So yesterday, I actually had a "day off" from work which means i'm still on-call but I didn't have to go in and I played Civ 5 for like 7+ hours or so. [I've worked about 8.5 weeks straight with one true day off]
But I felt disgusted with myself because I did nothing productive, if I work for like a few hours a day, I don't feel bad for gaming, nonetheless. I'm going to abstain from gaming starting today (April 15), I want to see how long I can go. It'll be the most tough when I'm on my computer working on my novel (85k words baby) or something else. But I'll give it a go. My goal is to go until May 1st. My stretch goal is May 15. My ultra reach break through goal is until the new PoE season starts. The likelihood of failure is like 99%. I think I'll go until 4/17 before I crack, but we'll see.
How long have you voluntarily not played games for? (vacations and times where you couldn't play doesn't count). Take guesses to see when I'll crack.
Cryomatrix
p.s. no phone games either, I only play chess on the phone and that's to kill time, so i'll abstain from that too.
p.s. It is the right time for me, my path of exile char died, I'll wait until Conan Exiles launches, and Civ 5 isn't all that attention grabbing for me, it is more of a filler game. It isn't football season, so I won't feel the need to play Madden and I play nothing else on xbox.
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I think the longest I ever abstained was a few months because I was with a girl who really hated it. Eventually I came to the realization that I am a gamer and it's not worth it to change who I am to please someone else. So from then on I made it a priority to find girls who shared my passion and now I've happily been with another gamer for about 4 years.
There was also a period where I was a single 18/19 year old guy living in college dorms. Had a lot of friends including many who were cute girls. For that whole school year I was really mainly just a social gamer meaning like 90% of my gaming I did with friends who were in the same room.
That I actually enjoyed and it made me realize I actually use gaming as a time filler for when there aren't more enjoyable activities available to me. There isn't always interesting things happening though and I think gaming is a lot more productive then just watching TV which most people who disparage gamers do A LOT of.
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Well, i'm at the part where i'm doing a climactic fight, but the main character is a minstrel (a.k.a a bard like character with buffs basically) who gets caught up in shit. She is joined by other characters in the first scene. It will be a bit reminiscent of LOTRO but where magic users actually use their magic . . .
It also focuses on crafting, so I have very magical weapons in the book that are very rare and unique and that are only possible being "crafted mainly",
See, I couldn't make an MMO game because of funds. It's like WoW went:
Game --> Books --> Movie. I can't do the game of course
But I hope to do Book ---> Movie ---> Game. So it will be in a way that is very portable to an MMO. Of course, the likelihood, I self-publish and no one reads it is very high, but it is really fun anyway. You never know too.
I just need to stop playing games and focus on it, it's just after work, the last thing i want to do is use mental power to write, so I play games. I started the book august 2012
Cryomatrix
p.s. I won't reveal the franchise until I have it running, then i'll say it and share what happens.
You can see my sci-fi/WW2 book recommendations.
I own a gaming laptop so I can bring it on vacation with me to play.
"True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde
"I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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I remember watching The Expanse and felt like, this world is made for MMORPG. After watching the whole show, fired up google and found out it actually was.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/the-evolution-of-james-s-a-coreys-space-epic-the-expanse/?st=AFF&SID=Barnes+&+Noble+-+Top+100:+Book+Bestsellers&2sid=Skimlinks_5431261_NA&sourceId=AFFSkimlinks
However, I don't play that often anyway. Maybe 6 hours a week, mostly on weekends.
And now I play MMOs even less because I discovered Last Day on Earth on the iPad. I prefer to play that when I get time.
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Abstaining is only a consideration when you have an issue properly prioritizing gaming vs. more important things in life.
Whats the longest you've abstained from watching porn?
My Skyrim, Fallout 4, Starbound and WoW + other game mods at MODDB:
https://www.moddb.com/mods/skyrim-anime-overhaul
You can see my sci-fi/WW2 book recommendations.
Completely burnt out.
So, at the moment, I haven't gamed since last Saturday, so an 8 day break. During the week, I tend not to get home from work until 8pm, by the time I've cooked and eaten it's 9.30, then it's time for a spliff. It often means that during the week I can only spare 30mins to 1hr for gaming, but with the sorts of games I play that's not enough to have fun so I don't bother.
Longest extended break was 2.5 years. When I went to uni, I basically stopped gaming. I just had so much on the go, combined with a lack of money. The only gaming I did during this period was social couch coop. It was generally just playing mario kart on the n64 whilst really baked.
LotRO was the game that got me back into gaming again.
"True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde
"I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV
Don't just play games, inhabit virtual worlds™
"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon