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Re: Having a game I'm into makes every day enjoyable

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Post by wincy »

Waterluvian wrote: post #31

I’m struggling in the worst way to get into any game at all. I have free time. I don’t feel guilt being “unproductive” with that time. But nothing feels motivating to continue with. In my teens and 20s it felt amazing to finish homework and have a late night ahead of me to really sink my teeth into an RPG or something. But for the past decade that magic is just gone. I don’t want to declare “I’ve grown and changed an…

I’ve stopped playing multiplayer games with strangers. I play tabletop RPGs (online, on a virtual tabletop) on Tuesday nights for 3-4 hours with some friends, and it’s an absolute blast.

Even though the stories we tell are goofy and not worthy of a pulp fiction novel, it feels like actual play and engages a part of my mind that’s seldom used anymore. It’s not often a video game can capture a fraction of the fun we have paving our own crazy story. Baldur’s Gate 3 is the closest I’ve seen in awhile.

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Post by redcobra762 »

markisus wrote: post #26

The conclusion seems to contradict the thesis. > The most enjoyable time is when you feel yourself growing, but the real test is whether you can persevere when you hit that wall or if you’ll lose interest and give up. Why does it matter if you persevere or not as long as you had fun?

Pleasure vs. satisfaction. Pleasure is enjoying the moment, and satisfaction is enjoying remembering the moment. Satisfaction (almost definitionally) lasts longer, and importantly doesn’t even require in-the-moment pleasure!

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Post by _cenw »

bloopernova wrote: post #27

My 2015 PC started dying, requiring BIOS resets and other weirdness like suddenly not outputting basic VGA graphics. So I finally upgraded to an AMD 7800X3D, nvidia 4070 12GB, 64GB DDR5-6400 RAM. All to play Factorio! :D Apart from a strange error where Linux will crash if I have 2 DIMMs in the motherboard, it's been a great upgrade. (I'm going to submit bug reports to Fedora, but I'm assuming some combo of the MSI B…

The Zen 4 memory controller only sometimes is binned high enough to be stable at 6400. It's likely that linux just loads the memory better out of the box. I had to dial back my 7800 X3D to 6000 after rare but consistent crashes.

You can try OCCT to check if your memory overclock (even with Expo and especially with XMP, those are overclocks) is stable.

You probably have Hynix memory (check your 4 main timings and XMP/EXPO advertised speed) - if you do, these are very save timings you can do that'd probably make up for going down to 6000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlYxmRcdLVw

Re: Having a game I'm into makes every day enjoyable

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Post by mathgeek »

ChainOfFools wrote: post #3

consider how the same sentiment sounds stated in the inverse. even the most generous formulations, something like: "not every day is enjoyable when I don't have a game to be into," could pass for the opening sentence of a dystopian novel. I'm reminded mostly of schopenhauer's remark that reading is simply the replaying of another's thoughts, and video games, especially scripted RPGs, extend this notion of "replaying"…

I think it’s important to note that the author specifies that they enjoy the sense of improving rather than just the act of playing.

Re: Having a game I'm into makes every day enjoyable

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Post by ernestrc »

Great article! I had deep, long-lasting obsessions with games growing up until I discovered programming. For me, it's not so much about the challenge anymore; it's about building stuff. Once I discovered programming, games felt like very small and limiting sandboxes. If I played a game for 10 hours a day, I would not be able to convince myself that it's okay for me and those around me. However, since programming is lucrative and comes with a pat in the back, I struggle to find a good work-life balance still to this day.

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Post by csa »

GuB-42 wrote: post #25

Mahjong ? I tend to associate mahjong with gambling and smoke filled illegal parlors. The Asian counterpart of poker as it is played in western stories. Probably a stereotype. Just as poker usually isn't played in saloons with revolvers on the table nowadays, but I wonder what kind of reputation it has, and if the money aspect is as prevalent as it is in poker.

The illegal parlors exist, just like illegal private poker games exist in the US.

I’m not sure about numbers, but I know many people in Japan who play mahjong with community friends just like I know many people in the US who have poker home games.

I have played both games in the casual community games, and they are generally very friendly even though money is involved. Typically, the amount wagered is “in the budget”, skill sets are usually in the same neighborhood, and ringers either self-moderate their winnings (this is me in poker and a friend of mine in mahjong) or get uninvited.

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Post by krallja »

platz wrote: post #16
MarceColl wrote: post #13

That's Go for me and has been for the past 3-4 years (with varying intensity), recently got a Japanese floor goban, and it's just a pleasure to sit in front of it to study, understand the nuances, experience professional games bith new and old. What a beautiful game

you bought a floor goban? how many people can you play with IRL?

> how many people can you play with IRL?

…one?

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Post by bloopernova »

_cenw wrote: post #43
bloopernova wrote: post #27

My 2015 PC started dying, requiring BIOS resets and other weirdness like suddenly not outputting basic VGA graphics. So I finally upgraded to an AMD 7800X3D, nvidia 4070 12GB, 64GB DDR5-6400 RAM. All to play Factorio! :D Apart from a strange error where Linux will crash if I have 2 DIMMs in the motherboard, it's been a great upgrade. (I'm going to submit bug reports to Fedora, but I'm assuming some combo of the MSI B…

The Zen 4 memory controller only sometimes is binned high enough to be stable at 6400. It's likely that linux just loads the memory better out of the box. I had to dial back my 7800 X3D to 6000 after rare but consistent crashes. You can try OCCT to check if your memory overclock (even with Expo and especially with XMP, those are overclocks) is stable. You probably have Hynix memory (check your 4 main timings and XMP/…

Thank you, I will check the link out and you've given me some good research to chase.

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Post by illabria »

bloopernova wrote: post #27

My 2015 PC started dying, requiring BIOS resets and other weirdness like suddenly not outputting basic VGA graphics. So I finally upgraded to an AMD 7800X3D, nvidia 4070 12GB, 64GB DDR5-6400 RAM. All to play Factorio! :D Apart from a strange error where Linux will crash if I have 2 DIMMs in the motherboard, it's been a great upgrade. (I'm going to submit bug reports to Fedora, but I'm assuming some combo of the MSI B…

> AMD 7800X3D

Well, nice CPU to be burned down. Thanks, AMD.

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