Growing up sucks.

[Eric the Orange]

Back in my youth me and my friends would get togethor and play games, not that there were many multi-player games on the NES, but it was always more fun to play with friends. I can especialy remember many fun times in my high school years playing Goldeneye, the game that really introduced me to muti-player FPSs (I did play doom and quake before but getting LAN games togethor was much to difficult for me).

Time passed, we went to college, graduated college, and some of us moved to other places. You don't get much time to game with a full time job and kids (I don't have any but some of my friends do). Though we do manage to talk online, to actually get togethor a night of playing some multi-player is an all but impossible task. And thats only counting the friends that still live in the area.

Of course I could always set up matches online with strangers, But the general level of maturity of most online gamers i've met dissasuades me to do this (ok I understand probably most people aren't jerks, but the ones who are always seem to make themselfs more noticed).

Which is sad because I do enjoy playing games with others but these days it seems to be impossible.

 

[Sewblon]

Its like I keep telling random people. We are being digest by a decadent culture spawned by a faulty amoral universe.

 

[Elurindel]

It sucks, I know. but then there are many advantages to growing up. meeting new people, having money...did I mention money? Yeah, I got nothing.

 

[Antiparticle]

I feel your pain. When I was young I had so much more time to play videogames, and also more people to play them with... These days videogames have been reduced to something I try to fit in between work, sleep and other obligations, and I usually game either alone or with random strangers online (who are, at least on Xbox Live, for the most part fuckwads.) Growing up sucks indeed.

 

[Mullahgrrl]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo4Y0TxW41g

Tom waits laddies and such.

 

[S.H.A.R.P.]

I share your agony. I remember the times when I had over 40 hours of gameplay in a week. Mostly with good friends (who I actually met over the internet). Now I try to make as many hours as possible between my internship: a couple of hours after cooking, dinner and the dish-washing, and most of my time in weekends. It's hard, but so is life I guess... I can't wait till I'm retired.

 

[McClaud]

I miss the days where high school homework and a part time job to pay for my car, gas and video games were the biggest responsibilities I had.

Nowadays, it's working my ass off to pay for my house, my cars, my wife and my upcoming baby. Don't get me wrong - I love all those things, especially my wife and upcoming baby. But I miss the simpler times and joys of being a wandering teenager.

* I also grew up in the late 70's and early 80's, so there was even more wandering with less headache.

 

[Crystal Cuckoo]

This is why you cherish high school as much as you can (if you have mates, that is ).
Sure, it'll be stressful, but it is worth it. You get to see your friends every day, and on the weekends, go to a net cafe and play DotA and L4D. The awesomeness is further increased by the fact that we are all white, and get pwnd by the azns who are competing against us online.

 

[manicfoot]

In my eyes time acts like a filter for crap. People tend to remember only the good things about their childhood. I sometimes wish I was a teenager again, but I snap out of it when I remember that I only had enough money to buy a game every 6 months and how much puberty/teen angst sucked.

 

[Eric the Orange]

It does. But at least you have booze, drugs and sex to forget about it. (ok, booze and drugs )

Actally it's more like booze and booze. Because any drugs stronger than alcohol seem to have adverse effects on my body.

Though I don't drink much by my self. And as stated before it's hard to find time to hang out with my friends.

 

[Altorin]

I miss the days where high school homework and a part time job to pay for my car, gas and video games were the biggest responsibilities I had.

Nowadays, it's working my ass off to pay for my house, my cars, my wife and my upcoming baby. Don't get me wrong - I love all those things, especially my wife and upcoming baby. But I miss the simpler times and joys of being a wandering teenager.

* I also grew up in the late 70's and early 80's, so there was even more wandering with less headache.

I love those things too..

wait what?

 

[mALX]

Back in my youth me and my friends would get togethor and play games, not that there were many multi-player games on the NES, but it was always more fun to play with friends. I can especialy remember many fun times in my high school years playing Goldeneye, the game that really introduced me to muti-player FPSs (I did play doom and quake before but getting LAN games togethor was much to difficult for me).

