How to Waste Your Life | A Short Film on Video-Game Addiction

[@TooManyMoths]

Thank you so much for 1 million views! I never believed it could happen, but you proved me wrong! :D

[@tony-lk3hv]

seems like your buisness isnt dead anymore..?

[@amirhosseinetemad3094]

2700 hours only lul

[@willrogers5341]

I started in 2016 and I have 3800 hours. you found out about it in 2012 why not talk about it then so I couldve played it sooner.

[@imagna_kuroshiro7989]

Hello toomanymoths.. Since you did mention that you want to get better at art etc etc.. You could make a day plan for yourself because you're more likely to do it

[@joshuaphillips8040]

How to waste your life: watch your videos

[@cutecommie]

In my opinion, my time on youtube feels more wasted than playing games.

[@Teamstack]

Soviet Loli that’s because games are amazing at tricking u into thinking you’ve actually achieved something. super depressing

[@Golemoid]

the only games i consider time well spent are story driven ones with unique and interesting setting and mechanics, like half life or bioshock. everything else is a waste of time, especially RPGs, since you're wasting time doing boring, monotonous activities just to level up your character, instead of learning some real life skills.

[@beanerwithaweaner1017]

Not if your watching the informal kind of vids where you learn about something

[@WhoopEaterz]

@@beanerwithaweaner1017 how much you actually retain that information depends on whether you binge watch

[@itsok5954]

@@WhoopEaterz if you watch 3 hours of this type of videos it's still better than 3 hours of nonsense videos where you watch it just because it feels good while watching. After finishing a trash video you usually feel shit (my personal opinion, don't attack me over this please)

[@MYG]

I can relate to this pretty hard. I always feel like garbage when I'm playing games because I have so many better things to be doing. But when I start to do those things I feel incredibly bored and go back to the games after a bit.

[@RiveryJerald]

@@a-1291 Can you read?

[@TM-qk2yy]

*ｒｅｌａｔａｂｌｅ*

[@krimmAnims]

@@a-1291 it's literally explained in the video

[@RobotWizard4209]

Same. I tried to start to read in my free time instead of playing games but i eventually found myself reading Halo books. Thought it was funny when i realised i moved from games, to books about games which got me into halo so now im play through all the halo games lmao i went full circle.

[@jontedeakin1986]

I can relate a lot. though i found programming really fucking fun and it pulled me out

[@user-rk2xi7iw9k]

I quit online gaming and switched to single player games they are way more fun and less frustrating than ever

[@foundhorrificgames.2505]

Iنو نيم I never started online gaming

[@edboss36]

True, online is just eating your time away with all the ‘camos’ and cool guns

[@mlalbaitero]

Noob

[@mlalbaitero]

edboss lol just ignore those things

[@ragingsaviorkami9862]

Same. Why be a filthy casual who spends time playing CSGO, or LoL or PUBG. Never was into that. The only online games that I truly ever enjoyed were WoW and Warframe. Why? Because those have story. You have a story line you follow. But then I realised that even MMORPG's are ruined by the MMO concept, and completely switched to offline solo play. I'd rather play solo player games like the Mass Effect series, Fallout, TES series, Witcher, any rpg really, or the games like Castlevania or The Legend of Zelda, you know, adventurous games, that tell you a stroy, that give the opportunity to live through an adventure, save a universe or two, interact with the characters, experience beautiful landscapes...

[@tf2raptor83]

When the fun stops, stop.

[@lolstuffenjoy9880]

Ah yes the trademark of gambling

[@Jakentosh]

@ShadoW_775 That is just pathetic

[@dhairyasingh9783]

aight but in minecraft it has not yet and it never mifght cause i have just so many modes of games init ot play\

[@tatemushroom1002]

I have nothing else

[@thatcooldudeisawesome876]

@@Jakentosh HvH is very popular for CSGO, not that pathetic

[@gabeebersohn5281]

I have quit video games for 2 years now. What am I doing with my free time you might ask? Pursuing my passion for art? Maybe a bit, but now 90% of my time has gon from games to watching KZbin and Netflix. It's a slow journey my friends

[@4kt3z94]

Ahaxx. Funny

[@benatschiiii]

I'm exactly in the same boat. Id just add discord onto the list.

[@Milkteabooba]

Gabe Ebersohn i quit gaming 4 years ago. And during the 4 years i spent my free time on gardening (part time job which lasted a year), Instagram Facebook youtube and anime

[@smileyfacehead555]

Sounds like me xD

[@syomaster3611]

WHY IS THIS SO FKING RELATABLE XD

[@davix994]

This is so addicting, Alexa, play tf2 for 10k hours

[@jose2226]

Truly, addicting.

[@helllokinky]

PEPSI MAN

[@davix994]

@@helllokinky Eyy, what up, let me give you a tip, Coca-cola is bad. Drink Pepsi, it's better.

[@222MovieMan]

That's hot

[@Michi9609]

Genius comment I am dying xD

[@Aryzon13]

Sees 2710 hours played in the thumbnail. Has 3001 hours in Dota...

[@sonidanis]

At least you don't have 10,000 hours on Runescape

[@Exposing21]

sonidanis damn lol

[@sevbans]

@@sonidanis at least you dont have 5 k hours in ark

[@hats5849]

I have 2,000 *ingame* hours in league of legends. Probably close to 4000 with the game open

[@arcos0255]

3001hours still herald😂😂

[@TheTraveler980]

In other words, if you want to have fun with life, strike a fair balance between work and play; don't be a workaholic, but don't be a gamer that plays all day just to have one moment of a good time (especially with online games). Do your job, do your home chores, do your shopping, and play your games all together in moderation. You don't have to love your job though, just find something you don't hate.

[@avprince2672]

The Traveler it’s not that easy, if you start playing a game you want to be good at it or become high level, and to reach that you have to play very much

[@TheTraveler980]

@@avprince2672 Thankfully, it's very easy if you play game for fun, and avoid any notion of "competition" or the "git gud" stigma. If you ask me, it's a waste of time caring about the latter.

[@aoxiang]

@@TheTraveler980 It really is, the moment you get off of the PC all vanishes.

[@TheTraveler980]

@@aoxiang What do you mean? PC isn't the only platform with competitive games.

[@aoxiang]

@@TheTraveler980 Ok.

[@PikaPetey]

i got addicted to animating. it lead to a whole career and job.

[@bendito999]

The original Justin Y.

[@scrapworks1035]

Das p cool

[@phaserra]

Eyy I'm just jumping into the industry too!

[@scuffedmichaelgaming9025]

Pikapetey Animations you haven't uploaded since last year

[@interracialsuspect5300]

W e i r d F l e x B u t O k a y

[@strixxx896]

*I think that im wasting 12 mins and 54 sec bcs mine YT addiction*

[@harnageaa]

KZbin + gaming addiction rip my life

[@seitakikindadumb]

@@harnageaa i got the same addiction i cant pass a day without playing or watching

[@paraskaith5027]

How many hours do u guys do ?

[@seitakikindadumb]

@@paraskaith5027 8 hours a day

[@paraskaith5027]

@@seitakikindadumb Well, then I'm not alone I guess .

[@DannySharkas]

League of Legends has kept me a slave for a really long time, guess it's finally time I unshackle myself and start actually living my life. Thanks for the insightful video.

