>coworker ask you about your favorite games
>Oh, Deus Ex, bro, I just have government so much, uggghhhhhhh...
i have karry's prison as the featured game on my steam profile
>coworker starts talking about videogames>remain safe calm just replaying oh yeah hahaha that new game, haven´t got chance to play it yet>he starts talking about GTA>´´yo you saw those definitive edition of vice city right? Yeah it had some problems at launch but it looks so good right now´´I swear this was only moment in my adult life where I started ranting and verbally judging person on their taste of vidyain real life that is,
>>744673795Planetside 1. You wouldn't get it.
>>744673795>I saw you playing gacha game on your phone during a break
>>744674269>being so low IQ that you don't like GTAI feel sorry for your coworker
>>744673795"Surprise Mother Effer!!"
>being so low IQ that you like GTA
>>744674419>being so low IQ that you actually like GTA
>>744673795The only game normies in my country recognize is CS (Counter-Strike), anything else gets blank/puzzled/slightly annoyed looks. And I'm happy to oblige with some bullshit stories, because the last thing I'd do is reveal my power level - the closest I've gotten to admitting the reach of my autism was talking about how fully modded FO4 still holds up. There's no defense for I-modded-for-8-hours-before-even-creating-my-character-then-played-and-modded-for-the-next-6-months
>>744674419i think the obscenity there was the admiration of the hideous "definitive" edition
>>744674419nta but the definitive editions are easily among the worst re-anything in gaming and theyre still ugly and broken to this day
>female coworker ask if I ever heard about fortnite>say sure>she ask me if the game has sex and if her kid can playwhat the fuck
>coworker start arguing with me that ME Andromeda is actually a hidden gem>long story short, I've spend 30 minutes in HR at the end of the day
>>744674419anonfact he likes GTA is not the problem, I like GTA and have many found memories of itthe issue was he was not defending, but praising definitive edition, saying they are masive upgrade over original the make everything look like plastic editionthe remove songs because licencing is pain editionthe jeet tier texture work editiothe lets fuck up physics engine by making it play at 60fps because we dont want to rework the code edition
I'd say something like "it's hard to think of a favorite but I'm having a lot of fun with racing games!"
>>744674992>oh, so you're a raceist, hmm? I bet HR would love to hear that
>>744674910I've seen "it's a good action game" as well
>my dad is my coworker>he already knows what games im playing cause i have him on steam
>>744674910>>long story short, I've spend 30 minutes in HR at the end of the dayDo you have no frontal lobe or something?
>>744673795I just say I like RPG games but also some shooters and fighting games (all true).If they ask for specifics, I just say I like Souls/Elden Ring, Street Fighter, and I've played plenty of CoD/Battlefield/Medal of Honor in my past that I can bullshit about it.
>>744674910I AM NOT CRAZYI KNOW BIOWARE EDMONTON SABOTAGED ANDROMEDA ON PURPOSE
>>744675107>oh, so you're a raceist, hmm?I am
>>744675245
>>744674910>>744675231BUT NOOOOO NOT OUR LITTLE BIOWARE IT COULDN'T BE BIOWARE
>>744673795I play path of exile. It's flashy like a slot machine and has its own stock market.
>>744673795there is a guy with a stutter at my work who loves Resident Evil so he used to come by when I was in the office every day to talk about Resident Evil. I didn't play it past 2 but he was a cool guy so I let him just talk about it all he wanted.
You better have one hell of a reason for being a bee.
>>744673795>"manhunt">"oh i've never heard of it">"its about hunting men"
>having a job at all
>>744674872It's not that far out of a question honestly, she probably saw some tiktok where it had girl characters doing bootydances or something. Yeah most crossover characters have their proportions nerfed but not to the extent that 11 year old Timmy won't stare at the screen mouth agape as Yoruichi or whoever twerks over his dead character.
>>744673795I always answer truthfully and when I say Kenshi everyone just looks at me like>I don't think I've ever had anyone know what it was nor follow up and see what it was.Then I follow up with Terraria and that usually goes over well.
>>744673795>I don't play video games
>>744674872Tell her to put Brown Dust 2 on his tablet instead.
>shooting the shit with coworker before our daily morning team meeting>gaming comes up, he's talking about the latest Fifa>briefly mention that I've been playing Factorio a bit>coworker barely hides a sly half-smile, "Oh that sounds cool anon...">usual meeting and day proceeds as normal>several weeks later>attending some company-wide bullshit corpo meeting that HR set up>HR lady going on about whatever nonsense team-building nonsense they've cooked up to justify their own jobs, half zoned out>"Oh and as a quick reminder, April is Autism Awareness Month? We're looking for volunteers to help coordinate our events! Any takers? Anon how about you?">calls me out by name>HR lady has that same fucking sly half-smile that my coworker hadfucking normies
>>744675179where'd konata go.??
>>744673795why did doakes do it bros
I thought that nobody in my workplace played vidya at all, but then after years of zero mention of vidya, it randomly came up that a co-worker is playing Super Metroid and enjoyed Disco Elysium. Didn’t ever expect to ever spend even one single coffee break talking about vidya, so it was a rather pleasant surprise.
>playing Kerbal Space Program>describe basic gameplay loop (build craft, get science)>get blank stares and haha...yawtf I thought normies like space>>744675760Default answer now
The only time this ever happened was when my coworker asked me if I play World of Tanks. I said No and we never talked about vidya again.
Outer Wilds, yeah, deal with it
>>744675830>if you don't adhere to some unwritten rules about socializing, normalfags will ostracize you at any given chance>OOOH YOU PLAY THE WRONG GAMES YOU'RE AUTISTIC!!!!normalfags explode
Since when it became normal just to hide your interests and never openly talk with others about them?
>>744676084Since everything is toxic and political
>>744676084Since any "wrong" interest could lose you a job.
