>>715405441
Those aren't people who played the game, there's a dedicated Discord to shitting on Elden Ring. I'm not kidding. People spend their valuable limited time on Earth shitting on a game for some schizophrenic reason.

I used to play multiplayer games with friends almost exclusively but it's rarely worth it anymore. All the shit /v/ complains about is accurate.

>friends who tryhard at games but aren't any good themselves, getting mad, barking orders
>the other end of the spectrum, friends who goof around in competitive games and drag everyone else down and then complain everyone else is sweating when they play objective
>they go AFK to smoke/hit a bong, browse the internet, or anything else in the middle of the game
>agreeing to play a game at a certain time, they show up hours late just because
>having a small diversity of games played, so it's always the same shit and a refusal to play any new games
>poorfag friends who only play free shit
>the list goes on

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>>33350299
I'm sorry, anon. I wasn't in that thread, but I did notice it yesterday. I don't want to put words in your mouth but to me it sounds like you're in pain and distress and want to be noticed. Not in an unreasonable way, but in a way that makes you feel alive and that you're a part of humanity. I think we all want to be acknowledged by at least one human being and to feel like someone cares about us. I want that. It's a terrible situation because it feels like you're all alone when in reality there are so many men (especially young men) like you who feel this way right now, and have been feeling this way for many years and decades. It's just that we're all suffering in isolation and for some of us coming here is our only human check-in.

I don't really have advice for you since I'm in a similar situation, but I have never considered cutting myself. I'm not sure why not, but maybe there is some other outlet you could find that doesn't harm you. And yes, you're lonely, but you're not a failure. You're clearly making an effort, you still feel bad about it, and you still have a desire to change, so you're still going strong. I'm starting to think that that is going to be life for a lot of us. A constant state of struggle where the mark of success isn't to eliminate the struggle but to never fully give up. As long as we keep trying, we'll never fail.

>>509681223
They know this, and since they lost funding from their benefactors (like through USAID, or other social conditioning investors), they're attempting to regain foothold somewhere like lost companies of soldiers after a lost war. We'll likely see this until the next election or war breaks out involving the US/UK. Dishonesty and attempting to hold the enemy to its own morality while following none is a typical progressive tactic taken from "rules for radicals" by Alinsky.

>you get separated from your allies
>they slowly rejoin you as the map/fight progresses
>they have unique lines cheering you on