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game industry has taken a shit
also I grew up

Learn a musical instrument. There studies that people who play music have good protection from cognitive issues. It keeps you sharp.

>tfw played vidya as a kid and loved it
>now am taking a computer science class to make games as a hobby
Love a good game, but i also know how to control myself

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>RTW
>not Europa Barbaroum II

Creating dumb threads is also a waste of time and shit hobby.

triggerino

Video games are just retarded, childish and afeminate absolutelyharam.jpeg

just because you don't something it doesn't mean you need to be a hater, ok? video games make me happy and they're very fun so why can't we just get along instead of you calling gamers all these mean things? i mean we can mix self-improvement with video games, i'm a gamer and i'm very active in the fit community: i sprint, i crossfit, i cycle, i lift. a hobby is a hobby so don't be a hater if you don't like something we all have our opinions.

when you start coding for game dev you will never want to touch another game again

It's just the cool kid thing to hate on video games now.

Everyone plays video games now retard

this. everyone does it, everyone plays video games so why all the hate? i swear anyone who hates on games and gamers is just a butthurt edgy teenager

For good reason. Vidya profits the player nothing. It is a drain on time, money, resources, and give back nothing.

ummm WHAT? did you know video games improe your dextery, your logical thinking and are actually satisfying if you're like me a hardcore gamer and plays hard games. they can be really gratifying and an intellectual hobby so stfu and stop being a hater.

You are correct

>muh profit
Unbridled capitalism truly is cancer.
Reading fiction, hell even non-fiction is sometimes waste of a time. Watching any TV Show, Movie, Anime whatever is also a waste of time. It's not like you can like something simply because you want to unwind and enjoy while doing the thing, it's not like you can't use said thing for socialisation or maybe it will even serve as a conversation starter for something. Just get it through your thick autistic head that people have different interests and those interests aren't productive most of the time. Stamp collecting, watch collecting, hell any collectionist hobby is a waste of time. People do it simply because they fucking enjoy it.

Our society is so fucked. This is what we’re degenerating into

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I have tons of vidya but hardly give time to it. Just finished god of war and I enjoyed it, but it dawned on me it's the first game in 3 years I actually finished to completion.

It's just not fun anymore unless it's a game I can play in short burst like slay the spire or binding of isaac.

People do it because they are weak and unmotivated.

I think I'm gonna sell my gaming PC, I legit believe I'm addicted to vidya

>society is FUCKED DX
society is fine, go outside you whiny cuck

>he says as we live in the most prosperous time in human history

Okay then i concur there are many people who use video games for escapist purposes but let me ask you why do people enjoy art? It's useless. Why do people enjoy finely crafted gadgets? Why do people enjoy finely built architecture, statues, movies, video games? They're food for the fucking soul you fucking maggot. It's something drones like you who only look at X thing from one angle will never understand, what i mean. Your attitude is wholly determined by the majority of people consuming a product and not by your own opinion.

Do most of those things move
our society forward in any better way then hobbies that are productive in nature? No? Okay, guess the human race can continue to stagnate you plebian.

My new hobby is making games

Fighting games sharpen my mind and reflexes. My reactions have improved, I'm better at making quick decisions and I have learned to get into the mind of an enemy, which has applications all over life.

>t. brainlets who know nothing about civilization cycles

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So many butt hurt video game incels in here lul, back to faggots

Games are for acne ridden soibois

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It is you who is incapable of seeing the beauty which lies in such ephemereal creations for these have inspired civilisations to prosper and grow. It's not your fault at all for not being able to see what i'm talking about, you've been poisoned by a lifetime of capitalist indoctrination, that is to see every product as what it gives to you and what you lose for indulging in it. However this type of thinking is two dimensionsional and fails to account for spiritual element.

hobbies aren't supposed to be arbitrary, they should be something you use to find passion with. That said if you were able to drop vidya so easily then you weren't playing it for the right reasons to begin with.

I don't play games nearly as much as I used to ever since I realized there's a fuckton of more interesting things to engage with in music and other shit, and also like 4 out of 5 of the people that fucking actually attach their identities to it are basic memey fucks,

You are so pathetic. Have fun upping the dose on your SSRI’s next month.

who else gonna mog the alliance when bfa is released

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What is that?

