To Anyone Who Quit Playing Video Games... What Did You Do To Stop?

**mgBsportsfan25** · 10-21-2018, 05:38 PM

Starting to lose interest in video games but still find myself using my free time playing them. I don't really enjoy it to be honest, I just am not a big fan of binge watching movies or tv shows. Starting to think I need to take a break from them to see if it might be a bigger issue (addiction perhaps?).

I am not letting it take over my life and still work and get my other priorities done on a week to week basis.

For those of you who stopped, what did you do to make sure you stopped indefinitely? I can go a few days to a week but then find myself back in the trap yet again.

**NsaneOne** · 10-21-2018, 05:40 PM

But who was self control.

Solution : make a fuk ton of money so you don't have to worry about anything then you can just game all day

**MichaelDuong** · 10-21-2018, 05:40 PM

Found myself a girlfriend and I seriously enjoy making out and doing hnnnng ****.

I also made a lot of friends and find social activities to surround myself with. There's literally no time left for games.

**bigdogfarmhand** · 10-21-2018, 05:40 PM

this thread interests me

i became really into the COD series when it came out on ps2

i found myself with no energy, tired all the time. Struggling to keep up in casual conversation

i sold every game and console i had.

that was that

**rectifryer** · 10-21-2018, 05:41 PM

I started a STEM degree while having a girlfriend while also having a full time job. No fukkin time for games for like a decade. I've seen others pull off 20 hrs of games a week still in that situation but it was not something I could do. At some point your ambition simply pushes certain hobbies off the plate.

**Kormo** · 10-21-2018, 05:42 PM

Free solo rock climbing

**Dre4** · 10-21-2018, 05:43 PM

I went off for college after HS, didn't have a TV and got used to not being able to game. When I came home to visit I just wasn't craving it anymore.

**TinySquats** · 10-21-2018, 05:44 PM

Life got too busy. I'd love to play again but I don't find myself thinking of playing games during my free time anymore. I'm usually going out for mundane tasks or a social thing.

Look at what is out there to break up your days or pick up a new hobby. Enjoying a nice walk to a supermarket to buy ingredients to make my Sunday breakfast has become more appealing than another round of League.

**mgBsportsfan25** · 10-21-2018, 05:44 PM

Originally Posted by bigdogfarmhand

this thread interests me

i became really into the COD series when it came out on ps2

i found myself with no energy, tired all the time. Struggling to keep up in casual conversation

i sold every game and console i had.

that was that

This is currently how I am feeling. Not into COD but play a lot of sports games and some single player games. But I am always tired and feel like I am rotting. might need to just put up my PS4 and Switch up on eBay and be done with it.

**Critter5592** · 10-21-2018, 05:46 PM

I find them extremely boring if sober. Lil tree in me and I can enjoy them for a little.

I play them mainly during winter months. It's practically dark by the time I get home from work, and my closest friend is married with 2 kids, 3rd on the way. What else is there for a single man to do?

**Firefightn24** · 10-21-2018, 05:47 PM

Haven't stopped, but have a really hard time sitting down for an extended time to play them. Even the new BO4, I'll play 2-4 games and then go do something else.

**eod8989** · 10-21-2018, 05:48 PM

Lost interest as i got older because real life set in

I miss staying up all night drinking mt dew and playing halo and chit srs

**mgBsportsfan25** · 10-21-2018, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by Critter5592

I find them extremely boring if sober. Lil tree in me and I can enjoy them for a little.

I play them mainly during winter months. It's practically dark by the time I get home from work, and my closest friend is married with 2 kids, 3rd on the way. What else is there for a single man to do?

Agree with you on the blazin' and playing games. I don't smoke anymore but it was a favorite activity of mine back in the day. Can relate. I am not looking forward to the winter months, that's when I would need it the most since the Northeast sucks and I don't ski/snowboard.

Originally Posted by TinySquats

Life got too busy. I'd love to play again but I don't find myself thinking of playing games during my free time anymore. I'm usually going out for mundane tasks or a social thing.

Look at what is out there to break up your days or pick up a new hobby. Enjoying a nice walk to a supermarket to buy ingredients to make my Sunday breakfast has become more appealing than another round of League.

I work a full time job and still find time for it. Guess I should just use that time to be more social. My friends that are still in my area tend to just go to bars which is a bore for me, but might beat just playing video games.

I am looking to move south in the first half of next year so I can get away from the cold weather and open myself up to new experiences/people. I would bet my time spent playing video games at that point would decrease (potentially).

**bigdogfarmhand** · 10-21-2018, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by mgBsportsfan25

This is currently how I am feeling. Not into COD but play a lot of sports games and some single player games. But I am always tired and feel like I am rotting. might need to just put up my PS4 and Switch up on eBay and be done with it.

you can’t find happiness there

go throw all that bull**** in the trash go to the library and pick up a book called Walden pond by Henry David throue

**rectifryer** · 10-21-2018, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by eod8989

Lost interest as i got older because real life set in

I miss staying up all night drinking mt dew and playing halo and chit srs

Yeah it doesn't help that the industry completely destroyed bro gaming by eliminating splitscreen from everything.

