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Do you consider online friends real friends?

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Just a simple question.2009-12-29 22:01:00

Author:
Smart_Alex
Posts: 189


Actually, some of them are among my closest and dearest friends. 2009-12-29 22:06:00

Author:
jwwphotos
Posts: 11383


yeah i eat and work with some of these guys.2009-12-29 22:18:00

Author:
NinjaAssassin26
Posts: 34


Not unless I play games with them regularly. I feel a lot of people take online relationships way too seriously. A lot of the people on my friend's list I don't even talk to. I might have to "clean up" my friend's list soon.

And off-topic: isn't "Not unless" an incredibly confusing phrase? Not unless, that's like a triple negative! I guess the "Not" is a negative response to the question and doesn't refer to the "unless" at all, and the "unless" is giving the exception.
2009-12-29 22:32:00

Author:
qrtda235566
Posts: 3664


Well I don't believe in "real friends." To me friends are sorted out by how I know them.
Online friends
Real life friends
Imaginary friends! (just kidding)
2009-12-30 03:18:00

Author:
Sackwise
Posts: 305


To me, it depends on how much we talk / know each other. There are some people I have met online that I feel like I actually know. Then there are others that I just play a few games with, then never talk to again.2009-12-30 03:27:00

Author:
gofurr360z
Posts: 886


Depends on how much we talk. Simple.2009-12-30 03:42:00

Author:
chezhead
Posts: 1063


well i can say that i have some online friends that i like them like real friends.. so yeah i consider some of my online friends like real friends because we talk all days help each other in some way, if he or she is sad well i do everything i can to make her,him happy and they do the same with me .
been honest i consider Morgana25 like a real friend.

so yeah it depends on how much we talk or play or share our stuffs
2009-12-30 03:44:00

Author:
Joey
Posts: 758


I totally agree on Joey's point and I know some others pointed that too.
It all depends if you want to be friend with that person.
There are Real friends,
Gaming Real friends
and.. but lets just stay on topic and talk about these two categories.

Real friends, you know them sometimes more than gaming friends, because you see them often and you can meet their family, or other friends.
In gaming, you only see their avatars or hear their voices(but there are exceptions...)

So it's normal if you feel a bit closer to your real friends than your game friends.
But, gaming friends can be someday your real friends.
2009-12-30 04:01:00

Author:
Chump
Posts: 1712


There is a borderline between real-life friends and people you meet online. That border is LBPC. C:2009-12-30 04:52:00

Author:
Xenifus
Posts: 306


The virtual border is a mere physical illusion. Friends in real life are your friends because you can relate to them and vice-versa, and you do this through through communication. That rule doesn't change throughout the different forms of communication, like the internet.2009-12-30 06:00:00

Author:
Astrosimi
Posts: 2046


DEEP. Let's be friendz? Ewww, I hate baby-talk. Me too-me too! Don't like spellings with a 'z'. We'll sometimez...

I think i just made myself a new friend...

In all honesty, sometimes, my 'on-line friends' are better than my 'real friendz'...

The scope of our friendship is better defined-- there's never that awkward, so what do you wanna do?... (duh) Also, the king of all mothers... 'real life' doesn't get in the way, unless we consciously invite it in...

So yeah, there real. Now make sure you treat them accordingly.
2009-12-30 08:00:00

Author:
Gravel
Posts: 1308


Acquaintances is what my online friends are.2009-12-30 09:19:00

Author:
Syroc
Posts: 3193


I guess it all depends on how you feel. A lot of the time online "Friends" are considered better than real friends because you don't have the mindless chatter or the emotional tests.
When your playing a game for sakes of this website lets say LBP with someone, you have something to do, your always having fun. this is different to real life were when you are forced into sometimes difficult or uncomfortable places. If you meet up with your friends there might be a big gang of you walking down a cold street, straight away you can see cracks in the freindship, first you cant really have a conversation with one person about something because everyone wants to get involved, this means that you dont get to bond with the person as well as someone you spend 5 hours a night talking to. Also the fact that in this scenario you find yourself in a cold uncomfortable place making you wish you were in that warm house talking and playing with someone having a laugh.

the fact that its always (usually) a nice atmosphere that you speak to this person in makes it difficult to know whether it is real friendship or not, I myself have online friends and i would consider them friends but it all depends whether you trust the technology enough. We are still in a world were a lot of people think that everyone you meet on the internet is either a rapist or a pedophile and this is not the case.
2009-12-30 09:52:00

Author:
robotiod
Posts: 2662


Yeah I probably prefer online people because I'm friends with them because we have similar interests not because we happened to be going to the same school.

