On March 10 2009 10:48 Mastermind wrote:
You parents bitched at you like you were a little kid when you were in college? I feel sorry for you. An adult should be able to sleep or not sleep as he or she chooses.

an adult wouldn't live with his parents to begin with...

floor exercise

Canada5847 Posts

March 10 2009 21:59 GMT

#22

I'm a motherfuckin MAN no one tells me what to do *sits at home playing world of warcraft*

Loophole

United States867 Posts

March 11 2009 16:14 GMT

#23

Heh, exactly.

Physician

United States4146 Posts

March 12 2009 03:54 GMT

#24

welcome to my world..

A long time ago the father of a close friend, an old geezer who was 84 years old, a retired physician and mentor, told me over a game of chess (where he was thrashing me), son, you can do medicine and have a woman, you can do medicine and game, you can have a woman and game but soon you will learn you can not have all three, medicine will steal all your time and the game will consume you like a jealous mistress; he beat the crap out of me shortly after on the 64 square board...

Although chess was maybe my first gaming passion I never realized how right he was until I first encountered StarCraft. The only solution really is sleep deprivation but sooner or later, the body gives; it is only a temporary solution : (

IdrA

United States11541 Posts

March 12 2009 04:36 GMT

#25

A long time ago the father of a close friend, an old geezer who was 84 years old, a retired physician and mentor, told me over a game of chess (where he was thrashing me), son, you can do medicine and have a woman, you can do medicine and game, you can have a woman and game but soon you will learn you can have all three, medicine will steal all your time and the game will consume you like a jealous mistress; he beat the crap out of me shortly after on the 64 square board...

-The Writings of Ragnar Birko

Ilikestarcraft

Korea (South)17733 Posts

March 12 2009 04:43 GMT

#26

Sleep is for the weak

SerpentFlame

415 Posts

March 12 2009 04:49 GMT

#27

Game responsibly, and enjoy the moment while it lasts. After a while of gaming, the quality of the game played (especially Starcraft) just drops through the floor and down through the center of the Earth (see By.Flash and his game schedule during the two days in which he got pwned out of both Starleagues this season). Try cutting it down a bit, I suppose. Things are sweeter when taken in moderation. You won't regret doing well in school, and definitely won't regret playing only two hours of Starcraft a day as opposed to say, eight-ish (which is the gist of what I'm getting from the OP).

Hypnosis

United States2061 Posts

March 12 2009 05:06 GMT

#28

Learn to fuckin play!! Just think about what really matters and do it, if sc REALLY matters to you then its the choice, if not just fucking do your work.

Cloud

Sexico5880 Posts

March 12 2009 18:01 GMT

#29

Seriously? 10 years ago? This reeks of lies, sorry.

Loophole

United States867 Posts

March 12 2009 20:31 GMT

#30

That's ok cloud. I'm just telling my story. I don't need like, validation or something. =) It's also not an incredibly exciting story, so I'm not sure why you would think it was a lie. If I was going to lie I would probably be selling crack to pay for my internet connection.

@SerpentFlame: I agree. That's probably why I tend to go on streaks. I'll play SC for a year or so, then stop playing much if at all for like 6 - 8 months, rinse, repeat.

Physician

United States4146 Posts

March 13 2009 06:34 GMT

#31

On March 12 2009 13:36 IdrA wrote:
A long time ago the father of a close friend, an old geezer who was 84 years old, a retired physician and mentor, told me over a game of chess (where he was thrashing me), son, you can do medicine and have a woman, you can do medicine and game, you can have a woman and game but soon you will learn you can not have all three, medicine will steal all your time and the game will consume you like a jealous mistress; he beat the crap out of me shortly after on the 64 square board...

-The Writings of Ragnar Birko

- yup the English translation has some minor artistic license, the original comment was in Spanish, and for him there was only one game worth playing, chess, if ur curious his exact words as close as I can remember were probably:

hijo, el ajedrez y la medicina son amantes celosas, podes tener una mujer y dedicarte a la medicina, o dedicarte al ajedrez y la medicina, pero no vas a poder con las tres, tenes que elejir, te lo digo yo que ya la he vivido

I was a 4th year med student, his son was one of my study partners and the guy that got me into high altitude lake diving in the Andes (in the picture where they are eating over an orange table, he is the guy with dark blue shirt and mustache, he graduated as urologist more out of hobby than anything else, he spends most of his time being a diving instuctor/guide in high altitude lake diving).

Loophole

United States867 Posts

March 13 2009 14:43 GMT

#32

Cool. Is there some particular reason to dive in lakes at high altitude?

Physician

United States4146 Posts

March 14 2009 19:36 GMT

#33

- nothing particular but
- high altitude lakes and glacier lakes have one of the greatest clearest purest water out there
- many never have been explored, so basically ur the first ever down the deep blue
- most lakes the journey to get to them is half of the fun sometimes very difficult, it's extreme environments most of the times, hard to get to places
- very few people do it, so u almost get to know everyone in the world that is into it, small club feel
- to be honest we all do it to get the experience, there is nothing like floating around in the deep blue were the heaven and earth meet
- it's dangerous as hell if u don't know what ur doing
- it's very cold

+ Show Spoiler +

60 meters deep! btdt : )

obesechicken13

United States10467 Posts

March 15 2009 19:02 GMT

#34

what did you do? PM!PM!

MaRiNe23

United States747 Posts

March 16 2009 09:08 GMT

#35

Yo, sorry to bump this but my situation is so similar to yours right now except it's a combination of listening to music+chatcrafting on starcraft and surfing the web and it eats up my time like crazy. Recently I got a 50 on my english essay although it wasn't becuz of sc, it was becuz i didn't read the rubric carefully and didn't give her what she wanted. Regardless, I'm lookin to cut back on sc..I know it was ten years ago but u have any advice on what u did to cut back on starcraft? and btw what did u do with ur dam credit card xD!

Loophole

United States867 Posts

March 26 2009 15:43 GMT

#36

I never actually cut back on Starcraft until I found something useful that took all my time, programming. I was addicted to that too, but it was more socially acceptable than playing video games.

Yaqoob

Canada3356 Posts

March 26 2009 16:26 GMT

#37

I play SC on ICCup from like 12am to 5am like everyday. I can't help it

Loophole

United States867 Posts

March 27 2009 15:59 GMT

#38

Been there. As long as it isn't hurting other things in your life it's not a big deal. Do you get any sleep Yaqoob?

fusionsdf

Canada15390 Posts

March 27 2009 16:09 GMT

#39

I wish I had the time to make this choice. I've played less than 20 games since december. I spend more time in the computer lab than I do at home.

I spend more time per day doing school work than I do sleeping.

FML

Night[Mare

Mexico4793 Posts

March 27 2009 20:05 GMT

#40

On March 28 2009 01:09 fusionsdf wrote:
I wish I had the time to make this choice. I've played less than 20 games since december. I spend more time in the computer lab than I do at home.

I spend more time per day doing school work than I do sleeping.

FML

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