Why did lifting literally kill my gaming "addiction" over-night?
It's been 4 years since I started lifting and I haven't touched a video game since. The interest just died over night.
Is it possible that something else in life might end up killing the interest in lifting for me? I fucking hope it doesn't.....please tell me lifting is immune to this...
Lifting hasn't killed my internet addiction.
>>37647674
same reason getting laid broke my porn addiction
OP here.
When I say "addiction" I don't mean some reddit tier non-sense.
I literally dropped out of highschool in 2004 to play WoW.
>>37647674
good for you, I wish I could stop playing.
>tfw playing vidya and lifting takes up so much of my time
>>37647691
Probably because you found leveling up in real life to be more satisfying then Blizzard's grind.
>>37647690
Gaming = progressing character
Lifting = progressing real life character (your body)
So I guess that's why lifting killed my gaming addiction? I just replaced 1 MMORPG (WoW) with another (Lifting)
I guess if you're getting solid good sex regularly it over rides the care factor for porn.
Getting a PR in the gym, or seeing a new vein or reaching a new level of bodyfat gives me the same hype as I got in WoW when I reached a certain rating in arena, or killed some boss/got some new weapon etc.
>>37647674
lifting takes two hours max, what the fuck do you do other 10 hours a day if not playing dota ?
>>37647712
Nigga got +5 in strength and couldnt let it go since
>>37647674
the focus and energy you put towards things can be replaced by other things. i wouldnt say i stopped gaming but i really only like playing when something exciting comes out now where as before i would play cod and halo and wow errday
>>37647727
Full-time study-load in university, and working part-time and lifting.
Gaming seems pointless to me now. I'm not the type of person who can just play a game for 1-2 hours and that's it.
When I was on WoW I was playing 6-12 hours a day. I can't imagine just dropping in and out of gaming for short periods of time, for me it's either all or nothing.
I can't enjoy gaming on a casual-fag basis.
>>37647674
well strength training kind of resembles a game. you level yourself up and constantly improve and face challenges, sometimes you stall and have to be creative. as long as you enjoy it could very well be the best game.
I noticed that too.
Now I basically have to force myself to sit there and play games.
I still addicted to just buying games though; I dont even play em, they just sit there. I even have a fucking typed out list of upcoming games I need to buy
>>37647777
Quads don't lie
>>37647726
Yeah that's it
If you're scared of finding something to override your love of lifting, it's gonna be something really fucking important
video games were a pacifier replacement for the physical stimulus your ancestral body craves. Given the physical stimulus of lifting heavy weights that your body actually wanted your replacement craving for flashing lights disappeared.
>>37647777
Mirin quads
>28 year old 6'4 supposedly "Cut" guy that still plays MGS5 and goes gaga over Kojima's direction.
Tis bout evolution senpai
>>37647726
>gaming = progressing character
Cod wowfag pleb detected
>>37647674
Video gaming isn't an addiction, candyass
>>37647828
t. normalfag
WoW has a pretty solid system in place that gives rewards bit by bit which keep people playing. The same endorphin release I get from lifting when having a really good session, hitting a new PR, flexing in the mirror etc.... I use to get from WoW when I would get an item, or a new high arena rating or killed a new boss etc.
>>37647816
BOSS GET DOWN
>>37647674
you never really liked it in the first place you just killed time with games
>>37647674
Probably because you never really liked video games but used it as an escape
>>37647861
>>37647868
I played WoW non-stop from age 17 to 25 NEET (2004 - 2012)
Then started lifting in 2012 because I woke up 1 day and had an epiphany. In 2014 I started university and in 2015 I got a part-time job.
Now lifting, full-time university and working part-time.
I guess the life-style change could have made me not give a shit about gaming anymore.
>>37647847
BOSS
BOSSSS
BBBBBOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSS
Same for me, used to be that obese kid who played all day, now I have I don't really care about gaming.
