Topic: The Chit Chat Thread

@Kidfried I think we started off nominating games that we knew others wouldn’t, in order to get a field of games for the next round. That seems to have slightly changed 😅

Just finished my 36 hour fast. Building up to it with multiple 20 hour fasts helped a lot.

I'm a snacker, so it has been an effective way to impose more impulse control on myself.

Kinda impressive that the word ‘niggles’ was actually trending on Twitter just because Sammy used it in his FFXVI article.

inb4 "niggle" just becomes a new racist dogwhistle because of how it sounds.

@Ralizah That’s basically the half of it to be honest. Mostly tongue in cheek from black games journalists all reacting to Sammy’s headline.

This is probably kind of dumb, but I have a social call tomorrow evening. Yes, at the time of the Showcase.

Here's the thing. Part of me knows it's just one big advert, and there's nothing that won't end up as a news article on this very site. So why does it bother me this much not watching it live?

One reason I have always been a console gamer, and probably will be, is that I just love the magic of the community. It's something I am kind of ashamed of to say to friends, but watching a show is just more exciting to me than probably any other thing I will be doing this month.

Hm, I dunno. I'm sad I'll be missing out!

@Kidfried It’s not a Geoff event so I get what you mean!

@Kidfried I’ll be missing it too since I have to work. 😞 There’s no question I’d rather be watching the show. But Push Square will have all the deets right away so we can be up to speed quickly afterward.

I usually just catch the trailers of the games I'm interested in, in all their 4k goodness after the show. I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything by not watching it live.

@JohnnyShoulder Normally I am the same to be honest. The stream quality can be a bit rough in my experience and I can't skip the bits I have no interest in. And it's like, an hour I could be playing Zelda...!

@JohnnyShoulder @JohnnyShoulder There are a lot of nice people here in the Push Square chat during these streams. It's also a rare thing for any of us to be talking in real-time on here. But yea, content-wise you're not missing out on anything clearly.

I'll just treat tonight like an experiment. See how it is to watch the trailers without people immediately reacting to them.

@Kidfried Ah yes, I have done that on a couple of occasions and that was good fun!

And like @kyleforrester87 mentions, most of time the quality of the stream can be questionable.

Hope you enjoy the content however you choose to watch it Kiddo!

@Kidfried I like the chats, but I tend not to use a computer/laptop for any browsing these days, and there is no mobile chat functionality. So, if I do watch a stream it's through YouTube on my TV.

@JohnnyShoulder @kyleforrester87 Both of you made me go "let's not cancel my appointment for this evening". I'll catch up here later tonight.

And for watching I used to have the stream full screen and the Push chat on laptop.

(I really like it when people call me Kiddo, having turned 33 recently, it makes me feel younger!)

@kyleforrester87 @JohnnyShoulder @Kidfried Has the idea of a Push Square Discord/WhatsApp/signal type thing been floated?

@AgentCooper It's a difficult thing. I think the Push Square staff is against it, because it means extra moderation for them if we really tie it to the site, and could also mean less activity on the rest of the site.

We did have a Push Square community on PlayStation for a while, though. It wasn't very active in itself, but at least it was an easier way to get in touch with fellow site members outside of these forums!

@Kidfried I can understand that from their angle. I suppose it doesn’t have be active all the time but could be a good shout to (cautiously) revive one? Like you say it’s a nice way to stay in touch, a few of us have already done it on various levels for boosting 👍

@JohnnyShoulder @kyleforrester87 Thanks for the advice!

@Kidfried After all that I did watch it live!

@AgentCooper @RogerRoger @ralphdibny @Thrillho @Kidfried Hey guys, I thought I would give you a little life update since you all so kindly reached out to my original post.

First off I'm in a much better mental state now, though it's took me awhile to find some courage to talk to you guys...giving an opinion on a gaming news story? No problem. Talking about my mental health problems? Not so easy lol.

It was a good number of weeks before I read your replies because after posting I was worried I'd get a bunch of dismissive or judgemental messages, so I'm sorry for not giving you guys the benefit of the doubt.
I was left in tears reading your messages, I couldn't believe how kind, thoughtful and relatable your words were. It really made it worthwhile to open up if only to a handful of people. It's not something I'm going to forget in a long time.

As for the situation with the Doctors, well I took the appointment like I said previously and she referred me to a specialist. Funnily enough I missed a call from them today so will need to contact them tomorrow.
Ultimately I just wanted to thank you all for your kind words, you have no idea how much that meant to me, I had a hunch that the PS forums was the best place I knew to speak out and you guys proved me more then right.