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DepressedOne
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
United States190 Posts
April 14 2015 06:44 GMT
#1
It's hard to think about a game as something more than a game in a traditional sense but somehow my feelings for StarCraft have manifested into something more. That's not to sound dramatic but lately I've tried out different games and I always get bored of them after a while. I always end up going back to StarCraft which isn't completely unusual among some StarCraft players.

Recently though and probably for the last 2 years of playing starcraft I've gradually lost my energy to play it. I felt like I needed a purpose to play a game beyond wanting to have fun with it, which I arguably wasn't and at times I still question if I am having fun. It's not the same type of fun I get from playing a game like Mario Kart or something like that. The fun I derive from the game comes from this satisfaction or relief from winning a game, because every game you put so much effort into in order to win, a joy that comes from analysis and improvement.

I feel like I've fallen into a slump recently. I don't know where I'm headed in life and I'm not sure if I'm even enjoying myself anymore with anything that I do. I always have my ups and downs on the rocky slope traversing life. I also wasted a lot of my time wasting other people's time and I just feel really bad. I should probably find a better use of my time.

For maybe two months I played Team Fortress 2. This was the first and only time since I came across StarCraft in late 2011 did I diverge into playing another game for so long. The computer I had at the time wasn't so great so I could only play on this one server called tf2_fort. It had few textures and you would place objects on your team's side of the field to create the ultimate fort. It was really fun making sniper watch towers and mazes so you could hide whatever you needed. I recently got access to a newer computer and I decided to revisit Tf2. My favorite server was locked for some reason so I was kind of bummed out about that but I was able to play on whichever server I wanted to, textures and all included. For some reason it just felt boring though and I uninstalled the game soon after. I remember this one time I was playing on a server with all computers. I had absolutely no idea and I continued playing for a good two hours because the computers would have automated messages and original usernames. I felt like I had just wasted my time completely.

I'm still not sure what I should do. I tried playing some League of Legends but that wasn't fun for me either. I started this blog optimistically but now I'm just having doubts. All of my burdens are pulling me down to earth. What was my resolve to continue playing? I have none.

***
Me sad.
codonbyte
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States840 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-14 08:49:52
April 14 2015 08:19 GMT
#2
I feel the same way about Starcraft, although I never really got into it the way you did. I purchased WoL on the day it came out, and at the time I was quite into playing it. If I recall correctly, at the time I had just graduated from high school.

Not sure what happened, but within a year or so I just kind of lost interest in playing Starcraft. At first I was laddering regularly, and trying to improve. Then I got into playing custom games on Fastest Possible Map. But then, and I forget what really happened, I just got discouraged, and eventually lost interest in playing SC2 completely. For a period I was playing only against Very Hard AIs, but I eventually stopped doing that, even.

As of right now, I don't play SC2 at all, but I watch livestreams of it a lot. I'll probably buy LotV when it comes out, just for the occasional Sub Fight Night with other Avilo fans.

Right now I can't seem to get into playing any other game, either. I was really into minecraft for awhile. Even did a Let's Play on youtube that I got mostly positive feedback on. But I stopped for some reason. I'd love to start playing minecraft again, but I feel really guilty because I haven't done anything for my Let's Play in ages, and that's kind of keeping me away from Minecraft (which sounds really stupid I know ). God, I gotta get into it again.

Edit: by the way, if I were you I'd PM a mod and ask them to change the title for you. You're not going to get many hits with the current title. Definitely want to make it something much more descriptive.
Procrastination is the enemy
jinyung2
Profile Joined November 2014
Luxembourg1455 Posts
April 14 2015 10:22 GMT
#3
I felt like I needed a purpose to play a game beyond wanting to have fun with it

I thought this too when I was younger but ive changed my mind recently. games are just another hobby, if you wanna go hard on it that's fine but if you feel drained and dont find it fun, find a new hobby. maybe learn an instrument?
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puppykiller
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States3137 Posts
April 14 2015 19:45 GMT
#4
Yeah this is the lame thing about SC, I agree 100%. I actually quit all activities and hobbies in my life that have this sort of competitive aspect to them and replaced them with ones that are purely positive. However I still get that "itch" to play here and there.
Why would I play sctoo when I can play BW?
DarkNetHunter
Profile Joined October 2012
1224 Posts
April 15 2015 01:15 GMT
#5
On April 15 2015 04:45 puppykiller wrote:
Yeah this is the lame thing about SC, I agree 100%. I actually quit all activities and hobbies in my life that have this sort of competitive aspect to them and replaced them with ones that are purely positive. However I still get that "itch" to play here and there.

Just play vulture micro with me, it's purely positive (bandit)


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