>>744675910Wdym its just an empty doorway
I just say games are for fags
>>744675830>anon found out everything he says will be used against himYou should never ever reveal your power level or anything else.I have colleagues who constantly talk behind each other backs then act nicely in front of them
>>744676084It’s the only way to be safe and protect your true self. If nobody knows the true you, nobody can truly hurt you, so if you are the only person who knows your true interests, you will be safe. Never reveal your true interests to anyone in real life.
>>744676084Saying anything slightly out of the ordinary will have you socially ostracized which can and will cost you your job and relationships
>>744673795Almost all my coworkers are women so I just say I don't play videogames.
>>744676084Do you understand if you name a book, movie of a game to a normalfag and they don’t know it, they will instantly start hating you, wish that you are dead, and try to get you fired?
>>744673795>Doctors appointment>He asked how I relieve stress>I say video games>He mentions having a PS5>I ask if he knew they were discontinuing disks in 2028>He says he’s not surprised because it cuts out the middle manEven normies are catching onto Sony’s bullshit
I just say Call of Duty and end it there.I'll just get made fun of if I said I've been actually playing Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour for the DS.
Play a bunch of videogames So do theyTheir games are cod and sports ballMine are RPGsSure they've played some Elden Ring or Baulders gate and I've played some CoD and watch a bit of football but it's not the same.So it's a weird thing. Something we have in common while simultaneously having zero commonality
>>744673795>talking about games with a brown mexican>he says he plays r6 and cod >tell him i play terraria and hoi4>get weird looks>fired one month later for fascism
>>744673795>fav gamesgotta be warbandgotta be bannerlord (only mp)gotta be tekkengotta be gothic 1 & 2gotta be valheim
>>744676084Since people became so thin skinned that any one single person not liking them and merely being neutral will shatter their egos beyond repair. Remember, it is ALWAYS better to be superficially liked-but-not-really by a group than it is to make even a single genuine connection! Thus the failed normalfag marches on, his ego protected and cared for like the porcelain thing that it is.
>>744673795>Family members want to add you on steam to play vidya with you>On the account which shares a username with the accounts where you upload yourself jacking off and fucking stuffed animals>"Haha, maybe sometime I'll add you.">"Oh I just prefer to keep the internet and reality seperate, you can just text me whenever instead of adding me on like snapchat or whatever I don't wanna make an account right now haha">"Oh I don't have space on my phone for discord haha"
>>744676084im not telling anyone irl that im playing shit called kingdom hearts 368/2 days on melonmix or azure striker gunvolt 2 bro
>>744673795>get matches with "gamer girls" on a dating app>games they play: LoL, valorant, roblox
>>744676417there was a foid coworker that reported me because i ignored her when she was talking about some tiktok she saw and i told her i dont care
Why do normalfags find playing games that were released more than 6 years ago weird?Like, I don't mean actually old like the SNES, but say that you're playing something on the PS2 or the PS3 and they start bugging the fuck out. It's not even a generation thing either, I've had coworkers in their 30s tilt their head and finding the concept insane.
I lie and say some normie shit like Dark Souls
>>744673795>oh yea I play factorio5 seconds after they youtube it they stop asking questions. Every dumb retard expects CS2 or other normalfag game.
>>744673795>coworker ask you about your favorite games>it's a womenThe guy game>it's white dudePostal 2>it's a black dudeHatred>it's asianNobunaga's ambition
>>744673795>"sorry man, i've never been into videogames">"oh yeah? show me your hand"
>>744676785agreed
>>744676751nothing new10 years ago it was just call of duty and overwatch
>>744676670>t. normalfag who gets off on getting people like us fired
>>744676670Yes? Why would you expose your true self to danger?
>>744676751don't forget about dead by daylighta lot of bitches like that game for some reason, or just horror stuff in general
>>744677005sorry anon you have hand cancer
>>744677005>the gamer red palm markyou are branded for life
>bring up popular games that you liked(Elden Ring, Souls, Silksong are good choices)>get a feel for their powerlevel>adjust to itIt really isn't that hard
>>744676690>plushyfucker has zero opsec
>coworkers talking>say something that I thought was thoughtful and added to the conversation>"hmmm what was that anon? i couldn't hear you.">don't repeat it and go "uh it was nothing"I spoke it clearly and and at a reasonable volume. I am never talking again. Fuck you.
>>744677338>soulsfagId rather quit my job in embarassment.
>>744676670I really find it funny that people are so adverse to being shared to that "trauma dump" and "who asked" have become meme phrases
>>744673795If coworkers ask me for my favourite anything I'm always stumped. There is nothing I enjoy so much that it beats everything else.
>coworker asks what I am playing>I say P5R, i'm like 20 hours in but it still feels like the beginning>coworker says he's played the game and goes on to spoil the story for meI don't talk to him anymore. Game is like 120 hours fucking long and a story game at that. He doesn't even try to initiate small talk anymore when I told him to fuck off last time.
>>744677047nah, back then it was mostly Sims with the most perverted porn mods
>>744674518I want Panty to step on me
>>744677508Hedcog cute
>>744674872Something similar happened to me but with Roblox. Turned out her grandkid was making friends with random weirdos on there.She made me get on the phone and explain to her grandkid why you shouldn't talk to strangers in online games.
>>744675702Please no
>>744677141>for some reasonYou may not believe or understand it, but it is related to rape.
>>744676084Isn't that just the usualKids get bullied for liking weird thing so they learn to shut up about it unless they're in good companyEven as a little baby sperg I figured I shouldn't talk about things the other person doesn't have an interest in. Granted I now hide more than I should because I'm deeply anxious and insecure.
>>744675702I have to return some videotapes
>Coworkers ask what games I've been playing>Tell them I've been playing Elin>"She has a game?">"No I mean E-L-I-N, it's like Japanese Stardew Valley">"Oh cool I'll check it out">Only realize what I've done while I'm eating diner later that night>Next day get told I need to talk to HR
>>744673795I just mention some arcades games I used to play in the 80s/90s and omit more recent games, souls-like, loliges, etc.