[@precisiontime]

Modern He is Diamond I now

[@DannySharkas]

@Modern it's been over a month now since I've last played league, and oh boy do I feel better. I'm spending more time with family and friends, started putting more work into my college assignments, and picked up digital drawing to keep my mind off gaming. I don't regret my decision one bit.

[@samueldantas2702]

@@DannySharkas drawing sound like a great alternative to compulsive gaming

[@PevidesJokinha]

After 6 months, how is going?

[@user-fz3ip3ke8p]

@@PevidesJokinha he is in diamond I by now

[@ThatGuy-vw6gc]

Too relatable I declare that I won’t play anymore... back on in 30 minutes

[@brunolimon1790]

Wanna hear the piece of advice that literally changed my life? I too felt like garbage when playing too much videogames, until I realized they were the sole reason I learned english at a very high level, higher than any of my peers, and without taking any courses (I'm not a native speaker) Then it all made sense, I immediately changed all of my games language to french, looked up the basics online and started playing again all day x) Now, fast forward 5 years I'm fluent in french and italian, almost in german and picking up russian These skills have helped me a lot, got me into some awesome places and landed me a pretty good job, I'm still playing like 2 hours a day and I enjoy every minute of it

[@seansin5603]

I'm trying to learn french, so would that method work well? I'm trying to watch french KZbinrs sometimes but there aren't a lot of them :/

[@desertdevil6451]

@@seansin5603 When learning a foreign languge like that, it's good to absorb as much of it as possible whenever you can. So yeah, watching movies with French va or playing games that likewise have that would help you naturalize in it.

[@seansin5603]

@@desertdevil6451 how long would it take, like a year or so? I have changed my phone's language to french so its a good start. I can kind of figure put what I'm pressing most of the time

[@flixxil]

Wait what lul, that actually works? I remember doing it for some reason as a kid, watching toy story in spanish and shit. Games will be easier to learn off I'd imagine however. Now that I think about it, I can plqy borderlands 2 over and over again on a different language and still know what they might be saying, so I guess it does get you familiar with certain sounding words so they'll be easyish to learn+remember after a while?

[@desertdevil6451]

@@seansin5603 I have no idea, to be honest. But it works.

[@beta8474]

This video explained everything. I feel the same way. Well off to playing tf2 for another 1,000 hours.

[@jose2226]

Truly, incredible

[@OneEyedCloud01]

I grew up alone as an only child for the first 8 years of my life in a single parent household. My mother always worked, so I stayed alone at home in a furnished, but quiet apartment. To cure my loneliness and boredom, I took solace in my GameCube, playing Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition. Since I was 3, i've gamed for almost 10 hours each day. It gets especially bad if it's a new game that i've never played before, and VERY bad if it's an online multiplayer. Sometimes I feel like my actual life is a mere conduit for me to play video games- that whatever happens doesn't matter, as long as I can play them. I'm 18. All of my friends have jobs, girlfriends, or are college bound...While I sit at home in my room all day, bathing every 3rd day and wallowing in self-pity. I hate myself and I constantly work myself up...To calm myself down, I play a video game. I'm stuck.

[@usapaparazzi4345]

you are not alone bro PUBG and FORTNITE are wasting my life

[@bittybuyy754]

Try web development. There are plenty of free courses. For example, freecodecamp, harvard cs50, and many more.

[@OneEyedCloud01]

@Heddes Jesse Here

[@OneEyedCloud01]

@@bittybuyy754 Good advice, i'll give it a go.

[@yesisthebest]

Its time you do the game quitters 90 day detox

[@JMotiveMU]

"You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think." - Marcus Aurelius

[@ksi.oficial7932]

I used to be addicted to soap, but now I’m clean.

[@franciscogaregnani8570]

You've seen me

[@spyrothelegendarypurpledra8786]

OUT DAMN YOU!!!! THAT JOKE WAS SO GOOD!!!!! GET OUT!!!! XD

[@Rahulbajaj561]

The first time I saw this joke was like 2 years ago...UNORIGINAL.

[@littlejizz3640]

10+ intelligence

[@SoapSenpai]

Oh yeah?

[@MrEmerald]

the animation has improved! From 1fps to 2fps OH MY GOD

[@jose2226]

Truly, outstanding.

[@zackoshi605]

Your profile picture makes this comment even better.

[@JG_Wentworth]

Just like my frames in tf2

[@user-hl7lr8ld2i]

your profile picture fits this comment perfectly

[@KitchenFSink]

Laugh as much as you want but thats *double the fps*

[@sheep8464]

I recently quit gaming after wasting about 10000 hours in 4-5years of gaming. The 1 month after I stopped gaming I was happier then ever

[@spammingtitanxd6687]

Good job

[@johnnyboyzZ]

💯 enjoy your life 🙌🏾

[@jaybird498]

For us black people, that's kind of a problem.

[@leonderprofie123]

**sobs in 6k hours tf2**

[@genericchannel5217]

Lol

[@seamusmckeon9109]

That’s sad

[@Kencho27]

du? HIER??

[@AP-23]

Damn that actually is really sad

[@iXNomad]

10K hours in DotA)) 6K hours in CoD series and more than 5K hours in Minecraft)

[@AtomicToyRobot]

Yeah I'm wasting my life Workin a 60 hr work week to survive. I can't do the things I wish I could do either.

[@patman_for_sure]

That hit hard

[@KadenWolf]

AtomicToyRobot Playing the victim card, but it was your own fault.

[@NickBen87]

AtomicToyRobot There's always a way to change thing

[@astraldragon5483]

Kaden Wolf failed argument playing the deflection card, dangerous/unrealistic working hours proven harmful to health is the fault of a failed economy and lack of regulation. scientific facts regarding physical/mental health are inconvenient to businesses that try to pressure employee's into dangerous hours, and inconvenient to failed economy's where pay is so low in some jobs that people have to take extra hours (which then slows down productivity/health when the brain passes an X number of hours per week).

[@astraldragon5483]

AtomicToyRobot the irony being here while some people attempt to argue that any time spent on fun is "wasted time", the same argument can be made against work because of countries like south korea where a work addiction culture (and #1 oecs suicide rates) finally lead to the government stepping and and whipping companies into submission and regulating maximum work hours allowed. too much time spent on fun is causes problems, too much time spent on work causes problems. the key is balance, but in the case of dangerously extreme work hours (that were scientifically proven harmful to health) being required for the minimum cost of living that's a failed economy without sufficent regulation to prevent corporation's from having employee's work extreme hours.

[@NamelessKing666]

I had a 3 year length relationship. We used to go out every Friday on the first year, so that's 51 days for the first year. Let's say we went out 6 hours average per day so that's 306 hours the first year. We used to go out more time and see each other at college/work, and hang out at anyone's house and sleep together few times the last 2 years. So let's say thats 9 hours average a day, so 9 hours * 365 days = 3285 * 2 = 6570 + 306 of the first year = 6876 hours spent with her. She cheated on me multiple times having sex with her friend. I'd rather spent those hours on The Witcher 3, TES5 Skyrim, RDR2.

[@orafss]

The witcher 3 is the best

[@Gamermods0975]

Hang in there bro, there's a lot of Thots out there but there are more honest people as well. Hopefully one day you'll meet one.

[@mikespikos7655]

Feels bad man

[@dorianburger3300]

Best wishes! I hope u do better in the future

[@jameshuang2677]

Enjoy thots in moderation to preserve your powerlevels. Kappa

[@davidecaravano2648]

Instructions unclear, had a fulfilling life.

