How open are you about fiffering IRL?

[Funnygurl555]

Does anyone in real life know that you play FFR/use the forums? And if so, who have you told?

I've told a couple people that I play FFR while I was at college. I'm becoming a little self-conscious about it though (but that's mostly because I'm self-conscious about the time that I spend online in general), so I've started to just not talk about it whenever I meet someone new.

[GammaBlaster]

I only play rhythm games in college when I'm around my IT friends that also play osu!/Cytus. Otherwise, I avoid it. I've had enough of "did you memorise all the arrows/do you play this game everyday/no wonder why you V-graded English" and other annoying questions/remarks I receive all the time. (okay, the last remark didn't occur in college at all, but something similar happened back in high school)

[LeftyRighty]

As far as I know, nobody I know in real life plays FFR, or rhythm games in general to be honest. I have told a few people about FFR and other rhythm games I play though, and the usual response I've gotten was "What's FFR/x rhythm game?"

I don't really tell people about me playing rhythm games unless I know them well enough for some reason; I think I'm probably self-conscious about it as well.

[kmay]

everyone knows i play everywhere and wear the shirts. exposure for the site

[DarknessXoXLight]

I met one of my best friends because we both just happened to play FFR. I've never met anybody who looked upon it negatively. Most people just think it's really cool and then want to try it and when they do and can't read anything, they realize how much of my life I've sunk into this shit game they're like ooooh. ~_~ But yeah like I said, nobody really cares. Most people I talk to regularly know.

[Trumpet63]

It's on the list of the most significant things in my life right now, but I certainly don't lead with it, because I find it really hard to explain to non-rhythm-gamers.

Even then, one person I talked to randomly said they had played it a few years ago, but after I gushed about it for a few minutes, they really didn't have anything to say about their experience, other than "Oh, maybe I'll check it out again sometime."

I've managed to introduce the game to my roommate successfully, but he hasn't played the game more than an hour or so in total.

In short, most of my friends know I play this game, but to them it's just some esoteric "thing" that they can't really understand the appeal of. Kind of like trying to explain my appreciation of math to people.

[Mahou]

A few people know but that's it.

[Hakulyte]

FFR seems like a very intimidating game to my friends and they don't seem interested because it is surprisingly both difficult to learn and difficult to master. They'd rather invest their time in games where they see more potential for themselves.

[rushyrulz]

Only a few of my friends know, none of my coworkers, maybe a couple family members.

[Wayward Vagabond]

if im asked what games i play/played then i'll say it. otherwise i dont say anything because i dont see any reason to mention it. im not ashamed to admit it


i will however not mention any of you guys because i am ashamed of being associated with any of you.

[Riotpolice]

I'll openly admit to playing ffr only if asked or if the time is right/presents itself. Same thing goes for my YouTube video with the 5 million views, I won't show people my channel or the video unless they ask what I do on YouTube. For that matter, I keep to myself about both subjects. Being famous (even slightly) sucks, people expect so much from you, they expect every video to be fantastic and all that.

[Gundam-Dude]

in high school, I used to play ffr/sm in my computer arts classes along with xiao and wtfbrandon because we had nothing better to do after finishing assignments early. in college, there was only one time I played sm in public and it was out of boredom and I was around a couple people I was cool with.

none of my coworkers know about my rhythm game endeavors, and it's definitely not something I bring up with random people or acquaintances that I'm not tight with.

[choof]

I almost exclusively play 6k nowadays, so it's much easier to tell people "it's like guitar hero plus one extra key." Most of my family knows I play, and that I make files, etc. My brother's actually not too bad at SM, and at one point I was making a couples chart for Hajnal for my brother and I to play lol.

If people ask me what kind of games I play, I'll mention rhythm games. If they ask more about rhythm games, I'll tell them something like "oh I play StepMania, OSU, IIDX, etc."

[Toxophilis]

i played during high school and college and everyone referred to it as 'that arrow game', my mom and dad also call it 'that arrow game' and so do my room mates

[rushyrulz]

Originally Posted by Riotpolice

Same thing goes for my YouTube video with the 5 million views, I won't show people my channel or the video unless they ask what I do on YouTube.

dat hypocrisy

[blindreper1179]

If they don't know, they're not my friends.

[One Winged Angel]

One time I fixed some flag while my dad must've been in earshot from another room and when the high score drop down sounded at the end of the file I heard 'about time you fucking shitlord'

[kmay]

i love you dad already

[Deadlyx39]

I play FFR at school all the time. Almost everyone in my grade knows I play it. Doesn't bother me if people don't like it, as it's something I like to do.

[Kanzas]

The only people that know I play IRL are my brother, my gf and a couple friends from my church. None of which play the game, so I still feel alone in that sense. Oh well! More arrows for me I guess.

EDIT: POST #900!!!! AH YEA!!