Quite a lot of people in 'real life' I just have to be friends with otherwise living with them would be too stressful.
2009-12-30 10:58:00

Author:
Shermzor
Posts: 1330


what if you don't have online friends? >:2009-12-30 11:48:00

Author:
oldage
Posts: 2824


Then get some.2009-12-30 12:44:00

Author:
ARD
Posts: 4291


yeah some of them 2009-12-30 14:38:00

Author:
Unknown User


Yeah, I consider some of my online friends to be real friends. A couple of my best friends live out in California, and I'm in Michigan, if that shows you how it works for me. Like someone said up there^^^ friendships are based on communication and if you can relate to the person or not. Just because someone isn't physically next to you talking to you doesn't mean you can't carry on a real conversation with them. Just because you've never "met" the person doesn't mean they can't be your friend.

That's how I see it, anyway.
2009-12-30 16:51:00

Author:
dandygandy2704
Posts: 1002


Yeah, I consider some of my online friends to be real friends. A couple of my best friends live out in California, and I'm in Michigan, if that shows you how it works for me. Like someone said up there^^^ friendships are based on communication and if you can relate to the person or not. Just because someone isn't physically next to you talking to you doesn't mean you can't carry on a real conversation with them. Just because you've never "met" the person doesn't mean they can't be your friend.

That's how I see it, anyway.

yeah
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2009-12-30 17:42:00

Author:
Unknown User


i totally agree...plus almost everyone in my area hates LBP and makes fun of me...so thats why my best friends are actually onlline.2009-12-30 18:06:00

Author:
theswweet
Posts: 2468


I've made some of the best friends I've ever had playing LBP. My friends around here are great, but many of them do not share the same interests as me. I find myself talking to a few people I've met on here more than I talk to my friends in real life. So, yes, online friends are "real" friends to me. ^__^2009-12-30 18:38:00

Author:
xkappax
Posts: 2569


I've been told I shouldn't because we'll never meet

But I do! Lbpc has some of my greatest friends, I hope they feel the same way
2009-12-30 18:54:00

Author:
Kern
Posts: 5078


Unless I know them in real life , nope! They could be a rapist :O?2009-12-30 19:34:00

Author:
LittleBigUniverse
Posts: 46


hahaha lolz 2009-12-30 22:20:00

Author:
Unknown User


Unless I know them in real life , nope! They could be a rapist :O?

thats why as soon as they ask where i live i only say san diego...its the 8th biggest city in the us...how is he gonna find me?and if he says"more speciically?" off the friends list he goes!
2009-12-30 22:41:00

Author:
theswweet
Posts: 2468


Online Friends > Real Friends. It may sound stupid, but I like my online friends A LOT more than my real friends, I don't know why, but I seem to get along more often with online friends. I even have an online friend that I STILL play with from 4 years ago. My friends in real-life take me to the point that I just want to throw a rock in their face because of how annoying they are reacting with me. My online friends actually help me out with some personal problems while my real life friends give stupid suggestions and then complain about me calling it stupid even though it really is. Call me crazy, but I pick online friends over real life friends.2009-12-30 23:46:00

Author:
FreeFlyzz
Posts: 265


Real friends - yes I do.

Choosing to share our time, thoughts, creativity, support, advice, praise, criticism, humor, and spare time, imo, makes these kinds of friendships as strong or stronger than "real life" ones sometimes. There is always the understanding that you may never meet face to face but it doesn't change how you feel about the other people you choose to share your life with online or they about you. So yes, real as far as I'm concerned.
2009-12-31 00:46:00

Author:
Morgana25
Posts: 5983


Yes.

God, I feel like a loner now... *reaches for a two liter pepsi bottle beneath a stacking pile of empty pizza boxes and chugs it*
2009-12-31 11:32:00

Author:
Voodeedoo
Posts: 724


Some of my online friends, yes.
Others, no. Well, not yet I'l just say. Sometimes I feel that trying to start a friendly conversation with someone you haven't said much to in a while is difficult. I'l say hello, and if someone doesn't reply, it shows me they aren't really willing to take 15 seconds of their time to give a friendly return. Other times I feel I'm just getting in the way, and I mainly feel this when trying to speak with the more accomplished creators of lbp. So I think from now on I'll try to make an effort to get to know the people on my list more. I feel a lot of the friends I made from here, I need to start trying to be friendlier.
2009-12-31 16:40:00

Author:
KQuinn94Z
Posts: 1758


Honestly, no. Not because I don't care about the people I have met online, or that I feel that you need to be physically near someone for the friendship to count (in fact many of my closest friends live a long way from me now and my conversations with them are laregely over the internet / phone).

