A: I PLAYED SO IT'S ALREADY BEEN TEN YEARS AGO WHEN I PLAYED FOR THE FIRST TIME IT WAS AMAZING IT WAS LIKE THE SOCIAL HUB FOR ALL THE KIDS IT WAS UM CREATIVE THEY HAD LIKE A CURRENCY SYSTEM YOU HAVE MATERIAL THINGS BEFORE YOU WENT BEFORE YOU SATURATE YOU KNOW AND THE MARKET NOWADAYS FOR LIKE GAMES LIKE YOU HAVE TO BUY A V BOX AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND LIKE PACKS AND SKINS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IT WAS LIKE THE COME UP OF LIKE GETTING INTO THAT MATERIAL MATERIALIZATION OF LIKE UH OF OF FUN GAMES BUT THAT WAS FUN THAT WAS GREAT I HAD I USED TO ROLEPLAY ON IT IT WAS AN AWESOME GAME ROLE PLAYING LIKE DUNGEONS LIKE DRAGONS NIGHTS UH GOING FROM STAR WARS ROLE PLAYING IT WAS JUST LIKE IT WAS JUST FUN AND IT WAS REALLY CREATIVE ROLEPLAYING IS VERY CREATIVE IN A SENSE BECAUSE AGAIN YOU GET TO HAVE SUCH COOL DIALOGUE CREATE NARRATIVES AND IT'S AWESOME SO THAT WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF MY FAVORITE GAMES

B: MM HMM WHAT GAMES DO YOU PLAY NOW

A: GAMES I PLAY NOW UM <LAUGH> GAMES I PLAY NOW IS SIMPLY I PLAY VALORANT WHICH IS A A FIRST PERSON SHOOTER WHICH IS A TACTICAL GAME

B: IS IS IT IS VALORANT A ROLEPLAY GAME

A: VALIANT ISN'T A ROLEPLAY NO

B: WHAT IS A ROLEPLAY GAME THEN

A: UH FROM I CAN GIVE YOU MY PERSPECTIVE ON IT BUT IF YOU WANNA CLEAR ON I'M SURE NOW GOOGLE ALWAYS HAS THE ANSWER BUT FOR ME WHAT I WHAT I DEEM AS AN RP GAME UH A ROLE PLAY GAME WHICH IS RPG IS SOMETHING THAT HAS A KIND OF UH LORE OR ASPECT OF IT WHERE YOU CAN UM HOW DO I DESCRIBE IT HAS IT DEFINITELY HAS A DEEPER CONTEXT AND LORE AND YOU'RE BROUGHT INTO YOU'RE BROUGHT INTO SOMETHING WHICH IS LIKE A STORYLINE OR YOU'RE BROUGHT INTO UH AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE IS ALREADY LORE AND THERE'S SOMETHING TO IT

B: OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY

A: BUT I THINK THE MAIN ASPECT OF ROLEPLAY GAMES IS THAT USUALLY THERE'S UM THERE'S A THERE'S LIKE A CRI NO NOT CRITERIA BUT THERE'S LIKE INFO ON LIKE ATTACK POINTS THINGS LIKE THAT UH DAMAGE POINTS IT'S IT'S JUST MORE DETAILED OF LIKE WHAT YOU DO AND THERE'S MORE ASPECTS OF LIKE UH STORYLINE AND DEVELOPING A STORY

B: MM HMM YEAH YEAH YEAH

A: THERE'S ATTACK POINTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT YOU KNOW AND IT'S INTERESTING UM BECAUSE MOST OF THE ROLEPLAY GAMES THEY INVITE YOU TO BE IMMERSED IN THIS WHOLE NEW ENVIRONMENT AND THEY WANT YOU TO BE UH TO BE KIND OF LIKE IMMERSED IN THIS CHARACTER YOU CREATE FOR EXAMPLE I ROLEPLAY GAMES THAT I KNOW OF LIKE SKYRIM THEY BRING YOU THEY THEY ALLOW YOU TO CREATE YOUR CHARACTER AND ISN'T BROUGHT INTO JUST LIKE A YOU KNOW A A PREBUILT CHARACTER BUT THERE'S THERE'S

B: OKAY OKAY

A: THERE'S ROLEPLAY GAMES LIKE WITCHER WITCHER IS LIKE A POPULAR ROLEPLAY GAME AS WELL WHERE YOU'RE BORN INTO A CHARACTER

