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toot1231 on 26 April 2016

I used to be an MMO junke from the 90's until about 2013. I played Everquest,Lineage 2, WoW, Combat Arms and the most recent League of Legends id say well over 3,000 hours into each one at least. but, lately i've found that I can't even play a game for more than 30 mins at a time I get so bored and just wanna watch youtube. And here's the thing guess what I usually watch on youtube? Things about games....

I checked my steam page and the only game I have more than 100hrs in is CSGO and I don't even play it really I just play it because my friend does and he invites me. I can't play a game alone anymore like I used to. I really want to know what happned. I tried to play Fable Aniversary last night (mainly why im making this thread) I played it for 20 minutes before turning it off and guess what i'll never go back to it and I have about 100 games that i've done the same thing too.

I just don't know what happened I can't seem to finish any game anymore and I can't get addicted to mmo's anymore I know that prob sounds like a good thing but, to me it's not I enjoyed being addicted to mmo's.

Another example Pokken Fighters a game I was SUPER looking forward towards I played it maybe 1 hour before never putting it back in again and that was launch day and that was the last time I turned on my Wii U. 

Guild Wars 2 a game I bought right before it went free to play I bought it on June 9th 2015 I put 200 hours into it...I love the game and wish I could be addicted to it so I could care about it but, something just won't let me. 

If you actually read all of this rambling about nothing I should give you a medal. Suggestion or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.



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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 26 April 2016

Maybe you just need a break and explore some other media such as hentai and porn



                  

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Ultrashroomz on 26 April 2016

Seems like you're just burned out from games all together.

Just take a long break, do something else, even if it's something like lying down, then after a good amount of time, try getting back into it.

I recommend staring at pictures of polar bears.



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KLAMarine on 26 April 2016

Take a break. We all burn out from time to time.

Pick up a book.



fatslob-:O on 26 April 2016

Anyone would get burned out after playing games for that long ...



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Ljink96 on 26 April 2016

You're putting in more hours than I am so...I think you're pretty into it. Since January, I don't think I've even clocked in 3 hours of gameplay and I swear...1 of those hours was spent playing the original Tetris. It's not that I don't love games anymore, or can't get into them. I want to but university and work are a combo that doesn't care what you want to do. The next game that I will try to get into will most likely be Zelda U because I have to play Zelda games religiously. If I flunk a class of university when it comes out...oh well. It'll be worth it.

My advice, get out more. Playing games for short bursts isn't harmful. Playing them for hours upon end make you feel sluggish and lose interest. Take some time off. Go back to games that you truly enjoy and you don't have to play everything. There's a TON of content out there. Much more than the 80's and 90's combined. There's so much to play. Choose games that you don't want to miss at any cost. Like for me, that's Zelda and treat gaming as a reward. That's my advice, it's worked for me.



barneystinson69 on 26 April 2016
Captain_Yuri said:
Maybe you just need a break and explore some other media such has hentai and porn

Lol. But I've had times when I was burnt out. Through most of the 2000s, gaming just wasn't going to happen. I was too busy, but also bored. I finally got back into it back in 2012.



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toot1231 on 26 April 2016
Ljink96 said:
You're putting in more hours than I am so...I think you're pretty into it. Since January, I don't think I've even clocked in 3 hours of gameplay and I swear...1 of those hours was spent playing the original Tetris. It's not that I don't love games anymore, or can't get into them. I want to but university and work are a combo that doesn't care what you want to do. The next game that I will try to get into will most likely be Zelda U because I have to play Zelda games religiously. If I flunk a class of university when it comes out...oh well. It'll be worth it.

My advice, get out more. Playing games for short bursts isn't harmful. Playing them for hours upon end make you feel sluggish and lose interest. Take some time off. Go back to games that you truly enjoy and you don't have to play everything. There's a TON of content out there. Much more than the 80's and 90's combined. There's so much to play. Choose games that you don't want to miss at any cost. Like for me, that's Zelda and treat gaming as a reward. That's my advice, it's worked for me.

 it's not like i dont have a life outside of games because i do. I used to use my free time to play games now I use my free time to sit around and wish I could play a game for more than 5 mins before getting bored.

 



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fatslob-:O on 26 April 2016
toot1231 said:

 it's not like i dont have a life outside of games because i do. I used to use my free time to play games now I use my free time to sit around and wish I could play a game for more than 5 mins before getting bored.

How much of your "free time" and how many hours do you spend on your games daily ?



Ljink96 on 26 April 2016
toot1231 said:
Ljink96 said:
You're putting in more hours than I am so...I think you're pretty into it. Since January, I don't think I've even clocked in 3 hours of gameplay and I swear...1 of those hours was spent playing the original Tetris. It's not that I don't love games anymore, or can't get into them. I want to but university and work are a combo that doesn't care what you want to do. The next game that I will try to get into will most likely be Zelda U because I have to play Zelda games religiously. If I flunk a class of university when it comes out...oh well. It'll be worth it.

My advice, get out more. Playing games for short bursts isn't harmful. Playing them for hours upon end make you feel sluggish and lose interest. Take some time off. Go back to games that you truly enjoy and you don't have to play everything. There's a TON of content out there. Much more than the 80's and 90's combined. There's so much to play. Choose games that you don't want to miss at any cost. Like for me, that's Zelda and treat gaming as a reward. That's my advice, it's worked for me.

 it's not like i dont have a life outside of games because i do. I used to use my free time to play games now I use my free time to sit around and wish I could play a game for more than 5 mins before getting bored.

 

I understand. I feel the same way but for me, it's because I feel like I've seen everything. Nobody is really trying much in the way of being new or different. And to me, life just changes your ability to play or get into games. And some more food for thought, when I say get out more I guess I worded it poorly. What I meant to say is try other activities like reading, drawing, sports, anything but games. Or try games that you never tried before. I'm just spitballing here. Something that I pray doesn't plague you is depression.