 3 games are just as good I will be in heven
>30+ vidya thread>look inside>"tfw no gf">"hookers are awesome, guise!!"This is why we can't have nice things.I was hoping to find people to play reforger with and i get lonely losers crying about women
>>721233064>I was hoping to find people to play reforger withShit game. Not only that, nobody is stopping you from finding others to play it with here.
>>721221317I got my first it job at 30. And I turned 32 this year. It required me to take the plunge from my previous salary, but that other job felt soul-draining and pointless despite paying quite well and allowing me to fuck around a lot. I still haven't gone back to my previous earnings but I'm nearly there now.As for the
>>721233064Every single 30+ thread is like this. I feel like I'm one of the few who actually report what I've been playing and not once my posts got any reply, lmao.
>>721233116As for the what?Anon??
>>721233110stfu you dumb simp loser you don't even play video games
>>721233232did my gacha dailies already, played golden sun, jacked off and now I'm here about to go to bed.
>>721215174Do the kids play with you at all? cause if they do I would say you start a collective family effort to gaslight her into thinking that shes the weirdo for not enjoying any games.
>>721233169Which is yours?
>>721223168get a job that actually stimulates you.it easy to stay in a 'easy' job but down the line you regret not advancing and actually learning new skills / information since you basically flushed years down the toilet for a paycheck.
>>721233272>gacha
>>721232663I wouldn't trust myself not to catch feelings though.>>721232751That's pretty much what I think as well, CS and in a much more minor way IT has been seriously downgraded from a highly desirable career to just another option, people panicking are the same who would have flinched during when the dotcom bubble burst way back. It's not going back to people sucking off new grads but it's not dying in 5 years either, companies take a long time to die and change takes even more time. I definitely wouldn't recommend CS if you're just in it for a guaranteed high paying job but the personal investment in IT is way less, you can be feasibly trained and certified in less than a year so it's a viable short term option if you're being realistic about what you're getting.Some professions are AI proof though, notably artisan stuff or anything where the 'made by an individual person' brand is a major factor, at least until we get AI personalities that have their own brand and following. A friend of mine just finished training as a carpenter and is selling his stuff to rich people from China that come to carpentry conventions (cabinet making and stuff like that). I figure that is pretty AI proof and he got trained for that in a little less than two years.You're sadly right about nepotism and connections in general, I hate keeping in touch with people but most of my friends got recruited that way, the company even gives you cash or stock if they recruit a recommendation you made.
>>721233272Which golden sun?
>>721217270>>721217818the absolute fucking state lmao
>>721233047I took it more as >I want to keep fucking prostitutes, thinking back on it that pussy I fucked was clean so it's OK Like anon was in a flow writing state and getting horny thinking back on the woman he fucked. Anon if you're still in here please tell us who is right so I can go to sleep.
>>721215174Your wife wants more control over your life, that's it. She can get over herself and her "attraction" to you. It sounds, honestly, like she's sick of you and is looking for an excuse. She needs to be corrected. You grew up with video games, they were a formative part of your personality, and of all the things you could be doing to relieve stress and unwind this is one of the least expensive and least destructive It allows you to be part of a community and have something to look forward to other than decades of niggerfloods in the suburbs and the destruction of California. They also allow for a range of self satisfying personal expression, like how she goes on Pinterest and imagines doing a bunch of shit she'll never actually do. The tl;dr she is bitching about something that isn't video games. You can choose to go to bed at a better time on Friday or turn in early some nights, or you can have the fight where you explain yourself and express things while trying not to speed out and make it worse.Anyway, it's better she spends her weekends with you than finding someone else to spend them with.
>>721228267you know there are other ways to kill yourself right ?not that i reccommend it, 90% of suicide attempts fail and just fuck people up even more.
>>721214895Slowly working through getting 100% completion/achievements on MGSV
>>721233064>play reforger withisn't there an ARMA general for that?In any case I enjoy both the lonely whining and the vidya reports, although I agree we could do with more vidya.
>>721233053Castlevania art >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the actual games
>>721233438fuck, I'm realizing I barely remember anything from Dark Dawn besides the soundtrack.
