Let Me Put You On The e-Game.
Wednesday July 15th 2009, 10:03 am
Filed under: hall of fame post, that's how i'm goin'

computerlove Let Me Put You On The e Game.

note: the re-up is because i’m putting this in the hall of fame posts. it’s too crucial and important not to be there. everybody can relate.

you know exactly what e-game is. it’s the facebook message to that boy whose in your econometrics lecture and you’ve been dying to meet. it’s that blackberry message you send to the girl you’re kinda talking to right after she leaves your room that reads: “i really wish you woulda stayed here tonite… :( ” it’s that shameful mass instant message you (simultaneously) send to all your crushes when you’re intoxicated. good lord! say what you wanna say, but i’ve come to the conclusion that everybody is a lot of people are about e-game.

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e-game is the preferred method of flirtation communication because technology took over the world a few years decades ago. and frankly, we’re just busy as $#!t to get too personal with people these days. especially us college kids. i got feature writing assignments to do, entourage to watch, n64 to play, weights to try and lift, salmon to eat, and global power moves to make, etc. it’s not really convenient to invest too much time in communicating with anybody if it’s not through text, IM, etc. and that’s the truth.

i’ve broken down the positive and negative aspects of e-game down for you below. read on.

pros

- it’s like ’08’s version of the phone call. except more digital, kinda. and you can’t talk to 5 people at once on the phone (unless you want a five person conference call). with e-game, you can. with ease.

- you can multi-task extremely well. when your phone vibrates or your IM box flashes, it means someone cares enough about you to hit you up. and you can do this while doing virtually anything. dropping bills on some heels in the streets of georgetown, whispering sweet nothings into the ear of this long-hair-don’t-care PYT in the corner of the party, or (if you’re really grimy) while you’re in the bed with somebody else. yeah, i just went there. but i’m being real. at least you’re showing some love, right?

- you can be pretty darn bold. too shy to say stuff in person? dag, homie. sounds like a personal problem to me. but really, you can say some things that you may not be able to say in person via e-game. sounds lame, but it isn’t. but be careful! this can work against you. i’ll explain later.

- time lapses. you ever get asked a question in real life, and answer way too fast without thinking in depth about it?! with e-game, you can post up for a second and break it down, allowing enough time to do research (google, wikipedia, social networking profile stalking, etc.) to say exactly what you want to say. also, you can appear much more calm and collected via e-game. take your time answering somebody! go do a few pushups, or run to the dining hall before you respond. it illustrates your nonchalant attitude towards the situation, even if he/she has your heart beating in triple time. deceiving? probably. illegal? not a chance.

cons

- social awkwardness. you can be vicious with the words behind that smart phone or that computer screen (sup guys.) but you could be a lame in real life. wowzers. establish yourself as a healthy, sane human being early. meaning, try to balance traditional, face-to-face communication with the e-game. shoot, it’s 2008…skype them or hit ‘em with that video chat if need be. at least you’re making an honest effort.

- you can’t gauge emotion accurately. at all! all we got is smileys, a few phrases (“lol” is all i have in my arsenal), and caps lock. besides that, there’s not much more one can do to express themselves. so when someone says something via e-game, you don’t know exaaactly how they meant it. was it a joke? a diss? a flirtatious gesture? a warning shot!? YOU DON’T REALLY KNOW!

- you can be pretty darn bold. told you i’d come back to this one. if you’re too bold, you can get rocked. what do i mean!? well, don’t try and be slick and pull a romeo-esque line, cuz homegirl is gonna tell her homegirls, and they’ll secretly laugh at you behind your back whenever you walk by. you think you wooed her with that text, when in reality it was weaksauce. oh, and don’t use that camera phone too…liberally. remember what happened to neyo!? yeah, you better click that link if you don’t know. not for work safe, either. i’m tryna tell you, the walls have ears, eyes, and a meaaan set of fangs. you will get rocked like that the two in the picture you just checked out a few seconds ago.

- your e-persona doesn’t match your real life. before you decide to take on a life of e-game, make sure you are as cool in real life as your e-persona. you don’t wanna be that guy/gal who has great convos via text or IM, but when you actually go out to dinner with that person, you can’t even look them in the face or say the same jokes you used to use when spitting that e-game! and likewise, those getting spat e-game: watch out for these goons/goonettes! they’re ruining the reputation for those who are great e-gamers. don’t be all about business on the text and then get cold feet in person! it can make or break things.

that’s really all i can think of right about now. any more pros and cons? any falsehoods lurking in the text of this entry? agree? disagree!? talk to me, man.


