The Frustrations of Gaming and Quarantine Life

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a new era of isolation, with many people stuck at home for extended periods. For gamers, this can be a double-edged sword. On one hand, they may have more time to devote to their hobbies, but on the other hand, they may find themselves experiencing increased frustration and boredom.

One common complaint among gamers is the lack of social interaction while streaming or playing games online. Streaming platforms like Twitch often feature live gameplay, where viewers can watch and interact with the streamer in real-time. However, when everyone is stuck at home, this social aspect of gaming takes a hit. Gamers may feel isolated and disconnected from their friends and community, leading to feelings of loneliness and boredom.

The vacuum of social interaction can also lead to frustration with games themselves. When gamers are used to interacting with others in-game, they may find solo play or online multiplayer to be less engaging. For example, some gamers may struggle with the lack of human opponents in online multiplayer modes, making the experience feel empty and unfulfilling.

Another issue that arises during quarantine is the maintenance schedule for games. Many modern games require frequent updates and patches to fix bugs and add new features. These updates can be time-consuming and frustrating, especially when they seem to come at inconvenient times. Gamers may find themselves waiting for hours or even days for a game to become available again, only to have it taken away from them by the next update.

The rise of console gaming has also led to a sense of nostalgia among some gamers. Classic consoles like the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 still hold a special place in many gamers' hearts, and the release of new hardware can be met with skepticism. The Mad Catz controller, for example, was once considered one of the best controllers on the Dreamcast, but its modern-day equivalent has been met with disappointment.

The Quarantine Easter Break

Last Easter break, many people were stuck at home due to quarantine measures, and some gamified their isolation by hosting virtual gaming sessions. These gatherings allowed friends to connect and play games together, even if they couldn't be in the same physical location. It was a way for gamers to cope with the boredom and loneliness of quarantine.

Gears of War, once a popular franchise, has struggled to stay relevant in recent years. The series' attempts to adapt to changing gaming trends have been met with disappointment from fans. Despite its best efforts, Gears of War simply doesn't feel like it did in its heyday.

Parking Lot Gaming

Some gamers find solace in the simple pleasures of life, such as playing games in their parking lot or finding creative ways to relax during quarantine. For these individuals, gaming is not just a hobby but an escape from the stresses and boredom of everyday life.

When gamers do get together, they often have a great time laughing and joking around. Social interaction is key to many people's enjoyment of gaming, and when that's not possible, it can be difficult to find the motivation to play.

The Importance of Memes

Gaming memes are an important part of online culture, providing a way for gamers to connect with each other and express themselves in a humorous way. Memes often poke fun at the frustrations and annoyances of gaming, from laggy servers to poorly designed games.

Creating and sharing memes is also a great way for gamers to show their personalities and connect with others who share similar interests. By engaging with memes on platforms like Twitter or Discord, gamers can build a sense of community and belonging, even when they're stuck at home.