B: YEAH

A: BUT AS YOU KNOW THERE'S ATTACK POINTS OR STORYLINES THERE'S DIALOGUE YOU'RE IMMERSED THERE'S DEFINITELY MORE IMMERSION IN A ROLEPLAY GAME THAT'S IT

B: OKAY GOT YOU

A: YEAH DID YOU EVERY PLAY A ROLEPLAY GAME

B: I'M NOT SURE DID I EVER

A: WORLD OF WARCRAFT

B: NO IS THAT A ROLEPLAY GAME NO I HAVEN'T PLAYED THAT

A: YEAH IT'S A ROLEPLAY I PLAYED <OVERLAP>

B: I CAN'T REMEMBER IF I'VE EVER PLAYED A ROLEPLAY GAME I DON'T THINK SO UM RIGHT NOW I'M JUST PLAYING STARDEW VALLEY WHICH IS A FARMING GAME

A: YEAH

B: WHICH I LOVE A LOT IT'S KIND OF ADDICTIVE AS WELL <LAUGH>

A: I SEE YEAH

B: UM

A: I THINK STARDEW VALLEY MIGHT BE A ROLEPLAY GAME

B: I DON'T THINK SO BECAUSE YOU KNOW

A: YEAH IT IS

B: REALLY

A: IT IS YEAH STARDEW VALLEY IS A SIMULATION ROLEPLAYING GAME DEVELOPED BY YEAH

B: THAT'S SO CONFUSING TO ME BECAUSE UH FROM WHAT YOU JUST EXPLAINED I ASSUME

A: YEAH

B: THAT ROLEPLAYING MEANS YOU GET TO MEET OTHER CHARACTERS YOU GET TO LIKE SAY THINGS LIKE CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY BUT I GUESS YOU CAN DO THAT IN STARDEW

A: YEAH I MEAN THAT'S IN STARDEW YEAH IT HAS ALL THE ASPECTS

B: OH OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY

A: IT HAS ALL THE ASPECTS

B: I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A FARMING GAME <LAUGH>

A: NO

B: OKAY

A: BECAUSE YOU'RE BROUGHT INTO A ROLE YOU'RE BROUGHT INTO A ROLE OF UH OF THIS CHARACTER YOU CREATE THE CREATION'S THERE MOST ROLEPLAYING GAME HAVE CREATIONS WHERE YOU

B: OKAY OKAY OH OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY

A: SO YOU PLAY THAT ROLE OR SOMETHING

B: SO BY CREATING YOUR CHARACTER YOU'RE IN A ROLEPLAY GAME

A: YEAH

B: BUT FOR VALORANT

A: YES

B: BECAUSE THE CHARACTERS ARE PREMADE IT'S NOT ROLEPLAY

A: THEY'RE PREMADE AND THERE IS

B: OKAY <LAUGH>

A: THERE IS NO LIKE STORYLINE TO FOLLOW OR THERE IS NO LIKE QUESTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ROLEPLAY GAMES TYPICALLY HAVE QUESTS

B: OKAY OKAY

A: THEY HAVE THESE LIKE LIKE A LINEAR NARRATIVE I I WOULD SAY VALORANT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE VALORANT DOESN'T HAVE LIKE A LI LINEAR STORYLINE IT HAS LIKE A LINEAR GAMEPLAY OF LIKE UH YOU HAVE TO BEAT THE ENEMY TEAM AND IT'S LIKE YOU KNOW IT'S LIKE COUNTER STRIKE COUNTER STRIKE ISN'T A ROLEPLAY GAME

B: OKAY I GOT IT I UNDERSTAND YEAH

A: IT'S JUST <OVERLAP> YEAH YEAH YEAH

B: SO

A: UH YEAH DO YOU WANT ME TO ASK DO YOU WANT TO ASK ME ANYTHING

B: OKAY I'LL ASK YOU SOMETHING UM

A: OKAY

B: W WHAT DO PEOPLE DO DURING MOVIES THAT REALLY ANNOYS YOU AT THE CINEMA <LAUGH>

A: UH

B: OR AT THE MOVIE THEATER <LAUGH>

A: OKAY I'M GONNA BE HONEST I'M GOING TO BE HONEST EVERYTHING THAT PEOPLE HAVE DONE THAT IS ANNOYING DURING MOVIES IS SOMETHING WHICH I'VE DONE MYSELF SO I CAN NEVER REALLY GET TOO ANNOYED

