Thread:Mystic Monkey/@comment-2202259-20191010124259/@comment-679780-20191012205753

Being a Sonic fan never caused me any greif but as a gamer at times I do feel like the odd one out given most modern gamers don't regard Sonic the Hedgehog all that relevent. When I was 12 I played Sonic games. Now twelve year olds today play Fornite, Battlegrounds, Counterstrike, Halo, LoL and even Super Mario. I know it's 90s petty of me, to feel this way but I believe Sega are putting effort into making Sonic more relevent to todays crowed and meanwhile Fortnite has a giant purple cube roll around a map and people go nuts over it and make hundreds of videos over it. Especially Nintendo. If you click on "FANDOM" in the top-left corner then click "View All" under trending you'll find topics for Nintendo, Pokémon, Super Mario and Zelda as well as topics for a few other games but none for Sega or Sonic. I think that's unfair, Why Nintendo gets four topics and Sega none?

I guess it's because Sonic games arn't socially competitive enough? Neither is MArio or Zelda though. I dunno. I doubt Sonic will ever have an eSport tournament. Puyo-Puyo does but as far as I'm aware YouTube doesn't treat that as big news in comparison to other eSports like Fortnite, Hearthstones or whatever.

As for how you're feeling about internet communities in general, why not take a break from the internet? You can still come on to check news, watch videos and all but if going on communities is giving you a sense of "I don't want to put up with this crap today" sort of feeling then simply give the internet a break. With Halloween approaching maybe there is something you can do with your friends or family? Have a universal classic monster movie night (or watch Halloween and horror movies you do want to watch) or if you have any little siblings or relatives, offer to take them trick or treating and go in a costume just for the heck of it. Some grown ups often take their children trick or treating in order to "supervise" and "chaperone" them for their protection but it can also be an excuse for grown ups to dress up in costume and go out for the night like they used to. Not saying give up internet entirely, just take a break from it long enough to detoxify yourself and appreciate those around you who appreciate you.