Conclusion

The world of gaming is full of frustration and boredom, especially during times of isolation like quarantine. However, by finding ways to cope with these feelings, such as playing games in their parking lot or laughing at memes, gamers can turn their experiences into something positive. Whether it's social interaction, maintenance schedules, or the simple pleasures of life, gaming has the power to bring people together and provide a sense of connection and community.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: endo you put bread in the fridge drop a comment down below tell me let's talk about this I want to know if you put bread in the fridge and if you do why anyways today I wanted to take a little bit of a detour with our content wanted to do some reaction to PC gaming memes or just gaming means in general actually so I had my friend Wayne works for on the channel with me you guys may have seen him in some of the videos send over some memes for me to check out I wanted the reaction to be as genuine as possible so I really didn't want to look at the memes before he sent them over so yeah let's react to some gaming means all right so let's have a look at some of these gaming memes and see if there's anything that'll make you laugh all right let's see what we got here so these are probably from reddit and other sites and stuff like that but uh let's have a look at them the one constant right now gaming before covin gaming during kovat the gaming after kovat the same the same worst we're stuck in here we're in the house we're gaming oh something's happening out there yeah whatever back to gaming when you meet an NPC that isn't considered essential this is where the fun begins here we go again Crysis remastered it's perfect our TX 28 epi nah not making it it's dead Crysis 2 remastered is gonna be bringing back with 10 it run Crysis 2 a whole nother level ever happened to you random nine-year-old standing next to me in public big ol Yoda had me playing some games on my phone looking down at you scrolling down a little bit here it's always lag oh the other player was better lag yeah nope you never ever ever let them know that you're not as good as the other players bleh myself that's how the gamers do it and then followed up with a keyboard smash all right this one oh no playing call of duty at the mall without headset game saying bomb has been planted security guy that's pretty good I like bail me the game I just bought thinking of buying another one yeah that's how it goes right especially during the steam sales and stuff oh man the two types of gamers a console guy playing halo mr. nasty weak a foot away from it while playing shadow the Tomb Raider nice true my mom me asking for a $60 game that I played for five years mmm my mom my sister asking for $200 dress that she's only gonna wear once yeah I guess I mean that applies more than just to my mom obviously but fresh yeah that that's that's relatable gamers rise up all right let's see what this one is warranteed big ol comment just coming down gaming industry slash name a community he and the comments like oh they don't give a one of the games that helped you survive quarantine what are your tips and tricks to keep your equipment and you fit / healthy now that you spend so much time gaming when you are desperate to keep your PC cool I can out like frozen stuff off the fan and blowing air at it well that'll work that's you got to stand up you got a stretch cool let the computer cool off well that person has discord open on the screen - all right here's another one I just hate when this happens when your spectating your teammate and see that muffin I can hear my PC screamin crisis remastered kaboom my PC configuration just down there I think there's another way that we can do this one there I made it that's how I would imagine that one - moving on down here I want one nobody gaming keyboard cloud show well I can actually say I don't have an RGB key gaming keyboard mine is just a it is a gaming keyboard I suppose from EVGA but it's just red so is this our no RGB I guess that's okay right the rest is purchase yeah this makes sense for origin like you buy a game and there's your game there at the bottom and you got to get the rest with the DLC pay extra and you don't get all of it orange and I love having no school people at home going crazy from isolation officer do for you with the vacuum me a gamer you merely adopted the isolation I was born in it molded by it yeah yeah it's not just gamers that feel that way - its people that work from home I knew a few people that this is how they feel exactly like bein in this part seriously when I see someone streaming pub G mobile on a 20 80 TI gaming PC yeah yeah what are you doing wasting everyone's time including that graphics card when neither of you want to use the Mad Catz controller look I I had a Mad Catz controller for my Dreamcast a long time ago and that thing was the best controller on the Dreamcast if this is how it is now the men have they really follow from grace they used to make some of the best accessories and components for consoles and all sorts of stuff like that Bobby and seriously quarantine Easter break we last Easter break playing on computers meeting in quarantine this is your brick no difference are we still waiting the lockdown won't be that long the lockdown half-life 3 Oh No lockdown for the rest of your life evolution small skinny boy playstation military skinny boy color PlayStation dual stock this time Captain America this controller cool better Captain America better Dual Shock okay even better Captain America at least newer Dual Shock touch and then finally that