F9 Syndrome

[Ragsnstitches]

While I never get real life translations of those feelings, if I ever play a game any extended period of time before I go to bed, my brain won't be able to formulate original thought without imagining the game I was just playing.

This has resulted in some unusual splicing of thoughts, such as thinking of going to the dentist (which I had an appointment for the next day) and seamlessly transitioning to being in a battle in the Warhammer 40k universe (after playing Dawn of War). I was literally unable to distinguish the 2 thoughts, and the mental imagery reflected that.

Sadly I can never remember specifics, as there would be no end of oddities to tell from such things.

 

[Scabadus]

Yeah I get to urge to quick-load my life every now and again. Had a brief flash of it just last week actually, though for the life of me I can't remember what caused it. Occasionally I get the opposite too, looking around for a save point before a big event such a test or a party so I can reload if things go badly. Only lasts a second but it feels really wierd when you snap back and realise this is real life.

 

[Valiance]

Considering how the human mind works, we all have memories of great adversity and strife that we'd like to go back and do over the "right" way. Perhaps we said the "wrong" thing to that special someone, or failed at trying to impress people we admire. Maybe we just wish we studied harder for that test, or practiced more before the concert. We could have forgotten about a birthday, or possibly been inconsiderate and heartless to someone we cared very much about in a fit of emotion or rage, or maybe we just got three strikes instead of a home run, because we couldn't know what life was pitching at us at the time.

Personally, I have a list of about 30 things that I would go back and "fix" or change if I had a time machine///different save slots, and if I really stopped to think about it, it would probably end up being over 300.

That said, I think everyone has this feeling. Over time, we gain more knowledge and experience, and understand more about how the world works. It's frustrating to be placed in a situation due to your own ignorance, or a poor, uninformed decision you made, or just making the wrong choice, when they both seemed to be equal (apple instead of an orange, a left instead of a right, say...)

Unfortunately, the way our lives work, time marches on. Even indecision is a decision, as while we think, the window of opportunity may close, and it's not Ocarina of Time - you can't just hit the switch that raises the iron bars for 20 seconds for you to run to the other side of the room. And even if you can, who says you'd be able to run over there anyway, even if you knew you had to, and knew you wanted to, perhaps you start running and break a leg, and you can't ever have the chance to run it again...

I can safely say that quicksave and quickload would be the one command I would choose to take from a computer. Copy paste would be nice, but I think F9 would be it. Then again, F5 was quicksave and F6 was quick load in most of the games I played. Heh.

 

[Bird Evil]

I get you bro.
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OT: I always reach for the ctrl + z keys when I drop stuff in real life >____>

I do the ctrl + z thing sometimes when I'm drawing in my sketchbook next to my computer and I screw up haha >.<

 

[Veylon]

I used to use save-states when emulating (before I realized it was destroying me as a gamer) and, yes, I get this syndrome. I also have a declining habit of holding tab to try and speed up the game.