Will you ever regret the time you spend gaming?

Edelweiss

Edelweiss

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Saw this post on reddit and it got me thinking..

As a gamer I sometimes wonder this if I will ever regret the time I spend playing video games. I sometimes wonder why is it that people have gaming as one of their regrets? But they don't see film or television or reading books as one of their regrets? Why is it that gaming is sometimes a regret where as books, films, and television at times are more respected and you are less likely to regret spending time on those? Why is that? What do you think? Will you regret gaming later on in life?
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Do you guys regret it? When I think about my days gaming it's clearly cut.
Single player gaming memories I don't particularly regret whereas gaming online alone for hours on end like a zombie makes me cringe a bit.
 
Edelweiss said:
Saw this post on reddit and it got me thinking..



Do you guys regret it? When I think about my days gaming it's clearly cut.
Single player gaming memories I don't particularly regret whereas gaming online alone for hours on end like a zombie makes me cringe a bit.
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Never! The only thing I regret is the time I waste deciding what to play next.
 
No I never turned down a social outing for gaming.

What else is there to do really.
 
What Eugene and z10c said. Gaming is the one thing in my life that I know will always be there for me, lol.
 
I remember discussing something similar in a thread ages ago and I still feel the same way: I don't see something I enjoy (read: gaming) as something I'd ever regret doing.

My biggest "regret" would be the time wasted that could better be spent doing things I enjoy--whether that's gaming, going for a walk, eating out, watching movies, travelling or what have you.
 
oh - difficult question. The time could have been used more productively perhaps, but we're all human. Regardless of what you do there is probably a "better" way to spend your time.

Regret - as said above...maybe parts of the MP side...some of the servers are straight up toxic. Then again I had legendary fun jamming lan party MP.

I've also recently acquired a sense of "I'll do whatever the f I want". You watch Egoli, I'll jam Half-life.

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A long as you maintain a decent balance in your life then I don't really see any need for regret. :)
 
I really regret not spending enough time gaming. I really hope that one day soon I can game a lot more.
 
I don't regret it. For me it's my escape! I've taken two weeks leave, I plan on sending my little one to school, sit on my arse and game for the entirety of my leave.
 
BeoTeK said:
I don't regret it. For me it's my escape! I've taken two weeks leave, I plan on sending my little one to school, sit on my arse and game for the entirety of my leave.
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Amen, brother! If I could do that, I would! I wish I could take a month off work and put a dent in my backlog.
 
Hiro said:
Amen, brother! If I could do that, I would! I wish I could take a month off work and put a dent in my backlog.
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The thing is, being a single dad, with a demanding full time job, and due to the divorce not much money to do much, hence game! Though I ain't complaining =)
 
As BeoTek said, gaming is an escape. Growing up I normally turned to gaming when my so-called "friends" alienated and ostracised me. For that I'll always be thankful for my gaming hobby. Not a single minute do I regret my gaming times.

More recently, when I moved to Cape Town at the beginning of this year, was it not for gaming and this gaming forum, I would've struggled to make friends and get out of the house.

So for me, gaming has not been a regret, but a life changer.
 
As others have pretty much said, I would never regret something I immensely enjoy. I've never shunned off an invitation to do something (that appeals to me) with people to rather spend the time gaming. Gaming is a big part of my life and I hope that never changes. I love games :love:
 
I regret spending time on some games. Like Spec Ops the line, what a flippin depressing game. I think back to that and I cringe.
Otherwise no. Gaming has always given me something great to do at home growing up. I would always pass on the big night out to rather game and always be up early at the beach or something the next day when all my friends were nursing hang overs.

Looking back now, gaming kept me away from a crap load of drama over the years.
 
Gaming has kept me out of a lot of trouble throughout the years, and also kept me engaged whilst I found other digital entertainment quite boring, i.e TV.

I've also always preferred reading and games for entertainment because of the much necessary escape it gives you from reality. It's a hard question though, as many people think they could have been a rocket engineer working at NASA, an extreme athlete, skiing and snowboarding in the most exotic areas in the world or even be a world famous musician, had they spent their time on those things, but you can't blame gaming, or any other hobby for that- just yourself.

It's up to you how you spend your time, and what hobbies and things you invest in the most. So unless you have done something horrible, like letting your child starve because of your obsessive gaming regime, I think it's fine and that's just who we are. Gamers \:D/
 
Crableg said:
If something makes you happy then there's no point in regretting doing it - Crableg 2014
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Are you familiar with the term "one-night stand"?

But ok, I know what you mean and I do agree. Any pastime can be seen as a waste of time. Hell, ANYTHING we do is a waste of time because there is always something else that you could have done with that time.
 
I could never consider gaming a regret... For me it equates to the same thing as watching TV, or reading a book, its watching a story unfold that your actually more a part of...

I spent well over 100 hours each on Final Fantasy 7 ,8 and 9, and i enjoyed those stories more than any tv show iv seen to date...
 
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