Hello everyone, I wanted ot post a thread about something that I am just realizing. I am a video game addict, and it is ruining my life, no joke. This is not a torll thread, and this is a serious issue in my life. I currently spend every waking moment of my life, playing d3.
This isn't just d3, this is something that has haunted me throughout my entire life, and I would love to know where I would be at if it weren't for games. I currently work at a bank, and I and not a very good employee. I spend a majoirty of my work time, on whatever video game forum I can, even though I'm using god forsaken internet explorer version 6. I take hour and a half breaks, so I can drive home, through rush hour, just to play 30 minutes of diablo3. The sad part, is the game is actually pretty underwhelming in it's current state, but I digress.
It all started when I was just a kid, maybe 11, and watched my very first espisode of pokemon. Yes, tons of kids were obsessed with pokemon, but I was different, I had a porblem. I dreamed about pokemon, would write episodes, and fall behind in many aspects of life because of this. Great news! the end of my life has just been released, the pokemon tcg. I clearly need to be the best,(like no one ever was) and would literally stay up until 3 a.m building garbage decks to play at my Books-A-Million on saturdays from 1-3.
Soon all the kids got "much cooler" and it became Magic The Gathering, and here we go again. except now im around 16, and a little better at games. I found myself this time, succeeding in the game, and I honestly think this is for the worst. Magic became my new life, even had a rating of like 2150 at one point, maybe one of the top 5 players in the world. I couldn't do anything besides play play play. I was in the army, you might guess that didn't go so well, staying up till 2 a.m all the time, just to play magic online tournaments. I swear to you, I have turned down pretty attractive women, just to go to magic tournaments on weekends. (inb4 no you dind't nerd etc)
Once again, time to evolve, online poker has boomed, and I must use my magic skills, to make millions in poker. I sold all my magic cards, and other valuables. After losing a couple thousand, I decided I just need to study more. I even got a coach, and became quite good. I made a living off the game for a year, but then april 15th, 2011 happened, and USA banned online poker. Thoughts of suicide fill my head, I have nothing in my life now. My current game is taken away from me, I haven't played magic in forever, and have lost touch with everything.
League Of Legends, no explanation needed. I climbed up the ranks, and got pretty high, but this is a team game, and I cannot stand that aspect. Still took up a year of my life, because I was waiting on D3, and have nothing else to do.
D3 finally arrives! I clearly take a week from work off. I live with my gf ( dunno why she even wants to be with me) and I still have spent, almost 200 hours playing the damn game. I work a full time job, have a gf, and a dog. 200 HOURS!!!!! IN 2 WEEKS!!! I seriously need help, and I just have no idea what to do with my life. I just would to know if others out there, are just as addicted as me, and if they even regret spending their time the way i do.
TLDNR; Story of my addiction, post tldnr and move along.