Time passed, we went to college, graduated college, and some of us moved to other places. You don't get much time to game with a full time job and kids (I don't have any but some of my friends do). Though we do manage to talk online, to actually get togethor a night of playing some multi-player is an all but impossible task. And thats only counting the friends that still live in the area.

Of course I could always set up matches online with strangers, But the general level of maturity of most online gamers i've met dissasuades me to do this (ok I understand probably most people aren't jerks, but the ones who are always seem to make themselfs more noticed).

Which is sad because I do enjoy playing games with others but these days it seems to be impossible.

A lot of the people who are online gaming are in their young teens, hence the level of maturity would most likely be below yours. What might be good would either be co-op with a close friend, or setting up a "party" of people you know from work or school and only play online with that party. You can probably find one or two at any given time that could play. I like having someone in the house that games, it cuts out the headsets, but you can talk with eachother as you are playing. It doesn't even have to be online; you get the companionship as you take turns at playing.

We have a place at the mall where they have a LAN room set up, and you can see the people and meet them as you play. They are only open till like midnite, but it is a great place to stop by and meet gamers in your local area. That might open up some more online contacts when you are home as well (and you'll know who to avoid too, lol)

 

[SmartIdiot]

It sucks, I know. but then there are many advantages to growing up. meeting new people, having money...did I mention money?

I want your life. Money is hard to come by for me at the moment, regardless of having a job.

 

[Yooz]

As they say, "Growing up is inevitable, being mature is optional," or something like that.

 

[Ago Iterum]

It really does suck. I wanna be a kid again.

 

[Ace of Spades]

It would be nice to be a little kid again, if only for a little while.

 

[searanox]

Its like I keep telling random people. We are being digest by a decadent culture spawned by a faulty amoral universe.

Please cite your sources.

 

[Duck Sandwich]

I find that my life is actually becoming better as I get older. I have more responsibility, but with that responsibility comes freedom. The freedom to eat what I want, when I want (huzzah for cooking!), I'm also more mature and more socially competent.

I prefer the "being busy often and having not as much time for gaming" lifestyle to having every waking moment outside of school being "free time." The less time I spend playing games, the longer it takes for me to get bored of them. That also means I spend less money on games, as well as making the most out of the time to play games.

For example back in my early teenage years, I would play Gamecube games, get bored of them, and then scour the internet looking for entertaining flash games. Suffice to say, my searches did not go well. Gaming became nothing more than a means of killing time, rather than actually enjoying it.

Nowadays, I have a quick runthrough of Streets of Rage 2, or play a few missions of Devil May Cry 3 in between sessions of work/kickboxing.

 

[Eric the Orange]

I find that my life is actually becoming better as I get older. I have more responsibility, but with that responsibility comes freedom. The freedom to eat what I want, when I want (huzzah for cooking!), I'm also more mature and more socially competent.

I prefer the "being busy often and having not as much time for gaming" lifestyle to having every waking moment outside of school being "free time." The less time I spend playing games, the longer it takes for me to get bored of them. That also means I spend less money on games, as well as making the most out of the time to play games.

For example back in my early teenage years, I would play Gamecube games, get bored of them, and then scour the internet looking for entertaining flash games. Suffice to say, my searches did not go well. Gaming became nothing more than a means of killing time, rather than actually enjoying it.

Nowadays, I have a quick runthrough of Streets of Rage 2, or play a few missions of Devil May Cry 3 in between sessions of work/kickboxing.

I do agree with a point you made here, having less time to play games makes me enjoy the time I do have more.

But the point I was trying to make wasen't so much "I don't have time to play games anymore", but, "I don't get to see my friends anymore".

Ya know it's like one of those movies where everyone grows up and drifts apart, it's sad because I wish I had more time to hang out, but we all got responsibilities(sp) now. Our lives aren't really syncronized so it becomes hard to find time to get togethor. Heck we woulden't even have to play video games (though i'd like to) just being able to socialize would be nice.

 

[ae86gamer]

It sucks, I know. but then there are many advantages to growing up. meeting new people, having money...did I mention money? Yeah, I got nothing.

^This.