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Are you a socially awkward ESO gamer?
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Megabear✭✭✭✭✭
✭I'm only socially awkward because I don't like most people/the public.
I find the majority of people I'm forced to interact with to be vain, materialistic, and shallow. I have little in common with them.
Very true, and I interact with them only at a surface (but polite) level. However it's good to know and accept that there are all kinds of people out there. It was a culture shock when I went to college, then again when I joined the work force. I mean, there are myriad of different spectrum of people. The level of individuality is incredible. I realize I am just one of them and I do my best to withhold judgement before getting to know them.Guide to making $$$ in Tamriel: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/370618/guide-to-making-gold-in-eso/p1?new=1
Cost analysis for potential ESO players: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/367919/cost-analysis-for-brand-new-potential-pc-eso-players#latest
Warden Bow Healer/DPS Hybrid Build: http://tamrielfoundry.com/topic/warden-bow-healerdps-hybrid/
Warden "The Warladin" Healer/Tank Hybrid Build: http://tamrielfoundry.com/topic/warden-the-warladin-healertank-hybrid-build/
Warden Stamina DPS Build: http://tamrielfoundry.com/topic/warden-dps-build/Server - PC/NA
Vhevet - (S) Night Blade/Female/Orsimer
Ecaer - (M) Templar/Female/Breton
Captain Beaster Bunny - (S) Warden/Male/Red Guard
Ezaera - (M) Sorcerer/Female/Altmer
Ecaeri - (M) Warden/Female/Argonian
Dun-and-Dunmer - (M) Dragon Knight/Male/Dunmer
What Can Go Wong - (S) Night Blade/Male/Bosmer
Izaer - (M) Templar/Male/Breton1 -
Megabear✭✭✭✭✭
✭I'm starting to wonder what would happen if an unknown force put all ESO players in a same room (one the size of.. football field?) for 2 hours. Would we.. explode.?Guide to making $$$ in Tamriel: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/370618/guide-to-making-gold-in-eso/p1?new=1
Cost analysis for potential ESO players: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/367919/cost-analysis-for-brand-new-potential-pc-eso-players#latest
Warden Bow Healer/DPS Hybrid Build: http://tamrielfoundry.com/topic/warden-bow-healerdps-hybrid/
Warden "The Warladin" Healer/Tank Hybrid Build: http://tamrielfoundry.com/topic/warden-the-warladin-healertank-hybrid-build/
Warden Stamina DPS Build: http://tamrielfoundry.com/topic/warden-dps-build/Server - PC/NA
Vhevet - (S) Night Blade/Female/Orsimer
Ecaer - (M) Templar/Female/Breton
Captain Beaster Bunny - (S) Warden/Male/Red Guard
Ezaera - (M) Sorcerer/Female/Altmer
Ecaeri - (M) Warden/Female/Argonian
Dun-and-Dunmer - (M) Dragon Knight/Male/Dunmer
What Can Go Wong - (S) Night Blade/Male/Bosmer
Izaer - (M) Templar/Male/Breton2 -
Uriel_Nocturne✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Yeah, I am.
I don't trust people enough to "go out and make friends"...
twitch.tv/vampire_nox
PAWS (Positively Against Wrip-off Stuff) - Say no to Crown Crates!2 -
MLGProPlayer✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭The poll is ANONYMOUS.
Consider this. Long ago, avid gamers were generally considered at least a bit nerdy and/or socially awkward, at least it was so when I went to school in the 90's. Not something you'd want to tell your potential g/f if you know what I mean. It's still true.
Nothing has really changed from my experience. I'm a grown man now (26 years old), and most of my friends have stopped gaming 10+ years ago (I know very few gamers anymore). People often think I'm joking when I tell them I still play video games. They say it's time to "grow up" and become an adult. They can bite me.7 -
rotaugen454✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭MLGProPlayer wrote: »The poll is ANONYMOUS.
Consider this. Long ago, avid gamers were generally considered at least a bit nerdy and/or socially awkward, at least it was so when I went to school in the 90's. Not something you'd want to tell your potential g/f if you know what I mean. It's still true.
Nothing has really changed from my experience. I'm a grown man now (26 years old), and most of my friends have stopped gaming 10+ years ago (I know very few gamers anymore). People often think I'm joking when I tell them I still play video games. They say it's time to "grow up" and become an adult. They can bite me.
