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Skewg
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Sweden96 Posts
July 18 2011 22:53 GMT
#1
I can't help to notice as I've gotten older, my attentionspan for games has become exponentially shorter. When I was younger, studying in High School and College I could play games online and offline for hours an end. Gaming alone or with friends til 3-4 am and getting up for class at 7. No problems at all.

Now I get bored/biased after short sessions and go watch streams where the really good players are.

I don't know if this is an age thing or just me lacking in skill and being more competative now then when I was younger or if its because now I have a full time job working horrible hours (2.30 pm - 11.30 pm) and just not having the energy for 'serious' gaming.

I would love to get 4-6 hours of SC2 every day on weekdays, make my way up to Master League and do smaller tournaments for my own competative sides sake. Its just not in me. Even tho I have a great circle of practice partners on EU ranging from Masters to Platinum I never get on to grind.

It just bothers me.

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tube
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States1475 Posts
July 18 2011 22:58 GMT
#2
when i was a kid i used to think "man i cant wait until im senile and retire so that i can play games all day"
now im the same as you except only in college
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GreatFall
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1061 Posts
July 18 2011 23:18 GMT
#3
I'm the same way now. I'm 31, how old are you? I find myself playing at a much slower pace and just for fun nowadays.
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micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24682 Posts
July 18 2011 23:30 GMT
#4
When I was a kid my parents always had me doing stuff (camp, sports, etc) in the summer so I wouldn't stay home and game. I always used to think that, if given the opportunity, summer would be awesome because I could game the whole summer. In college I sorta did that one or two years when I wasn't working and couldn't get the research gigs I wanted; post-college I still get summers off but just don't get myself to do half the "fun" stuff I've always thought I'd want to do :p
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Skewg
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Sweden96 Posts
July 18 2011 23:32 GMT
#5
Been a gamer and a nerd since I was around 10 and I just turned 28.

I donno if its my work hours that kills the social part of gaming on EU servers for me. Not alot of people on weekdays after midnight playing. Always felt that the social aspect of gaming was a big deal for me.
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mucker
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States1120 Posts
July 18 2011 23:35 GMT
#6
Same for me at 30, it is a combination a few things. There is the weight of all the other responsibilities I have that I didn't have when I was younger, much higher stress levels at work and just a physical need for more sleep.

It sucks.
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Skewg
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Sweden96 Posts
July 18 2011 23:35 GMT
#7
On July 19 2011 08:30 micronesia wrote:
When I was a kid my parents always had me doing stuff (camp, sports, etc) in the summer so I wouldn't stay home and game. I always used to think that, if given the opportunity, summer would be awesome because I could game the whole summer. In college I sorta did that one or two years when I wasn't working and couldn't get the research gigs I wanted; post-college I still get summers off but just don't get myself to do half the "fun" stuff I've always thought I'd want to do :p


Don't get me wrong, my parents were the same way and I competed in sports (hockey and soccer) til I was 18. I had an active life outside of my gaming. But I could still enjoy gridning games in SC, SC;BW, doing Hell/Hell in Diablo, 8 hour Temple of Veeshan raids in EverQuest. I just dont see myself doing that any more.

I don't like getting old =)
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EdSlyB
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Portugal1621 Posts
July 18 2011 23:45 GMT
#8
Same here. 29 now and with time I get less and less interest in playing games altough I have time to do it after work.
I too spend alot of my time checking streams and playing games for fun.

Besides SC2 i'm playing TF2 (again) and Plant vs Zombies(again).
Things change with time. Just accept it and try to take the best from it.
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d_so
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Korea (South)3262 Posts
July 18 2011 23:51 GMT
#9
feel you too man. 26 now, and i just get this huge sense that my playing games is going to hurt me in the future. These days I jump back and forth between being career focused and game focused, but I can sense the gaming part of me losing its tenacity.
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Darpa
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada4413 Posts
July 18 2011 23:53 GMT
#10
I swear if this game came out when I was in university and playing it instead of wow like 6-8 hours a day I would be a pro.