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wow, power post homie.

now, i am a crazy e-gamer. why? because it keeps the roster happy and is an easy way to gear up for CCT time. I work full-time, go to school full-time, and hold down my family. Im making power moves daily, and with these moves comes less time for extracurricular activities, but Im not trying to be solo dolo if some sort of event comes up. So i bridge that time gap with those crucial texts/messages that keep em straight till the next face to face. Plus that time lapse is so serious, those couple extra seconds that my cerebral can pause and break ish down, works wonders. Those smooth one liners are vicious, cool thing is, when i do see em. I already have a base for me to start off on.

Comment by j.merks 10.27.08 @ 10:10 am

this article is ridiculously on point

Comment by BC 10.27.08 @ 12:22 pm

no links are dead, buster.

Comment by modi 10.27.08 @ 12:37 pm

so what does it mean then when a guy is coming on hard to you through e game but then when he sees you he acts like he doesn’t know you?

Comment by Anya 10.27.08 @ 2:04 pm

sounds like a herb to me!

Comment by rice rocket 10.27.08 @ 2:09 pm

what’s that?

Comment by Anya 10.27.08 @ 2:29 pm

You are SO RIGHT about that bold e-gaming backfiring. I can remember way too many times when I laughed for HOURS about some guy’s whack ass text/IM/fbook msg. And usually i would forward the msg to my friends… Which is another con of e-gaming. All that “game” is documented. Yeeesh!!

Comment by ALEX 10.27.08 @ 3:31 pm

my e-game sucks a little bit. i get mighty crafty with words in text msgs or w/e, but i get cold feet when i’m right in front of the person. especially when you say something real ballsy. GOOODNESS. watch out for that one, that’s the major doozy.

don’t you ever wish a girl texted you instead of you having to text her first? or do i just get the short end of the stick a lot of the time?

Comment by modi 10.27.08 @ 6:03 pm

havin to text a girl first does make it tougher. thats part of the game tho….i don’t think i have an e-game…or at least one thats separate from how i am in real life. i make sure not to say nothing i can’t say to someone in person. if you do that you fucked up….

btw
Anya dudes who kick it hard to you online and don’t say nothing to you…those dudes are livin they life vicariously through the internet. and that is sad. tell em to grow some!

this articles on point tho

Comment by CV to BC? 10.27.08 @ 6:35 pm

I beg to differ.

I think any male who only communicates via online/text message but shows no love in public is trying to be discrete. I would think my female peers would see right through this, ESPECiALLY if he’s giving you no acknowledgement outside of one’s laptop screen.

He may be messaging 3-5 other females with the same lines, with the ending goal of smashing. It’s just easier because communication can be consolidated, via copy & paste.

My .02 cents.

Comment by oh you mad cuz i'm reading on you? 10.27.08 @ 6:41 pm

Of course, I’m not saying 100% of all males do this.

Comment by i'm reading it 10.27.08 @ 6:43 pm

I think you get a short end of the stick all the time..

I like face to face conversations at all times. No matter the situation, and I’d rather talk on the phone than text unless Im in class or something.. I think Im pretty crafty wit the words, prob cuz most times I don’t give a fudge cake.. Am I a jerk? maybe, but nice guys never win so

Comment by Nas Angeles 10.27.08 @ 6:50 pm

LOL to nas angeles.

to reading -

nah mayne.

actually, hell yeah.

actually, it’s a mix. sometimes you can throw somebody a mean text like, “what’s the damn deal tonite. you sleepin over or what!?” and you start the e-game flirtations off like that. and then you hit the party, and you show her as much love as you show everybody else. she may feel a certain type of way, and perhaps even a SMALL, teeny weeny part of her questions if you really meant to send that text to her, or if you were serious or not. it’s like that alicia keys music video, teenage love affair, when they’re at the dance, and they play like nothing’s really up between them. but at the end, they meet up and get it in.

