this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2025
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[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 95 points 3 months ago (2 children)

impossible odds

Plays games that are literally designed to be possible

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 49 points 3 months ago

we're forged by endless zero-stakes fights built explicitly to be in our favour

just didn't have the same ring to it, I guess

[–] Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.de 46 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Put Elon in the title please,
so people can filter it out of their feeds.

Edit: Thank you OP!

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'm interested in using such filters.

Is is a feature of your client? I googed around and it's only apparent that you can block entire communities.

[–] Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 months ago

Yeah, it's a feature of my client, Eternity,
I've written a guide once on how to set it up:

https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/6091026

Other clients might support similar filter functionality though, but afaik it's not natively supported by Lemmy at this time.

[–] EisFrei@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I really like the client "Thunder" it can filter keywords, too.

[–] teft@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What would the silver spoon nazi bitchboy know about struggle?

In life he was given everything, in games he cheats and hires someone else.

[–] Limonene@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My partner plays POE2 and said it's statistically impossible for Elon to have what he had without developer assistance. There were multiple statistically perfect items (like one in a trillion chance).

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 3 months ago

I don't even need to go that far, he plays like dogshit. Every time he streamed himself playing PoE2 was proof he didn't achieve anything. He'd have needed to play for hundreds of hours at near peak efficiency to reach that position on the leaderboard, there's no way somebody who sucked so badly accomplished that.

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 months ago

He's right, nobody wants to fuck gamers, period.

[–] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 9 points 3 months ago

Unironic gamer copypasta in 2025. Wow.

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 8 points 3 months ago

We're forged by endless boss battles against impossible odds.

I wouldn't know, Em-8ER doesn't have any.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago

Yes, forged into being a whiny child that breaks their controller when they don't immediately succeed at the vidya games.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Living proof that no amount of money can ever un-lame someone

[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Don't fuck with people who enjoy being entertained by manufactured and tested challenges designed to be rewarding.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago
[–] SirW00talot@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Is Elon gonna fund Firefall 2 now? Right after Mark abandons his current grift he's been stringing people along with for years

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

That definitely has Tim Buckley vibes. Kinda cringe.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I looked up the original Tweet and there doesn't seem to be any. Mark Kern, a man in his 50s, just posted that.

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 13 points 3 months ago

Mark Kern (Grummz) is basically the face of modern Gamergate. A terrible gamedev and terrible person.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 3 months ago

I've been gaming so long I can tell when a high school student has recently seen Enemy At The Gates for the first time ever by the fact they will use the name "Vassili Zaytsev" (or at least an approximation of it; it's almost never spelled correctly) and will exclusively be sniping. Or named God and also sniping because they saw NAVY Seals.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl -4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Unpopular opinion: gaming is a lazy ass hobby.

[–] Walican132@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Consumption of media isn’t a hobby in general.

[–] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I differentiate between creative and consumptive hobbies, as someone who has both.

Saying gaming "isn't" a hobby is like saying sports or board games aren't hobbies.

[–] Walican132@lemmy.today 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If all you do is sit and watch sports then no it isn’t a hobby it’s a passive activity. If you’re going to a sports bar and talking to other people or getting online and engaging with people, Tracking statistics, betting things like that are what elevate a passive activity to a hobby. I’ve probably been playing games longer than a lot of people on Lemmy have been alive. It’s never just been a consumptive hobby for me. I paint as well (both Warhammer/miniatures and canvass) I consider those creative hobbys.

I’m not sure how you would do board games as a consumptive hobby. Could you elaborate on what your mean?

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 2 points 3 months ago

I don’t think you can just count board games as a hobby.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 0 points 3 months ago

I agree but lots of people don’t. People who proudly wear “video games” as their hobby hate that. But honestly it’s the truth.