I have 500+ games on Steam but I TF2 has made me not play 40% of them.
how has your tf2 career changed you?
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i buy a good game on steam thinking o that will be fun to play, instead i spend everyday playing tf2. Bought bioshock infinite last year on sale still haven't played it or touched it.
i buy a good game on steam thinking o that will be fun to play, instead i spend everyday playing tf2. Bought bioshock infinite last year on sale still haven't played it or touched it.
my right wrist clicks whenever i rotate it and all the fingers on my left hand click whenever i clench, scout mge was such a fucking mistake
my right wrist clicks whenever i rotate it and all the fingers on my left hand click whenever i clench, scout mge was such a fucking mistake
Falcon0408my right wrist clicks whenever i rotate it and all the fingers on my left hand click whenever i clench, scout mge was such a fucking mistake
That's not normal
[quote=Falcon0408]my right wrist clicks whenever i rotate it and all the fingers on my left hand click whenever i clench, scout mge was such a fucking mistake[/quote]
That's not normal
That's not normal
It made me have an outlet whenever I was anxious or stressed. It made me a lot more chill :)
It made me have an outlet whenever I was anxious or stressed. It made me a lot more chill :)
gatsanit's made me way less creative/motivated to do anything. i cant make videos i cant make software i cant make music if i try to do any of those i just draw a blank and give up
Are you me
[quote=gatsan]it's made me way less creative/motivated to do anything. i cant make videos i cant make software i cant make music if i try to do any of those i just draw a blank and give up[/quote]
Are you me
Are you me
it taught me that drinking insane amounts of alcohol in a night is normal and fun rather than alarming and destructive
it taught me that drinking insane amounts of alcohol in a night is normal and fun rather than alarming and destructive
met great people and enjoyed years of fun without damaging existing relationships nor academic success
would be cool if i could go back and dump all of this time into a more productive hobby tho
met great people and enjoyed years of fun without damaging existing relationships nor academic success
would be cool if i could go back and dump all of this time into a more productive hobby tho
would be cool if i could go back and dump all of this time into a more productive hobby tho
it helped me learn how to study and approach problems
it helped me learn how to study and approach problems
I was the most shy kid for most of the my life, I couldn't bare the burden on trying to interact with anyone on the planet. All I did was watch YouTube videos & play single player games. If I played online I interacted with little to nobody. I found out how fun TF2 looked through YouTube but it took me a year of owning the game before actually joining an online server. I didn't speak to anybody, I was always afraid of letting someone down because of my poor gamer abilities.
As I enjoyed pubbing more and more I found out about competitive but that required actually working and talking with other people. It seemed so fun and I really wanted to do it, but at the same time I felt so scared of disappointment. I knew about tf2lobby for a real long ass time, but I couldn't even join a lobby for more than three minutes before I got scared and close the site. You didn't even have the option to use a voice program back then so I was just scared of in-game performances. I remember when I actually played my first few lobbies, I was legitimately shaking because I was so nervous.
Luckily the very little group of friends I had at the time wanted to play competitive so I hopped on board. We made a 6s steel team and we died within two weeks but for the first time in my life I actually enjoyed something enough to keep pursuing it. I almost never had that drive. I started to learn how to actually interact with more people, even if it was just online.
Ever since I started my drive into competitive TF2 at least I learned that yeah people will dislike you, especially when you didn't understand simple shit like me, I also learned a lot of people can like you too. I made a lot of friends and through my achievements in competitive TF2, an extremely small game, people actually respect my ability to play the game. I was finally able to push myself to hang with people in real life. I finally learned what confidence was even it is through a game that's not relevant anymore to a lot of people. I think this post will seem kinda cringy or sappy and I apologize if it does but that's honestly how I've been personally affected by this game.
tl;dr this game taught me what confidence actually means in a person
I was the most shy kid for most of the my life, I couldn't bare the burden on trying to interact with anyone on the planet. All I did was watch YouTube videos & play single player games. If I played online I interacted with little to nobody. I found out how fun TF2 looked through YouTube but it took me a year of owning the game before actually joining an online server. I didn't speak to anybody, I was always afraid of letting someone down because of my poor gamer abilities.
