Best Posts in Thread: IRL friends more than IG friends?

Real life provides only a small fraction of the people that exist. You can meet so many other people online. Varieties of personality and viewpoints in all topics.

 

I'm closer to my in game friends than my irl ones, that's a fact. I've stayed up to ridiculous o'clock talking about my deepest fears and my greatest hopes. I've fallen asleep talking to them and woken up to messages from them. I'm not judged nor hurt by any of these people I see as friends, I can be me. I can tell crude jokes I can say weird things and without a doubt in my mind I trust these people. When I've had no one in my darkest times they've been there for me. So yes my in game friends count for more than my "real life" ones because they don't expect me to be something I'm not.

 

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although when it gets to the stage of these people dating on a game that's when they should know when to stop

 

you can have shallow and deep internet friendships just the same as shallow and deep in-person friendships.

You might have experienced that time during the summer when you've only got a couple people who text you or only bother to text a few people yourself - those are your real friends. The majority of friends made at school end up being friends of convenience just because you saw each other everyday, and you eventually realize you're not that close with them when this environment is taken away.

The same can be said online, you log on to a server or website everyday and there's a group you hang out with, but if the server went down tomorrow would you still talk to them regularly?

What defines a friendship's value is how much effort is put into it. How much you share with each other, how much you care about each other, how much you go out of your way to speak to one another, how much you rely on one another, etc. This value can't be diminished by distance from each other, or how much time you spend in person.

 

I'd have to say it depends on your relationship with the person. Many seasoned players on this server will tell you they have been changed by the interactions they engage in with their Meep friends. Mostly, I believe it varies from person to person, all depending on two variables.
1. How often do you spend time with your real-life friends as compared to online friends?
2. How personal is the relationship?

 

Hi,

So I was wondering, do you really count your in game friends as your "friends", do you think you can know someone without ever meeting them in person, and does having friends on any online platform, count for more or equal as your IRL friends? discuss


-Dwarfoo

 

I would say that I am closer to my in-game friends (not only meep) than my in-real-life friends. In real life, i'm not very extroverted and I certainly do not like to talk about my feelings with anyone, not even my family. I think the last time I told someone about my deep feelings was about a year ago, when my best friend and I was sitting on a roof (don't ask why).

With my in-game friends I can stay up all night talking about anything that comes to mind, I don't even have to worry about what I say, because I trust them and I know that they're not the ones to judge me.

So yeah, I love my in-real-life friends but, I would definitely say that my in-game friends count for more.