To make a long story short, I want to quit video games forever because they are ruining my life. I got a gym membership recently and managed to sell my PS4, but I'm having a hard time selling my Xbone because I'm affraid of loneliness. I don't have any friends and vidya are my main hobby, so spending a saturday night playing Apex Legends or something with voice chat is somewhat of a social thing that doesnt make me feel like a loser that's wasting his time. The thought of spending my weekend evenings alone at home reading a book or something terrorizes me.
I've tried to play vidya casually but am simply not able to do it. So tell me, any friendless incels like me managed to completely quit video games to focus on lifting and improving their lives? If you could share your story or some tips I would greatly appreciate it. Some guy was supposed to come and get my XboneX last night but I flaked on him with some bullshit excuse because I wanted to play vidya
In 2012 I had a 3k rig and spent 10-18 hours a day playing vidya, just as I had the previous 3 years
The summer of 2012 i made the decision and 1 week later I sold it along with my desk and computer chair and all the peripherals for 300$ to the first kid who mesaged me on craigslist.
Just pull the plug, get rid of it, your life will be better for it.
Aiden Flores
Working out takes 3 hours out of your week...
You can play games and work out idiot.
Jayden Campbell
this
everything in moderation
Thomas Flores
Bro
The new Call Of Duty Modern Warefare 2019 is coming out very soon
Did you try the Alpha? Shit was legit. You cant leave now. Think of the thumb gains
Angel Collins
This, and Death Stranding is on it's way, don't leave OP, vidya is way better than lifting.
Austin Turner
It seems like you have a video game attachment. Choosing to be fit as a substitute may be a good place to start, however you should consider how many hours you tend to play per day. Because exercising will not fully substitute your time, and you will have to then turn towards other options. Reading books, picking up on hobby, learning new stuff, getting a job. The options are there. You have to explore them.
Brody Lopez
So what did you end up doing right after selling it, with all your newly-acquired free time?
Caleb Murphy
>playing worse console generation I'd want to quit too if I bought either of those hunks of garbage. Bloodborne and GoW are literally the only decent console exclusives this gen.
>Apex Legends You're beyond saving.
Jeremiah Hill
If you're that addicted, cut them off immediately. Work out, go to a nutritionist/dietician, go out and meet new people, it will be weird as fuck in the beginning but you'll get better if you continue pushing forward. We've all been there mate, if you have the will and the discipline you'll get there.
Leo Rivera
Gaming peaked with Halo 3 breh, just sell that shit
Jason Lopez
i hope you realize that lifting weights isn't going to cure your social problems
Michael Bennett
If youre addicted you need to cut it out completely. We are your friends now user. /v/ are the enemy. Get starting strength and learn to cook proper healthy meals
Leo Johnson
>>Apex Legends >You're beyond saving. This. Real og wiggas play Fortunite.
Charles Gutierrez
No obviously, but I'm currently fat so getting fit will hopefully make me more confident and comfortable approaching women and whatnot
David Ross
I quit (MMO) gaming for fitness and it was a great decision. I do still occasionally play some single player stuff from time to time but only when Im really bored.
Joshua Stewart
For a while? Nothing
I just slept, or I found other ways to get on the internet.
But about 2-3months of that and i started going out more, working out, eating out, sometimes i just drove around, or started reading. I picked up a second job.
Camden Bell
having muscles isn't going to give you confidence. It probably will make you more comfortable with your appearance but if you have 0 social skills, thats going to ultimately determine your comfort level as well as your confidence
Jeremiah Morgan
You should get rid of it all. Embrace the boredom once it hits you. Think about your life. What do you want to do? What should you work towards? What is important to you? What do you want to be in 1 year, 5 years, 10 years? You will have the opportunity to discover yourself for the first time user. I wish I could do this again.
Henry Bell
Well, feel free to give me tips on how to become more social and what worked out for you, I'm all ears brother
Chase Nguyen
you sound somewhat like me OP but I have a friend that I go to the gym with. he started dragging my ass with him to the gym 3 times a week but we are up to 5 now. we have been going for 2.5years now slowly i got more motivated in working out with him after seeing results on both of us.
These bros have the right of it. Moderation is key if it's just an activity you enjoy. Don't let it be a crutch and don't let it stop you from improving yourself. I limit myself to one game at a time and don't let myself start another until i beat the first one. I also look into hobbies and things that will help me feel like I'm improving as a person in some way. Keep going my dude and let nothing stop you from being the best version of yourself. Your bros are with you.
You don’t need to completely cut yourself off you baboon. Find enjoyment in moderation. Also get off Jow Forums and just put yourself out there. It’s hard at first but you just need to make good habits, not cut cold turkey.
Jason Bailey
talk to people at your school or job or both. There is really no way around getting better at talking
Daniel Nelson
This is so cliche but you gotta fake it till you make it.
Where ever you go walk tall and with apparent confidence. Don't hunch over staring at the floor or your phone. Head up looking around you at people. Try to make eye contact with as many people as possible as you walk along. You'll likely never see anh of them again so try not to obsess about what they are thinking of you. Do this whenever you're out and wherever you are. Eventually you'll start to feel more confident.
