How do you feel when you see your "hours played" figure on a computer game?

look at mine then realise i really should spend more time at work actually working rather than gaming
 
[FnG]magnolia said:
Are you making a parallel between an activity which often means leaving the house and interacting with other adults and, you know, eating, cleaning, and caring for yourself ... and not being an utter shut in brainwrong?

Because welp.

e: lol, was WOW your weird alpha boast about 30 hours in one weekend (hint: don't be proud).
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I've played WoW 30 hours in a weekend, so what? I've also worked 15 hours in one day including the time it took to commute to work and get ready. I interact more with other adults while gaming than I do at work I would say. Do you think people are just being shut in a room on their own sat in silence while gaming?
 
Roar87 said:
I've played WoW 30 hours in a weekend, so what? I've also worked 15 hours in one day including the time it took to commute to work and get ready. I interact more with other adults while gaming than I do at work I would say. Do you think people are just being shut in a room on their own sat in silence while gaming?
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Roar87 said:
Some people do a job they dislike for 8 hours a day 5 days a week for years, people who play a lot of WoW do that by choice, why would they be depressed?
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Is 'some people' actually you or includes you? I'm not being mean - there's no 'gotcha' in this one - genuine question.
 
They're just a bit of fun from time to time these days but way back I played a non Steam game which took up years of my time, but then I was running a gaming community/guild dedicated to it.
Looking back a lot of people around me got a hell of lot of enjoyment from both the game and the setup myself and my team provided, but it offered me very little at all in the big scheme of things.
Unless you're making a living out of it it's probably better in the long run to join a club of some type for example - I suspect you'll be a bit more rounded as an individual.
 
Don't care I enjoy my gaming time. I work, have a long term partner, do house work, study for exams and go gym. While my partner is at work and I'm not, I fit all the above in. Some weeks I may only get an hour in, other times I can get 20. Don't drink don't smoke and it's my only hobby apart from the odd movie.
 
If you feel guilty about it then you're probably playing a bit too much, however, looking at it like I could be doing so much more with my time is flawed, as there aren't many people who would actually spend the time saved doing something productive, they would just find another way to procrastinate. The insane work ethic types who can't waste a minute, rarely ever get involved with gaming in the first place.
 
I'd be lying if I said there wasn't a little nagging voice in my head that thought I could have put that time to better use, but gaming is a hobby I've had ever since my early teens, so to hell with said voice :D
 
We didn't have 'hours spent' counters when I started playing games. I just spent the time and enjoyed it, which in my mind is time well spent. I've probably spent even more time reading books, but that doesn't seem to have such a negative rep.
Conversely, I do look at my hours played and feel bad, because they're such small numbers. I just don't get the time these days, and this is without kids.

However, I do sometime look at the time on my watch and feel bad, because I've got to be up and at work in less than five hours!
 
We do stuff to create memories and moments in time. Gaming is one thing that can give you some great memories and moments that make you feel good. If you enjoy something then of course you should do more of it if you can. Yes, you got to have time in your life to learn stuff, we all need that but its about balance.

My gaming allows me to have a life, with friends I consider real, not interwebz friends. I don't feel bad and regret any of my thousands of hours I've put into gaming - keeps me happy. Simples.
 
ttaskmaster said:
We didn't have 'hours spent' counters when I started playing games. I just spent the time and enjoyed it, which in my mind is time well spent. I've probably spent even more time reading books, but that doesn't seem to have such a negative rep.
Conversely, I do look at my hours played and feel bad, because they're such small numbers. I just don't get the time these days, and this is without kids.

However, I do sometime look at the time on my watch and feel bad, because I've got to be up and at work in less than five hours!
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Pretty much all of this sums up my angle :)
 
RIP.

I have 1567h on Civ 5. It was on 24/7 at home and work. Just 1 more turn!

65 days! not that much really.
 
I am sure my steam account is pretty horrendous, but it is an old account.

When I got into Everquest I clocked up over 90 playing days in a 2 year period............

I was unemployed at the time.....and I assume that with my playing time also unemployable.
 
LuckyBenski said:
When I see I've put in 30 hours at 50%, or completed a game at 85 hours, I feel like I've achieved something, and put the work in to enjoy it. Does anyone else feel this way, or do you lot feel shame, wasted hours, or something else?
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It sounds like gaming would be a perfect job for you. You ever thought about streaming?
 
229 days, 3 hours on Runescape been playing nearly 13 years now.

Think my second highest game would be Call of Duty 4 at around 70-80 days.

Regrets, nope.
 
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