EPTQuitting Gaming for School - Page 2
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stochastic
United States16 Posts
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BasilPesto
Australia624 Posts
On January 25 2011 14:12 LyRa wrote: The thing is that this next year I'm going to have to pass or else my life is basically going to go downhill. School results aren't everything. They're helpful, but understand it's what you make out of it. I turned into a robot for my final year of high school, and got absolutely beautiful results. Unfortunately, I didn't really transition well at tertiary level education, though I'm back on track. Also, balance in life is utterly important. | ||
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Bajadulce
United States322 Posts
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Hidden_MotiveS
Canada2562 Posts
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Selth
United States469 Posts
All in all, take it in stride. Plus it does help to put your energies to doing something other than sitting around and doing something on the computer. | ||
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Daria
Australia500 Posts
On January 25 2011 16:11 BasilPesto wrote: Lyra, what year are you in? School results aren't everything. They're helpful, but understand it's what you make out of it. I turned into a robot for my final year of high school, and got absolutely beautiful results. Unfortunately, I didn't really transition well at tertiary level education, though I'm back on track. Also, balance in life is utterly important. I'm in year 11 this year, but doing mostly year 12 subjects so the pressure is on. I also play Tennis, but I'm being urged to drop weekly comps to concentrate on study. Also used to play the violin, but dropped that to play computer games ;O | ||
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Kashll
United States1117 Posts
On January 25 2011 14:25 Whiladan wrote: It's better to learn to play games/browse the internet in moderation than to deprive yourself entirely of a hobby that you clearly enjoy. This, though it's always hard. | ||
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FlashIsHigh
United States474 Posts
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Sayle
United Kingdom3685 Posts
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billyX333
United States1360 Posts
if you have a similar addictive personality as i do, then i'd suggest you put as many obstacles between you and starcraft as possible. i personally would uninstall the game and break the disc so now if you ever want to play it you have to watch the 4-8 hour download screen to give you time to think about what you want in life. i need to do this because i have a very addictive personality. I'm an all or nothing guy and i know a lot of people are. if im going to study i'm going to do it for 12 hours a day. if im going to game, same deal. you could operate differently though. some people need balance in their life so perhaps reserve 1-2 hours a day for starcraft to relieve some stress and forget your worries. this doesn't work for me because i get hooked pretty quickly and pretty soon i cant even sleep without macroing hatcheries in my mind. if you've been playing starcraft all day for many weeks/months, you need to realize that the first couple days are the hardest. starcaft is very mentally stimulating. we are all over stimulated when we play lots of starcraft and we have to come down from that state of mind and slow down. learn to focus on simple tasks and enjoy peace and quiet. hours may seem longer at first but eventually you'll adjust and feel more peaceful with a temporary lifestyle shift. | ||
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s.a.y
Croatia3840 Posts
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Tazza
Korea (South)1678 Posts
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stenole
Norway869 Posts
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Southlight
United States11768 Posts
On January 25 2011 14:42 LyRa wrote: This really got me thinking. Thanks for this. To provide a second story, I was inundated with school at the end of last semester due to having four projects due in less than a month, and ended up quitting League of Legends, at the time temporarily. What I found out was that one(!) game was sucking up way too much time and effort. Over the next month, I still played games, I just played less time-consuming ones, and didn't feel a compulsion to play every night, so I ended up having what felt like "a whole lot of time" on my hands. Oh, and I also finished all the projects on time and aced them. I can't really imagine cutting gaming entirely out of my life because it's a nice individual way of blowing off steam or killing time (because face it, sometimes you just want to relax and kill shit in a game like NWN2 to unwind). Plus, I (we) grew up on it, and it's become a part of my (our) life/culture. Obviously we, much less I, don't know how disciplined you can be about gaming as a whole (other than LoL I'm fairly disciplined with my time allotment, and I rarely procrastinate because I hate having stuff hanging over me), but you'll probably end up finding that locking up gaming entirely will simply cause you to fret and get stressed out (not playing games = must be working to use time efficiently! = not working = might as well have played = but REALLY should have worked = plus wanna play still = endless cycle). Find out if you have one or two things that're absorbing an inordinate amount of time - those are the things you're better off cutting out (hence why WoW is given such a bad name, it's one of those games that take up an inordinate amount of time, and why WoW addicts actually probably fare worse in time management than people who play like a hundred games but each sporadically and in "pick up and go" intervals). | ||
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Inzek
Chile802 Posts
you can play, just dont put games over school. you will soon find yourself doing anything to procastinate, then better play. | ||
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lone_hydra
Canada1460 Posts
On January 25 2011 14:35 Saechiis wrote: The problem isn't gaming, the problem is that you don't have any discipline. Pretty dumb move imo to stop doing what you love because you aren't balancing it out with school. Either learn to just game for an hour as a reward after doing school work, or be miserable not having a hobby. I don't think you're in a place to tell people how they should think, it never ceizes to surprise me how many people on a pro gaming team site are of the opinion progaming is throwing away your life. I see nowhere in his quote did he suggest progaming is throwing away one's life. But the pursuit of progaming is throwing away one's life for a vast majority. The success rates are horrible, the work hours are horrible, the pay on average is horrible, very limited career pool choice when you are to old/slow to play video games anymore, and it is not to nice on health unless you fit your very small amounts of spare time on exercising. We are on a programing sight to learn how to play casually, to follow the select few who actually succeeded in programing for personal entertainment, and to converse in a surprisingly above average quality forums as far as the internet goes. Oh, and the problem is still somewhat gaming. All commercial game developers specifically design games to be addicting so you cannot stop playing them - http://www.cracked.com/article_18461_5-creepy-ways-video-games-are-trying-to-get-you-addicted.html. I know this is a comedy website but the facts are still there. While a few lucky ones can naturally fight addictions like a few people can quit smoking anytime and how some people can control drinking while others cannot. But back on topic, I used to have the same problem as you. It is important to fill your time with something else. I used jogging and working out. But if you still have nothing to do on those lazy Sundays call up some friends, improve your social network. If you finish that and still cannot find anything to do, go ahead and play. Once school starts join a couple of clubs, meet new people and keep in contact with them. Your time will be filled. | ||
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