Oh man user, you like (game)?

>Oh man user, you like (game)?
>(game) is my favorite, I played the shit out of that
>"Did you beat it?"
>Oh yeah, like 100 times
>"oh cool, what was your favorite part?"
>Oh! Like everything! All of it!
>"Wasn't that twist with (X) awesome?"
>YEAH. SERIOUSLY THAT PARTS MY FAVORITE.
>"Which characters did you use"
>All of them
>"well like, did you have a favorite party setup?"
>I dont remember, its been like 10 years since I played
>"But (game) wasn't out 10 years ago..."
>I know, I had a beta copy, my oncle works for (company)

This happened to me so many times. All of my excitement to talk to someone else about a game I really liked and its always one of those pathological lying faggots. Why do they do it Sup Forums? Did they think I wouldnt find out?

because they wanted you to like them
also, stop posting that poor dragon

>Do you like Yugioh?
>Yeah, I had all the cards?

Not vidya but
>old coworker says hes been watching fma brotherhood
>tells me he finished it and cites a few details
>I start asking him about the hype as fuck ending
>he mentions other episodes as the end and the wrong villains as the villain hea describing
>our walking conversation becomes very awkward because he didnt actually watch the whole show, just a few episodes out of order
I hate bullshitters

Yo I just finished that shit a few minutes ago, was pretty good my dude

Normalfags trying to seem 'deeper' than their peers.
It's the kinda faggot that blasts their powerlevel but hasn't watched more than a handful of popular animu.

Yeah, the scene where that guy blew up that stuff was amazing.

That feel when that same faggot was going around at work telling everyone to watch Kite "because its sooo goood"

He probably watched the cut version and is unaware of the underage lewd.

>Talking to friend about Metal Slug in high school
>Tell him how much fun I have with it but I die so much in it
>"Oh yeah it's pretty easy for me I made it past like the first ten levels without dying"
>There's 6 levels in the game

What possesses these people to do this?

He explicitly mentioned "for a minute there I thought I was watching japanese rape porn" the horror in my mind that any of the other normalfag coworkers might go look this up. Guy must have had no filter.

One time when we were all drinking my cousin was transfering a bunch of movies and anime from my external to his, and he would ask me what they were, and the list basically went
>robots
>dystopian future
>space
>space robots
>porn
>might as well be porn
>samurais
>dystopian future
>porn
And he ended up just taking it all.
So he got Kite, and Mezzo Forte, and some really bad ecchi that I hadn't watched yet, don't remember what it was.

I don't understand how these people lack the self awareness to the point where they'll say these things without realising how terrible it makes the look.

They're either pathological liars or want to continue talking with you about a subject you're passionate about. Like if your parents would ask you, but without the assumption that they've got no idea what you're talking about. I can't figure out which one I dislike more.

If the situation has come down to "video games I played" there is something very wrong with how you direct conversations. It should NEVER flow directly to video games

if anything they're trying to get closer to you but don't know how, so they try to bullshit their way in to keep the conversation flowing somewhat

Sorry OP but i was that guy once in my life

>elem school
>buddy and I constantly talk about GBA games
>friend tells me about Metroid Fusion
>hadn't bought it yet but I saw it in Nintendo Power
>bullshit my way into convincing him I bought it for the sake of getting to hear more about the game
>Hey user, where are you? What upgrades did you get so far?
>Yeah, I already found the grapple beam. I'm looking for the homing rockets though. I hear you need them for a certain boss
>my friends face when

I have a coworker who is almost 40 and tries to nudge himself into vidya conversation at work. The only game he literally brings up is Re4.
>You guys talking about games? I was playing Re4 the other day trying to unlock the secret 100 capacity shotgun. Its hard. I got me the Chicago Typewriter which is also a hidden gun. You ever get it user? Probably not I worked my ass off to get it. My favorite boss fight? Uhhhhh the final fight. What knife fight?

Believe it or not, some people do speak to other people about video games.

I do however enjoy the fact that you somehow managed to make yourself feel superior to literally anyone else based on a wild assumption you made. Well done.

>want to continue talking with you about a subject you're passionate abou
>which one I dislike more

user please

>If the situation has come down to "video games I played" there is something very wrong with how you direct conversations. It should NEVER flow directly to video games
What

has it ever happened when you think someone is bullshitting you but it's about some stuff you actually didn't know?

