Why did lifting literally kill my gaming "addiction" over-night?

Full-time study-load in university, and working part-time and lifting.

Gaming seems pointless to me now. I'm not the type of person who can just play a game for 1-2 hours and that's it.

When I was on WoW I was playing 6-12 hours a day. I can't imagine just dropping in and out of gaming for short periods of time, for me it's either all or nothing.

I can't enjoy gaming on a casual-fag basis.

well strength training kind of resembles a game. you level yourself up and constantly improve and face challenges, sometimes you stall and have to be creative. as long as you enjoy it could very well be the best game.

I noticed that too.
Now I basically have to force myself to sit there and play games.
I still addicted to just buying games though; I dont even play em, they just sit there. I even have a fucking typed out list of upcoming games I need to buy

Quads don't lie

Yeah that's it
If you're scared of finding something to override your love of lifting, it's gonna be something really fucking important

video games were a pacifier replacement for the physical stimulus your ancestral body craves. Given the physical stimulus of lifting heavy weights that your body actually wanted your replacement craving for flashing lights disappeared.

Mirin quads

>28 year old 6'4 supposedly "Cut" guy that still plays MGS5 and goes gaga over Kojima's direction.

Tis bout evolution senpai

>gaming = progressing character
Cod wowfag pleb detected

Video gaming isn't an addiction, candyass

t. normalfag

WoW has a pretty solid system in place that gives rewards bit by bit which keep people playing. The same endorphin release I get from lifting when having a really good session, hitting a new PR, flexing in the mirror etc.... I use to get from WoW when I would get an item, or a new high arena rating or killed a new boss etc.

BOSS GET DOWN

you never really liked it in the first place you just killed time with games

Probably because you never really liked video games but used it as an escape

I played WoW non-stop from age 17 to 25 NEET (2004 - 2012)

Then started lifting in 2012 because I woke up 1 day and had an epiphany. In 2014 I started university and in 2015 I got a part-time job.

Now lifting, full-time university and working part-time.

I guess the life-style change could have made me not give a shit about gaming anymore.

BOSS
BOSSSS
BBBBBOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSS

Same for me, used to be that obese kid who played all day, now I have I don't really care about gaming.
I still play from time to time but lifting is no1

Yeah it was video games but now its lifting+shitposting

>tfw you used to wonder how people could live life without video games

>tfw now you wonder how you even played video games for all those years and now 100% understand people who don't play them

funny how times change, quarter-century of gaming all for nothing, wish i knew the truth earlier

>gaming all for nothing

Too bad you're a shit for brains there bubs

I don't know what you guys are talking about. Video games are still something I'm passionate about; I've simply cultivated more hobbies as a result of lifting to complement them.

I don't play games quite as much as I used to, but I still love them.

butt hurt gamer detected

you guys are all the same

>i'm not wasting my t-time, it's all w-worth it! i dont r-regret any of it!
>p-people make l-lots of money off gaming n-now! t-trust me!
>its really like a s-sport now like basketball!

fuck off loser fag geek dweeb fagnerd

Video gaming is just like any other media.

Your life never had to revolve around it in the first place.

I'm not sure why some of you can't balance your hobbies like adults.

Lifting teaches/trains virtues such as patients and dedication and willpower.

What does gaming teach? Literally NOTHING. It shouldn't be a surprise if you grew up gaming all your life that you end up with less than the greatest virtues in life.

(You)

>being this butthurt about your """"""""""hobby"""""""""

I really hope you're under 18 years of age. If I saw any adult male talking this defensively of video games I'd fucking deck them on the spot.

while I agree it's stupid when people delude themselves into thinking it's something "worthwhile" or something they can make money off of, you shouldn't be so buttblasted at everyone who plays
Literally just something to do when you're bored, no harm in that

Read what I said again and this time pay attention.

Also for me personally gaming got me into lifting. I don't understand your superiority complex towards other people's hobbies.

>patients

>If I saw any adult male talking this defensively of video games I'd fucking deck them on the spot.

>this butthurt
>calling others butthurt

Bruh.

Gaming design is an Artform. All the software coding, visuals, audio engineering and craftsmanship to creating the most advanced simulation (aka Phantom Pain) available to us common folks is a pretty decent fucking experience.

Shit for brains.

