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damn no traction at all?
lmao frick off op with your low effort depressed gamer thread.
more than fair
Did you considered you may be depressed?
yeah, i know i am depressed
Vidya wont heal your depression, moron. Nothing will amuse you when youre depressed. Depression is a very serious illness and should be tackled ASAP!
believe me i know
ESL spotted
Did you consider* or have you considered*
I started enjoying a couple of games recently. Feels good to play again.
that's good dude, glad to hear it. what have you been playing?
Noita and War Thunder, started both up after a lengthy hiatus
Don't do this, don't tempt me with cheeeeeese
Play better games or do something other than playing games. If you don't enjoy games either your life is shit or you're forcing yourself to play games you don't actually enjoy. When I was trying to play through the PS3 exclusive library I can say that the experience was largely miserable because so many PS3 exclusives that are beloved by morons are fricking terrible games.
>But my life isn't bad and I do other things already!!!
Play better games then, simple as
>But I can't find any D:
How lol, my backlog is like 600 games and I haven't even bought any since the PS5 came out. I have an RSS feed for fitgirl and briefly glance at the Steam pages for every cracked game every day or two. Anything with Denuvo will get talked about here because it's inherently a larger budget release. You can also try the Steam recommended queue or browse /vst/ if you like RTS and TBS games.
it's more of a case of me simply having no interest in games anymore combined with burning out on them. even as a kid i was stuck playing video games as a form of escapism but i always found them to be braindead entertainment. if it wasn't for dota or street fighter mixed wtih my life situation i would've quit video games completely in my teens
vidya was never anything more to me than something to create shitposts and memes about and exhaust every worthwhile avenue about them and have a laugh with the bros with and then move on to something else. between 2011-17 i barely played anything outside of dota or street fighter with the bros because that's what made vidya worthwhile to me. not sitting cooped up inside and grinding a rpg for 100hrs straight, that's moronic
>dota
so you have broken your brain by playing the same game for thousands of hours
nah, we only played like 2 matches, 3 tops a day before heading out and doing something else. anytime someone brought up sitting at home and grinding more matches i put my foot down and insisted on us socialising in real life lmao. i kinda gave up on gaming when skyrim released and turned out to be a piece of shit
do you have hobbies outside of gaming?
you do have other hobbies, right?
i suffer from extreme anhedonia, so i don't enjoy anything. so no hobbies for me
based rodent
> What is anhedonia? Anhedonia is the lack of interest, enjoyment or pleasure from life's experiences.
Holy shit, we found the majority of /v’s problem.
/v/'s problem is that they spend too much time on Ganker, where everyone is just performatively shitting on everything for (You)s. If you keep calling everything shit, everything will eventually be shit.
nah, anhedonia is serious. Ganker's problem is just that they're addicted to this place that in all honesty is a cesspool of negative shit that in turn makes them more jaded and negative
im enjoying cheese
a little bit of gouda, a bit of parmesan and 'zola
me and friends are so thirsty for the next mmo, its unreal how bored i am without one
really wanted archeage classic to be good
i think your best bet would be riots new mmo because god knows every mmo since wow launched has been some kind of spin on it and not much else. i'm amazed that genre still gets new games. i have a friend who right now is playing star wars galaxies lmfao
>sherwood
fricking lmao dude
we play them for about 1-3 months but after that we cash out with playerauctions and wait for the next one. loads of fun to take 3-5 days off work and game with 10+ bros
imo mmos are dead and cant keep players anymore, everyone wants something new not the same game for months and too many new players dont want to grind to catch up
>but after that we cash out with playerauctions
what, you mean get real money from auction houses or something? what does that phrase mean in that context?
playerauctions is a website to sell gold/items in games, they take a cut but its safest way
mmos are lucky to last 3months before more than half the population is gone, better to cash out before the masses quit.
