Tim is Back! And He has Rant!
Do I really need to add another person to my list? It would be different if maybe we had chatted a bit and made some type of connection. Where I thought we might at least message each other once in a while. But I played LBP with this person for maybe five minutes at 2 am. I have no clue what personality type they could be.
Uber Gamer- A gamer who lives, eats, and breathes gaming. They will neglect friends. family, hygiene, and even sex for gaming. I’m glad you spent the last 72 hours getting the top score with no sleep or shower and sure, it’s perfectly fine to name your son Sypro.
#1 Gamer- That gamer who brags how much better they are then the rest of the world. I’m sure you’re proud that your ranked number one in kills in your Modern Warfare clan but your grandma’s funeral is not the time to boast about it.
Clingy Gamer- A gamer who constantly messages you the second you log on. I know you’re lonely and maybe I’m the only friend on your list but at least give me a chance to check my other messages before you flood me with messages.
AlphaNerd- The gamer who knows everything about a game and randomly spouts their knowledge for no apparent reason. Thanks for the entire back story on my race and class but I just wanted to find out where you got that item.
It can be even worse if you’re actually really good at a particular game, especially when it comes to MMOs Then its seems every time you log on you being begged to join a party or do a raid. When all you want to do is mindlessly mine gold for a freakin’ hour in peace and it almost makes you long for your former days of noobage. Where people aren’t depending on you for the survival of the human race. You know the type of gamers who make playing the game feel like taking out the garbage or watching your baby brother.
Gone are the blissful days of net free gaming, where it was you and your game. No messages, friend invites, or voice chats to bog down the experience. Now I’m not saying that being interconnected in gaming is a bad thing but with the Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and the overall shininess of the internet. It’s just good to cut the cord once in a while.
So, the question still remains do I accept the friend request? What exactly is the gamer edict in situations like this? What you would do? What type of gamer can’t you stand?
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It's a tough call. For me, it's the same as with social network sites. They're called "friend lists" for a reason -- I don't see the point in having them when you randomly add people that you really don't know.
Generally, I'll only add someone on a social network if we either know each other or have actually talked to some extent. In games, I'm even more selective; usually only someone that I've played with on multiple occasions and actually enjoy socializing with (and not just grouping up with once in a blue moon) will get an add.
A worthy rant indeed!
I quite agree with The3 - I only add friends (Facebook and gaming alike) if I know them, or have conversed/played/got to know each other a bit.
I get quite a lot of requests from "friend collectors" (the sort who think number of friends = some sort of accolade), who when you explain that you only accept people you know, or if you say "tell me something about yourself", they get confused ... which possibly explains why they need to collect "friends" in the first place.
Foloowing this article, I checked my friends lists (PS3 and 360 - I don't tend to play much online on the Wii), and sure enough almost every one on there I've played with once. There's a couple of exceptions - guys who have been that worthwhile dropping what you're doing and joining in with them. But they are very much the exception.
The only other two minorities I have are two people who have senoir jobs at developers (here in the UK). The not-too-unreasonable situation with them is that they dislike playing online - mostly due to working at games all day - we just connect to chat.
I suppose the moral of this is that the "friends list" is another modern misnomer. I wonder what a good alternative to this would be?
My friends list in Facebook consists of family, former classmates, friends/former neighbors from places I've lived before, and two friends from WoW. If I look at my WoW friends lists, they contain the names of former guildies or people I've enjoyed running with or talking to.
Etiquette says that you do not have to friend anyone you don't want to. I do not accept a friend request from someone I don't know.
Welcome back, Tim!
