2012

>2012
>be sophomore in high school
>had enough free time to enjoy vidya and get pretty damn good at it
>would squad up with friends and run the table in games like battlefield 3
>would constantly assrape the other team and talk mad shit afterwards
>flash forward to 2017
>be junior in college
>only play vidya when I visit home now
>have responsibilities like work, school, and gf.
>no time for vidya
>tried playing a casual match of rainbow six seige and got spawn peeked nearly every round
>mfw I'm just like the people I used to shit on when I was good at video gaems
Is this what growing up is like?

You post stupid frog pictures so you probably still have more growing up to do.

Its all over for OP

I'm not even mad, that was good.

noaaa stop picking o frogposty

>has a gf and work
>complains
jesus christ you spoiled fucking assholes
meanwhile my biggest responsibility is keeping myself from killing myself

Yeah, that's what growing up is like. It sucks except for the ''independence''.

>Is this what growing up is like?
Yup. Can confirm.

What you need, OP, is better time management.
You also need to gain perspective, and realize that all those numbers you used to scoff at, all those people saying more than 5 hours of vidya a day is "Binging" and "unhealthy", those people are actually right.

Fight it now, but know that in less than ten years, you'll get one, MAYBE two hours of vidya a day on average, and four hours on a lazy sunday.

And you know what? You'll like it. Because you'll realize that moderation in all things is key to a happy life, and when you start playing more than five hours a day on a regular basis, it's probably because something has gone horribly wrong in some other aspect of your life.

>Work 8-10 hours a day
>6 days a week
>Still have time to play vidya
You'll be fine OP.

Have you ever considered people have hobbies and not everything is escapism? The average normie hobbies are even less productive than vidya

Several genres of vidyo gaems would be essentially off limits with a 2 hour daily maximum wouldnt it

or they would be available but you could only play like one of that genre and no other games

>having a gf
>losing your wizard powers
There's your problem, bro.

>Moderation in all things is a key to happy life
You are actually right, user. If one consumes something without moderation it becomes boring, tedious, or plain dangerous.

Get a new gf that is ok with you playing stupid long hours

If you're so weak willed that you seriously consider killing yourself, you might as well fucking do it pussy. Oh wait you wont do shit you'll just crawl back to /r9k/ and cry about roasties and chads.

Hindsight being 20/20, I'd rather be getting laid on the regular than be able to have a 2.00 k/d

you got him good my dude. Now lets head back to r/imgoingtohellforthis

I will assume anyone who responds to this are just trolls acting like him

Switch to single player games. Or be okay with getting destroyed in multiplayer.

Start doing "beer and board game" nights with your friends. Replaces the social aspect, and you'll usually get a better crowd. (No offense to video gamers, I am one. But it is what it is)

>gf

drop this and you'll be playing 3-5 hours a day

bad thread

Nobody cares pissflap

Literally one of the first "get to know you" questions she asked me was:
>You aren't like super into video games are you?

But honestly, I'll take having a stable relationship with an 8/10 over being able to play vidya all the time.

Nobody's attacking vidya as a hobby, lord knows I still love it. But as you become older and more responsible for your own care, you will play less of it, and it won't mean quite as much to you as it does now. That's just a fact of life.

Several genres, sure, but not as much as you might think.
And it's less of a
>"Aww man, I'm sad I can't play this game anymore"
and more
>"Thank christ I don't have to put up with this bullshit to fill my time anymore"
I'm 29 and live on my own, and I've completely sworn off MOBAs, MMOs, and any "MMO-lites" or games that rely on grind, like Destiny.
What ends up happening, is you rearrange your priorities to have as much fun as possible in the time allotted, and you wouldn't believe how freeing it is. I used to play CS:GO, DOTA 2 and Street Fighter 4 competitively between WOW sessions, and I used to completely forgo entire games, because they looked fun, but I didn't have time between practice bouts, and when I *did* play anything else, I was worrying about losing my competitive edge, or whether or not I was missing an important raid. Now that I don't actually care about GITTING GUD or maintaining my ELO, I can relax and just enjoy myself.
If you're anything like me, you don't realize how much you're treating video games like a *job* until you literally can't anymore.

>be 24
>be engaged
>be full time science teacher
>have pet dog
>still have time to play all this vidya

I think you're just doing it wrong

>Your relationship is built on a lie

I'm sure that's gonna work out.

>don't have a gf or a job
>still feel like there isn't enough time in the day to play vidya

>be young adult
>live normal life
>still have time for video games every now and then
You do have time, it's just that you use it to do other things. Surely you don't go to work/school for 16 hours a day?