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Video games and an unrewarding life
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I think James May had one in his tour of Japan. Lol.Plot twist: it's a digital pet.
You just need to frame it differently. Focus on selling two and only buying one
Plot twist: it's a digital pet.
I already made the joke to my fiancee that it feels like I'm raising a Pokemon lol
This is true in the worst kind of way. Out east they have it way worse with all the gachapon games, but Wargaming.net has done okay for themselves targeting their demographic of baby boomers with computers. I don't play sports video games at all, but I think most major franchises now (NHL, NBA... FIFA?) have an annual game with some kind of insane loot box mechanic. I honestly think there's a reasonable chance that we will soon see legislation putting tougher limits on video game gambling soon, since the industry worldwide is doing a terrible job of regulating themselves on it.
Of course, Tencent themselves profits themselves nicely off this sort of thing, so probably unlikely that the PRC will specifically deal with this part of the problem
I think Tencent got ass rammed by China recently with a couple billion $ fine actually lol
Lootboxes are an issue. I also ******* hate how many games have dailies where if you don't login, you lose resources. Black Desert Online is the worst offender: don't leave your computer on 24/7 auto farming == bleeding game currency.
Is the game also doing distributed crypto mining?
Haha. Exactly what i did.You just need to frame it differently. Focus on selling two and only buying one
I don't think so. I checked what it was doing lol
POWERMAN
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How were the first few weeks?
Picked up a sheepadoodle as well back in July and the crying at night was brutal.
On one side I was oncall and working nights/days and then having to deal with a crying pup in the middle of all this was no joke lol.
And agreed - sometimes after meetings when my teams is blowing upwith requests from different individuals I'm like f*** this ****.
Head outside for a little while and all that stress melts away when playing with the pup.
Mad Mike
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Not my idea of a good life. I crammed 40 years of living in between ages 20 and 40, I don’t regret it. Worked hard, played hard, enjoyed every minute… just in case I never hit freedom 55.
My list of things I must do is done, these days I just do whatever the hell I like, mostly revisiting things I enjoyed in my past and re-enjoying them. Still enjoying every minute.
Work is on my terms, travel too. I don’t need to think about retiring in a banana republic or how I’ll pay the bills.
The last video game I played was DonkeyKong about 20 years ago.
We are on week 5. This mofo still wakes us up at once to twice a night to take a piss/poop. She doesn't cry though.
...instead she's a landshark. I have bite marks on my arm lol
Your night situation sounds a bit worse than mine tho
I agree with droning away not being a good life. I had a decent 15 years before the grind really started. I want that experience again, and one way is to front load the pain for a peaceful future.
.....unless, you know, I die lol but hey, death is peaceful because there is nothing there (I have flat lined before and I assume the nothingness experienced there is death.)
One thing I noticed in the younger guys than me and my friends...they expect everything to be handed to them. And if it's not...automatic 'depression' mode.
Could it be a generation of parents raised little Johnny and Jenny to be spoon fed everything and were not able to do any wrong? Was life maybe TOO easy all the way through the schooling years and all of a sudden....holy s$@t...you're a nobody!
**** I'm not thrilled to wake up every morning to go and work all day for a soulless corporation...but I do it. Stuff goes wrong, no big deal. We deal with it, and we move forward.
Maybe I'm talking out of my *** but I do notice that life is 'too hard' for a lot of younger folk (not all of course) and gaming / other vices just provide that escape from reality...instead of dealing with the actual reality...just keep pushing it off and off...and the depression gets deeper and deeper until POOF...you dead.
Could it be a generation of parents raised little Johnny and Jenny to be spoon fed everything and were not able to do any wrong? Was life maybe TOO easy all the way through the schooling years and all of a sudden....holy s$@t...you're a nobody!
**** I'm not thrilled to wake up every morning to go and work all day for a soulless corporation...but I do it. Stuff goes wrong, no big deal. We deal with it, and we move forward.
Maybe I'm talking out of my *** but I do notice that life is 'too hard' for a lot of younger folk (not all of course) and gaming / other vices just provide that escape from reality...instead of dealing with the actual reality...just keep pushing it off and off...and the depression gets deeper and deeper until POOF...you dead.