>>744678006It's really fucked up when people ask you to be a parent for them. I was invited to dinner and was pretty jazzed because she was cute but then I didn't realize her uncle and nephew were also going to be there. If that wasn't bad enough anytime the little nephew did little nephew shit they'd ask my opinion on how to deal with it.It was fucking so weird. I dunno if it was a test or what the fuck was happening.
>>744673795>"favorite is tough, lately I've been playing 'most socially acceptable game I've played in the last month'"
>>744673795>I will literally suck your cock for money just leave me alone
>>744678230Hr called you in because the game is too hard for them to figure out
>hear coworkers talking about destroying people in multiplayer games>bragging about sub 2 K/D ratiosDo you think if I told them I had a 10+ and 15+ k/d in squads and duos on Fortnite I'd be worshipped like a god?
>>744673795Summer memories, Koikatsu, Unholy Maiden, Being a Dik, Dreams of Desire, Karryn's Prison, Lego island, Rape Lay.
dkc2 simple as
Evil psy popping niggersI pray you get ass cancer
>>744675702>ValorantSorry I don't play zoomer movement shooters
>>744677338>bring up popular games that you liked(Elden Ring, Soulsyou haven't stepped a foot outside your rancid room and talked to another well adjusted human being in over a decade, have you?
>>744678230Why the fuck would you get called into HR for that?
>>744678506first result was Jasposter legacy
>>744678491You'd get looked at like a retard for uttering the word "zoomer" in real life.
>>744678498Lot of people played Elden ring and dark souls. They didn't beat it but eh. You've got a decent shot bringing up Baulders Gate 3 too.
I just reveal the fuck out of my power level it saves me like half the workplace communication I'd have to have otherwise
>>744678175I would imagine that /v/ has a long list of anons with the usual tragic overcorrection problem>speak too eagerly about your interests as a kid, end up embarrassing yourself over it>as adult, overcompensate and avoid talking about your interests to anyone to not seem like a sperg>unfortunately, being in permanent siege mode also insulates you from other humans and makes it nigh impossible to have any sincere connections with anyoneBest fix is to realize the problem find a happy balance. Unless your interests are genuinely social taboos in the circles you are in (not just in ”I don’t know / care” way but in ”what the fuck” way), just be honest but concise to test the ice. If other side seems interested, go more detailed without spergdumping, if not, no harm done, change the subject.
I've got at work a literal chad with home and three kids that talks about his retro console collection and he sometimes mentions what did he beat lately and I just ignore it because I'm too intimidated to say he could have beat Dracula faster if he saved holy water or whatever. I'd come off as too antagonist due to this site anyway.
>>744678663Nobody at my globally operating corporation employing hundreds of thousands of people has any earthly clue what the fuck Elden Ring is. Try Mario. That's something actually "popular" enough to be recognized in mainstream popculture, not fucking ELDEN RING a game played exclusively by smelly autistic niggers with 0 value for their time
>>744674419>couldn't grasp that the anon's problem was with the "definitive edition"The reading comprehension I've come to expect from GTA fans.
>>744673795That dude was soo gay coded. Zeisty ass nigga.
battlefield 3, barony, barotrauma, team fortress 2, left 4 dead 2, deep rock galactic, dungeon of the endless, steel division 2, starcraft broodwar, age of empires 2.
>>744678603 these kids been repeating memes words irl outload since 2016 suddenly it's a problem when unc says one, gtfo
>eh i dont really play games anymorei’m there to clock in and earn money. jobs are fuckin shit and i wanna go home to play videogames.
>>744678773>find a happy balanceIt's too risky to do that this late in the game>mess up>fired for making karen uncomfortable
I love bringing up giant robot stuff just to hear what weird fucking thing they're going to call it.Usually it's just everything is a transformer but there was one hood nigger that got really excited and exclusively referred to Mechs as "Gundam Fighters". Poor guy probably grew up with wing and had literally zero people to talk to about it
>>744679051>DURRR HURRR LEMME DO ITNo. Both are retarded. Shut up.
>>744678498I only brought it up because it's what I did in the past and it worked just fine.If the coworker is asking about videogames then there is a big chance they know about Elden Ring, it was fucking massive and you are delusional if you think it wasn't, everyone who is into vidya beyond sports game likely has heard the name at least.
>>744678806>mario>immediately get looked up on sex offender registry and let go regardless
>>744678230I don't think anyone is going to google the name of a game they don't know, the next second after they heard the name they have already forgotten.
>>744678806You know what Elden ring is so that's one person at your company
>>744678806you're one and maybe you just don't have contact with anyone in the IT department
>>744679116How likely it really is that you would get fired by naming a video game that the other person doesn’t already know, assuming that it’s not some (borderline) porn thingy?
My previous job had a lax uniform policy where you could wear any t-shirt or cargos or jeans, etc.I got questioned very heavily on what Bleach was because I had a t-shirt with Ichigo. Not in a curious way, but demanding.
>>744675818>it's not the same because you're not part of le social in groupturbo normalfag behavior
>>744679134>NO YOU CANT SAY THOSE WORDS THOSE ARE OUR WORDS!!fuck off
>>744679319Guess depends on a manager. I bodied mine in MK11 and billiards and he just shrugged it off. He did beat me at fussball though.
>>744675760This has been my default answer for a long while now. If I say that I like anything that isn't COD, GTA, Fortnite, or whatever, people start giving weird looks as if you said something like "I regularly eat putrid compost". Even if it's something slightly not-mainstream.Some normies genuinely cannot grasp the idea of people enjoying somewhat niche media.