>i thought you were some mega hardcore mmo gamer lol
just autism and playing a lot first few days with a group gets you way ahead
>playerauctions is a website to sell gold/items in games, they take a cut but its safest way
how often do you come across items worth enough shit to sell? hell i remember playing diablo 3 at launch with the real money auction house where people actually could make money, but not for the average joe because of how fricking much you need to grind just to find something worth 1 dollar
not so much items more like gold for cash,i made a nice chunk with new world at launch. we found the gold dupe, was never banned .
really depends on game/ hype around it, next big one will probably be ashes of creation. we play all mmos wanting for something to be good enough to keep new players. imo too much stuff is tied to endgame and gives no reason for old players to help or to go back to old zones.
combine that with people feeling massive fomo for being unable to play 8+ hours like streamers or like they used to so catch up stuff is added that invalidates time people put in so they quit.
new world could have been a great game if they had anyone with a brain make the map
>so much items more like gold for cash,i made a nice chunk with new world at launch. we found the gold dupe, was never banned .
bruh if you used a gold dupe to sell gold in new world. how much fricking money did you make lmfao. that's insane
>imo too much stuff is tied to endgame and gives no reason for old players to help or to go back to old zones.
i guess we have WoW to thank for that. nothing is more sad to me than going back to low level areas in MMO's and finding them completely dead with the realisation hitting you that there is no point for you to linger here anymore outside of like sucking up nostalgia feeligns
i made about 3k, gold tanked for days after and i just wanted it gone it was super easy to do, p1 trades 2p and locks trade, p2 dcs internet and spams the trade button before kicked, trade fails and both players got the gold.
they double fricked up by letting steam family share give new accounts so you just had to fund it with gold and were fully safe from bans.
>WoW to thank for that
kinda, wow got lucky being the first game everyone could casually jump into so it had a constant trickle of new players for years. its why classic servers died off for me no new players to fill the market with low level stuff.
internet is too big now there is always another "online social game" to play and discord has killed in game community's. other issue is zoomers justifying p2w as pay for convince bullshit so we know asap game will be dead and to cash out
>i made about 3k, gold tanked for days after and i just wanted it gone it was super easy to do, p1 trades 2p and locks trade, p2 dcs internet and spams the trade button before kicked, trade fails and both players got the gold.
fricking lmao. based. that's what a soulless Amazon game studio deserves
>we play them for about 1-3 months
what's the point of playing a mmo for just that amount of time? i was never into mmo's but i could still play for a whole month before my brain woke up and asked me wtf i am doing and quit. i thought you were some mega hardcore mmo gamer lol
i figured considering the amount of people who spam Ganker with shitposts instead of gaming my thread would get more traction
Now I'm in my mid 30s, married with a kid and a house and a car, I'm enjoying vidya in the evening and the on the weekends more than ever!
sounds sweet dude, that's how it should be
>married with a kid
the frick? that doesn't sound legal.
I’m actually enjoying vidya a bit too much and wish I had more free time to just play games all day.
They keep making games with people who aren't me in them.
Why do I have to be reminded that people who aren't me exist everywhere I go?
Why isn't everything MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE?
you again
Meeeeeeeeee again. Me no stop until everything am meeeeeeeeeee. Me best because me is meeeeeeeeeee. Meeeeeeeeee meeeeeeeeeee meeeeeeeeeee meeeeeeeeeee meeeeeeeeeee.
Can i be you?
Everyone should be meeeeeeeeeee. Me is better than not me because me is meeeeeeeeeee.
Are you the one posting this on reddit too? Nobody is forcing you to play games, you can go do other things
no?
Try signalis
Short but great game.
Started playing Minecraft about a week or so ago, pretty fun. But newer games suck balls (except for HD2)
those types of games were never my kind of game. played it back in 2011 or some shit and i simply didn't see the point in it personally. played through terraria back in 2016 though. that game was more fun since there actually was progression and shit to do
Thats probably because you don’t play Japanese games and only stick to woke Western shit. Not my problem.
never liked jrpg's. whether that be their gameplay or aesthetics
Yeah maybe just stick to those old shitty western games like Dwarf Fortress. Thats pretty much all you got. Its slim pickings for western taste
I’ve noticed that every time you see people saying how they “don’t enjoy gaming anymore” it’s always dudes who only play westernshit.