Secondly, when you're with family act jokingly like a super confident asshole and make a joke of it. Just keep telling them how great you are at things.
Both of the above helped me dramatically and I went from khv at 21 to a fair few 1ns then eventually met a girl I wanted to marry and now I'm happily married with kids I fucking adore.
I'm not saying above is all you need to do but if you start there and keep it up you'll figure the rest out
Samuel Taylor
>Try to make eye contact with as many people as possible as you walk along
Even men? Won't that get me in trouble if I stare into another man's eyes and he tells me "the fuck you lookin' at bro?"
Mason Brown
Don't stare into his eyes. Just make slight eye contact and nod or say hi or something. Don't eye fuck him
Cameron Hill
this whole moderation thing is bullshit. And I'll tell you why. When you are in uni or working your 9 to 5 job, you rarely have time to do anything due to other issues that just randomly happen. Your washer broke, gotta go spend about 2-3 hours at a local laundromat to do your clothes. Your car is making weird noises, gotta go to the autoshop and deal with car troubles. Got off a little late from work and you gotta go to sleep in about 5 hours. Friends called and wants to hang out so you gotta go do that because you know you aren't free in whatever day he was trying to reschedule it to. List goes on with all of these little things that just take up your time. For me, if i play video games, ill play it for hours because i know im going to have to deal with some bullshit the next week.
Cameron Moore
This. I'll be damned if I ever get rid of my Dwarf Fortress.
Daniel Robinson
If any dude ever asks "The fuck you lookin' at bro?!" just say "A fuckin' FAGGOT"
Xavier Watson
>creeping people out will make you more confident OP, do not attempt to look at every fucking person in the eye when you pass them because they aren't going to do the same unless they suspect you are up to something.
Gavin Green
Yeah, I didn't play videogames for my whole last semester of college. I started up again a month or so after graduation because my intense work schedule leaves me without enough energy to do anything beside lift and vidya.
Jacob Murphy
>not playing pc theres your problem
Jace Foster
Some people are literally addicted and cannot get off the damn console/PC. These are the same types of people who think NoFap is so magical when they spend 3 hours a day edging to the most fucked up porn imaginable. Everything can fit into your schedule if you make it so.
Jonathan Jenkins
This is retarded. All things in moderation. I've always played video games and I can bench press 3 plates at 187 lbs 6'1. Gym takes up less than 1.5 hours. What are you gonna do the rest of the day?
Noah Myers
I skipped out this console generation. Should I bother picking one up now or wait until the next gen drops next year?
Austin Davis
Op here Why do so many people imply I should play in moderation? Like what good is that gonna do to keep playing video games? I wake up at 9:30am for work, get back home at 7pm, and the VERY FIRST thing I do when I get home is turn on my Xbox, then I go take a shit or grab some food. I then proceed to play until 1am or so and then go to bed. This is my life as a video game addict I mean would you tell an alcoholic that he should consider drinking in moderation instead of stopping completely? I feel a lot of you guys play and enjoy videogames and are somewhat offended that I'm basically saying they're worthless and ruining my life
Julian Johnson
This, i never played so much vidya in the past 3 years as when i started going to the gym recently Working out renewed my vigor for doing things i like in general
Logan Wilson
Based 30yo boomer Richard, is that you?
Jackson Reyes
*Deus Ex 1 in 2000
Christian Davis
ngmi spbp
Jace Roberts
>be me >quit gaming >quit smoking >quit being a faggot in general >get weights and bench >start lifting >make gains >shredded after 6 months >wife cant keep her hands off of me
Best decision I ever made
Carson Nguyen
What job
Camden Rogers
>Quitting vidya and what the fuck are you gonna do while you're cutting retard?
Jace Wilson
>I've tried to play vidya casually but am simply not able to do it.
Is a console fag
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA
you ARE playing vidya casually you absolute fuck up
don't get rid of all your stuff. if you genuinely like something just keep it as a hobby, not as the main aspect of your life. start lifting and learning about diet stuff, go on the internet and look for people to hang out with - there are many free apps for this. you need another hobby, read a book or become an alcoholic, whatever works.
go Tyler1 mode and lift in the morning so you get pumped to destroy some casuals online in the afternoon
Jordan Martinez
Get someone to workout with you. I used to be a 300 lbs lardass when I was 16 cause I would play MOBAs all the fucking time. My dad eventually forced me to start working out with him, and at first I saw it as a pain in the ass. Now? I'm extremely grateful. If you recover and progress well during that first month and have someone to keep you accountable during it, your body will eventually start craving some sort of physical activity instead of rotting away playing video games 6 hours in a row. I get that sort of support system can be a privilege, but just go through everyone you know that you wouldn't mind spending an hour and a half with 3-4 times a week and ask each one if they'd be down to work out with you. Plus, people nowadays are willing to befriend someone else over just one similarity, so this might take care of your worries of loneliness as well. Ideally, your schedule should reach a perfect balance of vidya and what you deem to be non-life ruining things.
