Comments on: Don’t Be Shy

By: Orion_NGC1976

Orion_NGC1976 — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:26:26 +0000

Estim, a very nice article. As one who is “driven insane” by simple conversation, I can relate to your article. It does seem like “it is a mystical art controlled by the gods” and somtimes they impart a little bit of the magic to me. My safe haven is Hudson. Hudson provides a place when things are slowed down and I can go at my own pace. I can comment on a dolphy’s name if it strikes a chord with me or talk about racing strategy. Also Hudson is a big open space. I don’t do well in congested, fast paced, small enclosed spaces like Singstar. Again a very nice article. Hope to read more from you.

By: Nate

Nate — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 22:08:08 +0000

Estim is a close friend of mine. yeah i totaly understand shyness. moving 14 times growing up so never developing social skills was tough. and now having multiple sclerosis keeps me grounded most of the time. Home has been a great way to learn how to comunicate with people. you at least have a common ground that helps. 1 having a ps3, 2 being on home to explore and meet people, 3 to play videogames. it has acualy helped me to talk to people in rl better. and it beats spending money you don’t have to go out.

By: Caspearious

Caspearious — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:06:44 +0000

That was a great article. It hits home with me, since I suffer from a great abundance of shyness in real life and in PS Home (even at the age of 37).

I have managed to make a lot of friends in Home (thanks to a Home related chat room I lurk, at another site). But I still find it a struggle many times to keep conversations going.

It does seem almost magical how social folks can just converse so freely.

Thanks again for a great article and it makes me feel like I’m not alone out here.

By: keara22hi

keara22hi — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 18:41:49 +0000

Excellent article, Estim. Even if you do not win a prize in this contest, I really hope you will keep writing for HSM. You have some interesting insights into the social scene.

By: cthulu93

cthulu93 — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 17:51:56 +0000

Another good starter topic for conversations is games,everybody on Home is a gamer to 1 degree or another so this common interest is a great ice-breaker.Be it a game on Home or the disc-based game in your PS3 this is a good starting point,then just be prepared to ask follow-up questions to anything interesting that comes out of that initial topic and you should be well on your way to a good convo.Way back when I was a teen I was rather shy myself until I realized that the most socially popular ppl that I knew had the same awkward feelings I had about talking to new ppl as I did,they just didn’t let it show as much.So the perception that they were confident around new ppl became the reality while I as a shy person was letting reality form perceptions about me to others.It still wasn’t always easy but once I came to that realization things got better.Great topic and nice job.

By: Burbie52

Burbie52 — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 12:50:34 +0000

You did a wonderful job Estim, I knew you would. If you would have told me that you were a shy person before reading this article, I would have never believed it. I have know you for more than half a year, we love playing RDR together and bopping Nate
(private joke). I am so glad you decided to take the plunge and do this, I hope to see much more from you as we move forward together in this magical wonderland of Home.

By: Jersquall

Jersquall — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 08:29:53 +0000

Awesome read. trust when I say Home helps with a great many things