I'll Never Play Video Games Again, Because Of THIS

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@GameQuitters 9 ай бұрын

Why did you stop gaming?

@christopherburns2922 9 ай бұрын

I stopped gaming, because I became addicted and showed the most unhealthy behaviors associated with gaming that made life miserable.

@hellish_lasagna 9 ай бұрын

I deleted all of my game accounts few days ago when I felt sick because of my lifestyle of rotting in my room, having no friends or social life, no real hobbies or skills and also almost got kicked out of highschool two weeks ago, accompanied with depression and suicide thoughts. That's when I realized something had to change.

@victorpeng5531 9 ай бұрын

I stopped gaming because video games are addictive.

@christopherburns2922 9 ай бұрын

@@hellish_lasagna Good on you bro. You're definitely making the right moves now. I know what it's like to delete games and be tempted to go back, but stay strong, confident, and curious cause you got this. :)

@hellish_lasagna 9 ай бұрын

Thank you man, I wish you luck on your journey too

@niksavitskii 9 ай бұрын

My son 11 year old quit games 7 weeks ago and now we focus on basketball, we record our journey

@ike-insertname 9 ай бұрын

Gaming addiction is such a serious problem and it needs more attention. This channel is great, thank you for doing what you do.

@GameQuitters 9 ай бұрын

thx!

@neutronstar5840 9 ай бұрын

Bruh, its a problem for people who have financial problems in life, for those people who have no worries, and have enough money to live well without hard work, they enjoy the life as they want, and gaming is 1 of the alternatives for them. But as i said this is not for all, people who are thinking what to eat tomorrow, of course the gaming will harm their life very strongly.

@thegwynbleidd4202 9 ай бұрын

This channel should be about quitting MULTIPLAYER games, not NARRATIVE games. Video games have a unique ability to tell beautiful stories through interactivity which no storytelling medium (movies, books, theatre) can do. I have played video games that have changed how I view character writing and storytelling as a whole. If this channel is dead set on bashing on video games, you should also cry about movies and books as they can also be viewed as time wasters.

@NotYoutube-cp3qg 8 ай бұрын

P0rn addiction Social media addiction Netflix binge watching addition Gaming addiction too Butter bigger than this, American has different addiction like all homeless people who are millions in US gone homeless because of drug addiction and ruined there like and still rotting in the streets

@joshuariddensdale2126 9 ай бұрын

I recently quit PC games. I uninstalled Steam and deactivated my account. I erased all my saves and game data from my PS3, PS4, and Xbox Series S and put them in storage. I rarely start up my PS5 now.

@GameQuitters 9 ай бұрын

Way to go

@shubhan2002 2 ай бұрын

Sell them

@videogalore 9 ай бұрын

The irony that this had a Steam advert about a new game in the middle of the video! 😂

@GameQuitters 9 ай бұрын

rip

@jordang9152 9 ай бұрын

Because of game quitters and this channel I went 17 days in a row with no gaming. I have since broken the streak but it has really dropped in priority to me and I still haven't played the big bad game that was what made me obscenely angry and took so much time. Now I play an hour here and hour there. And when I realize I'm not having fun, I stop playing. I know I can go long times without gaming now and I'm not scared of it. I started being more creative, and giving my cats more attention. Being more present with my friends and family. I"m excited to see where this road leads. Thank you guys :)

@YourPalHDee 8 ай бұрын

That's great to hear, well done man.

@leomux2004 7 күн бұрын

I've losted more than 4k hours in the Gran Turismo franchise (2k hours in GT Sport, 2k hours in GT7 and some few hours in GT5P, GT5 and GT6), and although GT shaped my musical tasted and matured my taste in cars, nowadays is only harming me rather than helping me. I want to quit, this time for real, I'm too old to play videogames and mature life means mature responsabilities, there are better hobbies for an adult than videogames.

@randall.o8995 9 ай бұрын

I just gotta went for the hard way. Had my pc smashed, account deleted, ceased all communication with my gamer friends.

@GameQuitters 9 ай бұрын

way to go

@Osterochse 9 ай бұрын

hope you didn't smash it physically since that would be waste. Maybe just sell it.

