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Some comments made by a few of our members lead me to ask. (Note, this includes singleplayer and multiplayer games.) Feel free to ignore the question if it seems too personal, or will interfere with your nation's charter of citizens' rights. Thanks.

So what punk?.

Well - I game a lot, and it is both multiplayer and single player although with a clear weight in multi over the latter years. (especially MMOs).

I find games to be more entertaining then for instance television and most movies, so I'd rather use my money on that.
Besides when playing MMO you can get in touch with many people also, much like on GB here, and I've got some good online "friends" via multiplayer games. Some I even miss playing with because we all scattered from DAoC.

But an addict?, well I can "stop" when I want to - hehehe, talk about cliches - but I know I can and do often in periods as the one I'm in now with loads of pressure, and then I only game in the weekends to get my mind of the project.

I also, thusly, find games a good way to leave tension and stress, not that I want to get rid of my stress cause I feed of it when running projects, but still - it is good to get ones mind of things and games do this brilliantly.

So what punk?

I hardly ever play games anymore... Once upon a time, when BG2 was new, and Torment rocked my boxers, I played many hours a day long into the night. But now, I hardly touch my games. I can play a bit of Escape From Monkey Island once a week, but if I play more than an hour I get bored. No matter what game.

I didn't think you could grow out of computer games, but the market seriously lacks some games to keep me interested...

I... have a confession to make. I no longer play.

At the moment the only game I have installed is chessmaster9K. I've even uninstalled solitare/minesweeper, but I never played them in the first place.
To enjoy a game I must fully concentrate on it and forget about the outside world for a couple of hours. Or days. But now I simply have too much work which I keep putting off. All in all homework takes me about two hours a day, but I can't be bothered to start until it's about 9/10 pm. I can't play before I've finished my homework, because I won't be relaxed and won't be able to concentrate on the game, but after I'm finished it's just too darn late to start gaming. And for some reason I can't start working until it's late. So... yea... the conclusion is, that I've stopped playing. It's a sad reality.

Well, if you no longer play, why haven't you chosen option #1 in the poll?

Because it's not a waste of time and money that could be spent on worthwhile activites. If there was an option stating "I don't play, but I wish I did" I'd choose it. That and I also play an occasional game of chess. Whether chess is considered a game (as in something that I can get hooked on and play for hours), is also a debatable point

Fair enough. I've changed the first polling option.

once upon a time i would play for hours on end. when throne of bhaal came out, i beat it in one sitting.
but then i had to join the real world, and my spare time is spent sleeping.

Originally posted by fable
Fair enough. I've changed the first polling option.

In this case, I hope you wouldn't mind changing my vote from the second option to the first one
Thanx

Not a problem. Done.

Originally posted by Vicsun
If there was an option stating "I don't play, but I wish I did" I'd choose it.

Me too, I chose alternative 1 in the poll. I haven't played anything for a couple of months now, and the only game I've been playing at all over the last year, is Diablo II LoD, and this I've only been playing a couple of hours a week at most. I wish I could play more, but I simply can't give gameplaying much priority with my increased workload. The only period when I've played for hours and hours was when I joined this board, when I was recovering from an ulcer and my lab was down due to change of equipment. Since work is more fun than games, I never took the time to try out any new games after Neverwinter Nights, and since I was quite disappointed with that I didn't even finish it.

No time, which is a terrible shame because my brothers are now into computer games and they need a good butt kicking when it comes to the multiplayer variety

No comment. Um... Everquest?!!

Yes I was a total addict, but i got diagnozed with RSI.
So no more (or keep it to a minum) games for me

Originally posted by Stilgar
Yes I was a total addict, but i got diagnozed with RSI.
So no more (or keep it to a minum) games for me

Ouch - to bad.... I can feel sometimes a similar, but luckily I've got my mouse placed in a manner that makes it comfetable to work with, so I'm hoping I can go somewhat free. Will be hard when working with computers (or intending to do so) in real life also

Assuming this poll referred to PC games, I voted for once or twice a week.

I tend to alternate between PC games and console games. Right now I am obsessed with MLB 2k3 on the PS2 (though I can hear the sweet siren song of Madden 2004...)

However, when games like BG2, Alpha Centauri, Civ III, PS:T, and Morrowind came out, I played them non-stop.

So, while I haven't played a PC game in over a month, I figure that I average at least a day or two a week over a calendar year.

I put the third option, but that's only reflective of how I am during the summer break. During school it's more like 5-6 hours a week and nearly all of that is during the weekend.

Well...

I'm more addicted to talking about games online than actually playing. Sad, ain't it? Like my Buffy - addiction, I was more interested in learning spoilers than I was watching the show. Same with my RPG/MMO fascination - I LOVE to keep up to date on newer upcoming games, like ToEE and UXO and the oft-discussed NWN expansions, but yeah. Its hard for me to make the leap to playing all of the games I'm rabidly excited to track down info on.

I had become totally uninterested in PC games until I found out that Nico digs them.

Now I'm gonna pawn my black skinny jeans and sunglasses and buy Heroes