Any other bros go from hardcore gamer to never-game-again?

[xVERITAS]

-Grew up playing video games
-always had the latest games
-Mainly gamed "chronically" the last half of HS Senior year (Jan-May 2010)
-Played MW2 about 6 or 7 hours a day
-Stopped that summer and didn't touch my 360 until BF3 came out
-Got battlefield 3 when it came out (never bought another COD game)
-Played it chronically for the next 3 months
-Stopped abruptly one day and haven't touched a computer/video game since

Any other bros experience this? Literally have no desire to play. One day I practically forced myself to play BF3 and I didn't even get into my first online multiplayer game before shutting it off and doing something else.

EDIT:

My life today:
- Aesthetic
- Working 30 hours a week and maintaining >3.7 GPA
- Riding motorcycles
- Extensive social life
- Playing drums/guitar
- Misc
- In the process of planning 2 month Eurotrip

My life back in the gaming days:

- Shiit GPA
- School all day, come straight home and game til sleep, repeat
- No job
- No motorcycles
- No social life
- No girls

[Bmadis0n]

This is hilarious.....literally the exact same thing that happened to me.

Played a decent amount of games my entire life. Got BF3 when it came out...got 40 engineer service stars and played everyday then one day after buying premium never touched my xbox again.

Havent played a game in over 3 months for no reason whatsoever and I can't even get myself to play

[PecsofPeace]

This is hilarious.....literally the exact same thing that happened to me.

Played a decent amount of games my entire life. Got BF3 when it came out...got 40 engineer service stars and played everyday then one day after buying premium never touched my xbox again.

Havent played a game in over 3 months for no reason whatsoever and I can't even get myself to play

[SWOLE_JEDI]

probaly because youre playing todays crappy shooters. rpgs are a whole nother world boy that **** will have you never leaving the house. my xbox was stolen...maybe it was for the better

[Suzubrah]

Yup, was a avid MW2/3 player, put so much time in it.
Then all of a sudden all the interest was just gone. Also bought BF3, like Ohpee mentioned, thought I just wanted to play something different. Nope! Still no interest.
100% focused on school and lifting right now, and I like it so much more.

brb not getting pissed anymore at lag
brb not raging anymore cuz of getting killed by campers
brb training in peace, and not getting foul-mouthed by 13yo punks..

Think it is 1 of the best decisions I've made.

[LovinAlmonds69]

this is kinda what happened to me, except that i came from WoW playing like 12 hours a day whenever i could. then i just stopped and didn't play video games for around 2 years. now the most that i play is cod, and it is very rarely and nowhere near the extent that i use to play games though

[SWOLE_JEDI]

Yeah.

I was seriously addicted to street fighter.

If you go to the Super street fighter IV: AE thread, there's a vid of my world rank at #32.

My PS3 YLOD itself about 5 months ago, I haven't played anything since then.

#32 in street fighter?? thats actually pretty damn impressive

[Woodyy]

Yep, used to play gears of war and runescape every day for years, went to uni in October last year and now I go weeks without playing, even when I do it's with my housemates, like a game of FIFA or something..

[boxden]

happened to me, though it didnt end so abruptly. stopped because i was like 130 pounds and games suppressed my desire to eat, now my reward circuit is rewired and i dont care much for games

[belmont3163]

once i got laid i quit gaming all of a sudden.

[Ronnie87]

No offense but playing on the Xbox for 6 hours isn't hardcore.

I used to travel the country to play in CS 1.6 tourneys and after that I played WoW for 16 hours a day for years.

[Bodybreak]

Yep. Dont even know what happened its like a switch went off in my head.

I literally went from playing 8-12 hours a day every day to not playing at all for 6-7 months. I still play here and there with friends tho.

[butwhowasfeel]

op i was similar to you except i played online pc games like league of legends and sudden attack.

games are pretty much an escape from reality though, but now that i have a life + things to do, i have no reason and no need to play games.

[RJLXA]

grew up addicted to diablo 2

played halo/cod hardcore freshman/sophomore of hs

tapered of a bit later in hs but still bought the latest cod's

last game I bought for 360 was the first black ops two years ago

bought D3 because it was D3, played for a week or so and quit

just dont have the urge or want to play anymore, or even time for that matter

[WideFajita]

Cliffs:
-Played video games all throughout high school
-Got really good at it, started playing in mini tournaments
-Realized I was spending way to much time behind a fuarkking video game console
-Unplugged xbox, put it in attic and started lifting
-Hard at first, but one of the best decisions i've ever made
-Everything went better than expected
-Lesson: do it *******

[revert]

Played WoW for probably 5 years(quit 2 years ago), probably 10+ hours a day, had over 300 days /played if I remember right. After reaching rank 1 a few times in arena me + the people I played with got bored with the game, we all sold our accounts within the same week. I've never looked back nor played any other game really.

