All that time spent on playing video games could have been spent on learning an instrument or practicing art

>All that time spent on playing video games could have been spent on learning an instrument or practicing art
>You could have been a master musician or artist by now

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But I practice both those things and still play shit loads of vidya. It's never too late to start.

This. Just move your ass OP. I'm trying to write a book as we speak

I'm learning how to skate and play bass right now, OP.

I can already play piano pretty well, but it's not a particularly useful thing to know how to do like you're suggesting.

>All that time spent on shitposting could have been spent on playing video games
>you could have enjoyed vidya instead of posting on Sup Forums right now

>All that time spent on playing video games is being used in my every day job because I design/code features for video games in a triple A company

FeelsGoodMan

anything I could have spend my time doing other than playing video games and shitposting would have to hold my attention first.

>not playing video games and an instrument
Why not both?

could have
maybe, maybe not
those pages of your life are written, but right now is the start of the rest of your life
go be a faggot and learn the guitar OP, you have the time

But then I wouldn't be playing videogames

I run a vidya store. I spend 70 hours a week testing, talking about, researching, cleaning, and even sometimes playing video games.

Then I go home and play video games.
Life is fantastic.

>give up
>decide I only want to do things that make me happy
>play lots of vidya
>drink a lot
>make enough money to survive

Take the black pill, Sup Forums. Join me.

I've spent more time on Sup Forums than playing video games. Sup Forums is essentially worthless but I'm still here.

What company?

¯\_ ツ _/¯

>you could be starving because people playing instruments are not popular now.
>you should have spent your time learning how to do shitty electronic music like all the great artists now.

But i do.
My instrument is the controller, and my art is the game.

Playing videogames is a waste of time, OH MY GOD, who could knew this!?

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Why not both?

oh fuck off with this stupid tripe

you spend your time having fun, no ragrets.

>All that time spent on directing a literal fedora tipping movie no one will watch only to get a 30% RT rating
>You could have fixed the DCCU by now

Every hobby is equally worthless. If it's spent having fun, who gives a fuck?

Why not both? Electronic music production is ridiculously easy to get into, much less dedication then an instrument.

How do I start using miku

I'm learning how to play acoustic guitar atm. Any tips form musically inclined anons?

>enjoying vidya

But Sup Forums...
One does not waste time in doing something.
Every act has its purpose.

In video games, they have taught us something.
Single-players have had their own stories to tell - those are books told, with the protagonist being yourself. Even if it wasn't a real experience, you have still been closer to it, than a lot of others, that don't even have a clue if it exists.
Multi-players have taught you that there are a lot of people on this globe - a lot of people with different cultures, thus, in a way, you have had insight on some countries. And let us not forget that every encounter with a player, has given us something - the feeling of anger, the feeling of companionship, the feeling of success, the feeling of loss. These are feelings that cannot be experienced while being idle.

Cooperative games have taught us how much fun a game can get if a friend joins. The same mechanic can be applied to life - through cooperative experience in a game, you(even if by a little amount) have experienced what working in a team can do - it can make a difficult task and easy one.


We may see this activity as something that cannot bear any fruit to our good goodwill but in reality, it is something that has given us a taste of life in tiny dropplings. It is you who needs to step out and continue the story you have once begun experiencing through game.


And never seek a result in the bigger picture. The little things are what create the big ones.

If you think OP does anything besides shitpost on Sup Forums you're a big fool.

Is this bait?

Learning an instument or practicing art is almost as bad as spending all those hours playing video games

Like fuck, at least being /fit/ is a worthwhile hobby

Time you enjoy wasting isn't wasted time.

Just stick with it, man. The first month of regular practice is the hardest one. Also don't spoil yourself too much with tabs, learn to read music. Good luck!

this. games, pussy, and shitposting are pretty much the only things that my brain can keep a more than 10 min hold on now.

>reading books isn't wasting your time either
It's like people don't understand what the fuck the point of a hobby is anymore.

Buy/pirate the program, then go wild.

Whoops, I thought you said /lit/. My bad.

>when you realise you spent 75% of your life with video games as your main hobby

the way that i learned, and i started with acoustic as well, was to just learn some simple songs and start incorporating the techniques that you learn into your style of playing. Tabs are good and can help get you learning though so dont brush that off like said. I cant actually read sheet music but have a very good understanding of what im doing just through google and asking questions user.

>spend youth playing videogames
>wake up one day realising i'm a 26yo touchless virgin

>implying I can't do both

I play video games and the harp and the piano.

Could you have spent it doing those things? A lot of time you only played vidya because you lacked the energy and focus to actually do anything. More than likely you still would've schlubbed about.

>when you realise you spent 75% of your life thinking Pete isn't the best character

I was learning the piano but I stopped because my 4 finger started hurting and it's felt that way for a couple weeks now. Piano injuries are serious business.

>spent so much time playing video games young
>realize i am much better than most video game "pros"
>still dont want to get into gay tourney shit

i regret none of my time spent playing video games

now time spent on Sup Forums, that's a different story

>tried practicing guitar
>Have several limb injuries
>Too damn poor to get a diagnostic assessment and find out precisely what is wrong


>Don't really have any weird regrets about time spent on Sup Forums.

i am not a master, but my musical abilities are quite serviceable

Roger was better

Shows what you know faggot.
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this

>meet tons of people who have no clue how to not waste time
>get blamed by the runt of the litter for wasting my life

how do I get good around super productive people?