Somewhat related but it's really weird how I used to get answers when I asked "what's your favorite music genre". Now everyone says "I listen to a bit of everything"Yeah, me too, same with everyone elseI asked you what your favorite was
>>744679474You would never enjoy speaking with them anyway so I'm not sure why you'd even bother to give an answer like that. Either you meet the 1/100 that you can actually have a conversation with or you confirm that you were never going to want to speak to that person in the first place.
>>744679474what do you talk about instead to deflect?
>>744679319>normalfag retard thinks you're autistic for naming a game they don't recognize>wants to get you fired because you're not one of them>looks up "most disgusting games ever" and goes to HR saying you play the one that's most likely to get you fired
>>744679632It's that more people have caught on that it's a retarded question and will just ask a more general>what have you been listening to lately>what genres do you listen to
>>744679725What prevents them from inventing shit about you even if you respond by silence?
>>744676084Adding a coworker on Steam started a chain of events that caused so much shit at my former workplace that I just don't bother anymore, better keep fags at arm's length
>>744679725That happens online too. People draw very strange lines in the sand. I once mentioned I played Black Souls and got shit from someone who played Fear and Loathing.It's like nigga neither of us are correct.
>talk to autistic, quiet co-worker>ask him what if he plays video games, casually mention Warzone>he gets nervous and quietly mumbles that he doesn't play video games despite the fact we both know he's full of shitWhy are they like this?
>>744679798Nothing but it's harder when they don't have any ammo
>>744679864Fear and hunger*
>>744679819Storytime
>>744673795I only play games at work. Solitaire.
>>744679798At least the people around you can vouch for your lack of response>ANON SAYS HE PLAYS RAPELAY>no i don't>Well I do recall anon saying he plays something...
>tfw played rapelaysilence is golden as they say
>>744679897You would just use it to attack him. Why else would you ask that?
>>744676084There are a ton of koreans/chinese at my work and they all got written up to talk to HR because they talked about gacha games. Its just never worth it to talk about your interests without framing them in a normalfag approved lens.
>>744679897Probably only plays super-nerd shit and didn't think you would be able to handle it.
>>744673795I had a coworker who was really into super Mario maker levels and as much as I don't like Nintendo I considered that a win since there was still some cool community stuff I could talk about.
>>744678506
>>744676791In my last jobs a co-workers eyes lit up when I said that I play games on my pc.>what games do you play?>erm, all sorts really. I'm guessing you've heard of Dark souls before?>no, what's that?kill me
>>744673795Dead twitter meme
>>744680237Based, total gachafag death.
>>744673795Tf2
>>744673795uh yknow. fifa. cod. im just a normalfag like you hahah
>>744675818>36>still working retail>only refuge in life is clinging to generational warfare over video gamesGrim shit
>>744680237Based HR department
>>744679319Pretty close to nil. Autists just tend to severely over-catastrophise the consequences of casual conversation in their minds and assume that they're important enough for people to go out of their way to maliciously fuck over for no reason (or maybe just don't realize that they're being so fucking annoying about it that people want them gone) See:>>744679725At most when they're talking to someone else they might mention>oh yeah he plays vidya too, it was some nerd shit I never heard aboutif it's some actual malicious psycho they'll just make up whatever reason, so there's no need to be worried about what they think
>coworker talks about his girlfriend
>>744680810>coworker talks about her boyfriend this one is worse
>>744680776But if you create a perfectly average and forgettable fake persona with as bland interests as possible, nobody has reason to target you.
>>744673795I just name a game from my childhood like Devil May Cry 3, to leave that faggot guessing whether I even stil play vidya as an adult male, or simply have fond memories of them.
>>744681064please don't post pictures of children here
in my half a dozen jobs over a decade and a half i cant think of any instance where my coworkers asked about what i do for fun or my relationship status once
The only colleague who asks me what I play also plays games, but I can’t help but feel like a tremendous faggot when talking to him. He’s got video game tattoo’s and his opinions are pretty banal and harmless.
>>744673795>So basically>You put the kid inside the canon and listen to it cry as its vaporized >This makes me VERY erect
>>744674419stupid urban simulators fan
>coworker asks about the games I play>"r-rocket league">oh cool, I like Umineko>mfw I avoided trannification for hiding my powerlevel
>>744681223you must be very ugly then.
>>744679658It's just being courteous, because I'd rather not piss off people that'd probably try to sabotage me.>>744679682Not much, when I'm at work I just pretend to be the most boring, busy, no-fun motherfucker alive. And that's mostly because the only interests anyone has around here is drinking until they wake up in the morning. Sure, I'm not forming any work relationships that way, but it's not like they're worth forming relationships with anyways.
i wouldnt know what to say, i hardly play videogames at all anymore. in high school i would get up before sunrise on the weekend so i would have more time to play destiny or halo or something all fucking day. now i probably havent played a video game in 6 weeksis this depression?
>>744673795If you don't have a socially acceptable answer prepared you're a doofus.
>>744681929you mean you avoided getting laideven if it would've been gay
>>744682528What did you replace vidya with? If it is with ”more” 4chan, be worried, if it’s something less depressing, it’s natural and even good to shuffle between different interests in phases.
>>744682605This. It won’t take many minutes per month to learn what are the current normie approved movies, music artists and vidya at the moment, then you just namedrop the safest option and instantly escape the conversation. That way they can’t use it to hurt you.
>>744682641yeah with 4chani dont even know why this place is a shithole nowi'm chasing the dragon
>>744673795"I used to play a lot of Street Fighter 2 as a kid"
>>744674872Unrelated but one time back when physical games were a thing I went to Walmart to buy Alpha Sapphire and as I was going through the game isle this old lady stops me and asks whether she should buy her grandson Alpha Sapphire or Omega Ruby. I figured a kid would probably think Groudon was cooler than Kyogre so I told her to get him Omega Ruby. It was then when I realized that I looked nothing like an employee but this lady probably figured I’d know about Pokemon given my external appearance
>>744673795I tell him its Elden Ring.