Alas, Full time Job, Girlfriend, Travel, and just plain lack of energy keeps me to 1 or 2 games a night and then the rest is stream watching. I just lack the drive for it that I used too. Sadly I dont see this changing, because I cant very well quit my job unless my poker career takes off (lol).

for reference Im 25
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lizzard_warish
Profile Joined June 2011
589 Posts
July 19 2011 00:26 GMT
#11
Meh. I've gone through times where I play games all day everyday with short breaks to sleep to periods where I play maybe a half hour once a week. It depends on the game and the community, really stressing the community. In the past I could just go on anon and play for hours but now, I wouldnt say I need a friend there, but to keep myself interested in the game I need that sense of vibrancy that comes with a social aspect to it. So not necessarily playing games with friends but knowing there on, having a chit chat here and there and then gaming again. Otherwise if anything as of the last bit I've wanted to game more.
GhostKorean
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States2330 Posts
July 19 2011 00:34 GMT
#12
Wow I feel exactly the same way and I'm only 18 xD
Frigo
Profile Joined August 2009
Hungary1023 Posts
July 19 2011 01:20 GMT
#13
I miss those times when I was able to play Arcanum for 3 months, or Quake 3 for days without really doing anything else. Nowadays I have no patience to play 40+ minutes of Arcanum in one sitting. Same goes for BW matches.
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Mayor
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States472 Posts
July 19 2011 01:21 GMT
#14
Wow, this is a depressing blog to read. I guess I'll have to enjoy my young years gaming while I can.
"You can be creative but I will crush it under the iron fist of my conservative play." - Liquid`Tyler
Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12235 Posts
July 19 2011 01:54 GMT
#15
It's not like that for everyone. I try and play games every chance I get. I'm 28 and I think there are several big reasons why people stop gaming hardcore:

- Wife and kids, or desire to get a wife and kids =]
- Realization they're not going to be a competitive player (though some like me still stick it out just for the competition)
- Work takes too much time
- Friends or coworkers stop playing games

I think the last one is one of the biggest. If you don't have people to talk to regularly who are just as into competitive and/or hardcore gaming as you and who share your interests with the same passion, you'll just lose interest yourself. I played WoW for a really long time and did raiding, PvP when I could, I played with my girlfriend and her guild too, and more and more people I knew started dropping out of WoW -- my girlfriend stopped playing, my coworkers stopped playing (even though they weren't on my server it still was subject matter), and my schedule changed and I can't commit to a raid schedule so I stopped playing too. I still have friends who I talk to every day who play SF4 and SC2, so I still play those games as often as possible.
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affinity
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States266 Posts
July 19 2011 07:07 GMT
#16
Whoa, I've been realizing the same thing about myself recently. Good to read that I'm not alone :D
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Profile Blog Joined August 2010
4849 Posts
July 19 2011 07:21 GMT
#17
On July 19 2011 10:54 Excalibur_Z wrote:
It's not like that for everyone. I try and play games every chance I get. I'm 28 and I think there are several big reasons why people stop gaming hardcore:

- Wife and kids, or desire to get a wife and kids =]
- Realization they're not going to be a competitive player (though some like me still stick it out just for the competition)
- Work takes too much time
- Friends or coworkers stop playing games

I think the last one is one of the biggest. If you don't have people to talk to regularly who are just as into competitive and/or hardcore gaming as you and who share your interests with the same passion, you'll just lose interest yourself. I played WoW for a really long time and did raiding, PvP when I could, I played with my girlfriend and her guild too, and more and more people I knew started dropping out of WoW -- my girlfriend stopped playing, my coworkers stopped playing (even though they weren't on my server it still was subject matter), and my schedule changed and I can't commit to a raid schedule so I stopped playing too. I still have friends who I talk to every day who play SF4 and SC2, so I still play those games as often as possible.


