Sharing Your Power Level

Do you ever reveal your power level to new people you meet or in public?

What are your rules?

How long do you wait?

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>Do you ever reveal your power level to new people you meet or in public?
Just friends from school or really really grood friends from College.
>What are your rules?
Only to talk about casual games.
>How long do you wait?
Depends if my friend likes vidya then i tell him right away i like them too

Ah, 1st year community college basic design course, how time flies.

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Never, unless I know that person might have a high power level.
Like never with strangers unless they bring shit up, and i try not to ramble a lot and allow room for more conversation about other things.
I try to avoid people in college who flaunt their power levels, I'm kinda fat and scruffy, but I can still pull bitches when I feel like it and make friends, but if you let one of the high pl people latch on, it's hard to maneuver.

every time I take a flight I shamelessly play my ds in the airport/on the plane.

I play my 3DS at work, in waiting rooms, wherever the hell I feel like it. At work at least, once I bust mine out during breaks or during the day and someone sees it for the first time, we get into a short discussion and they're bringing theirs in within the week. Now my work is full of people playing DS, VITA, or just boring-ass cell games and tablet games all the time.

Got my female boss hooked on Senran Kagura and Dead or Alive, too.

My best friend sort of gets an idea since we live together and he walks in on me on Sup Forums all the fucking time. Knows I watch anime as well. Literally no one else

I never hide my power level. Because Im a guy who look cute and young. I can get away with everything bad related to a otaku

Video games? Yeah, I work on IT with a dozen dudes of my same age, they all play vidya, many more than I do. No one gives a fuck if you play video games anymore.
Anime? They know I watch it because of my wallpapers, but I have never talked to any of them about it and they have never asked either.

alright my nigga, shoe on head and timestamp

I don't hide the fact that I play games, I read manga and comics. But I don't introduce myself with a "Hi, I'm user. I love Kingdom Hearts, The Sandman and Love so Life".

I quit lying when I was finally social again. When people ask what is my hobby is I admit I play video games. They for some reason accept it.

So you are Robert Chase from House MD.

>They for some reason accept it.
Because it's not a crime.

Well I always thought its taboo to all the "grown ups" (in their 20s).

What the fuck did he draw

looks like they're all working on gradients with a sphere for shading practice

He's also playing Pokemon X or Y and is sending someone a Happy Birthday chime

I don't have rules
I fucking love vidya and I'll share it if someone asks
It's not fucking shameful
I play my DS whenever

In my marine biology class in high school there were these to complete and total normie wiggers that'd always play pokemon in class.

An egg and a gradient.

You dont have to hide your powerlevel here in the fliplands

Makes life slightly bearable

Everyone plays videogames, user. Hell, I have a coworker that's a 36 year old single who lives with his mom that bought an Xbone for FIFA, CoD, and Madden.

Is this suppose to be good point.

Sickening.

such an autist that im scared to talk about video games. and im literally diagnosed aspbergers and anxiety. and ive talked about anime visual novels and all types of shit with co workers who have similiar intertests. grow some fuckn balls virgin

Video games are a pretty mainstream accepted hobby as far as normies are concerned. Changed a lot when shit like COD got a mainstream audience. Was not like that at all when i was growing up. During the NES/SNES days.

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>discussing philosophy or Sunday night HBO

What about an airplane.

you know the rules motherfucker
and don't just put a goddamn webm of it

This is why I only play my Vita in public. Doesnt look like you're holding a fisher price toy.

But user....

Theres only anime garbage so it invalids your first point

Normies dont actually give a shit if you're well groomed. Having the volume on would be autistic, but the same applies to phones.

Back in the 90s it was dangerous to play your Gameboy in public because there was the next best thing and everyone wanted one. Thus getting robbed.


But as for the manchild... it was A-OK to play in public. What went wrong? I mean, games are now more popular than ever. Weird.

When me and my friends were in 6th grade during the gen 1 days the 3 of us made a team rocket club. We came up with this idea were we would find random kids and ask them to temp trade for pokedex information. In reality we would trade them a throw away pokemon of ours and run off with theirs without trading them back. We never went though with it though.

I hope you are being ironic.