>>744681929>50 year old manager asks me if I know what Fate is>Suffer a stroke trying to imagine this fat fuck knowing seiba>Five seconds too late realises he meant the phone game that just came out at the time.
>>744673795Most of the guys I work with play videogames. Unfortunately, our taste in games rarely ever matches.
>>744680620No everyone will be successful anonkun, it's commemorative that CVSenpai is able to do a job with honor an no shame.
>>744682957It's over.
>>7446828264chan means easy dopamine hits, you get new content at explosive pace and discussion is colourful enough to incite all kinds of emotions. So it’s the perfect place to fry your dopamine receptors or to fall back to when you are too tired / depressed / whatever to focus on anything substantial, which is also what makes this place like digital nicotine.Seriously, I allow myself some dicking around in here, but if 4chan starts to become my main attraction in daily routine, it’s time to force myself to do anything else, recommend the same to you (not necessarily video games though if you feel burn out, even though vidya is also better than 4chan).
>>744675818What a retarded and cynical take, of course Bharat Solid would agree with it
>>744682737It's hilarious to see people act like they're above normies while admitting to doing the most cowardly shit to escape any potential judgement from them. Maybe they don't like you because they can tell that you're a little weasel who's trying to act 'normal' before you go and write a screed about how much you hate them on some basket weaving forum? Maybe aspiring to be seen as dull and insipid just makes people not very interested in talking to you? No, better to hide everything about yourself, someone might make a facial expression if you say something unexpected, and we can't go risking trouble like that now can we?
>>744684038The most hilarious part is imagining two anons at the same workplace, both hiding what they like and thinking that each other is some despicable normalfag scum.
>>744677156blood in, blood out. i'm a ride or die nigga, even got the headphone dent.
>>744684038It's a simple fact of life that normalfags have HR behind them while we don't. You're retarded if you think you can annoy them with your existence and get away with it.
>>744673795Gay niggas
>>744674518post the better sister nigger
>>744673795>list off what I’m playing rn>coworker asks nothing in response and starts talking about his Far Cry 6 playthrough
>>744684038>offended normie
uhhh kirby's dreamland 3... romance of the three kingdoms VII, uhhhhhhis about as far as I'd get in any normal conversation.
>>744684712>sniveling coward
>>744684712Kek he actually replied, you’re right
hey anon what games do you play?>uhh TF2oh nice (he has no idea what that is), anything else?>uhhh not really right now
>>744684472>if i say i like the wrong thing to a coworker, i'm going to get fired by HR!you guys and your victim complexes are fucking insane. you deserve to die alone if this is what you actually think
>>744685047>just expose your powerlevel so we can make fun of you for not being one of us bro. we will also report you to hr and get you fired.
>>744673795Honeypop it’s kinda like candy crush.
>im playing oblivion right now>???>its like a skyrim prequel>OH ok
I don't want my coworkers talking to me about my life at all, I don't want to talk with someone about something I'm interested in if they aren't. They only want to make passing conversation I'm not going to go into an hour long tirade about my opinions on games. I wish they wouldn't talk to me at all about casual stuff
>>744685679It's easy to pinpoint the low-end job wagies and the decent job ones from each post.
>>744685212t. normalfag who can't go a week without getting someone fired
>>744676084Women have ruined everything at the work place.
>>744686005keep concocting more strawmen, they're hilarious
>Hey anon, what games are you playing rn>ZZZ>Oh. You should go play Ultra Rumble insteadi dont know if my NCO is based or a retard
>>744686493pretty rude to sleep while they're talking to you
>>744686536i sleep anywhere and everywhere i goi will infact sleep on your mom right now
>>744676464At least one of them has made a Sim of you and made it gay and drowned it.
>>744674419>GTAfag>calling anyone else low IQLike pottery
>>744678318>sizing you up to play future stepdadGrim
>cant say factorio>cant say simcity 4>cant say farm simulator>if i say minecraft he will inevitably see my autismo iron farms and chunk manipulation>if i say gta online he will inevitably see i got a billion dollars from that one time i had autism for grindy gamesWell shit
>>744676084Anon... I don't know, ever got punched, got into a fight, been in life-or-death situations? I've been in three, rest is not life-or-death, but shitty people - many encounters.You probably live in a pretty sheltered part of town/country.Basically, anything you share can be used, turned against you and people in general are not to be trusted until you deem them trustworthy after observation.Also it's autistic to talk about games, and specifically about autistic games. Normgroids do not care or know about your indie games - when they sasy games, they mean ball and gun shit. You nod, say you don't play games, or you're waiting for GTA VI and the new call of duty and move on before the normgroid starts oversharing about his boring life
>favorite gameReturn of the Obra DinnNormie enough indie that gives you puzzle game "smart guy" cred. Plus I can talk a lot about it if needed and will shill the shit out of it if given the chance.>playing nowSilksong. Maybe Jedi Survivor if I think I need to go more mainstream. I'm secure enough that I don't need to lie about playing vidya, but I'm not going to tell them I'm playing any multiplayer games and risk them asking to share IDs.
You guys are pussies.
>Co-worker asks you >You dont work>Youre talking to yourself again
>>744673795Tell him to get back to work. I don’t fraternize with laborlets.
>>744676751oh yeah, 20 yo bitches playing roblox is... kinda cute but also retarded and shameful
MEET N FUCK KINGDOM STEVE
>>744676778bro lmao DO NOT actually talk to NPCsever watch these idk backrooms protocols? there's protocols - you nod, say some random FOTM game and move on before the NPC bugs out on you and reports you to HR for being a creep or somethingthey are unironically retardedI play NES, SNES, SEGA, PS1-2-3 games and tell no one - not hiidng, I just know they're not worth the conversation
>>744676084the things people just randomly assume you're a vile awful person for liking are totally arbitrary and based on nothingoh you like that game? well the cover has something pink on it, youre not gay are you? huh? youre not? why not, is there something wrong with that?