@Theo-u4c 9 ай бұрын

actually did the same thing about two months ago. It isn't a magic cure, I knew/know that, but I have been exercising and studying more. However by far the best effect it has had, I have the drive to live again.

@thegwynbleidd4202 9 ай бұрын

@xycho6352 4 ай бұрын

@@thegwynbleidd4202 nobody is interested in your bias just mumble elsewhere.

@m4tthewballove703 8 ай бұрын

I'm never quitting video games, but I will definitely appreciate your channel for the work you're carrying on... I also believe game addiction is a serious problem, people who are addicted to video games are not gamers. They are deepshit "addicts" who don't understand what video games are meant to be... Most addicts just stick to one game most of the time for hours of time, and they have lost touch with reality. Their behaviors change, their eating becomes irregular and become unaware of the society. Definitely appreciate your channel, thanks for making this type of content existent :)

@m4tthewballove703 8 ай бұрын

Try watching a good movie when you are at break 👍

@IGuardy 9 ай бұрын

I've never commented on any video on KZbin before despite watching 10-thousands, as someone who has battled this their whole adult life it feels like this channel and video really understands the whys and hows of real hardcore gamers. I've spent around 40.000 hours in total and managed to quit video games for 4 years 8 years ago, and a couple of months ago I gave it another try after getting sucked back in for 4 years. I definitely picked up a lot of useful skills and mindsets during my time on video games but the time perspective and ROI are something that helped me the most from returning again. The 4 years I didn't play, definitely advanced my IRL life the most. The boredom part discussed is also very important, for me gaming was the easiest way to get away from anything negative in my life. It was the best cure for anger and sadness, be it a breakup or personal disappointment for coming up short. Since I was never bored and always focused I was never able to process those emotions. For me big part of staying and coming back was always the community of equally hardcore gamers that supported each other, a brotherhood of sorts. I was very proud of my grand achievements and the feeling dragged me back in. This time I made sure to delete any traces of me and all my accounts on all the games. I highly suggest this to anyone, now even if the bad feeling comes and I feel like returning to forget them, there is nothing to go back to. It is very hard to restart when you have nothing and nobody in the game world, no Steam account, no old accounts on any game, no Discord or ways to contact your old buds. It gives you a few extra steps to go through and hopefully, you can catch yourself. This time leaving the games behind I became more open about it, and even met somebody at a dinner who had battled the same fight, it is quite crazy how the experience is so similar despite completely different circumstances. #1 IRL

@HomeGrown001 8 ай бұрын

1st January guys, let's make a change

@Skylinez999 7 ай бұрын

it's almost 2 months now, how's your journey going?

@HomeGrown001 7 ай бұрын

@Sky_W_ not super great, I did so well for January but caved in Febuary. It's like my brain is on a see saw swaying from telling myself gaming is a hobby I can manage to do healthily and realising it's a terrible use of my time and I will never get enjoyment from anything else unless I can close the gaming chapter. BTW thanks a lot for asking, even just writing a response is helping realign my brain a bit

@Skylinez999 7 ай бұрын

@@HomeGrown001good to hear from you, my friend. I agree, it can get difficult to stop doing something that we used to it for years, especially something that rewards you with a cheap dopamine rush like gaming. In my experience, online-multiplayer game is the worst type of game, because it gives you a sense of pride for achieving something, and you feel like you're better compare to other people you play with. The sad part is, this is not even real, and it's useless in our real life. I still broke, not having confidence in social interaction, no freedom to do what I want/need. Imagine we channel our energy, effort, and time in real life, we actually can achieve something real and tangible, how great our life is going to be. That was to me my reality check. We both can agree real life is hard, that's why gaming seems more enjoyable, but think about it, if something you enjoy now will make your life worse and miserable later, think about your legacy, your loved ones. I think if we want to make our life better, we should embrace the hardship, nothing has value comes from easy task, something is hard because it held value. Give it a time, don't stress, and enjoy the journey. I think that's it from me, I wish you the best of luck.