Existential crisis - Wikipedia
Have you had these yet? Most of my friends and I have. If you haven't, you'll understand after.
It generally won't happen if you're suffering and trying to get by. It happens when you succeed.
sburns
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Or poof your mental health makes you kill your family..
In wake of Markham quadruple murder, experts weigh in on intersection of violence and video games
A spate of recent high-profile crimes allegedly perpetrated by young men with a passion for video games is prompting industry watchers to raise cautions against reading too much into their hobbies.
toronto.ctvnews.ca
Crazy stuff. I don't believe the gaming is the problem, but like you said the state of the person's mental health is.
POWERMAN
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After listening to the entire thing...
1) I suspect kids are getting hooked on games because their guardians are either too busy slaving away or have no idea how to raise kids.
I also believe this has something to do with how comfortable the society is in which kids are raised in (online gaming also allows them to interact with other people (nefarious in some cases) as well).
Having lived in three different regions of the world, I will admit that something like gaming usually tends to be more prevalent among families that are middle class and above.
2) It also has some relation to this post here: Share of people with no sex in the past year
Current day and age most young males start to realize how much more competitive the marketplace has become.
For those who aren't as fortunate enough to come from a financially stable family or come across an opportunity that helps them get their foot in the door...odds are stacked against them - online gaming is clearly a nice escape from all the sadness : (
3) Yes - I believe there is a significant amount of young people /future workforce still waiting to be tapped...but its hard to say what the solution is to all this.
Banning gaming is going to do jack sh*t...unless you can help guide the younger generation into pursuing a dream/goal in real life...not much is going to change.
Besides, I'd rather have them gaming than turn to gangs/drugs/violence and such in order to get that attention/pack mentality lol.
Side note: those online gaming streamers make pretty decent income from what I understand...kudos to those who make it!
Sure I've had plenty of thoughts 'wtf is the point of all this' but I also didn't say 'eff it all' and turn on a game, or shoot up drugs, or find some damaging escape mechanism.Existential crisis - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Have you had these yet? Most of my friends and I have. If you haven't, you'll understand after.
It generally won't happen if you're suffering and trying to get by. It happens when you succeed.
Of course there is no simple / elegant answer or solution...BUT...how you deal with the issue is IMHO the bigger problem.
You can either:
A - shut down and try to meander / float through life and hope it gets better
B - change you situation to something better
Not a lot of people want to go through the trouble of B. Many people can't. But a lot of people don't want to because it's just too damn hard.
Hell I'm there too. Plenty of crap needs to be done, but I just don't want to do it. But it's also not something that negatively impacts myself, or my family.
EDIT: Just to clarify...I enjoy gaming. However, I have never played in a gaming community with others that I don't know. So obviously there's a negative influence there also. And I have nothing against gaming, it's just a tool / recreation in my opinion. But it can be a crutch for some....same as alcohol, drugs, or whatever else turns your crank.
POWERMAN
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I'm introverted.
Looking back at my early twenties...some of my fondest memories were with the gaming community I was part of.
Folks from US, Canada, South Africa, Germany and Philippines....we even shared identities at one point as we got to know each other better lol.
However time waits for no one...eventually everyone got busy with school, work and relationships/kids...it was then that I realized how much time I had wasted sitting cooped up in front of a screen.
I do play occasionally...but as of late it was only due to the pandemic during winter - I dont think I will EVER commit as much time as I did to gaming ever again.
Fun while it lasted...but it makes me wonder what heights I'd have been able to reach if I spent all that time developing myself in real life instead.
afici0nad0
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I respect any grind.
Its just sometimes i get notifications of people i know that passes away way too young due to any conceivable reason (health, accident, crime, etc).
Then i think to myself "everything in moderation"
I dont play video games. And if i do its not online. Example. I love playing bball. I thought i would love playing NBA Live. Wrong. Got bored in 15min. Rather play for real.
Its just sometimes i get notifications of people i know that passes away way too young due to any conceivable reason (health, accident, crime, etc).
Then i think to myself "everything in moderation"
I dont play video games. And if i do its not online. Example. I love playing bball. I thought i would love playing NBA Live. Wrong. Got bored in 15min. Rather play for real.
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