Path of Exile 2 Mini-Games

What's with all the side-games PoE2 requires players to play in order to function in the game? Here are some of my least favorite PoE2 side games to play in order to be able to play the actual game.

5.
Portal Rush:
My 300 strength character and my 100 strength friend are magically able to hold an identical amount of items. Owing to the outdated modality of using a 1990's style AARPG inventory, my friends and I now have the pleasure of wasting time from our life which we can never get back. All of this merely to acquire enough gold to make exchanges on the currency trade system, which is then used on items to generate a 1/100 chance of rolling a decent end game item, or a 1/500 chance at an actual improvement.

4.
Whack-A-Controller:
Here comes the server lag spikes... Quick, hit the inventory button to pause your game!! Works every time! I do enjoy this feature within the context of an ultra wealthy gaming company skimping on servers for a profit boost.

3.
Dodge the Mega Assassin:
He/She/It could be anywhere. It could be a mob with 1 hp, but that sling he pulled out to lob an otherwise no damage type hit is actually the Sling of David. Best of luck not losing an hour of your leveling time to a death? Don't bother dropping from T16 to T12, you'll find him there too. Gotta keep the carrot on the stick moving, yeah? Best of luck omen of ameliorating your way to a lvl!

2.
Currency Run v1.92t:
Nothing wakes me up in the morning like a good currency run. I don't mean mapping, however. What gets me moving each day is waking up, buying currency on the currency exchange, and then making multiple trips to my stash. If I'm fortunate, I'll forget something along the way and get to add an additional trip on my route! It's so much fun!! Each day I do this I think to myself, "I'm so thankful Exalts only stack in 20's. This reminds me of how my own wallet works in real life. I can only put 20 dollars in it at a time. I tried 21 once and it just kept splitting the wallet into 2 wallets in my back pocket. Talk about a fun game mechanic. Nothing beats being taken out of the game like this does!

1.
P2P 1990's Trade Simulator:
Nothing makes more sense than having an always online trade website which requires in person interactions and manually clicking items to a trade window. Who needs buy-it-now and auto-delivery of items when you can do it like they used to do it in the 90's. You know, the 1990's? 28.8k baud modem days all over again. Welcome to the wonderful world of wasting your time out of gameplay so you can interact with the guy living in his mom's basement in Russia. Yay.