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With golf season underway, SC2 time has gotten less and less, don't have time to play SC2 at a decent level anymore.
I'm a very competitive person, but don't have the hours and hours needed to get to be really good at this game. I don't really have much fun playing the ladder anymore. And if I can't maintain masters league I don't really see the point in playing.
So for the me at least, SC2 is over. I'm wondering if it's that I'm getting older (25) and don't have the desire to play anymore, perhaps I'm starting to realize what this poem verse means:
From the first letter of Paul of Tarsus to the school at Corinth:
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
Chapter 13, verse 11
Maybe it's just that I no longer have the time to invest in gaming. Career, gf, friends and projects around the house are all demands on my time, and it seems like there aren't enough hours in the day to do everything I want to do!
I used to play all sorts of video games growing up! Had a Vic-20. commodore64, PS1 (not the sony kind, points for computer historians), an NES and SNES. Then, I had a series of PCs and played all sorts of games from Eye of the Beholder, to Civilization, X-Com, countless others! The website http://homeoftheunderdogs.net/, is a real trip down my gaming memory lane. I shudder to think how much time I wasted on this stuff, but I guess I was enjoying myself! 
Now, SC2 is the only game I play, and I feel like there isn't even enough time for this one game. The concept that I hear where serious gamers play more casual games to relax is an impossibility for me.
There is still a part of me that wishes I still had the time to dive headfirst into every video game out there, so who knows.....maybe when I get fired, dumped and then win the lottery.....I'll be back!
Until then...........I'll be buying lotto tix.
 
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It sucks when you get pulled in too many directions and can't spend time on something you enjoy. It happens, though I wouldn't categorize an interest as 'childish'. What makes you happy makes you happy, simple as that.
Good luck with the lottery! ^____^
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Or maybe you just take yourself too seriously!
You think you are 'too old' for video games. But are you too old for sports? Too old for Chess? Too old for fiction? Too old for anything fun? You have a concept of what an adult is supposed to be, but that concept is entirely your own. In my world an adult is allowed to play video games  Join me~
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Canada13407 Posts
Yeah I dont see how SC2 cant be like a relaxing fun thing you can do in free time :/ You dont need to be masters comfortably to enjoy playing the game to be honest.
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My dad is in his mid-forties and still plays SC2 almost every night with a coworker...(and my mom also plays various video games too).
So I think it might just be you.
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Never too old for gaming man. You'll find the spark again, it might be tough but you can fit it into your schedule!
Or lotto works
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On May 27 2011 08:09 ZeromuS wrote:
Yeah I dont see how SC2 cant be like a relaxing fun thing you can do in free time :/ You dont need to be masters comfortably to enjoy playing the game to be honest.
You don't really get the mind of the competitive player.
For some people playing is fun only if you are constantly improving so when you don't get enough time to play more your skill level stagnates and well it kinda sucks. You start to lose vs people you could beat easily before, you get demoted, etc...
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On May 27 2011 08:10 Darathor wrote:My dad is in his mid-forties and still plays SC2 almost every night with a coworker...(and my mom also plays various video games too). So I think it might just be you.
This reminds me of something else I meant to put in my blog. I don't really have any gamer friends, I used to when I was in high school and below, but from then on I didn't really run in those kind of circles. This could be another reason that my interest has waned, as well as the peer pressure of "you play video games still? Grow up!"
I guess that's why I'm on TL, it filled that need.
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Don't think age has anything to do with it...
Gaming doesn't match the childish, nerdy stereotype of the nineties anymore. It's something that people of all ages take part in and enjoy...
If you find more fulfillment in other things, then so be it, but there's still a tremendous demographic of people that love gaming, and the gamer culture, and it really spans all age groups.
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Kyrgyz Republic1462 Posts
I am almost 27, married, have a PhD degree, yet I still enjoy gaming It just happens that you have those periods in life when you have to deal with the more important stuff and don't really have time for games, but IMO that's perfectly fine. Even if you stop gaming for a couple of years, sometime later, when your life will become a little less hectic you will naturally be able to enjoy some games again. Personally I believe that I will never be too old to enjoy a good game
Also, I gave up trying to become "good" at Starcraft or any competitive game long ago, I just play it for fun now -- silly team games with my wife and friends and things like that
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you're never too old for gaming. you don't have to be super competitive...
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On May 27 2011 08:44 LuckyFool wrote:you're never too old for gaming. you don't have to be super competitive...
It's in my DNA, I do have to be super competitive. There's no way around around it. You're talking to a guy that hit about 500 shots out a practice bunker cause my sand play has been so shitty.
