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Fumanchu
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Canada669 Posts
September 13 2012 06:56 GMT
#1
This world is crazy. Nothing ever seems to be serene or left alone.

I was watching Surviorman, he finds junk in the most remote of places.

I was driving home the other day from a friends house at 3:00am on a Wednesday, and I passed like 30 other cars driving around these back streets. Why? What are they doing?

For the heck of it, today I booted up WC3. Every game I went into was jam packed with people. Footie Wars, Angel Arena, Dota, Naruto RPG, Life as a Peon, Green TD, Anime Wars. Every single game I checked with was stock full of people.

And the other thing I noticed was that the people playing weren't 12 year old ragers who couldn't afford to buy any recent games. They were filled with genuine nice real people. I joined some game called Oblivion ORPG and I ended up talking to this 3rd year marketing student for like an hour. He was a super nice guy. He said that when he needed to unwind, that this game was the most calming thing for him.

Maybe this isn't so weird to you guys, but to me this just boggles my mind. Is it possible that at any given moment every single video game in existence is being played by somebody, somewhere? Are there people right now, as I'm typing this, playing Superman 64?

I remember back when I was in college some eight years ago. There was this one guy who left his door open and he had an N64 and Goldeneye running 24/7. And no matter what time of the day it was, no matter what time, there was always four people playing and at least one guy waiting to hop in. His room was just down the hall from mine, and I kid you not, I walked past his room at like 4 in the morning, and even though this guy was asleep, there were five other guys crowded around this small 14 inch tv playing complex with slappers.

This world is crazy man, a freaking beehive that never rests.

****
Easy doesnt fit into grownup life.
IMoperator
Profile Joined October 2011
4476 Posts
September 13 2012 07:02 GMT
#2
Gamer dedication man. I used to play Gears of War (first one of course), and even though the 2nd had been out for a while, and the game was 5 years old, there was a group of like 50 people that would play constantly. I got to know some of them pretty well because of that. Logging on to old games like Habbo, Runescape, and Age of Mythology, and it's crazy how you see some of the same old people, still logging hours on these games. Even though it's been years and new games have come out, and they themselves might have changed; they're still there, grinding away. Pretty awesome, thanks for bringing back a lot of memories, OP.
Iranon
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States983 Posts
September 13 2012 11:30 GMT
#3
Also, lots of people are pooping right now. Thousands and thousands of them. As you read this. A crazy world indeed.
Xeofreestyler
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
Belgium6772 Posts
September 13 2012 14:33 GMT
#4
Oh dear god


the sheer amount of poop during the second you read this would be enough to fill a house!
Graphics
kollin
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom8380 Posts
September 13 2012 15:30 GMT
#5
Maybe even two houses.
EffervescentAureola
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States410 Posts
September 13 2012 16:17 GMT
#6
Thousands of people are eating right now.
Thousands of people are taking a shower right now.
At least 10 million people share your birthday.

Why is any of this surprising?
IntoTheEmo
Profile Joined February 2009
Singapore1169 Posts
September 13 2012 16:35 GMT
#7
WC3 is still active, I'm playing that at the moment instead of SC2 It's fun.
MMOs kill APM. However Proleague plus BW Proscene music increase APM -> 100. 이제동 Fighting! Highest ranked Jaedong owner in FPL10 = clearly #1 Jaedong fan~! <- Keeping my sig from 2010
Fumanchu
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Canada669 Posts
September 13 2012 18:12 GMT
#8
On September 14 2012 01:17 EffervescentAureola wrote:
Thousands of people are eating right now.
Thousands of people are taking a shower right now.
At least 10 million people share your birthday.

Why is any of this surprising?


Those things aren't. Those things are things you expect to happen. What I was trying to say was that even in the places and times where you would expect things to be quiet, they aren't. I wasn't trying to say, "people are doing stuff a lot, heh heh".
Easy doesnt fit into grownup life.
Iranon
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States983 Posts
September 13 2012 19:25 GMT
#9
^This is somewhat relevant, and a very cool read.
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