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Re: Gaming/Life/Work balance

2014-03-08T23:45:09+02:00

Voodoo wrote:
I balance my real life with the android irc app

Pish, your irc hours are nothing compared to mine...

Fucking casual

Statistics: Posted by Nombringer — 08 Mar 2014, 23:45

Re: Gaming/Life/Work balance

2014-03-08T16:05:01+02:00

I balance my real life with the android irc app

Statistics: Posted by Voodoo — 08 Mar 2014, 16:05

Re: Gaming/Life/Work balance

2014-03-08T15:21:58+02:00

Obviously, you have to prioritise Real Life, Games, and Work all very highly.

All you need to do is sacrifice Sleep

Statistics: Posted by AdmiralZeech — 08 Mar 2014, 15:21

Re: Gaming/Life/Work balance

2014-03-09T14:32:52+02:00

I always end up feeling unfulfilled and very angry when I lose game after game on SupCom. The worst feeling is losing more than three games in a row, staying up late and knowing you have work in the morning. I normally close FAF at ten the latest if I have stuff to do the next day...earlier if I am on a losing streak. It just feels so sad when you are getting ever more wound up into the night, tired, angry, there is nothing good that will come of it. Luckily if I am having a bad session (most of the time) I quit early and get to bed.

ZLO_RD wrote:
the problem that he said he is not happy, almost as well as i am...

What do you mean by this, Zlord? I know you spent a year in the Russian army (the same army that is in Ukraine). Hope your Dedovshchina was not too traumatic. I have seen you on your casts, you are still a boy. Can't imagine how you would cope with the older soldiers advances, you know what I mean It's okay to talk about it, we are your friends

Statistics: Posted by Flynn — 04 Mar 2014, 17:26

Re: Gaming/Life/Work balance

2013-04-17T00:37:13+02:00

I actually read some real good reasoning here...

And, yes, I'm a very addictive sort of person.

Statistics: Posted by Sunny — 17 Apr 2013, 00:37

Re: Gaming/Life/Work balance

2013-04-05T22:00:30+02:00

But also, i need this gaming for balance. my wife is going to the "gym" 4 to 5 days a week. i need this time on the pc.
many times i read about what is going wrong in the world and i am getting ready for the final countdown.
and then, if i have nt spend my spare time with reading, i start up FAF.
and then... one or two or three. just a quickie... and if the night comes, setons or whatever is open for casuals like me...

Statistics: Posted by rxnnxs — 05 Apr 2013, 22:00

Re: Gaming/Life/Work balance

2013-03-28T15:29:34+02:00

Serious answer time. I'm the sort of person that needs to have an addiction of some sort. I'm trying very hard to get addicted to some healthier pursuits (tai chi, learning to program) but at the moment SupCom fills that requirement. It's certainly better than taking too many drugs.

If you think that you have a similar addictive personality, then my best suggestion would be to try to find something that you and your lady can both get enthusiastic about and do that together.

And remember, one quick game of 1v1 is never enough. Just say no, kids!

Statistics: Posted by Eukanuba — 28 Mar 2013, 15:29

Re: Gaming/Life/Work balance

2013-03-28T15:20:01+02:00

the problem that he said he is not happy, almost as well as i am...

Statistics: Posted by ZLO_RD — 28 Mar 2013, 15:20

Re: Gaming/Life/Work balance

2013-03-28T14:47:23+02:00

well ... if your free time with your wife don't satisfy you than you should maybe work on that ...

your real life > gaming = I can win against you in 1on1 finally so... you know what to do ...

on the other hand ... I'm in a similar situation: 2-3 times sport during the week, girlfriend, work, family and so on. I except it like it is ... the time I have for playing games is really rare, so the time should be as satisfying as it could be ... playing 1on1s is the best solution for me but having some 3-4 friends for funny team games or ffa is very good as well and I except the case, that I will never be a pro and it'll take ages to get a rank of ~1600 (currently its ~1450).