I've been watching anime on my laptop when running/jogging on my roomate's treadmill. Hookup the bluetooth speaker and set it up on a box and I'm golden.
Don't feel bored running or like its a drain, just do the time and then next time run for the next episode.
fuck yeah

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It’s what millions of people need to feel happy these days. Along with gratuitous amounts of drugs, alcohol, food, tv, video games, etc.. Now off my board you fucking incel

Chill off fucktard if you were dumb enough to fall for something shitty like that you shouldn't project yourself onto others.

When this exact society ruins your
family, and you need to teach yourself that this shit is evil, then you’d understand

dude, just go back to Jow Forums.
Treasure your family, respect your traditions, but here is for lifting.

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I can understand being in such a situation where you'd have to fend for yourself you wouldn't have much time for games. This however is not even like 5% of people struggling with video game addiction. Hope you succeed in your struggle user! And don't bitch on people enjoying something leasurly when they can and is not affecting their overall life situation.
shut the fuck up

You guys are all doing it wrong. It doesn't have to be so black and white.

You can play vidya every once in a while when you have some down time to relax or want to okay with your bros. Just don't become a "gamer" and make it into a hobby like many do. You don't have to quit cold turkey.

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>shut the fuck up
Great discussion

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>he doesn't have time for vidya and lifts
I'll have some extra fries with my order.

I'm the same way, I'm 27 and I haven't been "excited" about a new game in probably close to a decade. The shit I play most is still Arma 3 (koth and other scenarios) and paradox games. I've been looking forward to Star Citizen and Bannerlord for years now but I don't like jump for joy over fucking games like a faggot anymore.

like anything else, you shouldn't let something you do become your whole fucking personality.

as someone who played WoW like 3000 hours during high school from like 2005-2008, then on and off again for a few years; then tried it again this year to try to get back into it and made it like a month, the game is trash. It could be because I'm older, but it's just not the same. It will never be as good as it was in vanilla/BC.

Goddammit true. If they had a ladder version that was Vanilla, then BC, etc I might be interested in going back.
Almost same story for me.

Please tell me you're kidding

I quit vidya but now I browse Jow Forums twice as much

It and my instruments are all I do now. I can't stand TV anymore. And even vidya is something I'm getting bored of. But I still love my Vita.

how are your 5 subs on twitch going?

What do you play?

I used to play guitar, hard to get back into it now. Thinking about picking up a piano...

This, they just stopped being stimulating. Then I smoked weed when I played. Then I stopped weed and vidya and switched to booze. Then that got boring and now I stopped doing all of them and started being productive.

I stopped playing in February. The only multiplayer (timesink) game that I like right now is PUBG and the developer's are shit so I sold my rig and decided to take a year off gaming.

Honestly I started watching twitch last year somehow and it gave me a desire to be more social again from seeing the friendships and personalities people have on there. I also have been learning Russian everyday which forces me to speak out loud as practice. Socializing and speaking are parts of my brain that have been dormant for so long that it's fucking crazy how good I feel. I've quit gaming for a year before but never had this type of feeling of contentment and progress. The fact that I'm making decent gains in the gym and look better than I ever have is definitely contributing too. Reading also calms my brain and helps me focus, the opposite of the fog I get from playing vidya - that's probably playing a part too.

After I stopped playing I started looking around for what to do with my time, cleaned my room (unironically) and then I started look for something else to do. I just decided to finally complete a degree (only need 1 more year) and get a career in biotechnology after having been a neet for years. Feels like shit is just all coming together at last.

QUIT THE FAP DONT LOOK AT THE TRAPZ
youtu.be/Mv6_qILji50
EXCEPT TRAP MUSCKLES

>played 2500 hours of tf2 in highschool
multiplayer games are seriously a drug. that’s the reason why fortnite is so big right now. it’s hard not to play overwatch and just go completely braindead sometimes.

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>class based fps

It's an fps for babbys who suck

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Arma 3 RHS Koth is the GOAT

And sodapoppin isnt a millionaire because he is great at games. Hes a millionaire because hes an entertaining, reletable person.

