To those who aren’t familiar with interacting across online forums, it might seem strange for people to make lasting friendships without ever meeting each other in real life. However, some players, such as two friends that met onPlayStation, can keep a friendly relationship going for years thanks in part to themultiplayer gamesavailable to play online.
In one case that has started to make the rounds amongPlayStationfans, two friends recently met for the first time at a wedding, after nine years of online friendship. The result is a wholesome moment that emphasizes the strength of online connections and the reality that online friends can still be just as close as ones met in real life.
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According to the original poster, Reddit user McLaughlinreece, the two had been friends for nine years and had never met each other outside theirPlayStation friends listuntil now. Additionally, to clear up confusion from the original post, the nine-year friend was a guest at the wedding, not one of the participants. However, some joining the post commented that the two friends look very similar, with the poster even saying that some other guests thought that they were related. From the picture shared, the resemblance between the two is striking.
Many of the comments range from others sharing their own experiences with meeting friends online, especially through gaming spheres, or their own marital status. Most wanted to congratulate the original poster on the wedding. Others were happy to see another example ofgaming friendshipsextending outside of online communities and into the real world, as many fans of multiplayer games have encountered in the past.
With the rise of online gaming, fromMMO titleswith huge, sprawling communities thriving within the game to multiplayer shooters and dungeon divers, it isn’t uncommon for players to start making friends with people they’re randomly matched with. In fact, meeting this way almost ensures that two players are going to share at least some interests, even if they are new to a game that they will abandon shortly after. So, when it comes to meeting others over the internet, there are few places better than through online gaming to find other fans that might be like-minded enough to be able to start and maintain a lasting friendship. It goes to show the power of an online community beyond how-to forum posts and sharing impressive feats.
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