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mememolly 4765 Posts August 21 2012 11:03 GMT #81 I watch more streams and tourneys now as opposed to playing, I haven't got the time to invest in getting good like I did when I was young so when I play now I get frustrated easily and have no fun because to me getting good is having fun.

EscPlan9 United States2777 Posts August 21 2012 11:05 GMT #82 I'm 28 now. I still love gaming and have times where I play it for multiple hours straight. Typically though, I only play games for an hour or two max at a time, and play 2-3 times per week. Especially now that I've started a new job... I've spent a lot more of my free time watching movies rather than gaming lately.

haduken Australia8267 Posts August 21 2012 11:05 GMT #83 28 here, can not last more than 4 starcraft games now... However I haven't raged in games for like the last 2 years lols.

xrapture United States1644 Posts August 21 2012 11:08 GMT #84 I'll play games every day until I die. No point in giving up one of the few good things in life.

QuackPocketDuck 410 Posts August 21 2012 11:09 GMT #85 @ 27 definitely don't have as much time to game as I once used to, however I do still spam Find Game button for hours whenever I get a chance no problems I lost all interest for none competitive-multiplayer games years ago anyway when I first discovered Quake. I can not expect myself to stay as competitive at sc2 for example if I go on long work related trips that keep me from playing. but of cause at the same time whenever I do get a break from work and i get to game straight for awhile obviously my skill catches up quickly Love for the game + 1v1 match aspect is what keeps me going Its sort of like asking an average social tennis player why they play tennis...

Silidons United States2813 Posts August 21 2012 11:11 GMT #86 man i have been talking to a few of my friends about this. i used to love games and could play them all day long every day. even when sc2 came out, i could play that for so long but then just got bored after a few months. then my most anticipated game diablo 3 came out, literally played the hell out of it for 2 1/2 weeks then flat out quit. every new game i try i just quit within either a few weeks or in a few days. i sit there and think "wtf am i doing with myself really...this isn't going to help me". played gw2 beta hated it. i might buy dark souls to play with my friend and see if we enjoy it, but idk what to do lately been really bored.

TheIlluminated Norway35 Posts August 21 2012 11:35 GMT #87 Too old is not the question, how to get the same feeling is however. I started gaming pre-teen manipulating the DOS startup to get enough memory to play The Settlers, Doom 1-2, Duke Nukem or Wolfenstein 3D. Although I played soccer I loved gaming a lot more during my teens, starting with Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Brood War and Baldur's Gate. The feeling I had playing those games, eating unhealthy and having fun was immense. Getting older and reaching 20 some of that feeling faded away. Spent a lot of time with World of Warcraft vanilla and still got an awesome feeling playing it. It was still cool under Burning Crusade and WotLK, but each time they changed the game and catered to the masses. I don't want to come across as elitist, but personally a lot was ruined for me when everything was made simpler and attracted crowds of people new to gaming itself. Now you don't need to know much to game at all. Before you had to know how to tweak DOS, install Windows and drivers and get things up and running to a certain degree. Now everyone and their grandmother can play and the game defaults to that crowd. I'm 26. I haven't played a single game for several years that gave me an inkling of the same joy I had before. I'm the type that loves challenges and playing with "professional" players who wants a challenge (like WoW vanilla), now everything is easy-mode and spoon fed. Games do not give me the same joy as before. Watching GSL/e-sports is the same thing except for certain players I follow. It is time consuming and I usually feel that I could have spent my time in a better way. Altogether it is a combination that I am older with a different life/worries, my friends have changed as well and thus a lack of same interests and not to mention time management. Still long to recreate the same feeling I had before playing games, but I doubt I will be able to do so.

bailando Germany332 Posts August 21 2012 11:40 GMT #88 i am definetly getting to old for esport/competitive gaming in a few years. (as a player) but i guess i will switch over again to consoles one day.

nam nam Sweden4672 Posts August 21 2012 11:51 GMT #89 The problem for me is mostly "I've seen it done before," when playing most new games. The feeling of each game being a completely new and exciting experience very rarely happens nowadays as it did when I was younger. You see the flaws in stories, gameplay and such things much more clearly now. I don't know how many games I've played who people have raved about how good the story is when it's pretty much a big rippoff of a book, serie or other game I've played. You can only play so many similar type games, even if they are well made, and not get a bit jaded when they offer little to nothing unique things at all. That said, I still enjoy games when I have time for it but I make sure I'm fairly certain I will enjoy the game. When I was in university I didn't play many games at all but afterwards I picked it up again and it almost made me enjoy games more as I had a pretty big period of time where I could cherry pick the best releases during the time I hadn't played. Just make sure the titles you play isn't the "Generic title number 342," and you can still get a lot of enjoyment out of games despite your age.

