Apparently, I have livedo reticularis

[Earth Girl]

I was playing Sims 4 and I didn't know people could see me play on there. In the corner of a part of the game, I would get comments and most of them just sounded like things the game might randomly say to players like "Hey there, *username*", but once when I was playing, one of them said "Mmm, *username*?, tasty" and I was like, okay, that's not something the game would say unless there was weird AI stuff going on or something so people probably are watching me. Luckily, most people were saying nice things like "Magical *username*" and "Nice one, *username*", but one of the last things someone said before I stopped playing was "A reticulated *username*." I looked it up and Google said it was a skin and possible serious autoimmune condition. I told my dad about it and he just say "Yeah, okay." I said a bit more about it to him and then he said, "I don't know why they would think that" and kept typing on his computer.

Apparently, this condition can be caused from dehydration and shows up on people with really fair skin, or it can be something very serious that you should see a doctor/hospital about - which I will do. I'm a bit worried. If I tell my parents about this, they will think I'm over-reacting and say there's nothing wrong with my skin. I have heard people I went to school with say that my face sometimes looks blue and before anyone even said anything like that about my skin, I felt like my skin looked kind of purple and very blotchy with different colors on my face (blue, red and purple). I used to wear make-up almost every day because I was so insecure about the coloring of my facial skin. At least now I know what could be wrong with my skin and that it might look better with help and more importantly, I should get help for health reasons. 

It could be dehydration since some days I use my water bottle a lot and other days, I just have about a cup of water, which I'm kind of embarrassed about, but it would still probably be better for my health if that is what is causing it and probably also easier to fix. 

[audiology]

Hi Earth Girl, 

First things first - I want to assure you that I am in no way suggesting you don't seek medical attention if you feel you are suffering from a health condition. But - and I say this gently - The Sims 4 does not automatically broadcast your webcam to a random audience, and your initial idea of those messages being automatically from the game itself are correct. And, the game commenting "reticulated *username*" whilst seemingly very odd, does not refer to the condition of Livedo Reticulosis, but instead Reticulated (or reticulate) means constructed, arranged, or marked like a net or a network. It derives from the Latin word reticulum, meaning "small net". I don't ask you to share your username on here, but another thought I had was that if it was anything to do with snakes or serpents or anything of that matter, the game could have commented that in reference to the real life reticulated python. 

Now if you were streaming your gameplay on a platform such as Twitch or Kick and those comments were coming from the people viewing your gameplay it might be a slightly different story. But I just wanted to clarify those couple things for you. 

In saying that - defintiely check in with your doctor about any possible skin conditions you feel you may have, and I certainly wish you well 🙂 

[Earth Girl]

Hi audiology, thanks so much for your reply. 🙂

I'm glad that people probably haven't been viewing my gameplay without my knowledge as I don't think I have been streaming it on a platform. The only comment I got that I don't think would have been through the game was "Username? Mmm, tasty", but even that could possibly mean something else. 

I have marking tape stuck to the camera part of my laptop so hopefully people won't be able to see me on anything. (I have actually accidentally watched a few livestreams which some people I went to school with know about). It's a bit embarrassing lol, but hopefully it's just been that at least and hopefully not too many people saw that. 

Even though what it said probably wasn't about my skin, I've felt like there's something going on with the color of my facial skin, so I'll get that checked out.