AIO for feeling like I've been "third-wheeled" in my own friend group?
I have to get this off my chest so apologies if anything doesn't make sense, but the longer I let this sit the worse it feels. I do not know if any of them have reddit so apologies for some vagueness here. I have a relatively small mixed friend group (5-6) of us with four of us being the core group I typically spend time with. Majority of us are only online friends with a small few I know in real life or have met. We mostly hang online and play video games together, but lately they have all moved on to a type of game that I just-- don't have a desire to play anymore.
At first I was able to join in on these games and enjoy myself but over time the desire to play these types of games has dwindled and that is all they talk about. To add fuel to the fire, new people were introduced to the friend group who are also, heavily into this type of game as well. The group has grown and now all they talk about or think about are these games.
Trying to introduce new or other types of games, particularly ones I enjoy more has been like pulling teeth. It has gotten to the point where I don't feel like I can even ask to play anything with them anymore if it doesn't involve one of these games they prefer.
I feel like I'm losing my friend group over a game type I just-- don't have the energy or desire to really play anymore and I honestly don't know what to do anymore. I don't want to lose them, but I feel like I'm being pushed out too because my tastes differ so greatly from theirs and the gap is only getting wider over time.
There's more to it, but this right here has been a growing thorn. I just want to feel included in my friend group while not feeling like a pitied outsider because I don't like what they are playing. It doesn't make me want to spend time with them either when the conversation is hardly ever on anything else, AIO?