[BulentBumBum]

Me and a friend as well. We used to play CSS religiously for a few hours every day for years on end.
From one week to the next, we both completely quit.
Desire to game = 0.

I even bought the newest games like The Witcher 2 and stuff. Never even installed it.

[ngtvenfnty]

Definitely don't play as much as I did when I was a teen and early 20'1. I mean very rarely. I do have sporadic periods where I might play for a few days, maybe weeks, regularly, and then I will just stop again for months. Even right in the middle of a game I was enjoying, I just wont have any desire to play all of a sudden. I have not bought a new game in years. Always several years old, and buy them very cheeply. I do still keep up a little with the gaming world, whats new and whats comming out, but it lost is major pull a long time ago.

[chunkmo]

Pretty much yep.

Used to game every day 6-8 hours for about 4 years. It was seriously my biggest passion. I don't even really think about gaming now - haven't had anything installed in ages. Even if i try to game i get sick of it after 30 minutes since i feel like i could be doing something more productive.

[GodsAssassin69]

BF3 is a fairly newer game man, IMO

October 25, 2011
Battlefield 3, Release date

-cliffs stated you played for 3 months....

so 9 months of no gaming.. gj man! srs


I started playing MOH allied assault online when I was 10
After that it was COD2.... Kept playing COD2 on PC.. Still jump on from time to time.. Best tactical realism IMO..
Anway when Wrath of the Lich king came out I played WOW untill about a year ago.. That was a hard drop.

[YesMad101]

Sounds like me OP. I put thousands of hours into games and now I can barely touch any apart from FIFA.

[16V]

I spent close to 2800 hours on COD 2 (CB/ladder) then ****ty MW came out.. i've pretty much stopped playing now.

[TexasHeat]

This is hilarious.....literally the exact same thing that happened to me.

Played a decent amount of games my entire life. Got BF3 when it came out...got 40 engineer service stars and played everyday then one day after buying premium never touched my xbox again.

Havent played a game in over 3 months for no reason whatsoever and I can't even get myself to play

[iliketodoit]

I feel bad for gamers that missed out on real games (95% of this thread)

brb warcraft orcs and humans when i'm 7 years old.
brb starcraft
brb diablo 2
brb quake
brb counter-strike

would rather learn an instrument than play any of the **** games that come out now. if you play cod, i've got some bad news bruh.

[MILFHunter947]

lol i used to be such a gamer fatboy. get all the games, play countless hours, read gameinformer, watch G4 lol. then like, senior year of high school i started playing wayyy less and became less enveloped in the whole gamer "culture". and when i started university and started getting in shape i totally just stopped (not because i mandated myself to stop, but because i lost interest and was doing things wayyy better and more interesting than playing video games all the time)



i still play fifa occasionally with my boys n sh!t but the gamer days are long gone. lookin forward to GTA V though im not gonna lie

[TheBiG_Z]

Back in the good old days i played Halo 2 night and day. Oblivion night and day.

Halo 3 night and day. I played Skyrim night and day. Recently bought Halo 4. Played probably no more than an hr.

Gave the xbox to my bro. Cant do it anymore.

[Bonkies]

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cant play any games anymore pc or console, just doesn't interest me

[triglyceride]

probaly because youre playing todays crappy shooters. rpgs are a whole nother world boy that **** will have you never leaving the house. my xbox was stolen...maybe it was for the better

what rpg? all rpgs today suck ****

RIP baldurs gate/ultima online

[ngtvenfnty]

would rather learn an instrument than play any of the **** games that come out now.

Its not really the games that come out now. Some are actually quite good. Same as its always been. Rather as you get older there is this whole world that opens up to you. I actually did start spending alot of time learning musical instruments, and went to college and started enjoying learning, found new hobbies and started to grow in many ways, went back to college. Fantasy realms and virtual activity just couldn't compete with all the real activity and skill development that i filled my life with.

[yokeybear]

This is hilarious.....literally the exact same thing that happened to me.

Played a decent amount of games my entire life. Got BF3 when it came out...got 40 engineer service stars and played everyday then one day after buying premium never touched my xbox again.

Havent played a game in over 3 months for no reason whatsoever and I can't even get myself to play