one well that's me here's what I get for getting gaming memes from from I guess and what console focus subreddit or something if everyone it's everyone versus the virus kovat watch origins addition to everyone versus the virus I guess then look at you got a mask on and everything bonus or help DLC get that DLC so you don't get sick a very interesting title me about to play game oh six gigabyte update no this is Call of Duty like thrown through modern warfare oh my goodness you don't play that game for a day or two and the next thing you know you get slapped with the freaking 20 gig patch what and then you think you're done and then you load the game and then ah now you had to install shaders you gotta wait again and then it says Oh update requires restart now you gotta restart to give and get that ear rape in your ears at the very beginning again dad it's a fun game but why is it so frustrating to play you know it's frustrating with this maintenance of it come on come on for old times sake flowers at the grave rip split screen gaming matter I feel about this one Gears of War tried to keep this a thing but I guess Gears of War it didn't really remain as relevant as it could have been or it should have been oh whoa this wasn't me yesterday when your best friend is mad at you but it's 3:00 a.m. and he's the only one online you still man invite now let's do this when a guy kills you but he gets sniped in the killcam ah I love seeing that that's like that's almost almost as good as revenge almost classic finally some free time to play a game parking lot parking spot open get closer and closer to it BAM 25 gigabyte update file nope any game where there are health items that you can pick up when you run out of health items in a game these goons these AI Seibert i butchered that one but yeah that's a good one I'm not gonna sing on a camera mmm no way oh thank god good that me when I remember I told the boys I'd be right back at discord but then I remember I needed the mic mmm I guess you just forget and then you go to bed whatever well that's the end of the memes that wheezy curated for me but if you guys got some memes jump or not jump inner discord drop them there or tag us on Twitter I'd love to look at this I love to laugh so checking out memes having a good laugh and just sort of relaxing with that it's a good time it's a good time so there we have it reacting to some gaming memes I definitely do enjoy this sort of content because it's just like I said I love to laugh so if you guys enjoyed this video make sure you hit that thumbs up button hit that hit that subscribe button while you're at it and I suppose we'll see you in the next video see you next week there see the next stream and make sure to catch us every Friday 8 p.m. Pacific twitch.tv slash coalition gaming crew oh also make sure you click one of our related videos we got a bunch we got years of content worth worth of stuff over there check them click one out click one check one out I don't know I keep mixing up my words but you should probably click one by now get rid of me talking and babbling here okay buddydo you put bread in the fridge drop a comment down below tell me let's talk about this I want to know if you put bread in the fridge and if you do why anyways today I wanted to take a little bit of a detour with our content wanted to do some reaction to PC gaming memes or just gaming means in general actually so I had my friend Wayne works for on the channel with me you guys may have seen him in some of the videos send over some memes for me to check out I wanted the reaction to be as genuine as possible so I really didn't want to look at the memes before he sent them over so yeah let's react to some gaming means all right so let's have a look at some of these gaming memes and see if there's anything that'll make you laugh all right let's see what we got here so these are probably from reddit and other sites and stuff like that but uh let's have a look at them the one constant right now gaming before covin gaming during kovat the gaming after kovat the same the same worst we're stuck in here we're in the house we're gaming oh something's happening out there yeah whatever back to gaming when you meet an NPC that isn't considered essential this is where the fun begins here we go again Crysis remastered it's perfect our TX 28 epi nah not making it it's dead Crysis 2 remastered is gonna be bringing back with 10 it run Crysis 2 a whole nother level ever happened to you random nine-year-old standing next to me in public big ol Yoda had me playing some games on my phone looking down at you scrolling down a little bit here it's always lag oh the other player was better lag yeah nope you never ever ever let them know that you're not as good as the other players bleh myself that's how the gamers do it and then followed up with a keyboard smash all right this one oh no playing call of duty at the mall without headset game saying bomb has been planted security guy that's pretty good I like bail me the game I just bought thinking of buying another one yeah that's how it goes right especially during the steam sales and stuff oh man the two types of gamers a console guy playing halo mr. nasty weak a foot away from it while playing shadow the Tomb Raider nice true my mom me asking for a $60 game that I played for five years mmm my mom my sister asking for $200 dress that she's only gonna wear once yeah I guess I mean that applies more than just to my mom obviously but fresh yeah that that's that's relatable gamers rise up all right let's see what this one is warranteed big ol comment just coming down gaming industry slash name a community he and the comments