[@meltwire]

weird flex but ok

[@davey5867]

ko tub xelf driew

[@somedude3313]

Instructions unclear,had something to help me when Im stressed and make me happy when I need it

[@Joker-ny9qk]

As a kid, video games were a rare activity for me. We had one game called Motor Storm and we were lucky to play it once every few weeks when our parents allowed. There was something special about it. On my thirteenth birthday, my parents bought me my first PS3. This introduced me to a wide variety of games. Most of my greatest early experiences with gaming revolved around connection - the thrill of playing with friends and discovering a world one level at a time. I used to ramble on and on about these games with my all friends at lunch breaks. However, there came a time where my friends moved on and stopped caring about video games. Each hour spent training hordes of zombies didn’t grant the same excitement it once had. Nevertheless, I continued to play hours on end devoting my life to these useless games. I now sit, many years later, and nothing much has changed. For the most part, I am still that same lonely kid stuck at home wasting his life away on a glorified video game; living a lie and chasing that high of connection he once felt. In all those thousands of hours spent playing, I’ve begun to realize that I will never be able to reclaim a single minute of it. I wasted over a month straight playing video games and I’m going to have to live with it. I think it’s time for me to go out and make a few stories of my own before my times up. I’m still young, but this is something I wish I’d realized sooner.

[@juanzilla6436]

Beautiful comment. So insightful. I loved it. I find myself in the exact same situation. At first I would play them occasionally but once I got my own it became more of an obsession. All of my childhood memories, including those of friends, revolve around videogames. I find it even a bit freaky hearing how similarly you and I both came to grow up and self-reflect on our lives now. I know your comment is 8 months old from this one but I hope you've added new, real experiences to your life as I too am planning to do now having been inspired by your truthful comment. Let's go for it! Best wishes: someone like you :)

[@TheGeneralpacman]

​@@juanzilla6436 Its very freaky indeed, glad some of my friends still hang out and play games with me, otherwise i would be loner (not counting my gf) especially in corona times when pubs are closed and such here. The worst thing with gaming for me is the feeling of void and emptiness, like the weeks, months even years passed but are in my memory only as mere days, if not hours. Im trying slowly to get my self on track with learning about what i love beside video games, but its quite hard to be honest. Good luck in life kings. Stay strong.

[@CptMole]

How to waste your life: Step 1. Live.

[@zaqaxe4689]

Clever

[@KeshArt]

Wrong.

[@matztikus1716]

Kesh The Opposite is true

[@Verde4755]

@@KeshArt nope, he is right, there is no point in anything in life, life is what you make it to be.

[@sut_den624]

Technically

[@doncon6582]

"Yeah glad I'm not addicted to video games, that must be awful" *lights up crack pipe

[@wrqd35]

DonCon Gaming haha

[@agentg0215]

lol

[@wrqd35]

Im not but it's one of the worst and one of the grosest addiction

[@piotrczernecki3466]

DonCon Gaming hahaha i laughed out loud 😂

[@pdut23]

Yeah that's some good logic.... fucking imbeciles...

[@killman369547]

as with everything, the key is moderation.

[@hoenn4ever829]

You're 100% correct. After all, there are also a lot of things in life that can be considered a waste of time, like school for example, yeah, you can get the diploma from school which can make you able to get a job but you also learn a lot of useless things in school that you won't need in life.

[@mist3325]

Yes this needs more likes

[@equation1321]

No, “moderation is key”. There ya go

[@prod.dopamine]

fax

[@Baldoxxx4000]

what about sext

[@James-qn3wi]

At least I don't have a gaming addiction. *Pops a bottle of alcohol

[@jak.cr1ym]

lmfao

[@Xx_DoctorSex_xX]

demoman gaming

[@figo3554]

Lmao

[@ezequielreis7950]

The answer is moderation... You do your things to be productive and THEN you can play whatever you want

[@eric6rock]

Ezequiel Reis exactly

[@ezequielreis7950]

Your choice what you want to do

[@famousramus2288]

Exactly. Or just don't play to a point where it ruins your life

[@diegoconcha7192]

It's easier said than done. Sometimes time just passes too quickly

[@DrTopLiftDPT]

irish rover - For yourself loser. Lol.

[@HarrisonBroadbent]

instructions unclear, 3700 hours of DOTA2 complete...

[@delusion-1375]

5.4k here LUL

[@herrman635]

8774 on my main account

[@herrman635]

4676 hours csgo on same acc

[@heskisinin]

Only 1200 hours on DOTA2

[@maximilianschaffler9981]

Only 60 I'm proud

[@minismalls3096]

My mom spends several hours a day on Facebook without realizing. But will say I am wasting time on my DS. Social media almost always makes me feel like shit after, not just looking at highlight reels of peoples lives, but the polarizing content and clickbait to get your attention. I often found myself arguing in the comments and just generally getting angry at the shit I saw online. Everyday I encounter a story of murder or theft or someone being cancelled for something and it’s just so toxic to me. Mario, Kirby, etc don’t give me these feelings. Then again, I’m a handheld, single player gamer. I’m not a big fan of the online gaming considering it gives those same feelings listed above. Unless I’m playing with friends, I prefer single player games. The music, art, and gameplay is so relaxing to me and I always feel better after playing. Never felt shame or anger. It’s a relaxation method for me. And because of this I can complete some tasks, and then shut off the system to play another time.

[@Saint-hamudi]

frankly we've all come to a point where we can be paralyzed and game all day and poof when were 30 get a job like everyone else and be equally succesful

[@Haynxs]

It’s hard for me to give up video games because I’m so passionate about some games I play and I’ve made so many amazing memories on it. The day I give up gaming will be one of the saddest days of my life. Sounds stupid but only few people would actually know what I mean.

[@tristinpaige5419]

I feel tou

[@TayTheGodFather]

I feel u bro I’ve been playing video games since I was a little kid and now I want to stop playing games so I can lvl up in real life but it’s just so fucking hard to quit bro 😞 I literally feel like this is the hardest thing I have ever tried to quit and I kinda feel like I’m losing the battle.. ps sorry I had to vent to you 😅

[@jethalalnhk2409]

We get into different world while gaming especially fps games. This is reason we get good memories and want to go to that world often

[@GreedC]

Honestly I don't encourage quitting if you love gaming so much especially if you got the passion for it bcuz if you quit then it's just going to give you depression instead. But I do highly encourage you limit your time in gaming and really schedule your lifestyle.

[@somedude3313]

Bro its your choice if you wanna quit or not

[@rio24imu7]

WE ARE IN THE BEAM

[@bunay6163]

Da body has decomposed

[@rado1244]

Not anymore

[@fetsexe2274]

Ded, not big soup rice

[@mp18maschinepistole46]

We died and decomposed a long time ago

[@philipp_polland]

Bonus Ducks!

[@SteelThunderAxe]

Imagine having a match of TF2 so bad you make this video.

[@robo1019786]

SteelThunderAxe yeaahh idk it just sounds like he had a bad game that caused an existential crisis. That, and he’s playing dota2 lmao

[@envienby]

Osmium this lol

[@Rembot]

well said

[@BlopsssSssss]

Hahahah

[@nighteyes360]

Classic

[@mauroghen]

My parents non stop try to convince me I should stop playing games, that its not normal, etc etc. That at 16 they were out if their parents houses already, but thing is, life changes, whats not normal is now normal, literally all of my friends who have goals and ambitions and careers they’re working on are still living at their parent’s at 21 years old. So my answer is not “stop playing games cus its bad” its “get a job and/or a career/education so your free time isnt only games” we’re not neglecting our normal needs, food, showers, etc yet every gamer’s parents think they go under the “addicted” category

[@hecatrice2064]

If you have balance in ur life that's fine. If you're doing well at school, maybe working part time, have a decent social life and taking care of ur body, there's no problem in playinf video games on the side. Unfortunately that's not the case for most people.

