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Take extended breaks. (1 month+) 29 39.19%
 
Take short breaks (1 week - 1 month) 17 22.97%
 
Never less than a week. 13 17.57%
 
never less than 3 days. 8 10.81%
 
Never less than 24 hours. 6 8.11%
 
Results.... 1 1.35%
 
Total:74

It can be up to 4 months in my case ...



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John2290 said:
Leadified said:

Well then, what is it?

A well put together powerpoint presentation.

Hahaha, fair enough!



Assuming life doesn't get in the way, my breaks are a few days at most and aren't intended. I play whenever I want to and I usually want to play quite often.



From gaming? No.

From certain games? Yes.



Sure. It all depends on the games I'm interested in... for example: this month 2 of them were released (DSIII and R&C), so I got them both. But June~July won't have any, so I'll probably stay 30~40 days away from videogames. Unless an urge to play those last 2 games happens.



Bet with Teeqoz for 2 weeks of avatar and sig control that Super Mario Odyssey would ship more than 7m on its first 2 months. The game shipped 9.07m, so I won

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Farsala said:
John2290 said:

11 years ago? A few weeks? 11 years ago? Japan? 11 years ago? Please explain.

Went to Japan last summer.

Had lots of GFs when I was younger, but none of them went serious. And I lost all social skills, so its been 11 years.

You're talking about having a girlfriend at 12 years old? I wouldn't really call that a relationship by any means. You're not even old enough to go anywhere by yourself at that age, letalone navigate a deeper relationship with another human being. 

Anyway, I usually never take breaks completely from gaming, but I will sometimes stop playing modern games for a few days or weeks just to play a lot of retro games or handheld games just to change things up, but I game an average of 20-30 hours per week if not more, depending on the week, and I work a full-time job.

I also find it a bit silly that people sacrifice themsleves and their hobbies for a significant other, as that's basically sacrificing a part of who you are if you're actually passionate about gaming. I game with my wife all the time and we also game separately, so our relationship has never taken away from my love of gaming and it's allowed us both to be happy and not sacrificing who we are and what we love.



IDOLxISxDEAD said:
Farsala said:

Went to Japan last summer.

Had lots of GFs when I was younger, but none of them went serious. And I lost all social skills, so its been 11 years.

You're talking about having a girlfriend at 12 years old? I wouldn't really call that a relationship by any means. You're not even old enough to go anywhere by yourself at that age, letalone navigate a deeper relationship with another human being. 

Anyway, I usually never take breaks completely from gaming, but I will sometimes stop playing modern games for a few days or weeks just to play a lot of retro games or handheld games just to change things up, but I game an average of 20-30 hours per week if not more, depending on the week, and I work a full-time job.

I also find it a bit silly that people sacrifice themsleves and their hobbies for a significant other, as that's basically sacrificing a part of who you are if you're actually passionate about gaming. I game with my wife all the time and we also game separately, so our relationship has never taken away from my love of gaming and it's allowed us both to be happy and not sacrificing who we are and what we love.

I was very mature for my age, and everyone else was less so. I would have married and had kids when I was 16 if I could, so long as that person was right for me.



Farsala said:

I would have married and had kids when I was 16 if I could, so long as that person was right for me.

That sounds like an awful idea. No matter how "mature for your age" you are, no one should get married until they're older and actually aware of themselves and how the world works (with full-time jobs, living on your own, finding inner happiness and sense of self) which no one truly is at 16.

Anyway, this is off-topic, so we'll leave it at that.