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Anonymous Sat Sep 19 20:58:52 2015 No.7539680 [Reply] [Original]

How did you guys personally, the /sci/ guys, get over your video game addiction?

Did you watch any streamers? Ever felt attached to them? It's really hard to let go or at least just watch them normally, like not cling to their every stream.

Not looking for advice, just want you to share your experiences.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 19 21:07:12 2015 No.7539692 I just found vidya boring. Got really bored quickly of gta 5 or mgs 5.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 19 21:07:39 2015 No.7539693 >>7539680 College fixed my addiction. Before that I was a borderline weeaboo/hermit shut-in, but college and work took most of my time so eventually I just slowly forgot about them and was never given a chance in to get back into them.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 19 21:08:35 2015 No.7539694 >>7539680 >watching streamers Kill yourself.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 19 21:10:08 2015 No.7539695 File: 43 KB, 250x318, Destiny.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7539694 I only watch Destiny really, he's pretty charismatic and intelligent, and I share a lot of his views on things

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 19 21:33:42 2015 No.7539723 Girlfriend. And even then it's hard not to pull out the hearthstone when we're out. >even then it's hard not to pull out

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 19 21:34:42 2015 No.7539726 >>7539680 >Did you watch any streamers Are you 12?

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 19 21:37:27 2015 No.7539729 >>7539695 >charismatic yes >intelligent not so sure bruh but definitely more so than a lot of other streamers

Anonymous Sat Sep 19 21:42:09 2015 No.7539736 [DELETED]

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>>7539680
a crappy internet connection will kill it for ya
i was a league fag and hearthstone fag and d3 fag
but then i dc'd and lost numerous games in rage then i had the epiphany dawned on me that i could free myself from that rage by not playing aforementioned games

that's how i quit pc games

but i still have a ps vita and play mostly VNs on it, which doesn't require continuous effort, so it allows me to game in small chunk, turning into a real casual gamer

now i play about <5 hrs a week of game

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 19 22:14:12 2015 No.7539778 College and a job. Cannot go wrong with that time consuming combo

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 19 22:37:31 2015 No.7539817 Got busy learning new things in my free time.

Anonymous Sat Sep 19 22:42:57 2015 No.7539824

OP here again. Please just pick my thoughts right now, I am very disturbed by these thoughts and I constantly have them.

Any time I want to decide my future, I basically think about my entire life from now to the end and how I'd have lived if I pick this. I can't stop it and it gets me down.

Like I forget all the people who I have connections with now and I drift away as my new lifestyle requires it, and it gives me anxiety.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 19 22:43:52 2015 No.7539826 Started playing music. Got bored of video games.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 19 22:47:06 2015 No.7539831 File: 222 KB, 1350x1493, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7539680 I gave up video games for lent last season It was the best thing I ever did It forced me to find other things to do But boy it was boring

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 19 22:49:11 2015 No.7539834 >>7539680 jesus christ i don't understand stream crap at all it's so pathetic

Anonymous Sun Sep 20 04:14:18 2015 No.7540170
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>>7539680
What makes you convinced that it's an addiction and your peers aren't just shaming you for something you enjoy?

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0070350

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 04:37:05 2015 No.7540186 >>7539826 Same here. Sold my PC for a synthesizer, and so far all indications suggest it was for the better.

Anonymous Sun Sep 20 04:38:46 2015 No.7540189
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>>7539826
Same here. Sold my PC for a synthesizer, and so far all indications suggest it was for the better. I feel like I've been spending the time so much more constructively and developing into a better person because of it. Funny how small things really aren't small things sometimes.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 04:48:27 2015 No.7540195 >>7539680 >being addicted to watching streamers Fucking what? Either you're weak-willed as fuck or you got born to the wrong generation, kiddo.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 04:51:00 2015 No.7540196 >inb4 muh full-time studies, GPA > 4 ace students You're all gay

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 04:52:28 2015 No.7540197 >>7539694 Seconded.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 05:06:54 2015 No.7540207 File: 184 KB, 1600x1200, 1441371978750.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7539680 >>7539824 Here is my response. http://vocaroo.com/i/s1UwO63BlnaG

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 06:22:10 2015 No.7540261 >>7540207 Nigger never ever not ever post another vocaroo with no funny in it. I expected some fum. Fuck you

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 06:24:30 2015 No.7540265 File: 13 KB, 186x205, whatt.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7540261 >op asks for help >gets it >acts like a faggot about it not even surprised that you're so insufferable.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 06:28:34 2015 No.7540270 >>7539680 I really, really don't understand the appeal of watching someone play video games, let alone getting attached to someone who plays video games for a living.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 06:32:43 2015 No.7540274 >>7540195 >got born

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 08:45:59 2015 No.7540386 >>7540265 I'm OP though. That guy wasn't me. Don't just assume it's OP.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 08:46:59 2015 No.7540387 >>7540265 So just reading off this reply it's obvious that you look down on me so there's no real reason to read your shitty vocaroo advice. Fucking condescending piece of shit. Better luck next time.

