How do you explain p1999 raiding IRL to non gamers?

[Madbad]

Originally Posted by katrik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yeeeahhh. It's like being a fan of the band "Creed" or "Enya." You don't tell people.

[Pokesan]

Originally Posted by Deadmantis [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

A friend of mine, who isn't an avid gamer, was telling me that his 11 year old son watches videos of other people playing video games, when he isn't playing video games. He asked me if this was normal. I wasn't sure what to tell him, just that it's pretty popular right now. There are videos of gaming walkthroughs, raid guides, and streams of other people just playing. Many asking for you to like their videos and subscribe to their channel.

He then asked me if I watch other people play video games on the internet. Well, it sure kills time at work. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

watching speedruns is good, watching let's plays is bad[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[LoliPops]

Speedruns are neat. Sometimes it's more entertaining to watch someone play a game also.

[Erica]

Originally Posted by Kennie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Family, friends, coworkers. How do you explain this crazy environment to computer deficient individuals?

You sit there for hours and hours and hours and hours while doing nothing, or sleep but be ready to be woken up and quickly log in at any hour of the night... then you run to the encounter and over half the time you'll get nothing.

If you are lucky, you will only get interrupted while not on the game but most likely still busy and need to quickly get online and rush to an encounter where again you are not guaranteed to get anything.

You need to do this for months before you can start getting any good loot since you need this thing called DKP which is sort of like a currency for raid loot.

Want to play!?

[sanforce0001]

"You wouldn't understand"

[Whirled]

Originally Posted by katrik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yeeeahhh. It's like being a fan of the band "Creed" or "Enya." You don't tell people.

Originally Posted by Erica [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You sit there for hours and hours and hours and hours while doing nothing, or sleep but be ready to be woken up and quickly log in at any hour of the night... then you run to the encounter and over half the time you'll get nothing.

If you are lucky, you will only get interrupted while not on the game but most likely still busy and need to quickly get online and rush to an encounter where again you are not guaranteed to get anything.

You need to do this for months before you can start getting any good loot since you need this thing called DKP which is sort of like a currency for raid loot.

Want to play!?

^ ... and then we wonder why they say, "no thanks!" [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Visual]

Heaven

[Big_Japan]

Originally Posted by Champion_Standing [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't really watch streams but I get why people do, it's like the modern nerds variety/talk show.

back in my day you needed tits to camwhore. I get why it's blowing up, but it is cancerous as fuck

Originally Posted by Deadmantis [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

He then asked me if I watch other people play video games on the internet. Well, it sure kills time at work. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

come on dude, behave like an adult at work. People are judging you.