Originally posted by Nikral

Really not playing any games for a WHOLE YEAR would be the most dull life ever!

Hmmm...I did the no games thing for the first 25 years of my life....I think it went along pretty good.My father...he has never played a video game. And get this...my grandfather never even saw a TV!! There is a world outside of gaming.  Kids have just become too reliant on mindless entertainment supplied for them.

you know, it's odd you guys take video games so seriously....

IT"S A FRIGGEN HOBBY lol

stop smoking cigs for a year, or go out and help homeless people or something for a year, now thats sacrifice and accomplishment, this is just sad if people take games so seriously

Originally posted by Cedero

you should be happy that you can even go out...

i am fat so i can't go through the door , i trick children into my little house under a bridge then eat them

lmao.

Anyways good luck with your new year's resolution, even though most people never stick to their resolutions.

Originally posted by Abrahmm

Originally posted by Korby

If I had known how shitty 2008 was going to be, I would have done the same thing last year.

 

LOL you beat me to it.

Right?

We had this idea for a pencil & paper campaign that we are starting this weekend that we could have started a year ago. Ahh well, can't get that year back. Only game I'm looking forward to this year is Mortal Online which will hopefully come Q3/Q4 so I got a while. I may try the Star Trek one but only because I know it never was going to be an attempt at a traditional MMO. It'll most likely be that I play the 30 days and cancel. Just curious about how they do it, mostly. I'm following Earthrise and FE a little, mostly to keep informed. Meh. kinda feels like the nails are being put in the coffin of my MMO days, lol.

you know, it's odd you guys take video games so seriously....

IT"S A FRIGGEN HOBBY lol

stop smoking cigs for a year, or go out and help homeless people or something for a year, now thats sacrifice and accomplishment, this is just sad if people take games so seriously

I actually had a thought today about smoking actually. And I agree if someone gave up smoking for a whole year I would be a hell of a lot more impressed with them, then I would be myself. But, I was talking to an ex girlfriend of mine, who told me she checked her logged hours playing FFXI, which in one year, she logged 160 days of accumulated hours playing in one year. Now I have read that one cigarette takes away 11 minutes of your life, And I have gladly given days to playing the "flavor of the month" game.

And I think its actually the intention to fill the time, with things that actually matter, (thats just my opinion) And living in NY, maybe I will actually commit to that Cat rescue that I adopted from.

Happy New Year everyone.

Cheers

Happy new years fellow gamers!

no more casual sex with models for a year !

double post cos its fucvking 2009 and im fucking drunk buhahahahahahah1!!!

triple cos cos happy new years mmorpg.com!

Originally posted by miagisan

you know, it's odd you guys take video games so seriously....

 

IT"S A FRIGGEN HOBBY lol

 

stop smoking cigs for a year, or go out and help homeless people or something for a year, now thats sacrifice and accomplishment, this is just sad if people take games so seriously

He's right. I mean, come on, these things are made by a team of humans who look just like us.... then we go and get all serious about them and start paying money to have some avatar who is made up of armor and guns/swords that we can feel proud of because he is level 69 or whatever.

We should all follow the Ops example and have a MMO-free 2009! Rawr!

need a drink AFK

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

have mercy with my typing  i am a little more drunk then just s little bit

to the op

you will be either be dedicated to something  else important to your live

or you will be spending your time with a different hobbby

... thats it  nothing dramatily will happen

cheers and have a good time   ................ whatever  u  r doing

Originally posted by miagisan

you know, it's odd you guys take video games so seriously....

 

IT"S A FRIGGEN HOBBY lol

 

stop smoking cigs for a year, or go out and help homeless people or something for a year, now thats sacrifice and accomplishment, this is just sad if people take games so seriously

Or how about hand out smokes to homeless people for a year. ( nvm you probably already do that if you live in the city)

lol how cna you have fun in that no playing the whole year omg your completely leaving your life ahha you want to play tickling dog or feed your goldfish, man you can skip for a week but not too long you will loose your mind hehehe

Don't just spend the time watching television instead, which is what your average non-gamer would do.  That's worse than playing computer games.

Good for you man!

My new year's resolution is not to try any of the crap F2P grind fests that will come out in 2009

Well, I've honestly never thought about giving up games.  I'm going to continue playing games until I grow tired of them, if that ever happens.  There's a time for games and a time to party, but moderation is the key to both.

wow good luck with that.  If i was to go down a similar path then it would be cutting back on gaming to 4 hours a week (i manage about 10-15 normally) or something like that.

Cutting out gaming altogether is a good idea if you can manage it (break your computer, fall down a well, ect) but to do so would require quite a bit of effort that honestly (in my opinion) would be wasted.

can you even use those words in a sentence together? No games for a year? what's that mean, I'm confused.  You need work on your grammar.  What does No games for a year mean?

joking aside, I should probably cut back on my gaming hours, but going cold turkey...I would die, shrivel up into a ball and die.  I have to at least have my Wii and PS3 if not my online games.  I think since 1990 the longest I've gone without playing any games was a whole week or almost 8 days, I was on vacation in Cancun lol.  Second thing I did when I got back to my house was hop on my SNES and play some final fantasy Yeah i'm crazy...

Originally posted by miagisan

you know, it's odd you guys take video games so seriously....

 

IT"S A FRIGGEN HOBBY lol

 

stop smoking cigs for a year, or go out and help homeless people or something for a year, now thats sacrifice and accomplishment, this is just sad if people take games so seriously

The man with 2707 posts said. And anyway how so stoping smoking cigs make it a hobbie at all. A hobbie is to pass the time. How the hell do you pass the time ''not'' doing something. If you get my point?

@OP: Even if you try, the second you will be bored, what will think about? Video games! The second you will be at the job, bored once again, where will you go? On the forums, on the internet. And then there will be this gem of a game coming out... and guess what will happen? You are right. Bye bye the resolution.

Since you have a family, believe me, you are stuck in this patern. The best way to escape the video game addiction is to leave to some fereign place and work. Even there you will only think about video games. Arf, addictions are addicting. ( did I do it right? )

THIS IS THE DARK AGES MY FRIENDS! Soon enough something big will happen and games will be the least of our problem.