[@shybassboy]

It always boils down to "if you're not doing something to make money or make other rich" you are wasting your time. Nothing is more of a waste of time than reading, sports, traveling, pets, tv, movies etc. It's all just a big waste of time. Work is the biggest waste of time, but you must serve your life sentence (25+ years) in order to earn your freedom (retirement).

[@oppositereality3792]

You will just respawn when you die.

[@mokie7421]

Or just completly

[@HeartMype]

@@mokie7421 sad

[@mokie7421]

@@HeartMype wot

[@oppositereality3792]

@@adarksidecry Pls no what?

[@zerozone5848]

@Chuck Nourrizzz thats badass, its like freecam-ing places youve never been to before

[@yourneighbour5738]

Let me break it down for you. Realized video games is a waste of time, watches KZbin instead. Realized KZbin is a waste of time, watch Netflix instead You gonna find time wasters when you don't wanna do anything productive so it is one thing or the other.

[@yungdomino4718]

Its not like reading novels does any good. Or playing football or wrestling. Every hobby has its ups and downs. Nothing is a waste of time really.

[@lolmaker]

I can second this. It's literally me the past few months

[@deepfocus91]

Exactly. If video games got banned the addicted players would likely just move onto something else equally as pointless and get addicted to that instead. They wouldn't suddenly become productive and motivated people.

[@rhys9957]

@@yungdomino4718 as a office working gamer who started limiting/balancing my game time in exchange for learning to cook, fiddle with guitar and Muay Thai I can say I very strongly disagree. Convincing yourself that playing games with do anything other than provide a bit of fun is delusional. There's nothing wrong with it in moderation but it needs to be treated like junk food it provides satisfaction in exchange for well-being

[@1247111]

vid maker is childish, he's so far from the truth, whatdver a man do, it's wasting time because evetyhthins is conceptual, and illusion, we dont have inherent value or meaning

[@kieranhurst8543]

I think singleplayer stuff is less likely to lead people to spend 3 days glued to their chairs, cuz you can just pause it, save and come back later. Multiplayer games force people, especially children, to keep playing knowing that their performance will be affected by leaving the computer for even 5 minutes

[@mateopremuzic2043]

Exactly what i have been saying. People should just stick with single player games, MP games are waste of time trying to prove nothing, it leads nowhere... With SP you get journey trough so much amazing thing. If you bored, you just stop when on MP games you think, ohh no, i invest so many times, i have so much skins, i do this, that, but in reality, its never ending...

[@veohWulf13]

Balance and moderation is everything. Just like with diet and health, you can't always eat junk foods all the time without suffering bad consequences. But, you have to give yourself some time to relax every now and then. You can't always keep on working hard all the time. That's why things like video games exist. Think of it as a reward after working for some time and after achieving something in life.

[@somedude3313]

No vIdEo gAmEs bRaInWaSh YoU

[@shybassboy]

I practice moderation by only working part time. Oh wait? The only thing that matters is serving your life sentence at work you say? "You better not have too much fun there bud, get back to making me money".

[@Vsprivate]

Thats exacly what i have done, i set myself a goal, be productive all day, and if you acomplish your goals, you can be rewarded with a couple of hours playing your favourite vide game.

[@Stri4ker21]

There many good habits that you can relax without wasting your time to a pointless virtual world. Videogames are highly addictive and can mess with your mental health. Exercise, reading books, socializing are all better ways to relax with many benefits to your personal development You have one life, don't waste your time with addictive digital products like videogames.

[@camharkness]

@@Stri4ker21 so I should off my autistic butt now, because I do all of that, while still playing video games from Time to time? Work 40 hour weeks with a physical labor job needing the weekends to just relax and get my brain calmed down to work full time again all week (alone, I might add) With how basically everyone with your mindset has been treating me for years, along with all the people who have tried to off me for liking pineapple on pizza and for being a furry, I'm seriously at the end of my ropes, even though I have a dog and partner and Tons of friends, I'm not this super happy person that all of these non-video game things should bring me, but the anti video game people, and just horrible Humans where that get away with being horrid people are the problem, are the things dragging me back down to wanting to off myself.

[@tyuktres]

I feel personally attacked.

[@jose2226]

Truly, offended

[@humantrash4022]

same

[@rustyshackelford4613]

Same,i hate my life i will sooner or later kill myself.

[@azzarw2073]

@@rustyshackelford4613 huh

[@daveyturu]

@@46Bax Maybe you should do it

[@fearsome6682]

How to waste your life: Watch a video telling you how to waste your life.

[@memphisjones8945]

Thank u I am in the middle of the video and you have enlightened me. I am leaving now.

[@375Cheytac]

How to really waste your life: write a pointless comment replying to someone in the comments section of a video on how to waste your life.

[@khalidali6637]

how to waste your life : read a comment telling you how to waste your life on a video telling you how to waste your life

[@fearsome6682]

@@khalidali6637 And waste your life replying to that comment that told you to waste your life by watching a video on KZbin on how to waste your life.

[@dayday7168]

@@fearsome6682 this is getting out of hand lol

[@emdieless3407]

Single player is the way to go. Multiplayer is just a madness

[@bittybuyy754]

How to save your life? 1. Go to library. Open careers book. 2. Research. Find your passion. 3. Create a plan. 4. Stick to it. 5. Work hard. 6. Be proud and enjoy.

[@sn0wbit12]

2000 hours on tf2 is rookie numbers, i have 4658 on gmod. also 5th

[@TheGarbageMann]

in gmod? WHAT?

[@Unirule]

@@TheGarbageMann A friend of mine has 11,217 hours (or 1.3 years) invested in Gmod

[@exen7196]

true, 2k hours on tf2 is like the average.

[@kernium]

You get an achivement called "addict" in Gmod if you do a complete year of playtime.

[@drkastenbrot]

@@Unirule it hurts to think of the daily time that represents.

[@limboproductions224]

"Then I go play a video game... they are relaxing... they are EASY" **plays Super Meat Boy in background**

[@farukss3836]

Supeeeerrrr meattt booyyyyy

[@papalevan]

That's the binding of Isaac

[@limboproductions224]

@@papalevan hmm idk both look really similar and both are quite difficult so I don't think it matters How did you come to that conclusion though

[@shlabedeshlub3334]

@@limboproductions224 probably because the game looks like the binding of isaac

[@limboproductions224]

@@shlabedeshlub3334 I think I just ascertained that both the games look similar

[@anarchoenby]

Video games are something so special to me because they allowed amazing worlds and experiences and journeys to come alive. Games are so much more than "fun" or "addictive", it's what we get out of them. And I get so much out of them than I can quit for a couple of months, try different hobbies, be happy and content, and still feel like video games are such an amazing art form and that making them a part of my life only adds more value to it. That being said, don't expect to play video games all day and feel fulfilled, cause video games only add value to your life, they shouldn't define it. And you shouldn't cope with your problems and insecurities by immersing in them. You should breath through them to find inspiration and value and beauty or just to have some fun, but never let them breath through you. With great power comes great responsibility, you guys, and I'm sure that video games have the power to break lives, but also to make life one of the most amazing experiences ever. That is the magic of the video game art form.

[@odysseus8403]

Gay

[@caesar7786]

@@odysseus8403 ?

[@caesar7786]

No video games don't "break lives" nor are they "addictive", fun yes, but not "addictive", it DEPENDS on the people & how we use them. But yes, video games are amazing art form!

[@shinyheart3373]

The worst part of your favorite video game is you can never play it for 10-15 minutes. Because.... YOU MUST PLAY IT FOR HOURS AND HOURS.

[@ObservantOtaku]

@@abovethelaw4417 yes but phone games are lame

[@banrtv]

@@ObservantOtaku really lame like shit

[@antency]

you only waste your time when you dont have fun

[@JackoBanon1]

You waste your time either way because life is senseless.

[@MrGermandeutsch]

Here we have an Optimist and a Pessimist.

[@MrGermandeutsch]

@@JackoBanon1 Yes, we continue to waste our time, no matter what we do with it. Therefore, instead of accepting the Fact that Life is nothing but a waste of time, how about we start to enjoy Life for as long as we have it, and let nothing stop you from smiling everyday in your life, because there are People out there that want you to laugh and enjoy life. even me

[@MrGermandeutsch]

@Prince Gnanaraj I did not expected that message and am therefore unable to properly respond to this.

[@19JDOG91]

@@JackoBanon1 We were put here to live. Life has any meaning each person puts on it.

[@Crispy0815]

I disagree, as this is highly subjective. For example: I got a friend, who`s building his own model railway. This building stretches across 3 out of 6 rooms that he lives in. He dumps hundreds, if not thousands of € into new locomotives, decorative stuff (houses, trees, bushes, benches etc.) and new railways. He sits there all day long, fiddling around with details and stuff, repaints things, you name it. He pours his heart and soul into this. If it makes him happy, I won`t ever tell him that this would be a huge waste of time. If it makes him happy, it`s not a waste of time at all..

[@feelsokayman3959]

when you think about how much time people waste on relationships/marriages......

[@Edihed20]

"makes him happy" video game is competitive and no one is happy when losing

[@sarcasm2182]

He clearly stated on his video that most of the time he was not happy

[@BazookaSpliff]

I agree. If you are happy and successful in life, good for you. But what if your friend just spent all this money without a job, just more layers of debt. Spend the time and money only if you can. He’s not wasting his time, but he can definitely be doing something better for him.

[@Milkyman92]

EDWARD G.y you would not find pleasure in just Winning

[@gizmoknow-how2022]

There's no denying the fact, if you spend hours on end playing videogames, you need to stop. I do too😑😑

[@alejandropreciado1814]

yeah I'm about to just delete steam. I'm gonna fail my classes if I don't do something now.

[@existence.5806]

@@alejandropreciado1814 how's it going now

[@gizmoknow-how2022]

@@existence.5806 after 2 months straight, I was back on the addiction. So gonna have to leave em' again.😂😂

[@existence.5806]

@@gizmoknow-how2022 lmao same

[@gizmoknow-how2022]

@@existence.5806 😂

[@saligraphy]

I've dealt with this, it sucks. If you spent your life playing video games then life will pass you by and there is nothing you can do about it. Did anyone hit a point where they blamed their families and friends for not trying harder to stop them from gaming?

[@Noah_7s]

Plays video game after videos ends

[@theverminator8048]

noahrocks11now plays video games while watching this video

[@Valjean96]

@@theverminator8048 LOL XD

[@AbhiJeeT_Das_]

Damn 😂😂😂

[@sharkang0243]

finishes 50 hour rpg game

[@sharkang0243]

@BruderShaft1 lol you're right XD

[@4bitFox]

For me, I stop when i get bored of a Game. I can't game for longer than 3 hours at a time without getting the urge to do something else. I still like playing games here and there tho.

[@Iamsigma79]

Same I can only play about 2 games of siege before I go do something else

[@thebaby9094]

U just havenr found the right game an online one specifically hahah

[@ggbothwell]

definitelynotanormie when I was 15-16 I used to play LoL like a madman. If nobody stopped me, I couldn't stop playing. 4-5 hours a day easily wasted. Now I'm 18 and I can't play more than 3 games. It's not about the right game or boredom of a game, because I still enjoy LoL. It's only about the fact that you realise you're wasting time and you have the will power to do something else, eventually productive, with your time... friends, going out, parties (not clubbing necessarily), simply having walks in the park, doing a sport, learning something new etc. there's so much more to life and it is sooo short, so why waste it? you can game for as long as you want when you can't do anything else or when you are old etc. but why waste such important time when you can do something else with it?

[@jash3881]

I wish i were the same

[@iamasquidinspace]

Yeah, I feel you. Plus, my back starts to hurt and I get jittery from sitting in a chair for too long.

[@emilyruth1401]

I just deleted the game I was most addicted to about a month ago. It's been a tough journey, but I am proud that I made it through a month. I hope that I can continue this for the rest of this year. Fingers crossed...

[@lakichampion5109]

Hope you doing good man

[@weazelbeast5400]

I did waste my life on games and youtube, literally ruined my life doing it. I have zero intention of ever playing games again and instead slowly try to have some basic life, this stuff is fun kids, but at some point life will call and when it does, if all you did was this, your in serious trouble and no amount of gaming will be fun after that.

[@jadendickson1654]

2710 hours phhhh, those are newbie numbers

[@claytonmerrill1618]

Finally, someone says something proper

[@purplebard7349]

ikr

[@genericaudio5099]

@@zertoz3062 ew

[@brettfleming392]

@@zertoz3062 No you don't lmao

[@DokiURL123]

@@zertoz3062 you dont have life?

[@Knookah]

Anyone else still going to “waste their life” after watching this video?

[@ferdiekiller]

yes! game a few hours day:you are an addict watch 10 hours tv a day: no problem.

[@nathanw32]

@@ferdiekiller Who are you comparing that to? 10 hours of TV? What? Addict?

[@CHATHK]

No bro i willl not gonna play from now on this hit so hard I literally wasted so much time

[@mike112693]

@@ferdiekiller except no one watches 10 hours of tv a day. nice try

[@ferdiekiller]

my point is watching tv a few hours a day is socialy accepted. game a few hours per day not.

[@thomasroberts1828]

I joined a plumbing and hvac apprenticeship at 19 and worked from 8-5 mon through Friday. Came home and played for about 4-5 hours a day. Now I'm 21, make 88k a year and still have plenty of time for games. It's possible. It's all about time management

[@ponternal]

If you look at the most severe video game addictions it is always to competitive games with a large social aspect and endless progression.

[@sergiogd6367]

When you are watching this vídeo instead studying

[@kenneth3289]

Sergio GD wtf, how did you know?

[@rayden6791]

@@kenneth3289 same

[@Samachi727]

Holy shit yeah

[@Euphoring1]

Same here

[@memphisjones8945]

Same

[@SomeGuy_Somewhere]

I'm wasting my life on KZbin

[@jose2226]

Truly, relatable

[@andthewindgoes...4599]

Relatable

[@n-extrafries-surprise]

My first year in uni is already shit because of KZbin. Why did I pick a harder course..

[@putturin4723]

I went from video game to KZbin addiction my average per day is 3 hours

[@mastermind8047]

It's all fine, as long as you're not addicted. You learn a shit ton from youtube

[@ponternal]

Addiction is the narrowing of things that give you pleasure.

[@mimszanadunstedt441]

The problem is playing instead of studying the game 1 The problem is not forming a team with people you trust 2 The problem is playing without improving, so you feel effected by wins and losses instead of skills or strategy implementation 3 Games can: 1. Be good for cognition 2. Exploit addictive behavior. You shouldn't play for fun, thats dopamine. Thats addiction. You should game for *The Experience*. Sometimes the experience is fun. But you shouldn't be seeking fun itself, fun is a consequence of it. Art can lend to experience. Education. Many types of gaming. And irl activities. Irl activities are quite similar to gaming, only you need to socially distance now. Winning =/= Skill. But if you never play with a team trying to be competitive, you won't be competitive because of the context not driving forward good experience. For example: Theres a difference between friends forming a militia, and the military. The majority of the difference is from organizational differences, and learning from experience, vs winging it. You should only 'wing it' if its a new game you're grinding to try and find good play. But if you aren't trying to exploit tiny details of the game, you won't be an innovator, just a strong player who will lose to a crafty player. Just because you have good micro doesn't excuse your bad item combinations, for instance. The trick here, is 'competitive games' are not competitive in the ranked competitive mode unless you 1 form an organized learning team 2 study your ass off. The problem with gaming in your case, TooManyMoths, is conflicting values. You value fun, and you value the things that previously lead to the fun. But you don't have the skill of making the fun yourself. So you valued the activities that led to the fun before instead of fun, is the conflict. You can make any match fun trying to coax others into rock paper scissors etc. But chose not to. You weren't trying to have fun. You were trying to feel good about yourself. So your self esteem lowered when you lost, because thats the metric you started to judge yourself by.

[@scorch6208]

Video games are a hobby, to have fun and pass the time. If you play then all day long... something is wrong. Moderation is key

[@dinoluka11]

Scorch from Republic Commando? Nostalgia...

[@__mk_km__]

I remember at one point I was spending my whole Saturday playing games, 10 hours straight... Now I just spend this whole time in youtube...

[@scorch6208]

@@dinoluka11 Yep, best commando, that game was amazing

[@scorch6208]

@@__mk_km__ Lol! Not much has changed then! That seens unhealthy as well. Some days it's hard to do anything though, but if it's everyday? Maaan, be carreful

[@lukelblitz3627]

@@scorch6208 i tried to do moderation and didnt end well.everything else is boring as shit.so i just game until i cant find fun on other things

[@higps]

I have found a good balance between playing games, socializing and physical activity. And that balance has made me better at games too.

[@eastlemon9477]

I've found a balance. It's called being forced to go to school.

[@PasscodeAdvance]

@@eastlemon9477 ^_^

[@AnotherYouTubeUser581]

Tell us your secret

[@holysword876]

FAKE NEWS

[@Benjy52]

HiGPS Let’s play TF2 together

[@colinm366]

He's not trying to demonize video games. He's saying video games are addictive and take time from more productive things. This doesn't make them inherently bad, however it's a very easy and satisfying habit loop to fall into. Personally, I have almost zero self control with video games and was addicted so I decided to cut them out entirely. If you were addicted to heroin, you wouldn't say "Well, maybe every now and then." This has been an amazing decision for me, but may not be for others. My focus has returned and I've learned how to focus on new skills: went back to school for Nursing, learning Spanish, and just doing the things I've always wanted to do. I don't think I would've had the time or habit power if I was playing video games still.

[@INADRM]

I wish I could get back every minute I spent playing games. Biggest waste of my life, nothing to show for it, just pure wasted time in the prime years of my life.

[@hanger3415]

really?

[@kapjoteh]

Want to follow up on that?

[@gweenxbean6606]

But I mean were you enjoying your time and growing relationships with others and learning teamwork and problem solving skills?

[@gweenxbean6606]

I have a video for you to watch: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJzXpHmZpNR8fZo This is in reference specifically to action games. The speaker does mention that certain effects haven't been measured regarding other genres

[@drakec9480]

What exactly is a waste of time? Reading a book? Watching a movie? Riding your bike? Technically everything could be considered a “waste of time” so why not just enjoy whatever it is you’re doing for fun? People have hobbies for a reason...they want something fun to do that is a waste of time. Drinking, bowling, billiards, skating, laser tag, board games!! I mean come on the list goes on and on...some people just like video games! Edit: Now there’s a difference between a hobby and an addiction hahaha when something takes over your life and you can’t live without it, that’s a problem.

[@elmaschimba963]

Exactly, that's why I didn't agreed fully I'm this video

[@MAGA2024.]

I do agree Video games are my fav hobby

[@syomaster3611]

but sometimes a hobby can lead to addiction.. because not everyone can stop themselves from playing too much..

[@biofreak96]

I guess I can say I can’t go a day without video games. Then again I love working and going for walks especially under the full moon.

[@Itama22]

Exactly what I think! People being told, they should stop with their hobbies because other people don't see the appeal in it and say it's something bad. It happened to me, but I don't listen to this crap and follow my passions. I don't know why someone wants to read a book if they like video games much more, it's not like you become a better human or smarter because of books, it's a different thing to entertain yourself and everyone got their preferences in life. If you would call that addiction then EVERY SINGLE PERSON would be addicted to sonething, like videogames, sports, reading, phoning, chatting or whatever someone just LIKES to do! Enjoy your life, do what you like and don't overthink too much! Ignore toxic people and those, who dislike your hobbies. Life is not about them, it's about you!

[@drowsy5384]

Problem is not video games, it's addiction.

[@cyre9188]

And videogames are designed to be addictive .

[@soccerdawg3695]

@@cyre9188 A lot of things are

[@P07AT0]

@@cyre9188 So let's ban them all?

[@EeyoreChilling]

@@P07AT0 Yes.

[@ooooswain]

Problem is not heroin, it's addiction. Legalize heroin.

[@chinmayramesh1973]

I have wasted my life. Im not athletic or smart. The only thing i am good at is video games. I was never competitive at anything in life. Why? I felt like i was wasting my time trying to win at something that i deemed hard or lucrative. I was competitive in video games, very competitive. As i am older, more mature i don’t really have anything to prove for my time. As others were studying hard or getting fit and practicing sports i was wasting my time proving to others how much better i am. I regret playing video games, it is who i am now. I have a crippling addiction which i cant get out of. Quit, it is not worth it.

[@clashoclan3371]

Imagine if gamers started hanging out with friends, stopped their gaming, stopped their fapaddiction and started taking school/college seriously,

[@camharkness]

I'm a gamer who has a job, a partner, a pet, going to adopt, sadly due to my learning disabilities and my autism, college isn't much of a good idea, but I managed to get through high school with good grade, graduated with nothing but A's and B's. Along with having all my friends. I hate to break it to you, but not every person who plays games is a fat jerk in their mom's basement.

[@11123fsd]

@@camharkness Obviously, the idea is that some people definitely are ruining their life with gaming and other addictions. For most people its not an issue.

[@camharkness]

@@11123fsd then every anti gamer needs to start saying that and not acting like we all are fat sacks of crap not doing anything with our lives. It's frustrating.