Comment by phatz the cucumber roll slice 10.27.08 @ 6:54 pm

i feel you reading,
but you say nothing to shorty at all…thats kinda wack.

but if it works…
maybe ill try it out
haha

Comment by CV to BC? 10.27.08 @ 6:58 pm

here we go with the topic of “game” again. i dont care if it’s e-game or whatever, remember that the MOST IMPORTANT thing to do is be yourself. you young bastards dont listen to me when i tell yall that it has absolutely NOTHING to do with game!!! believe me, a woman can smell a liar or a kid who’s running game 100 miles away. they have a radar for that shit. so this topic needs to be about, what do YOU need to do to get your personality up instead of getting your “game” up.

i agree with modi and some of you others about what youve said, but remember that in the end none of this is relevant. e-game is almost always because two people are trying to get to know one another (just in a sped-up and less communicative manner). unless you live in two completely different places then you two will be in front of one another anyways (that should be the goal at least). it’s IMPORTANT to be yourself behind the computer because you can turn off your partner just as quickly if she realizes that when you two are in person that you are acting completely different. just be yourself!!!!!

Comment by realestate 10.27.08 @ 8:15 pm

i think egame is lame, and all those who partake in such modes of communication as a serious form of getting to know someone need some serious real life experience. at the end of the day, 2008 or not, we are all people and communication should occur face to face. its the same ole shit as liquid courage, but its electronic courage, and if you can say all your egaming nonsense in person, then why not just say it in person for goodness sakes!

get lives, create conversations in words with faces…

Comment by jada 10.27.08 @ 9:02 pm

cs realestate
and i was really gonna say i had no game, i just tell it like it is and say whats on my mind (that which is appropriate of course) and see what happens.

isn’t that in a sense game. be it truthful or not?

Comment by CV to BC? 10.27.08 @ 11:23 pm

those responses were on point.

to modi, i feel you on the extension of that text, but we as dudes always have to extend ourselves when it comes to females, whether it be at the club, in school, or on facebook chat. We gotta put in work to holla at the nickels and dimes. Problem with e-game tho, people get to wrapped up in it. Females texting asking questions about a comment on myspace, or a relationship status, or who those girls in your profile pic are. crazy. i cant

Comment by j.merks 10.28.08 @ 12:04 am

tell you how many times people have od’ed with the internet ish.

Comment by j.merks 10.28.08 @ 12:05 am

The best e-game is short and sweet. It shouldn’t be the bread and butter of your interactive sexiness, but the quick ennabler for feelings/vibes/desires that are already there. Like if you’ve been talking to somebody and you know you’re both feelin each other, you get a text at 2am that just says “:-)” and you know what it means. I love a quick “hey sexy” or “i miss you”, but texting novels hurts my hands and I could be doing much better things to you with my hands than texting. All I know is that from personal experience dudes who actually want to be with me make time to devote to me, face time, phone time, whatever. Dudes who just wanna smash stay up in the e-game and when that’s the case it’s not like you’re tryna have deep personal conversations anyway.

Comment by Tay 10.28.08 @ 12:06 am

i think i’ma just start calling girls like i used to do in 5th grade. i haven’t used any minutes this month. maybe 13. and 11 of those are from voice mail. the other two are from mom. shucks.

yea, i’ma call her.

Comment by modi 10.28.08 @ 12:16 am

Tay is:

1. a freak

and

2. absolutely correct in her comment

Comment by realestate 10.28.08 @ 12:37 am

How about AIM people? I’ve been on AIM for a good hour or two and thrown around some solid e-game IM’s. My e-game can get girls to my dorm pretty efficiently, no matter the time of night. Same with my text messages, and I don’t even have unlimited!!!

Comment by the pied piper who loves to pipe 10.28.08 @ 12:47 am

what is that first song! kinda dope

Comment by mookie 10.28.08 @ 1:21 am

omg…I’m with Tay..short and sweet. It means so much more but then again homeboy/homegirl could have filled all the to: spaces with dif. people! Whateva..neway I think I’m pretty good at both but its something about being able to take ur time and text or AIM something! But, what about webcamming? What is that considered as…bootleg ass face to face or more e-game. I mean I kno some guys who get on webcam but still just aim neway or when ur finished webcamming it up then shoots you a text ready to let some shit off their chests..what’s that about?

PS. Nas LOL

Comment by dani{gimme}sum 10.28.08 @ 5:06 am

nas angeles, formally known as nas vegas, better known as nasser the great, is fibbing, guys.

for the last year of high school and the first few years of college, he was GLUED to his sidekick. in fact, the bamma had two phones…one was a fluke sprint, and the other was a busted sidekick. he bought the sidekick SOLELY so he could text message, and he was on it like white on rice. no games. serious as a heart attack.

then i sold my sidekick to him. oh wait, nevermind. i just gave it to him, cuz it was so busted that nobody would buy it on eBay. cuz that’s what friends do. kind of. but that’s not important! the important thing is, i’m calling him out. of course everybody likes face to face convo. but you can’t say you don’t love texting and AIM, otherwise you wouldn’t do it all damn day. you even send pictures, and hella carefully crafted texts to beautiful women around the continental US! goodness. if i had a dollar for every time i saw you sending multiple people texts in like a one minute span, i’d be up there with 50’s bankroll. maybe even jigga’s.

NO LIES! NAS, PRESSURE BUSTS PIPES! GET OUT HERE AND DEFEND YOURSELF!!!

Comment by modi 10.28.08 @ 5:18 am

LOL!!! modi ratting his boy out!!! damn i guess you can call that e-cockblocking!!

Comment by realestate 10.28.08 @ 9:42 am

another quality post.

Comment by John Q 10.28.08 @ 10:49 am

First things first, Im far from a bamma, like really far. Next I never ever in my lifetime bought a sidekick. Every sidekick that I had was given to me.

Now lets look at some keys words or phrases here, “the last year of high school and the first few of college”. There is a maturation process that one must go through in order to find ones self. I matured, Im not saying I threw away my sidekick cuz that was definitely my Captain Planet, and when I say Captain Planet, I mean it was my Earth, Fire, Wind, and defintely my Heart for quite some time.
Then as I grew older, grew wiser, I “smartened up opened the market up” ( what up Hov). I would see myself never talking to my friends and always chillin wit my “friend killer” as I call it.
I wasn’t gettin girls playin wit this little computer flip phone thingy, I was fakin the funk, I was close to being Willie Lump Lump, except I never made it that far.
Instead I listened to Kanye and switched my style up and if they hate then let em hate and now Im watchin the money pile up. I went to parties not givin a greedy mutha fudge cake, and for some reason it worked for me, I said whatever came to my mind, I never thought about what to say next, instead I just reacted, it was as if I was playin fball all over again. So everything that happened with a girl was O so natural.
So Im not going to say I have game, or I have swag, or a macoroni with cheese, Im just gonna say that Im myself and that works for me, dude. So when a girl comes up to me and says “Hey you know whats sexy?” I say no, I don’t know what it is, but I bet I can make you drop your pants really really fast. LOL
Ok I kid I kid.. I just do what works man, Im about that face to face action I text when I feel the need to, but most times you’ll find me on that Instinct- What Up Sprint/Nextel.

p.s you forgot to mention the time we went over Wallace House during the middle of the day during SR year and how many phone calls I got.

Oh and I got rid of my sidekick cuz T-Mobile sucks..

Oh and I just that smiley face that was recommended by Tay :-) yea that one-What Up Tay

Comment by Nas Barkley 10.28.08 @ 6:29 pm

I meant that one –>> “:-)”

Comment by Nas Barkley 10.28.08 @ 6:31 pm

one of the main cons you missed, as someone noted above, is ‘e-game’ can be stored for some time, forwarded around, etc. you can put your foot in the mouth on the phone, but as long as it isn’t a voice mail, there is no enduring monument to your fuck-up that can be forwarded or re-played for the amusement of laughing girlfriends for some time.

also, if you are truly running game and get caught in a lie, the worst way to get caught in the lie is in writing. LOL.

Comment by spirit equality 11.07.08 @ 1:25 pm

lol i didn’t miss that. i covered it.

Comment by modi 11.07.08 @ 1:38 pm

Oh.. the e-game.
I def. have been in a situation where I fell for his ‘e-game’. Having a sidekick will get chu! I’d be on AiM all day.
But you have to consider talking to people on AiM, FaceBook, through text… gives them the opportunity to press ‘BackSpace’ or ‘Clear’.. it gives them time to think and be crafty or humorous. SO just, be careful ladies. Because it also gives them the chance to send things to multiple people.
And yeah I mean, face time is like most important. and if a broad is dumb enough to fall for his e-game that’s on her.
I feel like people with vibrant personalities naturally have great e-game.

Comment by JazzyBooBoo 11.10.08 @ 4:00 am

What a great clip, I love it when phon-tigga gets on the soapbox. Definately missed seeing Pooh @ Cats Cradle a couple weeks ago, the Red and Meth show just wasn’t the same without him. Heard the the flight outa denver held him up. Jozeemo came correct in his absence though. And of course 9th came outa left and owned the tables, his “Wake Up” beat with Common and Luda is sooooo official.

B.Eazy

Comment by BEazy 12.08.08 @ 1:51 pm

Hahahahahahaha this is by far the funniest post/comments on here. Brilliant.

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