I knew it was time for me to quit when 09ers were callin’ me a scrub.
Edit: Fucking, blackberry man I swear, need a new mobile device
See the chill guys like me and my friends just play the game and have fun amongst ourselves.
No need to rage at people on mics or cry about our loses. Just play the right games.
Speaking of man cave items. I will definitely be getting that old wwf royal rumble pinball machine.
Unlike arcades games, i actually would play the pinball machine over and over. And over. Specifically the wwf one because of my wrestling fandom, which i have never grown out of.
It is all a matter of getting that, then my air hockey table/pool table/ping pong table all set up in an area i may build in the backyard. Along with a dart board, and most definitely a home theatre with hd projector.
That is going to be my project a man cave…
I hate high school kids
your local scene operates without beer? my introduction to my current area’s scene was being offered to bum some floor space at ncr on these forums, then meeting the dude walking around with a backpack of pbr’s… i can’t drink anymore cause of some personal shit, but every session is pretty much people you want to drink a beer with haha.
I still play 3s and st, and games of cvs2 if i ever get a chance, but i haven’t gotten into 4 and mvc3 and any other new games.
the days of sitting in the lab for hours and hours on end practicing combos and stuff, idk i just dont have that desire anymore, and unless i have the right people around me, i dont play much anymore.
its too bad because i think about those times and im nostalgic for them, but then the new games i play i dont find myself enjoying, games are less about reads, and more about knowing the frame data for every single move in the game, and dialing in a combo.
…You don’t have to exclusively play FG’s, y’know.
I decided to start focusing on othe stuff like getting back into college and maybe taking up jiu-jitsu. Games are still somewhat important to me, you don’t just quit a hobby you’ve done most of your life overnight. But my interest has went down considerably in recent years. There are still a few franchises I follow though, I’ll always be interested in a new MGS title.
It’s going to take a major spike in work demands or the right woman to get me off the sticks. I have met a lot of great people through playing dumb fighting games over the past few years, and it’s going to be hard replacing that camaraderie once real life decides to cut us off.
I don’t know if I can bring myself going to majors if I’m not going to at least try my hand at competing. It’s weird just hovering around and doing nothing whenever I’m at one of those functions.
life is pretty depressing some times, you could be like other people and just get drunk, do drugs, do some other dumb shit, or just relax and play super mario 3
I stopped supporting the competitive scene once the esports attitude was instilled. I still get down on 3s with friends and general gaming.
I retired when FFA closed down.
I only played 3S. Live about 10min away from (or what was) FFA. Could always go there to play the only fighter that I took the time to learn. Tried SFIV when that came out but couldn’t get into it. Like the OP, I have a family too. L.A. county is huge, and I can’t travel to the far reaches of it to visit what little is left of the 3S scene.
I turned 30 this year, and like a lot of people in this thread, I don’t think I’m ever going to ‘officially retire gaming’ or anything but for fighting games, I certainly don’t have the motivation and drive like I had once.
And I’m not even a person with a busy life or responsibilities.
Maybe it’s because I don’t really like the new games as much, maybe its age. But without a striving competitive drive, FGs suddenly become more of a chore than fun. When you really like the game, you can grind hours and hours in training mode, watch matches, study about the game, and keep your mind occupied all day, looking forward to the next session.
If you don’t enjoy the game, or lose the competitive drive, the things above become nothing more than a chore.
And thats how I feel now.
Thats probably why I find myself watching streams, browsing SRK, following FGC more than actually playing them.
I still like video games of corse, and hang out at events(loved being at evo) but I can’t remember the last time I booted up my PS3.
I’d rather play dota2 or some obscure SNES game on an emulator.
I’ll never quit playing video games for fun, but I’ve never been a competitive player in the first place. Don’t get me wrong- I love spending a couple hours battling online with Balrog when i get a chance to, but I know my limits and just don’t have the time to put in that many hours to take it to the next level. I’m content with the level of entertainment it brings me as it is. I just got the two Zelda Oracle games and am looking forward to playing those, and I still have to beat Ni Nu Kuni when I decide to pick it back up, along with a decent list of backlog. But yeah, I’m 33 now, and I just don’t have he same amount of time to dedicate to playing video games. I don’t see them as a waste of time because I enjoy the hell out of them, I just don’t have enough time for them like I did when i was younger.
Can’t wait to have kids and play video games with them, though.
Thanks you, this is exactly what I mean. Playing with a purpose. Again, I always thought competitive gaming was more of a lifestyle than anything. You set time aside to actually game, to learn, to read, and to study. When you think about it, competitive gaming takes up a lot of time. And perhaps I should have said “competitive” gaming instead of just gaming in general. Gaming is something you do, like watching a movie or something like that. However competitive gaming is something you live, and it’s something you obsess over to a degree. I don’t feel like I gave up a hobby, I feel like I gave up and entire lifestyle honestly. I know I even traveled at some points for tournaments, but not as much as some players did.
I think I kinda have retired. I played a few casual games at UFGT recently, but I think my time has been up for a while. I spend 1/4 of my day at work, another quarter at school and you can divide that last half into drawing (just found out i can kinda draw a little bit) actually playing VGs (99% of which are 10+ year old fighters), and trollin for booty in which most of the time I am unsuccessful.
Then there’s a whole host of shit that I just can’t stand about this new “FGC” and the gaming industry at large that just annoys me to no end. Won’t get into any of it but I think it plays a part in why I don’t play VGs anymore. That said, it always warms my heart when I rock my FG related apparel and some random person gives me that “Yeah” head nod.
Depends on the major. For Evo, the atmopshere is way better than competing. The only majors I would even bother going to are Evo and Final Round. Final Round simply because I lived in Atlanta for 20 years, and still have a lot of friends and family there. And Evo because it’s in Vegas, and there is a lot of shit to do in Vegas besides gaming. I know I could go to either of them and there not be a major, but when I get bored, I just go down to the ball rooms and watch. Evo especially since there are almost always free casual stations open with very little waiting.
this thread should be called anyone else retiring from fighting games
I may be retiring from console gaming in the next 5 years on the real.
Between the Wii U and Xbox One, I am hating the next gen and the fact that only thing driving me are sequels like Guilty Gear Xrd, the Xenoblade sequel and Bayonetta 2. I feel old and while I love gaming in general still and play older classics to this day, I feel like the future is bleak as fuck with the way they are leading the industry.
I don’t play AS much these days cause I already did everything I want to in CoD and I don’t want to risk playing somebody online in Injustice. Maybe if I still had Borderlands 2 I’d fire up a new character or something.
I can’t get into FG’s much these days cause there are VERY few things like “This character does X and you use him like this” now it’s more of Day 1 combos and shit.
I play what I am used to, whatever childhood game that gets sequel comes out ill buy that
do what you enjoy because its a hobby just like fishing,bowling, and those are not cheap to do.
if you play you play, if you dont you don’t at the end of the day who really cares? do you give a shit if I’m a A rank or have a 17k gamerscore?
people are fickle with this age shit I swear