EPTI Need a New Hobby - Page 2
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ObviousOne
United States3704 Posts
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TOCHMY
Sweden1692 Posts
On July 16 2014 22:40 The_Templar wrote: Hahahahahahahaha, nope I'd also like to point out in response to the second half of your post that drawing/art is very similar to playing/composing music so some of the same prejudices should apply right? I dunno if I'm taking a troll bait here, but I'd like to explain that the whole paragraph was a counter to OPs view on anime. | ||
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insitelol
845 Posts
On July 16 2014 22:04 SixStrings wrote: ....It's the weebos that I find repulsive and creepy.... // ...borderline pedoshit... No, for real? How could one be so ignorant? This is pathetic. Do even realize that most of "normal' people consider gaming as borederilne whatever shit and see this entire community as geeks (weebos/pedos or whatever u (they) call them (us)). So you (and I presume you are playing starcraft) are by no means better than any average weebo in the eyes of the society. So in fact what we witnessed today is a self-flagellation act. | ||
The_Templar
your Country52798 Posts
On July 16 2014 22:51 TOCHMY wrote: I dunno if I'm taking a troll bait here, but I'd like to explain that the whole paragraph was a counter to OPs view on anime. No, I just took the post too seriously. | ||
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LockeTazeline
2390 Posts
Although, I guess it's probably too close to playing music, but I thought I'd throw it out there. | ||
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fmod
Cayman Islands330 Posts
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_fool
Netherlands684 Posts
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loginn
France815 Posts
- delayed gratification over instant satisfaction (which rules out most video games) : Check ! - open ended, never run out of things to learn : Check - accessible, there should be books or other media that help me ease into it : Check - you can work on it alone, but also share with people (although you can't practice most move without a partner, the sword-fighting and movements, you can really practice on your own) : Check Also it's relatively cheap (at least where I live it is) and it looks awesome : ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/DykwBSz.jpg) And if you look up videos, don't be too skeptical about how fake it looks. When an actual master, say Christian Tissier (guy in the picture) is facing you, you just go rolling on the floor and you don't how it happened. It's seriously awesome and very demanding. | ||
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Passion
Netherlands1486 Posts
On July 16 2014 21:30 FFW_Rude wrote: Accoustic guitar ? Play that. You will not get instant satisfaction. Trust me. You never get burned out of a passion. You get burned out from a hobby. So what you need. Is a passion. not another hobby And here I am. Edit: and if you consider cooking, don't wait for a useless course, you need to eat daily, start cooking. It's easy, you'll eat good food and save cash. | ||
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Kommatiazo
United States579 Posts
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Slayer91
Ireland23342 Posts
On July 16 2014 22:40 The_Templar wrote: Hahahahahahahaha, nope I'd also like to point out in response to the second half of your post that drawing/art is very similar to playing/composing music so some of the same prejudices should apply right? I love how, as an american male, and presumably a musician, you personally took offense at the bolded statements but had no problem with him saying that all biker's are like hell's satans and all women are feminist nazis LOL Even so that response was like having sarcasm rammed up your asshole and wondering why you feel constipated | ||
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wingpawn
Poland1342 Posts
- All learning tools are basically free and easily accessible via internet. - Skill curve is very wide, the room for improvement hardly ends, even at highest levels. - As you push yourself to play it, it gives you a huge concentration boost as well as mental resilliency to stress. - Randomness factor is almost non-existent; you can't lose because of coinflip chance, bad scouting, build-order loss etc. - Often times, it gives you aesthetically pleasant experiences, like when you execute awesome attack or find the right way to plow through some mind-boggling position, or even survive a seemingly desperate situation. - The live tournament experience is pretty awesome; you can try to read into people's thoughts through observation and sometimes bluff them a little if they're visibly tense or their clocks are running low on time. - If playing is not creative enough, there's also the whole branch of composing chess problems, where one can create abstractly complex positions out of thin air and try to give them most astonishing solutions. | ||
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Mafe
Germany5966 Posts
Maybe not a hobby that will consume too much time, but who says you can only have a single hobby? | ||
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Kronen
United States732 Posts
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obesechicken13
United States10467 Posts
Coursera's pretty awesome too. They have cooking courses so while you're looking at a computer screen your hands aren't always on the keyboard. | ||
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Magggrig
56 Posts
- Go, baduk. Chinese board game. Very deep and competitive game. All games are unique. Requires logic and creativity. Simply the best game ever. - New languages. Up to your affinities. - Improve your hand writing, you personal appearance, your stance, etc. All of that matter a lot even if nerds like us tend to underestimate it. | ||
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SnipedSoul
Canada2158 Posts
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Xyik
Canada728 Posts
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SixStrings
Germany2046 Posts
The suggestions go from decent to amazing. I'll give chess a go. A friend of mine lent me a book so I can learn the basics ('chess in forty hours'). FFW_Rude had a point about sucking it up and focussing more on my music. I will build my own electric guitar to get started on the tinkering. | ||
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ZedraC
South Africa109 Posts
I like playing pool / 8 ball. Not sure if you are into that, but also, it starts getting expensive if you do it a lot. What I love about it the most is the social aspect. People tend to breakdown those invisible walls around us and actually talk to each other when playing pool. | ||
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