I still play from time to time but lifting is no1
>>37647682
Yeah it was video games but now its lifting+shitposting>>37647690
>tfw you used to wonder how people could live life without video games
>tfw now you wonder how you even played video games for all those years and now 100% understand people who don't play them
funny how times change, quarter-century of gaming all for nothing, wish i knew the truth earlier
>>37647918
>gaming all for nothing
Too bad you're a shit for brains there bubs
I don't know what you guys are talking about. Video games are still something I'm passionate about; I've simply cultivated more hobbies as a result of lifting to complement them.
I don't play games quite as much as I used to, but I still love them.
>>37647929
butt hurt gamer detected
you guys are all the same
>i'm not wasting my t-time, it's all w-worth it! i dont r-regret any of it!
>p-people make l-lots of money off gaming n-now! t-trust me!
>its really like a s-sport now like basketball!
fuck off loser fag geek dweeb fagnerd
>>37647674
Video gaming is just like any other media.
Your life never had to revolve around it in the first place.
I'm not sure why some of you can't balance your hobbies like adults.
>>37647964
Lifting teaches/trains virtues such as patients and dedication and willpower.
What does gaming teach? Literally NOTHING. It shouldn't be a surprise if you grew up gaming all your life that you end up with less than the greatest virtues in life.
>>37647980
(You)
>>37647988
>being this butthurt about your """"""""""hobby"""""""""
I really hope you're under 18 years of age. If I saw any adult male talking this defensively of video games I'd fucking deck them on the spot.
>>37647962
while I agree it's stupid when people delude themselves into thinking it's something "worthwhile" or something they can make money off of, you shouldn't be so buttblasted at everyone who plays
Literally just something to do when you're bored, no harm in that
>>37647980
Read what I said again and this time pay attention.
Also for me personally gaming got me into lifting. I don't understand your superiority complex towards other people's hobbies.
>>37647980
>patients
>>37647995
>If I saw any adult male talking this defensively of video games I'd fucking deck them on the spot.
>>37647962
>this butthurt
>calling others butthurt
Bruh.
Gaming design is an Artform. All the software coding, visuals, audio engineering and craftsmanship to creating the most advanced simulation (aka Phantom Pain) available to us common folks is a pretty decent fucking experience.
Shit for brains.
>>37647998
You look like shit and you're an ovecompenstating manlet. No wonder you're shitting on others because your own life is shit-tier fucked.
>>37648033
>Gaming design is an Artform
I started lifting about a month ago, and I literally did the exact same thing, the solo queue session wasn't going too great either and something in me just snapped, sold everything the next day and I've felt so much more in control with my life.
I think it's something to do with video games themselves, they formulate a false belief that you're accomplishing something you're actually not, you're basically tricking your brain into believing you're going out there and accomplishing shit that makes you alpha, you think game developers don't know this? They DO know, and they capitalise on it, they capitalise on the nature of man, it's scary once you come to the realisation of it all, but it just motivates me more than anything to be different than all the fucking betas out there and use my time for the more important things in life that will be of more use to me than video games will ever be.
Ultimately, you just have to find it in yourself to detach yourself from the false world of video games, you can read more about this by searching "video games and dopamine" or something along those lines, it really fucks up your reward system, hence why you always want to come back for more, for anyone reading this - just drop it all together, it'll do you a whole world of good, trust me. Again, I or no one can really change your mind, you have to find it in yourself to make that step and truly detach yourself from gaming, I reached that boiling point which is why I quit, and i'm glad I did, peace.
>>37647995
Good luck! Gaming has given me the hand/eye reflexes I need to dodge and counter your slow meathead attacks. You're lucky my mom took away my Masamune replica or you would be dead meat!
>>37647998
joe rogan tier manlet
>>37647712
Overwatch is bretty fun tho
>>37648061
reminds me of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAEfeNLKwd0&ab_channel=Albert%C3%85kesson
>>37648020
You wouldn't do shit pussy.
>>37647995
(You)
>>37648049
Your bitterness is amusing
>>37648061
>not adult enough to sit down with your wife and play MGS5 while she sinks deep inside your lap because she's a gaming nerd too and prefers this hobby over several shitty ones
Fuck off timmy. You sound 19.