>>744679137anon stop excusing yourself before a literal retard
>>744674419the four coworkers who I discuss vidya with aren't interested in GTA. We spend our shifts shitting on jewbisoft, EA and Bethesda.
>>744678460it depends on how you frame it - if you bring it up too on the nose and literally - you're an asshole and like the men's compeitive shit gets triggeredif they ask you and you cassually bring it up like "oh, I don't know, like 10 kills maybe" - they might actually respond positively, but no one's gonna worship youactually, they're gonna ask for your nickname so they can add you and play with you - do you really need that shit?then they'll know when you're playing games when you're 'sick at home'
>>744678460no, they'll subconsciously think youre trying to one up them and even if they don't have the capacity to realize theyre doing it, they'll start shifting their behavior around you
>>744687629I talk about Doom 1+2 and Quake 1-3 with my coworkers all the time. My boss actually initiated a conversation after he heard I had streamed playing some Arcane Dimensions during the weekend.
>>744673795>Hey man you play video games>Yes>I do to! I play *Proceeds to name off any ball and gun game in the last 10 years*. What about you? How the fuck am I supposed to talk to you?
>Zoomer co-worker asks me about my favourite game>Tell him it's Deus Ex>he looks at me for a moment>says "why contain it? s'cool
>one coworker watches every Sseth and Mandaloregaming video>other watches every Civvie11 videoYeah I'm set.
>>744686536heh
>>744677338>adjust to their power levelThat's a skill that will take you far.
>>744678806insane larp lol
>>744678498The college freshmen at law school talked about buying the Demon's Souls remake and I had a decent conversation with them about DaS3, Sekiro and ER. They think DaS1 and DaS2 are too old and clunky to be played and consider emulation to be incomprehensible magic so I did find them mildly disappointing. Still, better than most conversations outside my old blue collar job where people like me usually end up.
>>744673795Answer them honestly.If they didn't want the answer, they shouldn't have fucking asked.
>>744673795>coworker whips out his massive girthy cock
>>744673795I just say DBZ Tenkaichi 2.>Ah shit that my favourite oneI swear Tenkaichi 3 fags are larpers people online talk about 3 but offline it's always 2
>Coworker asks if I play Video Games.>Yea I play a mix between single player RPG stuff and Co-Op games with my buddies.>Oh so you love Mecha Chameleon, Peak, Lethal Company, and [Other FOTM Friendslop] and Skyrim right?>No actual games like Vermintide, Company of Heroes, and historically games like Payday 2/Killing Floor 2.>Literally no idea what I'm talking about.
>>744688523pick a time and place nigga
>>744674419Some good and quality scrumptious bait, worth the hook in my mouth.
>>744688610lmfao, u was there, this happened
>>744688416hang yourself poxmonkey
>play Vermintide 2, Darktide, old RTS games and Total War Warhammer with coworkersidk get a worse paying job? White collar is full of faggots.
>>744688610You're as much of a normalfag as he is
>>744673795Space Station 13 in its golden age. It may never reach those heights again, but the memory of what was is still nice.
These days I lead with Tekken and maybe go a bit deeper depending on how I feel about the guy. But I wfh in the back office so there's like zero small talk for me.
>>744686536kek
>>744673795I've learned to just give a vague answer that I play RPGs, their eyes start to glaze over and they talk about the most recent CoD and shit before moving on 9/10 times.
>>744673795What's up with the fag replacing Dexter?
>>744688807I run and code CNC machines. Working Night shift. The issue is they're so young they don't play anything but Fortnite and Gacha or so old they go home and just wait for death.
>>744673795ohh uhhhmm... ahhhh I guess I like TF2 and uhh Minecraft, yeah, very normal games indeed...
My job has a gaming microsoft teams. One of the guy in runs a monthly local tournament for Tekken 8 and Street fighter 6. Go figure...
>>744676084I openly avoid playing games with other people except if I am forced to do so, such as dungeons or raids in WoW.Other than that, it's either solo PvP or singleplayer games. I do not see the possibility of strengthening my friendship with a person by talking about the games I enjoy. Because the chances are very high that this person plays other games or none at all. Which leads to the exact opposite of what I was trying to achieve.Kind of like a coworker telling you he likes train models and built his whole house into a giant track.Like yeah it's cool for a minute or two but this comes with you thinking in the back of your head that this guy is autistic, has no game with women, is reasonably childish, etc.He gains nothing from sharing that information with you.
>>744680237>The Janitor told me he heard you talking about gacha games.>I won't let you take down my company with your shit taste, you're fired.
>>744689884>but this comes with you thinking in the back of your head that this guy is autistic, has no game with women, is reasonably childish, etc.No it doesn't, you're a piece of shit like every other 3dpd normalnigger that has ever existed.
>>744680237I think that's less of an interests thing and more of a "these guys are gambling" thing
>>744678230This didn't happen because no true Elin player has a job.
>>744676084longhousing and hoeflationGames are for losers so you pipe down that shit and play only the bare minimum games like GTA, RDR and CoD because that's what women expect you to be into. Competition for mid pussy is fierce so anything more autistic than that and you will be deemed a virgin autistic faggot. We have examples in the thread right now >>744678498 >>744678806
>>744690039What are your personal thoughts about him in this situation?
>>744690405Good for you (not ironic/sarcastic)
>>744682957I mean, if you were hovering around the Pokémon cases, it was likely you knew what you were talking about.
I genuinely can't answer shit like what's my favorite game/anime/movie. For "what kind of music do you listen to" I can play it off by either just saying rock or a little bit of everything, but nobody expects something likehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-3WD4EwPYo
>>744690042Nah its because they were talking about anime tiddies.