The reason is that the connection I have with people online is very limited. Shermzor mentioned that he feels closer to online people because they have common interests, rather than "just happening to go to the same school". For me, the people online I'm friends with, I'm only friends with because we happen to play the same game. Is that the foundation of a firm friendship? To me it's not, in fact it's not even relevant. Common interests don't make a friendship - it can help begin one but it's never the foundation - true friendships are based around far less tangible things as far as I'm concerned.

It's the experiences and time you share with people that bond you together and with the people I exclusively know online, those experiences are extremely limited and filtered. Contacting someone online could never bond me with someone in the same way as the memories shared with someone I grew up with, or lived with for several years. There just isn't the depth and breadth of contact that you experience in the real world. The emotional journey you have in the real world is far more intense and wonderful than anything I think you can experience online and it's that I feel I've shared with my close friends.

Many of the people I've met online are great people. I know this on an intellectual level, I know exactly how wonderful they are, but it's simply not the same and I don't believe it ever could be.

Hopefully I've not insulted anyone here. As I said, the people I know online are great people and I really enjoy the conversations, contact and time we share, but if someone made me choose, it'd be real life every time. Thankfully no one is making me choose though
2009-12-31 17:43:00

Author:
rtm223
Posts: 6497


i'd like to mention how a became good friends with some of my online friends...

i was still a semi-new creator...and was working on stuff(i thought then) was awesome...i tried to make a level...i succeeded...but it took me a week,and at the time i wasn't as addicted as i was now!i thought that i would get hearts galore!!!...but i didn't polish it as much...as some of my newer levels*sigh*...

i got 3* and 30 plays...mostly from friends...

i was devestated!i had worked hard!and all i had gotten was a handful of plays...so i decided to try and get some inspiration...to see what made a GOOD level...and thats when i came across g7775s' hoverboard levels...and hoverboard club.if you check explain the username,you'll understand i LOVE boards...i have never used the in-game one...but nonetheless.

i worked for 15min on a board...it wasn't even...but it flew good enough to not only get me in the club...but in to the vip room!g' sent me a friend request...and i was happier than ever when i played the level beside him!at the tim e i thought he was an overall better creator,and at the time he was...more experience working on levels!

i started doing hoverboards(i now call'em rocketboards) non-stop!...i wanted to get as good as g!i made a board that hovered a bit off the ground...it eventually got praise from the lone_wolf_42...i met several other BIG creators thru g...and eventually started my club called the littlebig undiscovered creators...or l.b.u.c for short!...which has gained over 30 members and even made a trick board eventually!but then i got grounded ...for 3 months...i got accepted into the water beta...and got some experience in there but...i didn't get back on lbp until this month actually!

i decided to get back creating with a bang...and asked g to help me make a level!can you guess which one?into the sewer...!as i made it with him i noticed we had similar creating stytles...which helped us finish it in a couple of days!...nice and detailed!as we published it he said he had fun making it..and we should eventually make a sequel...i was happy!i had made a 4*+ level...with my inspiration!...and we now considered each other equals!since then(lol,2 weeks!) instead of me always asking to join him...he sometimes asks to join me...and he is probably my best friend on lbp...well at least one of them!
2009-12-31 18:34:00

Author:
theswweet
Posts: 2468


2010-01-01 04:48:00

Author:
Kern
Posts: 5078


If basketsnake got a da- wait... darned... mic, then we could... I enjoy watching him play badly and stuff, but I dont get much of a comeback when I give him abuse. He does camp a little too much though...2010-01-01 05:10:00

Author:
moleynator
Posts: 2914


LOLOL I love to go in rambo knowing I'll get killed but I might drag one with me. I'll never use the mic on cod that's for sure. I've not used it in months and for the first time a few days ago I enabled the chat in LBP only to hear some weak rapper in the background and some dude talking but the sound was crackling and unbearable. Shocker. No thanks. Also Moley you were born a camper and you'll die camping in the casket.2010-01-01 13:08:00

Author:
BasketSnake
Posts: 2391


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