• like I don’t give a fuck or whatever.

    but it’s hard to respect somebody who secretly pays somebody else to play video games for them so that they will receive respect for their video game prowess.

    I play games but for me the point of playing games is to play the game. it’s literally “play”.

    this is like some work friends deciding to play darts or pool or a card game, and one rich guy hiring a professional/ringer to dress up as them in costume/mask and play for them so they can… brag about their skills? like, what a loser. it’s ok to be a newbie and to suck at games.

    the “cool” difference between someone who is highly talented in a game and total buttcheeks at the same game is unrelated.

    • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      It’s like paying someone else to go to a concert for you. Yeah going to see X band at Y venue certainly has some bragging rights attached but the real reason you go is to see the band.