>>744690741eh given what was said I kinda doubt it, he'd have probably noted if they were perving out over the gachas
>>744687748>We spend our shifts shitting on games we dont playAh yes very fitting for wagies
>>744675818We are on such a level of self-hatred that we can't handle younger generations taking an interest in the stuff from our own generationWhat kind of faggot would actually think like this?
>>744675818>Retarded take :^|>Retarded take: twitter screencap :^O
>>744673795>Oh I like Stalker a lot
>>744690405What I think of a guy who's passionate enough to dedicate himself to something he can be happy with?I'm fucking jealous.
>>744690791It was about the anime tiddies because the whole site got an email about inappropriate discussion of women in videogames. Mind you were have town halls every once in a while about DEI compliance.
>>744690806If you play any modern games from those three developers I think you should be euthanized and I'm frankly revealed to learn that my position is moderate. Are you volunteering?
>>744678230>How can I make this thread about Shillin?
>>744673795>go to university with some dude>maybe have two conversations with him>get a job other side of the country>he works there>learn he mostly plays gacha games, paints warhammer figurines and mostly plays fromsoft games>sometimes plays stuff if i say it was aighthes an alright dude, can at least talk to him about vidya inbetween all the boomers
>>744690512That is what you say, not what you genuinely think. Try again.>>744690932Do you think he has a fulfilling life by wageslaving and buying trains until he eventually dies alone?Just because you see someone enjoy something doesn't automatically mean it's a healthy relationship to that hobby, let alone a good thing in general.
>>744691590The quintessential /v/ermin...
>having lunch in breakroom, peaceful>co worker comes in, sits down and begins talking to me about vidya>it's 90% him blabbering on about his personal life and whatever slop has managed to grab his attention>completely bewildered as we have both been working there for several years without a peep to each other >have simulate a dialog tree in real time, desperately searching for the option that will end the conversation without a HR notice>he starts pestering me about friendslop games, asking me what I think would be fun for him and his wife to play>nigger is just using me as a search engine, [glass him] dialog option appears>eventually gets frustrated with me and leave because whatever random shit I manage to think of annoys him as I haven't personally played it>[glass him] remains a permanent dialog option from that point onwardsIf anyone asks, I exclusively play train simulator classic from this point onwards
>>744691590This logic can apply to anyone doing anything.You presented a fictional person, so I presented an expected reaction to such a person. I'm not going to waste my time questioning people to see if they eventually break down in tears admitting they live a farce. If a guy is (apparently) happy with what he has, then I'm happy for him.
I tell them that i prefer multiplayer games because i love to shoot people on the internet. Its literally been my answer for the past 15 years and people tend to not bother me about it anymore afterwards. Theres like 2 other guys that play a lot on my team but we have different taste in games.
>>744676205Oh, god. I need to take my pills!
>>744691738>anon meets girl>she confesses she's into South Park>sees this on the second date>"she's happy SO I'M HAPPY FOR HER OKAY"You asocial retards don't even see red flags when they're thrown right into your lap.
i dont think i've ever had any conversation with my coworkers in my 6 years of working there
"I guess Fifa haha"
>>744676084Coworkers are not your friends, miserable normalfags will do anything to see somebody in a worse place than them.
>Only friends at work are two girls my age>Neither of them play videogamesI have no idea how this happened but it's just nice to have friends. We get on well and unlike my last job we aren't going to spoil it by fucking. Tried talking to some of the zoomer kids about games but that generation just seems so awkward to talk to.
>>744692091No need to imagine what the second date is like before even going on the first -kunPlus that is the purpose of a red flag. It's not that you never discover it but that you discover it, turn 360 degrees and walk away
>>744691730>I exclusively play train simulator classic"Oh like Densha de Go?"
>>744692091bro I don't think that's a girl
>>744676279>>anon found out everything he says will be used against himits sad how this world will punish honesty and earnestness just because it can, fuck normalfags
>>744676084>recommend Mr. Inbetween>"Never heard of it Anon, what streaming service is that?"What a fool I was, trying to recommend kino to sportsball fans.
>>744676084>shared something with parents>eventually used against meso they were just preparing me for this world
>>744692674>honesty and earnestness just because it can, fuck normalfagsThere's exactly two states where you can get away with it in a socially acceptable manner: the top and the bottom. Get enough money so that nobody will give a shit and count it as one of your richfag eccentricities or so poor and destitute that you have nothing to lose.
>>744674419this nigger is actually proud to out himself as a retard!
>>744692740>what streaming service is that?It's disturbing how often normies utter this line.
>>744673795>ask foid about her favorite games>it's all multiplayer shit
>Say Team Fortress 2>Sequence immediately endsWhy is it like this?
>>744673795>Uh, lately? Mewgenics where you're a crazy cat lady who breeds unspeakable monstrosities to crush your enemies.
>>744690159s-shut up...
>boss ask me what anime i'm watching>GATE>he nods and immediatly ask me which girl from MHA is the best>have to deal with my boss going on tangents about why mina ashido is the best waifu in modern anime existenceis he going senile?
>>744693634I don't know what any of those acronyms are.
>>744693862What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be defending some gay pedophile on /pol/?
>>744674632In what shithole do people get "mildly annoyed" that you like something other than CS?
>>744693634At least he has good taste in women
I just start talking about it. I don't know why people get so weird about talking with coworkers.
>>744675278>HRfw
>>744674632>Coworker says he likes CS and talks about muh 1.6>tell him how the new game sucks because it doesn't have community servers and it's missing game modes>"hurrr durr but why would you ever play unraked do you not have prime">He's actually only ever played CS2
>>744693634>coworker comes to work the next day after watching Made in Abyss Dawn of Deep Soul>another comes to work after seeing Madoka episode 3
>>744676512Genuinely mentally ill faggot. He's commenting on it being smart business to do so, like PCs have done, Microsoft have said they're likely to, and Nintendo have essentially done with drm loaded carts that require a connection to their servers before you can ever use them.
>>744676084If I have a good sense of how the conversation will go (bad) I don't want to bother with it.
