A Conversation with a Scrub: A Look into Online Gaming Culture

As I sat down to play a game with my opponent, I couldn't help but notice that he was using a voice changer. I had always been curious about these devices, and I decided to try it out real quick to see how it sounded. "Yo, don't say I don't have it on," he said, trying to maintain his anonymity.

I responded with a familiar greeting, "Hey, oh oh, how's it going man what's going on yo." My opponent replied, "It's your boy Through Boy HD, new place new arena he was dick I can go the other way you know ya hear myself every day every single day." It was clear that he was trying to sound as confident and intimidating as possible.

I shot back with a quick retort, "Oh no it says news fool yo sup give got mics yeah Bo shop got em like they don't start talking we gotta leave yeah you brought you here me no I hear you I hear what's up where we landing you sell like my grandpa let's go it was weird god damn bro I'm back." My opponent responded with a laugh, "I think there might be too much no no you're good you didn't scare you yeah so you know what diet a good buy it's like a little kid yeah you say a word to you you sound like the guy that the parents teach you about hello oh yeah I got a switch yo what up brother how's it going man."

The conversation continued, with my opponent trying to establish his identity and build a persona. He mentioned being a fan of certain streamers and expressing enthusiasm for the game we were playing. "He's my favorite streamer," he said, "I like your name oh thank you he's my favorite streamer I can't believe I didn't think of it dusty Devon okay yeah what this game's called the divet bro I think he knows Roach."

As we continued to play and chat, our banter became more lighthearted. We exchanged playful jabs and jokes, with my opponent trying to get a rise out of me. At one point, he said, "I gotta make it for dire all right y'all moo moo your fuel I have a chug chug." My response was immediate: "Why are we got the camp fire going what's up fellas how's your evening going so far so good trying to get a win that's what I'm saying man."

The atmosphere in our game shifted momentarily, as we took a break from competition and chatted about our lives. My opponent mentioned his struggles with sleep, saying, "I gotta go to sleep with my woman so we got to grab a win right now oh this guy knows me he knows I kinda wanna I don't know if I want to tackle him or or like what he flex the gotta go to got to go sleep on my wife it's urgent you know I'm gonna be honest with you."

Our conversation continued, with us discussing random topics and sharing our opinions. At one point, he said, "Random shows if they have CTV I just back out whether they have a mic or not not because I don't like people winning system sucks." My response was a chuckle: "We got to hear him go through three different phases of grief right there yeah that was oh hey honey can't wait to sleep next to you tonight it's urgent rain of news everybody knows though cuz we're on west coast there's only 500 people in the holes yes nice Lloyd you know ooh damn we get to make we gotta do this during the day sometimes when we were kids from school or at home playing for my back guys backs but yo I think we got this guy though like he has no idea what's his salty."

The conversation took a turn, as my opponent started trash-talking our opponent in the game. "I think we have we have time we have to go rush down too deep he's got 20 seconds and people come in from the idiot mountainside you're a baller we yell one one shot behind the street I'm 17 it's nice where he will beat you up again bro all right front of me yeah that was gonna work for sure this guy's the trap King by that camp as you can oh and hit that up more the left - yep I'm landing on him swing your pickaxe won't make me run away from you hey shop thank you one more come at a storm."

