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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I’d go back to “old enough to understand but still young enough to do something about it” me and have a nice long conversation 🙂

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

ohhhh, that makes even more sense. that would reduce the annoyances for sure. advice taken!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

looks like i'm biting the bullet on Discord, haha! although i get where you are coming from, people flock to the thing everyone else uses.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

MMO games turned into a singleplayer game sort of the vibe i get now but, your other advice makes sense. again, i think the guild thing is interesting but, didn't want it to turn into a job. the free vs. played is an interesting comment. as i progress, i'll see how that turns out.

the thing with voice chat, TBH, is i'm not sure if i'm hearing people or if it's "in game stuff". in TFD the other night i hear "i need help" but i had no way of knowing if it was a person saying it or some in game thing. i'll have to pay more attention to that.

appreciate your perspective as a long time MMORGP player, this was helpful.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

appreciate the advice on getting conversations started. i think i'll work up the nerve to give that a try in the near future. also, thank you for you can’t out-weirdo... that makes it easier to handle 😀

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

also, solid advice, i think i'll keep this one in mind as well!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

thank you for this, simple but sounds effective. i'll have to go find the player in T&L that was running around as turkey and asked they pulled that off 🤣

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

They just rarely come find you yeah, that makes sense, the onus is on me to find people. agreed on the chat thing. again, still trying to figure it all out but some of the zone / game wide chat is... interesting, to say the least.

i think when a get a little further along, i may look into guilds. my only concern is that it becomes a second full time job. however, as one person mentioned, "leave if you're not happy" (to paraphrase that posters comment).

will do on the take the thoughts out of your head advice!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

solid advice right here. thank you so much, i'll experiment a little and see how it goes... i'm probably over thinking some of this as well 😆

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

thank you for the link! i will set aside some time tonight to check it out. i can only imagine the number of different mindsets / attitudes and such in a single game, let alone different games.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

when you say got my chats under control does that mean the different types: party vs. world. vs whispers, etc.? that is an area that's still a little confusing. plus i need to get better at using a controller to chat. thanks for the comments around not being a last minute type player for big events, i'll keep that in mind.

when i see others doing missions (especially in TFD), i usualy get right in an start helping, even if i did the mission already. i figure worst case, it's just more practice for me 😀

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

understood about you don’t know, say something. for me that's easy, i'm not one to say i know things when i don't. appreciate the feedback.

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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

hi folks, hope all are well today. new'ish gamer and i have a question about etiquette in MMORPGs.

are there proper ways to engage people in game? it seems strange to me to randomly ask someone to be friends. i also don't see many ways to strike up conversations (if that's the proper way to refer to it).

for additional context, in a game like Throne & Liberty or FFXIV, there are tons of people running around doing their thing. do you just whisper to someone and say hi? do you comment on their character or if you saw them do something interesting / cool?

or, for something like The First Descendant you may run a mission with a bunch of random people and then everyone goes their separate ways. but, if that group was cool (and good) do you quickly try to friend everyone?

personal context (if it helps / matters), console gamer (PlayStation don't judge please, haha), really introverted / anxious around strangers IRL, older play (mid 50s) and ultimately... afraid of looking like a weirdo 😀

apologies in advance if this topic was already discussed (happy to check another post if some can point me to it). also, apologies if i don't directly respond to every message, although i will read them all.

edit - 2024/11/16 - i just wanted to say thank you to everyone for your advice and taking the time to reply / provide your insights. this has really been helpful!! happy gaming to you all 🎮 🕹️ 😄

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Hi and hope all are well today. First, thanks in advance for any / all responses. Second, apologies if this isn’t the best place to ask this question.

I’m curious if anyone, has moved completely from using an AppleTV to something else. Current use case for the ATV is a few streaming apps (Crunchyroll / HiDive, Tubi, etc.) and Apple Arcade (a few casual games).

If you did completely switch, what did you decide on using? Did you go back to buying movies / using a DVD/Blu-Ray player, setup a mini PC and stream from websites / rip music and movies, use a gaming console instead, etc.?

Exploring options and entertaining thoughts for right now. Again, thanks and have a good day / evening.

Edit - 2024/01/01 - Just wanted to thank everyone for the lively discussion and resources (links, recommendations, etc.) related to my question.

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