I was talking to a friend about Dark Souls 3.
>yeah dude, you know the area where you fight those guys that have the clay pots? Well I climbed on a guys cage and I joined a covenant

yeah fucking right you piece of sh- oh that's real

I think he's trying to pretend to be a cool normalfag who doesn't talk about video games in real life.

Problem is he's got the reading comprehension and writing skills of a rock.

When it comes to vidya or animu I don't want really to talk to people about it if they're not passionate about it as well. Otherwise you're stuck middling about a conversation knowing it will never go anywhere because they don't have enough knowledge to follow you. I appreciate the sentiment, but it's hollow because it just leaves me wanting real discussion. So I turn to the internet to discuss my hobbies and fall into the emptiness of knowing that the only people I can talk to are on the other side of the planet.

would you rather someone say "oh I've never heard of that. What's it about?" A more honest way to stay engaged in conversation about the same topic?

I'm literally socially awkward to the point I can't talk to normies about anything besides the weather, "How's your day", "do anything interesting" etc. I just pull from the list of stock phrases. Vidya topic is an opportunity to actually enjoy myself.

When you get older, you'll grow out of that teenage, "I'm so smart and everyone else is a sheep who doesn't understand" mentality.

People can often relate things based on genre, setting, etc.

If you want in depth talks on shitty harem animes then there's not much to do, but you can relate things like GitS to things like Neuromancer, or Altered Carbon, you can relate things like Cowboy Bebop to Firefly.

It's not the other person's job to make sure you're satisfied with the conversation, it's a two person activity.

Sounds like you're a self important awkward fuck.

I suppose so, if there's a genuine interest. Although I'd prefer not to lead the conversation in that direction if it's already clear they aren't big on games.

>tfw don't talk about games at work outside of normie shit like CoD and BF
One guy sperges out about Final Fantasy, he's a nice guy but I just don't care much about the franchise. Literally nobody has any interest in the games I play, they're either budding weebs or normies.

You drank your cousins?

I get this situation as well. Like someone has seen one thing in common with you and you exhaust that topic. You could recommend them good vidya or shows but you know they wont take the time to watch them.

Years ago finding someone in common was exciting as fuck. Now with wikipedia and everything on youtube, its so easy for people to ruin shit for themselves or fake it. Its probably why a lot of the normalfags on Sup Forums know just enough to post about (game) and (notorious level) or (super hard boss) when in reality they haven't even played it, but watched LPs instead.

I feel like all the E celeb threads are a breeding ground for these sort of people. And theyll parrot the opinions of whoever they were watching.

Here's how OPs conversation looks from the other end, assuming the person he's talking to isn't an autistic faggot.

>great this loser is trying to talk to me about whatever video game again
>I'll just tell him I like whatever he says so he'll leave me the fuck alone
>oh shit he won't stop asking me questions
>I guess I'll just make shit up
>yeah he probably doesn't believe me but that's ok because I'll just get on with my life

For real

Missed a comma.

Besides, I can down a whole cousin myself, sometimes a 6 pack.

Cross Ange is shit.

Not vidya but
>you you read comics? I love X character!
>ask about the character
>huh?
>which comics did you like of them?
>oh none, but I've seen all the movies/cartoons/games
I will never understand why normalfags pretend to be love superheroes while never reading a single comic.

I tried to talk to a friend who heard me mention Off. I asked her what she thought of it and said she had only watched Markiplier go through it. At least they were honest.

cool story bro

Here's your (You)

Marvel cinematic universe caters to the normies, now all the faggots who never gave a shit feel like they have common ground.

It's not that I hold a mentality like that, it's just that of the people I know almost all are normies so there's little overlap in interests to begin with. What good is the ability to link GitS with other cyberpunk material if none of them are interested in touching books or movies older than they are?
It's a frustration borne of the fact that I've got little in common with the people I know to begin with.

>someone asks what kind of games I like
>say I dabble in a bit of everything
>get slightly offended looks like I dodged their question
>in reality I was being honest

>It's not that I hold a mentality like that
>none of them are interested in touching books or movies older than they are?
Sounds exactly like you hold a mentality like that. Naturally you have no idea what they're into.

Here's your (You)

Th-thanks

I know what they're interested in, but I am not interested in those things so there's no place for discussion that I can be involved in.

Maybe if you want to have a social life at work or school, you should try to get into what other people are into?

That sounds really disingenuous to just get into something for the sake of conversation.

