Poll: Gaming & partying & wasting time.
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Fridays Nights are pretty meaningless to me since I work over-night and generally work on those nights (most Friday nights anyway). Given the choice though and assuming I'm off work I'm gaming. Even when I was in high school I was never really invited to any parties and had no desire to seek them out.
I was only saying that people often write of parties and getting drunk after having a bad start. I also said it in the hostile manor because the OP was condescending enough to piss me off, I just don't like people who look down on getting drunk, high or slutty or some other vice or sin.Vault101 said:
If you've had your share of parties, tried to like them and haven't then cool, I'm not the guy who's going to twist your sack about it. But I don't wanna see people on their high horse about not liking things.
naw you're missing my point you still like social activity with your friends doesn't matter if it's a party or poker night, I'm just saying if my buddies invite me to a party, I go because they're my friends and the "friends of friends" thing goin on is pleasant, drugs or no drugs, also depending on what your definition of party is, could just be a big-ish backyard BBQ with a couple families there, call it a grill party BAM! Party.Vegosiux said:
Also classic "YOLO" stuff is usually life endangering experiences, and people do it to force their body to give them an adrenaline rush, and the endorphen rush from surviving such a close call causes a chemical euphoria in their head. I've already experienced that from actual unstaged life threatening experiences, it's always the same, get's boring by the third time you almost die, that's why people just ramp it up, right? the more times/ways you can narrowly avoid death in one outing, the more adrenaline is pumping through you, and you get repeated death averted endorphin rushes. YOLO is pretty much the classic excuse for deliberately risking your life for no real purpose.
I'm talking about going out and celebrating while you still can. Sitting at home alone all the time, can be severely detrimental to your mental health, gotta get out and be around people when you get the chance, go hang with friends, and if you have none enroll yourself in some community activity or get involved with some group to make some, then go hang with friends... games can wait.
And I never said that it was always bad to say no to going to a party, as I said, I've done it myself, when I've been waiting for a game to come out for a longish time and I have it pre-ordered, on the release date, that night is free, I make sure it's free and when people ask if I wanna hang out I tell em "not tonight" and that's the end of it...
like when Saints Row: The Third came out, I stayed home when someone I knew had invited me to come hang with them, had to tell em no, cuz I'd been waiting months for that day, and he understood, like friends do, especially if they know you well, because it's less suprising that way.
Sorry 'bout the response wall, I can't help but use lots of words, just how I express myself.
playing games is a party, and there is no reason why you can not do both. Does not mean drinking to death either.
You're forgiven, but I think you missed my point... I'm not saying anything against you, I'm just saying, not nessecarily partying, but there's so much out there that makes the joy of gaming feel hollow and weak, not saying that gaming is bad, but if you have the option to try something, or do something or have an adventure, and you don't take it, it's gone, sometimes forrever.Vault101 said:
With games, that's their greatest point, they wait for you, you can turn off your system whatever platform console or PC, and when you fire that sucker back up(Or if your like me, and never turn your computer off due to also running servers for friends to use. Sit down at your desk and turn on your monitor.), you are where you were in that game, and you carry on from there, or in the case of more casual or puzzle games, they don't die of old age, they don't abandon you(unless someone steals them from you, that's different.), they're just there.
Friends, social groups, events, and adventures aren't just there, they come and go, so take advantage of them, I for one like to have stories to tell that those who aren't gamers can relate to, or be amazed by, to have learned and experienced as much as I can, and to be able to share what I've learned and or experienced for the benefit of those I love, and those who are in need.
If you've never experienced the thrill of overcoming a challenge with your friends, like a really serious challenge, be it moving, trailblazing, camping out in the bush, climbing a mountain, conquering a trail, or even just finding the time to wind RIGHT down with your mates out in nature and just forget about this high tech urban hell, and just BE.
It hits that same part of the brain that gives you that rush of completing a tricky or downright devilishly hard achievement in a game, or beating it(if it's a the type to beat), or build a frickin huge monument to awesomeness in minecraft, it hits that same mark, but think of game related joy as having a feather fall on you, just a down feather, barely noticeable, now real life adventures, are a piano, those things leaves a fuckin mark, you don't live to forget it.
Of course with the adventures that's just because it's such an indellible memory that you'll die of old age before it fades to nonexistence, whereas with a piano fallin' on you, usually means you die instantly.
And with the anti-substance stiff thing I was talking about how I used to be, and it read the same way it felt to be that way I made the excuse of not being friendly by telling myself how inane and stupid they were and getting all bitter, rather than just going with it, and enjoying it, and when I turned around and saw it years later, and saw how miserable I was in my little bubble hating on the world, I changed, and now I'm happier. Thing is, it's all about learning, I've been through a fair bit of crap in my time, and I've learned from every single event. Some of them I look back on and learn even more, and will probably be learning from most of them for the rest of my life.
in closing of this reply, I don't have anything against people like that either, don't get me wrong, it's just that it's a common character trait in people who are humourless soul-dead boring monotonous lumps of people who've sold out to despair and can no longer find it in themselves to be happy, because Happy and Comfortable are completely different things, happy takes a concerted effort, to see the shit, and rise above it, even if you stepped in it, just wipe it off and forget about it. Comfortable is easy, comfort is limiting, comfort is what you're used to, it's boring, it can't teach you anything, and even though comfort doesn't outright hurt you, you still die all the same.