B: OH

A: COULD GET TOO ANNOYED RIGHT

B: <LAUGH> DON'T TELL ME YOU WERE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO TAKE THE PICTURE OF THE MOVIE WITH FLASH ON <LAUGH>

A: NO NO NO NO NO NO IT WAS ALWAYS

B: OKAY BECAUSE THAT'D BE THAT'S THE MOST

A: IT WAS ALWAYS FLASH OFF IT WAS ALWAYS FLASH OFF

B: OKAY

A: I WOULD NEVER DO FLASH ON THAT'S JUST LIKE INSANE THAT IS ENTIRELY INSANE BECAUSE YOU'VE JUST YOU'VE THAT'S LIKE ZERO SOCIAL AWARENESS BECAUSE YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON

B: THAT'S THAT'S THE ONE I FIND THE MOST ANNOYING IS WHEN SOMEONE

A: YEAH I KNOW YEAH

B: I I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PROC UH PROCESS

A: FOR ME

B: BECAUSE THE FLASH DOESN'T EVEN HELP 'CAUSE YOU CANNOT

A: YEAH

B: TAKE A GOOD PHOTO

A: FOR ME FOR ME IT'S JUST LIKE SPEAKING TO YOURSELF WHILE WATCHING THE MOVIE OR LIKE YOU KNOW

B: TO YOURSELF

A: YEAH YEAH YEAH A LOT OF PEOPLE DO THAT WHEN THEY WATCH THE MOVIE THEY GO LIKE OH MY GOD THIS IS LIKE THIS OR THIS THIS AND THIS IT'S LIKE

B: OH THEY'RE PROBABLY

A: OH NO YOU CAN'T BE DOING THIS YOU KNOW THINGS LIKE THAT

B: COMMENTING OUT LOUD FOR THE OTHER PERSON WHO'S WITH THEM NOT JUST TALKING WITH THEMSELVES RIGHT

A: UH NOT NECESSARILY SOME PEOPLE JUST DO IT THEMSELVES AND

B: OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY

A: AND REGARDLESS IT'S LIKE SPEAKING DURING A MOVIE IT'S A BIT ANNOYING BECAUSE IT'S LIKE I I KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE SCREEN I DON'T REALLY NEED YOU TO COMMENTATE YOU KNOW AND UH

B: YEAH <LAUGH>

A: I THINK THAT THAT AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT REALLY I THINK THAT'S IT NOW EVERYTHING ELSE I DON'T REALLY MIND I LIKE I DON'T MIND LAUGHING BECAUSE I LIKE LAUGHING DURING MOVIES EVEN IF IT'S LIKE A SERIOUS MOVIE

B: UM FOR ME I JUST REALLY FIND IT ANNOYING IF SOMEONE'S SPEAKING OR UH TAKING PHOTOS WITH FLASH ON OR THE ONE THING THAT YOU CAN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BUT WHEN SOMEONE'S CRUNCHING A LOT WITH THEIR CHIPS BAG OR WHATEVER

A: YEAH IT IS <NO-SPEECH> YOU KNOW

B: UH YEAH I DON'T KNOW

A: I MEAN THAT'S WHY I'M VERY SELF CONSCIOUS WHEN I UH I MEAN I'M ALWAYS SO SELF CONSCIOUS 'CAUSE IN PLACE THAT I'M REALLY WORRYING BUT BUT NO UM UM I SAY I'M CONSCIOUS WHEN I WHEN I LIKE BRING OUT LIKE A CHIPS BAG OR LIKE I'M MUNCHING ON POPCORN OR LIKE I'M BRINGING OUT LIKE MY FOOD I DO IT VERY SLOWLY BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA ANNOY YOU YOU KNOW I DON'T WANNA

B: <LAUGH> YEAH

A: BECAUSE YOU <CLICK>

B: I MEAN YEAH

A: THAT'S <DTMF> YOU KNOW

B: IT'S LIKE TO CRUNCH ONCE IT'S IT'S WHATEVER

A: RIGHT YEAH

B: YOU HAVE TO OPEN THE BAG BUT TO JUST CONSTANTLY BE CRUNCHING ON I DON'T KNOW UM