Comment on Anon is a nostalgic gamer

affiliate@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I don’t think urbanised is a good word to describe that alienation. The urbanism movement has as one of its key goals the creation of more vibrant local communities. It’s more like suburbanism.

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  • affiliate@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    what i meant by “urbanized” is that these days, playing online games feels like living in a big city where there are a ton of people but it’s hard to feel like you know everyone. you can still make a group of friends and find “local communities”, but i think that’s distinctly different from the feeling of a small town where you know a lot of the people there.

    all that being said, there are advantages to living in a big city instead of a small town. in this context, that would look like faster matchmaking times, making it easier to find a full server, etc. but i still wish games gave you the option of picking a community server. i miss having the option of joining custom servers and getting to know the locals.

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    • Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      IMO games should support picking a community server if only for archival purposes once the official servers are taken offline.

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  • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The urbanism movement exists to help remedy some of the downsides of urban living. One of which is social alienation and isolation as a result of the scale and diversity of cities.

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    • Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No, it exists to fix the problems caused by car-dependent suburbia. Inner cities can have problems too, but a lot of those are created by cities wanting to support suburban commuters rather than the local community.

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      • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Suburbia came into being as a result of urban decay. Cities have existed and had problems since long before cars were invented. People nowadays really love to blame everything on cars lmao, if only it were that simple

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