You look like shit and you're an ovecompenstating manlet. No wonder you're shitting on others because your own life is shit-tier fucked.

>Gaming design is an Artform

I started lifting about a month ago, and I literally did the exact same thing, the solo queue session wasn't going too great either and something in me just snapped, sold everything the next day and I've felt so much more in control with my life.

I think it's something to do with video games themselves, they formulate a false belief that you're accomplishing something you're actually not, you're basically tricking your brain into believing you're going out there and accomplishing shit that makes you alpha, you think game developers don't know this? They DO know, and they capitalise on it, they capitalise on the nature of man, it's scary once you come to the realisation of it all, but it just motivates me more than anything to be different than all the fucking betas out there and use my time for the more important things in life that will be of more use to me than video games will ever be.

Ultimately, you just have to find it in yourself to detach yourself from the false world of video games, you can read more about this by searching "video games and dopamine" or something along those lines, it really fucks up your reward system, hence why you always want to come back for more, for anyone reading this - just drop it all together, it'll do you a whole world of good, trust me. Again, I or no one can really change your mind, you have to find it in yourself to make that step and truly detach yourself from gaming, I reached that boiling point which is why I quit, and i'm glad I did, peace.

Good luck! Gaming has given me the hand/eye reflexes I need to dodge and counter your slow meathead attacks. You're lucky my mom took away my Masamune replica or you would be dead meat!

0/10

joe rogan tier manlet

Overwatch is bretty fun tho

reminds me of this
youtube.com/watch?v=wAEfeNLKwd0&ab_channel=AlbertÅkesson

You wouldn't do shit pussy.

(You)

Your bitterness is amusing

>not adult enough to sit down with your wife and play MGS5 while she sinks deep inside your lap because she's a gaming nerd too and prefers this hobby over several shitty ones

Fuck off timmy. You sound 19.

I wouldn't say lifting was the deciding factor in my reluctance to play videogames as I once did, but it did fill out my daily schedule when I chose to stop playing videogames. I had less time to sit around doing unproductive things and gaming slowly moved out of my life.

Holyshit this thread
You guys would throw shit at each other for bread crumbs

It could also be that WoW went to shit after WOTLK/CATA

yeah i was the exact same brah. i lifted like crazy from 14-16, then 4 years of CONSTANT gaming. like legit 24/7. then i started lifting again. 2 years since then.

If you're over 18 years of age and still playing video games you must reconsider your life style choices for your own sake.

I'd throw bread crumbs at user's for shit

You were never addicted to gaming, you just enjoyed it as a way to kill your time

Now you found something you enjoy more to kill your time

Lifting feels more productive then gaming so that's probably why

>not being able to manage his time

Patrick I have some bad news

Anyone who 'quits' vidya was playing them for the wrong reasons in the first place. If you're simply playing them for the sake of simulating things that you could otherwise experience better by actually doing them, then you're missing the point. Ideally, you're playing to experience things with no real life equivalent.

says the guy who probably farms trophies, achievements and online points to show off to his gaming buddies

>Gaming design is an Artform

>6'1", 215lbs 26, currently cuttan
>fulltime job
>earn above average for my country
>just bought an appartment on my own, all furniture first-hand bought and completely renovated the appartment
>go out being social on weekends, hang with friends on wednesdays
>well liked in my social circle
>read books on mondays
>rest of the evenings I play vidya
>mfw
get on my level faggot

Well I've never done any of that.

reality

>20% bodyfat skinnyfat
>9-5 shit job
>shitty 1 bedroom apartment in ugly apartment complex
>goes to video gaming shops to play magic the gathering
>well liked in his social circle of neckbeard virgins
>plays video games 60 hours a week

>read books on mondays

Braindead pleb detected.

You can't make generalizations like that without coming off as an idiot...

Who is this semen demon?

Video games got boring after i started playing them with friends, not even kidding

Used to be a wow addict / console fag until highschool, after that i started playing with old friends (people i knew since kindergarten) on skype and ever since then playing vidya alone just isn't fun, pretty much any game that has coop for at least 4 ppl is fun as shit if you're playing it with friends. even league of legends is fun if you're playing it with 4 other mates.

