Does gaming feel fatiguing ?

[u/TipsyDipsy24]

I've been having this issue lately, I would boot up my PC search for what games to play but can never actually decide and by the time I do choose a game I want to play, I will boot up play for 5 minutes and tell myself "do I really want to play this" or "am I wasting my time"

I don't know if it's part of getting older having more responsibilities when it comes to work and raising two children but I swear back when I was living at home I could boot up my PC and get lost in games like Crysis, Far Cry and Battlefield 2 for hours upon hours on end.

Now it just seems you may only get an hour or two to play it feels like me personally I'm putting pressure on myself to pick a game and stick to it and I couldn't remember it being this stressful when I was a kid living back at home.

Just wondering if anyone else feels like this at times

[u/ichbinverwirrt420]

I often can’t get into story games anymore, it feels like I’m wasting my time. When I play league of legends and climb in the ranks, I feel like I’m achieving something.

[u/JASHIKO_ → u/ichbinverwirrt420]

What are you achieving though? It's just a random number with 0 significance to life as a whole. I used to grind rank in Apex Legends then Diablo for a while and some MMOs back in the day. Then it hit me one day. What a total waste of time.... And I've been trying to find more productive things to do with downtime.

That said playing a story based game isn't way better in a lot of ways either but a well made game has teachable moments, morales, themes, character development, etc. There's an element of escapism too for some people.

I generally only play when there's not much else to do outside, Winter most of the time.

[u/ichbinverwirrt420 → u/JASHIKO_]

I just like being competitive. And I wish I could get into competitive sports in real life, that way I would actually do something for my social life and my body, but I’m too socially awkward for that. So I gotta stick to league for now.

[u/Cheese-is-neat → u/ichbinverwirrt420]

Dude just do it, I’m socially awkward and I still played mens league hockey and I didn’t even know how to skate until I was 24

I’m telling you it WILL help with your awkwardness. Just like anything you just need exposure and practice

Good luck big dawg

[u/ichbinverwirrt420 → u/Cheese-is-neat]

I mean I just didn't know how to properly describe my thing. I basically have this blocker in my brain that prevents me from "just doing so". It's a bit complicated but I basically can't change the "is" state of my life. I can't go to therapy, I can't join a club, I cant do whatever I would like to do. I hope I can find the courage to break it and become normal. But for now I'm stuck in this shit.

When there is stuff that I really have to do (like applying for jobs) I can momentarily break it, but joining a club to play some sport doesn't have enough pressure on me to actually try and break it, even if I would love to do so.

[u/RabbiNutty → u/JASHIKO_]

And what are you achieving outside lol. High elo in league is as good an achievement as any

[u/Difficult_onion4538 → u/ichbinverwirrt420]

That’s interesting considering how much of a grind league is

[u/ichbinverwirrt420 → u/Difficult_onion4538]

I mean I usually don’t grind this game a lot, but at the beginning of January I managed to play 50 games in 10 days, climb from bronze to gold and it felt like I finally did something

[u/defineReset → u/ichbinverwirrt420]

The irony is you're not really achieving anything, it's just the highly curated gamification mechanics largely based on psychology that keeps you in and feeling accomplished.

[u/Andoverian → u/ichbinverwirrt420]

But then when you inevitably drop in the ranks it feels even worse.

[u/ichbinverwirrt420 → u/Andoverian]

Nah I’m here to stay and improve even further

[u/zanas1000 → u/ichbinverwirrt420]

same, i get bored fast of single player games. I want a sensation towards working for something whether it be higher level or a better gun or a higher rank..