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What's your excuse?
What do you tell yourself at the end of an 8 hour play window?
How do you rationalize your gaming lifestyle as something which is acceptable to your expectations of yourself? I want to know what your excuse is. I'll start... My excuse is that FORUMQUEST doesn't really take THAT much time (( [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] )) and that it's a good way to take a mental break from my heavy focus/INT based job. | ||
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i only play at work, and since i work by myself and do basically nothing i get paid to play.
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the correct answer is "welp time to log out of my better life so i can do a quick sleep in my shittier life."
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I had bad pixel addiction back in 2009-2011ish. Got super immersed then took a big break.
Came back and played almost exclusively from work (actual office job) for all of 2015-2017. Didn't play much from home at all. I was happy. Wife was happy. Haven't logged in for some time now though. | ||
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The drive by media
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8 hours? Thats kinda weak. 18 hours minimum before contemplating.
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When I play video games from noon to midnight on a Saturday I justify it by telling myself that I work hard and its nice to run my brain off, listen to music, and mindlessly grind. I tell my GF that if I didn't game I would be ouot drinking/whoring and she seems to believe me and actually encourages my addictions.
I also convince myself that the alternatives are not that great - going out with my friends or shopping or whatever else I would be doing that day is simply just not worth my time so the 10 hour video game binge is completely OK. Its a self delusion, and from time to time I feel ashamed at the end of a long binge when I realize I have not walked out of the house the entire day. More often than not I am just psych'd about my levels or loot or whatever other temporary goal I achieved. | ||
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so tell us your excuse on an 18 hour bender.
I, for one, used to do those days sometimes. I was very very stoned on pot and perhaps drinking wild TUrkey 101 a lot so I didn't have enough super-ego active to judge myself. I was just hyped to get 60 or get my dragon pixels. At my absolute neckbeardiest, when i was raiding and holding down both Tranix and Drusella with a cleric friend, I was too blinded by my ever increasing fortune to make excuses. But that was also the last time i really played EQ hard. | ||
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