im not playing video games anymore...

[ManBearPig]

at least for a long while.

i think im finally over that phase...it was fun while it lasted.

 

[secretanchitman]

oh...why did you quit? just didnt feel like playing/had better things to do?

i also gave it up quite a bit...dont play nearly as much as i used to.

 

[ManBearPig]

yeah mostly because i have better things to do. im also tired of it. oh, and there really havent been a lot of new games coming out either. i mean, i had a lot of fun while i did it (which was a long time lol) but i finally think i need to move on.

i mean i couldve done this earlier, but i just didnt feel like it...i dont think i wouldve actually stopped. also, its hard for me to play just a little...i do it a lot or not at all.

weird...maturity ftw?

 

[slightlyhuman]

It has nothing to do with maturity.

You lost the desire, simple as that.

 

[Cabages]

I wouldnt say not playing video games makes you mature, and vice versa. But ive thought about quitting, and I wont. I still enjoy it.

 

[ManBearPig]

Originally posted by: DP
It has nothing to do with maturity.

You lost the desire, simple as that.

im not saying that people who are immature play video games; not at all. its just that i feel like i matured enough to finally stop playing them as much and pursue other things.

its like i had a phase and that bar was completed. now moving on the the being a man phase lol.this represents an issue of maturity for me.

 

[sandorski]

Quitter!! :|

 

[ManBearPig]

deleted...tried editing another post but pushed quote.

 

[evetstech]

I had like the best gear pre SSC in World of Warcraft, then stopped playing. I had more important crap to do. I still hop on like once in a great while, but only stay on for like 30 minutes max. + I noticed my GPA starting be affected. Have to be focused if I want to get into a decent graduate school.

 

[SlitheryDee]

My GRANDparents still do a lot the stuff that they did in their teens for entertainment. Why are video games any different? Why should you EVER stop something that you enjoy and link that to some sort of maturity hump that you've finally crossed. It seems that people think that there are only a few activities that you can carry into your adult life. Gaming has somehow inexplicably slipped into the list of those that you must leave behind. Why? Why is your quiting gaming some landmark in your path to adulthood?

 

[Gunslinger08]

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
My GRANDparents still do a lot the stuff that they did in their teens for entertainment. Why are video games any different? Why should you EVER stop something that you enjoy and link that to some sort of maturity hump that you've finally crossed. It seems that people think that there are only a few activities that you can carry into your adult life. Gaming has somehow inexplicably slipped into the list of those that you must leave behind. Why? Why is your quiting gaming some landmark in your path to adulthood?

Silly rabbit, games are for kids.

 

[DainBramaged]

I go through phases where I'll play for a week or two, but then I get bored and don't for three or four months. Just depends on what (new) game I have.

 

[ManBearPig]

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
My GRANDparents still do a lot the stuff that they did in their teens for entertainment. Why are video games any different? Why should you EVER stop something that you enjoy and link that to some sort of maturity hump that you've finally crossed. It seems that people think that there are only a few activities that you can carry into your adult life. Gaming has somehow inexplicably slipped into the list of those that you must leave behind. Why? Why is your quiting gaming some landmark in your path to adulthood?

only because of what i already said. i get really into it and so its hard for me to play a moderate amount...i play a lot or not at all.

 

[raildogg]

Same here. I used to play games like RTCW online, RON, BF2 and other games but I haven't seriously played anything in a while. We have the Wii but I haven't touched it since the first few days we bought it. Maybe I'm just getting lazy, I don't know, but my childish curiosity is not there with video games anymore. It is weird.

 

[NanoStuff]

Congratulations, your maturity is now LVL 2. LVL 3 is when you realize there is no association between maturity and playing games, lose your false sense of superiority and return to playing video games.

 

[Xylitol]

I've been sober for 1 week now. Now, I need to do some studying - junior year coming up.

 

[rivan]

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
My GRANDparents still do a lot the stuff that they did in their teens for entertainment.

You're a bad grandkid for not getting them all addicted to a Wii!

 

[dbk]

The Bigs for the Wii <---sick nasty game.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Sounds like somebody has WoW burnout. Don't worry, your Druid will be there waiting for you three months from now.

 

[Regs]

I know what you mean. Get older you only want to do things that will make you money or make you "prosper" in a career. Some of us start a little later than others...

 

[jackace]

I'm just like the OP. The expansion to WoW is what did it for me. I was in a raiding guild and had fun doing that, but when the designers come in and change everything like that and basically make all your hard work obsolete I realized gaming is not for me. (atleast online games)

I still like the play station, xbox, etc games, but I don't really play in-depth games anymore.

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: Heen05
yeah mostly because i have better things to do. im also tired of it. oh, and there really havent been a lot of new games coming out either. i mean, i had a lot of fun while i did it (which was a long time lol) but i finally think i need to move on.

i mean i couldve done this earlier, but i just didnt feel like it...i dont think i wouldve actually stopped. also, its hard for me to play just a little...i do it a lot or not at all.

weird...maturity ftw?

yeah.. same here.. it's all the same

turn based -> Civ clones
real time strategy -> Age of Empires clone
Role playing -> Diablo II clones
1st preson shooter -> Doom clone

did i miss any genre?

oh... then i discovered a flash game called Desktop Tower Defense

if crack cocaine can be digitized, this would come close.

God help me.. the addiction................

 

[CKent]

Lol I love the hordes of 20 year olds talking about maturity and ignoring the fact the average video game player is 33 years old.

 

[us3rnotfound]

Originally posted by: CKent
Lol I love the hordes of 20 year olds talking about maturity and ignoring the fact the average video game player is 33 years old.

Don't give me the mean, tell me the mode.

 

[dbk]

Originally posted by: JEDI
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Heen05
yeah mostly because i have better things to do. im also tired of it. oh, and there really havent been a lot of new games coming out either. i mean, i had a lot of fun while i did it (which was a long time lol) but i finally think i need to move on.

i mean i couldve done this earlier, but i just didnt feel like it...i dont think i wouldve actually stopped. also, its hard for me to play just a little...i do it a lot or not at all.

weird...maturity ftw?</end quote></div>

yeah.. same here.. it's all the same

turn based -> Civ clones
real time strategy -> Age of Empires clone
Role playing -> Diablo II clones
1st preson shooter -> Doom clone

did i miss any genre?

oh... then i discovered a flash game called Desktop Tower Defense

if crack cocaine can be digitized, this would come close.

God help me.. the addiction................

That game IS crack. How do you weaken the "dark" ones?