It's actually far more acceptable to be playing mario in public than some panty-quest shit.

literally no one knows how much of a retarded shitlord I am.

I can be totally weird with my friends, but they don't know I spend literally hours on here shitposting; even the ones that browse Sup Forums.

>people who don't play video games still can tell you're a manchild
>people who do play video games are secretly laughing at your nogames

Literally the best of both worlds.

Post it nigger

"Get your butt pounded" cute or "girls fawning over you" cute?

WHAT ARE THOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE

truly the best way to live

Footwear

I once ran into a couple of guys looking at games in a shop. Had a casual conversation with them. Among other things, we laughed at Evolve and Biowares DAI.

That's probably the one instance of me revealing my power level to people I don't know. They seemed pretty up to date on gaming news.

Maybe they too browse Sup Forums.

20 dollar shoes from big 5

Walked into a class, past someone trying Overwatch on their toaster laptop. "Hah, nice framerate! Though I guess youre actually playing at the same framerate as the server."

No, that's why I have no friends.

Shoes? Look like black sneakers to me.

Has to both be revealed slowly together. I won't go full super saiyan and if new guy does I'm out.

>its an user doesn't leave his house ever so he has no idea what shoes are episode

>not playing games on your phone

>Do you ever reveal your power level to new people you meet or in public?

Fuck no. That shit is scary and too autistic. I play games that require too much repetition and needing strong use of brain power for the average person to even understand.

It's like, "cool, you play the game, but do you play it at this skill floor?" kinda thing that is just way too nerdy. Too much time and effort. Require understanding the engine and reading/discovering shit. Creativity.

No one gives a flying fuck about that stuff these days.

>it's an user doesn't recognize a shitty norime vine meme and gives some 14 year old free (You)s episode

ever since i got my 3ds pirated i play it as much as a i can, at the elevator, at the trian, waiting in line, etc. idgaf I'm having fun with Monster Hunter

Dignity

whats that webm from?

People think I'm an asshole because my resting face looks angry all the time so I have some leverage to talk about what I like. Most are just surprised I'm not pissed off.

Now with women its kinda different I only really hide my power level when around latina girls because I want to impregnate them

>it's an user doesn't understand sarcasm and doesn't realize anyone with internet access as seen this stupid fucking meme for half a year and we are not giving him the satisfaction of giving him a serious reply episode

>those stiff, nervous shoulders
Holy fuck, my muscles are retracting from cringe.

wut

what video is this webm from?

fucking beta nu-males. disgusting

>went to a vidya club at uni
>expected the worst from what Sup Forums told me but i wanted to make friends ;-;
>first room i see is halo
>join in for a few games, but eventually leave
>go into another room and see some guys talking about mgsv
>join in the conversation, and start discussing the series
>deviate from the mgs onto games like witcher 3, god hand, dmc, silent hill. Other great vidya
>eventually ask one of them what his favourite game was
>turns out to be exactly the same as mine
>just keep on discussing vidya after vidya until the club was over
>afterwards we all went to a common room and all of us just discussed vidya after vidya some more
>turned out they all browse Sup Forums as well

It all made sense at that point. Even though I was a bit weary of discussing Sup Forums at that point, I eventually talked about it.

That's pretty much the only time I revealed my power level and was outshone by others. Any other time I had better taste and just didn't reveal anymore of it.

I usually bring up casual hobbies and only mention games if someone brings it up.

Recently though I let myself slip:
>getting along with a coworker, he tells me he likes video games
>ask him about what games he plays
>starts naming off a few, including Melee
>let it slip a bit
>'Melee? Nice, I love that game. Mr. Game & Watch is my favorite. Even though he's not the best, he's fun to play as.' or something like that
>shortly afterwards changes topic into games are for kids and he's trying to grow out of them
Was it G&W? Or was it a lost cause from the get go?

post sauce faggot

>youtube took down that speed dating scene

>Not playing on your handheld at the nightclub

Someone post it

i call them 'loser shoes'

because they're the kind of shoes losers wear with their 'loser shorts'

Behold "That Guy"
Huge, oversized alienware gaming laptop.
Animu wallpaper. Animu ringtone.
Atrocious breath. Terrible BO.
Obviously wears the same clothes for multiple days.
Plays fuckin MMOs during lectures.
Barely passes classes and begs classmates to help him with homework and assignments due in like 8 hours that he hasn't even started.