Nothing is a waste of time if it makes you happy.

id never want to meet any of u irl

The only reason i play games is so that i can stay in contact with my only 3 friends. I don't really even enjoy them anymore. I've tried asking them if they would like to do something other than grind elo for hours on end, but i guess thats not their thing.

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wish i had time for vidya tbqh. i have a career and a band and i lift, i don't know when i'd play.

I replaced all the vidya with D&D once a week, much better social and imagination gains. Also a big motivation to get buff to represent my warrior characters better.

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>who stopped vidya and realized it is a waste of time and a shit "hobby"?

But it's fun.

Most of my friends grew out of it and when you're a social player, that's already enough to quit yourself. Overpricing, microtransactions and lootboxes ruined vidya for me anyway desu

I play Rocksmith 2014.
I usually put in 2-3 hours each session, really addictive.

Right. And his platform he built his fame off of is literally playing games.

you're right lad you need to really up the hours you put in on your vidya it'll pay off in the long run

>Complains about video games
>Meanwhile there is often a thread dedicated to lifting to anime bitches
Jow Forums: back asswards dailed to eleven

This is me but I've dropped total war and dominions 5 to focus on developing as a singer and learning theory on my piano. This shit along with a better diet has really helped clear my head.

I stopped playing video games 2 years ago and I believe it can be argued that lifting is just as shitty as a hobby. Lifting is nothing more than picking up a weight from the ground and putting it back to it. If you don't lift to improve your performance in an other sport you are lifting for vain and narcissistic reasons. There is little or no social interactions when you practice it and most of you act like dogs that does a trick to be petted or mired. As your body age you will realize that you didn't learn anything ( perhaps regularity ?). Your Stacy will become Saggy and if she got into you because of your muscles she will probably be terrible to talk with.
I read, run, box and play chess.

>Lil peep spinning in his grave so hard that cum is spewing from every orifice

>not playing games and lifting

Why? It's not hard to balance, and you get the best of both worlds

Youtube isn't necessarily a productivity killer but "internet blood sports" and outrage culture and outrage counterculture are just infinite timesinks. The 2016 election was fun but people literally spend 16 hours a day on Twatter trying to signal boost useless trash and other people spend 16 hours a day reading it and spreading it. Literally anything is a better use of your time.

"Get stronger and more physically capable" is a perfectly legitimate goal, pretending people only lift for vanity is retarded.

Whether you do a sport or not being physically strong is something everybody should aspire to.

What I said about lifting for sport was not complete, I agree with lifting to become physically capable. However isn't it useless to lift to 'become stronger'? What does it change to you in this day and age? Most of my friends who lift most both flexibility and cardio. I don't think it's just them.

Lost both *

I kindo outgrew them, sometimes i will play a videogame but i lose intrest after a while and just quit midgame

Of course there is nothing wrong if you play in moderation. But i wasted 100's of hours as a child. I could have been so happier if i didn't play games. It feels exciting in the moment but it leaves you empty

I still play video games. Prob gonna start another modded New Vegas playthrough. Only new game coming out I wanna play is prob Monster Hunter, on PC at least.

I just bought an xbox and a bunch of games and started playing agains seriously for the first time in years.

Talk your shit, but its better than going out to bars and clubs every weekend and getting so fucked up saturday night that you still cant make it to the gym friday and frying your brain with drugs and alcohol.

I'll take vidya any day, you can still make time for self improvement with it and its easy to not be addicted to if you have an ounce of self control.

I won an XBONE months ago. Just too many games to play, Xbox Gold is killing me with four new games every month.

Are you me? Fallout and Monster Hunter series are the only games I still play.

my drawing gains and gym gains are interfering with eachother

Still play em from time to time. And yeah it's less of a hobby and more of a habit.

How? Gym is great for boosting discipline which is the same for drawing and you also get a lot of energy.

I did years ago, best decision of my life. Games are disgusting

Keep the fallacies coming buddy

Not him but motor skills go out the window when you lift.

That's a bit cynical ain't it user?

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>My nigga
Best decision I ever made was buying Rocksmith, it's fun and simple like guitar hero, but motivates you to learn guitar