SurroundSound 106 Posts August 21 2012 11:58 GMT #90 Im young, going into my sophomore year at college, but I'm about to take a break from SC2 after scratching at Master's since beta... and im the closest i've ever been. Taking the break because my house doesnt have good internet and i want to focus on my studies and the college experience i guess. We'll see how my internet is and how mad my withdrawal is. I want to cry T_T

JustPassingBy 10776 Posts August 21 2012 12:09 GMT #91 Somehow, I get the feeling that I am a lot harder to please right now. So when I immerse myself into a game, it does not take long to find certain aspects where I edge on. I have no clue whether that is because I "grew up" or because college taught me to be critical of everything though. I realized that very recently, as I rewatched some old dubbed anime episodes which I enjoeyed a lot as a kid, and all I could think of is how bad the dub was. But there are a few things that will always remain timeless for me.

The KY United Kingdom6252 Posts August 21 2012 12:13 GMT #92 Well if we're putting Starcraft in a different category to other games, which I am...then yes, I rarely find myself having gaming sessions like I used to. The unfinished games list is piling up pretty high, and the Xbox I used to play until the early hours of the morning while on mike with my buddies sits largely untouched. I mean for christs sake I completed Twilight Princess 6 times (seriously no games came out for the Wii for a looong time) but I've barely played 4 hours of Skyward Sword. Starcraft though, Starcraft isn't a video game. It's life and death 0_0 + Show Spoiler + N...not really.

ClaymoreDog United Kingdom14 Posts August 21 2012 12:15 GMT #93 27 here, can only echo a lot of what's already been said in that I don't have the same amount of time that I used to have, so MMOs have mostly kicked the bucket for me. Aside from that, it's almost as though I struggle to see the value of playing games that aren't competitive anymore - I will play SC2 if I'm gaming by myself, LoL when friends are available, and I almost feel like I'm wasting time if I am playing other games, even though I'll never be 'good' at either game anyway, as I don't have the time to dedicate to it. It can also be very frustrating comparing myself to me 5 years ago, once upon a time I was very, very good at CS 1.6, then Eve-Online, Warhammer Online, and sort of tailed off after that as my free time decreased. Over the weekend I tried playing the CS:GO beta... disaster! Part of the reason I love SC2 so much is that I don't have a history playing competitive RTS, so it's been a massive challenge, coupled with constraints on time and commitments to other games with friends to improve.

RefusedAmen Canada77 Posts August 21 2012 12:36 GMT #94 I'm 27 and still play SC. Although I don't game as much as I did when I was 17-23. Being out of school and working full time, you can still game and it can still be enjoyable but the biggest difference between my life now and at 17 was responsibility. I have a girlfriend, a good job, career ambitions (which include studying for exams ontop of a 40hour work as well), family and friends. As you get older you learn to prioritize what's more important and when you have down time, you can game, guilt free. I've cut playing games for months because I had to focus on other things, once those responsibilities are dealt with, you can (and probably will) come back. I think i'll always be a gamer, but never in the intensity on when I was younger. And that's perfectly okay. I still watch streams like whoa.

shell Portugal2722 Posts August 21 2012 12:41 GMT #95 I'm 28 and i play SC2 from now and then and a ton of other games being it BF, skyrim, dead island etc.. SC2 is the game i find it harder to play, it's a big commitment since when you push the button you have to play it until the end and pausing is a bitch sometimes.. so i play maily SP games sometimes and watch SC2 streams Following the pro scene and streams is better then playing or atleast way more fun! And since i have work and money i can actually buy everything i want like MLG, GSL, IPL, TSL and NASL.. so that beats being a kid and asking dad for moneyssssssss hehe it's a bit time consuming sometimes tho..

Sephy90 United States1785 Posts August 21 2012 12:42 GMT #96 No, I never will and there's nothing you can do to stop me. I have enough self-control and if you tell me otherwise I'll just stick my tongue out at you.

Shiragaku Hong Kong4308 Posts August 21 2012 12:53 GMT #97 18 here, I have been into BW professional scene since I was 13. I do not feel so old, but rather that I am wasting so much time and effort on temporary entertainment.

peacenl 550 Posts August 21 2012 12:54 GMT #98 I'm a little over mid twenties and still play, but definitely less. I still play and refer a lot to games of ~1990. BTW did anyone see my walker? I also went from playing Broodwar a lot from 2004 to 2006 and switched to vods and streams now.

jdsowa 405 Posts August 21 2012 13:11 GMT #99 I'm 32. Aside from the occasional GTA, hadn't really played any games since SNES in the mid-90s. Then a year ago I went on justin.tv looking for football and found Destiny. Ended up buying the game and now I'm mid-Plat zerg. Play an average of 1 or 2 games a day. I often ask myself 'what the hell am i doing?"

Niflheim United States313 Posts August 21 2012 13:19 GMT #100 I don't think you ever get too old for gaming, but there are those of us who lose interest. Personally, I haven't really been in to gaming in almost a year... I'd rather focus on finishing up my doctorate and I've started working out more.. However, I do still follow the esports scene and watch tournament streams and check teamliquid ... I don't have cable and netflix gets stale at times so it gives me something to watch when I want to just relax

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