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On May 27 2011 08:42 Random() wrote:I am almost 27, married, have a PhD degree, yet I still enjoy gaming It just happens that you have those periods in life when you have to deal with the more important stuff and don't really have time for games, but IMO that's perfectly fine. Even if you stop gaming for a couple of years, sometime later, when your life will become a little less hectic you will naturally be able to enjoy some games again. Personally I believe that I will never be too old to enjoy a good game
I agree with this. I am 30, and I have enjoyed periods of gaming and also periods when I haven't played games at all. These days I play a lot of games (too much for sure) because I have free time and I don't watch much on tv.
Just play when you feel you want to, and don't if you don't want to. No worries.
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On May 27 2011 08:46 Zorkmid wrote:Show nested quote +On May 27 2011 08:44 LuckyFool wrote:you're never too old for gaming. you don't have to be super competitive... It's in my DNA, I do have to be super competitive. There's no way around around it. You're talking to a guy that hit about 500 shots out a practice bunker cause my sand play has been so shitty.
This sounds more like an age thing than wanting to get away from gaming, imo. ^^
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Eye of the Beholder and X-Com... some of the best games ever...
I'm 30 and all of my real life friends that play sc2 are older than me. My boss is 41 and we play 2v2 almost every day after work. 25 is way young to be thinking like this.
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On May 27 2011 08:15 Boblion wrote:
You don't really get the mind of the competitive player.
For some people playing is fun only if you are constantly improving so when you don't get enough time to play more your skill level stagnates and well it kinda sucks. You start to lose vs people you could beat easily before, you get demoted, etc...
yeah i totally agree with this.
in a direct competitive game, you usually hit a level where everyone's rapidly innovating and you need to put in a lot of time to not get left behind and to actually improve. and to some people, that's the fun part of the game.
you also realize that for certain games, you know what you need to do to grind it out and get better, but there's just not enough time and you don't feel like floundering without that practice. (for example, i don't play scrabble even casually because i know i need to spend time learning 7-8 letter words and how to form them if i want to win, but i never have enough time to do it.)
there are lots of single player video games and lots of other hobbies where i don't have that view, but there are lots of hobbies where i do.
to OP: you might be able to salvage yourself and play single player games if you want. it's what i'm doing right now since i used to be hardcore into fighters and played only those, now i dabble in single player games or non-competitive games... not to the degree when i was a high school/college student, but i still play a little here and there. but hey you don't have to if you don't want to.
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Haha, I'm the exact reverse XD.
I used to play golf but switched to starcraft. Between travel to/from the golf course, weather, rounds taking nearly 5 hours because of slow players, and having to adjust work hours to find practice time, I just didn't feel like I had the time to practice to get to where I wanted. So, I switched to starcraft because I can come home, eat, and then immediately start playing.
I have the same competitive mindset you do, so I completely understand.
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O.o
All I have to say is I played BW with my dad when I saw like...9-11 years old. He was in his 50s.
You have a very strange mindset.
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I'll add a bit to this as well. Going to turn 27, married and with 7-years old son. And surprise; not planning to give up on SC2 anytime soon. No reason why you should. Do what you enjoy. People often forget that it's important part of life to simply enjoy, laugh and to be happy with whatever they can.
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I think everyone is missing the point.. IT'S GOLF SEASON... This is heresy I know, but Golf>SC2, time must be devoted to the cult of golf when there's time and then just play SC2 when you can't golf anymore.
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feels like i wrote this thread (except the quote, because it's not applicable here unless you take it literally, and your situation is not an age thing but a time allotment issue), i barely play anymore because no, i don't understand the 'casual' gaming thing, you either accomplish your potential skill and play at a high level, or you don't play at all
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Don't need to play to be good. Play to have fun. Play for the joy of playing, not to be good. Have free time? Do whatever you like. But know that Starcraft is always an option. That's what games should be.
Felt like this after stopping playing Counterstrike as much. But there's always the option of going back and playing, even though I don't know anyone anymore. It's not like I have to give it up.
Play games because it's entertaining and fun. Games are meant to be played in your free time, not at every waking moment. So play it in your free time. You don't have to play at the highest level. That's why BGH existed and was successful in BW.
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Getting better is the thing you want to do but you don't have the time, then just think to yourself that every minute you don´t play is a minute you are getting better at something else and that is what really matters. Whatever you can dedicate yourself to be the best be proud you chose that path, be proud you always want to do your best in everything you want to do. That is your real strength not your skills in sc2 or in golf, your real strength is that you dedicate your life to improve yourself and your skills. The more you apply that to every single aspect of your life, the better your life will become. There are much worse things to be worried about. Be happy that you attained a good level and be happy you can one day come back, but for now you must concentrate your efforts on something else.
Your lesson in life now is that not you cant be THE BEST in everything but you can still be very good at what you do. Accepting that is very very hard, Ive had to accept that with my band (I only rehearse with them 2 hs a week) and with the fact that I cant play rugby this year cause of college.
its been very hard accepting that but now I took college as a challenge. Focus on whats important now and later on you will find time to play games.
