It's been what, 3 years since someone begged me for a Steam game? Look, I am not here to talk smack about people's financial conditions or their inability to support their gaming habits. I spend money on video games (and board games recently) because these are really the only two things I have interest in in my life these days. If you have seen my pictures or watched my videos, you have probably noticed my fashion sense over the years and make the accurate conclusion about my spending priorities. Anyway, it really irks me when people are doing low effort things, you know, like asking a zero-viewer live Twitch channel to pay for their horrible channel art or say begging for money in front of a store that clearly has a "now hiring" sign, or asking me to purchase them something out of the blue after being on my Steam's friends list for a while without any prior communication.
Yes, I myself am not a social butterfly. I hardly talk to people on my gaming client friends lists. On Steam, I only interact with a small number of folks. Most of the time, it's just the idea of sharing the same space and looking at their gaming activities and purchases are enough to make me feel like I am a part of some kind of community. Hitting the thumbs up sign when a post pleases, or thumbing down when I feel it appropriate, or giving Steam awards to something exemplary. That's basically my Steam social life. But if you see me here buying these cheapie games, or you see the high number of games I have in my library and thought, well, surely, he has money to burn, perhaps you are right if the circumstances allow. But surely you also see on my profile that I post videos on YouTube, or that I have a somewhat active blog, or that I livestream on Twitch... You couldn't make an effort to at least pretend to indulge me before you ask? As I have mentioned in the previous article mentioned earlier, I have spent money on my Steam friends, without even asking for reciprocation because, well, I enjoy their company or whatever illusion of friendship or closeness I thought I had with them. Bear in mind that some of these people don't even communicate with me consistently while some I haven't heard from in years, while a few even kicked me off their friend list. I just think it's funny. I closed this message I got quickly and removed the person from my friends list. The promise of 100%-ing the game - why would that even be meaningful to me? I wouldn't care about what you do to the game after I gift it to you. So, it's obvious that this person is only thinking of him/herself. Do you know how much joy I get from having a genuine chat while I am livestreaming? It's worth more than that Elden Ring game that you wanted so much. Friendship with me is really not that hard...
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