Either that or hes one of those zombies that only play mobas like League and thinks anything else is a waste of time. I knew a guy like that once. It was so sad
I've not enjoyed vidya longer than you have, homosexual.
for how long have you found vidya unenjoyable?
2011
hey, that's as long as me then lmfao
me too
nowadays I have more fun watching 3 hours movies
I had insomnia last night, so I got up and played some games, but for some reason I wasn't enjoying it like I usually do. Hopefully tonight it'll be back to normal.
insomnia fricking suuuuuuuuuuucks
Yeah, usually I just can't fall asleep so I play till 2 and go to bed and get up at 8.
Yesterday I was running a food pantry all day and was so exhausted I just passed out around 10PM. Only to wake up at 2AM and not be able to fall back asleep.
I wouldn't mind the getting up and playing vidya for a few hours part except then I don't wake up till 10, I'm late for work, and the whole day feels rushed.
But I still get that weird thrill of getting up in the middle of the night and sneaking in some gaming. Haven't lived with my parents in decades but it still feels like I'm getting away with something naughty.
Except last night it was different, last night it just wasn't fun and felt like a waste. I don't know why.
Anyway, thanks for reading my blog.
yeah i've had issues with my sleep for some months now. i can be up for 24hrs, go to sleep and wake up 2 hours later completely refreshed which just fricks my sleeping schedule up completely. but i've noticed since some weeks ago that if i stay in bed i'll fall asleep again in 20 minutes
>if i stay in bed i'll fall asleep again in 20 minutes
I usually give myself at least 15 minutes to fall asleep again. Or I get up and move to another bed if one is empty, or the couch, and that will help me fall back to sleep.
It's only when I feel wide awake that I get up - the sort of wide awake I wish I could feel at 8AM or 5AM but never do. And then I still take some sleep meds so I can fall back to sleep in an hour or two, instead of being up all night and then getting real sleepy right when it's time to clock in for work.
(Aside - don't mess with the stronger sleep meds unless you're a lifelong insomniac like I am, otherwise you risk becoming so dependent you can't fall asleep without them.)
yeah that sounds reasonable. the only sleep meds i took were anti histamines but they stopped having effect on me within 2 weeks lmao
Be careful, the decongestant types of anti-histamines can actually keep you awake instead of putting you to sleep.
i've never had that issue with them i don't think
Any idea what might be causing your problem? Is it new, not so new, or were you always like that?
i think it's because of general "negative energy". wasn't always like this, far from it actually. used to sleep for 12hrs straight
>general "negative energy".
What do you mean?
you know, depression, disturbed thoughts and in general negative thoughts
Oh, I see, so it's a symptom of a greater problem. How long has that been going on?
since 2022 iirc
Have you considered seeing a therapist or psychiatrist? Given it seems to stem from that, I'd suggest that before going to a sleep clinic.
I started seeing a sleep medicine doctor after 4 decades of insomnia and asked him for something that would work as well as Ambien did for the first dozen years I was taking it, and he wanted to put me on Prozac of all things. I've had terrible responses to SSRIs whenever I've tried them (and thank god, depression isn't a major problem for me, what I've tasted of it was awful, no emotions but intense sadness and all my drives disappeared, I'd take insomnia any day despite how badly that fricked up my life until I discovered Ambien) but other people swear by them and tell me it's made them functional again.
>Have you considered seeing a therapist or psychiatrist?
i have, but it's expensive as frick. i can't with good conscience allow my mom to pay 200 dollars per session when i already am 90% sure i'm way too broken to be remotely fixed
i started attending group CBT therapy every 2 weeks and just yesterday we had our third session. it's in all honesty a waste of time but attending them, listening to the psychiatrist talk and listening to the other people is just a constant reminder of how i used to have every single answer for everyone present, me included. and the shit the psychiatrist talks about was shit i solved when i was like 10. i genuinenly think talking to a professional would just make me more sad. but i've also thought about biting the bullet and try some sessions with a real therapist and shit in a private setting just to see if i'll get anywhere
also, no meds i've been on so far has had any effects on me. beats me how to explain that though
Normally I'd say bite the bullet, but if your or your family's insurance doesn't cover it, I can understand the hesitation. Heck, it might be worse if it does work, if your family is working class like mine, $200 extra a week can seriously impact many other aspects of life.
