And that 0,1% is about deep emotion, personal stuff that people share when they decide that you a worthy enough person after talking about random stuff
My strategy is to find some sort of goal we both can work towards, like the daily quests, going through Eden, doing the trials, collecting winged light, playing music together or for each other (haven’t tried this one yet), or simply ask them questions about the game or where they are from (if they’re comfortable with that). it’s even better if their friends join because it takes some of the load off of you to talk.
First time I played Sky I was a solo because nobody wanted to light a candle for me, then I tought that the others players was like something from the game system... at the portal to the 2nd map, two GIANT sky kids showed up to help me and I was like "these npcs are extremely well done"
How to conversation while ubering: so when did you start playing? Oh nice! What’s your favorite thing about this season? What’s your favorite cosmetics? Oh cool! [silence for the rest of the run]
i once spent a solid hour suffering through all the trials with someone and i feel like we really bonded from the trauma so when they put down a chair set and i finally sat down to talk to them i was so excited! until i found out they spoke exclusively japanese and i spoke exclusively english. agony
I don't know if you found it out already or not, I don't know if it was featured before (I play for a bit more than a month), but if you hold a message, there will be a translator function
I HAD THIS EXACT SAME EXPERIENCE???? it's so weird how the trials are so awful and traumatic if you go through them with someone else, that bond just transcends all human language and communication.
djfksjhlkjfkjhd i remember one of the times i actually sat down and talked with someone i think they were a college student working towards a psychology degree, we talked about inhibitions, wants, needs and honestly it was kinda meaningful to me to have a deep talk about how the mind works in such a pretty game (we were in the beginning forest area)
I have a friend called made and for a little we talked about art struggles and what we might want to do later on with our lives. The day after we sat in the forest together in silence. A few small pieces of dialogue here and there but mainly just enjoying the others company
I took a moth's friend request and we went to do trials. There's this bug in the Earth trial where I get paralysed sometimes. I can't move or honk, and have to return home. I felt so bad for leaving this moth behind, and I waited at home until I could rejoin them. I hauled ass to the nearest bench and went: "Hey dude, I'm so sorry! I got bugged and couldn't move." They responded in a language I can't understand, and I died inside.
The first time I spoke to my now close Sky friend, we began talking about what our favorite kind of weather was and where we lived. The conversation ended with us passionately speaking about slavery, war and more specifically, the colonization of Mexico.
It might be cause I've just been playing for a week now, but whenever someone made me chat with them they've always atleast known how to start the conversation and I did my best to keep it going too. But who knows what the future might being😂
just going to share a funny experience here! one day i was just relaxing at the beach area of home, until a tall sky kid encountered me she said she got a little scared of eden, and wanted a little company so of course i joined in her eden run after we got to the part with lots of winged lights, as i confirmed to continue my path, she returned home and basically trolled me into eden after i finally got 100 winged lights honestly, it was quite stupid of me not to realize how it could’ve happened, but it was an amazing experience i needed a little push to finally do an eden run after weeks anyway
One of my oddest conversation beginners was the other person sitting down and just point blank asking me if i was chinese then when I said no they just retracted the table and left- I mean like.. I get it but also ???
Someone asked me if I was Japanese in Japanese, and I'm not Japanese myself but I do speak Japanese, so I replied saying I was Canadian in Japanese but they just left without saying anything after that :')
kind of late reply, but a few months ago i had a person approach me in hidden forest while i was practicing my instrument and put down their table. i sat down and they asked me, in japanese, if i was korean. when i said no (in japanese) they waited about 15 seconds in silence and then just vanished. it wasn't even like they went home or anything, it was as if they closed the game entirely and the table disappeared with them lmfao. i didn't even tell them where i was from, i literally just said "no"💀
Me: “Hi” Player: **Writes in Chinese** Me: “Aight, imma head out-“ ( I wanted to be friends with two players before I never see them again and they were some of the few who talked English a bit and yet servers were like “f*ck u, u don’t deserve happiness” and they popped out existence as I was in the process of accepting one of the players’ candle. 😭
Almost my first conversation with someone they brusquely told me I wasn't allowed to use the table they'd set 🙃 I get it, but I was new and it made me stay away from the chat feature for a long time.
If I had a nickel for every time I, a moth, discussed potential career options and university with more experienced skykids while in a very scenic location like the Night Colosseum or the top of the Hermit Valley; I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird it happened twice
One time someone invited me to talk and then we just spewed out meme quotes for about 40 minutes. Another time someone spoke to me as though we were living in 1990 England and they were an old god or something so those 2 were fun!
And that's why I wish we had the beta multilingual keyboard in live Lowkey reminds me of that one time when I met a Chinese person in sky beta and I kept trying to use my ridiculously poor and limited Chinese to communicate while not being able to say "there is a translator in the app you know" Just because my high school level Chinese is so Damn Limited
I started talking to players in sky for the first time and the first chat I got was "do you know where to find hot dude's in this game? I wanna let them carry me."
copypasting for everyone: I don't know if you found it out already or not, I don't know if it was featured before (I play for a bit more than a month), but if you hold a message, there will be a translator function
Ngl some people are way to nice on sky and legit I’ve had the same “how’s ur day and hru” convo every single day now it’s rare to find someone who is as dumb as me talking about how Donald trump is a reference to anime
I usually ask where they're from because I like meeting people from around the world ♡ I've even met someone from the same background as me 🇲🇽 so that's really nice
My answer to the "hows your life" question would be- My life is ruined with every "r/fyouparticular" emkay video, I live everyday. One time I deleted sky and regret my life decisions and now sky is taking 3 years to download. That is what is happening with me rn
I usually ask people what country they live in, how long they played Sky, what they like about the game, how they found out about it, if this is their type of game, comment on their outfit if it’s nice etc. Usually stirs up a conversation whilst questions like “How are you? How’s your day?” almost always end in an awkward silence, for me at least. Which I understand because you don’t really want to talk about how you’re feeling or what you’re doing with a total stranger
I met some people from China. I thought China would have a separate server, but I’m glad that I can talk to people from more places. I feel less pressured to be good at talking with people who aren’t super fluent in English. I hope I can get better at conversing.