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IMoperator
Profile Joined October 2011
4476 Posts
April 06 2012 06:22 GMT
#1
SC2 is getting boring. playing tvp isn't fun at all, so I think I'm gonna quit. It's just not very fun. So I tried to think of other stuff to do and then I realized I didn't really do much else than watching and playing sc2. I want to start up a new hobby, maybe pick up an instrument or something. Most likely, I'll just try out a new game and play that instead. I know nobody really cares, but oh well. You've been fun for a while SC2, I'll come back in hots.

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phosphorylation
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States2935 Posts
April 06 2012 06:24 GMT
#2
Yo, pick up Broodwar. Or pick up something like piano.

I do both and both are very rewarding...
Buy prints of my photographs at Redbubble -> http://www.redbubble.com/people/shoenberg3
IMoperator
Profile Joined October 2011
4476 Posts
April 06 2012 06:26 GMT
#3
Eh BW doesn't really look that interesting to me tbh. :/
Bibbit
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada5377 Posts
April 06 2012 06:27 GMT
#4
I can see from your OP that you're a naturally gifted writer, maybe pursue that.
synapse
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
China13814 Posts
April 06 2012 06:31 GMT
#5
New language or instrument IMO. Try fingerstyle guitar :3

Try new things, and if they're fun then dedicate yourself to them~
:)
Carson
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada820 Posts
April 06 2012 06:35 GMT
#6
On April 06 2012 15:27 Bibbit wrote:
I can see from your OP that you're a naturally gifted writer, maybe pursue that.

zing!

@op: different game? or how about something physical like hiking or swimming?
"You have to remember something: Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn." Arnold Schwarzenegger
PleasureImWallace
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Canada45 Posts
April 06 2012 06:36 GMT
#7
Fitness!

Change your diet and hit the gym, takes ~2-3 hrs a day if you really go hard (food preparation, pre/post workout strecthing and whatnot)

Fun, challenging, rewarding
CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESE GROMIT
Roe
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada6002 Posts
April 06 2012 06:39 GMT
#8
take up playing Chess versus yourself!
Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9172 Posts
April 06 2012 06:44 GMT
#9
I still play BW in my free time, SC2 just got stale.
Yhamm is the god of predictions
NukeTheStars
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States277 Posts
April 06 2012 07:06 GMT
#10
Hobbies that result in the creation of something are always much more rewarding, like music, art, etc. If you like SC2, but just feel it's a hollow experience, it could probably still be channeled into some creation. Hype videos are nice!
Seeker *
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?37058 Posts
April 06 2012 07:10 GMT
#11
DotA 1
DotA 2
LoL
HoN
WoW

Take your pick
ModeratorPeople ask me, "Seeker, what are you seeking?" My answer? "Sleep, damn it! Always sleep!"
TL+ Member
Sentient66
Profile Joined July 2009
United States651 Posts
April 06 2012 07:34 GMT
#12
Break a world record.
seNsiX.421
TuElite
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada2123 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 07:48:34
April 06 2012 07:48 GMT
#13
Try learning a new language? Could be useful and personally I think it's fun and very rewarding.
Always Smile - Jung Nicole - Follow Nicole on Twitter @_911007 and me @TuElite
zerglingrodeo
Profile Joined September 2010
United States910 Posts
April 06 2012 07:49 GMT
#14
It might be as simple as trying a new TvP style.
"This is how philosophers should salute one another: 'Take your time!'' - Wittgenstein
RogerX
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
New Zealand3180 Posts
April 06 2012 08:12 GMT
#15
Count how many times you can count with your fingers.
Stick it up. take it up. step aside and see the world
Nos-
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada12016 Posts
April 06 2012 08:28 GMT
#16
League of Legends, Team Fortress 2, Bethesda/Bioware games are all time sinkers. If all else fails masturbation also works wonders for killing time.
Bronze player stuck in platinum
thOr6136
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Slovenia1775 Posts
April 06 2012 08:38 GMT
#17
get dota 2 man :>
Nabes
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada1800 Posts
April 06 2012 08:53 GMT
#18
How about switching races?
vOkk
Profile Joined June 2010
Belgium576 Posts
April 06 2012 09:20 GMT
#19
Play dota2/LoL/HoN/WoW until Diablo 3 is out!
Phyrigian
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
New Zealand1332 Posts
April 06 2012 09:38 GMT
#20
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Sephy90
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1785 Posts
April 06 2012 10:17 GMT
#21
Try Parkour/Freerunning!! I've been interested in this for a while but I'm not nowhere near fit to do it so you should start exercising! Or learn to dance!
"So I turned the lights off at night and practiced by myself"
Qumquat
Profile Joined April 2011
Israel353 Posts
April 06 2012 10:21 GMT
#22
Hobbies don't have to be video games guys =/ . You can always start playing an instrument (piano, guitar, drums.....).
vanhio
Profile Joined November 2010
Niue1017 Posts
April 06 2012 11:12 GMT
#23
Diablo 3 is coming...
Megakenny
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Canada829 Posts
April 06 2012 11:21 GMT
#24
If you dont already, you should start going to the gym or running. Something like that. I started back at the gym last November or so and find it really rewarding.
yummi
Profile Joined August 2010
Poland48 Posts
April 06 2012 11:23 GMT
#25
On April 06 2012 19:21 Qumquat wrote:
Hobbies don't have to be video games guys =/ . You can always start playing an instrument (piano, guitar, drums.....).

