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I opened up my email today, and something hit me.
I remembered a time when the only thing I ever found in there was game newsletters and password requests. This was normal. But nowadays, I seldom see any of these newsletters and it saddens me. All I see now are memos from project leaders, requests for meetings, deadlines to be met and reports to be written.
I'm in my last year of computer science engineering at my university, and it just suddenly dawned on me. Things won't ever be like that again. Playing games is something that I have to plan these days; something I'm not quite sure I like. But I guess this is how it has to be, right?
I'll always be playing, I just happen to get huge nostalgia bombs at times. Memories from when playing games was just what I did. Whenever I wanted. I'm sure they are just that; nostalgia, but I still can't help but reminisce.
I guess it's all just a part of it. You know, growing up. Shit, I might even have to get a job soon.
Thanks for reading.
 
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On November 04 2011 23:30 Aocowns wrote:
Gaming 4 lyfe
word up homeboy
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On November 04 2011 23:12 gillon wrote:
I opened up my email today, and something hit me.
I remembered a time when the only thing I ever found in there was game newsletters and password requests. This was normal. But nowadays, I seldom see any of these newsletters and it saddens me. All I see now are memos from project leaders, requests for meetings, deadlines to be met and reports to be written.
I'm in my last year of computer science engineering at my university, and it just suddenly dawned on me. Things won't ever be like that again. Playing games is something that I have to plan these days; something I'm not quite sure I like. But I guess this is how it has to be, right?
I'll always be playing, I just happen to get huge nostalgia bombs at times. Memories from when playing games was just what I did. Whenever I wanted. I'm sure they are just that; nostalgia, but I still can't help but reminisce.
I guess it's all just a part of it. You know, growing up. Shit, I might even have to get a job soon.
Thanks for reading.
I will never stop loving gaming, Maybe it might not be playing and competing, but watching it. I love games, it's been a passion that has been pretty constant in my life.
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On November 04 2011 23:37 r_con wrote:+ Show Spoiler +On November 04 2011 23:12 gillon wrote:
I opened up my email today, and something hit me.
I remembered a time when the only thing I ever found in there was game newsletters and password requests. This was normal. But nowadays, I seldom see any of these newsletters and it saddens me. All I see now are memos from project leaders, requests for meetings, deadlines to be met and reports to be written.
I'm in my last year of computer science engineering at my university, and it just suddenly dawned on me. Things won't ever be like that again. Playing games is something that I have to plan these days; something I'm not quite sure I like. But I guess this is how it has to be, right?
I'll always be playing, I just happen to get huge nostalgia bombs at times. Memories from when playing games was just what I did. Whenever I wanted. I'm sure they are just that; nostalgia, but I still can't help but reminisce.
I guess it's all just a part of it. You know, growing up. Shit, I might even have to get a job soon.
Thanks for reading. I will never stop loving gaming, Maybe it might not be playing and competing, but watching it. I love games, it's been a passion that has been pretty constant in my life.
I feel the same way, I'm just having a hard time getting to terms with the fact that I can't play like I used to. Like I want to.
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You'll get a job and actually have money to better support your gaming desires and actually, working a typical job leaves evenings mostly open for whatever you want. You can also go get whatever game you want whenever you want or a new cool mouse or keyboard or whatever without begging and/or waiting for Christmas. You certainly won't be playing whenever and however long you want everyday like when you were a kid (I remember those days too) but I actually wouldn't even consider the situation any worse, it's just different.
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I'm trying to get my skills up and learn some more stuff so that i can work less a week, so that i can have more free time. The great thing about having gaming as a hobby, is that it is actually pretty cheap, as long as you don't need a new game every couple of weeks. My current dream is to have 24-30 hours weeks where I can still get everything i love out of life. Time is more important to me then money, and it always has been.
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On November 04 2011 23:41 Charger wrote:
You'll get a job and actually have money to better support your gaming desires and actually, working a typical job leaves evenings mostly open for whatever you want. You can also go get whatever game you want whenever you want or a new cool mouse or keyboard or whatever without begging and/or waiting for Christmas. You certainly won't be playing whenever and however long you want everyday like when you were a kid (I remember those days too) but I actually wouldn't even consider the situation any worse, it's just different.
Yeah, I suppose that when I'm actually situated with a job this might be the case. It's probably just the hectic last years of my education that's bogging down the game time a lot.