@leomux2004 7 күн бұрын

@@HomeGrown001I started on April my game quitting journey and lasted for a month and some 10-ish days until I decided to play again, and boy that was a huge mistake. I've played since then and my situation got worse, then 2 days ago I decided to quit definitively this time, I'm too old to lose my time with imperfect recreations of real life, I should go out from the platonic cave and reach my goals. It doesn't matter I have 4k hours wasted in Gran Turismo, it doesn't matter that I have 4 consoles, all of them wasted my precious time that I'll never get back, time that could've been spent on workouts and better grades at school/college. Anyway, I'm gonna quit for 90 days and after that I'll se if I want to sell all that gaming junk. I'm too old for this.

@vortex_g1460 8 ай бұрын

The silver bullet to get your mind of gaming. Fast from food at the same time you fast from gaming. I guarantee you will be thinking mostly bout your hunger rather than gaming. I just did a 5 days fast from both game and food. I missed food way more than gaming and I even lost weight at the same time.

@EmileKleinhans 9 ай бұрын

I just checked have 5909 hours on steam alone. Not counting my other games.

@GameQuitters 9 ай бұрын

:'(

@EmileKleinhans 9 ай бұрын

@@GameQuitters Going to go to the gym tonight and not stress about not having enough time to game. I realize now the gaming is giving me more stress than pleasure. Always stressing about not having enough time to game. At least I am in touch with my other hobbies like running, and growing carnivorous plants. Maybe I should just eliminate time wasters. Because while typing this my mind already went back to gaming and to replace it with board games such as building a puzzle, which could also end up taking days of hours of my time.

@Gabucha888 9 ай бұрын

Cam, Keep the videos going on. You’re saving lots of lost souls out there.

@gedewahyu.p 7 ай бұрын

Never thought that getting this podcast as my background music motivated me to be better! Thank you!

@tmayilan 9 ай бұрын

Excellent interview and nice to see people are coming out of gamming, this ruins lot of people life.

@thegwynbleidd4202 9 ай бұрын

@loop_light 9 ай бұрын

I played 1,802 hours on Steam, holy! Didn't realize it was that much time I wasted, was assumed something like 600 hours before I checked. This is a really interesting story sharing, guess I'll work on accepting boredom in my life, and figure out what to do next. The thinking of what are you getting from video games is also amazing, yes, games can make you have faster reaction time, computer skills, etc. but where you're going. to apply it? Wouldn't it be more effective if you worked on the things you dedicated to improve? Thanks for sharing this awesome episode!

@GameQuitters 9 ай бұрын

thanks for sharing

@YourPalHDee 8 ай бұрын

Don't accept boredom, fill that time with actual productivity. There's literally ALWAYS things to do and 99.9% of those things are more important than videogames. Honestly a lot of young people complain about their financial opportunities these days, but there's so much time you could be using your young mind/body to earn money. You have SO much energy in your youth and many just waste theirs playing games.

@nick_the_named 4 ай бұрын

i dont think its nececary to quit honestly all you have to do is not let it become a problem thats the one thing i see in all these coments they all just say to throw all the games away and never play agein but how about just not letting it get out of control you gaming isint a problem unless you let it be

@nick_the_named 4 ай бұрын

@Kana-vv6iv 8 ай бұрын

key: " moderation "

@nick_the_named 4 ай бұрын

THATS WHAT IM SAYING dam finally somone who dosent have the most over the top reaction

@insightappetite 9 ай бұрын

Gaming is a huge time sink and this becomes apparent once you consider the opportunity cost. I had a similar wake up call represented by the amount of hours I had spent playing one particular game (FIFA 20) for me it was about 1000 hours and I had nothing to show for all that time. I'm sure I don't even remember 1% of that experience and can't even say that "at least I had fun." Nope, not really. Overall most modern games contain too many chores to do, too much grinding and ultimately the activity is not a good use of time for most adults. At a certain point it's time to analyze if you can still justify gaming and for most adults the answer will be NO. Unless you're talking about very short games or some sort of interactive movies, then maybe it's fine from time to time. I still think about those 1000 hours wasted and what I could've done with them. Not even talking about productive activities necessarily, but I could've read so many books, watched so many movies or tv shows, practiced instruments, put in hours into learning a language etc. ALL of that COMBINED! But instead I played FIFA for 1000 hours like a child, even though I was 25 at the time. What a waste... it wasn't even fun anyway.