As I enjoyed pubbing more and more I found out about competitive but that required actually working and talking with other people. It seemed so fun and I really wanted to do it, but at the same time I felt so scared of disappointment. I knew about tf2lobby for a real long ass time, but I couldn't even join a lobby for more than three minutes before I got scared and close the site. You didn't even have the option to use a voice program back then so I was just scared of in-game performances. I remember when I actually played my first few lobbies, I was legitimately shaking because I was so nervous.
Luckily the very little group of friends I had at the time wanted to play competitive so I hopped on board. We made a 6s steel team and we died within two weeks but for the first time in my life I actually enjoyed something enough to keep pursuing it. I almost never had that drive. I started to learn how to actually interact with more people, even if it was just online.
Ever since I started my drive into competitive TF2 at least I learned that yeah people will dislike you, especially when you didn't understand simple shit like me, I also learned a lot of people can like you too. I made a lot of friends and through my achievements in competitive TF2, an extremely small game, people actually respect my ability to play the game. I was finally able to push myself to hang with people in real life. I finally learned what confidence was even it is through a game that's not relevant anymore to a lot of people. I think this post will seem kinda cringy or sappy and I apologize if it does but that's honestly how I've been personally affected by this game.
tl;dr this game taught me what confidence actually means in a person
As I enjoyed pubbing more and more I found out about competitive but that required actually working and talking with other people. It seemed so fun and I really wanted to do it, but at the same time I felt so scared of disappointment. I knew about tf2lobby for a real long ass time, but I couldn't even join a lobby for more than three minutes before I got scared and close the site. You didn't even have the option to use a voice program back then so I was just scared of in-game performances. I remember when I actually played my first few lobbies, I was legitimately shaking because I was so nervous.
Luckily the very little group of friends I had at the time wanted to play competitive so I hopped on board. We made a 6s steel team and we died within two weeks but for the first time in my life I actually enjoyed something enough to keep pursuing it. I almost never had that drive. I started to learn how to actually interact with more people, even if it was just online.
Ever since I started my drive into competitive TF2 at least I learned that yeah people will dislike you, especially when you didn't understand simple shit like me, I also learned a lot of people can like you too. I made a lot of friends and through my achievements in competitive TF2, an extremely small game, people actually respect my ability to play the game. I was finally able to push myself to hang with people in real life. I finally learned what confidence was even it is through a game that's not relevant anymore to a lot of people. I think this post will seem kinda cringy or sappy and I apologize if it does but that's honestly how I've been personally affected by this game.
tl;dr this game taught me what confidence actually means in a person
met some great people and made a couple of good friends that i would keep contact with even after i stop playing/they stop playing.
it made me approach irl struggles in a better attitude that aims at improving and learning, instead of caring how it looks and that im not good yet.
learned to be more patient.
met some great people and made a couple of good friends that i would keep contact with even after i stop playing/they stop playing.
it made me approach irl struggles in a better attitude that aims at improving and learning, instead of caring how it looks and that im not good yet.
learned to be more patient.
it made me approach irl struggles in a better attitude that aims at improving and learning, instead of caring how it looks and that im not good yet.
learned to be more patient.
NurseyI was the most shy kid for most of the my life, I couldn't bare the burden on trying to interact with anyone on the planet. All I did was watch YouTube videos & play single player games. If I played online I interacted with little to nobody. I found out how fun TF2 looked through YouTube but it took me a year of owning the game before actually joining an online server. I didn't speak to anybody, I was always afraid of letting someone down because of my poor gamer abilities.
As I enjoyed pubbing more and more I found out about competitive but that required actually working and talking with other people. It seemed so fun and I really wanted to do it, but at the same time I felt so scared of disappointment. I knew about tf2lobby for a real long ass time, but I couldn't even join a lobby for more than three minutes before I got scared and close the site. You didn't even have the option to use a voice program back then so I was just scared of in-game performances. I remember when I actually played my first few lobbies, I was legitimately shaking because I was so nervous.