I wouldn't say lifting was the deciding factor in my reluctance to play videogames as I once did, but it did fill out my daily schedule when I chose to stop playing videogames. I had less time to sit around doing unproductive things and gaming slowly moved out of my life.
Holyshit this thread
You guys would throw shit at each other for bread crumbs
>>37647884
It could also be that WoW went to shit after WOTLK/CATA
>>37647674
yeah i was the exact same brah. i lifted like crazy from 14-16, then 4 years of CONSTANT gaming. like legit 24/7. then i started lifting again. 2 years since then.
If you're over 18 years of age and still playing video games you must reconsider your life style choices for your own sake.
>>37648144
I'd throw bread crumbs at anon's for shit
>>37647674
You were never addicted to gaming, you just enjoyed it as a way to kill your time
Now you found something you enjoy more to kill your time
Lifting feels more productive then gaming so that's probably why
>>37648220
>not being able to manage his time
Patrick I have some bad news
Anyone who 'quits' vidya was playing them for the wrong reasons in the first place. If you're simply playing them for the sake of simulating things that you could otherwise experience better by actually doing them, then you're missing the point. Ideally, you're playing to experience things with no real life equivalent.
>>37648293
says the guy who probably farms trophies, achievements and online points to show off to his gaming buddies
>>37648033
>Gaming design is an Artform
>>37648220
>6'1", 215lbs 26, currently cuttan
>fulltime job
>earn above average for my country
>just bought an appartment on my own, all furniture first-hand bought and completely renovated the appartment
>go out being social on weekends, hang with friends on wednesdays
>well liked in my social circle
>read books on mondays
>rest of the evenings I play vidya
>mfw
get on my level faggot
>>37648305
Well I've never done any of that.
>>37648314
reality
>20% bodyfat skinnyfat
>9-5 shit job
>shitty 1 bedroom apartment in ugly apartment complex
>goes to video gaming shops to play magic the gathering
>well liked in his social circle of neckbeard virgins
>plays video games 60 hours a week
>>37648314
>read books on mondays
Braindead pleb detected.
>>37648293
You can't make generalizations like that without coming off as an idiot...
>>37647674
Who is this semen demon?
Video games got boring after i started playing them with friends, not even kidding
Used to be a wow addict / console fag until highschool, after that i started playing with old friends (people i knew since kindergarten) on skype and ever since then playing vidya alone just isn't fun, pretty much any game that has coop for at least 4 ppl is fun as shit if you're playing it with friends. even league of legends is fun if you're playing it with 4 other mates.
I couldn't get through witcher 3 because sitting there for 5 hours by myself was just too much for me
But vidya is still my favorite form of entertainment
>>37647712
>>37647726
This is pretty much it. I feel the same way. Got to level up in RL if you are really going to make it anywhere.
>>37648314
>paying for furniture depreciation
Other than that good shit anon. You are making it.
>>37647962
This honestly sounds a lot like me but I dont consider myself a gamer. I mean former pro athletes are starting to get into them too so thats something.
I play video games for the story and for competition.
I don't see how lifting would make me no longer enjoy this.
Granted, I have significantly cut down how much I game. I care more about doing physical activities now.
>>37648310
Where do you draw the line for art?
Animated movies? Interactive exhibits? Digital art?
Video games tick all the boxes
Getting /fit/ gave me a new appreciation for mmo developers that look out for the casual audience.
I know it's heresy to say something like that, but it's nice being able to play a game like FFXIV (I've always loved FF games), run DF, craft, etc, and then jump off with no issues to go work out and/or run.
>>37648033
t.indiekikestarterdev
>>37647690
>tfw mrs is a freak
>sex every night or at least every other night
>if we dont fuck i fap
>>37647674
simple you were already over your gaming addiction but youre just a weak user so you replaced one thing with another
>>37647962
>no fun allowed
why do people like you want others to justify what they do for recreation? Are you that cynical and bitter about the world that you literally believe nobody could derive entertainment from something you dont?
Time to step it up anon
>>37647980
Gaming improved my grammar and spelling.