@thegwynbleidd4202 9 ай бұрын

@insightappetite 8 ай бұрын

@@thegwynbleidd4202 The biggest issue with most video games is that they take way too much time. It's essentially a SUPER hobby, it devours your time. Of course there are exceptions. Maybe some narrative games are relatively short or even if they are long, the story they tell and the medium used might make the experience overall worthwhile. I get it. But in general, if you value your time or if your other responsibilities don't leave you with much spare time then you need to prioritize your hobbies. Unfortunately, video games are too time consuming (in general) to win a fight against movies, books, theatre etc. for relaxation purposes. I don't believe finding an exception would prove this point wrong. Sure, if you find some rare interesting story rich game that respects your time then go for it. But, if we're being honest, it's easier to stick to less demanding hobbies. At least this is my perspective, to each their own.

@YourPalHDee 8 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's depressing to think about how many hours I've wasted on stupid videogames with literally nothing to show for it.

@D87943 9 ай бұрын

I gotta ask you guys a question, is it possible to get rid OCD?

@justfootball7998 8 ай бұрын

yes

@D87943 8 ай бұрын

@@justfootball7998 how so cause I have this problem staring at people and it makes people uncomfortable.

@D87943 8 ай бұрын

@@justfootball7998 ?

@firhan4643 7 ай бұрын

saya pernah sampai 13 jama sehari sebab main phone, tengok youtube dan bermin game, saya perlu berhenti dari semua ni

@CharlieBenjamin-dg9tq 9 ай бұрын

It’s fine to play video games if you have an hobbie like I do wrestling 2 times a week and robotics twice a week I average like 32 hours a week and I have all A’s

@LeonSylvester 9 ай бұрын

2 beasts! 🔥🔥🔥

@GameQuitters 9 ай бұрын

Legend

@melexdy 9 ай бұрын

Next week it ll be 1 year without video games. I still play vintage games from old consoles (maybe 5 hours/week). I used to throw away 6-10 hours/day and at the end I was bored with them. I ve seen it all, nothing picks my interest anymore and I end up doing it as a chore.

@melexdy 9 ай бұрын

And I want to thank you for helping me with it.

@GameQuitters 9 ай бұрын

way to go!

@JeffFairow 6 ай бұрын

I’m trying to….

@GameQuitters 6 ай бұрын

Come join us on the forums or discord, the extra support will help a lot: forum.gamequitters.com or discord.gg/gamequitters

@jakejoyride 8 ай бұрын

inspiring

@neo7794 6 ай бұрын

I can't be the only one that's hearing Elon Musk 😄

@itzBrolab 9 ай бұрын

Is it ok to just play video games once a week for about 1-3h and no more gaming for the week?

@altair-x 9 ай бұрын

Play as much as you want, you shouldn't worry too much about what these people are saying

@DinoMarcoccia 8 ай бұрын

For some ppl, playing moderately is ok; for the majority, the best think is to get rid of it, sorrisão the "infinite" modern games.

@PK-se2jh 8 ай бұрын

thankyouu

@Ahmed-Soudi 6 ай бұрын

Interesting!

@D87943 9 ай бұрын

I just got back to playing vide,o games after a 7 month break I don’t know what to do.

@GameQuitters 9 ай бұрын

Ditch it and get back on track watch my relapse videos

@altair-x 9 ай бұрын

learn self control

@nick_the_named 4 ай бұрын

i dont think games should be quit games are amazing they arent this big problem that needs to be stomped out and destroyed games can be an outlit for creativity they can be a place to relax to have fun they are just something that id say should be experenced by everyone but there are some times were it becomes a problem like when you spend days and nights strait playing them or choose games over your freinds but i think that mostly the cons i mention are all some people want to talk about so many people say its an ediction and everyone who plays is a adict but its not like that games are amazing so unless it become a large and overwelming problem in your life dont quit just have fun its not a adiction its a hobby its a canvis its entertainment its a pass time so dont quit games just dont let them becom a problem

@comrademartinofrappuccino 9 ай бұрын

I can tell you this to minecraft players: I made more impressive 2D building via Krita, then i did off 5 years of minecraft. so do not hesitate to quit minecraft, there is so much to gain, little to none to lose.