It's not at all. If you're not willing to try new things for the sake of your friends and close acquaintances, you're not a very good socializer.

Superheroes are trash and so are the movies based on them. Writing-wise, games too. But there's nothing wrong with liking that shit, and what then? You can't talk about it or claim you like Deadpool because some elitist faggot will get offended that you didn't read the comics?

Really, am I not allowed to like an anime character because I didn't read the original light novels in Japanese like a genuine fan? No one (especially not normies) cares about your fucking opinion and it doesn't affect my liking of whatever fictional character.

Totally!

not really related but normalfags do not give a shit about gibson or philip k dick novels, either that or they dont want to talk to me specifically about them.

>I not allowed to like an anime character because I didn't read the original light novels
Yes, just like you aren't allowed to like a video game character if you haven't played the game. You are what's called a bandwagoning retard that can't make your own opinions and latch onto whatevers popular.

They want an advantage over you by producing a positive impression, even if it involves lying about as much as possible. I've met people like this over the years, they're insanely insecure and more or less psychotic if you think about it.

I do it all the time when I'm on Sup Forums

I work in a warehouse, part-time to my university, and about half of other employees are just like me. the other half is full-timers, most of them 40+.
>at work
>during break, two collegues beside you talk about skyrim
>OH IT WAS SO AWESOME I SPENT THE ENTIRE CHRISTMAS BREAK IN BED PLAYING IT
>bring up the boring grind and blandiness of it
>they actually agree and make their own points about how repetitive and flawed it is, but enjoy it nonetheless
>say that some of the flaws can be fixed with mods
>oh I don't want to cheat
>is really surprised when I explain that mods are not only there to give yourself infinite health, but even vanilla shit like new weapons and armor can enhance it by giving it more variation
>just stay away from the weirdo shit like sex mods because your normie taste is not ready for that yet
>we all have a pleasant discussion
>I don't even like skyrim
this was yesterday.

a few weeks back I saw some other guy playing pokemon moon on his 3ds in the breakroom and made some conversation, turned out he was into competitive play. I only play full casual, to completion, using the coolest looking pokemon I can find and was barely off the first island, so I didn't actually have much to say, but still.

half the people, including some 40+, were playing pokemon go back when it came out. some others, again including 40+, can sometimes be heard talking about some game they've found, even stuff that is not necessarily 100% normie, like Stalker. turns out working class has much less prejudices against vidya than one would expect.

Trying new things is one thing, but you're basically saying "get more socially applicable hobbies".

I agree, but I still can't wait to ace Ange in V.

>Cross Ange got into Super Robot Wars V
>Majestic Prince didn't

What are you talking about user? It already did :^)

>Only two coworkers at work play games, one is around 10 years older than me, the other one is around 20 years older and only plays WoW
>The younger one asks me if I'm gonna get Evolve and talks about how great it looks
>Diplomatically say that I'm not big on getting games at launch, I'll wait until it's been out for a while and the DLC is bundled with it
>He's cool with that
>A year later Evolve comes up again
>He says he bought it and all the DLC and then got bored of it in a week
This is how most of our discussions go. I've had more serious discussion with anime with some ~55 year old guy who was wondering if I was into it because his daughter is around my age and loves the stuff.

This is a fake cap, isn't it?

Sadly no, MJP debuted in SRW X-O, the mobage

Isn't there some retarded secret in DaS2 as well? I remember people posting about leading a pig through the whole Tseldora to the cave with spiders where you kill it and get a pickaxe. I still don't know if it's real. That's some 'my dad works at From' levels of bullshit.

God fucking damn it.

>"Did you beat it?"
>Oh yeah, like 100 times

Shittiest conversation opener ever.

>talking to a workmate about the current PSN sales
>mention that I bought every MGS title available
>workmate brings up Ground Zeroes and mentions he has over 80 hours in it
>get super excited and start asking what kind of routes he used for some of the levels
>he said he hasn't finished it yet
Like what the fuck I don't know if he's lying or just insanely bad. I don't mind if he's bad but then I miss out on cool route discussion.

No, infinitely worse actually, it's the phone game. Sharing a nice comfy spot with Star Driver, Xenoglossia, Zegapain and Godzilla.

And then there's the other extreme.

Imagine being so self-conscious that you refuse to let anyone into your shell and come off as the boring husk of a person.
All that shit you waste your time on, all those experiences and useless trivia, you can never share it with anyone because you're afraid of being judged.

