Ah yeah, I probably should have mentioned that almost the entirety of the conversations would happend while waiting to be next in line for a game, or post match.

There is little to no coherent speech that happens during those intense 5-8 minutes

I really didn't think anyone would have difficulty understanding what was meant here...

Ofcourse the lunch break was ours to do with as we pleased. That wasn't the point.

Rather the point was that no one ever raised any issue with a group of the professional developers playing video games inside the office. And sometimes for longer times than just lunch.

That does speak to the type of people who were managers there. They realized that this was a close group of friends who were honing social and coordination skills that would feed back positively into the team's work.

I advice leaving the snarky tone at the door next time. It can usually only backfire on you.