I have absolutely ZERO video game friends.
I do not enjoy competitive multiplayer games. Unsurprisingly I'm a massive autist and I just don't find it fun to feel competitive when it's video games, I prefer to chill or have my own fun. NONE of my irl friends know anything about the video games I play, most of them probably don't even know I play them because I never mention it.
I don't play anything weird or anything I'd be embarassed to admit to playing. I just don't care to share this hobby with anyone. I have other hobbies and to different friends I'm the [other hobby] guy, but I've known many of them so long that it would probably be weird now to reveal that I have loved vidya this whole time. And I never will. I have had multiple years long relationships where it never really came up. The last time I had to do anything "multiplayer gaming" related was when I tried out The Elder Scrolls Online, only to learn you can play it solo with no issues.
The last time I played vidya with friends is when I dragged my TV and PS3 to a friends house (he had his own PS3) so we could play single player games while we hung out; I played Assassins Creed 2, I don't remember what he played. I only ever watch E3/Game Awards/whatever a few days after it's already happened, usually to just chill while I play something.
Every time I check any multiplayer scene for any game with a single player I enjoy, its shittified by children and screaming weirdos who have made meta-strategies for vidya their stand-in for a job or serious passion. They are not being paid, they are not having fun, and they are not stealing my time. Simple as.