I'm in my 50s and still game. They can bite me too."Get off my lawn!"10 -
Linaleah✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I'm simultaneously social and socially awkward. in part becasue I'm an abject failure at small talk and in part because I have mixed results when it comes to coming up with witty comebacks before conversation moves on. being an introvert doesn't help much either. but.. I get by well enough. mostly cause I tend to have best time in company of other nerds
last time SO and I tried to hang out with other couples who were more of a regular people, we were both bored to tears and decided to never do THAT again. dirty worthless casual.
Lois McMaster Bujold "A Civil Campaign"Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself. Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the ***2 -
Linaleah✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭MLGProPlayer wrote: »The poll is ANONYMOUS.
Consider this. Long ago, avid gamers were generally considered at least a bit nerdy and/or socially awkward, at least it was so when I went to school in the 90's. Not something you'd want to tell your potential g/f if you know what I mean. It's still true.
Nothing has really changed from my experience. I'm a grown man now (26 years old), and most of my friends have stopped gaming 10+ years ago (I know very few gamers anymore). People often think I'm joking when I tell them I still play video games. They say it's time to "grow up" and become an adult. They can bite me.
a lot of people have a very screwed up definition of what it means to be an adult. for some reason in their eyes its not being responsible productive person, but rather what hobbies you enjoy.dirty worthless casual.
Lois McMaster Bujold "A Civil Campaign"Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself. Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the ***2 -
Megabear✭✭✭✭✭
✭MLGProPlayer wrote: »The poll is ANONYMOUS.
Consider this. Long ago, avid gamers were generally considered at least a bit nerdy and/or socially awkward, at least it was so when I went to school in the 90's. Not something you'd want to tell your potential g/f if you know what I mean. It's still true.
Nothing has really changed from my experience. I'm a grown man now (26 years old), and most of my friends have stopped gaming 10+ years ago (I know very few gamers anymore). People often think I'm joking when I tell them I still play video games. They say it's time to "grow up" and become an adult. They can bite me.
a lot of people have a very screwed up definition of what it means to be an adult. for some reason in their eyes its not being responsible productive person, but rather what hobbies you enjoy.
I agree. Also, I'm starting to wonder if if adults exist.Guide to making $$$ in Tamriel: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/370618/guide-to-making-gold-in-eso/p1?new=1
Cost analysis for potential ESO players: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/367919/cost-analysis-for-brand-new-potential-pc-eso-players#latest
Warden Bow Healer/DPS Hybrid Build: http://tamrielfoundry.com/topic/warden-bow-healerdps-hybrid/
Warden "The Warladin" Healer/Tank Hybrid Build: http://tamrielfoundry.com/topic/warden-the-warladin-healertank-hybrid-build/
Warden Stamina DPS Build: http://tamrielfoundry.com/topic/warden-dps-build/Server - PC/NA
Vhevet - (S) Night Blade/Female/Orsimer
Ecaer - (M) Templar/Female/Breton
Captain Beaster Bunny - (S) Warden/Male/Red Guard
Ezaera - (M) Sorcerer/Female/Altmer
Ecaeri - (M) Warden/Female/Argonian
Dun-and-Dunmer - (M) Dragon Knight/Male/Dunmer
What Can Go Wong - (S) Night Blade/Male/Bosmer
Izaer - (M) Templar/Male/Breton2 -
PlagueSD✭✭✭✭✭
✭rotaugen454 wrote: »MLGProPlayer wrote: »The poll is ANONYMOUS.
Consider this. Long ago, avid gamers were generally considered at least a bit nerdy and/or socially awkward, at least it was so when I went to school in the 90's. Not something you'd want to tell your potential g/f if you know what I mean. It's still true.
Nothing has really changed from my experience. I'm a grown man now (26 years old), and most of my friends have stopped gaming 10+ years ago (I know very few gamers anymore). People often think I'm joking when I tell them I still play video games. They say it's time to "grow up" and become an adult. They can bite me.
I'm in my 50s and still game. They can bite me too.
46 here myself. The "older" gamers are the ones I have the most "Fun" with. They're just there to play the game and have fun. There's no measuring of "epeens" involved. Yeah we wipe a few times, cracks some jokes about the healer sleeping on the job and move on.
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Hippie4927✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭MLGProPlayer wrote: »The poll is ANONYMOUS.
Consider this. Long ago, avid gamers were generally considered at least a bit nerdy and/or socially awkward, at least it was so when I went to school in the 90's. Not something you'd want to tell your potential g/f if you know what I mean. It's still true.