To live "comfortably" is to live without danger without risk and without growth, to learn nothing and to stay rooted unmoving, and therefor stagnant, and finally to wither. In short, simply to exist.
To really LIVE to live life to the fullest, is to move to learn, to find new things, explore new places, discover, grow, and experience, living is not just existing, it requires a push, but once you get it rolling, it has a great deal of momentum, and it will provide motivation for you as you go.
Chances are nobody is going to remember you or care a couple generations down the line either way, but if you don't really live, and pursue ambitions, to make ambitions for yourself and go for it full tilt, then who'll you have, what'll you have. Nothing, nothing except dementia and sadness...
Ever wonder why so many people nowadays fuck their lives up so much, or why so many people either kill themselves, go "YOLO"(or as I call it join the advanced accidental suicide class), get addicted to drugs and shit, or just pass into the dark grey dim area, where they've wasted their lives consumed by a career, because all those people wasting their time socializing and wasting their money, when they could be saving every penny and working like a slave for money, they don't know what power is, so they're now an executive or a high ranking beaurocrat now, and the only way they get their kicks is setting things up to make those under him suffer, because that's how you feel when you've gone down the path of soul crushing depression, even if it's underlying it dominates your mind, and you start getting this feeling that other people should feel how you feel, maybe then they'd smarten up, and you get all crazy and bitter...
Look, I'm gonna shut up now, cuz I feel like I'm starting to ramble, but seriously I just saw your post as a warning sign of a series of things I've done, and the path I chose for awhile that nearly ruined my life. Just wanted to point it out, being helpful, or at least trying to be.
depends on the game and depends on who will be there at the party. I clicked game because so far, all the parties minus 2 that I've been to have sucked and wound up with me people watching with my water whilst sitting in the corner feeling awkward and wondering what the fuck i was doing there.
This is what you don't understand about drinkers/smokers right here OP. They don't do it too have fun, they do it because it's fun. I'm not much of a drinker anymore but that's the way it is.likalaruku said:
To answer your question, I'd probably go to the party. I like meeting new people and can have a lot of fun even if I'm one of the few not drinking. If I was invited out to a nightclub which happens quite often I'd almost definitely turn them down and play my new game.
Nightclubs suck. They're loud, expensive and full of agro tryhards. Clubbing is pretty much like this.
EDIT: I don't feel that gaming or partying is a waste of time unless you let it eat into time for important things. Like your study time, cleaning time, cooking time etc.
Attending parties however I feel can be more beneficial than gaming because you can improve yourself socially by improving your social skills and making new friends and contacts.
yeah thanks but I'm not bitter, unahppy or anything...unlike others I don't get worked up over what other people doDoomyMcDoom said:
I also don't find the "omg LIFE you guyz!! living life wooo!!" thing in partys eather
I get what your saying/where your coming from, whcih obviously works for you, and thats great
Better stay away from mirrors then.The Unworthy Gentleman said:
But bottom line, if you[footnote]As in whoever happens to be reading[/footnote] wanna get drunk, high, or sleep around, fine, have your fun that way, just quit pretending it makes you 20% cooler than others.
but dude! I'm like totlaly waaaay deeper than you and shit because I seize the moment and truly live my life!!Vegosiux said:
ugghhh *wanking motion*
ok ok, dont mean to offed Unworthygentlemen...I get where he's coming from and obviously he's very happy but GOD I really don't like the motivation speeches
I'm sorry
Well let me ask you this, would you rather play a game on a shitty tv with a partially broken controller or play on an HD tv with a brand-new wireless controller? Drugs and alcohol can enhance enjoyment if used properly, I won't get into the moral side of either at the moment. A party can be fun without them, it really depends on the party you are at. Also being dependent on drugs and alcohol doesn't negate the fact that you have a life, it may even be an interesting life but it will probably be very self-destructive, which isn't good. Also having a guarantee that you'll get laid is like sitting down with a game made by Valve, you know you are gonna have a good time.likalaruku said:
For me it really just depends on my mood, I try to be more social seeing as parties usually only occur once or twice a week but I can play a game whenever I get the urge.
I used to play video games all the time, but now I go out whenever possible. A friend calls and I put down my lovely laptop and head out. I wouldn't like partying if I did it as much as I play video games, but there is nothing like going out and socializing/drinking.
I don't go out and party and drink, so if thats the kind of party I'm invited to, I would stay home and game.
If I however was invited to a social gathering with my friend or some people from my LARP group,where we watch movies or play video/board games, then I would skip my new game, and join the social gathering. The new game could wait for a day.
If I however was invited to a social gathering with my friend or some people from my LARP group,where we watch movies or play video/board games, then I would skip my new game, and join the social gathering. The new game could wait for a day.
I am sorry but if larping is your idea of a party I must of skipped a generation. What about going to a micro brewery and trying some smoked dark ales and half a roasted pig. Some hot girls and strip monopoly where you can get more money with discarding clothing is my idea of fun.Auninteligentname said:
