I'm hopelessy addicted to pc games... but the sad thing is, i dont really enjoy them anymore, so what is the point of staying? i started my decade of gaming with diablo 1 working through runsescape and diablo 2, hopping on counterstrike for a few day spree of "nab" and just a roll around every hot topic game, years invested into WoW with fps's on the side, and it's all just to kill time. But shouldnt i be doing something else? just the other day was my birthday and i had dinner, and at dinner i took up a side convo with my grandma about how i hate video games but how i cant seem to quit, ive tried every game on mmorpg.com's game list and ive actually tried them to the "you cant really judge this game unless you play up to XXX" point and really, im just not pleased...
I go to the mall with friends, i have a girlfriend, im frankly your average kid, but i spend a little more time on video games then anyone else i know did, and it's getting old... any tips on how to slowly feign away from games would be appreciated.. and dont flame, your life is sad if the only way you can "get off" is by insulting people youll never know or meet..
Refrain from updating your computer :) . Also if your that badly addicted the best way is to simply get rid of your computer for a while - Month or two.
Sun Mar 16 2008 1:41AMI'm actually kind of in the same situation, video games just aren't as fun as they used to be but I still find myself playing them pretty much just for something to do.
Sun Mar 16 2008 2:23AMYou are not alone, many people are in the same situation like you. I starting playing video game when I enter high school at 13, and I am almost 30 now. Game is part of my everyday life. It at least feels difficult to quit because you don't know what to do without games, but you must try your first step. Find something to replace games. There are many more thing to do in life, and they are "more important" than games. Go to do some social service, go outside to breath fresh air and execise your body rather only your eyes and fingers, or make more love with your girlfriend (only if you are 18 or older). Self-control is the key, tell yourself to do something else.
Sun Mar 16 2008 2:49AMI think a good first step would be to migrate away from multiplayer games. I have found that single player games are alot easier to put down. Kinda like reading a good book. When you finish it spend a little time looking for another book. (game in this case). i have found that single player games a alot easier to manage than going cold turkey from and mmorpg/mutliplayer environment.
Must say I do like Maelkor's Idea about not updating.... That will really hang a rain cloud over your parade.
Sun Mar 16 2008 4:19AMReading books helps. Get married have kids. Also wait for Warhammer online :P
Sun Mar 16 2008 4:33AMyep, same here, i loved games when i first started playing pc games when i was like 10 with everquest1, I am 18 now and the only things they do is pass time. I enjoy many things more than games, I own an ATV which i love to take out, paintballing which is awsome. recreational sports like bowling, skating, ect. the only prob, Now that I am out of HS, I dont have many close friends, all my school friends basically stayed shool friends, and my Best friend is Hardcore WoW/FPS nut, he likes some outside things but really it seems impossible to go outside and do what I like to do when I want to do it, and even if i do get to do it, it ends up costing a LOT of money. like painballing is 40-50$ a person for a day. so i am obviously not able to do that kind of thing everyday...
Sun Mar 16 2008 5:19AMIndi games, check
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http://indygamer.blogspot.com/
Sun Mar 16 2008 7:27AMWell I wouldn't say I am hopelessly addicted anymore but I've been playing games for a long time and MMOs since 1994. A year or so back I started to 'break away' from having to play games as much as possible. I did this by looking at the value in life a game brought to me versus the value of being with friends, wife, pets etc. Once I realized that games weren't overly fun for me anymore i was able to stop playing.
I am still waiting (as many are) for AoC and WAR with the hopes that one of them will be good enough to make a new long term investment (in moderation with regards to weekly time spent) but if they don't do it, I'll pretty much be done.
It's a lot easier to 'quit' gaming once you realize that nothing out there holds interest for you.
Sun Mar 16 2008 7:55AMHave you ever tried tabletop-pen & paper RPGs? They are actually a lot more fun than computer RPGs in that you arn't limited to the game's "vision" of fun, or world. Sure, you are limited by your GM, but once you have a good GM (or become a good one yourself), they prove to be much more fulfilling and exciting.
I was in the same situation last year. I have been gaming since the early 90's (on PC that is), and did pen and paper RPGs all through the 90's then quit them for some reason. I found in the last couple years, MMO's to be very unsatisfying and boring for the most part, too confining in many aspects. Well, about 6 months ago I hooked up with some RL freinds and we decided to get back into tabletop RPGs again. We decided to go into a game that was reletivly new to all of us, and have been having a blast!
It's funny how much more exciting your own imagination can be, and how much more fun you RL freinds actually are ;)
Sun Mar 16 2008 10:21AMFind a new hobbie, or something fun and motivating you.
Sounds to me that you are playing games because you just don't see anything else to do with this free time of yours. Check on the GF, maybe she want a massage (be honest and no sex pun or intended there, just to massage her). Or something.
Sun Mar 16 2008 6:59PMMMORPG.com writes:
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