In the end, we emerged victorious, and my opponent celebrated with a mix of excitement and relief. "So you know what diet a good buy it's like a little kid yeah you say a word to you you sound like the guy that the parents teach you about hello oh yeah I got a switch yo what up brother how's it going man." The conversation continued, with us discussing our strategy and congratulating each other on our win.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enyo let's see what these boneheads are doing you'll tell me how bad my mic is engage a brother should you want me to log into my alt account - yeah you should but you'll they hear me in game chat you sure that you don't hear me games higher what we're going are they talking to you random yeah it's all gonna be sound settings game not party what are you guys talking about hold on this guy's got real quick jeez is the real shocker what do you think I still hate it sounds like him scenic visit this is why I need to be on my off so that we can we can play it a little longer before they start looking at no I know I know okay listen I'll be the guy that did you know I know I don't know the gang I know man that controller stuff all that a missus you know saying I think makes all right but you know your ever heard of ghost Eden yeah pretty good who's a beast no you'll cashier do you have you skins or not okay but usually I got you got you a lot of them yeah sadly yeah so will you guys will you guys buy stuff who whose code do you guys use make Martha bad they know he knows live make you think that guy knows yeah yo it's okay the big homie 100% knows he's for that little homie has no idea so we can have fun with that for a while it's a lot of work but it's fun work those knives bro okay yeah sure can you 90 can you do tonight you girls you really can yeah Cassie there's a guy here he's one shot he's drop it down for you you know down you sound you sound like make marks a little bit you put on controller me yeah no I play control there man but but no I'm not in shock you're trying to get better you know I feel you on that for sure when do we like the kid no okay should I push the issue a little bit chute ciphers lady I'm dating guys you guys said this hyper BK guy was good no Jeezy's boys disease i'm hopping about but does he hear what you had no clue and he was ready he was ready to fight me for saying that about PK he was like yo he is he's on the same team as ninja he PK was sir but dudes about to go to war for you all right you gonna have to add you I think I think I have because I change the name of character quite a few times oh I have to change the name cuz it's like it draws too much suspicion what is it the name is Minj Fuu myth Merc oh my god ninja fool myth Merc yeah probably not alright I changed the name with ttv 1v1 me scrub did I have a voice changer but it's never worked properly for me try it out real quick alright you tell me how it sounds okay I'm gonna all right yo don't say I don't have it on no I'm saying hey oh oh how's it going man what's going on yo it's your boy through boy HD new place new arena he was dick I can go the other way you know ya hear myself every day every single day oh no it says news fool yo sup give got mics yeah Bo shop got em like they don't start talking we gotta leave yeah you brought you here me no I hear you I hear what's up where we landing you sell like my grandpa let's go it was weird god damn bro I'm back it out I think there might be too much no no you're good you didn't scare you yeah so you know what diet a good buy it's like a little kid yeah you say a word to you you sound like the guy that the parents teach you about hello oh yeah I got a switch yo what up brother how's it going man it's going alright man I like your name oh thank you he's my favorite streamers I can't believe I didn't think of it dusty Devon okay yeah what this game's called the divet bro I think he knows Roach I vote real quick is you know or not yeah things I gotta make it for dire all right y'all moo moo your fuel I have a chug chug okay why are we got the camp fire going what's up fellas how's your evening going so far so good trying to get a win that's what I'm saying man I need to go to sleep with my woman so we got to grab a win right now oh this guy knows me he knows I kinda wanna I don't know if I want to tackle him or or like what he flex the gotta go to got to go sleep on my wife it's urgent you know I'm gonna be honest with you what I'm doing random shows if they have CTV I just back out whether they have a mic or not not not because I don't like people winning system sucks we got to hear him go through three different phases of grief right there yeah that was oh hey honey can't wait to sleep next to you tonight it's urgent rain of news everybody knows though cuz we're on west coast there's only 500 people in the holes yes nice Lloyd you know ooh damn we get to make we got it we gotta do this during the day sometimes when we were kids from school or at home playing for my back guys backs but yo I think we got this guy though like he has no idea what's his salty I don't know them did it done going down you got a whole team coming over there scrub that's not looking pretty right rule 4 that's light outside I mean get it for 63 nice you're one more up let's go Oh she'll get these boys - yeah it's gonna mum I think we have we have time we have to go rush down too deep he's got 20 seconds and people come in from the idiot mountainside you're a baller we yell one one shot behind the street I'm 17 it's nice where he will beat you up again bro all right front of me yeah that was gonna work for sure this guy's the trap King by that camp as you can oh and hit that up more the left - yep I'm landing on him swing your pickaxe won't make me run away from you hey shop thank you one more come at a storm I saw you chief living them yeah he went back to tell that gay there toots nice job dude go to ski kills bro man that's what's I just got our cat to - it's got three pick they're back here in these bills somebody cracking cracking cracking one shot smaller just goddamn can't even breathe oh oh go scrub we don't miss us yeah get em to get em to get em Jewish Oh get him to mantoots can't build mean let's put that guy down no Artie is the skull boy see what you got they show me a frame on that that's right oh you got half a frame like you ain't you ever use a half frame because you have a frame artist I need to get back on sixty wait with that oh come on - its we need you brother come on big here oh well that was the last guy yo you guys got