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Loading... Loading... Press start to begin Connection established User authenticated Welcome to the system Are you ready to play? Game on, game on Let the madness begin No saves, no checkpoints This is real life Midnight download, sixty gigabytes to go Waited three years for this game and now I know The hype was real but the servers crashed at launch Day one patch is bigger than the game itself, damn it Steam reviews are mixed, half say it's broke Other half are fanboys who'd defend a joke But I've got time to kill and money I've spent So fuck it, I'm in, let's see where this went Tutorial's for noobs but I'll play it through Last thing I need is missing something new Controller battery died right at the boss fight Now I'm plugged to the wall like a satellite Loading screen poetry, reading all the tips Hoping this won't be another corporate flip Graphics look amazing but the physics are weird Maybe this is what we all always feared Game on, game on, we're diving in tonight Level up, power up, everything's alright Until the rage quit, until the crash Until we realize we just burned our cash Game on, game on, addicted to the grind Losing track of sleep and peace of mind But we can't stop, no we won't stop This is our life, this is our drug Achievement unlocked but it was just for breathing Trophy hunters know exactly what I'm meaning Collect a hundred coins, kill a thousand rats Meaningless rewards for meaningless stats But dopamine hits when that notification pops Brain chemistry hijacked, and the feeling never stops Microtransactions everywhere I look They're selling back the content that they took Season pass, battle pass, premium edition Corporate greed disguised as tradition Loot boxes gambling for the children's souls While shareholders laugh counting up their gold But the game itself, when it works just right Can transport you to another kind of sight Patch notes longer than a college thesis Fixing bugs that should have never seen release But we keep playing 'cause we're already deep In this ecosystem of digital sheep Game on, game on, we're diving in tonight Level up, power up, everything's alright Until the rage quit, until the crash Until we realize we just burned our cash Game on, game on, addicted to the grind Losing track of sleep and peace of mind But we can't stop, no we won't stop This is our life, this is our drug Lag spike in the middle of ranked play Controller drift ruining my day Update broke my favorite mod Why does this feel like a job? Grinding for gear that's obsolete next week Social life sacrificed for this mystique But when you hit that perfect combo flow This is the closest thing to magic that we know Three AM and I'm still in queue "One more game" turned into a few Teammates flaming in a language I don't speak Toxic community, but the gameplay's unique Speedrunners breaking records every day Casual players just want a place to play Streamers making millions off our passion While we're here in last season's fashion But none of that matters when you're in the zone Controller's an extension of flesh and bone Time stops existing, nothing else is real This is the closest thing to flying that we feel Game on, game on, we're diving in tonight Level up, power up, everything's alright Until the rage quit, until the crash Until we realize we just burned our cash Game on, game on, addicted to the grind Losing track of sleep and peace of mind But we can't stop, no we won't stop This is our life, this is our drug Game on! Game on! This is who we are Game on! Game on! We've traveled way too far Game over... Connection lost Achievements saved Progress corrupted