Luckily the very little group of friends I had at the time wanted to play competitive so I hopped on board. We made a 6s steel team and we died within two weeks but for the first time in my life I actually enjoyed something enough to keep pursuing it. I almost never had that drive. I started to learn how to actually interact with more people, even if it was just online.
Ever since I started my drive into competitive TF2 at least I learned that yeah people will dislike you, especially when you didn't understand simple shit like me, I also learned a lot of people can like you too. I made a lot of friends and through my achievements in competitive TF2, an extremely small game, people actually respect my ability to play the game. I was finally able to push myself to hang with people in real life. I finally learned what confidence was even it is through a game that's not relevant anymore to a lot of people. I think this post will seem kinda cringy or sappy and I apologize if it does but that's honestly how I've been personally affected by this game.
tl;dr this game taught me what confidence actually means in a person
Worth to read, and btw, TF2 gave me the same things: social and talking skills. Except for girls. How do they work?
[quote=Nursey]I was the most shy kid for most of the my life, I couldn't bare the burden on trying to interact with anyone on the planet. All I did was watch YouTube videos & play single player games. If I played online I interacted with little to nobody. I found out how fun TF2 looked through YouTube but it took me a year of owning the game before actually joining an online server. I didn't speak to anybody, I was always afraid of letting someone down because of my poor gamer abilities.
As I enjoyed pubbing more and more I found out about competitive but that required actually working and talking with other people. It seemed so fun and I really wanted to do it, but at the same time I felt so scared of disappointment. I knew about tf2lobby for a real long ass time, but I couldn't even join a lobby for more than three minutes before I got scared and close the site. You didn't even have the option to use a voice program back then so I was just scared of in-game performances. I remember when I actually played my first few lobbies, I was legitimately shaking because I was so nervous.
Luckily the very little group of friends I had at the time wanted to play competitive so I hopped on board. We made a 6s steel team and we died within two weeks but for the first time in my life I actually enjoyed something enough to keep pursuing it. I almost never had that drive. I started to learn how to actually interact with more people, even if it was just online.
Ever since I started my drive into competitive TF2 at least I learned that yeah people will dislike you, especially when you didn't understand simple shit like me, I also learned a lot of people can like you too. I made a lot of friends and through my achievements in competitive TF2, an extremely small game, people actually respect my ability to play the game. I was finally able to push myself to hang with people in real life. I finally learned what confidence was even it is through a game that's not relevant anymore to a lot of people. I think this post will seem kinda cringy or sappy and I apologize if it does but that's honestly how I've been personally affected by this game.
tl;dr this game taught me what confidence actually means in a person[/quote]
Worth to read, and btw, TF2 gave me the same things: social and talking skills. Except for girls. How do they work?
As I enjoyed pubbing more and more I found out about competitive but that required actually working and talking with other people. It seemed so fun and I really wanted to do it, but at the same time I felt so scared of disappointment. I knew about tf2lobby for a real long ass time, but I couldn't even join a lobby for more than three minutes before I got scared and close the site. You didn't even have the option to use a voice program back then so I was just scared of in-game performances. I remember when I actually played my first few lobbies, I was legitimately shaking because I was so nervous.
Luckily the very little group of friends I had at the time wanted to play competitive so I hopped on board. We made a 6s steel team and we died within two weeks but for the first time in my life I actually enjoyed something enough to keep pursuing it. I almost never had that drive. I started to learn how to actually interact with more people, even if it was just online.
Ever since I started my drive into competitive TF2 at least I learned that yeah people will dislike you, especially when you didn't understand simple shit like me, I also learned a lot of people can like you too. I made a lot of friends and through my achievements in competitive TF2, an extremely small game, people actually respect my ability to play the game. I was finally able to push myself to hang with people in real life. I finally learned what confidence was even it is through a game that's not relevant anymore to a lot of people. I think this post will seem kinda cringy or sappy and I apologize if it does but that's honestly how I've been personally affected by this game.
tl;dr this game taught me what confidence actually means in a person[/quote]
Worth to read, and btw, TF2 gave me the same things: social and talking skills. Except for girls. How do they work?
