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| dreama1:
--- Quote from: necrosexual on July 08, 2016, 04:08:19 am ---i stay in perpetual burnout not going to lie. i continue to buy because i honestly prefer the act of hunting and buying games. when i get stressed, i buy things. it's counterintuitive when half the stress is monetary issues, but even then, i feel like buying vidya is a better investment than buying junk food and shit (which, yes, i have done as well, buying $20+ in junk food that was gone in the next couple days tops, which i always regret immensely). i hate buying consumables, it stresses me out more, so... so yea it's counterintuitive sometimes, but i get my bills paid and scrape by. if i'm gonna buy shit to de-stress... might as well be something i won't see disappear. i don't play a lot. i wish i could play 5+ hrs a day, but the reality is, is i don't. i actually HAVE sold my collection before, though, back when i hit the 100 milestone the first time. i regret it (a lot of fucking great shit in that pile, ugh, including a lot of expensive and rare GCN titles) but at the time i didn't. it actually put me back down into the range of ~20-30 titles, which felt 'manageable'. if anything, half the reason i burnout so much on games is when i look at my backlog, i feel overwhelmed. 300 games, many of which i've not touched tbh, and it gets overbearing. "what do i even start with?" is a horribly nagging feeling i feel which results in me touching nothing and doing something else. i procrastinate my backlog. i enjoy games when i push past that and play them. but it's the process of pushing past the depression and burned out feeling and procrastination that keeps me not playing games sometimes for months at a time. it's a product of 'all or nothing' mentality... it's hard to break that mentality. --- End quote --- Do you find yourself focusing on one game when you play? Or do you jump around? |
| necrosexual:
--- Quote from: dreama1 on July 08, 2016, 04:58:48 am --- --- Quote from: necrosexual on July 08, 2016, 04:08:19 am ---i stay in perpetual burnout not going to lie. i continue to buy because i honestly prefer the act of hunting and buying games. when i get stressed, i buy things. it's counterintuitive when half the stress is monetary issues, but even then, i feel like buying vidya is a better investment than buying junk food and shit (which, yes, i have done as well, buying $20+ in junk food that was gone in the next couple days tops, which i always regret immensely). i hate buying consumables, it stresses me out more, so... so yea it's counterintuitive sometimes, but i get my bills paid and scrape by. if i'm gonna buy shit to de-stress... might as well be something i won't see disappear. i don't play a lot. i wish i could play 5+ hrs a day, but the reality is, is i don't. i actually HAVE sold my collection before, though, back when i hit the 100 milestone the first time. i regret it (a lot of fucking great shit in that pile, ugh, including a lot of expensive and rare GCN titles) but at the time i didn't. it actually put me back down into the range of ~20-30 titles, which felt 'manageable'. if anything, half the reason i burnout so much on games is when i look at my backlog, i feel overwhelmed. 300 games, many of which i've not touched tbh, and it gets overbearing. "what do i even start with?" is a horribly nagging feeling i feel which results in me touching nothing and doing something else. i procrastinate my backlog. i enjoy games when i push past that and play them. but it's the process of pushing past the depression and burned out feeling and procrastination that keeps me not playing games sometimes for months at a time. it's a product of 'all or nothing' mentality... it's hard to break that mentality. --- End quote --- Do you find yourself focusing on one game when you play? Or do you jump around? --- End quote --- usually i try to focus on one then get overwhelmed all over again and jump around and burnout. so kinda random lol why? |
| dreama1:
--- Quote from: necrosexual on July 08, 2016, 05:04:35 am --- --- Quote from: dreama1 on July 08, 2016, 04:58:48 am --- --- Quote from: necrosexual on July 08, 2016, 04:08:19 am ---i stay in perpetual burnout not going to lie. i continue to buy because i honestly prefer the act of hunting and buying games. when i get stressed, i buy things. it's counterintuitive when half the stress is monetary issues, but even then, i feel like buying vidya is a better investment than buying junk food and shit (which, yes, i have done as well, buying $20+ in junk food that was gone in the next couple days tops, which i always regret immensely). i hate buying consumables, it stresses me out more, so... so yea it's counterintuitive sometimes, but i get my bills paid and scrape by. if i'm gonna buy shit to de-stress... might as well be something i won't see disappear. i don't play a lot. i wish i could play 5+ hrs a day, but the reality is, is i don't. i actually HAVE sold my collection before, though, back when i hit the 100 milestone the first time. i regret it (a lot of fucking great shit in that pile, ugh, including a lot of expensive and rare GCN titles) but at the time i didn't. it actually put me back down into the range of ~20-30 titles, which felt 'manageable'. if anything, half the reason i burnout so much on games is when i look at my backlog, i feel overwhelmed. 