Usually people who say they are retiring from gaming mean that they are retiring from competitive gaming.
I haven’t attempted to play any game ‘seriously’ since 2011 or so, around the time I was hired at my current job, but I still played video games religiously until the very recent past, when my interest has begun to dwindle and I reserve my attention for only those video games of which I’m certain. 3rd Strike is the only fighting game I care about, and outside of it, my gaming circle is very limited because my hobbies and my social circle have expanded, and being a multifaceted, socially active person is very valuable to me now. I’m trying to reapply myself to competitive 3rd Strike because I believe that I’ll enjoy it more now than I ever have, but I also have movies to watch, books to read, stories to write, places to go, people to see, and unscheduled naps to take.
For the first time in my adult life, I exist outside of video games and the internet. I have the utmost respect for people who hold down the fortress of competitive gaming, but outside of perpetual 3rd Strike scholar status, it’s just not for me anymore.
I just don’t have the time to do it anymore.
Sure ill play a game, but I won’t play it like I used to.
Spending hours in SF, spending hours perfecting speed runs in games like Megaman/Metroid, spending hours trying to get that high score on Tetris/Geometry Wars, spending hours tunning a car to get the best lap time in Forza.
And with my other hobbies, nah, fuck that. I can’t do that anymore.
I can’t do gaming like its supposed to be done. but it whateves, its not like im missing out on anything, I can still play and enjoy the game without the need to make the game compettive.
since arcades died in the 90z around my way, sf2, sf2 champoin edition and ssf2, i still pick up every fighting game, when people stop buy i throw um a stick and pop in some new fightng game, while the females sigh and talk shit while we mash are buttons and bang are sticks like monkeys, guess im lucky i got homiies that can still play a bit of casual online, for tekken doa5 marvel,blazblue, sf4 and all the others,
but games like skyrim final fantasy, persona, i dont got 140 hrs of my life to give and i make good paper at work
guess im one of the lucky old goats that have friends that there ol ladys prefer that were not out at the clubs or bars an running the streets and on dope an prison,like are teens an 20z
this thread reminded me i still need to rank up my chars to finish the main boss in persona 3 that i never finished in years on ps2 and gonna throw in my ff13 right now for a bit, and lov injustice
Valle and Daigo still play. I don’t think there’s an age limit you just have to let the desire dissipate. It’d be weird playing a 60+ year old guy in SF2 though. mad respect to those who live their dreams to the fullest.
Exactly; you tend to divide your time much more with other hobbies as you age. I’m not disrespecting the hardcore gamers; if that is what you see yourself doing for the rest of your life, more power to you. In my head, 'Hmm…I can spend the next 3 hours perfecting that particular combo, OR I can spend the first hour practicing/learning new guitar chords, spend the next hour hitting local gym then relax with some games/netflix etc". I used to play SC WOL religiously but nowadays, I just watch replays off Husky yt channel and I’m good.
Speaking of games, the only game I’m actually looking forward to pickup is Dragon’s Crown; looks like one of those games where I can play it for 30min or so and I’ll progress along. Plus it reminds me of D&D arcade.
On a personal level I don’t I could ever quit games. I’m gonna be playing till I’m old you know people joke about it killing your brain but, games are gonna be what keep me from being that old guy in the corner that just doesn’t really seem like he’s there anymore. But then again even if my brain is mush I hope my muscle memory can still carry basic actions like hadoukens. that’ll give me an edge on all the dumb niggas in the home that invested their time in madden, heh heh.
My 3DS is clocking in more hours than my PS3 as of late. I don’t think I will ever quit gaming, hard to quit something you grew up with.
This gen destroyed about 90% of my interest in games. Between shitty clones of everything, seeing once beloved franchises turned into shit one after another, and with only a small handful of gems sprinkled throughout I have little faith in what the next gen will have to offer and can easily see myself completely dropping the hobby in the next year. I used to think that maybe due to family and work responsibilities I just didn’t have the time, but even when I do I just don’t have that urge to play anything. Can’t remember the last game that actually caused me to lose sleep due to excessive playtime or one that I couldn’t wait to get back to while I was at work.
You don’t have the time to watch asuras wrath? it was a pretty cool anime.
I’m never going to stop playing. I try to stay in the loop on news. But I can say I haven’t bought a game since winter 2012. It has shown down quite a bit. But when I do play I find myself emulating snes games, playing dreamcast and ps2 (or the hd remakes). Honestly I plan to get back into present day gaming this fall. And I think this is why I’m banking on E3 to pop off this year. To give me some faith.
I will probably stop playing video games around the same time I stop watching movies and reading books.
After next week and The Last of Us most of you retired people will run right back into gaming.
Fuck nursing home; This is how I see myself when I hit around 70s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F68TTW27DiQ
We don’t stop playing games because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing games.
you will stop playingg when you end up living witha women that does not digg you having fun and ignoring them for hours, then it will be do i want pussy on a regular basiss or practice combos,any one saying practice combos is not getting pussy as they speak or ya get lucky an end up witha chick who does not mind, there a rare breed,in the end pussy beats vidya games
LoL, this happened to me, I don’t play video games anymore, can’t sit through a movie any more and haven’t read a book in at least a year…
i finally beat tombraider took me from release to now, got a job i have to do for the next 2 weeks so more time i dont get to play injustice, im already ass, gonna be super ass in 2 weeks
No pussy is worth being misrible, never getting to do the things you wanna do.
Losers brainwashed by pussy power. Pathetic.