If need to, I could. Even though video games will always be my primary choice for a hobby, it's not something that bothers me if I go awhile without playing. Sometimes, I've gone for months without playing video games because my interest in modern video games fell hard during the past few years (although Mighty No. 9 is restoring hope for the video game industry for me).
@Captain_Balko - Whilst your post is true for the most part; you fail to understand(/beleive?) that I have complete control Ihh over what I do.
I actually find it pretty funny when people say they can't overcome addictions. I just think to myself "just stop using it, especially if you want to".
Either way, I can still assure you that everything in my last post is still entirely true.
Luckily for you, you've never faced true addiction. True addiction relies on a physical need (as well as a mental need) to partake in. I really admire your optimism, but doubt that you've been put to the ultimate test. If you're addicted to, say, heroin, and you are shaking and convulsing due to heroin withdrawals, and there is heroin literally right in front of you, already prepared, and the only thing holding you back is your willpower, I refuse to believe that you will be strong enough to resist it. So yes, I don't believe you. Not from a personal perspective, of course, but from a purely scientific standpoint. I truly do admire your confidence in your abilities, and have no doubt that your will is strong, but, as some say, to err is to be human, and the only way one could withstand true addiction with willpower alone (without the help and support of other people) is if they are either a robot or Vulcan. Please let me know if you fall under one of those categories, and I'll gladly retract my statement. Once again, it's nothing personal, but I'm a bit of a cynic and have trouble believing that humans can overcome adversity so easily.
By ourselves what you say is certainly true, but if you've got a certain Someone having your back, if you ask Him, He'll help you out of the situation. I know because I've been struggling with an addiction that I will not disclose, but with His help I'm starting to (slowly but surely) overcome the temptations.
But that's just my take on the matter of course, so I'm not pushing anything down people's throats.
Even if I discontinue video gaming as a hobby to focus entirely on my other hobby (theme parks and traveling), I'd still play Tycoon games with that hobby in mind instead of the gaming hobby for all of the other games I play, so no I couldn't 100% quit "cold turkey", and like ScroogeMcLzQuacker said, you wouldn't need to quit gaming if you moderate your gaming time between your other hobbies without problems.
now I thought more about it I could easily quit gaming, that is, if robot battles were popular around the world. I'm still planning on making a battle robot but only after I get everything set for my principal idea of making a RC air ship(a sailing ship with wings that flies, in small scale, of course)
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Over time, maybe....
I have a lot of school now, so i'm hardly ever playing anymore, and i don't feel like my life is missing anything without games...
If I want to stop doing something - I will. (Ihh)
I even fail to understand how someone can say that they just can't stop something.
My brain is under no illusions, that if I think "I'll stop doing ****" then I simply will. If had to stop using consoles or the internet, them fine. I would not do it again.
In all seriousness though, frankly, people say they have complete control over what they do but in practice it isn't true. Your Id will usually beat out your Ego when it comes to things that will give you pleasure without harming you (in many cases, even things that give your pleasure while harming you). Your ego says, "I won't eat that delicious cake because I'm on a diet", while your Id says, "CAKE GOOD! EAT CAKE NOW!". In the end, the Id is generally louder and wins out.
Shouldn't that be your Superego (this has to be a comic book villain) nagging, not the regular old ego. Normal ego would try to bargain an agreement with the other two, something akin to "I'll take a piece, but exercise harder later". You know, make compromises; not live on the extremes. In the end, I doubt there are many people who, in a hedonistic way, seek pleasure in everything they do.
I admire your optimism, but humans are generally disgusting creatures who more often than not, submit to their urges in order to attain pleasure, even though the civilized part of them may not want to. Video games provide many of us with pleasure. Taking that pleasure out of our lives permanently would be a difficult experience, especially if video games were around and the only thing holding you back was sheer willpower. If you believe you can resist every temptation the earth has to offer, either you're Jesus Christ himself, or haven't faced too many temptations yet.
I don't have any sort of addiction (that I know of, that is), so my opinion probably is naive, but I refuse to believe that humans are only beasts blindly following their instincts. We have achieved self consciousness and posses free will, so we have the power to turn down pleasures too. And of course I can't and shan't resist every temptation that comes my way, life would be miserable like that. Best would be to reach for pleasure in moderation, like the Epicureans.
Currently on the plate:
Mount and Blade: Warband – Napoleonic Wars
Chivalry
Super Mario 3D World – Finishing the last few levels.
Mario Kart 8
Easy.....boring, but easy. Honestly besides reviewing games for my website I don't play more than an hour a day. I mostly use my systems as a media device for my other hobby which is watching anime. That said I really wouldn't want to quit because games can be quite fun, but I could if I had to.
Balance is key, otherwise it all begins to feel like a bit of a blur.
those are really wise words!
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@WaveBoy yeah it is true I find playing more enjoyable after doing something else for a good while( for me, it works especially well after doing physical excercises, like playing tennis )
goodbyes are a sad part of life but for every end there's a new beggining so one must never stop looking forward to the next dawn
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I did.. for about a year or two.. not wanting a PS3 or any of the systems.. except a Wii.. but Wii sold out so fast.. you could not get them here.. eventually I got a DS.. and later a PSP and came back.. so yes.. I can go cold turkey.. relatively speaking if I want to or not is another thing entirely..
I am a wild and free Ninetails not a trainer.. get over it...
If I want to stop doing something - I will. (Ihh)
I even fail to understand how someone can say that they just can't stop something.
My brain is under no illusions, that if I think "I'll stop doing ****" then I simply will. If had to stop using consoles or the internet, them fine. I would not do it again.
In all seriousness though, frankly, people say they have complete control over what they do but in practice it isn't true. Your Id will usually beat out your Ego when it comes to things that will give you pleasure without harming you (in many cases, even things that give your pleasure while harming you). Your ego says, "I won't eat that delicious cake because I'm on a diet", while your Id says, "CAKE GOOD! EAT CAKE NOW!". In the end, the Id is generally louder and wins out.
Shouldn't that be your Superego (this has to be a comic book villain) nagging, not the regular old ego. Normal ego would try to bargain an agreement with the other two, something akin to "I'll take a piece, but exercise harder later". You know, make compromises; not live on the extremes. In the end, I doubt there are many people who, in a hedonistic way, seek pleasure in everything they do.
I admire your optimism, but humans are generally disgusting creatures who more often than not, submit to their urges in order to attain pleasure, even though the civilized part of them may not want to. Video games provide many of us with pleasure. Taking that pleasure out of our lives permanently would be a difficult experience, especially if video games were around and the only thing holding you back was sheer willpower. If you believe you can resist every temptation the earth has to offer, either you're Jesus Christ himself, or haven't faced too many temptations yet.
I don't have any sort of addiction (that I know of, that is), so my opinion probably is naive, but I refuse to believe that humans are only beasts blindly following their instincts. We have achieved self consciousness and posses free will, so we have the power to turn down pleasures too. And of course I can't and shan't resist every temptation that comes my way, life would be miserable like that. Best would be to reach for pleasure in moderation, like the Epicureans.
The part about the superego is correct, I can't believe I messed up on that, and thank you for pointing that out. And I implied that humans were beasts blindly following instincts, but I suppose that I don't really mean it that way. To clarify, what I meant was that if something gives your id pleasure, and there is no reason NOT to partake in it other than a silly "I won't do this", you'll end up doing it because your superego will be relatively quiet except for perhaps a "But you said we weren't going to do that...". All I'm disputing is that following through with a decision that lacks meaning is an easy task to accomplish as the person I was speaking about stated.
And I completely agree about pleasure in moderation. I try to live by this rule as much as I can, despite my cynical nature.
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