Don't be That Guy.

>Do you ever reveal your power level to new people you meet or in public?
I'll play my 3DS in public, but won't play anything lewd like Shantae where people can see. If Someone asks me about it I'll just act casual about it unless they reveal themselves as a weeb.

>What are your rules?
describe everything simple and vague "Yeah it's a platformer, like Mario"

>How long do you wait?
Until they reveal themselves as a weeb, I don't have any friends who don't play vidya, that's a barrier of entry for me.

Why would you play vidya in public? Forget societal norms, it's just fucking shit. The screen looks like ass and you can't hear shit unless you wear headphones, in which case well done on missing whatever it was you were waiting for in the first place.

I asked a guy whose power level was obvious if he went on Sup Forums. He had this awkward side glance like in the animes and said "uh. Not anymore since gamer gate. Now I just go on Reddit." He was a cool guy. Invited me to a smash party too.

I answered the OPs question.

There's also a variation of this with the guy being ultra skinny.

are you talking about these kind of guys?

It doesn't matter, if a game gets brought up, I discuss it like I would with anyone. I don't bring it up though. Unless I'm talking about audio engineers or something related to the industry of which I'm somewhat close to.

kek

user, you're spitting.

Ever had that one friend you know was into lewd stuff like you were, but you never bring it up?
I know one guy who would definitely talk about Shantae and anything else with waifus and boobs.
Guy probably likes Monster Musume as well, now that I think about it.

Please do not post here anymore, better yet just kill yourself.

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why do they always have side pockets?

I know, right? They're not even pure white shoes with the name of some literally who designer on them for 400 dollars, or Jordans!

If you like games, you post or browse here. Not that strange to be honest. Sup Forums is a fairly popular site.

That was disappointing.

I use my Vita and 3DS on the subway and will continue to not give a shit.

I had this friend in grade school, It was the only time I ever felt awkward. In school he was really popular, all the girls fawned over him etc. Guy did diving competitions and could literally do a frontflip from the ground from his feet.

We play vidya together and talk about Anime, at some point we talk about hentai in passing, he decides to tell me his favorite hentai site. Literally starts reading off this incest h mango with milf fugging over the phone moans and all.
>Embarassment
>what the fuck

>hiding your power level

Pretending to be someone your not will eat away at you inside.

>being so much of an insecure faggot that you can't enjoy your hobbies without worrying that some normalfags might judge you
If you're subtle and likeable and not a fedora-wielding douche then nobody really gives a fuck. Besides, it's a good way to make friends, especially if you're in college. If you wear a subtle shirt or play vidya in public then people with similar interests might be drawn to you. But then again, this is Sup Forums and everybody is too autistic to make a single friend, much less do what they want to without worrying about strangers.

>filename
Pretty fuckin' high, that's not even a normie tier regular 3DS.

Damn. Jealous of this man. Seemed to be very content with his life.
This guy I am friends with in college is unlike whom you described. He has issues getting women, kinda subtly flaunts himself with this zipper vest, and from sprite work for his games, he is definitely into hentai. The moment you see sprites with bouncing boobs screams he loves fanservice-y games.

Guy makes good art though. ((Don't have any sprites to share since he keeps it hidden. Sorry.)

Meanwhile, I have one guy who is opposite and he doesn't shut his mouth and phone when it comes to showing lewd things.
He makes good ceramics. All of his artwork deals with racism.

Surprised how squeamish I am offline versus online.

Not out in public, no, but my coworkers all now how much games I play
What the fuck are the sitting on? That looks incredibly unergonomic and horrible to draw on.

All my irl friends including my gf know I draw porn and have a pretty decent following online

I call it the horse chair. It has no back, but it helps prompt your art board if you want to sit instead of standing.

Simple: i don't talk to fucking anyone, more than the absolute necessary. No chance for my power level to show up.

dis rmit?

Don't you ever feel lonely being alone and having no one know you?

i take my vita out in public all the time especially when girls are around

> feel lonely

Only normies feel lonely. I am content.