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TheColorUrple 2019年2月13日 21時44分

So I quit gaming.

I’ve bought a lot of games on Steam. Too many to play in one lifetime, even with my copious amounts of free time, and I regret it. After spending 80 hours a month playing video games over the last 5 years, and having completed nowhere near as many as I would have liked, I have decided to quit gaming completely and enrichen my life in other ways. The time commitment has been disproportionately enormous to the level of satisfaction I have gotten, and it has finally gotten to the point where I can’t sustain it anymore.

There are a LOT of things to do in life, guys and gals. Think about all of the things that interest you, and how much time you have spent doing them compared to playing games or farting around on YouTube or watching porn. I want to do so many of those things, and quitting gaming has freed up a tremendous amount of free time to tackle other challenges, even if they don’t offer that immediate tangible sense of progress that gaming, albeit artificially, provides.

The “hours played in the last 2 weeks” statistic on my profile has always been a source of embarrassment for me. 40 or 50 hours played (or more) in the last 2 weeks? No other single activity in life has demanded such dedication besides work and sleep. I’ve even made my profile private at times to hide this stat, since I feel it to be unhealthy. (And this is ignoring the black hole 1000-hour spiral that was Destiny on PS4.)

I miss gaming already, I really do. I want to play Nier: Automata and Doom and Mass Effect 3 and Dark Souls 3 and Breath of the Wild and God of War and Mario Odyssey and Into the Breach and Obra Dinn...... gaming is truly phenomenal - SO MUCH FUN - but I can no longer justify it because I can’t control the hours I put in. I just keep playing and playing until it’s not even fun anymore.

If you can limit your gaming hours in a week, then be proud and keep gaming! But if you’re like me and have difficulty controlling when to stop playing and do other things, then maybe taking a break would be a good thing. Not forever, but just for a month or two - enough time to develop some new life routines so that gaming can become a part of a balanced lifestyle, as opposed to being your entire raison d’être.

If any of you are struggling, please let me know. I have felt alone in this for a long time, and it would feel nice to hear from others fighting the same fight

最近の変更はTheColorUrpleが行いました; 2019年2月14日 4時57分

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Vince ✟ 2019年2月13日 23時37分

Squirrel Master の投稿を引用：
being an airline pilot must suck a bunch.

Lmao

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tramper 2019年2月13日 23時43分

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i didn't read all your message because who cares. but i read in the end that you already miss gaming? so why you give up gaming if you miss it? maybe you shouldn't be a plane pilot who knows what damage you're going to do

Always one idiot.

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Vince ✟ 2019年2月13日 23時55分

Full_Throttle_F14 の投稿を引用：
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i didn't read all your message because who cares. but i read in the end that you already miss gaming? so why you give up gaming if you miss it? maybe you shouldn't be a plane pilot who knows what damage you're going to do
Because he's learning self restraint. It comes in handy as you mature mentally and in age. Gaming is a form a pleasure yes but like most things in life do it in moderation. Do physical activity with your hands and get active. Search for something without googling it. Its hard to do these days i get it.

What's the avatar name? I had one I think. Alphie or some ♥♥♥♥. Can't look it up without Google. Arrgh. I looked it up. It IS. Lol funny.

最近の変更はVince ✟が行いました; 2019年2月13日 23時57分

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AlmightyDunkle 2019年2月13日 23時56分

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My hours have dropped considerably, I rarely play on steam anymore and sometimes focus time on the PS4, but I only ever play a lot when I’m with my gf now as we enjoy each other’s company while playing games. It’s nice having somewhere else there to play with.

But getting older has made me think of pursuing better things such as my university. I recently picked up the Violin too, a bit old to start but it’s a nice change of pace.

Good luck pal in your pursuits, games are just games in the end, a temporary high when you’re alone.

Social gaming is great! Even single player games are more fulfilling when more than one person is engaged.

And you’re not too old to pick up the violin. I don’t know how old you are but it doesn’t matter. Age is irrelevant when it comes to learning new skills. But while we’re on the subject.....I’d venture to say you’re 40 or lower, based on having a gf that you game with. You could be a violin expert in 10 years if you put your mind to it :)

Yeah you’re right about the violin part ey ahaha. I’m only 20 but I cannae remember who told me picking up an instrument at this age was fruitless bahaha.

Woo a violin progidy in 10 years, sounds enticing. More enticing than a gaming progidy bahaha!

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Full_Throttle_F14 2019年2月13日 23時56分

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Because he's learning self restraint. It comes in handy as you mature mentally and in age. Gaming is a form a pleasure yes but like most things in life do it in moderation. Do physical activity with your hands and get active. Search for something without googling it. Its hard to do these days i get it.
What's the avatar name? I had one I think. Alphie or some ♥♥♥♥. Can't look it up without Google. Arrgh

Alphie II ! Never did have that toy but my cousin did and it was the s**t :)

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BanOphobia My Struggle 2019年2月14日 0時11分

Gaming allows me do and see things that are totally impossible in real life and not literally die in the process of attempting (only figuratively die in the attempting). Gaming is also used to bond with the kids on crap weather days.

This couple of weeks I was a resistance solider in a 1960's nazi world order and went to the moon. I was a women fighting a undead army on mystical island. Some cop trapped in a VR nightmare of Silent Hill proportions. Then some crazy loco dude riding the top of planes and shooting RPG's. Now some dude with a robot arm playing 1980's music on a sony walkman in the Afghani desert.

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HE❌EN 2019年2月14日 0時23分

You're making MGS:TPP sound really lame.

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☠JohnnyRocket☠ 2019年2月14日 1時05分

I need to quit myself. Take sometime to think about things and get my life on track haven't played lately due to some issues I have going on. Good luck to you duder, hope you do everything you want to and more.

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Xero_Daxter 2019年2月14日 1時11分

@OP: I hope life takes you far.

But for me... video games is a recreational thing for me. I enjoy playing it after a long day of work and I never feel bad for it at all. And besides... you have to take out your anger somehow in GTA 5. 😁

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BanOphobia My Struggle 2019年2月14日 1時11分

ᛋᚺᚨᚾᛞᛟᚱ の投稿を引用：
You're making MGS:TPP sound really lame.

Well the part I playing at the moment for the last several hours is kind of tame compared to the initial crazy wtf intro.

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? 2019年2月14日 1時42分

Similarly, I, too, used to spend copious amounts of time on Steam each week. Now this is my first time logging into Steam in the past week. Steam is such a great platform, don't get me wrong; it just doesn't feel the same anymore. I still game though. Lately for me it's mostly been Fortnite and chess. Good stuff.

It's just that part of life, I guess, but it's a good part.

Now I feel inspired to do more with my life. Posts like this, posts with real meaning, inspire me. Lately I've been wasting more time than I should be. I'll do something inspiring. I'll make a difference.

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Shodan 2019年2月14日 2時20分

Well, congratulations for realising what's better for you.

However, I have to disagree. I guess that addiction to video games is actually a thing, but not in my case. I do spend a lot of time playing video games, but I am genuinely sure that it isn't any kind of an addiction since there are countless things that I would rather do. When I have nothing to play, sometimes I just read some articles on the Internet, but if I were addicted, I would need to play a game and wouldn't be able to control myself. When I wake up or return home, I never hurry to start up my PC or play a game, sometimes I just like to lay on my couch and do nothing or maybe play with my cats and who knows what else. If it was an addiction, I wouldn't care about anything else and I would just head straight for the PC.

For the said (and many other) reasons, I really hate how many "psychiatrists" (I dare to say, idiots who don't know anything about their job) think that everyone who plays video games is a miserable addict who doesn't know better. I can't stand generalisation, especially when people talk about something that they don't even understand. Anyone who likes watching (similar) films on TV can easily enjoy single-player (or maybe multi-player) video games. I believe that any person, no matter how old they are, can easily enjoy L.A. Noire (for example) if they like watching similar films and series on TV or if they were alive during that time period. I used L.A. Noire as an example because it's a masterpiece and a very easy game that anyone can casually play. I really wish that all people (especially elders) who are against games could play L.A. Noire because it's truly a game for adults as it's serious and realistic. It's just like watching an old crime show on TV, except you are the detective and you interrogate people.

Almost everyone who is all against video games thinks that all video games are like Tetris or Pong, no wonder they say that all people who play video games are insane.

I feel like I had to say that. Anyway, you should do what you enjoy, not what other people think you should enjoy. As long as you don't have any real mental issues, then there is absolutely nothing wrong with playing video games. Looking at your monitor will not affect your eyesight at all, unless you watch this in a completely dark room all day and night.

No one has the rights to judge you for doing what you truly enjoy (and they don't have a valid point either), as long as it's not illegal or harmful for other people (your health is your own problem).

Even though there is nothing wrong with playing video games, no matter for how long, you should still have other things to do in your life. Try to think of more activities you can do and leave a few hours for games.

In my opinion, it's pointless to forbid yourself to play video games if you enjoy them. If you think that you should spend less time playing video games then just do that, but don't completely quit playing games if you enjoy it because once again, there is nothing wrong with that.

最近の変更はShodanが行いました; 2019年2月14日 2時28分

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