>>721233590Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow is good its 100% better then something like hollow knight
Sys Admin here, I just play autochess while working on tickets.
Ngl, in getting bored of games. I still play but mostly on weekends only. New games are utter garbage so mostly playing remakes. Mgs and trails are out so that will keep me ore occupied
>>721233670What’s autochess
>>721233590how can you have such a wretched opinion ?castlevania is completely kino in almost every aspect.
>>721217105Don't listen to that idiot >>721217292. I've been playing Minecraft for years, and I only build minimalist stuff. I love just walking around and see what I can find. Caves, dungeons, oceans, forests, islands etc. It's comfy as fuck.
>>721221729CCNA has way less value outside the USA in case you aren't American btw. When I was doing my IT training (Italy), I asked one of the instructors about it and he'd barely ever heard about the certs, internship experience and local government certs had more weight. But yeah from what I read CCNA is the way to go in the USA and very do-able, there's tons of free resources online and whole communities of people traning together you can glean tips from. A lot of them coming from another career as well.
Hearthstone battlegrounds, TFT, etc. Tickles the gambling payouts in my brain.
Every time I go into these threads it's always people complaining about real life and women and all that bullshit, and everyone just jumps onto the pity party or drama. And when they finally do play something it's just retarded normalfag slop. But isn't this literally no different from what I experience at work? All my coworkers do is complain about their families and play normalfag games, /v/ just feels like normalfags with the filter off so it's even more obvious how retarded and ugly they are on the inside. Like this is exactly the sort of stuff /v/ used to make fun of and be happy they weren't like that.It's so easy to just find a good video game to learn. I don't see why /v/ should be Facebook with worse moderation.
>>721233675So what do you do the other 5 days of the week?
Just play SF6, and the odd indie every now and then such as Rift Wizard 2, solitaire mystery, Replicube, etc.>>721221569Find God, happy are those conscious of their spiritual need.
>>721233918VIDEO GAMES
>>721233849You are basically complaining that older people have life problems (no shit) and that we actually like video games instead of your literal who indie slop.You arent smart or enlightened for hating popular thing. You care more about your ego than liking good video games
>>721233384Am the fag you replied to - from what other people say it sounded like the 2010s was a bubble of paradise where you could go in and get paid hand over fist. And frankly the fact that they keep using H1Bs kinda speaks volume to how many jobs were "You don't have to know jack shit" - last I checked we're not flooding nursing or electricians or whatever with it. I'm not saying there isn't major IT positions that had to know real shit, just that there was a lot of excess fat that was easy for a nation of grifting charlatans to take advantage of. So I actually failed the first A+ test, but the reason I did was I had bought a voucher last year when I was able to get it for half off. And that test version was about to end on the 25th. RL got in the way such that I wasn't able to really study for it beyond just mobile devices. So it was use it or lose it, and I decided I'll just take it as a test run to see what the experience is like (last test I did like this was for something else 10 years ago). And I am rather happy I got 619 (675 pass) going in blind to 4/5 of the test, more or less. So I am optimistic I'll pass when I study proper. Honestly the whole world would be better off acting a bit like Trump/spoiler] and just being self-confident and "Fuck you I'm the best.". Glass half full vs half empty. My biggest annoyance is that during my less employment time CA didn't fucking release Medieval 3, and now they seem to be on the cusp of it. I just want to be able to go gaga modding and texturing for one last hurrah before I get too busy for it with a proper job, since it's been a central hobby of mine for the past 15 years. I'm sure I'd still be able to do it with a steadier job than the one I have, but not as much. >>721233807Got a question for you in a sec but it's a dumbass one of mine.
I have been playing: Soul Blade for the PS1.the ost is a warm fuzzy blanket in a cruel cold world.https://youtu.be/L4rS7B9-_rQ?si=O6D5BQ3E41IOn1ER
>>721233849that's just the way it is anon and it's nowhere near unique to /v/. 30+ always go like this be it on /tv/, /ck/ lonely bachelor recipe threads, I've even seen it happen on an /an/ reptile thread. People only post their experience if they're looking to share something they can't IRL, happy people don't need to post about it online.Anyways, from what I've seen of what's been posted here, 30+ yos don't play anything different from 20yos other than way less multiplayer games, so you're not missing out on anything special that you wouldn't get from any recommendation thread.