>>37647884
>>37647747
Hey there fellow working part time n uni friendos. Similar story,now my life is all work eat study lift
>>37647674
I dont go crazy over new releases anymore, but i do enjoy just playing some Crpgs when relaxing.
>>37647674
>not getting ripped to start a twitch channel as a ripped dude
>>37648458
>RL
I thought you meant Rocket League
It's because you have a serious underlying obsessive disorder and you've swapped one target for another. Get help anon.
Same here, gaming is just boring for me now.
>>37647980
Depends on the games. Flight sims teach you the basics of aeronautics. Kerbal Space Program helps people master orbital mechanics by putting theory into practice. Strategy and tactics games like civ, total war, EUIV, etc., teach you about history, military tactics and strategical thinking.
Obviously shoot-em-up's aren't going to be anything other than entertainment but to write off the entire medium as devoid of any merit is stupid.
I play like 2-3 hours of vidya a week, usually Friday when the gf is still at work but I have off. When I'm not pursuing my other hobby (brewing beer).
You just replaced a video game addiction with a lifting addiction is all.
>>37647998
Nice jean shorts you Manlet faggot
Sometimes after I get home from the gym, I'll play two hours of Dark Souls at most. I used to play hours upon hours of vidja back when I started college. Now that I'm out, I just have something that is across the board more fun and more rewarding than videogames, which is lifting.
>>37647914
I hate myself
You never liked videogames for what they are, they were just a time sink to you.
Now I simply have less time to fucking play them because work etc. but I don't think that for people like me that gamed since they were like 4, and play shit like Ultima and Daggerfall in childhood there is a way to "escape" gaming...it might also have to do with the fact that I am a concept artist at a game dev studio but still, I doubt I would completely abandon vidya if my career choices were different.
I quit playing League of legends diamond 2 soloq
for lifting and starting a band
never been happier.
>>37650890
>people that play dota, lol, dota 2 etc.
I hate you. Dota literally killed w3 online that's was not Dota, worst part was that Dota was shit and based on a concept that partially ruined Warcraft, fucking heroes.
>>37650835
Nope the US hates you though lol
What is it with 4chan and not being able to balance hobbies like adults? People here get addicted to vidya, then go cold turkey and cut it off completely, then post to a congratulatory circlejerk how much better they are now that they don't play 10 hours a day. You realize the problem was with you, not the hobby?
If anything running didn't replace vidya, it just complemented it. I play video games mostly for the feeling of exploration and discovery, and running fulfills a similar need since I enjoy running around my neighborhood and in parks seeing new places. It would be silly to say I can only do one though.
>>37651004
Thanks for reminding me to not speak with witches
>>37647674
You found a better high
I lost interest in games slowly, not because of lifting, but it is true that the more I lift, the less I have time or care to play vidya. It's been almost a year without playing vidya.
It just doesn't feel right to play games for me. Most of them became just like another job. You gotta grind to get stronger, collect thousands of shitty stuff that I don't really care about and at the end they became all open world with the same base mechanics.
I just played Uncharted 4 for two hours at a bro , watched some Zelda videos from this E3 and spent 10 hours in the whole year playing Nuclear Throne. That's it.
Respect for you fucks who broke out of the NEET/gaming meme early on.
I didn't until I was 30(though health issues were a major factor in helping keep me NEET that long) and really wish I had broken free earlier. Glad I did it while I was still young but def feel like I missed out some.
31 and a half now and I barely game anymore, work out regularly, have a solid job, and have had more sex in the past year than I did in my entire 20's(all of two times).
Aside from my health greatly improving, I think games, especially WoW, being shit was what mainlymade me break free but I fear myself falling into Battlefield 1 for a month or two when it comes out. Looks so damn good.
90s early 00s were a golden age for vidya, i dont regret that. I do wish i started lifting earlier though, but there was no need for me to until i actually did.
Video games actually taught me quite a lot about life, history, and exercise analytical and hand eye coordination skills
>WoW
>LoL
>Battlefield 1
Why is /fit/ full of casuals?
