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Hi everyone, I'm French Fry Noob – a 1999 Chinese gamer (lemmy.world)
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Hello, games community

I'm 26, born in 1999 in a small Chinese town. Call me French Fry Noob — or just Fry.

In China's Battlefield community, new players are called "French fries." Fresh, get eaten alive, but always show up in large numbers. A self-deprecating way of saying: I'm still learning, I'll die a lot, but I'm here to have fun.

I grew up blowing into Famiclone cartridges, sneaking into arcades, renting PS2 time by the hour, and using a PSP as an MP4 player. Same story, different place.

I don't work in games. Just a player.

Recently I wrote a long piece about how my generation in China grew up with games — Famiclone to Steam. Console ban, grey market, the Steam tipping point, and why "piracy" was never the full picture. Chinese gamers liked it.

I'm working on an English version now. It's about why a kid from a small Chinese town bought a physical PS2 copy of Most Wanted years later — just for closure. Not politics. Just games.

Will post it here soon.

I'm new to Lemmy. Still learning etiquette. Feel free to correct me.

Thanks for reading. And if you play Battlefield… sorry in advance.

– Fry

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[–] frenchfrynoob@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Follow me first, I’ll take a look at the forum rules, and I’ll be able to post next week.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago

Theres no follow system on lemmy. ;)