>>721233849Me on the left, and you as the squid statue. Thoughts?
>>721221317Never say this. I got into IT in 2022 by taking one summer CS class, then applying for an IT internship. Pay was only 48k/yr. After the internship I worked at a small non profit for 57K, changed jobs to 77K, then raise for 95K, then new job for 110K in 2025. Just grind man.
>>721233918Other hobbies, taking photos and making music. I became normalfag with time and enjoy going outside.
lets make a cs2 team
>>721234017>You are basically complaining that older people have life problemsIf you weren't a normalfag you wouldn't have life problems. Being a single adult is really, really, REALLY easy. It's like life on cruise control. I don't want to hear someone complain about their girlfriend and then talk about some boring movie game. Why are you people even here?
>>721214895>unc safespace thread cuz they can't handle us zoomGAWDZ who mogg and rizz up this shit ahh board geg
>>721233807Am >>721234029CCNA after Comptia trifecta or before? From what I saw on a cursory glance CCNA is harder than network, so given my amateur experience (building a PC and other such layman shit) I assume I should focus on the smaller certs. Also whoops I fucked up the spoilers.But yeah, if CA gives me medieval 3 and it's not ass (more ass than usual) I'm a set man for the next 4 years since I like to tinker more than game. If I knew where to begin with Bannerlord and wasn't busy with another project I'd try and make some new faction(s) in it. But way back in college I was able to scan a fantastic book with 1:1 period depictions drawn by the author of how people back then looked/were armed and armored and I've waited to use that for a project for a long time now. >>721234049Everybody's honestly lonely nowadays, Even in a crowd or even with a spouse. So people'll seek out and crave some level of earnest connection, however ephemeral or silly. Honestly speaking of reforger I played it a month or two ago and really enjoyed how the servers were full of just lads bantering and bullshitting and behaving same as we did back in the day in CS:Source or RO2 or whatever with faux accents or dudebro banter. It was really nice. scoreboard, GI, scoreboard.
>>721233849V (R9K)
>internet is billed to the brim with stories of americans falling ass-backwards into home ownership somehow>"hey guys I'm bradley. I work part-time at a bowling alley and my slightly overweight girlfriend kaytlyn volunteers at a dog shelter. we're new home-owners! 3 bedrooms, 2 bath, it's great! any tips? :)">chibi was on 80k+ as a AT&T salesman>burger/v/ still manages to be depressed workshy layaboutsi don't get it. can't you faggots just get in a van and drive to arizona or some shit? work at a waste management factory and enjoy your mcmansion.
>>721233438finishing up with the first and I'll move onto the second soon.
>>721214895I've been working through my backlog, right now I'm playing La Mulana 2.Anyways, what the hell is this woman's issue? Was it autism?
>>721234305>>chibi was on 80k+ as a AT&T salesmanwhat the fuck
>>721234242CCNA definitely needs some foundational knowledge. The smaller certs can get you started with a job.A+/Sec+/Net+ are a nice trifecta. Experience is still more important so get a job/internship ASAP.
>>721234029>the 2010s was a bubble of paradise where you could go in and get paid hand over fistI think there's a bit of that yeah, but I think even today you can leverage something like AI expertise into grifting some projects at a company. It's retarded but a lot of IT companies or even just anything with a sales or customer service component are sprinting to introduce some AI feature they can shill, probably because the tech is so hyped despite a lot of controversy and cautioning around it. Things are just going to change, some things will die and others will be born, just like being a webdesigner isn't as special today as it was in the 90s. No matter the job, as long as it happens in an office there will always be a layer of excess fat as you say, it's just too easy to camouflage your laziness unless you're in a some hyper metric oriented office and even then most find a workaround or exploit.It is rather weird that we never have enough nurses and doctors though. I've lived in 4 countries and never one where they didn't have this problem despite it being one of the most popular options with students.
