Post by: decoyman on March 03, 2006, 09:38:41 PM
Weep for me.
I'm having a hard time after only a couple days in:
• Can't check my turnip prices daily in AC:WW. And what about my budding relationships w/ Brewster and Sable?
• Won an eBay auction for Killer 7. Got the game, but can't play it. Read the manual like 3 times.
• Having to get my "gaming fix" by reading articles and posts about other people enjoying games.
And now, I just finished reading the Internet. I guess I'll go sit in a corner and stare at the wall or something.
Post by: PaLaDiN on March 03, 2006, 10:09:04 PM
Post by: KnowsNothing on March 04, 2006, 05:31:29 AM
Looks like you're an addict, you should have given THAT up for Lent.
Post by: KDR_11k on March 04, 2006, 06:25:30 AM
Post by: decoyman on March 04, 2006, 06:27:01 AM
I mean, some of the sites aren't even in English.
Post by: nitsu niflheim on March 04, 2006, 07:01:28 AM
Post by: decoyman on March 04, 2006, 08:27:16 AM
Seriously, I'm gonna try to do some other things that I've been neglecting lately. I was an art major in school, and one of my favorite classes was book-making. I'm gonna sit down tomorrow and make a book using a Japanese stab-binding, with some short stories I've written as the content.
Although I get a lot of enjoyment out of gaming, I think I'll get a lot of enjoyment out of this too, AND I'll have a cool book to show for my efforts.
Think of my giving up video games as "exercise for the mind" if you want. That's basically what it is.
Post by: vudu on March 04, 2006, 09:36:47 AM
You shouldn't be allowed to visit any video game related sites.
You shouldn't be allowed to read a magazine article about video games.
You shouldn't be allowed to read instruction manuals, advertisements, or even think about Daisy.
You're going to Hell if you don't stop this right now.
Post by: Artimus on March 04, 2006, 09:50:11 AM
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Originally posted by: vudu
You're going to Hell if you don't stop this right now.
He probably gets a woody when he looks at Lara Croft, so he's going to hell anyway.
Post by: ShyGuy on March 04, 2006, 09:50:52 AM
Post by: nickmitch on March 04, 2006, 06:56:04 PM
You'll earn my respect if you can do it. The last time I went 3 weeks without playing videogames I developed a rash. . .
Woe is me for I took a girls to Rally's on friday because we got out of school early and ate meat!
Post by: PaLaDiN on March 04, 2006, 08:27:02 PM
Excuse the touchiness in my first post, I gave something else up for Lent.
Post by: decoyman on March 04, 2006, 08:35:35 PM
Artimus - You've inspired me to update my sig, and I thank you for that.
Shy Guy, TVman, PaLaDiN - Thanks for the support. If I make it to the end, I'll feel great about it. And if I don't, well... I'll just lie and say I did*
*see, if I'm already going to Hell, what's a little lie going to do anyways, right?
Post by: Ian Sane on March 06, 2006, 06:56:42 AM
I think it's pretty obvious what higher being he follows if he's talking about Lent.
I gave up TV once when I was like 10. That was REALLY hard. At the time my parents were very anti-videogame (not morally; my Mom felt it interfered with homework which in her mind is much worse) so I couldn't even play games to pass the time. This was before we had a trampoline too. Actually I wonder how I ever convinced anyone to come to my house because my Mom was so damn anti-fun that for a while there was like nothing interesting for kids to do at my house except watch TV or read.
Post by: vudu on March 06, 2006, 08:17:25 AM
QuoteNow we know where Ian gets it.
Actually I wonder how I ever convinced anyone to come to my house because my Mom was so damn anti-fun that for a while there was like nothing interesting for kids to do at my house except watch TV or read.
Post by: PaLaDiN on March 06, 2006, 08:26:56 AM
Post by: wandering on March 06, 2006, 09:19:10 PM
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Actually I wonder how I ever convinced anyone to come to my house because my Mom was so damn anti-fun that for a while there was like nothing interesting for kids to do at my house except watch TV or read.
I know some parents who don't let their kids play videogames because it's 'bad for them'. They sit around watching Spongebob.
Post by: evil intentions on March 11, 2006, 05:48:49 PM
You're all losers!
Post by: Bill Aurion on March 11, 2006, 06:31:22 PM
Post by: TMW on March 11, 2006, 07:30:22 PM
What if I quit from quitting?
Post by: wandering on March 12, 2006, 03:37:06 AM
Post by: TMW on March 12, 2006, 01:01:38 PM
Post by: wandering on March 13, 2006, 12:05:38 AM
*head explodes*
Post by: decoyman on March 22, 2006, 10:40:04 AM
UPDATE:
I'm doing well with the giving up video games thing. I've even come to terms with the fact that Derwin is probably dead and rotting in his cockroach-infested house right now from the cold he caught just before Lent began...
BUT: Tetris DS
AND: Metroid Prime Hunters
umm... Does anyone know anything about cryogenic freezing/stasis? I'd only need it for a couple weeks!
Post by: wandering on April 15, 2006, 10:52:25 PM
quick, play some games!
