/sci/ - Science & Math

I do, but I'm not intelligent, really. It's not that hard to become a ME and I like to play the vidya.

I do not know how many play, but there have been studies showing that surgeons who play video games are on average better surgeons than those who do not.

I'll play some Halo or Call of Duty with friends, but that's about it.

>Engineer
>play video gaems all the time for a long time

I used to. Then realized how much time I was wasting when I could've been learning shit about the world.

>>3798911
I've felt for many years that video games were amongst the most unproductive hobbies a person could have. Studies like this always confuse me, because it seems like people are just trying to grasp at any possible benefits to playing video games over other things.

Med student here.
Don't play as much as I used to before college, but I still play when I have the time.
I'll probably finish the witcher 2 in a few months at the rate i'm playing it.

Would be ignorant to assume all academics do or don't, can't decide who i'd hate more , academic who despises all people who plays video games and snubs them, or the academics who play games as part of a weird obsession (CBA)

>>3798936
>implying fun and distraction is no benefit

>>3798929
This.

Also, I think videogames have been becoming more and more shit with time.

>>3798950
either they become worse or it's just me getting old
im not sure which one to be honest

>>3798945
There are plenty of fun and distracting things that are much more productive. Video games generally require a much higher time investment than most hobbies.

Playing with your friends now and again is fine, but some people spend up to 4 hours a day playing video games, which isn't unusual to people who play video games as a hobby.

Yep, I play games all the time. Some times while browsing /sci/ and replying to haters.

>OH MY GOD VIDEO GAMES IS SUCH A WASTE OF FUCKING TIME I COULD BE STUDYING OR RESEARCHING CANCER
>post on /sci/ arguing about shitty religion trolls for 2 hours every day

>>3798967
>Doing both things

>>3798967
You browse 4chan for 2 hours a day?

I think I'd go retarded.

Some guys build a world you can explore and rules you can discover? I am all ABOUT that!

But play Bejeweled/Zuma/Tetris more than 10 minutes and I will laugh at you. Tic-tac-toe is the only exception.

>>3798981
How is it even possible to play tic-tac-toe for more than 10 minutes

>>3798986
Played it with a friend.

He thought he was getting good at it and I didn't want to burst the dream. :3

He was in biology.

I browse 4chan for a few hours every day, I play minecraft for 2 hours or so, i study for 8 or 10 hours every day, i sleep for about 9 hours every day, this is my weekend / no class days of the week, otherwise i just dont play minecraft and browse 4chan for 1 hour max

>>3798936
>I've felt for many years that video games were amongst the most unproductive hobbies a person could have

Interactive mediums like video games tend to improve hand/eye coordination, which is why surgeons that play video games may see some benefits to their profession.

Also anything that relieves stress is beneficial.

> double major in math and mechanical engineering in a top 10 college
> play WoW
> 4.0 GPA and 2500 rating on WoW ( climbing up the wall )

>>3799020
Now he's in psycology!

I've played video games addictivly for the last decade or so, and now I'm trying to really cut back and get some work done towards my degree. I'm finding it incredibly difficult to do though and it's putting me behind in my studies. More so, I really want to get into reading as a hobby over gaming as I see it as more productive, but whenever I'm not playing games I feel almost anxious like I'm missing out on owning some scrubs.

I think I might be addicted

What do?

>>3799051

>so much this

just force yourself to man! you can do it! get books on your major or something, i read for leisure book sregarding biostats and calcium's role in biological systems, i also rent old textbooks from the science library and do p-sets for fun, just PUSH YOURSELF BRO, YOU CAN DO IT, I DID

Starcraft 2

>>3799068
>Master's in Physics, working on PhD
>High Master's in SC2
>Implying this game doesn't have the strategic depth of grandmaster chess and doesn't require the precision of a violinist

I did when I was a kid, but not since I got priorities.

>improved depth perception
>improved awareness
>improved reaction times
>improved hand-eye-coordination
>improved cognitive puzzle/problem-solving abilities
>people actually think video games aren't one of the most self-improving hobbies you can have next to playing chess

>>3799125
Not all games will give you such benefits.