>>721234184Normies dont have the same type of problems.My family is either dead or little to no contact to me. I have no support system. Im being crushed under loneliness and video games / anime no longer fill the void. And im coming to realization i can never start a family of my own.Thats not cruise control. I basically have nothing to live for.
>>721234242exactly what this >>721234403 said, experience is king, if you can get an internship without it go for it you can always study on the job or might not even need it.
>>721231413Getting diagnosed could threaten or ruin your future career depending on the outcome and your career path. Nobody wants to hire medical doctors with an Asperger's.
>>721218647Kill yourself
>>721234469>I basically have nothing to live for.Have you tried 1cc'ing dodonpachi daioujou black label????
>>721234529I don't know where you live but I'm pretty sure that 95% of all specialist doctors have the 'tism.
>>721234107>>721234107DamnI’m the opposite of you, I had a GF and everything but we broke up and since then I’ve never been able to get another GF and get laid even though I’ve tried for years so now I just play vidya I turned back into an incel
>>721234403I'll work on the trifecta and then try and get that. I know helldesk will be the necessary time in vietnam and all. I'll try and leverage my past doing elderly care as a good sociable skills/patience for dealing with people. >>721234408I can't remember who told me this, because the guy I thought said he didn't, but I distinctly remember knowing someone who explained that medical work is a lifestyle more than just a job. You pretty much live there and go home rather than live at home and go there, so to speak. I know someone who does dental/dental surgeon stuff and they are pretty much always busy, but clearly very lucrative as they're one of those serial commissioners with literal page(s) of rule 34 art. So if people know that they might be turned off, or they were intimidated by the knowledge. In the US and the bigger barrier is the cost of it. It's very much a "You go into this paying up front with an expectation of making a big profit when you are much older". That or it's just a case of there's always a demand for it so you always need more. Short of automation there'll never be a case of "We have enough nurses and docs" - since if you do they can just go abroad to places that need them and will pay better.>>721234490I figure the certs as the way to break through the usual "Need experience for job, but need job for experience". Plus leaningbullshitting past tech support help for friends and family. As long as I'm flapping my gums (cont)
35, playing subnautica and hollow knight. First one is dragging a bit as i got to pod 2>tfw actually found cute, hot gf that is good with kids and loves me>too prude with sex and even embarassed I go down on her>sex down to once a month>drown my urges for kinky shit with hentai
>>721234181I need Gaben to sell me a new Steam Controller before I play CS ever again. That's right, I'm done with mouse games.
>>721234469The sooner you accept that someday you will die and that purpose is itself a trap that causes you to suffer, the better.
>>721234681> I know helldesk will be the necessary time in vietnam and all.IDK what you're saying desu but I'm currently making 110K working at an American company in Vietnam. You should try it if you can.
>>721234740So, what is the emptiness that follows the mindless activities we indulge on to pass the time? How do we get rid of it?
>waaah why cant I be a normalfag>normalfags are either addicted to something or on the brink of suicideWhat's the answer here?
>>721234865Getting rid of one's internal attachment to the idea of "if x happens, I will be happy/have purpose". That shit is mind poison and the sooner you realize it the better off you'll be
>>721234589I'm bad at bullet hells or whatever. Can you hold my hand and provide me moral support while playing it?
>>721234681I was helping a friend with something. Dude is very smart, Engineer getting PHD and has worked with tech programs before but dear GOD watching him stream his desktop while I was explaining something to him and the level of boomer-esque slow mouse movements, not using hotkeys like control+C and control+V, just slow inertia and inefficiency made me pic related. I like the guy he's a great dude, greater than me, but it made me think if a younger guy who is clearly tech savvy isn't very quick and efficient with tech gave me a sense of just how tech illiterate people might be if I was on a helldesk. I don't mind because I'm used to instructing people laboriously on how to do stuff, but it was really just shocking. I guess those "People give you a help desk call and it turns out they didn't turn their monitor on" stories are true. >>721234794Oh I meant vietnam war, like the helldesk is Vietnam-war-PTSD since that's what I saw people referring to it as. You know, 'time in the trenches'. Metaphorical. Vietnam seems like a great place nowadays, and I'd love to be able to work abroad like that. My bad.
