u/AnonUserNobody23

Alright… I’m not going to waste any time because I’m still feeling extremely heated over the whole arguement.

The gist of it is that two of my friends are pressuring me into changing a character’s name and appearance on a video game and that if I don’t then they would pressure me into RESTARTING my entire progress.

The issue at hand is that changing the name would require me to pay money (\~$8USD). It would be fine but I don’t feel good about paying for something minute.

I have spent a few years on the game though admittedly my collective playtime is probably 96 hours, but making me restart the game feels demotivating and evil. Like they don’t care about the progress I put into it.

They have made the excuse that:

One. The name was randomized and you didn’t even put thought into it.

While that is true it is also how I normally make my own characters, pick two random words and try to see if it fits, if it doesn’t then I try again and I landed on my character’s name which I really liked.

Two. You don’t have much stuff because you played less than we did.

While it is true, I have several resources that I do not want to lose such as mythical and legendary items. While I can transfer them into a different save, the process is so slow that it would take all week to do so, plus I have other resources which I can’t transfer such as “Skills” like “jewel crafting” or “cooking” which I too have been focusing on throughout most of my game play.

When I explained my reasonings, they only responded with two words. “So what”. That broke me and I just screamed at them and I left the call.

Our other friends has been saying that I didn’t do anything wrong but the two have been insistent I apologise. Did I really overreact?

Edit 1: for those saying to “just say no”. Trust me, I have but they kept pushing me to change anyways, making an excuse to say “just say no”—when I did multiple times. And “just ignore us then”—when they kept pushing

Alright… I’m not going to waste any time because I’m still feeling extremely heated over the whole arguement.

The gist of it is that two of my friends are pressuring me into changing a character’s name and appearance on a video game and that if I don’t then they would pressure me into RESTARTING my entire progress.

The issue at hand is that changing the name would require me to pay money (~$8USD). It would be fine but I don’t feel good about paying for something minute.

I have spent a few years on the game though admittedly my collective playtime is probably 96 hours, but making me restart the game feels demotivating and evil. Like they don’t care about the progress I put into it.

They have made the excuse that:

One. The name was randomized and you didn’t even put thought into it.

While that is true it is also how I normally make my own characters, pick two random words and try to see if it fits, if it doesn’t then I try again and I landed on my character’s name which I really liked.

Two. You don’t have much stuff because you played less than we did.

While it is true, I have several resources that I do not want to lose such as mythical and legendary items. While I can transfer them into a different save, the process is so slow that it would take all week to do so, plus I have other resources which I can’t transfer such as “Skills” like “jewel crafting” or “cooking” which I too have been focusing on throughout most of my game play.

When I explained my reasonings, they only responded with two words. “So what”. That broke me and I just screamed at them and I left the call.

Our other friends has been saying that I didn’t do anything wrong but the two have been insistent I apologise. Did I really overreact?