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Making friends via gaming

NAS75353
over 3 years ago

Hi, my daughter (21) would like to make friends with people with similar interests via gaming. She is on a 2 year break from university due to severe anxiety, agoraphobia and feels isolated but at the same time finds social interaction exhausting. She is really getting into pc gaming using games from Steam, but also has ps4. I was trying to do a bit of research for her to find best ways. I found something called Discord sites but I couldn't work out how to make sure it's a friendly site. My daughter is pretty savvy about keeping herself safe online so wouldn't be in danger of exploitation. However, she would find it upsetting if someone she felt she'd started to make a connection with turned out to be not very nice. She's stopped playing ps4 games online because of in game behaviour of a few people. She does find it hard to trust people now. She finds it easier to connect with people if there is a shared interest. Does anyone have any suggestions of appropriate ways to connect via gaming?

Thanks 

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  • over 3 years ago

    Discord is a messaging platform. It's an application that you download and you make an account. You can add Friends to message privately or join a group (You find groups on the internet).  You can talk through Text or Microphone.  You just need to look for a good group to join. but I mostly use Discord to keep it touch or connect with people that I game with and not meet people on there. But there are lots of groups you can join.

    MMORPG games can be good for socializing as you can make groups and undertake "mission" / "Quests" with others. There's downtime between where you joke around and chat

    Guildwars 2 And Elder Scrolls Online are good ones as they arn't subscription based
    Or Destiny if she's into First Person Shooters

    You then find people on these games then you can connect on platforms like Steam and Discord so you can arrange times to play.
    If you need more genera specific recommendations then just ask.

    There are always chances of meeting people who arn't nice gaming. I'd say avoid competitive games againts other players and focus on co-operative experiences with players working together to compete against the game. Or "player versus environment" (PvE)

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  • over 3 years ago

    Discord is a messaging platform. It's an application that you download and you make an account. You can add Friends to message privately or join a group (You find groups on the internet).  You can talk through Text or Microphone.  You just need to look for a good group to join. but I mostly use Discord to keep it touch or connect with people that I game with and not meet people on there. But there are lots of groups you can join.

    MMORPG games can be good for socializing as you can make groups and undertake "mission" / "Quests" with others. There's downtime between where you joke around and chat

    Guildwars 2 And Elder Scrolls Online are good ones as they arn't subscription based
    Or Destiny if she's into First Person Shooters

    You then find people on these games then you can connect on platforms like Steam and Discord so you can arrange times to play.
    If you need more genera specific recommendations then just ask.

    There are always chances of meeting people who arn't nice gaming. I'd say avoid competitive games againts other players and focus on co-operative experiences with players working together to compete against the game. Or "player versus environment" (PvE)

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