>>721234865>What's the answer here?have sex with all the women I want than destroy the planet's core
>>721234862That emptiness is the unfortunate byproduct of being a species with higher thinking. You can't get rid of it, but what you can do is when you notice that you start feeling that, occupy your mind with something else and ignore it.Or in other words, if you enjoy games, just play more games. Or whatever other hobbies you have.
>Slightly autistic niece just said her new fixation is UndertaleIt's fucking over bros...
>>721235124she most likely fuck you anon
>>721234704I would buy a revised controller that had a hot-swappable modular trackpads w/ analog stick when the game calls for it, so it can keep with the ergonomics unlike Steam Deck's "Fuck it let's put everything on there" layout. The bumpers were fucking awful to swap to on the original due to how far they protruded upwards, vs. the triggers.>>721214895>I study almost every day for more IT certs.SAAAR.
>>721235124Correct her
>>721234865That's what philosophers kept trying to figure out. There's different answers you can try. I'm partial to the Epicurean one but not in a hedonistic way (I am hedonistic) but in a gratitude way. I think being grateful for what we have is a really critically lost skill nowadays and it's that FOMO and FUD that social media induces that's made us all feel worse. To use a metaphor, I had found that once I saw the chemicals being used to make that greener grass on the other side it made me a lot less envious. >>721235124I couldn't stomach playing either of those games for a single minute but Deltarune's got me mildly interested as a secondary since I like that whole apocalyptic eschatology shit it's doing. Luv the occult, luv darkness, simple as.>>721235118Idle hands are less the devil's plaything and more an idle mind is despairs. While I don't buy the idea of arbeit macht frei in the sense of slaving away, I do think that doing something 'productive' really beats the despair away. When I say productive I don't mean profitable for someone else. I mean you create something from nothing, quintessential homofag sapient behavior. Even some sonic autist writing an exhaustive fanfiction is being productive in his own twisted way. Consuming is not - so vidya is fun, I go to do vidya right now, but we need to do more than just consume. Try and find something to produce to bring into the world to banish the void. If it makes you happier then that's all it has to do, but if you can share it with others and bring them some happiness then all the better.
>>721231670This is the way, I love cooking and baking besides vydia all day long which I love too. Add mixology and some weight lifting and you're golden.
>>721233849Well unlike 10 years ago, I have a job now and have to interact with real people. My bad for letting their gossiping habits rub off on me. But at the same time, it helped me readjust fuck that, reaffirm my hatred for normies which is why I still hang around here. Best thing about this place is I can tell you to KYS and just move on with my life.
>>721235660>Idle hands are less the devil's playthingI am not saying to go do something.I am saying to occupy your mind with something else.Obviously, that means whatever you're doing has to involve some thought. If that anon doesn't have a running mental commentary on the games he's playing, then obviously playing more games isn't going to help.
>>721234865Every single day I dream of coming home to Sakura wife
>>721235660>>721236064Good posts. Why do I feel like you give good kisses?
>>721234865>>normalfags are either addicted to something or on the brink of suicideExcuse me, what? Who told you this? Normalfags are the ones who are happy and content with normal, everyday life. They are basic bitches. They're not addicted to anything serious besides stuff like caffeine and social media and they're not suicidal. Because they're normal.
>>721214895>30About to finish Hollow Knight and going to play Silksong after it. And wife got Don't Starve Together to try it tomorrow.>>721221031>>721216935>>721228267Met my wife on that dating option that Facebook has, wasn't expecting to actually work and here I am enjoying my 4 year marriage so far. The only tip I can give you is to not skip on chubby girls.>>721231397>Learning a language>CookingBeen doing this since High School>Excercise>DrawingJust starting to get into it>Programming>ElectronicsPlanning to start next year maybe
I keep giving anons the ick........
>>721229207I guess im just a sucker for midriffs.