Playing WoW 4 hours a day will likely do nothing for you other than waste time.

best games were the ones released on playstation 1, now its all brightly polished shit.

>>3799151

Raiding 4 hours a day.
>Endurance
>reaction time
>team work
>Puzzle solving

It is all dependent on how you look at it.

>>3799051

How is reading more productive than video games?

Unless you read exclusively nonfiction it's just as wasteful.

Honestly video games are a lot more productive than most hobbies out there.

watching tv is more productive then playing vidya.

I watch sealab 2021 and play Svencoop a 11 year old mod for halflife while lurking 4chan /sci. So yeah. We do dumb shit all the time.

i have dyspraxia (essentially means i was born with shit hand eye co-ordination) so playing video games has always been one of my favorite things to do and has helped massively with my hand eye co-ordination, i used to struggle to catch a ball now the only way it affects me is my handwriting is still shit.

>>3798981
ohohohohoh, I'll style so hard over you with tetris, so hard. Do you have a DS with a flashcard, I'll show you, I'll show you what playing tetris for a couple of hours straight does to you.

anybody is welcomed to be styled over

>>3798959

16 hours a day

I play Phoenix Wright... but that's it.

>>3799177
>implying reading fiction doesn't help develop the brain's language function making it easier to communicate your thoughts in social situations.
>implying you aren't an aspie virgin.

>>3799272

>Implying video games aren't 50% reading.

I know nowadays there's a lot of voice-acting and visuals involved, but as a child I learned most of my vocabulary and reading comprehension skills from playing video games.

Engineering major, but I like the computer vidya

When I had time to waste I played
competitive dota
competitive cs 1.6
Got to high diamond level sc2
Was in elite wow raiding guild

Now I just play sc2 once a week. Anticipating dota 2.

>>3799278
>mfw my rxn time & hand-eye coord is a lot better than people who don't play vidya women

>>3799285

Also anticipating diablo 3

Math major here
I play Counter Strike for several hours a day
Sometimes Goldeneye

I don't play video games because I can never find the motivation to play them. I also have an IQ ranging from 79-85, based on online IQ tests. Finally, I dropped out of school in kindergarten because I refused to participate in anything.

I'm not even sure I'm the kind of person you want to reply to your thread, and if not I'm sorry.

>>3799158

wow is not a game.

i raided in vanilla, organizing 40 people was the only challenge

>>3799314
Organising 40 people is called a business degree I hear.

I don't play video games because I can never find the motivation to play them. I also have an IQ ranging from 79-85, based on online IQ tests. Finally, I dropped out of school in kindergarten because I refused to participate in anything.

I'm not even sure I'm the kind of person you want to reply to your thread, and if not I'm sorry.

>>3799433
I bet your government gives you welfare.

I used to play a lot of CSS then TF2, and a lot of other stuff too. I don't play video games anymore. It's too much of a waste of time.

I'm intend on finishing Homeworld and Homeworld II though.

>>3799278
I know tons of people who learned English by playing videogames.

And for myself - Europa Universalis and the Total War games have been instrumental in developing my understanding of history. Far moreso than a decade of school even came close to.

No, i don't.
Many of my (less intelligent) friends do, so i don't 'hate' gamers, but personally i think it's a stupid waste of time, an easy serotonin fix for losers who can't succeed irl.
Don't get me wrong, i know video games are a form of art, and some have great stories. I usually only install games if i'm told they have a great story. But you have to waste so many hours killing stupid enemies that it's just not worth the effort, it feels retarded. It's like those books which contain ONE good idea, that can be told in 5 lines, but expand it into a 400 pages ragingly boring shit. Not worth the effort.

>>3799151
>Not all games will give you such benefits.
You can say that about all hobbies that exist.

I used to play a lot of TF2 but I haven't played that much in the past 2 years. I haven't played much since classes started up, but during the summer I played some old platformer games on the N64. Nowadays I just waste my free time browsing 4chan.

The last game I invested any significant amount of time in was Counterstrike, pre-Source. I've dabbled in Quake Live since that, but that's the extent of my game playing.

>>>/v/

srsly isn't there a single fucking board around here that isn't infested by video game shit?

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