That was nice. I liked reading that post, it was sad, but happy at the same time. Good luck and all that, I wish I had the willpower to quit gaming. Maby when I screw up my next set of exams I will.... :/
We've had a good run.
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I am a reasonably old man, and I have never in my life been in a situation in which I had to have a record of my game progress so I could show it to people, so the idea of keeping it so I would have something to show for it is really weird to me.imahobbit4062 said:
Wow.. really stupid.
If you have a problem, doing a impulse ctrl-alt-del "reboot" is only going to make it worse. You are going to be crabby, your personally is going to change, for the worse, and your ever waking moment is going to be filled with regret over deleting those saves and fretting over that gaming time you could be doing.
Just like quitting any other "habit", it takes time to wind it down.
If you have a problem, doing a impulse ctrl-alt-del "reboot" is only going to make it worse. You are going to be crabby, your personally is going to change, for the worse, and your ever waking moment is going to be filled with regret over deleting those saves and fretting over that gaming time you could be doing.
Just like quitting any other "habit", it takes time to wind it down.
That's different. Heroin is a harmful drug. Gaming, in and of itself, isn't harmful.overpuce said:
I will never understand sacrificing social interactions for videogames. Video games are a big part of my life, I love the history behind the medium, I have very broad taste in games in that I like games from all eras and genres. I've been playing since I was old enough to hold a controller. But even for how much I love gaming I would never EVER turn down hanging out with my loved ones just to play a video game. Why a person would even do such a thing just BAFFLES me.
Even though you wont be reading this OP (if you really have left), I wish you the best of luck.
I know personally how tough this can be. As someone who wastes entirely too much time doing pointless stuff like gaming and hanging out on internet forums, and obsessing over trophy hunting (Seriously, how many times I tried the speedrun on chapter three of Mirrors Edge?) I empathise. Personally, I'd find it way too tough to delete all my save data (still have that 200 hour save file for Fallout 3. Never ever going to play it again, but deleting that is deleting 200 hours of my life) just like I find it too tough to trade stuff in I like (Well, that and stuff like Heavenly Sword is worth peanuts these days)
But I have gone cold turkey on certain things. Chocolate for example. I gave that up for like, 12 years.
But like I say, good luck, and congrats on purging all that save data.
captcha: that hurts. Yup, yup it would.
I know personally how tough this can be. As someone who wastes entirely too much time doing pointless stuff like gaming and hanging out on internet forums, and obsessing over trophy hunting (Seriously, how many times I tried the speedrun on chapter three of Mirrors Edge?) I empathise. Personally, I'd find it way too tough to delete all my save data (still have that 200 hour save file for Fallout 3. Never ever going to play it again, but deleting that is deleting 200 hours of my life) just like I find it too tough to trade stuff in I like (Well, that and stuff like Heavenly Sword is worth peanuts these days)
But I have gone cold turkey on certain things. Chocolate for example. I gave that up for like, 12 years.
But like I say, good luck, and congrats on purging all that save data.
captcha: that hurts. Yup, yup it would.
Lol, you're hardly the first person to say this and I guarantee it doesn't last.StarStruckStrumpets said:
So many 16/17 year old these days who think they're lives are hard, I can tell you, it certainly doesn't get any easier.
So maybe you need to re-evaluate your life if you're that obsessed with games, but if you can't do that without cutting gaming out completely then more fool you I guess.
I'm gonna keep having fun, being professional, earning a living and gaming just as always
Sounds more like youre quitting drugs.. Since i started working i only spend 6-10 hours on games per week, i could easily add more to that, but there simply arent any new releases to my liking. I don't understand why you have to quit something you like completely, unless you are the "one more turn.." type, who keeps playing without realising that its already 2 am (damn you civ5!).
*sniff* I'm literally about to cry. Even though I don't know this chap.
Farewell, StarStruckStrumpets. I may have never known you, but I'll feel the void your leaving, since there'll be one less person making jokes and discussing around here. Or at least I will for a week or so, but still.
Shame, though. Just giving up on a passion... and you know? StarStruck could've persued a career in game development or design or the related fields. He didn't. As much as a hell that the field can be, this chap might've been cut out for it. He could've continued gaming, too.
But if gaming REALLY ate up THAT much of his time (giving up on social encounters to game), perhaps this was for the best.
So, goodbye, good sir. Happy voyages.
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I want your Dreamcast.
Farewell, StarStruckStrumpets. I may have never known you, but I'll feel the void your leaving, since there'll be one less person making jokes and discussing around here. Or at least I will for a week or so, but still.
Shame, though. Just giving up on a passion... and you know? StarStruck could've persued a career in game development or design or the related fields. He didn't. As much as a hell that the field can be, this chap might've been cut out for it. He could've continued gaming, too.
But if gaming REALLY ate up THAT much of his time (giving up on social encounters to game), perhaps this was for the best.
So, goodbye, good sir. Happy voyages.
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I want your Dreamcast.
You can continue to game and have a life. People smoke lots of weed and continue to have a life. People have illicit affairs and continue to have a life. You just have to find ways to manage your time ... and destroy any evidence that you're not doing important things.
"Oh no, I'm doing something fun instead of doing what I'm supposed to be doing. Well, I should just stop doing fun things all together since I am unable to discipline myself!"
I go to a school that requires that I spend at least 40 hours/week in the workspace. I still have time to game, and I'm 23. No need to be so dramatic about it, and no need to stop cold turkey at all. Just cut down, things will work out.
your going to regret deleting all of those things in a couple of years when your life has slowed down a bit
That seen rather hash/ extreme but I assume you simply didn't had any self control nor did you find the right balance between gaming and doing non gaming activity?
Either way good luck I guess or are you even checking/ visiting on here despite not gaming?
Either way good luck I guess or are you even checking/ visiting on here despite not gaming?
And now, if he changes his mind, he's basically destroyed all that "work."JimB said:
If he's that tempted by gaming, I think he needs more than save file deletion. In fact, if this is REALLY a problem for him, the save file deletion will be rather superfluous.
Playing too much video games could lead to many health problems, I'd say it isn't harmful if you play in moderation.Relish in Chaos said:
OT: Farewell, hero!