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On November 04 2011 23:44 gillon wrote:Show nested quote +On November 04 2011 23:41 Charger wrote:
You'll get a job and actually have money to better support your gaming desires and actually, working a typical job leaves evenings mostly open for whatever you want. You can also go get whatever game you want whenever you want or a new cool mouse or keyboard or whatever without begging and/or waiting for Christmas. You certainly won't be playing whenever and however long you want everyday like when you were a kid (I remember those days too) but I actually wouldn't even consider the situation any worse, it's just different. Yeah, I suppose that when I'm actually situated with a job this might be the case. It's probably just the hectic last years of my education that's bogging down the game time a lot.
Depends on the job, but yea, that's what happened to me. My last 1.5 years getting my civil engineering degree we're hell. Combined with work, I almost never had time to sit down a play a game for 3 hours. Now that I've graduated and got into a stable job, I have time to play during the evenings and weekends.
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sleep, eat, work, eat, sleep
get ready
its coming
oh ya, dont forget to add a wife + kid in the mix 
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On November 05 2011 00:00 deepfield1 wrote:sleep, eat, work, eat, sleep get ready its coming oh ya, dont forget to add a wife + kid in the mix
Please don't say that. ;_;
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On November 05 2011 00:00 deepfield1 wrote:sleep, eat, work, eat, sleep get ready its coming oh ya, dont forget to add a wife + kid in the mix
This sums it up pretty well.
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im kinda sad because in addition to not having as much time for gaming, I also dont get the same amount of satisfaction from it. maybe its just cause games have become so bad....
CANT WAIT FOR DIABLO 3. IT BETTER BE MOTHER FUCKING EPIC!!!!!
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On November 05 2011 03:52 Orpheos wrote:
im kinda sad because in addition to not having as much time for gaming, I also dont get the same amount of satisfaction from it. maybe its just cause games have become so bad....
CANT WAIT FOR DIABLO 3. IT BETTER BE MOTHER FUCKING EPIC!!!!!
I feel you. I would love to dive into a game properly. loooooove to do that. But I can't.
Not with a family to take care of. Maybe some day.
Team Fortress 2 has to cover my needs for now, and does an okay job. Finding time for it isn't that easy though.
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This is reminding me of how little time I have for gaming :<
Seriously I haven't played a videogame in a few months. And I don't even have a family (kids/gf/etc). Or a house. Just a job and a small apartment. Things can only get worse from here!
When I was 15 and I got a new videogame I would play the shit out of it. I would do every single god damned thing and play it over and over again until I finally got a new game. The idea of a new game sitting on my shelf without being played immediately was alien. Now I go to a videogame store once a year, buy like 2 games, and if I'm lucky they are done by the time I go next year. What the FUCK.
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On November 05 2011 05:07 micronesia wrote:
This is reminding me of how little time I have for gaming :<
Seriously I haven't played a videogame in a few months. And I don't even have a family (kids/gf/etc). Or a house. Just a job and a small apartment. Things can only get worse from here!
When I was 15 and I got a new videogame I would play the shit out of it. I would do every single god damned thing and play it over and over again until I finally got a new game. The idea of a new game sitting on my shelf without being played immediately was alien. Now I go to a videogame store once a year, buy like 2 games, and if I'm lucky they are done by the time I go next year. What the FUCK.
what takes up your time so much?
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On November 05 2011 05:13 Roe wrote:Show nested quote +On November 05 2011 05:07 micronesia wrote:
This is reminding me of how little time I have for gaming :<
Seriously I haven't played a videogame in a few months. And I don't even have a family (kids/gf/etc). Or a house. Just a job and a small apartment. Things can only get worse from here!
When I was 15 and I got a new videogame I would play the shit out of it. I would do every single god damned thing and play it over and over again until I finally got a new game. The idea of a new game sitting on my shelf without being played immediately was alien. Now I go to a videogame store once a year, buy like 2 games, and if I'm lucky they are done by the time I go next year. What the FUCK. what takes up your time so much?
A lot of it is work. Taking care of myself/apartment adds some extra time. Some other social things I do. I have very little free time (especially during the week), and when I do theoretically have free time I'm too exhausted to do anything about it. Yesterday I came straight home after work yesterday and feel asleep rofl
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