>>744693634>>boss ask me what anime i'm watchingShut the fuck up.
I work retail, the people I work with are unironically the dumbest rocks in society besides our customers. Nothing worth talking about with these old burnouts, none of them even watch fucking sports! And that's just the men, the women are so much worse and detestable. Never mind that they have tattoos and that alone disqualified them from ever being a conversation partner for me, they're just retarded, low class bitches! Yet they always try to make nice and make small talk "oh what's for lunch today?"How about get the FUCK out of the breakroom if you're not on break and let me enjoy some peace and quiet?!?Anyway, the answer to any question about your interests is the most purposely disinterested and vague thing you can think of. Lets them know their place, and gets them to fuck off too. The go-to line ought to be "I'm not here to make friends, just to work."
>>744695469>"I'm not here to make friends, just to work."Only valid if you work in some mega corpo goy farm
>>744695469american goycattle are the lowest tier bottom of the barrel vermin, there is no use to interacting with them
>>744673795who is that blackie, is he on tiktok?
>>744675818He's wrong.
>>744675830>>744676279Honestly, I don't even talk to my co-workers unless I need something from them. There is no need to put yourself in situations like that. I'm here to work, not make fake friends.>>744692907>>744692674Or just be around people you actually have something in common with and not have to act like a sociopathic cunt around. I'm a professional at work because I know these people aren't my friends nor friend material, but I have a job to do. Compartmentalize and just mentally dissociate with people enough to extract what you need from them but do it in a sane and non-sociopathic way.
>>744674872She.Knows you know about videogames.ANDTrust you enough to let you decide what content should her kids be exposed to.BECAUSEShe doesn't want to prohibit access without having confirmation.My parent never gave me the benefit of the doubt. Probably a 35-45 mom
>>744676084I doubt I could discuss Holy Knight Ricca and Skies of Arcadia with any of my normalfag coworkers.
>"I like Black Souls 2"
>>744681486I'd rather take a dude with the same interests but lame takes than being with people that are too different than me. At least the former has a decent chance of starting a real conversation.>>744682613You can just buy pussy dude. it's not that big a deal that you autistically have to analyze conversations just to see if you are winning their favor or not.
>>744677338Elden Ring in not normalfag level.Normalfags are only Csgo CoD, Fifa, candy crush or match 3 women games. Everything else is hardcore gaming for them
I'm 29, autistic, and I've never had a jobwhat happens if I'm just brutally honest about myself and my hobbiesI don't care about being judged by people who are subhuman anymore
>>744682957Good thinking on telling her to go with Groudon.
>>744673795I tell them I like Zelda and Pokémon, which is true, a shame about all the Switch Pokémon games being shit tho
>>744697626That's pretty chill actually, I work in retail. It's boring
>>744679897The guy is making Bad Apple in Factorio with circuits. He knows he can't undersell it, better to stay quiet
>>744680237Tbf Gacha gamers are a huge risk because they WILL play at work.
>>744679897anon...
>>744697626nobody gives a shit unless you work in an office
>>744673795>Oh, I don't really play video games.>I played Halo when I was like 10.
>>744688610>historically games like Payday 2/Killing Floor 2
>>744681597Wait,Breath of Fire 4 had exactly this
>>744673795Pragmata, Nobeta and Opus Prism Peak
>>744683185I open this site when I'm physically unable to masturbate anymore AI porn is one hell of a drug, especially when you get to make all your sick fantasies with all the characters you want, also it's more about visual stimulation rather than beating the dick per se, beating the dick comes as a bonus I suppose
>>744673795Honestly I've got no use to hide my personal power level. I'm immediately saying E.Y.E and describing it as some frenchie passion project not intended for sane people cause it's actively hpstile to modern game design principles
one time a guy asked me "what do you play" and I started talking about shmups and then he said "no no no, I meant sports, what sports do you play". Was it a test and I failed it?
>>744675830See, shit like this is why I don't talk about my interests unless someone else brings it up.Met a based coworker that was playing elden ring on his steamdeck and only talked to him about vidya stuff.
>>744690680I usually say j-rock when someone asks and always get "what's j-rock". It's funny how fast some try to switch topics.
>>744700641>Was it a test and I failed it?Yes, but also depending on context he may be retarded. Unless you're in a sporting area or something you wouldn't assume that a typical adult plays sports in their spare time. At most you would assume they go to a gym a couple days a week, if they're fit and have some muscle.
>>744673795"Rapelay"
>>744673795why is my coworker a zesty ass nigga
>>744693936this is /v/ not tr/a/nime
>>744676084Its safer to wait till someone says their interest and try to match it. If you go too far into a niche interest then it will make you stand out too much, unless the other person knows what you mean. This applies to any hobby, not just video games. Like if you start talking about the different ways to varnish furniture and the advantages of techniques, then you'll lose their interest versus saying you like building furniture. Same for video games. If you start talking about how you played even a more recent game that is known about in video game circles, like Silent Hill f, then most people will go 'what is that'. Then you show them it and they'll likely be confused and possibly weirded out. Remember that video games have also only recently become more socially acceptable, so outside of popular games there are a lot that people aren't familiar with.
I always say Pokemon then look at they weird when they say something non mainstream
>>744691590>Do you think he has a fulfilling life by wageslaving and buying trains until he eventually dies alone?You are assuming a lot about them. Are you sure you aren't projecting your own insecurities from your own interests and fear of being judged onto him?If I owned my own house and was single, I'd turn at least one of the rooms into a video game room. If I was big into model trains and had the money and resources, it'd be a dream come true to have a train running through my house. I met a guy that had a house like that AND he was happily married. It was insane, like gosh dang I didn't know much about trains and I was super impressed. He seemed like a really happy guy and proud of his house. I think the track even went above his kitchen cabinets. And he decorated it for Christmas at the time, so it was super kino.
