The choice between anime and some intimate togetherness is sometimes difficult. MMORPG streamer and YouTuber Josh Strife Hayes also shares how Yu-Gi-Oh! has ruined a lot for him.
Nerds and weebs sometimes find it difficult to achieve success in love. One passion often gets in the way of another – and this happens to well-known streamers like Josh Strife Hayes as well. He talks about his past and how an anime marathon frustrated his girlfriend.
Recently, Josh Strife Hayes also played Mass Effect and explains how to play role-playing games the wrong way:
Who is Josh Strife Hayes? The streamer and YouTuber Josh Strife Hayes is known from various videos where he evaluates different aspects of MMORPGs and is always on the lookout for the “perfect” MMO. He explains, for example, what parasitic systems are and how they can harm MMORPGs in the long run.
Sometimes he also talks about how his nerd identity gets in the way of his private life – as in one of his recent streams.
“What? Bedroom? But Yu-Gi-Oh! is just so exciting!”
What did he say? During a gaming session, the topic of Yu-Gi-Oh! comes up in the chat. While the anime is often laughed at by many as a “kids’ anime”, Hayes immediately explains to the chat that the first two seasons of Yu-Gi-Oh! were fantastic and that the two arcs surrounding “Maximillion Pegasus” and “Battle City” are among the best that anime has ever produced.
In fact, Hayes was so excited about Yu-Gi-Oh! that it ruined his love life. Because he explains:
So, when I was at my girlfriend’s house and she was done streaming, she put us in front of the TV and put on Yu-Gi-Oh!. You don’t actually turn something on the TV to watch something, you put something on the TV in the background when you’re in ‘that situation’.
I didn’t know that.
I was very fascinated by the first season of Yu-Gi-Oh!. For a long time.And after 6 hours of being at her place and she was already looking at me like, “Josh, do you want to go to the bedroom?”, I said: “No, I don’t. I want to know what the Millennium Eye of Maximillion Pegasus does. Put on the next episode. They’re 20 minutes long. We’ve been here for 6 hours. I’ve only seen 18 episodes.”
Or in other words: This is one of the clearly documented cases where an anime obsession got in the way of a fulfilling love life. Somehow, we always knew it.
Too ambitious with Strip Dead or Alive
But that wasn’t the only incident where Josh Strife Hayes was hindered by his own nerd identity. He reports of another event where his overly competitive spirit came through:
There was this time when we were in a group and really many. And then it came up: “Oh, we should play Strip Dead or Alive 4 on the Xbox 360.” And I thought: I’m going to take this seriously.
I’m fucking fantastic at Dead or Alive 4. I never took off any clothes the whole time. Right? Nobody beats me in Dead or Alive 4.
And then, when I left the party and went home, it dawned on me: “Oh, damn. I think I should have lost a few of those games.”
Have you ever had a moment where your ambition or fascination for something caused problems in other areas?