300 games, many of which i've not touched tbh, and it gets overbearing. "what do i even start with?" is a horribly nagging feeling i feel which results in me touching nothing and doing something else. i procrastinate my backlog. i enjoy games when i push past that and play them. but it's the process of pushing past the depression and burned out feeling and procrastination that keeps me not playing games sometimes for months at a time. it's a product of 'all or nothing' mentality... it's hard to break that mentality. --- End quote --- Do you find yourself focusing on one game when you play? Or do you jump around? --- End quote --- usually i try to focus on one then get overwhelmed all over again and jump around and burnout. so kinda random lol why? --- End quote --- Just wondering I find myself bouncing around a lot through many games. Seems some people just focus on one game and tank it a couple of days then move on. |
| necrosexual:
--- Quote from: dreama1 on July 08, 2016, 05:14:09 am --- --- Quote from: necrosexual on July 08, 2016, 05:04:35 am --- --- Quote from: dreama1 on July 08, 2016, 04:58:48 am --- --- Quote from: necrosexual on July 08, 2016, 04:08:19 am ---i stay in perpetual burnout not going to lie. i continue to buy because i honestly prefer the act of hunting and buying games. when i get stressed, i buy things. it's counterintuitive when half the stress is monetary issues, but even then, i feel like buying vidya is a better investment than buying junk food and shit (which, yes, i have done as well, buying $20+ in junk food that was gone in the next couple days tops, which i always regret immensely). i hate buying consumables, it stresses me out more, so... so yea it's counterintuitive sometimes, but i get my bills paid and scrape by. if i'm gonna buy shit to de-stress... might as well be something i won't see disappear. i don't play a lot. i wish i could play 5+ hrs a day, but the reality is, is i don't. i actually HAVE sold my collection before, though, back when i hit the 100 milestone the first time. i regret it (a lot of fucking great shit in that pile, ugh, including a lot of expensive and rare GCN titles) but at the time i didn't. it actually put me back down into the range of ~20-30 titles, which felt 'manageable'. if anything, half the reason i burnout so much on games is when i look at my backlog, i feel overwhelmed. 300 games, many of which i've not touched tbh, and it gets overbearing. "what do i even start with?" is a horribly nagging feeling i feel which results in me touching nothing and doing something else. i procrastinate my backlog. i enjoy games when i push past that and play them. but it's the process of pushing past the depression and burned out feeling and procrastination that keeps me not playing games sometimes for months at a time. it's a product of 'all or nothing' mentality... it's hard to break that mentality. --- End quote --- Do you find yourself focusing on one game when you play? Or do you jump around? --- End quote --- usually i try to focus on one then get overwhelmed all over again and jump around and burnout. so kinda random lol why? --- End quote --- Just wondering I find myself bouncing around a lot through many games. Seems some people just focus on one game and tank it a couple of days then move on. --- End quote --- oh yea i kinda switch between both. i beat sly cooper and the thievius raccoonus (as the ps3 collection, with platinum trophy) in 3 days between work, sleeping and being home, i only focused on it, but i also seem to jump back and forth between games. when i'm burnt out tho like rn, i mainly stick to animal crossing new leaf and maybe i pick up my vita occasionally. i play casual and chill games when i'm really just unable to play anything else i guess. |
| kashell:
--- Quote from: dreama1 on July 08, 2016, 02:53:53 am ---Ever get gaming burnout/depression? What about people who sell their collection? Would you do it ever or is the idea total insanity/madness to you? Speak freely. --- End quote --- I'll answer the second question first: hellz no, I refuse to sell this collection. If money starts becoming an issue, I can figure out something. As for the first question, I don't think so. Sure, there are times where I just stare at the backlog for too long thinking about what should be the next game I start and end up replaying something I've beaten countless times such as Shinobi (PS2), Power Stone 2, one of the Mega Mans or Mega Man Xs, etc. But I still enjoy my time gaming. When I eventually do start something new, 99% of the time I am happy with the decision. Even with games that take a while to finish such as Star Ocean 4 or Final Fantasy XIII, I usually enjoy the journey every step of the way. Of course, there might be some bumps in the road. |
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