EPTThe largest factor however is that most of my friends that I've played games with for the past 10+ years with including a lot of competitive leagues have mostly all quit gaming, therefore I have lost most of my competitive drive. The best memories are getting completely smashed on CS and DotA matches. I will never forget those ones. I still play games casually, but now I prefer to simply follow the scene and watch streams since I don't have my own purpose of playing any game if its not with my friends.
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helokity
Canada47 Posts
The largest factor however is that most of my friends that I've played games with for the past 10+ years with including a lot of competitive leagues have mostly all quit gaming, therefore I have lost most of my competitive drive. The best memories are getting completely smashed on CS and DotA matches. I will never forget those ones. I still play games casually, but now I prefer to simply follow the scene and watch streams since I don't have my own purpose of playing any game if its not with my friends. | ||
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Ercster
United States603 Posts
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Heyoka
Katowice25012 Posts
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DethAdder
United States164 Posts
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Slaughter
United States20254 Posts
Now? Im 26 in a PhD program and even this summer before school started where I had little to do I couldn't mass game LoL. Had to have breaks in between matches even if we won and felt good about my play. WoW I no longer have my guild so the social aspect is mostly gone (By God was WoW an awesome game when you had a guild that was pretty close knit). Which leads me to kinda wander around and again going for small goals or bigger goals but in smaller bursts of working towards it. Though school has started today and I am already swamped lol so I doubt I will be doing too much gaming in the near future. I guess from this the MOST I got out of games was the social component of doing things with people I know or at least are familiar with. Which is why the TL Practice thing was nice for me since I could play with some TLers instead of just playing alone since I don't really know anyone who plays among my friends. | ||
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Millitron
United States2611 Posts
Back in the 90's and early 2000's, game devs made games that they would want to play, because if they wanted to play them, surely someone else would. This meant that since game programming was an educated person's job, games were being made for educated people, who wanted to think and be challenged. Now, games are made for the lowest common denominator, because they'll buy a new Madden or CoD every 6 months for 60$ | ||
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
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Kleinmuuhg
Vanuatu4091 Posts
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raga4ka
Bulgaria5679 Posts
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gaymon
Germany1023 Posts
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appletree
Denmark109 Posts
At the end, I only open up SC2, or any other game, to exit it again, which saddens me, because I know what a huge part of my life it used to be, and with all the spare time i've now got, i'd liked if some of that could be put into something that I used enjoy. | ||
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Arunu
Netherlands111 Posts
On August 21 2012 16:36 Millitron wrote: I don't think I'm too old for gaming in general, but I also don't enjoy it as much as I used to. I think the big problem is that I'm no longer in the main demographic companies developed for. Back in the 90's and early 2000's, game devs made games that they would want to play, because if they wanted to play them, surely someone else would. This meant that since game programming was an educated person's job, games were being made for educated people, who wanted to think and be challenged. Now, games are made for the lowest common denominator, because they'll buy a new Madden or CoD every 6 months for 60$ Pretty much this i guess, i'm an old geezer compared to some who posted here. (32 yrs. ) There are some games that i still enjoy, but a lot of them lost their appeal. Campaigns have gone shorter, easier, way less immersion (although this may be due to the fact that i've simply gone older and am harder to " immerse" ). I do enjoy mutiplayer platforms but not in all games, singe player campaings really seem to turn into the " child" we care less about by developers. many games just feel rushed when i play them. I still put in gaming time when i get the chance but no where near what i used to do in early twenties. Can still get excited over upcoming games, can't wait for Rome 2 : Total war for example. | ||
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Perscienter
957 Posts
On August 21 2012 15:49 helokity wrote: The problem is that I've become disheartened with what the gaming industry has developed into from what I grew up with when I was in my prime. I feel as though games are being developed more and more for the generic casual gamer, with the ease of function, strong AI, over the top graphic overhauls on sequels, pay to win on newer titles, etc. I bet that was written in every decade since the first computer games were created by someone. The problem is the copyright and big brands not continuing good accomplishments. But someone always produces a good title. I also think you are forgetting all the sicknesses titles in 90s were suffering. Was Fallout even playable on release? Many games required months of patching and no Internet was available. ;-) I think there is a pop-cultural rule in our societies. On a long enough timeline, every franchise/construct is ruined and destroyed. You'll notice the same in your working environments. | ||
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Kaeru
Sweden552 Posts
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Andre
Slovenia3523 Posts
Maybe the RPG genre suffered a bit, but that's because a lot of the old developement studios went to hell. It's hard to look at it objectively, because the first rpg,rts,fps.., you play is always the sweetest. | ||
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akalarry
United States1978 Posts
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d3_crescentia
United States4054 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
 Play all sorts still like i was just 15, MMORPGs/RPGs/FPS/FIFA the only way i would see myself stopping gaming is if i ever had to choose between football and gaming! | ||
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insaneMicro
Germany761 Posts
 Idk, I used to fucking LOVE games, especially StarCraft. Now it seem so pointless, but I also have a feeling that games have become shit in the last few years. I bought the new Diablo, but I only played it for like two weeks before it stopped being fun. Also I have a lot more RL shit going on than when I used to be the awkward kid at school, so there´s lots of reasons imo. | ||
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NIIINO
Slovakia1320 Posts
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