like oh they don't give a one of the games that helped you survive quarantine what are your tips and tricks to keep your equipment and you fit / healthy now that you spend so much time gaming when you are desperate to keep your PC cool I can out like frozen stuff off the fan and blowing air at it well that'll work that's you got to stand up you got a stretch cool let the computer cool off well that person has discord open on the screen - all right here's another one I just hate when this happens when your spectating your teammate and see that muffin I can hear my PC screamin crisis remastered kaboom my PC configuration just down there I think there's another way that we can do this one there I made it that's how I would imagine that one - moving on down here I want one nobody gaming keyboard cloud show well I can actually say I don't have an RGB key gaming keyboard mine is just a it is a gaming keyboard I suppose from EVGA but it's just red so is this our no RGB I guess that's okay right the rest is purchase yeah this makes sense for origin like you buy a game and there's your game there at the bottom and you got to get the rest with the DLC pay extra and you don't get all of it orange and I love having no school people at home going crazy from isolation officer do for you with the vacuum me a gamer you merely adopted the isolation I was born in it molded by it yeah yeah it's not just gamers that feel that way - its people that work from home I knew a few people that this is how they feel exactly like bein in this part seriously when I see someone streaming pub G mobile on a 20 80 TI gaming PC yeah yeah what are you doing wasting everyone's time including that graphics card when neither of you want to use the Mad Catz controller look I I had a Mad Catz controller for my Dreamcast a long time ago and that thing was the best controller on the Dreamcast if this is how it is now the men have they really follow from grace they used to make some of the best accessories and components for consoles and all sorts of stuff like that Bobby and seriously quarantine Easter break we last Easter break playing on computers meeting in quarantine this is your brick no difference are we still waiting the lockdown won't be that long the lockdown half-life 3 Oh No lockdown for the rest of your life evolution small skinny boy playstation military skinny boy color PlayStation dual stock this time Captain America this controller cool better Captain America better Dual Shock okay even better Captain America at least newer Dual Shock touch and then finally that one well that's me here's what I get for getting gaming memes from from I guess and what console focus subreddit or something if everyone it's everyone versus the virus kovat watch origins addition to everyone versus the virus I guess then look at you got a mask on and everything bonus or help DLC get that DLC so you don't get sick a very interesting title me about to play game oh six gigabyte update no this is Call of Duty like thrown through modern warfare oh my goodness you don't play that game for a day or two and the next thing you know you get slapped with the freaking 20 gig patch what and then you think you're done and then you load the game and then ah now you had to install shaders you gotta wait again and then it says Oh update requires restart now you gotta restart to give and get that ear rape in your ears at the very beginning again dad it's a fun game but why is it so frustrating to play you know it's frustrating with this maintenance of it come on come on for old times sake flowers at the grave rip split screen gaming matter I feel about this one Gears of War tried to keep this a thing but I guess Gears of War it didn't really remain as relevant as it could have been or it should have been oh whoa this wasn't me yesterday when your best friend is mad at you but it's 3:00 a.m. and he's the only one online you still man invite now let's do this when a guy kills you but he gets sniped in the killcam ah I love seeing that that's like that's almost almost as good as revenge almost classic finally some free time to play a game parking lot parking spot open get closer and closer to it BAM 25 gigabyte update file nope any game where there are health items that you can pick up when you run out of health items in a game these goons these AI Seibert i butchered that one but yeah that's a good one I'm not gonna sing on a camera mmm no way oh thank god good that me when I remember I told the boys I'd be right back at discord but then I remember I needed the mic mmm I guess you just forget and then you go to bed whatever well that's the end of the memes that wheezy curated for me but if you guys got some memes jump or not jump inner discord drop them there or tag us on Twitter I'd love to look at this I love to laugh so checking out memes having a good laugh and just sort of relaxing with that it's a good time it's a good time so there we have it reacting to some gaming memes I definitely do enjoy this sort of content because it's just like I said I love to laugh so if you guys enjoyed this video make sure you hit that thumbs up button hit that hit that subscribe button while you're at it and I suppose we'll see you in the next video see you next week there see the next stream and make sure to catch us every Friday 8 p.m. Pacific twitch.tv slash coalition gaming crew oh also make sure you click one of our related videos we got a bunch we got years of content worth worth of stuff over there check them click one out click one check one out I don't know I keep mixing up my words but you should probably click one by now get rid of me talking and babbling here okay buddy\n"