Embarrassing Gamer Confessions

[hawkhench]

afk 30 secs*

fixed

 

[montymint]

I don;t allow myself to play the sims any more as I lose hours upon hours of my life to it

 

[Arcane]

I've played more than 500 hours in Black Ops II Multi and prefer it to Battlefield 4.

 

[Pookie Bear]

About 15 years ago, I turned down a date with a really nice girl because I wanted to go home and play EverQuest. She asked me out twice more and both times I made excuses and skulked off home to pretend to be a Half-Elf Ranger instead of having fun times with a real person.

I wish I could go back in time and slap myself in the face sometimes
Mind you, I imagine younger me could probably beat up current day me.... I think I'd just rip the internet cable out of the back of younger me's PC and then run away like a little girl.

 

[Warbie]

I used to knock one off to the lady on the Barbarian box art

 

[cheesyboy]

Can't put my finger on why, but I enjoyed playing TF2 on Xbox more than on PC

I built a gaming PC in 2002, which I wasted by almost exclusively using it to play GTA3, Vice City, and (for most of the time) Champ Manager. By the time I got bored of CM, and wanted to play real games, my Geforce 3 was obsolete (circa 2007)

 

[cheesyboy]

I used to knock one off to the lady on the Barbarian box art

Is that Barbarian actually Wolf from Gladiators?

 

[Atlas23]

i have ~200 hours logged on farming simulator 2013

Ultimate respect bro

I like how this thread is just "I don't like Half Life 2 and I spent too long in WoW"

Personally, I've never played a Final Fantasy game. And to keep the spirit going, I've never completed Half Life 2 (although I did force myself to play it for a couple hours).

Does anyone else feel like games can become like homework? An ultimate chore, just to get it off the 'to play' list

 

[Zethor]

Ultimate respect bro

Does anyone else feel like games can become like homework? An ultimate chore, just to get it off the 'to play' list

This never happens to me - there's so much to choose from, new or old, and so little time. I rarely buy something without knowing exactly what I'm getting. Furthermore, I don't play to "finish" the game, I do so for entertainment and sometimes the game becomes boring before the ending, at which point I just stop playing and move on.

As for a confession, I carry a fast, light portable HDD with me pretty much everywhere during my free time and it contains most of my games library. You never know when you bump into a useable PC away from home!

 

[Atari]

Whilst everyone else seemed to rave on about it, I found the intro sequence to HL1 literally the most tedious start to a game ever. I've never actually played much past it as by the time I'd got off the train, I was pretty much too annoyed to continue playing.

 

[Vaglin]

Not very good confessions, but

1, Never completed Myst
2, Never played HL1 or 2
3, Played 3/4 hours of ME1, gave up and never played 2 or 3 (Except multiplayer)

Ducking and Running away now

 

[rwm24]

1. Wasted my childhood on WoW. Got Rank 11 on 2 characters. My grades suffered.

2. I haven't played a lot of the classics, despite owning them on Steam. System Shock 2, Thief, Deus Ex (only ~30 mins a long time ago), Stalker etc

3. I enjoy Euro Truck Simulator 2 occasionally. Only for an hour or 2 a session though, it's very chill

 

[Stelly]

I really like Rome 2 with patch 9.....

Stelly

 

[Darey]

I have 1,373 hours of game time in Team Fortress 2. I don't know whether to be proud or embarrassed.

 

[Atlas23]

This never happens to me - there's so much to choose from, new or old, and so little time. I rarely buy something without knowing exactly what I'm getting. Furthermore, I don't play to "finish" the game, I do so for entertainment and sometimes the game becomes boring before the ending, at which point I just stop playing and move on.

Yeah I guess it's become a bit like OCD with having games finished. It may also be me feeling guilty for buying loads of games that I don't have much time to play.

 

[RoosterC]

Around two or three years ago, I was playing online for the first time with the game. I can't remember the game, but I think it was some kind of first person shooter. I could hear others talking between themselves as we played online. Anyway, after playing a while, I let off the most enormous fart and was greeted by a host of players online asking who farted.

I had no idea my webcam was sending audio, and actually found myself apologising to everybody.

 

[Pookie Bear]

Are people genuinely embarrassed by their posts in this thread? I mean, if not playing Half-Life, or enjoying Mass Effect 3 or preferring one game over another embarrasses you, then you're a little weird.

For those who admit playing with themselves over video-game characters, you are really getting into the spirit of things... seemingly a common occurrence for you

 

[TomProx]

I've spent close to £1000 on league of legends :/

 

[Zethor]

Are people genuinely embarrassed by their posts in this thread? I mean, if not playing Half-Life, or enjoying Mass Effect 3 or preferring one game over another embarrasses you, then you're a little weird.

For those who admit playing with themselves over video-game characters, you are really getting into the spirit of things... seemingly a common occurrence for you

Half-Life and, to a much lesser extent, Mass Effect were important stepping stones in the gaming industry. A gamer who doesn't know what Half-Life is or didn't enjoy it is similar to a cinephile who doesn't know what Citizen Kane is or didn't enjoy it. There's nothing weird about it.

 

[gigeorge]

Used to skip uni to go home and play need for speed porsche unleashed - used to love the modding aspect !

Used to go home and play loads of games at lunch time !

Tried world of warcraft - probably the MOST embarrass story of my life !