Do you suffer from gamer burnout?

[Kuga]

I remember having a major burnout when I still played WoW. Think it was just after Burning Crusade was released. I was, "what's the point of logging on anymore"

Eventually I quit for 6 months, didn't play anything else. Started again when Wrath of the Lich King came out... stopped when Cataclysm came out and never been back!

Best decision ever was to quit WoW.

But yes, now and again I do get Burnouts, and I switch to series/movies. Doesn't last longer than a few days.

[Noodl3]

Same here, I am currently going through a burnout. So watching Firefly instead.

Worth it

[BlaZing]

The way I curbed that is to watch movies and series while playing mmo's

[madh4tt3r]

been through too many phases of gamer burnout, usually i find playing online games lasts longer than with single player games. When i have no internet i usually dont play games and watch anime/series as i cant stay in a single player game for longer than a couple hours and then im so bored from playing against a computer.

[lordspaceman]

All the time. Especially if I play WoW, that's why I only play 1 month at a time. But most of my other games as well - burning out a lot quicker the older I get.

[Ze Snake]

Do any of you believe Online gaming was the cause of most of you gaming burnout?

1) I used to play alot of PC gaming first... offline.loved it. No burnout EVER.
2) I Moved on to xbox. Played all the single player games. Loved it. No burnout EVER.
3) Got internet. Tried multiplayer online. Got HOOKED. ADDICTED. Played all the time. Was a n00b. Got PWN'd. Wanted to get better.Played regardless of mood in order to get better. Became Better. Started PWN'ing. Started owning. And then... Connection issues. Lag. Sponging. Anger. Rage. "How can it be my fault i'm NEVER this bad!" Started to hate SA internet. Hate the game (but still played it). Cue BURNOUT. Move on to offline single player game... but... no competition... AI too predictable... Too slow paced... NOOOOOOO.................. *forever Alone*

I blame Online gaming because... The reasons I played games changed. We (or just me) lost that... will to play just for the pleasure of gaming, and started focusing too much on playing to dominate. I noticed this and tried to remember why i liked gaming. It helps to take a breather and play single player 'story' based games.

Also i blame the amount of game recycling. We're not introduced to as much variation in gaming as we used to. The gamers coming from 8bit days through to this generation of gaming must understand.

But i speak entirely for myself. I dont know about you guys....

[little-mermaid]

Do any of you believe Online gaming was the cause of most of you gaming burnout?

1) I used to play alot of PC gaming first... offline.loved it. No burnout EVER.
2) I Moved on to xbox. Played all the single player games. Loved it. No burnout EVER.
3) Got internet. Tried multiplayer online. Got HOOKED. ADDICTED. Played all the time. Was a n00b. Got PWN'd. Wanted to get better.Played regardless of mood in order to get better. Became Better. Started PWN'ing. Started owning. And then... Connection issues. Lag. Sponging. Anger. Rage. "How can it be my fault i'm NEVER this bad!" Started to hate SA internet. Hate the game (but still played it). Cue BURNOUT. Move on to offline single player game... but... no competition... AI too predictable... Too slow paced... NOOOOOOO.................. *forever Alone*

I blame Online gaming because... The reasons I played games changed. We (or just me) lost that... will to play just for the pleasure of gaming, and started focusing too much on playing to dominate. I noticed this and tried to remember why i liked gaming. It helps to take a breather and play single player 'story' based games.

Also i blame the amount of game recycling. We're not introduced to as much variation in gaming as we used to. The gamers coming from 8bit days through to this generation of gaming must understand.

But i speak entirely for myself. I dont know about you guys....

Are you a wizard? My story is much the same, except I just stuck to PC gaming.