Red Dead Redemption 2 fan with 6k hours on Stadia begs for character transfer

Post by yourusername » Fri, Sep 30, 2022, 2:34 PM UTC

redeeman wrote: post #49

martincmartin wrote: post #39

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At what point does a hobby turn into an addition? People who have spent 6k hours in a casino, for example, would probably be happier if they could figure out why they're doing it, and find a more productive way to address that need. Same might be true of someone who has spent 6k hours in a single video game. [I've spent 450 hours in Factorio, but stopped soon after my partner nick named it Divorcio.]

12 work-days of a hobby and your partner labels it an addiction thats divorce worthy? sounds pretty terrible. I strongly suspect he/she is probably spending atleast as much time on his/her hobby.

Post by ElCheapo » Fri, Sep 30, 2022, 2:35 PM UTC

sirsinsalot wrote: post #43

ElCheapo wrote: post #40

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I don't beg for my hobbies, that sounds more like an addiction

If I spend 6k hours coding a project and was making noise because I was about to have access to my source code taken away ... would you say i'm an addict?

Post by Bakary » Fri, Sep 30, 2022, 2:35 PM UTC

Lich wrote: post #35

onion2k wrote: post #17

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It's 4 hours a day for 4 years. That could breakdown to a couple of hours a night and full days on weekends. Millions of people spend just as much time watching TV, or reading, or playing Call of Duty. That's nothing particularly unusual or special about that amount of time. Back in the early days of World of Warcraft people would have seen 4 hours a night as light, casual gaming. :)

I see alot of people in my personal circle criticize gaming, but do the same watching TV/movies, reading books, etc. One might think, well books are educational. You learn something from them. There's so many bestselling books out there written by so called "experts" that turn out to be totally wrong or mislead by giving a layman's explanation of research post book release, and 10-20 years later the same nonsense is…

Post by tshaddox » Fri, Sep 30, 2022, 2:36 PM UTC

martincmartin wrote: post #39

Entinel wrote: post #30

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> Although the angle of: Losing his characters is the best thing that's happening for him due to wasting a very significant part of his life in video games has some merit It has no merit. Do you look at your hobbies as wasting your life? I certainty don't. My alone time playing video games is just as important to me as when I'm going hiking or camping with friends.

At what point does a hobby turn into an addition? People who have spent 6k hours in a casino, for example, would probably be happier if they could figure out why they're doing it, and find a more productive way to address that need. Same might be true of someone who has spent 6k hours in a single video game. [I've spent 450 hours in Factorio, but stopped soon after my partner nick named it Divorcio.]

Post by Retric » Fri, Sep 30, 2022, 2:38 PM UTC

sirsinsalot wrote: post #47

martincmartin wrote: post #39

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At what point does a hobby turn into an addition? People who have spent 6k hours in a casino, for example, would probably be happier if they could figure out why they're doing it, and find a more productive way to address that need. Same might be true of someone who has spent 6k hours in a single video game. [I've spent 450 hours in Factorio, but stopped soon after my partner nick named it Divorcio.]

Would you say the same about a 6k hour investment coding a game? This "if it isn't productive it isn't worthwhile" attitude is toxic.