Been friends with these guys since college so 4+ years.
Been big into video games after HS and through college (like I would overnight a game) and when we met in college it would be come home, throw stuff on floor, game, dinner, game until 10-11 then when people start dropping out, study. After graduating and working, I guess that fire and that level of interest just...faded. But the way I connected with them (during and after college) was that Friday and Saturday were times we'd meet up IRL, play a big multiplayer game at someone's house and I could just stop when I was bored/tired and just talk. Have fun. Even after I started dating I would still block off Friday to hang at someone's place. If no date planned, we'd do Saturday too.
Due to life and a certain event, this whole system kind of crumbled. What they're doing now is starting long ass gaming session later than I'd like and would grind early into the morning. Some of them work PT and some are roommates so they play together to try and learn all of the ins and outs of each single game they play. So when I got whatever they were playing for those months, we'd be on the same page when we started but they'd be so far ahead by morning and by night they'd have a whole system and terminology of the game figured out and I felt like a detriment. None of what they say over VC is ever social it's just running that system for the game like clockwork. I also recently found out that they're deciding what games to get over DM (so I've been boxed out) and I have to ask what they're up to and then they'd ask if I'd like to join.
The only saving grace is one guy doesn't really join so we talk basketball and chill over DM. I have a couple of other friends from work that I talk to and attempt to make plans with (we were only able to do one thing lol). And a couple of guys in that group that we talk about our other hobbies with.
IDK how to reconnect with them. I'm a more social person and when they would box me out, I would talk to whoever I was dating at the time. But I can't do that anymore. I can't really do those long sessions anymore. I simply don't have the time (neither do they) to run things like we used to. The old system we had isn't doable. Is there a way to reconnect?
tl;dr: Used to connect with gamer friends with Friday in person game night. Due to a certain global event, this isn't happening and they're running long ass online game session which I do not have the interest nor time for. But I'd like to connect with them but they're so far ahead in the games I bought to join that I still feel disconnected. Any way to reconnect with them?
E: fixed some stuffs.
Submitted January 01, 2022 at 10:24AM by battleSlaw https://ift.tt/3naRLmn
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