I agree, though i still play almost every minute i'm at home. Probably because i neither have a wife nor kids (and lost the drive to go out and find a future wife) and don't have any friends in this town to do something else, so gaming is the best way to relax for me, though SC2 is too stressful atm with my loss streak so i just play team monobattles and watch streams on my second monitor :p

For those that have either of those, it's definatly a factor that keeps you away from gaming. A colleague recently sold his gaming PC because after his son was born, he just had no more time for games. Another colleague stopped playing, too, because his wife got pregnant. A few other colleagues still play some very casual games once a week, but in general it's getting a lot less.

What would we all do to be young again...
Sotamursu
Profile Joined June 2010
Finland612 Posts
July 19 2011 13:20 GMT
#18
On July 19 2011 10:54 Excalibur_Z wrote:
- Realization they're not going to be a competitive player (though some like me still stick it out just for the competition)

It's easier to become pro, if you got pretty far by playing casually. I don't plan on becoming a progamer, but I'd still like to hit high masters/gm just to be able to compete in local tournaments for fun (and maybe a bit of cash and other prizes).
beberly
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States117 Posts
July 19 2011 13:29 GMT
#19
As several others have echoed, I feel the same way. I still game, but most of it is concentrated on the weekends. After getting home from work or finishing a day of law school classes, I need to make dinner, work on applying for jobs, and prepare for classes. By the time I finish all of that, I have maybe an hour or two of free time before I need to sleep in order to be functional the next day. I just don't have the mental energy to concentrate on gaming. So I usually read a bit or watch some television, and save the interactive entertainment for times when I'm not so damn busy.

I'm just glad I live in an urban area and I don't have to spend the weekend mowing the lawn/weeding/tending a garden/fixing broken shit all over my house. God bless maintenance guys.
alffla
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Hong Kong20321 Posts
July 19 2011 13:29 GMT
#20
this blog is depressing
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Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States1528 Posts
July 19 2011 13:39 GMT
#21
On July 19 2011 22:29 alffla wrote:
this blog is depressing

It only seems depressing. I game no where near as much as I used to (still not much) either. But the thing is, whether you miss it or not.
Personally I miss having free time period. It's just part of getting older, like your sex getting scheduled...
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OpticalShot
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada6330 Posts
July 19 2011 14:56 GMT
#22
Last night I gamed for like 30 minutes. I was happy. But I got tired. So that was the end. =(
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josemb40
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Peru611 Posts
July 19 2011 15:16 GMT
#23
On July 19 2011 22:29 alffla wrote:
this blog is depressing


not so much, its just the realization of something.. we change as we grow older the stuff we like and we do change, we dont really notice this too much because the enviroment or the people we hang out with change as well with us. Yesterday for example i was at my friend's house and he showed me his ps3 with sony move, and we ended up talking about the graphics and evolution of gaming consoles instead of play the fuck out of the games he had. I guess sometimes we become more analytics? =/
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zatic
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Zurich15328 Posts
July 19 2011 16:40 GMT
#24
Huh. I am 28 and I don't game mainly because I have no time for it. If I can make the odd Sunday afternoon free for gaming every couple of weeks I sure still play 8 ours straight though no problem. When I was sick for a couple of days a while ago I played all day back to back. It's definitely still in me :-)

Not sure if I could continue this without, well, being sick and not having anything to do but definitely lack of time is what keeps me from gaming much more than lack of drive to sit down and play.
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Skewg
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Sweden96 Posts
July 19 2011 20:18 GMT
#25
On July 20 2011 00:16 josemb40 wrote:
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On July 19 2011 22:29 alffla wrote:
this blog is depressing


not so much, its just the realization of something.. we change


Thats excactly what I wanted to convey in this blog. I don't feel sorry for my self for not having the time, energy or dedication to play games on a 'higher' level. But I can still miss it at times and it annoys me that I can't be as enthusiastic any more.
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