That said, I have found talk therapy helpful for me (with the caveat that my problems are clearly different than yours) to the point that with my clinician gone and me waiting for a new one, I'm here talking out my problems on Ganker of all places.
Are you talking about sleeping pills and sleep aides, or SSRIs and other psychiatric medications?
>Normally I'd say bite the bullet
it's the next logical step
>but if your or your family's insurance doesn't cover it
i have no idea how this shit works, but it's a private "clinic" so i don't think insurance works there
>if your family is working class like mine, $200 extra a week can seriously impact many other aspects of life.
it's not just 200 per week, i also have to factor in the fact my issues won't be solved no way anytime soon either. that shits gonna add up like crazy. i'm not gonna let my family pay out 200 000 dollars just for me to not get anywhere. that's banal
>That said, I have found talk therapy helpful for me
yeah that shit is super effective. i'd know, i'd used to do it and help my crew using it
>my clinician gone and me waiting for a new one
i had super sick one that that listened and understood and was in general a cool person. but he quit like 2 years ago and they've just "recently" gotten a new one that is a boomer moron that only gets frustrated by what i have to say lmfao
>Are you talking about sleeping pills and sleep aides, or SSRIs and other psychiatric medications?
no str8 up sleeping pills. only anti histamines so far. but i've also taken like 3 different anti depressants with 0 results and i've been on antipsychotics ever since 2020 started that also have had 0 effect on me
Do you mind if I ask you where you live? I live in NYC, and in big cities there are often clinics that server working class people like us, with it being mostly covered by insurance and very little money out of pocket even without insurance.
>i had super sick one that that listened and understood and was in general a cool person. but he quit like 2 years ago
And 2 years ago is when you said your insomnia started, maybe there's some connection.
>no str8 up sleeping pills. only anti histamines so far.
Gotta be careful with actual sleeping pills, since as I mentioned, you may soon find yourself unable to sleep without them. But it certainly helps with keeping a sleep schedule so you can have a normal office job with good pay and future prospects.
>but i've also taken like 3 different anti depressants with 0 results
SSRIs or other sorts?
> i've been on antipsychotics ever since 2020 started that also have had 0 effect on me
Have you tried Seroquel? At low doses it's a sleep aid, at high doses it's an anti-psychotic. For me, it's the best sleep aid I've found since Ambien stopped working well on me.
>Do you mind if I ask you where you live?
Sweden, of which i've found just "recently" that mental health care is atrocious lmfao
>And 2 years ago is when you said your insomnia started, maybe there's some connection.
nah, it's got nothing to do with the psychiatrists. just a massive uphill battle to be able to explain my issues since he doesn't wanna listen to begin with. of which i'm used to
>Gotta be careful with actual sleeping pills, since as I mentioned, you may soon find yourself unable to sleep without them.
yeah, i'm not a fan of being dependent on sleeping pills. that doesn't sound like a good time for me
>SSRIs or other sorts?
i don't remember, i know the first one was a SSRI. sertraline
>Have you tried Seroquel? At low doses it's a sleep aid, at high doses it's an anti-psychotic. For me, it's the best sleep aid I've found since Ambien stopped working well on me.
not sure if we have that here in sweden. also i'm pretty sure the antipsychotics doesn't do anything for me because i'm not psychotic. it's just that it's kinda impossible for me to explain why i think the way i do because my memories are completely fricked. if i had my memories intact i could've talked about all my issues without a problem but at this point the things i'm saying sounds outlandish to a normal person
>Sweden
Didn't expect that, the internet is full of people telling me how great social services are in Sweden. My Swedish friends did too, but I'm not part of that server any more so I can't ask them about mental health care.