[@camharkness]

@@11123fsd besides, the comment you're seeming to defend very much wasn't meaning what you're meaning, but all gamers in general, as you can find them insulting others for gaming, and calling them addicts for it. So, yeah.

[@smartpatrick8690]

​@@camharkness Good job with your grades but lol that last paragraph had me laughing soo hard

[@Carre4beta]

Some people misunderstood the meaning of this video In my opinion. It's not about playing video games is a waste of time, go away do productive stuff. Nope, it's not about it. It's about do not waste your live by not achiving things that are important to you, playing video games instead, cause it's easier. That's the point. Or ot least I think that it it.

[@KARTIKEYA007]

What if video games are important to me?

[@Carre4beta]

@@KARTIKEYA007 Then play them everyday as well as me dude. :D Just don't let them take over all of your live I guess.

[@davidlopez5859]

Carrie what if you play a game like runescape but I’m making money off it is that wasting time? Or nah?

[@KARTIKEYA007]

what if I love them enough to let them take over my whole life? how about letting people live the way they want to and not dictate to them how much they should play eh? @@Carre4beta

[@Carre4beta]

@@KARTIKEYA007 You're totally right. That's how it should work. If I wouldn't learn on my own, just work. I probably would do the same and play through most of my day, as I was doing back in school

[@brandonhazlitt3907]

My friend is literally 21, has never had a job, and lives with his parents spending 8 hrs a day on the computer playing video games. Video game addiction is for real a U.S. health epedimic.

[@lld3007]

It’s not just the US. It’s an international problem.

[@goutamsengupta7984]

Tell him to go to twitch

[@Spamjim0211]

You should the 3rd/2nd world countries where people will literally spend days on end gaming to escape their harsher realities

[@themedic9131]

@@Spamjim0211 that's wearied but I can see When I lived in the US there was gamers Normal ones And this stupids you talked about They were mostly in rich countries But when I got back to syria 8 years ago from today I didn't find that They try to find job They have friends Idk why they are really stupid to waste their life I mean It's not a prob I think to game on But not a lot

[@blank2736]

You know you could earn money by playing video games too you just have to be smart about it

[@metas6755]

So far I've spent 6k hrs playing dota 2. I don't regret any of it. Met a ton of good players, people, cool folks from the SEA dota community and proud to be part of something big (The International 9 with a prize pool of 31 Billion dollars and still rising). :)

[@thegreenstache6163]

Video games are fine. I don't care how much you play them, or how much you care about them. As long as they are not affecting you mentally, physically, at work etc. They're fine. Coming from someone who plays video games 2-4 hours a day, I have seen no negative affects to me as a person. Its what I like to do, and its how I want to spend my free time. I don't care what anybody says about me wasting my life because video games are helping me enjoy life.

[@J-C8573]

Well there you go you just did something productive of your life.

[@renanstangret6610]

is that right

[@njr940]

Pttf scrub xd I wasted 5k hours on Dota 2 :v

[@mcdonkey500]

doing literally anything can be considered a waste of time

[@JesusLovesHisSheep]

maybe for someone who is a severely limited thinker

[@sonny9511]

suh my fuh dih bih You’re clearly one of them. Derived from your profile, that is.

[@johniscatholic]

Umm no. If it’s productive. No.

[@blake3474]

Anything can be considered a waste of time. It's up to you if you want to call it a waste of time or not. It's up to you if murder is bad. It's up to you if Donald Trump is a good president. It's up to you if the sky is blue or green. All you're doing is applying terms to reality... creating a map of reality with symbols and sounds. But of course reality is what you experience with your senses in the moment of now

[@msi4887]

I always think „Instead of playing I could work on another video“. But when I’m actually editing a video I think „what a waste of time. Nobody is watching those anyways“. Both feel like a waste of time..

[@beni6746]

Thank you for opening my eye,I have to stop playing all day.

[@anthraxxru]

Been gaming for 14 years... From the age of 12 to the age of 16 I've been spending DAILY at least 7 to 14 hours gaming... I have over 12.000 hours in one game. I don't want to imagine what I could of simply achieved if I spent this whole time in another domain. I'm an idiot... Or at least used to be one

[@aadilmohani5416]

Anthrax atleast you realised man. I hope you are out if it and working in yourself and your life. I hope everything gets sorted out. God bless brother❤️

[@MorganBlem]

Your point isn't a 'video-game' problem. Tons of people don't know what they want to do/study/work on. Tons of people swear they'll get round to learning an instrument someday and never do. If it's not video games, it might be KZbin, sports, reading etc. You can't expect to be productive 24/7, and some people fatigue quicker than others. Myself and plenty others are avid gamers - who are employed and/or in college. Also, another thought - the guitarist who practices 10 hours a day might think "what am I doing practicing 10 hours a day?". He might consider that wasting his life. It all depends how you look at it.

[@shamicentertainment1262]

Morgan Blem Playing guitar can get you somewhere, gaming doesn't get you anywhere (unless it's your job). And yeah it isn't technically the fault of the video Game, but the same can be applied to drugs and food and literally anything pleasureable

[@TriFekt]

@@shamicentertainment1262 gaming can expand your imagination and amplify your critical thinking skills which DEFINITELY helps you in certain professions and academic areas. You're crazy to think that nothing beneficial comes out of it.

[@lauranceboyd6365]

I spend hours a day playing guitar and sometimes ask myself that. It was until I started writing my own music made a band and played gigs for other people that I felt practice was justified.

[@shamicentertainment1262]

@@TriFekt Yes, in moderation. 10 hours a day of game playing doesn't though, while 10 hours of practising literally any other skill will get you somewhere. Plus even if you are getting a cognitive boost from gaming, it kind of goes to waste if you aren't using your mind on other things. Gaming is not a problem in moderation, every one knows that and I'm not talking about that. I am specifically talking about gaming for many hours each day

[@jdnkane]

Morgan Blem it all depends if the guitarist loves playing the guitar.

[@reptilezeolot]

Gamers, we should just stop playing when we stop having fun.

[@DarkSunStudios1]

This is all. If you're not having a good time just stop playing. It helps a lot and you won't get frustrated

[@getmad9199]

@Marek Tužák hahaha yup

[@CreativelyJake]

@@DarkSunStudios1 thats hard to do though, he explains its hard to "just stop playing". it is not that simple and often people just come back to the games...theres a reason this is video game "addiction" it literally is like an addiction

[@tylerrichardson3034]

@@DarkSunStudios1 But you have to get that Platinum trophy.

[@DarkSunStudios1]

@Marek Tužák Yeah but you shouldn't play another one after playing a frustrating match

[@Azami0001]

It's weird because I managed to detox myself from gaming for a year (2018 - 2019) thanks to Game Quitters. During that time, I used martial arts as an alternative hobby. It was fun for a while but I noticed that I was bored most of the time. So I stopped doing martial arts. Since covid started i went back to gaming and for the first time i actually had FUN. But I afraid it's gotten to an addiction. I might quit or balance it somehow.

[@IDontReadReplies42069]

sadly I think you're mixing up "finally getting your fix" with "fun" remember once and addict always an addict, you will spend the rest of your life in remission and your addiction will be woken up again even stronger if you relapse.

[@kbs1212]

I am a wumin and my gaming shame is spending 150+ hours playing Fallout New Vegas when it came out. Platinumed the game + completed all DLC + trophies. I got absolutely nothing out of that expect a deep appreciation for wartime jazz and swing music.