i thought i was a atheist but then i realized im a GOD
i thought i was a atheist but then i realized im a GOD
It reduced my tolerance of idiots who don't think in competitive games to pretty much zero.
inb4 b4nny reference
It reduced my tolerance of idiots who don't think in competitive games to pretty much zero.
inb4 b4nny reference
inb4 b4nny reference
early on when i first started playing tf2 i wouldnt use a mic because i was afraid of using it because of my speech impediment but now i dont really care
early on when i first started playing tf2 i wouldnt use a mic because i was afraid of using it because of my speech impediment but now i dont really care
Made alot of friends that Im grateful for meeting, TF2 taught me how to talk to people as well. I used to never talk to anyone.
Made alot of friends that Im grateful for meeting, TF2 taught me how to talk to people as well. I used to never talk to anyone.
it taught me that if you spend a several thousand hours practicing something, you can become mediocre at it.
it taught me that if you spend a several thousand hours practicing something, you can become mediocre at it.
I learned that if I work hard enough at something (not even necessarily video game related) I can actually get places, and I also learned that FPS games besides TF2 are pretty fun too.
I learned that if I work hard enough at something (not even necessarily video game related) I can actually get places, and I also learned that FPS games besides TF2 are pretty fun too.
I have learned and improved a range of talents that I otherwise would have had no reason to even consider developing. I think it's been a very real part of my progression as a person, and I wonder where I would have acquired the knowledge and insight into the things I have if not within TF2. Even though it's taken up a large amount of my life on serious reflection I don't regret it at all. Also met some awesome people!
I have learned and improved a range of talents that I otherwise would have had no reason to even consider developing. I think it's been a very real part of my progression as a person, and I wonder where I would have acquired the knowledge and insight into the things I have if not within TF2. Even though it's taken up a large amount of my life on serious reflection I don't regret it at all. Also met some awesome people!
The mechanical skill in tf2 means I can't appreciate other games as much anymore. I remember I used to be impressed by call of duty clips etc, now I just laugh at the simplicity of it
The mechanical skill in tf2 means I can't appreciate other games as much anymore. I remember I used to be impressed by call of duty clips etc, now I just laugh at the simplicity of it
Honestly I have learned a ton through tf2, and I value how it has shaped my personality. When I was growing up I never had a lot of friends, and that lead to me being super awkward once I got into middle school especially having that compounded with being bullied for being too flamboyant or girly which happens a ton when you live in farm country. Inevitably this lead to me being very desperate to make "friends" even if they treated me like shit. I finally started playing competitive tf2 in the spring of tenth grade and signed up for ugc that summer. The friends I met through playing tf2 made me realize that I needed to stop being a doormat for people who would treat me like garbage in real life who I used to still treat nicely. It gave me a bit of self confidence (which I still have issues with even today) and got me interested in computers, which eventually got me certified in computer repair. tf2 was always there to help when I had depression issues as I could just dm, be quiet to myself and try to get the bad thoughts out of my head. I like tf2.
Honestly I have learned a ton through tf2, and I value how it has shaped my personality. When I was growing up I never had a lot of friends, and that lead to me being super awkward once I got into middle school especially having that compounded with being bullied for being too flamboyant or girly which happens a ton when you live in farm country. Inevitably this lead to me being very desperate to make "friends" even if they treated me like shit. I finally started playing competitive tf2 in the spring of tenth grade and signed up for ugc that summer. The friends I met through playing tf2 made me realize that I needed to stop being a doormat for people who would treat me like garbage in real life who I used to still treat nicely. It gave me a bit of self confidence (which I still have issues with even today) and got me interested in computers, which eventually got me certified in computer repair. tf2 was always there to help when I had depression issues as I could just dm, be quiet to myself and try to get the bad thoughts out of my head. I like tf2.
I don't think it really changed me that much, but the game and people in it helped me get through some difficult years living abroad, alone and with shitty health. Sometimes you really need an escape.
I don't think it really changed me that much, but the game and people in it helped me get through some difficult years living abroad, alone and with shitty health. Sometimes you really need an escape.
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