>yeah, i'm not a fan of being dependent on sleeping pills. that doesn't sound like a good time for me
It isn't; but not being able to sleep at all or not being able to keep a sleep schedule and a job is worse.
>i don't remember, i know the first one was a SSRI. sertraline
SSRIs can be very different. I wouldn't write them off before trying a few; I tried a half-dozen before I swore them off, and I even tried a new one last year to see if it would work any better on me.
> also i'm pretty sure the antipsychotics doesn't do anything for me because i'm not psychotic
That's my point; I'm not psychotic either, but at low doses it'll help you fall asleep, and I was very recently informed (as in the last week when I finally got to see a psychiatrist after a year of waiting), it can also still help positively moderate your emotions.
>it's just that it's kinda impossible for me to explain why i think the way i do because my memories are completely fricked. if i had my memories intact i could've talked about all my issues without a problem but at this point the things i'm saying sounds outlandish to a normal person
I'm very curious about this if you'd like to talk about it some more. I have a terrible memory, but I don't think that's connected to my major issues, but a separate unfortunate thing that I make up for with copious notes and photographs to help me remember, especially at work or in relationships.
>Didn't expect that, the internet is full of people telling me how great social services are in Sweden
from what i gathered. social services are good, not perfect, but good. yeah. but mental health care isn't
>It isn't; but not being able to sleep at all or not being able to keep a sleep schedule and a job is worse.
yeah fair point
>SSRIs can be very different. I wouldn't write them off before trying a few; I tried a half-dozen before I swore them off, and I even tried a new one last year to see if it would work any better on me.
yeah i was told we'd go through a few before hopefully finding one that works for me
>That's my point; I'm not psychotic either, but at low doses it'll help you fall asleep, and I was very recently informed (as in the last week when I finally got to see a psychiatrist after a year of waiting), it can also still help positively moderate your emotions.
I'm aware that antipsychotics can have a wide range of effects outside of just treating being psychotic. i have a friend who got them assigned to him just for anxiety or some shit like that, but he stopped taking them because he only got severe side effects
>I'm very curious about this if you'd like to talk about it some more
i'd rather not tbh
>I make up for with copious notes and photographs to help me remember, especially at work or in relationships.
king shit dude
I gotta run now, Anon, got a doctors appointment. (Not sleep or psych related). I hope things get better for you quick! We're all gonna make it.
good luck dude
>sleep medicine doctor
lmao america is fricking crazy
What's so crazy about that? We spend a third to a fourth of our life asleep, it's a major part of existing, and without proper sleep, most people can't function.
NTA but it's just funny how there's a doctor for everything over there and they're all shilling pills. It wouldn't surprise me at all if someone told me that 95% of American adults were on medication for something.
i used to see plenty of graphs on reddit 2-3 years ago showing that like 50% or some shit of americans are on some kind of medication. same thing here in sweden
Nope. Bought a bunch of old cods on a whim, 2 campaign kicks ass. 3 was bothering me till I figured out the enemy aren't spawning infinitely and to just be patient and take them out instead of charging in. Anyways, it's fun, I haven't played a shooter campaign with this amount of distance between the two sides in a long time. It's great just picking dudes off at 300 meters in teh desert or trying to find the krauts in shadowy forest.
I enjoy israeli demoralisation threads, because they're pathetic.
how is that relevant to this thread?
It is one.
aight
He gets paid to bring up israelites out of the blue in every single thread; now that you've found him, you'll notice him everywhere.
playing video games defeats the israelite, i keep forgetting
We finished one transformer today, which is ready for pick up tomorrow, and finishing up a 2nd one tomorrow so it can be picked up on Friday - both will be used to power countless households & businesses.
To answer your question, OP - I will enjoy the frick out of my modded FO4 playthrough - nothing beats comfort after an honest days work 🙂
sounds sweet dude
>tradecuck
top kek
have fun with a fricked up body in your future
Being an electrician isn't the most physically taxing trade by a long mile.
It isn't the most physically taxing, but it's still physically taxing and it's not good.
t. former electrician now working in engineering
I dunno, I wired up my house and it was way way easier then the plumbing I normally do.
