• @[email protected]
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    4227 days ago

    nice observation by anon.

    i miss making friends in games and couldnt quite put my finger on why matchmaking was much worse and unfun than old multiplayer and this is it.

    • @[email protected]
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      2126 days ago

      They’ve abstracted away the social element. It takes so much work now to make a friend. After a game ends there’s perhaps a summary screen or lobby, so you can add another player to your friends list, but you have no way of discussing that with them. Anytime I get a friend request, I think, who is this? Why are they friending me

      • BougieBirdie
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        1026 days ago

        Half the time a friend request comes just so someone can continue to flame you after the match is over

          • BougieBirdie
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            526 days ago

            I wish this behavior was limited to a single playerbase. I haven’t played league in a million years and this still happens sometimes

            Can’t we all just get along? We’re here to play games darn it

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          426 days ago

          flame

          Oh, is that still a thing people say? Been a long time since I remember seeing it.

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        326 days ago

        i tried just adding random people and once some japanese guy accepted and would play with me for a few days and speak words i did not understand

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        126 days ago

        One of the cool things about lobbies in VR is fist bumping to make friends, it’s a beautiful mechanic