Do any of you have online friends you made and miss?
Feb 8, 2021 3:20:05 GMT 10
Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2021 3:20:05 GMT 10
Namely, I'm talking about friends who you played any number of multiplayer games with - people you met through those games - who you haven't heard from in years and who you miss. I know I have a number of those I've made over the years, and there's sort of a unique sadness to one day being told "brb" or "g2g" and not realizing until too late that that's the last you'll hear from them.
Here are a couple of the friends I made and lost over the years (this is very much the abridged version, and I’m sure some of you can relate):
StarCraft: Brood War
Firious-Rage: A friend I made through playing a StarCraft custom RPG map or something, he and I started bonding over RP maps (which were kind of a different thing, much more creative where all players are basically DMs). We were in the middle of a roleplay when he said he had chores or something, and then I never heard from him again. That was, like, 18 years ago. Kind of insane to think it was so long ago, and that I still remember him after all this time.
-=Neo_China=-: Another of my RP friends, and probably the one that left the biggest impression on me as a middle schooler. I think his username was based on G Gundam, where there were all those champions like Neo Tokyo and Neo Hong Kong. He had a catchphrase, “Never be normal!” I used it for my 8th grade graduation yearbook quote (yes, I was an odd one).
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
TetsuoShima: He and I used to play on the then-famed RATZ team deathmatch server, and we used to abuse the shit out of the server sounds, so much so that the admin removed the sounds we were abusing. But hey, we had fun. Then Team Fortress 2 was released and I never saw him again.
I'd love to hear all of your stories. Feel free to discuss and commiserate.
Here are a couple of the friends I made and lost over the years (this is very much the abridged version, and I’m sure some of you can relate):
StarCraft: Brood War
Firious-Rage: A friend I made through playing a StarCraft custom RPG map or something, he and I started bonding over RP maps (which were kind of a different thing, much more creative where all players are basically DMs). We were in the middle of a roleplay when he said he had chores or something, and then I never heard from him again. That was, like, 18 years ago. Kind of insane to think it was so long ago, and that I still remember him after all this time.
-=Neo_China=-: Another of my RP friends, and probably the one that left the biggest impression on me as a middle schooler. I think his username was based on G Gundam, where there were all those champions like Neo Tokyo and Neo Hong Kong. He had a catchphrase, “Never be normal!” I used it for my 8th grade graduation yearbook quote (yes, I was an odd one).
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
TetsuoShima: He and I used to play on the then-famed RATZ team deathmatch server, and we used to abuse the shit out of the server sounds, so much so that the admin removed the sounds we were abusing. But hey, we had fun. Then Team Fortress 2 was released and I never saw him again.
I'd love to hear all of your stories. Feel free to discuss and commiserate.
