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[justmariadaily]

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"Oops, calculated!”

 

Killjoy, my favorite agent. The most adorable sentinel with her arsenal inventions. Playing fps games, you must have mechanical skills and a good game-sense. I love playing games where you need to fight and survive. Learning about aiming, moving, dodging, crouching and etc. gives me energy. I love studying the new maps, new games, new controls, new updates and even different characters or agents.

 

Valorant has 15 agents and each agent has four unique abilities. Valorant's gameplay is very similar with the other fps games. Attackers side, the goal is to plant the spike, which is the bomb and make sure to defend it. While in defenders side, the goal is to defend the site with the help of your opponents and prevent the enemies to plant the spike.

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I've been playing games since grade 1. I was also bullied by my classmates for playing Minecraft back then. Some of my internet friends are pushing me to stream. Streaming? Nah, thinking about it makes me anxious. I'm very shy and very quiet. I don't think I can entertain my viewers if ever.

One of the thing that bothers me is that when you're a girl who plays the game, you'll face toxicity. You will receive trashtalks and even harrasment for playing the game. Like, dude chill! Girls can be sensitive but it doesn't mean the boys are allowed to underestimate their gameplay. Even when you are top fragging, you'll receive trashtalks and make you feel like you don't belong in the game.

I stop playing Valorant few weeks ago because of the busy schedule and it harms me a lot. Lack of sleep, poor appetite and sometimes headache. But because playing is my only escape whenever I feel sad, anxious, mad and lonely, I can't stop myself from playing other games.

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Bang! bang! I started playing Call of Duty Mobile with my friends to lessen my anxiety and not gonna lie, I've been playing this game since 2018. The gameplay of COD is a bit similar to Valorant. But COD is more easier and convinient. I love playing it with my "ka-duo" and talk about my entire life while in a ranked game. I love to tease him "pabuhat" even though he's very good and top fragging every game. He's a very good friend of mine and I treasure him the most. Whenever we play, I feel excited because I can finally express my emotions and how my day went. Sometimes, I feel bored with the game but continue playing it to lessen my anxiety. Yay! Chicken dinner!

[lawrence-lacap]

Creating thoughtful sounds through music

by Lawrence Andrei T. Lacap

Have you been feeling stressed out or tired? or maybe just wanting yourself to distract from the things that is stressing you out?

We are all locked up in our home because of the current situation that we are experiencing today, we're living in a pandemic. I find some things that could able to distract me from what's happening around the globe.

I play instruments, I started studying how to play an instrument ever since i was a child. I struggle alot because my children brain can't process all the complicated method of playing an instrument, but i got around that and be able to play instruments.

This particularly instrument that i really love when i am playing it, is the piano I was home taught with piano. The sound is just so majestic, you can express your feelings just by playing any kind of instrument.

The thing that bothers me a lot that music isn't that easy to understand. It is worth hearing when it feels right. Playing instruments has become a daily source of happiness of mine. Expressing thoughts through music, setting the mood with the use of the sound of the instruments. I once called as "the musician with a heart" because the sound of the instruments that i play is coming from my heart.

I spent my childhood in music, putting every time that i have when i was a child in to music, making me a talented musician. When i was in junior high school, I get to play in front of many people, play the piano in front of the audience. It was a overwhelming experience. I could state that music is the only thing that could make my burdens light.

When the time comes that I am depressed, sad, anxious, Music never fails to make me happy. It's like playing music is my happy pill. There is a certain kind of mood for every music, it helps me go through as life goes on. Music is a place where it could shelter and care the people who are listening to it no matter what are they feeling.