Stop taking Sup Forums so fucking seriously

>bought this
>And a dean guitar
>It's right handed
>I'm a lefty
>Damn Audio In for my PC is too "dirty" to get a clear signal.
>Even with the fucking cable the game came with


Fuck my life.

>implying i didn't learn how to play drums at a competent level by putting 3000 hours into rock band
>implying i'm not currently saving up for a $5000 drumset

I also learned how to understand rhythm and time by making custom songs for the game too

Not either of you, but: while Don remained my favourite, Pete really grew on me after the second season. He ended up as my second favourite, followed by Ken, Roger and Ted (in no particular order)

how are you so retarded as to buy a righty knowing that you yourself are a lefty. really???

im not a master musician but im a pretty good guitar player.

and i would fuck you up in csgo

That's deep...

Replace video games with Sup Forums

If you teach yourself Japanese you can get paid translating hentai manga and short stories

>all that time you spent on Sup Forums could have been spent playing videogames.
>you could have been a MLG by now

do what you enjoy fag

>"you clould do X instead of videogames"
>"you clould do X instead of sleeping"
>"you clould do X instead of facebook"
>"you clould do X instead of being a retard"

not rly a big market for that shit, and the pay can't be good

Just turn around your guitar and replace the strings from bottom to top. There. It's a lefty guitar now

>iktfb

There's millions of autists willing to pay for Fakku. You could just start a kickstarter and get funded. You probably won't get paid a lot but it's fine if you have modest goals.

I'd rather play video games.

If you can afford videogames you can also afford to pay a hooker if it bothers you this bad

how do you not feel like an idiot while learning to skate, I feel like most of the skaters in my town are teenagers, I'd love to learn but don't have the balls to humiliate myself in public

im a master at metal gear rising so beat that shit

>Master musician
I mean, I can play you a handful of songs but Mastery requires a lot more effort and dedication than just playing video games, and I've spent quite some time playing guitar. it's not just about putting in time.

That's a really, really inefficient way to make use of actual translating and interpreting skills unless you're a genuine pissbottle-tier hikki faggot.

Good thing I make time for both vidya and guitar.

But then I would have no friends.

>thinking you can become a master musician or artist simply by practicing

Practice your arpeggios
Learn basic chords and flip through them
There's some guy I think his name is Nate Savage who does pretty good beginner lessons on YouTube.

>want a hobby
>Have no interest

I'd take up coding but I'm a megatard and I feel like it'll just go to waste because I'll only be interested for like a week to be honest. I would very much like to die.

>limiting yourself because of muh delusion
sure, some are born with natural talent, but it can also be acquired

Yeah but I'd also be depressed as shit because I'd never have time to just switch off if I'd constantly chase the whole "master" thing.

Oh, and with "art" in general, practice only gets you so far. Gotta have some talent to go along with it. You want to be good at something with practice alone, go take up math.

I have more fun playing videogames anyway. I'd rather practise a more practical skill than those mentioned above if i have to do actual work.

>implying that it's not possible to do both

>All that time ive wasted staring at the cieling I could've spent playin vidya

I couldve been finished with my backlog by now

Forget it. Anyone can get good, that much is true.

Not anyone can be a master. Unless we're talking about modern """""""""""art"""""""""" then you just gotta be good at marketing.

But I thought life is what you make of it? Isn't it all about your attitude and the effort you put in? Literally everybody says this, IRL and online, even Sup Forums. Are you saying they're wrong?

My life is worthless. Literally. In the big picture we have a very small time to leave, we should do what we enjoy. I enjoy being with my family, supporting them and seeing them enjoy life. The Earth will be gone in a few million years. Less if something happens like a wild asteriod colliding with Earth or Volcanos world wide that were dormant start erupting, even lesser if nuclear war breaks out.

Why would I regret doing something I wouldn't like/ enjoy when I can look out for the people I love and enjoy being around with. If I can support them, care for them and be with them then why should I aim for greater heights when what I want is already achieved?

I AM an artist. Still find time for vidya though.

>learning an instrument or practicing art
Define art

you need talent to be a master

most people practice as much as they can and end up being mediocre at best

But I play three instruments, two sports, and have a university degree. Everything in moderation, OP.

Theres no such thing as a master artist retard

Few people practice as much as they can. Most guitar players learn a few green day and Nirvana songs and learn the Major and Minor chords. My brother has been playing guitar for 15 years and he's exactly like this.

>tfw could have spent all those hours learning how to draw so you can produce drawn porn
>could have set up a patreon and drawn depraved illustrations for furfags and shota lovers for thousands of dollars each month

That's just something you'll have to get used to.
Also a majority of the skating community is pretty nice. They understand that everyone starts somewhere.

You'll be fine, especially after you feel more comfortable on the board.

There's enough people who keep chasing their dream with serious dedication, and just aren't good enough at it.

But that aside: Training anything "as much as you can" is a serious skill in itself. Most people can't do *anything* that much.

You just have to be humble and remember you're still learning. Most guitar players think they know enough to be a great musician when they know very little.

i swear to god i was practicing for 2 weeks without realising i was playing left handed (im right handed) my friend noticed and restrung my guitair for me.

Uh, negative and defeatist much, user?

>You just have to be humble and remember you're still learning.
You'll still be learning in 30 years. There's a spark that you either have or don't. You can't learn that.
And that's if you have the dedication to chase that passion for 30 years. If you don't even have the passion starting out, where are you supposed to take that kind of dedication from?

it's called reality
there are fucking 10 year olds out there shredding like steve vai