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I know quite a few grandpas over 40 that still play their beloved PC games. Obviously they can't contribute as many hours as before, but that just means you have to change your attitude, not to leave the game behind. Either way good luck with whatever you choose. But people tend to go back to what they liked, even if it's only after the middle age crisis kicks in.
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I can't do casual SC2 either, and since I don't have time to do it full time, I don't do it at all. I guess that's just the way you and me work. I play other games, though, that I feel I can enjoy casually.
"We don't stop playing video games because we get old, we get old because we stop playing video games." - Unknown
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On May 27 2011 20:06 Cuddle wrote:
I can't do casual SC2 either, and since I don't have time to do it full time, I don't do it at all. I guess that's just the way you and me work. I play other games, though, that I feel I can enjoy casually.
"We don't stop playing video games because we get old, we get old because we stop playing video games." - Unknown
Haha, I think that was George Bernard Shaw, he didn't mention video games though.
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White-Ra is 30, and has a wife, and he still plays SC2 competitively.
If you need to take a break, take one, but if you really love playing SC2 competitively, then never quit until they make you quit.
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On May 27 2011 21:30 57 Corvette wrote:
White-Ra is 30, and has a wife, and he still plays SC2 competitively.
If you need to take a break, take one, but if you really love playing SC2 competitively, then never quit until they make you quit.
Its not that I lost some love I had for it, it's that I haven't had the time to put into being competitive and as a result am not playing at a level I feel is good enough. The fact that I can't put in the time to be as good as I can has dulled my interest in SC2.
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On May 27 2011 21:58 Zorkmid wrote:Show nested quote +On May 27 2011 21:30 57 Corvette wrote:
White-Ra is 30, and has a wife, and he still plays SC2 competitively.
If you need to take a break, take one, but if you really love playing SC2 competitively, then never quit until they make you quit. Its not that I lost some love I had for it, it's that I haven't had the time to put into being competitive and as a result am not playing at a level I feel is good enough. The fact that I can't put in the time to be as good as I can has dulled my interest in SC2.
I see.
Well, take a break if you don't feel you are playing well enough. When you have more spare time, you can pick it up again, and if you are really good at the game, it shouldn't take too long to get back at the competitive level.
But really, taking a break will help you get your intrest back in the game. I took a 2-month break from Runescape, and after those 2 months I couldn't wait to get back to it.
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On May 27 2011 08:40 MrBitter wrote:
Don't think age has anything to do with it...
Gaming doesn't match the childish, nerdy stereotype of the nineties anymore. It's something that people of all ages take part in and enjoy...
If you find more fulfillment in other things, then so be it, but there's still a tremendous demographic of people that love gaming, and the gamer culture, and it really spans all age groups.
I do hear this all the time, I do see studies that say that the average gamer is like 32 or whatever. I can't say that I've seen this to be true where I live. Maybe it's a USA thing, or it isn't true in Canada.
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On May 27 2011 21:30 57 Corvette wrote:
White-Ra is 30, and has a wife, and he still plays SC2 competitively.
If you need to take a break, take one, but if you really love playing SC2 competitively, then never quit until they make you quit.
Ra is pro and the cost of living in Urkraine isn't exactly the same than in Western Europe or the US.
OP seems to be a mid-low master player ( ~ top 7% ??? ) White-Ra is like < top 1% and plays full time. There is a huge difference because he can make enough money with sponsors and prizes whereas OP needs a job.
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Having played some practice games with you last season I can maybe relate. I'm 28, married have a career and am super competitive. So competitive where I was turning cutting my yard into a competition with my neighbors. But I will tell you first hand, being super competitive is great but can be destructive on relationships and your own health.
I'm still high diamond and occasionally play low masters players. I would absolutely love to be in masters and believe I could be if I spent the time but right now my only goal is to get my Thor portrait and beat the single player campaign. I specifically chose these goals to because they make me approach the game a little less competitive. I do however chill out in Team Fallacy's channel (sup fLc) and play practice customs games with dudes in their channel and that helps.
So I might be rambling but I guess what I want to say is, don't quit just make some different less competitive goals.
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My sister/bro in law are almost to their 40's, and they have a really busy life with work, family, etc. They don't play as much as they used to, but they always buy games/movies that they are interested in and play them together whenever they can or when one has down time. Bro in law used to play a lot of PC games, but has recently played more PS3/console games, since its easier to just stop whenever he needed to take care of stuff.
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On May 28 2011 08:01 Takasu wrote:
My sister/bro in law are almost to their 40's, and they have a really busy life with work, family, etc. They don't play as much as they used to, but they always buy games/movies that they are interested in and play them together whenever they can or when one has down time. Bro in law used to play a lot of PC games, but has recently played more PS3/console games, since its easier to just stop whenever he needed to take care of stuff.
I suppose that it is their first choice of their leisure time. That isn't really the case for me during golf season.
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