I couldn't get through witcher 3 because sitting there for 5 hours by myself was just too much for me

But vidya is still my favorite form of entertainment

This is pretty much it. I feel the same way. Got to level up in RL if you are really going to make it anywhere.

>paying for furniture depreciation

Other than that good shit user. You are making it.

This honestly sounds a lot like me but I dont consider myself a gamer. I mean former pro athletes are starting to get into them too so thats something.

I play video games for the story and for competition.
I don't see how lifting would make me no longer enjoy this.
Granted, I have significantly cut down how much I game. I care more about doing physical activities now.

Where do you draw the line for art?
Animated movies? Interactive exhibits? Digital art?
Video games tick all the boxes

Getting Veeky Forums gave me a new appreciation for mmo developers that look out for the casual audience.

I know it's heresy to say something like that, but it's nice being able to play a game like FFXIV (I've always loved FF games), run DF, craft, etc, and then jump off with no issues to go work out and/or run.

t.indiekikestarterdev

>tfw mrs is a freak
>sex every night or at least every other night
>if we dont fuck i fap

simple you were already over your gaming addiction but youre just a weak user so you replaced one thing with another

>no fun allowed

why do people like you want others to justify what they do for recreation? Are you that cynical and bitter about the world that you literally believe nobody could derive entertainment from something you dont?

Time to step it up user

Gaming improved my grammar and spelling.

Hey there fellow working part time n uni friendos. Similar story,now my life is all work eat study lift

I dont go crazy over new releases anymore, but i do enjoy just playing some Crpgs when relaxing.

>not getting ripped to start a twitch channel as a ripped dude

>RL

I thought you meant Rocket League

It's because you have a serious underlying obsessive disorder and you've swapped one target for another. Get help user.

Same here, gaming is just boring for me now.

Depends on the games. Flight sims teach you the basics of aeronautics. Kerbal Space Program helps people master orbital mechanics by putting theory into practice. Strategy and tactics games like civ, total war, EUIV, etc., teach you about history, military tactics and strategical thinking.

Obviously shoot-em-up's aren't going to be anything other than entertainment but to write off the entire medium as devoid of any merit is stupid.

I play like 2-3 hours of vidya a week, usually Friday when the gf is still at work but I have off. When I'm not pursuing my other hobby (brewing beer).

You just replaced a video game addiction with a lifting addiction is all.

Nice jean shorts you Manlet faggot

Sometimes after I get home from the gym, I'll play two hours of Dark Souls at most. I used to play hours upon hours of vidja back when I started college. Now that I'm out, I just have something that is across the board more fun and more rewarding than videogames, which is lifting.

I hate myself

You never liked videogames for what they are, they were just a time sink to you.
Now I simply have less time to fucking play them because work etc. but I don't think that for people like me that gamed since they were like 4, and play shit like Ultima and Daggerfall in childhood there is a way to "escape" gaming...it might also have to do with the fact that I am a concept artist at a game dev studio but still, I doubt I would completely abandon vidya if my career choices were different.

I quit playing League of legends diamond 2 soloq
for lifting and starting a band
never been happier.

>people that play dota, lol, dota 2 etc.
I hate you. Dota literally killed w3 online that's was not Dota, worst part was that Dota was shit and based on a concept that partially ruined Warcraft, fucking heroes.

Nope the US hates you though lol

What is it with Veeky Forums and not being able to balance hobbies like adults? People here get addicted to vidya, then go cold turkey and cut it off completely, then post to a congratulatory circlejerk how much better they are now that they don't play 10 hours a day. You realize the problem was with you, not the hobby?

If anything running didn't replace vidya, it just complemented it. I play video games mostly for the feeling of exploration and discovery, and running fulfills a similar need since I enjoy running around my neighborhood and in parks seeing new places. It would be silly to say I can only do one though.

Thanks for reminding me to not speak with witches

You found a better high

I lost interest in games slowly, not because of lifting, but it is true that the more I lift, the less I have time or care to play vidya. It's been almost a year without playing vidya.

It just doesn't feel right to play games for me. Most of them became just like another job. You gotta grind to get stronger, collect thousands of shitty stuff that I don't really care about and at the end they became all open world with the same base mechanics.

I just played Uncharted 4 for two hours at a bro , watched some Zelda videos from this E3 and spent 10 hours in the whole year playing Nuclear Throne. That's it.