My experience of playing too much computer games is that everything else suffers. I have some friends who lost their wife to another guy because of wasting time in front of the computer and me as well lost a girlfriend some years ago (played 6 hours the day counterstrike source)
The problem is people in our environment still don't think e-gaming is the same like sport or other hobbys. They see intensive e-gaming as a kind of sickness (an addiction) but if you got 7 times the week into the gym your are a hero... I think this opinion about e-gaming will change, but it will take maybe some more years (10 to 20).

Well but really... you should think about your long time goals and prioritize them as you think its good...

Statistics: Posted by discoverer2k4 — 28 Mar 2013, 14:47

Re: Gaming/Life/Work balance

2013-03-28T13:45:58+02:00

Sunny wrote:
Hello, folks!

Recently, I came back to playing FA after like 4 years not playing at all.

And I feel some interesting thing.

OR I play too much (20+ games a day), I'm glad and happy OR I play like 3 games and feel somewhat unsatisfied.
In 1st scenario, my wife is somewhat unsattisfied, and I'm happy, my boss still doesn't feel the difference.
In 2nd scenario, I'm not happy.

How do you solve this?

Tips, tricks, strategies...

Monkeylord rush?

Statistics: Posted by Eukanuba — 28 Mar 2013, 13:45

Re: Gaming/Life/Work balance

2013-03-17T21:20:08+02:00

well i keep it short. i have to go eat, hehe.
i made already my priorities quite well like it shall be:
family, friends, work and then hobby. maybe i should switch hobby and work, but well, hobby is not sport, its the spare time you can fill with everything that is meaningful to you. AND you need the work to feed and buy and live.. well.

but when it comes to the hobby, the gaming is taking a great role there AND i sorted the gaming out like this:
THERE IS JUST ONE GAME, AND THAT IS FA

Enough said? There is no more time to do/play. I tested so many games, so many things. I have to take me the time to buy some stuff at ebay, take me some time to post this here, and there is waiting in the pipeline my guess/hunch about WHY Planetary Annihilation is being a BIG fail. When time comes.... i post, hehe.

You all know how many games just pretend to be better. In former days we all had more time to spare. Many played Counterstrike a lot, or TA, or whattheheck.
Now new games are so ...

rxnnxs OUT

Statistics: Posted by rxnnxs — 17 Mar 2013, 21:20

Re: Gaming/Life/Work balance

2013-03-17T20:05:16+02:00

I always keep more eggs in the baseket....work, sports, my girlfriend, gaming, friends...

Sometimes I do much more sport, then there are times I do a lot more gaming...it depends on my moods and what makes me happy and satisfies me...it's all about balance

If you wanna get pro you have to deal with the tradeoffs and pay the price for that...but thats no option for me.

Greetz Knorpsel

EDIT: and there are times i do my girlfriend a lot

Statistics: Posted by Hascins — 17 Mar 2013, 20:05

Re: Gaming/Life/Work balance

2013-03-17T19:35:42+02:00

That is your opinion. SupCom is more than simply an online game.

Statistics: Posted by Flynn — 17 Mar 2013, 19:35

Re: Gaming/Life/Work balance

2013-03-17T18:30:05+02:00

Wife, wife and child? If you're then asking if you should play a lot of games then you really have to sort your priorities out. Real life > online gaming, as is already said.

I'm studying mathematics and when I have to choose between study and gaming, study always goes first. It's not hard to imagine why if you see the kind of assignments I get from the courses I do.

Statistics: Posted by Plasma_Wolf — 17 Mar 2013, 18:30

Re: Gaming/Life/Work balance

2013-03-17T15:50:05+02:00

SupCom is more than a game, it is so complex. You can apply the strategies that you learn in SupCom to everyday life. At the end of the day, you need to do what makes you happy, what you enjoy. I'm only part time employed at the moment and without SupCom there would have been nothing to fill the gap. Strategy is infinite, there is so much you can do and all the while you are improving your brain whilst you are playing. It's not just a case of real life>gaming everytime. It is a far more complex situation than that.

Statistics: Posted by Flynn — 17 Mar 2013, 15:50