@debojitdhar502 8 ай бұрын

I am waiting for when my computer catch fire then I will be super productive 😂😂 problem is not gaming problems is about modern day when you quit gaming then you grab other thing like Netflix' prime videos, pornographi etc because you have not get death sentence from court this channel doesn't talk about real problems that is why I didn't like it

@voiceofomiej7722 9 ай бұрын

Great JOB

@kellihendrix9637 8 ай бұрын

Promo-SM 😁

@voiceofomiej7722 9 ай бұрын

Great

@thegwynbleidd4202 9 ай бұрын

@DinoMarcoccia 8 ай бұрын

I agree with you. I myself love playing old games, those before the algorithms and infinite lootboxes poisoned everything, enslaving most of us.

@thegwynbleidd4202 8 ай бұрын

@@DinoMarcoccia While there are certainly some problems with the video games industry, I would argue that the quality of narrative games in the past 8 years has only been better (common examples being the masterful storytelling of games such as Red Dead Redemption 2, The Witcher 3, God of War and hundreds more). I think if you look on the surface of this industry you might think that it’s full of the negatives you mentioned but the more you dig, the more you realize the true value of the interactive art.

@bukhabusa4819 9 ай бұрын

gaming is for losers

@thegwynbleidd4202 9 ай бұрын

@bukhabusa4819 8 ай бұрын

@@thegwynbleidd4202 do you actually believe books can waste time the same way video games do? or are you just trying to hold on to your gaming addiction by winning an online argument? i personally only read religious books and i don’t even do it for pleasure purposes i view it as “study sessions”, movies are a waste of time as well but guess what? movies end after 2 hours not 200hours. notice how you will never watch a movie and in the middle of the movie you will be asked to pay more money in order to keep watching or skip a boring character arc, because altho movies ARE a waste of time, but it actually thinks of itself as a genuine art form and it takes pride in that, gaming however will shamelessly keep asking the player for money every single chance it gets because its not art its more of a mental trap where the more addicted you are the more money they try to milk out of you. it’s pathetic and insulting to my intelligence. just because some loser internet influencer keeps promoting video games while maintaining a facade of someone who has his life together (girlfriend, income, healthy physique, etc) doesn’t mean that he’s not a complete moral degenerate 99% of the time. men don’t respond very well to kindness, we’re too defensive and we see kindness as either weakness or deceit, that’s why i had to completely destroy your argument and dunk on you like that so that maybe i can shatter this defensive attitude you got going on and hopefully my harsh yet helpful advice can get to you. good luck.

@altair-x 8 ай бұрын

Games are for losers? what about pewdiepie, markiplier and jacksepticeye? three rich people who changed the lives of millions.

@bukhabusa4819 8 ай бұрын

@@altair-x just because some degenerate weirdo became famous online and figured out how to make money out of it doesn’t mean that gaming isn’t a LOSER habit

@YourPalHDee 8 ай бұрын

@@altair-x Just because they're rich, doesn't mean they're not losers. Lots of rich people are total losers and gaming is most definitely for losers.

@clickiigmz543 9 ай бұрын

Fantastic talk, thank u soooo muchhh!!!!

@Seattle_streets 9 ай бұрын

From "steamtime" wow. 15,168h WASTED! About 6000 in dayz/arma2/3

@GameQuitters 9 ай бұрын

😭

@Seattle_streets 9 ай бұрын

@@GameQuitters I gotta stop gaming thinking of selling my PC and using the money to start airsoft so I can cure my gun obsession. I did the math even estimating the hours that are not on steam and it's something like 3 years out of my 24 years on this planet! It's time!