Nothing has really changed from my experience. I'm a grown man now (26 years old), and most of my friends have stopped gaming 10+ years ago (I know very few gamers anymore). People often think I'm joking when I tell them I still play video games. They say it's time to "grow up" and become an adult. They can bite me.
I'm 68 and my friends think I'm nuts but they are cool with it. Those who aren't cool with it can bite me, too!PC/NA/EP ✌️5 -
Judas Helviaryn✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭I'm an exceptionally mild extrovert. Social situations and obligations are no issue for me, but I only really care about being around the people I love, good natured strangers, and people who either teach, or whom I could teach.
The rest are just not worth the energy I could expend productively elsewhere.
I don't go looking for these people, so I often come across as either awkward or disinterested. It's a stigma I'm not happy with, but the people who know me, know that neither is the case for them. They're the only ones whose opinions matter, to me.
Call me a wallflower.Edited by Judas Helviaryn on November 7, 2017 11:04PM1 -
KRBMMO✭✭✭✭I'm not "socially awkward" - but my social "cup" does get filled very quickly.
Also I would say that > 80% of humanity has nothing to offer me but an opportunity to get enmeshed in their problems.
I'm usually happy going about my own business and I'm happy in my own company. I also meet people, but they have to be pretty drama-free and respect personal boundaries.
My whole life I've usually had nerdy friends. Maybe because they are good with personal boundaries.1 -
MrGarlic✭✭✭✭✭
✭I wouldn't call myself 'socially awkward' as I can communicate freely with people.
I just don't like to because I would prefer to not be a part of their dramas. 'Sharp Arrows'Mr.GarlicHidden by darkness, a shadow in the night,A sped arrow dissecting the gloom,Finding it's target, such delight.2 -
GawdSB✭✭✭✭✭I'm more awkward over the game than I am in real life with people.
Idk why but I get nervous in groups in games, and I'm able to talk to about anyone irl.2 -
Kram8ion✭✭✭✭✭And proud of it too
Now think that awkwardness really means intriguing or interestingEdited by Kram8ion on November 7, 2017 11:15PMAussie lag is real!1 -
shadoza✭✭✭✭I am asocial: not anti-social.
Not socially awkward or a nerd. Just enjoy live chats in shared-maps. I prefer to work alone, run missions alone, and chat with people that funny or polite.
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MasterSpatula✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭The truly socially awkward wouldn't answer."A probable impossibility is preferable to an improbable possibility." - Aristotle2 -
WuffyCerulei✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭I'm about as socially awkward as they come. I don't really say much out loud, but it's easy for me to type out stuff. At least my friends understand that I can say dumb or silly things without really intending it.Sorcerer's pretty much been the same for years. Nerf Rush of Agony and Saints&Seducer's2 -
Jaimeh✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I am yes, to a ridiculous degree. I just don't know how to human.Edited by Jaimeh on November 7, 2017 11:29PM2 -
geonsocal✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭MLGProPlayer wrote: »The poll is ANONYMOUS.
Consider this. Long ago, avid gamers were generally considered at least a bit nerdy and/or socially awkward, at least it was so when I went to school in the 90's. Not something you'd want to tell your potential g/f if you know what I mean. It's still true.
Nothing has really changed from my experience. I'm a grown man now (26 years old)
time is such a cruel thing - was cleaning out a closest yesterday and came across some ray ban sunglasses that are 30 plus years old...
they still looked kind of cool actually...PVP Campaigns Section: Playstation NA and EU (Gray Host) - This Must be the Place1 -
Hanokihs✭✭✭✭✭I used to be shy and awkward around other players; I was afraid they'd be judgmental or that I wouldn't be able to keep up/compete/interact adequately. Now, I don't care what they think of me, my skills, or my style; there are so many people online, they probably won't notice or remember me at all.
Direct interaction bothers me, though. Sometimes. I feel awkward around trade-spammers, mount-flashers, and those guys who dance or play instruments in crowded spaces. It's particularly bad around dolmens, so I tend to just stand off to the side and politely ignore them while I check any close achievements in my journal. It's nothing personal, just... I'm not the "join in" guy is all."I haven't really played much yet, but lemme tell you all about how the game should include X and be a lot more like Y!" - Half the posters on this forum."I've been here for years, and lemme tell you all about how they should never change or evolve Z, because then the game would be ruined forever." - The other half of posters on this forum.3