Same, but with programming, which (oddly) led to lifting too
I still play Dwarf Fortress from time to time, but other than that I haven't played a game on my own in months (I still play with friends though)
>>37648061
I don't game as much as I use to. It's now used as a way to relax at the end of the day instead of something that use to take up my entire weekend.
When I do come back to gaming occasionally it feels more hollow when I accomplish something in game. There used to be a beautiful feeling of satisfaction and victory but now it just feels like I wasted 2 hours of my time.
However, I cannot bring myself to sell my PS3 and all my games.
You were just lacking an activity for your free time.
You had too much free time.
But yeah was the same.
I'm still a kissless friendless shut in virginite but hey atleast I'm ripped right guys haha
I'm getting fit so I can become the chosen one that will link the fire. I got a long road ahead.
>>37647674
The only games I would like to play is Napoleon total war, Smash Bros and dark souls.
When I start up a game I feel guilty as if I'm wasting away time for self improvement, even if I just shitpost on here it's better spent than in a game where I know everything that will happen anyway
>>37647816
>Almost no definition in abs or obliques whatsoever
>Undersized pecs relative to biceps
Probably has stick legs
>>37647674
>Is it possible that something else in life might end up killing the interest in lifting for me? I fucking hope it doesn't.....please tell me lifting is immune to this...
My old best friend and gym buddy found a girlfriend. He never went to the gym again. He isn't lifting now since around one year. Haven't seen him in months also. Girlfriends literally ruin friendships and gains. I hate her desu. I miss my old friend...
>>37647674
I didn't. Lifting is a game. Grinding, progression, challenges. You're still gaming m8.
>>37652592
Comparing improving the physical body to devoting mental resources to a creation of someone else...seriously???
Better off improving the body and the mind
>>37647674
Have any of you had the reverse happen? I stopped playing video games for months because of lifting, but then I decided to download civ 5 just for fun, I ended up playing for 8 hours and then had a shitty unfocused workout the next day
>>37647691
well did you beat it at least?
My brain sometimes switches to gaming mode and I imagine people talking to me in dialogue boxes
Then I think about how meaningless life is and continue to lift heavy things to defy non existing gods and the world itself
>>37653957
It must suck to live your life constantly attempting to make others feel as miserable as you are
I still endlessly refresh pages :/
>>37652373
It's all for naut, anon.
Let the flames fade. Welcome darkness. Usher in the age of man.
>>37647674
I can't even watch TV anymore. The only time I slow down is when I drink.
My days are work, train, play with son, work on house/lawn/hobbies, sleep.
3 years in.
>>37647674
>>37647690
I haven't dropped either of these and I don't plan to. My gf is a 7 or 8 on good days and she has small tits.
>>37652534
Until they breakup, and depending on things, if the breakup is bad; you'll have your gym buddy back.
>>37647674
Play some metal slug faggot.
>>37647980
I play squad and desu its pretty good for learning teamwork, communication and leadership all to some degree
>>37647962
>>37647674
started lifting months ago, keep gaming like there is no tomorrow... i dont think my addiction will stop for the rest of my life since its one that has brought me thousands of hours of entertainment since my childhood.
>>37647674
On rest day I literally play games and watch anime
Every other day is serious and devoted to work/fitness
If I find time tho I'll squeeze in some game/anime time
>>37647962
>loser fag geek dweeb fagnerd
You must be 18 or older to post
>>37647962
>you
>>37647962
>i'm not wasting my t-time, it's all w-worth it! i dont r-regret any of it!
>p-people make l-lots of money off gaming n-now! t-trust me!
>its really like a s-sport now like basketball!
Who says that? I'm a casual gamer and I've never heard anyone be that autistic
>he chooses his hobbies based upon their public perceptions
>he berates people who game because he thinks shitloads of sex is a better way to spend your time than gaming
i seriously hope none of you do this
the definition of not making it
>>37658926
probably hangs around other autistic kids since the rest of them just exclude him
>>37648695
noice!
