10-05-2024, 05:25 PM
Quote:Feels like it's just an Era thing tbh. I have never met anyone IRL who has developed such a cynical nature toward the thing(s) they love. It honestly feels like we all hate video games, consoles, developers, the industry, each other, and everything connected to these things.
I mean we laugh when games bomb, then drag publishers and devs through the dirt when they close the studio or have layoffs. It doesn't make any fucking sense.
Honestly, any time I've blocked Era on my phone, or been banned for an extended period, I've felt better and more optimistic about gaming and the world around me in general. The nature of this forum can slowly start to seep into your real life and just bum you out mentally.
The best way to go about it for me is to just avoid the site. I don't want to be around something that saps the love I have for my hobby.
If I'm wanting to get caught up with the industry, I login and skim the thread titles, and leave. If there's a new release or information about a game (trailers, gameplay reveals, etc.) and I want to know more, I check the first post, then leave. Participating in discussions on any part of this forum is just going to turn into the most passive aggressive argument you've ever been in, for hours, where neither person will even attempt to see the other's perspective.
The majority of everything posted here is so detached from the real world that it shouldn't be taken seriously, or be representative of anyone or anything, at all.
Can't help but read and comment on threads discussing the nature of this forum though.
goddamn
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