[@drkastenbrot]

man i miss tf2 3700 hours, own server network, amazing people but i have a career that has long had it coming and is now skyrocketing and takes all my time and effort. im quite proud that i could just stop playing. no exceptions. i hope tf2 will still be great when i come back because that will likely be years from now.

[@mr.meatman7978]

These updates are becoming scarce though. :(

[@smoshyv2553]

Wishful thinking. ;-;

[@vodkastrats]

Right now, the playerbase is good and the game as well, I believe it has a long life yet

[@firstnamelastname7405]

Same I had like 4200 hours..ivent played it in 6 years

[@Stillstand]

Gaston 😍

[@TWITTERCOPY]

That's why I don't play competitive games. I only play singleplayer

[@retard1643]

Pussy

[@mazze1091]

Fckn casul

[@spectrent]

mazze1091 well u just turned my back on Comp, i’ve played up to 2400 Hours CS until Global and played more than 900 Hours Rainbow but after some time it just gets boring and it makes you so stressed. Playing single player is really relaxing and no one should judge you because you aren’t some Tryhard somewhere in the Gold Nova Hell of CS:GO.

[@TheMalthix]

They get boring after 1 week

[@MrZazi8]

@@spectrent that means you are trash

[@jackismname]

Video game addiction is real and rough. I've quit for a month or so now, and I have to stop watching videos about them because I know that if I watch youtube videos, it is only a matter of time before I redownload TF2... just to get one last godlike streak as soldier... that I know I will spend 8 hours a day for a week to achieve... and there goes that end of term essay that I needed to pass my module ( :

[@kolinmccaffery2385]

When you realize your addicted

[@twomad]

I appreciate this perspective

[@superlambmilkshake4904]

twomad Twomad?!?

[@kowalski6457]

Wtf

[@idontgotagun9867]

Where’s Anthony Pit? Is he dead again????🤔🤔🤔 Im still waiting on a Videos

[@fergyeward7914]

Wack

[@psansu2]

Go fuck yourself since your videos are the exact reason why people come back to video games while feeling bad playing it

[@MercenaryGio]

It has a lot do with instant gratification. When you finally finish that quest or win a game of ranked you are instantly rewarded and feel a sense of accomplishment. This behavior is very similar to partying, smoking weed, or drinking alcohol. The result is an instant pleasure that you put relatively little to no effort to enjoy. Now compare this to the thousands of hours needed to master a musical instrument and it becomes clear why you and so many others find it easier to rely on video games for gratification; because its quick and convenient. Unfortunately, as is the case for many gamers, we become exposed to instant gratification at a very young age. The only solution is to re-wire ourselves and engage our minds to be more responsive to productive behavior. Masturbating to porn has to be one of the most detrimental of all. Which is why I've since stopped doing it, as it also dulls the mind and breeds complacency. Since I've stopped, I feel like I'm significantly more focused and powerful. As men, our sexual drive is what gives us strength and motivation; If we're constantly depleting it, then we're simply wasting our potential.

[@Benzyl_Penoxide]

Wow this should have more likes

[@ubobcat]

Absolutely agree. More so, people who use to get easy pleasure gratification are becoming less responsive to pleasure hormones, like dopamine, so they need more and more dopamine to be satisfied. So usual life activities are becoming very dull and boring for such people

[@nighthawk2]

Straight Facts!! Thank you sir

[@saullivshutz6200]

But what about hard games that require skill like dota or sc2 are those also part of the addiction or similar to learning a new skill to develop the mind. That’s where I found a flaw with the video he talks about playing relaxing games to stop frustration then plays hard games and says the frustration is bad. But I thought he said frustration is a good thing and video games ruin the sense of working hard, but then he plays video games that make him work hard and says that those games being hard is bad

[@landonfrigault8096]

elida dlr if you tried to forget that this point was your own you’d see that your “applied to anything” logic ignores his point. Of course everything is addictive because we are emotionally creatures, nobody is saying that only certain things are addictive but it’s almost always universally true that things that are easy aren’t worth doing! You should absolutely work smart not hard but that saying is incredibly enabling for lazy behaviour. You should absolutely bike to the store it’s great for your mind and body. That’s harder the driving but it’s smart. The point you miss about the instant gratification argument is that it’s the factor that makes gaming more addicting then doing homework for a high grade in a class you need! Work hard not smart and things like video games and porn give the mind chemical satisfaction without any reality based satisfaction. If not a hindering or crippling addiction due to the instant gratification factor it’s the bias towards laziness, inaction and procrastination. The factor towards doing what you want not what you need. I hope you’re able to consider the points I’m making honestly.

[@ACowIsHuge]

Its the same with everything in life. Just because something is not your thing, doesnt mean its the same for others. We could even argue that learning guitar is a waste of time because lets be real only nealry 1% will ever go to the big stage. But is it considered a waste of time because of it ? No because u get fun and good vibes out of it. Its the same with gaming to an extend. Of course when addiciton signs show u need to stop. But that is only the case for a minority of players and if u are in this minority i hope u will get better and mprove your life

[@hiiamyou9940]

I wasted my life more in school

[@carlosdelsol76]

-Hello, my name is Carlos. I have 3000 hours played in Warband -*rehab crew: hello Carlos*

[@carlosdelsol76]

@Dale Winton lol so true

[@liesandy291]

Problem is it took tooo loooonnnng

[@sabus1265]

Imagine if those 3000 hours were spent on something like sports you could be a star

[@ebolamonkay7847]

@@sabus1265 or just an average joe watching sports wishing he was a star

[@sabus1265]

@Deadpoppin yes

[@phi-x0_0x]

you didn't really waste it compared to like 99% here. You have a KZbin channel which somewhat benefits from your video game 'addiction'. Rarely anything in this world can ever be wasted

[@User2jn]

Video game's saved my life. Throughout elementary school, middle school and the first year of high school I did poorly in English. But, everything changed when I started playing Virtual Social Games that involved typing such as PlayStation Home, IMVU and Second life. I'm grateful for the memories and lessons those games taught me.

[@yutilyze-7143]

i don't think the binding of isaac is a good example for a "relaxing and fun and easy game"

[@FBI-jy1mv]

2706 hours thats a rookie number pump those number up

[@puffpuff5336]

:O

[@sweetcrosby]

actually wouldn't surprise me if some dropped a screen shot of some one over 10k hrs

[@giazadag1348]

Bro me and some of my dota friends got 4k hours each . Ooo and dont forget all the outher games ... Just saying pro players got more then 10 k hours

[@mikemarks6136]

@@giazadag1348 lol that's because they're literally payed to be good they can afford to have 10k hours

[@clubstep8244]

5500 Hours wasted on lol lmaoo

[@arpitpandey992]

"Video games are easy and relaxing" Play Dark souls.

[@coffee-tz3lm]

Nah play cuphead

[@lammensjack]

@@coffee-tz3lm no just by seki shadow die twice

[@user-ec2es3pf9n]

Can't. Got angry before downloading

[@robertbektas1810]

that guy not that bad if you are A GAMER like me.

[@dust7962]

Play Bloodborne for the first time and run into the second boss. Everyone has PTSD from that.

[@StarDoesntUpload]

This hits really close to home. I don't play games for 24 hours straight and refuse to sleep or eat, but i do stay up late and procrastinate my goals to play games. I've wasted a lot of time playing video games; time that could have been used to learn to code, learn to write a book, exercise, etc. You only get one shot at life, and it's a crime to waste it.