Anonymous Sun Sep 20 08:50:02 2015 No.7540391

Games was my life until i began High school.
Browsing the net and playing video games, felt repetetive as fuck an it felt like a second job.

Naturally came over it when I was 16, however I fell in a depression for a year(perhaps some kind of withdrawal) and i was on meds for a year kicking seratonin.

Now I am doing fine, not by /sci/ elitist standards though however I'm doing well enough to feel satisfied with what I've accomplished.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 08:50:05 2015 No.7540392 >>7539693 Since i am studing let all video games away, is hard it hurts but is for my future!!!!!

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 09:00:48 2015 No.7540399 >streamers You're literally underage.

Anonymous Sun Sep 20 09:05:04 2015 No.7540401

>>7539680
I had it easy. My addiction decayed as I got more depressed in high school. Never really grew back when I decided to start going to college and hopefully it'll stay this way.

I was hooked on Phantom Pain the first week, then classes started, and I've been playing 2 or 3 hours a week with no problem.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 09:16:50 2015 No.7540408 >>7540399 I wish. At least then I'd have just been a stupid kid who could correct himself fully and not miss a beat. Now I'm just a 24 year old manchild with conflicting thoughts every single day for the past few months.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 09:45:03 2015 No.7540442 >>7540387 >projecting this hard ok

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 09:55:46 2015 No.7540451 >>7540408 Streamers are just the esports version of football players.

Anonymous Sun Sep 20 09:57:59 2015 No.7540455

>>7539680

I noticed how parasitic gaming companies are and that turned me off from gaming. $90-$100 for a game after DLC that has considerably less content than a PS2/Gamecube/Wii/N64 game.

There's much less passion put into video games currently, it's all to make money. "Free" to play aka Pay to Win is becoming the way of the future, charging players for non-content such as in-game items and currency. It's already on consoles, I'm a big Forza fan, and in Forza 5 makes it extremely hard to get nice cars to the point where you almost have to pay unless you have unlimited amount of time. Forza 6 you basically have to pay an extra $20 to get double credits on races. This isn't adding anything new to the game, it is handing the company extra real life money to change the way the in-game economy works. Obviously, that example is better than straight out buying cars, but it's still unacceptable in my eyes.

I'm just going to take a break from AAA gaming, besides buying a Wii U to play Sm4sh and Mario Kart 8, because those are just fun pick up and play games with highly tuned core gameplay and the DLC isn't too bad on them, and I support Nintendo because they aren't mega shysters and actually put passion into games, unlike the majority of the soulless AAA games that come out on the PS4 or Xbone.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 09:59:58 2015 No.7540459 >>7540442 Do you even know what projection means? I just don't want to bother with an asshole, that's not projecting.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 10:03:00 2015 No.7540465 >>7539736 >i had the epiphany dawned on me that i could free myself from that rage Fucking kek, you're funny anon

Anonymous Sun Sep 20 10:06:56 2015 No.7540470

>>7539680
I "was addicted" to ArtosisTV youtube-channel on hearthstone - because I never really played a collectible card game before (played Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokemon as a kid). But I got bored quickly, because there is very little complexity to it.

Same was for VaatiVidya youtube channel, because he did really good videos on Dark Souls, and is a 4channer. But I got bored when I realized Dark Souls was Miyazaki's magnum opus and everything after it was just worse.

The only things I watch now are the SC2 GSL finals, and the DotA2 The International finals. But that's like 5 times a year.

Either way, there is nothing wrong with liking video games or doing it 24/7. If that's what you enjoy, go for it. For me, I just enjoy maths more, for now.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 10:14:13 2015 No.7540479 >>7540470 >doing it 24/7 kill yourself

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 10:27:53 2015 No.7540499 >>7539680 Well I used to play many games and watch lot of stupid shit on youtube. But after some time I started realizing that I'm wasting my time and now I can't even look at the same shit I was watching before.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 10:39:41 2015 No.7540516 >>7539695 His old starcraft shit was amazing. He got worse and stale just like the game did.

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