I've got 4 gaming cpus in my house and it still just kills the mood to have people come over and set everything up and get all the discord chats working and get all the steam accounts worked out and hope all the updates are current and hope that windows doesn't cause a driver issue with one of its security updates for one of the computers. Making sure all systems work all the time is like aligning hieroglyphs for the resurrection of the sand king.

It's so much simpler to have four player split screen console but M$ backed out of that. I'll never forgive them. Yes fookin mad.

**Critter5592** · 10-21-2018, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by mgBsportsfan25

Agree with you on the blazin' and playing games. I don't smoke anymore but it was a favorite activity of mine back in the day. Can relate. I am not looking forward to the winter months, that's when I would need it the most since the Northeast sucks and I don't ski/snowboard.

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Yee, I am northeast crew as well. The best part of video games growing up was that my real life friends played them as well. When latest WoW xpac came out, 4 of them were playing it. Now there's only 1 playing and so that has become lame. I don't blame them though. I stay activated with tokens, not usd. I made a lot of gold at start of xpac off herbalism, enough to pay for 3-4 months of tokens.

I don't look at video games as a bad thing, or something I want to stop. Quite frankly my outlook on life is do whatever the **** you want, as long as you enjoy it. I just definitely don't play them nearly as much as I did years ago.

**Brozef** · 10-21-2018, 05:53 PM

Had a kid.

Nah that didn't work

**mgBsportsfan25** · 10-21-2018, 05:54 PM

Originally Posted by NsaneOne

But who was self control.

Solution : make a fuk ton of money so you don't have to worry about anything then you can just game all day

Create the new fortnite --> profit --> blaze and game away as 8 year olds use their parents credit cards to buy player skins and weapons.

**doughnutking** · 10-21-2018, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by mgBsportsfan25

To Anyone Who Quit Playing Video Games... What Did You Do To Stop?

You can't play video games if you sell all your gaming chit.

Although if you replace it with fapping for hours on end then you may have a serious problem on your hands.

**mgBsportsfan25** · 10-21-2018, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by bov188

I use to feel the same way, but here's how I look at it ...

Everyone has different ways of relaxing and unwinding... Some ppl like to watch TV shows or movies. Personally, I like to play video games. IMO, playing video games is more stimulating for your mind than being a vegetable and watching TV or movies for a few hours. With that said, as I get older I tend to lose more and more interest in video games but I still play casually a couple days a week

As long as video games don't effect your personal relationships, work, or your mental and physical well-being then who cares?

You have a point, I think I have just been going overboard. The new Red Dead Redemption release isn't helping any lol. But I could stow it away for a bit and focus on other stuff.

**mgBsportsfan25** · 10-21-2018, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by doughnutking

You can't game if you sell all your gaming chit.

Although if you replace it with fapping for hours on end then you may have a serious problem on your hands.

When you're right, you're right

**VTheKing** · 10-21-2018, 05:57 PM

get an office job so you can't stand staring at screens after work. worked for me.

**LoganBrown** · 10-21-2018, 05:58 PM

The damn recipe for disaster quest on runescape made me rage enough to quit playing one day, never played again

**Firefightn24** · 10-21-2018, 05:58 PM

Originally Posted by bigdogfarmhand

Henry David throue

This the cousin of Henry David Thoreau?

**fox994** · 10-21-2018, 05:59 PM

Got a social life and found out human interaction is better than some game. I'll play games occasionally but max 2 hours.

**mgBsportsfan25** · 10-21-2018, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by VTheKing

get an office job so you can't stand staring at screens after work. worked for me.

Currently have an office job so that unfortunately hasn't stopped me.

**doughnutking** · 10-21-2018, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by mgBsportsfan25

When you're right, you're right

If you need to quit then sell the chit.

**CrimsonSteel** · 10-21-2018, 06:05 PM

Every once in a while I'll feel obligated to play something. Like RDR2, I'll be playing that for sure. But the last games I played before that were Far Cry 5, and AC: Origins. Before that? I have no idea. I'll give PS+ games a shake but never do much with them. Just no time.

**MilkforBrains** · 10-21-2018, 06:06 PM

I still play halo matchmaking; that's it. I didn't even buy an Xbox one or PS4. I felt like the golden era of video games was behind me, the increased politicising was putting me off. The games had become formulaic and every generation was the same, just with better graphics.

**QuickNutkus** · 10-21-2018, 06:07 PM

Start by only playing games that pique your interests. Dont just play games because you're bored or because it is the new popular game.

Every once in a while i simply just watch others play games. I still get to experience them in a way, and if the person is a gormless stoner bitch like Aris at Avoidingthepuddle you may find yourself a new source of entertainment.

I would suggest picking up an outdoors type hobby but if you live in the city that complicates ****.

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