Many times on this site I heard people claim that our group at the VG Press are not just some forummers, but a group of friends! A friend can be many different things to many different people. For some it is someone who always helps them out, for others it is a supporting ear when you talk about your problems and for some others it is the dude that pushes you to try new things!
It does not matter what your definition is, but in all cases it means people are happy to see you. In my case if someone I consider a friend visits my hometown, I would want to meet up and show him around. Why would I not? I mean we are friends right?! Someone you enjoy spending time with. So why would you not spent some time with him?!
Gamingeek has some reservations about that. What if your expectations and reality do not match up? So what?! Your expectations were wrong, Vader does not look like Wesker and Homer does not look like Homer! You will manage! Sometimes people are more awesome in real life sometimes they are better in text! So?!
Or we might unintentionally offend each other? Well that is a load of crap. Text communication is vastly inferior to communication when people are in close proximity of each other! Text communication misses stuff like body language and speech! Sometimes a joke can be taken seriously through text, while in real life the body posture and tone can give away that it was a joke. So no GG, unintentionally offending someone has a much greater chance of happening here than when we all meet up! And lets not forget that we often intentionally offend each other. I know I do!
And not getting each other in real life is a strange thing to say, seeing again texting is a inferior way of communicating! Chances are that we will get to know each other better! You will definitely learn things about each other you will not like, but you will learn things about each other you do like! With some people you get a closer connection with other people you do not, such is life!
But what could be the reason why GG does not want to meet up! There could be many! He could hate me, he could be affraid of me, he could be too shy? Whatever the reason, it does not matter. Because if you are friends you would like to meet up and me and GG are therefore not friends, we are just some people that post on the same forum.
Iga that big post was super hard to read, you need to differenciate who is speaking.
You are entitled to your opinion.
That situation was with your mum right?! Keep her out of your life, so much easier that will be!
My heart belongs to you!
And are you happy living like a recluse, because it sure as hell does not sound like it. My suggestion is to get out f your house more often, find something you like doing, that also involves other people. I made some close friends with the demonstration team, we all share a common passion hurting people, so being friends is easy. You like reading a book? Go to a book reading club! You like writing, how about you write for a play or something. Do something. Get out of your comfort zone. Sure you will take risks and your feelings might get hurt, but guess what you do not see, happy now either. And stand up to your family.
And get in shape you will feel better and sleep better!
I did, but then something went wrong and I had to copy paste! And it does not help that I am typing with a fucking IPad
I plan on going to Cancun in a few years.
There is one thing that GG does in real life that bugs me and it's more jealousy than anything else, he can do what he wants. It's when he has access to some cool video game show or movie that he probably would love to go to but doesn't go.
Nintendo could host their E3 conference in his block and announce everyone who comes gets to play all the new games and take some home for free. GG would be like eh, too much effort to go.
i still love you and if I lived there I would go all solid snake and extract you from your home by force if necessary to go to those events.
GG is stuck in a rut and needs to get out of his comfort zone!
Bullshit no one is that busy, if you really want to meet up, one would make time!
See the Brad Pitt rule, it applies to setting up shit with friends to, just replace Brad Pitt with Scarlett Johansson!
Click here for the Brad Pitt rule
WTF at your editing Iga, it's barely readable and hardly condusive for quoting and replying.
In regards to being "afraid" as you say I am I coward, I am afraid, afraid that I wont be able to tolerate your abrasive personality and basically end up hating you. I am afraid that that would change the relationship. But seeing as you are all too quick to label people cowards and chew them out in intolerant terms, that's not surprising at all.
"If this is true, then you just admitted that you have zero friends. Find some friends then!"
Stop being a fucking idiot Iga.
"Again your making excuses! I announced it 6 days in advance and we had a four full days window! No one is that busy!"
You literally have no clue what you're talking about.
"You do not sit there and wait stars to allign, you make time! That is if you want to meet up, but you clearly did not. "
Yep, I did not and do not. Not with you.
" I for example cannot stand passive aggressive people, because they waste my time!"
I hope you're not referring to me as aggresive.
"Why is this a separate blog post BTW? Because the other blog is bloated"
No, it's because you're a tool who's hurt that anyone is not grovelling to meet the almighty Iga.
So I take it anyone you know online that doesn't want to meet in person and record a podcast is not your friend?
Hands up everyone who wants to meet in Iga in person, please stand up and be counted. Fuck what melodramatic bullshit man, get a hold of yourself and drop this lifestyle advice crap you dish out to people.
And for the record I would rather cut my own anus rather than meet someone in person to record a podcast. If you want to go to lunch or see the sights in the city etc it might be mildly tempting. A forced meet up for a forced podcast with an aggressive idiot is not my idea of a good time. You're right, you're definetely not my friend.
Sorry about that, I blame the fucking iPad
You are taking the coward thing out of context here chief. Go read the quote, you were affraid to meet up with the VG Pressers because you were affraid it would affect our friendship! It was not about me, but about VG pressers in general. Not doing stuff, because you are affraid is a definition of being a coward! If you do not like being called a coward stop acting like one! If you are brave I will call you brave! It is also very pessimistic of you to assume the worst when we meet up, our friendship can be ruined, we might not get eachother! The opposite can happen also, why assume the worst?
To be blunt, reading your post you do not sound happy at all! Frankly your situation as a recluse do not sound healthy at all and if you keep going as you are, your situation will not improve! You can hate me all you want, tell me to stop this lifestyle advice crap, but only you can help you! Stop making excuses and improve yourself! This is my advice to you, you can choose to ignore it, if you want!
I doubt that, if one wants to meet up one will make time. Brad Pitt rule is never wrong!
If if was your Turkish crush and I wanted you to fuck me, you would drop everything and get you ass over here pronto! Again the Brad Pitt rule! So we are in agreement here!
No I was not, It was just a general example. And I was talking about passive aggressive, not aggressive!
Hey, you can believe that if it make you sleep better, but it is not true! The reason is, because I thought a seperate blog would gather more attention. But if you think I am hurt because you did not want to meet me, please?! I am used to a lot worse!
No, I cannot consider persons that avoid me like the plague to be friends. Being friends is not just a default setting, it is something that is earned.
There where various people that said they would meet up with me, but even if they are lying! Foolz and Homer met up with me! Not sure why you want to include others in this argument!
If you do not like my advice you are free to ignore it!
Dude stop lying to yourself, you never had any intention to meet up with me, podcast or otherwise!
No your idea of a good time is watching fairy tail! What was that quote again? You do not die for your friends, you live for them?! Guess what, you won't find those friends hiding behind your computer!
So we reached a concensus, nice!
I would actually like to meet any of you even Iga (and his sister
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Iga, drop it, let GG be.