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All true gamers experience this at a party! (i.imgur.com)

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[–]JustSurvive 5 points6 points ago

This is me in most situations outside of playing video games. :p

[–]magicbullets 6 points7 points ago

I always adopt a criminal mindset at parties: position myself in the corner and face the door.

[–]brova 9 points10 points ago

No, all true socially awkward people experience this at a party. You don't have to be shitty at being social to be a gamer.

[–]TehWut 2 points3 points ago

Hang around the chips and salsa, pretending to be Upbeat: 1 hour

Take shits in bathroom: 30 min - 1 hour

grab 8 sodas and drink them while walking periodically between outside the yard and inside the house: 45 min - 1 hour

if a TV is on, add 15- 30 minutes for quick distraction

if there is a pool, hang in the darkness of the yard for a 45 min - 1 hr distraction.

rinse and repeat based on estimated length of party

[–]VolOptQ 1 point2 points ago

I used to be like that till my friend asked me to do some shots at his party. That was a fun night.

[–]PcgamerForlife 1 point2 points ago

I hate it when I go to a party and they have the shittiest shitty food.

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[–]mikwest 0 points1 point ago

It's not that extreme, but I get his feeling. The bitter-sweet feel that you miss even farming XP from whatever game you're playing at the moment. How you were just about to buy that special attack and you just have to go and socialize. That addiction.

It's not entirely unnatural; Look at sports-oriented guys : no-one calls them out for geeking over player stats and family lives at social events, and the TV needs to be on if there's "a game". I wonder what jocks are like in Korea...

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

I guess I aint a gamer then. Just some bloke that plays video games sometimes.

[–]GarthDunk 0 points1 point ago

Nope. Not really. I socialize. Because why else would I go to a party?

[–]cwstjnobbs 0 points1 point ago

Not true, depending on how late it was I'd either be telling dirty jokes or slumped in a chair trying to line up both worlds for long enough to go outside for a smoke and maybe another drink if I'm passing the fridge.

[–]Thorse 0 points1 point ago

Why would you go to a party and just sit in a corner? It's a godamn party, talk to someone!

[–]Daragor 0 points1 point ago

I don't look like E.T. :(

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