atheistgod1999 wrote:Had I not decided to like old stuff, I'd might actually have friends. "Retro" gaming has been a total pain in the ass, and it's completely unreasonable to expect anyone else to be into it. I'm done with this. I'm going to build a more powerful PC, play Overwatch, Fallout 4, and other modern games, listen to some modern music, and watch Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Deadpool, etc. Even if the newer stuff isn't as good, it's still way easier to get into and I can actually discuss it with other people. I might actually have a social life. I'll probably store both of the CRTs in my room (that aren't in the storage locker) as well my older consoles in the basement or something just in case.
You're constantly complaining about how nobody likes you because you like old stuff, yet you're posting this on a forum where people are talking about old games and other old things all the time. The negative reception from people here should make it clear that there's something more to it than liking/not liking old things.
Liking old things doesn't lose you friends, it's obnoxiously rejecting new things (emphasis on obnoxiously) that does. Generally people aren't going to hate you for liking things (unless it's something politically charged), but if you're going to be close-minded about it then I don't expect it to end well. There's more amazing things coming to life every day than anybody has time for in their lives, but if you go into it expecting not to like it then more likely than not it'll be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Even if you're adamant about your opinion that some old thing is better than some new thing then attitude makes a big difference. It's the difference between "your thing sucks and you should feel bad for liking it" and "that's cool, if you like that you're going to
love this" - same opinion, but one denigrates and disparages while the other educates and uplifts. One communicates that you're just trying to push your view onto others, the other expresses a desire to learn from each other and discover things together.
I don't know if you're taking the advice I've given you in the past to delay your posts and look them over before submitting them, but if you are don't just think about what'll happen to you. The point is to consider how others would feel reading your post. This applies to what you say in real life too. Without empathizing (not necessarily sympathizing) with those you interact with and their goals and motivations, you're not going to get very far. That's what leads you to "backtrack" while ending up annoying people even more - you're misunderstanding what they're annoyed about in the first place.
If you really want to gain a better foothold here, go play some more shmups and talk about those and share your scores - that's what people here like to see. I heard you bought some quality shmups in the shoot 'em ups sale on Steam. Those could really use some active play and discussion. Avoid talking about yourself, and maybe just avoid Off Topic entirely, unless you're sure you can handle it (and before you say that you're sure, no you're not). You and the rest of us came here to talk about these games, so do that and don't waste your breath and your time talking about yourself before we have any reason to care about you. If you need to remove the letter "I" from your keyboard to do that, then I encourage you to do it.