New games are shit.
Old games crash constantly.
It's over.
yeah, i stopped playing vidya a while ago
i only come to this place for the shit posts and coom threads
I knew all dogs are weirdos but this guy is putting in real effort.
No I’ve always enjoyed it, although I took a small break between 28-33 to establish myself and get married.
my man
Anyone else not enjoying life anymore? Not in a profoundly negative way, just in a “well this isn’t great but what can you do” way
I'm in this weird spot where games are fun while i'm high and get boring really fast if i'm sober. I think I've played and smoked too much already and the brain is just wired that way.
yeah sounds like it tbh. and from what i've read that's kinda normal. a lot of people, from some point onward don't get as happy playing vidya as they used to, but since weed makes things enjoyable, it helps them with enjoying vidya again
just take a longer T break. if you're at the point where your dopamine/appetite is affected by weed then you smoked too much.
it's called growing up
believe me dude, i was 40 years old when i was 14 lmao
>almost 10AM on a workday
>vidya is boring
I think it's because you have nothing else interesting going on in your life
I would know
nah believe me, i went through "some shit" way back and i haven't been the same person ever since then. before that happened to me though? i had 0 issues with finding fun in vidya
ogey
why did you post a rat
don't question it!
never found arcade games fun tbh. outside of like, the light gun games and star wars podracing when i was like 8
is this your rats
nah, just random rat pics i've got saved because rats are based. this was my rat
I see
he looks like a good rat
he was the bestest rat
Have you considered getting another rat?
Nothing wrong with better living through chemistry.
>Have you considered getting another rat?
i'm way too low energy at this point in my life to get a pet. that wouldn't be fair to them. i also don't want to get them from a normal pet store since 3 out of 4 (the 4th one being the one in the pic) died of cancer. but i also can't find any rat breeders anywhere close. every link i tried following up on was a dead link and the only one that worked was 2 hrs away and the b***h seemed absolutely mental lmao
I'm glad you've put serious thought and effort into it, I hope you have that energy back one day soon.
Why is it wrong?
>Why is it wrong?
i think he's referring to the fact it's not natural. which is kind of a common perception
Natural stuff sucks. If you want to be some sort of anprim, do it anywhere besides the internet.
>Why is it wrong?
because you become dependant of medication? And what is the problem with it? Let's say you cant afford meds anymore, or that we find side effects from those meds only after years of usage, like what happened with several medications who were developed and put in short time into the market
Now what?
>Nothing wrong with better living through chemistry
it is wrong
I was in your shoes until I started playing arcade games. Ludo in its purest form.
The fact you're bored isn't a problem with you. It's that you're playing and getting recommended boring games.
I fired up crysis and had fun murdering people using the vehicles as bombs
that's not something i've found fun ever since crackdown 1 tbh
Talking about games sucks now because I hate all the people who play video games these days.
yeah, i've never had any respect for gamers for a single second. 99% of gamers are subhuman imo
Mein nuggie
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i've seen that clip before, no idea how it's relevant to this thread. also i never found IASIP funny. the only thing i did found funny was that episode where frank runs inside the apartment and sniffs glue and eats cat food and instantly falls asleep
>Buying movies
>Eating and buying streamerslop
>Hating fun games
It's your fault.
sure
Its normal unless youre a braindead downie or a child mentally.
what is?
To find gaming trash once you go past the age of 5 maybe 6.
so why do you play videogames?
Because im 5 and half you dumb homosexual jesus christ youre moronic
>be console gamer
>only buy games I know I will enjoy after extensive research on gameplay videos or demos
>do not engage in console war homosexualry
I love games.
modern games fricking suck though.
good for you dude. i genuinenly don't understand people engaging in console wars. peak cuck behaviour
nope, I literally don't have enough time to play all the games I want to play. I go on a trip and plan what handhelds i'll be using and what games i'm playing, I have dozens in my backlog and appreciate every console and platform
good for you dude
did Ganker slow down to a crawl for anyone else?
Nope
seems like it fixed itself