>>37652477
Fuck off timmy.
i can bench 500 for 5 and play videogames at a competitive level, sorry OP but you sound dyel low test manlet beta rock collector
>>37659139
>that chest gap
ew
>>37653708
Underrated post
>>37659928
Lets see yours dyel neckbeard.
Didn't think so bubs.
>>37647816
That game sucks man
[spoiler]I still play almost every night though because I like the series[/spoiler]
>>37659997
me posting a picture or not doesnt change that he looks like shit
kill yourself
>>37647980
If it weren't for runescape I would probably still be typing with two fingers
Yahoo checkers taught me about bantz before 4chan
>>37659139
>taking the bait in the first place
>defending yourself on an anonymous image board
wew
>>37647674
Games fucking suck now. Thats why you dont go back.
People who play these shitty "games" that come out...dont even it like them
>>37647777
Q U A D D A M A G E
But really, I think the reason why a lot of dudes play vidya is simply because there is a self-imposed challenge that they can easily get into without the physical strife
>>37659139
Dude, he's some fuckwit online, you're looking good
I used to be a super turbo nerd gamer as well.
I'll explain to you why it killed your gaming addiction. Lifting is an activity that heightens yourself, your body, and your mind. You want to learn about your body and the human body and you do naturally through lifting. You subconsciously start to see that video games don't do shit for you postively other than just be a time killer if you need to kill time. You don't even notice it right away because your mind is a powerful thing. It naturally just switches when you move forward.
I went thru that same kinda transition. I still play video games but maybe once or twice every 1-2 weeks for a few hours. Honestly I like it better that way. I buy maybe 1-3 games a year now. Saves me money and I waste less time that I can be using to be more productive.
No other activity will really kill your desire to lift. You might go thru a hiatus with lifting but you'll always go back to it generally if you are about that shit. Your body's want to exercise becomes lower or higher depending on the time of year and shit so basically work with that as well. Know yourself and your body.
Welcome to forward thinking and moving, OP. Keep moving forward.
>>37662767
>No other activity will really kill your desire to lift.
BJJ
>>37660054
Jealous kek
Good for you I guess?
I like video games, its a great indoors hobby for someone who dislikes TV and its not a Netflix addict. Playing video games doesn't make you unable to lift heavy or make you an anti-social twat. So sounds to me you are just super invested and hyped about lifting right now that nothing else seems to be important. Which is good, ride that feeling as much as you can OP, just don't stop lifting when the feeling dies out, it will happen eventually.
Lifting is a lot more about discipline than hype.
>tfw trying to complete Loremaster achievement in WoW while working 8 hours per day
>tfw refused a booty call on Tinder because my autism demanded me to finish all the outlands maps that weekend.
I don't even care senpai, having Loremaster before the next expac hits will be more rewarding than night of meaningless sex with a basic bitch.
>>37647962
But anon, you sound like a real sadkunt here.
>>37647995
You wouldn't because you are a huge sloppy pussy
How is this thread still alive? Feels like I made it 2 days ago.
>>37647980
>patients
The doctor will see you now
>>37647674
geting a kid may have the chance of killing lifting like that.
When you realize that you now have to take care of another human being, you can quickly decide that lifting is not as important as this little lad/lass.
>>37663507
>Not lifting to be an inspiration and good role model to your child
>>37647674
I dont know OP, but ive found myself being less interested in vidya too, especially recently now ive switched to lifting 4 days a week.
My theory is that lifting scratches the same kind of itch that gaming does. I was always a sucker for perfecting games, getting 100% completion, unlocking all achievements, etc. I've just traded that for levelling up my body, hitting milestones and so on. I graph my lifts and check off workout days on a calendar. It's pretty aspie but I need that kind of structure to commit to long term projects.
Playing lots of video games and watching anime is for fucking losers, OP you probably already subconsciously knew this and picking up the iron was the nail in the coffin for you to put down the childish things and starting to actually feel like a man.
>>37663528
I'm not saying that it is a good thing, but it happens in a lot of people's minds.
>>37663563
how do I fucking lose this shit loser attitude though? I've been lifting for a year and still fuck away half the day on vidya.
