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Why do people cry during game announcements?

Umbasaborne

Umbasaborne

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Watching the direct live, a bunch of people were like “omg im literally crying!!” When they saw something they were excited for. Then i saw reaction videos where people were actually crying. Maybe im just a heartless old man, but shedding tears over game announcements seems way over the top to me. I feel like these are the same people who un-ironically say “lets gooo!”. Am i just a cranky old man, or are these reactions actually way over the top?
 
Umbasaborne

Umbasaborne

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Gorgyles said:
Just emotionally stunted dudes.
Usually single 30somethings with ASD.

I went to GameXplain to see if they had spotted some cool details in the trailers and was met with this Metroid reaction.




He's acting like somebody who just had their son rescued from a burning building.
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Oof
 
Gamer_By_Proxy

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Some people get way too emotionally connected to certain IP in all forms of media. It's a little more understandable when it was a game people weren't expecting like the new shenmue or FF7 remake.
I don't think I'd cry but I'd definitely freak out over a deadly premonition 3 or operation inner space announcement.
 
TintoConCasera

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Imagine crying at an advertisement video lmao.

My guess is that most of those reactions are exaggerated, maybe because their audience like that or something, I dunno.

But hey at least some of them make for great meme material.
 
mortal

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What elicits emotional reactions won't be the same for every single person. Isn't that obvious?
People cry from excitement in all sorts of situations. There's a lot of overlap with excitement that can result in "crying tears of joy". It's completely normal human behavior.
It's no different than passionate sports fans that become emotional over teams or from watching a game/match.

It's not about you being heartless or an old man. Game announcements just so happen to not do it for you.
You can pretty much poke fun at all sorts of things that people can cry over, so it's not exactly a bizarre behavior.

Edit: Just for clarification, are you asking about why people make reaction videos or are you asking why people get emotional over announcements? Because I think those are not technically the same thing.
 
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Madflavor

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Filben

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Umbasaborne said:
omg im literally crying!!”
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don't forget the strong use of hyperbole in the English language and especially American culture. If something wasn't "amazing" or "awesome" but merely "good" most people there would think it was actually bad or average at best. Even the word 'literally' itself isn't to be taken literal.

Just think of all the strong metaphors like "I'm dying" or "the hill [someone's willing] to die on".

American English just has it with superlatives and extreme imagary.

So most people when they say they're crying mean that's very emotional for them, but they most likely don't cry in a literal sense.

And if you mean Youtubers, we'll they get money for reactions/interactions. so they themselves go with it head on. Just look at all those exaggerated thumbnails people doing weird faces on. That's what sells. That's how you get clicks. Works perfectly in harmony with a modern society going in hard for extremes and a language that keeps up amazingly well with that.
 
tmlDan

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Punished Miku said:
Nobody normal does this. I struggle to even imagine it's actually real.

It's performative. Someone sitting alone without a camera on them will have basically no reaction watching a trailer.
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Exactly this, its a symptom of being chronically online and feeding into social media.

It's fake hype for reactions from their "viewers" or online buddies.

I will say, i do get really excited but not to the point i flail my hands around jump up and cry lol
 
Umbasaborne

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Filben said:
don't forget the strong use of hyperbole in the English language and especially American culture. If something wasn't "amazing" or "awesome" but merely "good" most people there would think it was actually bad or average at best. Even the word 'literally' itself isn't to be taken literal.

Just think of all the strong metaphors like "I'm dying" or "the hill [someone's willing] to die on".

American English just has it with superlatives and extreme imagary.

So most people when they say they're crying mean that's very emotional for them, but they most likely don't cry in a literal sense.

And if you mean Youtubers, we'll they get money for reactions/interactions. so they themselves go with it head on. Just look at all those exaggerated thumbnails people doing weird faces on. That's what sells. That's how you get clicks. Works perfectly in harmony with a modern society going in hard for extremes and a language that keeps up amazingly well with that.
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Ive been thinking about this alot recently. How on tik toks people use extreme emotions and exaggerated mouth movements. I think the youth have a hard time connecting to someones video if they cant see and clearly read someones face to tell them how they should be feeling
 
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gaming_again

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Umbasaborne said:
Watching the direct live, a bunch of people were like “omg im literally crying!!” When they saw something they were excited for. Then i saw reaction videos where people were actually crying. Maybe im just a heartless old man, but shedding tears over game announcements seems way over the top to me. I feel like these are the same people who un-ironically say “lets gooo!”. Am i just a cranky old man, or are these reactions actually way over the top?
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Because our current society is so successful and safe that our social incentives are all messed up.
 
yurinka

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Umbasaborne said:
Watching the direct live, a bunch of people were like “omg im literally crying!!” When they saw something they were excited for. Then i saw reaction videos where people were actually crying. Maybe im just a heartless old man, but shedding tears over game announcements seems way over the top to me. I feel like these are the same people who un-ironically say “lets gooo!”. Am i just a cranky old man, or are these reactions actually way over the top?
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I assume ravid fanboys may cry when they see a game announcement that they have been waiting for many years, but doesn't make any sense to me. Instead I can see a fan saying 'let's go!' or even clapping at home specially when streaming or watching it with friends.
 
jshackles

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MikeM said:
Maybe the game announcement is tied to someone who died that said cryer was close to?

When my dad eventually passes you bet your ass that any Tekken game announcements will push me to baby mode.
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This is one of the reasons I can't help myself but to cry during Zelda game announcements. My grandpa introduced me to the original Zelda in 1986. I was enthralled by this game - the first game I remember being absolutely sucked into. We played the hell out of this game together - we drew maps, found all the secrets, even for the second quest. It's one of my most cherished memories of when he was alive.

He got me a subscription to Nintendo Power (and kept it up for YEARS even though I was in college and wasn't gaming as much). We played through Zelda 2 together (and did the collective "this isn't anything like the first game!" simultaneously). A Link to the Past, Link's Awakening. By the time Ocraina of Time rolled around, his health was on the decline. I played the game, and would tell him about my adventures. He hung in there for a while, but passed away shortly after Twilight Princess was announced. He would have absolutely LOVED Breath of the Wild.

So yes, games (and even game announcements) can make people emotional.
 
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