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1. Meemoo (meemoo@varishangout.net)'s status on Sunday, 17-Mar-2024 15:03:05 JST Meemoo
   Tfw never got to experience all the wonders of gaming throughout the 2000s and early 2010s during my childhood because my dad was a stingy workaholic that thought video games were a waste of time
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   • Meemoo (meemoo@varishangout.net)'s status on Sunday, 17-Mar-2024 15:07:01 JST Meemoo

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     >have money now
     >Doesn't matter anymore because everything is pozzed
     >Online communities aren't fun like they used to
     
     Why even live
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   • Meemoo (meemoo@varishangout.net)'s status on Sunday, 17-Mar-2024 15:12:41 JST Meemoo

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     • Rehn
     @RehnSturm256 it's just not the same
     
     Kid me enjoyed games way more than I do now.
     And there's online stuff that's lost media now which I would've enjoyed a lot more had I been able to buy stuff.
     
     I just can't help but think what kind of experiences I could've had had I been born into a sane family
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   • Rehn (rehnsturm256@shota.house)'s status on Sunday, 17-Mar-2024 15:12:42 JST Rehn

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     @Meemoo well, you can play them now! :blobcatawauu: with current year gaming the way it is, I think you have plenty of time to discover the classics.

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   • luithe (luithe@varishangout.net)'s status on Sunday, 17-Mar-2024 16:15:37 JST luithe

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     • Rehn
     @Meemoo @RehnSturm256 go download cs source and go have fun b hopping and surfing
   • Totally not suspicious Minty (minty@varishangout.net)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 01:11:30 JST Totally not suspicious Minty

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     • Rehn
     @Meemoo @RehnSturm256 I get it. Every so often I'll have a moment of awareness for how bad things have gotten and panic. Couldn't even sleep last night because of one. I feel you man :ars_pat:
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   • Meemoo (meemoo@varishangout.net)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 01:16:38 JST Meemoo

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     • Totally not suspicious Minty
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     @Minty @RehnSturm256
     I spent majority of my teens on PS home trying the free demos of the mini-games and hanging out with people there and settling on freebie clothes but could never buy the full games and coop with friends
     
     Sony eventually killed it in favor of the PS4 and never made a sequel
     
     I miss hopping on my JP alt and seeing the crazy worlds they had.
     I remember liking the dragon quest ones and generally just roaming around in the different environments of other games :yuudachi_tired:
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   • Meemoo (meemoo@varishangout.net)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 01:47:54 JST Meemoo

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     • Echigo
     • Totally not suspicious Minty
     • Rehn
     @Echigo @Minty @RehnSturm256 dude I met a Japanese chick but we couldn't hang out much because I couldn't buy anything.
     No games no zones no nothing and after years she unfriended me
     
     It's not fair
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   • Echigo (echigo@varishangout.net)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 01:47:55 JST Echigo

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     • Totally not suspicious Minty
     • Rehn
     @Meemoo @Minty @RehnSturm256 Oh PS4 does or did have games that tried to fill the void of PS Home, but they never took off like Home did. Wouldn't be surprised if they are gone now.
   • luithe (luithe@varishangout.net)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 01:52:06 JST luithe

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     • Echigo
     • Totally not suspicious Minty
     • Rehn
     @Meemoo @Echigo @Minty @RehnSturm256 they play valorant now but voiceless, so you're shit out of luck now :awoo_cope:
   • luithe (luithe@varishangout.net)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 02:13:58 JST luithe

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     • Totally not suspicious Minty
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     @Echigo @Meemoo @Minty @RehnSturm256 pretty much
     But it's also because most girls don't use voice chat in a entire lobby with dudes unless they are e girl succubuses/whore irl/childless unmarried women/fat fucks trying to hook in a dude or simps
     But most random lobbies especially in cs is all trash talk or actually trying to communicate enemy positions/info
   • Echigo (echigo@varishangout.net)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 02:13:59 JST Echigo

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     • luithe
     • Totally not suspicious Minty
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     @luithe @Meemoo @Minty @RehnSturm256 Oh yeah that's another thing. With the rise of Discord in-game voice chat basically has no use aside from telling other players how trash they are. Back in the early 2000s voice chat was the hot new thing and it made the experience of online games better, even with all the shit talking.
   • Echigo (echigo@varishangout.net)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 02:54:15 JST Echigo

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     • Totally not suspicious Minty
     • Rehn
     @Meemoo @Minty @RehnSturm256 I someone who was born in 2000s and experienced early 2000s gaming it beats out modern gaming by a landslide, especially when it comes to community and discovery. Back when the internet was still developing and every bit of gaming news wasn't readily available. It felt like every new game you found out about was a new personal experience. It's why the Touch Detective series is one of my favorites because I never seen anyone talk about it. This small little gem hiding in the corner of the DS game library.
     
     Nowadays this sort of feeling is rare to experience because of how the internet has become so important to our everyday lives. I see why there are communities out there that exist around lost media.
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   • Meemoo (meemoo@varishangout.net)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 02:55:49 JST Meemoo

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     • Echigo
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     • Rehn
     @Echigo @luithe @Minty @RehnSturm256 nah discord didn't kill in-game voice
     
     It was the games themselves.
     
     All that voice moderation bullshit and every company making it their mortal mission to rob players of their money incentivized people to use private discord calls for communication instead
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   • luithe (luithe@varishangout.net)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 03:41:41 JST luithe

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     • Echigo
     • Totally not suspicious Minty
     • Rehn
     @Meemoo @Echigo @Minty @RehnSturm256 cs and bloons community is pretty much the only communities still stuck in 2014-2017 internet where someone will call you retarded for certain tower placements and upgrades or to kys
     Cs is cs still, they don't give a fuck about moderating it or giving a fuck about the free form stickers saying faggot, nigger, or shit like dick in my ass :cat_laugh:
   • Meemoo (meemoo@varishangout.net)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 03:57:34 JST Meemoo

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     • Echigo
     • Totally not suspicious Minty
     • Rehn
     @luithe @Echigo @Minty @RehnSturm256 a shame about CS2
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   • Bender Molari :nv: :nofatpeople: (evil_bender@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 04:02:46 JST Bender Molari :nv: :nofatpeople:

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     The pinnacle for me was a game called Air warrior 3. Crew up a b17 and man it with 6 other guys. Each actually calling out incoming fighters. You'd get 10-12 bombers in a group each with guys crewing it. All the attacking planes were also real people.
     
     https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameStorm
     
     https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Warrior_III
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   • Meemoo (meemoo@varishangout.net)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 04:04:35 JST Meemoo

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     @Evil_Bender that sounds sick
     
     I miss when games were going after realism not in graphics, but mechanically.
     
     Destructible buildings >>>> whatever trillion billion polygons nonsense that get churned out nowadays
   • luithe (luithe@varishangout.net)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 04:45:33 JST luithe

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     • Echigo
     • Totally not suspicious Minty
     • Rehn
     @Meemoo @Echigo @Minty @RehnSturm256 it's okay
     They fixed some shit with the arms race update
     But honestly, should've never killed off csgo
   • harb ⚾ (harbeau@gearlandia.haus)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 07:09:39 JST harb ⚾

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     @Meemoo I remember frequenting the same TF2 CTF server nearly every day after school from 2010 - 2014, it was an indescribable feeling of comfy to join the server and have regulars greet you, i miss fragradio and messed up sprays, it was a special time buit one day you might look back to the fediverse and feel the same way, cherish your days
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