a win yeah artists you actually after frame I did have 20 Morris baby all day I gotta get back on ps4 bro yeah this was my 60 frames I go then a PC yeah yeah way 28 how much higher yeah I had 22 and then y'all make up last sectionyo let's see what these boneheads are doing you'll tell me how bad my mic is engage a brother should you want me to log into my alt account - yeah you should but you'll they hear me in game chat you sure that you don't hear me games higher what we're going are they talking to you random yeah it's all gonna be sound settings game not party what are you guys talking about hold on this guy's got real quick jeez is the real shocker what do you think I still hate it sounds like him scenic visit this is why I need to be on my off so that we can we can play it a little longer before they start looking at no I know I know okay listen I'll be the guy that did you know I know I don't know the gang I know man that controller stuff all that a missus you know saying I think makes all right but you know your ever heard of ghost Eden yeah pretty good who's a beast no you'll cashier do you have you skins or not okay but usually I got you got you a lot of them yeah sadly yeah so will you guys will you guys buy stuff who whose code do you guys use make Martha bad they know he knows live make you think that guy knows yeah yo it's okay the big homie 100% knows he's for that little homie has no idea so we can have fun with that for a while it's a lot of work but it's fun work those knives bro okay yeah sure can you 90 can you do tonight you girls you really can yeah Cassie there's a guy here he's one shot he's drop it down for you you know down you sound you sound like make marks a little bit you put on controller me yeah no I play control there man but but no I'm not in shock you're trying to get better you know I feel you on that for sure when do we like the kid no okay should I push the issue a little bit chute ciphers lady I'm dating guys you guys said this hyper BK guy was good no Jeezy's boys disease i'm hopping about but does he hear what you had no clue and he was ready he was ready to fight me for saying that about PK he was like yo he is he's on the same team as ninja he PK was sir but dudes about to go to war for you all right you gonna have to add you I think I think I have because I change the name of character quite a few times oh I have to change the name cuz it's like it draws too much suspicion what is it the name is Minj Fuu myth Merc oh my god ninja fool myth Merc yeah probably not alright I changed the name with ttv 1v1 me scrub did I have a voice changer but it's never worked properly for me try it out real quick alright you tell me how it sounds okay I'm gonna all right yo don't say I don't have it on no I'm saying hey oh oh how's it going man what's going on yo it's your boy through boy HD new place new arena he was dick I can go the other way you know ya hear myself every day every single day oh no it says news fool yo sup give got mics yeah Bo shop got em like they don't start talking we gotta leave yeah you brought you here me no I hear you I hear what's up where we landing you sell like my grandpa let's go it was weird god damn bro I'm back it out I think there might be too much no no you're good you didn't scare you yeah so you know what diet a good buy it's like a little kid yeah you say a word to you you sound like the guy that the parents teach you about hello oh yeah I got a switch yo what up brother how's it going man it's going alright man I like your name oh thank you he's my favorite streamers I can't believe I didn't think of it dusty Devon okay yeah what this game's called the divet bro I think he knows Roach I vote real quick is you know or not yeah things I gotta make it for dire all right y'all moo moo your fuel I have a chug chug okay why are we got the camp fire going what's up fellas how's your evening going so far so good trying to get a win that's what I'm saying man I need to go to sleep with my woman so we got to grab a win right now oh this guy knows me he knows I kinda wanna I don't know if I want to tackle him or or like what he flex the gotta go to got to go sleep on my wife it's urgent you know I'm gonna be honest with you what I'm doing random shows if they have CTV I just back out whether they have a mic or not not not because I don't like people winning system sucks we got to hear him go through three different phases of grief right there yeah that was oh hey honey can't wait to sleep next to you tonight it's urgent rain of news everybody knows though cuz we're on west coast there's only 500 people in the holes yes nice Lloyd you know ooh damn we get to make we got it we gotta do this during the day sometimes when we were kids from school or at home playing for my back guys backs but yo I think we got this guy though like he has no idea what's his salty I don't know them did it done going down you got a whole team coming over there scrub that's not looking pretty right rule 4 that's light outside I mean get it for 63 nice you're one more up let's go Oh she'll get these boys - yeah it's gonna mum I think we have we have time we have to go rush down too deep he's got 20 seconds and people come in from the idiot mountainside you're a baller we yell one one shot behind the street I'm 17 it's nice where he will beat you up again bro all right front of me yeah that was gonna work for sure this guy's the trap King by that camp as you can oh and hit that up more the left - yep I'm landing on him swing your pickaxe won't make me run away from you hey shop thank you one more come at a storm I saw you chief living them yeah he went back to tell that gay there toots nice job dude go to ski kills bro man that's what's I just got our cat to - it's got three pick they're back here in these bills somebody cracking cracking cracking one shot smaller just goddamn can't even breathe oh oh go scrub we don't miss us yeah get em to get em to get em Jewish Oh get him to mantoots can't build mean let's put that guy down no Artie is the skull boy see what you got they show me a frame on that that's right oh you got half a frame like you ain't you ever use a half frame because you have a frame artist I need to get back on sixty wait with that oh come on - its we need you brother come on big here oh well that was the last guy yo you guys got a win yeah artists you actually after frame I did have 20 Morris baby all day I gotta get back on ps4 bro yeah this was my 60 frames I go then a PC yeah yeah way 28 how much higher yeah I had 22 and then y'all make up last section\n"