>>bring up the boring grind and blandiness of it
Just out of nowhere? You're coming across as pic related.

What if it's a shmup?

Don't forget Mellowlink, Shin Chan, and Border Break

Get another hobby user. There's other shit to talk about in the world than your stupid fucking anime video games

I figured I would have gone with the ones that would have caused maximum suffering, but yes, those too.

Those series sucked, so that's fine.

>Mellowlink

>a friend asks me what kind of games I play
>say that: "oh you know, all kinds of things"
>they seem annoyed and ask to name specific games
>I give up and name some of my favorites
>"I have no idea what any of those games are. Ever played Uncharted?"
This is why I give vague replies when people ask what games I play. If I honestly say what I play I always get the same answer.

Even worse.

Why is watching a movie 100 times different from completing a shit game 100 times?

I had 100+ hours in Skyrim, Morrowind and Fallout 4 and never completed any of them. I dont run from quests to quest, Infact in Morrowind I didnt start the main quest till I was about 50 hours in. I generally just explore and discover things, my playtime of Skyrim was padded by way of never using fast travel and refraining from opening the map. The game feels much bigger this way.

>Meeting new people
>They see a console and start to talk about video games
>Get into the conversation
>Realize they are people who basically held a controller once and know everything from off hand discussions
>That's ok, it's not for everyone
>Conversation then moves on to Big Bang Theory and suddenly I'm a loser for admitting I dislike it

Well if I have to lie about my tastes to be friends with people like them, they can go fuck themselves.

>shmups are shit
Your taste is shit, fag. Get out.

Pop question, someone from work asks your opinion on a game you genuinely don't like. You only sort of know them.

What do?

>I have over 100 hours in big open world RPG with 3837294729484 sidequests
Have you played Ground Zeroes user?

This. A few coworkers ask me what game I'm playing every now and then, and the only time they've ever heard of it was Dark Souls 3, which got the token response of "oh that game's really hard, isn't it?"
I can appreciate that they're trying to show interest and get conversation going but most of the time it doesn't lead anywhere.

Diplomatically say that I didn't really like it, without going full sperg mode saying why I think it's a bad game unless pressed for details. It's not that hard.

Same, have 150 hours in skyrim and never finished some of the main quests, but you should keep in mind that Ground Zeroes is very different from it and there's no way you can put 80 hours in without completing it.

That wasn't what i was implying at all you presumptive dickhead. You sure you're old enough to post on this site?

Workanon calls you a homo because you don't like his game or says you didn't put enough hours in.

Counter response

no, I'm not autistic. I was sitting just beside them and got in on the conversation like a normal fucking human being.

I'd just say that I don't really care for that game. Not for my tastes so and so.

In response to being asked if the game was a shmup, you compared watching a movie 100 times to playing a "shit" game 100 times. How was this not implying that shmups are shit? Please, tell me what you really meant.

Turn 360 degrees and walk away.

>Bunch of people talking about a game they like
>Jump into the conversation by saying you didn't like it
That's not normal.

>All that shit you waste your time on, all those experiences and useless trivia, you can never share it with anyone because you're afraid of being judged.

THE WORLD DOES NOT REVOLVE AROUND YOU AND YOUR PATHETIC VIEWPOINT FAGGOT.

Holy fuck i'm mad.

If you need more than 1 hour to start enjoying it, it's a poorly designed game.

And if he calls me a homo, I can report him to HR for discrimination :^)

This isn't even a valid response.

The person who asked me what games I play didn't even know what Bloodborne was. He only seemed to know big budget AAA games like The last of Us, Uncharted and Mafia 3. I have nothing against him, he obviously doesn't play games that much, but I expected him to at least know Bloodborne.

This is the Sup Forums equivalent of "what kind of music do you listen to?".
They're not expecting a real response, and they certainly don't want an autistic list of bands they never heard of, they just want to pin you as a "rock" or a "pop" kinda guy because they only know like 3 music genres.

From your point of view. Got any other smart replies you fucking genius?

fucking protip; I don't give a fuck about your opinion on shoot em ups you pathetic little cunt.

you're both retarded and this argument makes no sense whatsoever

If you don't care about his opinion on shmups then why are you talking to him about a shmup that you enjoyed and asking if he beat it?

And you can just go and fuck yourself.

In my case, not really. The person asked me to name specific games. Not just a genre, games. And I did.