It's just a game!

[Creepah]

Oh hello there!

It has been awhile, hasn't it? I haven't really had the motivation to post recently, so you can blame my recent inactivity on that. But I'm on holiday for a bit and feel like getting back in touch with the community.

So what am I on about today? Well, really it's just a ramble. General thoughts I have which I attempt to successfully transfer onto legible text. The phrase "It's just a game" tends to be used in a negative manner, generally by people reacting to others getting hyped up and often emotional over a game. However, should getting emotional, and even attached to a game be negative?

Directly, yeah. My brother is a prime example of this. He plays a whole lot of CS:GO, like many members of this community, and lets just say he takes it too far. When he loses a match, or gets killed, or someone is hacking, or someone is "hacking" (if you know what I mean), he often over reacts and shouts profanity which I can hear wearing headphones with a closed door and down the hallway, saying things I'd rather not repeat here to avoid getting an forum alert of the kind I don't want, and even banging on his desk. It's pretty annoying, and is a prime example of the correct usage of "it's just a game!".

But I've seen people apply this phrase to situations such as MCSG, or Minecraft in general. For many people here, this community of people is very important. For the members of staff, and many other dedicated players, it's a daily commitment to join the server and play with friends. For many of us, it's no longer just a game, or even no longer is the game the reason we keep coming back. I stopped seriously playing Minecraft a few months ago. Yeah, I join and play a game from time to time, get killed and leave, but not playing for more than an hour at a time on a regular basis. But for some reason, I still browse (and post on) these forums, keep up with the people and the things which are happening within the community. Why? Because it's not the game which brings me back, it's the people, as cheesy as I know that sounds.

So next time you get involved into a community centred around a game like this one, when someone says "It's just a game", tell them that frankly, it's not just a game. Because for many of us, it's more than that.

 

[Glade_OS]

banging on his desk.

I slightly laughed at this part for some reason x3
I do agree with you though except I still mainly see it being used when someone is raging too much.

 

[YourAverageTiger]

So true I can relate. Back when I did not play Minecraft, my cousin would rage a lot. His parents thought it was unhealthy, and my parents were touchy when it came to buying me the account.
It is true that some people take the game too seriously, especially those who might be doing it as a living, such as those FaZe people and youtubers like SkyDoesMinecraft. But, they do not take it in a rage kind of sense.
My mom broke a FIFA Disc because my brother kept on smashing controllers, and then he couldn't pay for all of them. But it is sort of related to influence. For example, he saw the W2S person on youtube throwing stuff when he lost, so every time he loses, he would smash stuff.
But yeh. Cool thread bro.​

 

[Nikola]

Please apply again ;-;

 

[Writer]

In my opinion (not trying to be rude or disrespectful) but, go out and socialise.

 

[xX_CraftyCrafter03_Xx]

In my opinion (not trying to be rude or disrespectful) but, go out and socialise.

YAS. I would, but I can't because I have no frands.

 

[KiDD]

Yeah, I can agree with quite a lot about what you said about people going crazy over this. I've seen it a lot...I mean crazy. Although most attempts on telling them "it's just a game" doesn't really do anything. In fact, in my experience, it just makes it worse, lol.

But yeah, after all, it's just a game. People who find themselves close to others (on a daily basis) who do this, should try to intervene, because it's kind of annoying that they act a certain because of a game. ;_;

 

[Freshly]

Interesting post Good to see you around ^_^

 

[smashmaster]

In my opinion (not trying to be rude or disrespectful) but, go out and socialise.

No joke I have almost no social skills.

Anyway im gonna be 100% honest I rage...allot

 

[Writer]

No joke I have almost no social skills.

Seriously..you're going to have a very hard life. Don't take this harshly, I mean only in my case and perhaps for a few others, my self esteem, confidence and happiness has grown so much since I stopped staying on my computer all day..no point in being mad at a virtual situation.

 

[KiDD]

No joke I have almost no social skills.

Anyway im gonna be 100% honest I rage...allot

If it's like that man you might want to take a break and slow down your time on the internet. I might sound bossy, or something like that, but if it's hard to socialize and you rage all the time it should be a good decision. I never like to see a game negatively affect someone's personal life..

 

[Scott]

It is true that some people take the game too seriously, especially those who might be doing it as a living, such as those FaZe people and youtubers like SkyDoesMinecraft. But, they do not take it in a rage kind of sense.

To be honest, they don't take it too seriously. It's their job. Some people say "they're lowlifes" and I say they are highly intelligent. If you find a way to make a pretty good amount of money playing a game you enjoy, you're not a lowlife.