Exactly. Maybe try some sports.
JellowLight
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
60 Posts
April 06 2012 11:38 GMT
#26
I am currently enjoying the game Tribes Ascent, open beta shooter
Can be a lot of fun :D
https://account.hirezstudios.com/tribesascend/?referral=1841809&utm_campaign=email

How about a good book or series? Also fun to do!
tomatriedes
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
New Zealand5356 Posts
April 06 2012 11:52 GMT
#27
Maybe your new hobby could be whining about protoss on TL?
Overpowered
Profile Joined January 2011
Czech Republic764 Posts
April 06 2012 11:59 GMT
#28
On April 06 2012 18:20 vOkk wrote:
Play dota2/LoL/HoN/WoW until Diablo 3 is out!

This. DotA2 preferably :D
Just another gold Protoss...
virpi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Germany3599 Posts
April 06 2012 12:13 GMT
#29
Beer.
first we make expand, then we defense it.
Sated
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
England4983 Posts
April 06 2012 12:23 GMT
#30
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Recognizable
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Netherlands1552 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 12:36:36
April 06 2012 12:35 GMT
#31
On April 06 2012 21:23 Sated wrote:
Months of Terran being favoured - this game is great!

A small period of Terran being unfavoured in a single match-up - this isn't fun anymore, I quit!

Your Terran tears are delicious.


I have quit aswell, Starcraft is just getting boring. Especially TvP and TvT. TvT is either marine tank which plays the same every game or you play against mech which is just a 50 minute snoozefest. The only matchup I like is TvZ. Switching races won't do. I find both protoss and zerg twice as boring. You can never take the initiative with those races, and you basically sit there trying to get a good eco/army whilst defending the atacks.
RedJustice
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1004 Posts
April 06 2012 13:04 GMT
#32
Paint! :D
AegonC
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States260 Posts
April 06 2012 14:02 GMT
#33
Learn how to program. It's amazing to be able to create your own games and software. Start with python or c++. My friend and I started a website to learn c++ here. Or just go on google or youtube and search c++ tutorial.
Pholon
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Netherlands6142 Posts
April 06 2012 14:35 GMT
#34
chainmail
Moderator@TLPholon // "I need a third hand to facepalm right now"
megapants
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States1314 Posts
April 06 2012 15:12 GMT
#35
Fitness and/or the arts are the way to go
UmiNotsuki
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States633 Posts
April 06 2012 15:52 GMT
#36
Switch races! :D Worked for me. Or go random! Random best race, as long as you tell your opponents your race at the start.
UmiNotsuki.111 (NA), UNTReborn.932 (EU), UmiNotsuki (iCCup) -- You see that text I wrote above this? I'll betcha $5 that you disagree :D
S2Lunar
Profile Joined June 2011
1051 Posts
April 06 2012 16:07 GMT
#37
Try working out, just go to the Gym for a few hours every day after work/school or whatever. Train different muscles of your body every day, it's very rewarding and watching your Bench/Squat/Deadlift/Curl, etc improve over time is awesome.
Rice
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States1332 Posts
April 06 2012 16:36 GMT
#38
I just started riding bikes now that its spring, its pretty damned fun
Freedom will be defended at the cost of civil liberties.
mordk
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Chile8385 Posts
April 06 2012 16:37 GMT
#39
-Find a nice sport
-Watch ALL the TV series available (this is an insane time dump)
-Watch some movies
-Be more social and party hard
-Listen to some music
-Find good books to read
-Take photographs of everything/anything
-Write stuff
-Paint something
-Play an instrument
-Start a band with some friends
-Increase your busy time
-Get a close friend/GF and do crazy shit all the time

There, a few suggestions. Once you clear your mind a bit you'll be back to gaming . Personally I started partying a lot, reading the a song of ice and fire series, watching Spartacus Grey's anatomy GoT Walking Dead Dexter, hanging out with a special friend and swimming.

I can barely study though I'm beat every single day, plus I have shifts. Works wonders!
IMoperator
Profile Joined October 2011
4476 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-07 06:59:00
April 07 2012 06:58 GMT
#40
zzzz i'm so lost. I have no money and I don't know where to start or what to do. I'm feeling so disinterested with everything right now. I basically just slept all day and watched ipl the times where i was awake. aposkdpaoskdpaoskdp
sam!zdat
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5559 Posts
April 07 2012 07:00 GMT
#41
competitive masturbation
shikata ga nai
Dujek
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
United Kingdom276 Posts
April 07 2012 22:11 GMT
#42
I don't really understand why you're not having fun with SC2 anymore, I think it's great fun, I ladder at least 5 games most days.

But other than that I've had no trouble finding things to do. I've been learning guitar, reading lots of books, learning to play chess and doing some creative writing. I also plan to start learning how to draw soon.

I'm taking French at school but I've been trying to take it more seriously and actually become fluent in the language. This site Memrise is great for learning new words in many different languages.

Then along with that stuff I've been listening to a lot of new music (Have you tried getting into some music you might not have heard before like Dubstep or Classical? It's a lot of fun.)

Me and my friends play Dungeons and Dragons which is so much fun, I spend some time thinking up new stuff to do with that as well. Also, some of my friends recently started reading a lot of comic books (I think it has to do with DC Comics "New52" line which starts a lot of the original superheroes stories again basically from scratch), I'm not really into it yet but I've been reading some and trying it just to see.

People have already mentioned lots of games, but other than Starcraft I've been playing Tribes:Ascend (A free to play FPS) and LoL while waiting for Diablo 3 to come out. I've heard both of those can be played competitively so if you're looking for a new game to take seriously you could try those. I want to try DotA 2 as well but I'm not in the beta =/.

So yeah, I hope some of these ideas helped, life is so incredible right now there isn't enough hours in the day.
IronMonocle
Profile Joined September 2009
Canada142 Posts
April 08 2012 00:53 GMT
#43
Tetris. You think flash is fast? Watch a good tetris player play, flash ain't shit.
My armor is contempt. My shield is disgust. My sword is hatred.
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