"What I Miss About Counterstrike" - Blog authored by CSS legend JonMumm

Post by sp332 » Wed, Nov 30, 2011, 5:38 PM UTC

jodrellblank wrote: post #77

gwern wrote: post #40

If I may, David Foster Wallace (as so often) said it better: > “But it’s better for us not to know the kinds of sacrifices the professional-grade athlete has made to get so very good at one particular thing…the actual facts of the sacrifices repel us when we see them: basketball geniuses who cannot read, sprinters who dope themselves, defensive tackles who shoot up with bovine hormones until they collapse or explode.…

He will say he is happy and mean it. Wish him well." What's that supposed to mean? He will say he is happy and mean it, but really he isn't? DFW committed suicide, I don't hold him as a great authority on what kinds of happiness are 'valid'.

Post by tonio09 » Wed, Nov 30, 2011, 9:27 PM UTC

mumm wrote: post #42

jiggy2011 wrote: post #36

I spent a fair amount of my youth playing counterstrike and still have fond memories of it. I also learned to program roughly around the same time and found the later far more fulfilling in the long run. I learned skills in programming in those years that I still use today, but whenever I even touch a public counter strike (source) server these days I get hopelessly owned by a new generation. I now see video games as…

I always knew there were more worthwhile pursuits and that's why, in hindsight, I struggle to accept the time I spent playing. But I never felt like it was downtime. I knew I was building skills that I would use again someday. It wasn't about trying to be the best at shooting a gun in a virtual world. It was about outthinking and outmaneuvering my opponent. Analyzing details and figuring out the best strategy. It was…

Post by Shorel » Fri, Dec 02, 2011, 3:17 PM UTC

Too wrote: post #68

electromagnetic wrote: post #53

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I don't find gaming a poor long term hobby, I see people who spend hours upon hours building model planes, only to crash it in a park. If I never get published, my hobby of writing fiction is just as big a waste, if not more. At least playing CS or WoW gives me the chance of meeting someone to be friends with. With writing I'm generally disconnected and isolated, rather than connected and isolated. Hobby's are entere…

I know a girl who broke up with her bf just because he was training hockey too much. 5-6 times training per week and 1 match = No time for gf. And when not training they are talking about hockey, watching hockey-games on tv or playing nhl on xbox.