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renegadespork@loadingartist Don't forget to set your status to invisible so your existing friends don't know you're playing either.
@jesse Good point! But change back to online every now and then so people don't think you died when it says you haven't been online in months
Kova@loadingartist Not gonna lie, I do this with mmos. I just like being in a world where other people exist alongside me. I don't like having to interact with them, but it's nice that they're there. I haven't really felt that recently though, and have been gravitating toward atmospheric, lonely feeling single player games.
ThranduilIn his defense playing alone in a world in habited by other players even if he chooses to not talk is less lonely than a single player game where you have no options to talk to others in game.
They are both “NPCs” that neither can interact meaningfully with in the end, so what difference would it actually make?
interact meaningfully
Depends on the game. Just because verbal / written communication is turned off doesn’t mean there isn’t meaningful interaction in the game.
Other than atmospheric games like Journey which already don’t have that, do you have any other examples of how they can interact and help you without talking, trading, or being able to do anything else than walk and crouch?
Anyone who has that stuff on and notices the person is mute/deaf settings is gonna move on and ignore you themselves.
It doesn’t make the experience better or even keep it the same. It will only make it worse. The meme also says/implies all interactive settings are toggled off. So no trading, no pings (which usually don’t exist in games with chat as well), no anything else than crouch and walk.
Okay so have you ever played Minecraft?
Alien software, human hardware