"I think you and I see things a bit more eye-to-eye than you think."
>>hi, kohlrak. so i hope.
"I think the first mistake is somehow accepting this conflation for democracy [...] The thing is, most people can't see this"
>>my bet was, after proving them [the people] that together, REALLY putting our best efforts in our own sake, letting the entire pack of lies aside, we could build the welfare non-state we need in order to SURVIVE. we are already in times of survival, and it's not because of the covid, the covid is just another step towards absolute control. and no, i'm not automatically aligned to conspiracionist bs, i did my research in order to understand what's going on with the world and what we could reasonably do towards making something, anything about it. it seems i've failed to find 'neutral' people, aware of this situation and able to work our way around it, in an orderly, truly democratic manner.
"this, i think, is the real mystery of the current age."
>> 'age of darkness', as an old [now forgotten] friend used to say on behalf of his own [honest] esoteric [not 'new age' bs, it's... hard to explain here] group.
"but we sure as hell aren't comfortable anymore, as indicated by this post."
>>i ask myself if there's a limit for people's tolerance. china proves there's none. brazil proves there's none. and i'm ultimately convincing myself it's just not worth my efforts, which in conclusion makes me this sad. yes, i can't Live in a world like this, and i am shouting out loud so if there's a single like-minded soul able to help, please do so, so we may have a chance together.
"we're in an age where anyone can make their own game with things like unity."
>>which is why i [also failed in trying] tried to gather some game makers and build ourselves a way out of this. is this my last attempt? all tells it so.
"it's slowly getting harder to make games and your own programs"
>>that's another reason why i also incorporated the anti-cloud mindset, fighting against online-only/games-as-a-service, ultimately any mandatory streaming-only model or anything remotely controlled. but... gamers won't mind it, the corrupted industry proving they'll do anything they want, gamers will support.
weird.
"because you need political interest to see something's happening"
>>altruism would suffice. altruism would save us all...
"you need the coding knowledge to see what it means"
>>in the end, conding skills would help understanding the way everything's deranging. but as you said, some political interest is needed, and since politics is also corrupted along everything else, altruism was my bet.
"It's going to get really ugly really fast, here."
>>it took a mere virus to change everything. 9/11, another step. now it's clear people won't react because of the usual suspects, not that entertainment is bad per se!, but since the entire system made Idiocracy possible, yes, now things WILL get ugly really fast. current situation is just a tip.
"where as good people being despirate just means we're in a race to the bottom."
>>it's a demonic system built on top of insanity.
it doesn't have to be like that...!
"help others who would much rather have a new way of looking at the world"
>>i'm failing to do, eihter. that's why i am here, asking for help...
"In a way it's our fault. We allowed things to get this way."
>>i didn't. i only buy games that are complete, of course they are mostly years old, i refuse to give away real Life info to any 'service' out there, no credit card is stored in any store [despite the inconvenience], i refuse to support greedy companies, i tell everyone my practices and now they make sense to them - finally, after the CDPR bubble, people are waking.
perhaps this is the time for 'my ideas' [which in fact are not mine, they're just common sense a single brain cell needed to come up with] to grow, but... i'm failing to be listened. and yes, to anyone's guessing, English is not my mother tongue, which kinda make things worse since my own country fellows are lazy or busy [just like anyone in the world, let's be clear!] enough to commit.
"This comment in particular i find interesting. Where the hell are you looking?"
>>let's pick this one: Steam's my major platform, i do not own consoles, galaxy's not an option, nor any other one [origin and uplay in mind]. at the early stages of covid, i offered to be a game partner for the ones suffering from isolation. had two or three sessions out of it, despite my efforts and commitment in being online, ready to play the other person's favorite titles!
once i asked for more people to join, one told me it looked like a job.
the other day i noticed quite a few people interested in playing 'x' game [Need for Speed Rivals/Hot Pursuit, Insane 2, Carmageddon Max Damage and Vector Thrust, to name a few], so i announced that at day 'y', 'z' time i'd be hosting. no one showed up. for 2 or 3 weekends, varied times.
once i found a bunch of guys and finally we got regular in playing Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 [which is not a problem finding sessions for], the former being interesting: despite my ping being a tad high for them and Vegas 2 being stale network-wise, sometimes people would wait in queue just to play in sessions i was hosting, they liking my play style and friendliness. now Vegas 2 is dead [yes, I HATE corporate server based gaming!], and... well, i like to play other genres, too.
something for the trolls...
once i joined a group, 'friends... care'. they didn't cared.
"I'd like to know why my experience is different from yours."
>>this is something that's really bothering, kohlrak. not on gaming... Life in general, as you can tell.