Not a stupid game.

[MrDerpyDino]

A few days ago I was bummed that Henry moved out of my town. So my mom walked in my room and said, "What's wrong?" I replied with, "Henry moved out of my town." She replied with, "WOW, you're depressed over a dumb game?" And walked off. This isn't a dumb game. This game means a lot to me. Rant over.

 

[debinoresu]

im sorry like i agree with what youre saying but i laughed at this bc it was so ****ing blunt just, "This isn't a dumb game. This game means a lot to me. Rant over."

oh my gooood,,, a+

but yes we are capable of being sad over fictional characters in a game, amazing

 

[MightyMunchlax]

I know your pain bro. I've lost Mira and Lolly cause they just never said they were going.

 

[in-a-pickle]

You don't know my life, mom! JK, but sometimes that's how i feel about this game :/

 

[Elise]

That reminds me of the time that dad was fixing the computer and completely wiped the hard drive without so much as asking me first if I wanted any of my data backed up. He just assumed that since it was school holidays I didn't have any important work on there. So I lost all of my game data since the last time it was backed up which was months before that.

I was literally crying for a whole day because I had lost 20 levels and a tonne of main quest progress on Morrowind as well as a lot of my Sims. My parents did not understand why I was so upset because its "just computer games".

 

[Ankhes]

I get her point, but don't agree with it. What if she has, say, an Lenox figurine she is very fond of and it falls and gets smashed. She's upset and crying. Her husband walks in and says, "Why are you crying over a stupid china doll?"

Well, it wasn't stupid to her and your game isn't stupid to you. They have the same value.

I'm sorry for your loss. If I come across Henry I'll let you know.

 

[lishe]

aw, mom. I think parents sometimes can't really understand that although our hobby (ie games) is a seemingly useless endeavour, the truth is like any other hobby, we also invest a lot of time and emotion into it. Especially for games that require a lot of time, such as AC or an RPG. Sorry to hear about Henry, I'm sure that you will be able to find another villager as amazing as he is.

 

[Liquid Ocelot]

Well, kiddo, it's your mum. Mums do that.

Don't take it too personally. She probably just doesn't want you being upset or whatever.

 

[MrDerpyDino]

I get her point, but don't agree with it. What if she has, say, an Lenox figurine she is very fond of and it falls and gets smashed. She's upset and crying. Her husband walks in and says, "Why are you crying over a stupid china doll?"

Well, it wasn't stupid to her and your game isn't stupid to you. They have the same value.

I'm sorry for your loss. If I come across Henry I'll let you know.

No, it's OK. I got a replacement for him. lol.

 

[WonderK]

I see why your mother would say that because of your reaction to a video game. I'm fairly inclined to say it's actually natural. In my opinion, though, there's nothing wrong about your feelings toward a digital character moving out of your digital town. You have emotions and feelings attached to that character.

 

[Luna_Solara]

My husband is kinda like this toward my Animal Crossing games. Yet, he does the same thing I do when something bad happens in his games... *Sighs* But I get it lol.

 

[Fuzzysaurus Rex]

Funny... If you felt like it you could probably bring up how people (including her maybe?) get upset over TV show, movie, and novel characters all the time. It happens with any medium someone is passionate about, video games are no exception. Call her a hypocrite if she's ever gotten upset about a fictional character before, hah.

 

[King]

I mean, when it comes down to it, ACNL is just a game

 

[moonchu]

i don't really believe it is the game in question, but more of the meaning you put into it. any thing is merely a thing: special china, a watch, a scarf. it is the meaning we bestow upon it, such as if someone special gave it to you or if it is helping you through a difficult time. oftentimes, people have a difficult time empathizing or understanding as a result of their upbringing or their generation, etcetcetc.

but yeah, your mom probably doesn't want you to be upset and just worded it really really poorly.
to you, and many others on the forum and in life, ANCL is more than the game itself.

my guy friend says he's concerned with how often i play ANCL and how much. it is endlessly frustrating at times but i just chalk it up to him not understanding what it means to me. but that's what we're here for, so we can be around people who do ^^

at any rate, i am joyous that you found another villager to move in.

 

[Atsushicchi]

That's nothing. I cried because someone I like unfollowed me on Twitter. Just because an unfollow, I was sobbing. Just because that.

(But I once screamed 'cause I failed on catching a tarantula and I was almost there)

Our parents don't understand that we have feelings towards fictional things. At least me~

 

[Zulehan]

Getting moderately sad over a virtual character moving is just silly, but being perfectly capable of killing another human being because your favorite football team is losing just makes sense.

 

[N64dude]

I go mad when my football team scores a goal or loses. My auntie knows i do this quite a lot. And my mum likes ACNL she's never played it.

 

[Trent the Paladin]

I feel a little bummed when a villager of mine moves or a favrotie character dies, but I can't say I mope about it long.

Unless its Mass Effect, but I still feel robbed.

 

[ellabella12345]

My mum sometimes looks like I'm crazy..

 

[staeples]

i strongly agree, its NOT just a dumb game. i have been with this game series since 2008. I cried the first time i sat under my town tree in my first town in acnl and saw all the progress i made. just the MUSIC to the progress credits make me cry. playing AC: PG makes me tear up! i sometimes listen to animal crossing tracks when im sad and i always feel better in the end. when i had no friends and i was the loner in school or sad all the time, the villagers were my only real friends in my mind. Honestly, sometimes i still think that way since the only people im close to are my boyfriend and my family. this game is like a utopia to me, ill be playing it in my grave.


EDIT: i usually find that people who do not share the same emotional attachment to something that you do will generally think you're being ridiculous lol.