Gamer friends vs Real friends ?!?

[Cockroach]

I prefer my imaginary gamer friends. I have had the best conversations with other gamers on steam I don't know during times of crisis. It really helps me talk about anything without judgement. I'm not sure what that means to me..I guess that is why I like steam but also discord

[Arnie Rimsy BSc.SSc.]

Originally posted by frog1976:

I prefer my imaginary gamer friends. I have had the best conversations with other gamers on steam I don't know during times of crisis. It really helps me talk about anything without judgement. I'm not sure what that means to me..I guess that is why I like steam but also discord

From experience online friendships are usually not authentic and leave you feeling quite alone in the long run. You will always be better off not having too many synthetic relationships.

More adults need to socialise and make themselves a How I Met Your Mother friend group IRL.

[Cockroach]

Originally posted by Droopy McCool:

Originally posted by frog1976:

I prefer my imaginary gamer friends. I have had the best conversations with other gamers on steam I don't know during times of crisis. It really helps me talk about anything without judgement. I'm not sure what that means to me..I guess that is why I like steam but also discord

From experience online friendships are usually not authentic and leave you feeling quite alone in the long run. You will always be better off not having too many synthetic relationships.

More adults need to socialise and make themselves a How I Met Your Mother friend group IRL.

Perhaps not authentic but still it can be good conversation

[Arnie Rimsy BSc.SSc.]

Originally posted by frog1976:

Originally posted by Droopy McCool:

From experience online friendships are usually not authentic and leave you feeling quite alone in the long run. You will always be better off not having too many synthetic relationships.

More adults need to socialise and make themselves a How I Met Your Mother friend group IRL.

Perhaps not authentic but still it can be good conversation

Yes, definitely. I realize the way I wrote could have came off quite blunt.
I was more trying to center on the idea that having a full online friend clique can be damaging to a real social life. Majority of my friends have been online too in the past, but ever since I started dating IRL and making friends my happiness has immensely improved and that tends to be the case due to the people being there infront of you to touch, see, hear and feel. That is all I was saying.

[Dominic]

Beats me I suck at both style of relationships. But hey I still got my video games.

[Cockroach]

Originally posted by Dominic:

Beats me I suck at both style of relationships. But hey I still got my video games.

Yeh, that's what I'm thinking. My video games make me whole in some ways.
I can't make friends anymore. I'm old now and I solely work with women.
I've had great voice chat conversations to steam people

[(N☆G) Jackal ★JJ★]

Originally posted by frog1976:

I prefer my imaginary gamer friends. I have had the best conversations with other gamers on steam I don't know during times of crisis. It really helps me talk about anything without judgement. I'm not sure what that means to me..I guess that is why I like steam but also discord

Because real life you are limited with how many like minded people you are exposed to.

For instance ask your friends what they do. One might be a police officer, one a construction worker, one a dentist, one a warehouse stocker. My point is all of them would have never crossed your path if it werent for gaming because all of them wouldnt run in the same circles.

Social media may meet new people but gaming... gaming opens the door to more conversation.

I do a lot of convention work and meet a ton of people I never remotely met when i was working a regular job in my home town. Doing convention work i try a lot and get to meet people doing something they love. Gaming is no different. You have a common interest and it makea conversating easier and you start to find out more about them and some you wont like and move on but some will click.

I can honestly say some of my best relationships friendwise has been from gaming so you arent alone or different for finding more ways to connect to people than in real life.

[Cockroach]

Yeh

[Z]

Both.

[Xero_Daxter]

Both for me. People I know in real life I have on Steam. And whenever I do meet some people Online is when I go to tournaments.

You’ll see me by name. :)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1127885241

[WhiteKnight]

Both is good. In virtual life it is easy to block and mute people but in real life it is near impossible. Both have pros & cons.

[Lost Drunk]

I've had several friends online, it was cool while it lasted. But over time they have been changing and distancing themselves for personal reasons, until there are only two left that I still have contact with.
While behind a screen, you can be 100% yourself, and this can create a cool friendship. However, it does not mean that they will always be there to talk.

Real friends, the real ones, are few. Do not confuse with moment friends. Even with some differences, they will be with you in the worst moments supporting you.
A tip: Whenever possible, try to get along with real friends, as you will have many good and bad memories that are going to be much more valuable in life.

[Your_White_Knight]

Whatever works for the person I guess....

Personally I try to keep my gamer friends that are also IRL friends... online only come and go.

[Indiana Georg]

Can’t "gamer" friends be both ? Just visited a long time online friend and it went great

[Crazy Tiger]

Both. My real friends aren't really gamers, so I can't talk to them about that. I have my gametalk with online friends, which works quite well.

Originally posted by Riedy:

I really appreciate the people I've met on Steam and it's always a joy to engage with them, but I'm really old school when it comes to something like this. I just really need that face-to-face conversation to genuinely love someone. Mostly because online it's just gone with a single click, so how deep can that really be? I guess I've just been burned too many times, but I prefer reality.

Aaah, you make me want to hug you.

Originally posted by Riedy:

In my life I even met up with some online friends though, mostly because the two of them lived scarily close to my hometown. It was a crazy experience, but also super fun. It's kinda sad that online community meetups aren't that common anymore, I always wanted to participate as a kid.

I've had a few community meetups, though they were all 15-20 years ago. It was fun, though.

[Angel]

Originally posted by Droopy McCool:

From experience online friendships are usually not authentic and leave you feeling quite alone in the long run. You will always be better off not having too many synthetic relationships.

Originally posted by Your_White_Knight:

online only come and go.