Youth, Dreams, and Everything In Between.

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dudecrush

Canada418 Posts

September 05 2012 20:50 GMT

#281

I may be reading this late, but that doesn't stop me feeling really sad. Goodluck man. Find a dream.

Priapus

United States36 Posts

September 06 2012 13:04 GMT

#282

Pub thanks for reposting. Ignore the idiots. They are just trying to get a rise out of you by being just that, idiots.

YourGoodFriend

United States2197 Posts

September 06 2012 16:23 GMT

#283

Thank you for sharing your dreams and passion with us. No matter the dream I love hearing what people are passionate about and I know how hard it is to tell people because your afraid of those people who will laugh at it and put you down. Don't let other people dictate your dream or your choices by fearing what they will say or think. Thank you again for sharing and even from this small thing I feel like I know you.

Someone who is still chasing a dream,
~Keegan
~YourGoodFriend

RebirthOfLeGenD

USA5860 Posts

September 06 2012 21:44 GMT

#284

On September 05 2012 10:54 pubbanana wrote:

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On September 05 2012 05:54 mynameisgreat11 wrote:

On September 05 2012 05:08 Ma wrote:

On August 31 2012 07:16 rogzardo wrote:
Truth hurts? It IS a video game. No matter how significant it is to you doesn't change that.

I praised you for getting out of your apartment, being social, and generally living a healthy life. Obsessions and dreams are great, and we all watch ours fade as we get older and realize we won't attain them. The difference for you is, now you've also developed as a person, learned social skills, and experienced a broader view of life.

Think how shitty it would be if you hadn't done that, and had stayed home, alone, playing starcraft all day. Odds are you'd know a lot less about yourself, would have missed out on ever having a hope of having a healthy romantic relationship, and would be further behind on whatever career path you're currently on.

There is no inherent good in video games other than they are entertaining.

EDIT: And this is coming from somebody who plays a shit ton of starcraft.

Don't be so fucking stupid.

This blog isn't just about BroodWar, it's about something more universal. It's about the balance between giving up your life to achieve your dreams or letting that dream slip to fit in with everyone else and 'socialise' whilst living an inevitably normal and perhaps unfulfilling life. The regret comes from knowing that you could have achieved something that other people won't be able to, and the question that stems is: was the normal life worth it?

Would you say that sportsmen, or indeed almost anyone who has achieved success, 'wasted their youth' because instead of going out partying they worked to achieve their dream. No, me neither. In fact, that's probably the reason why sportsmen are revered - normal people realise they didn't have the dedication to get there, instead, they are sat on their sofas wishing they could swap lifes.

In this way, your view is very narrow and frustrating. It doesn't matter whether your dream is about becoming a progamer, an astronaut or to appear in the olympics. They all require sacrifice, and I know for me personally that if in the end I don't achieve my dreams, I will always have a bit of bitterness because like the OP I would realise that I would only be doing whatever I'm doing because I wasn't where I actually wanted to be. This is why the blog has such an emotional impact on a lot of readers - they've reached an age where they can no longer achieve certain dreams, and can only reflect on the what could have been.

Except here the dream is to sit by yourself in an apartment clicking away on your comptuer for 16 hours a day. Inspiring.

Irrelevant.

I'm also banning you.

Edit: And since some of you are idiots, I guess you need it spelled out for you: the point is that we're all happier when we have a dream/goal/aim in life. Doesn't matter what it is.

If anyone took anything else besides this away from the blog, then they are stupid. Having a dream, or a goal gives you an unrivaled level of motivation. To lose that dream, that purpose, regardless of what it is almost devoids the meaning of your life. There is minimal if any purpose if you don't have a dream. I'd rather chase a dream that's unattainable or crazy, then never chase a dream at all.