What even possesses someone to get to this point?
If you play video games past 20 you're pretty much set to fail
>phd in mathematics
>300k starting
>any job I want
>still play minecraft
Why? I've been playing video games since I was 3 years old. I'm fucked for life.
I know right? He should get a more mature hobby, like posting an antisemitic anime imageboard
>>76301162
if you watch TV, sports and/or movies past 20 you're pretty much set to fail.
>>76301162
Yeah, but there's a new dlc for GTA 5 tomorrow.
>>76301350
Whaaat?
>>76301162
Playing with friends (real life ones) few hours a week is fine, it is a competitive activity like any other.
If you player 20-35 hours a week you are pretty much an escapist and that's kind of bad for you especially if you developp an addictive attitude and the activity dominates your thought s(ie: thinking or fantasizing about video games in your shower or at work).
Over you are a no life and it is pretty self explanatory.
>>76301822
same applies to 4chan and really the whole internet
>year ago was gonna become a sub for pro assfaggots team
>dad never liked it, hes a fitness freak and was saying as long as i live under his roof im going to live by his rules
>have to play football and work out, not that i dont like it but its different when someone is saying you have to do it or youre out of the house
>injure wrist playing football
>lose my chance to make decent money doing what i love and travel around the world to different lans
im still salty as fuck, moved out and barely talk to my dad
>>76301822
> thinking or fantasizing about video games in your shower or at work
M8, I'm a full blown escapist and I highly doubt people actually do that.
>>76302094
You think we're going to be impressed by you not talking with your father?
>>76302153
I fantasize and think about 4chan and /pol/ in the shower and at work. I think in greentext. I swear this place is far more unhealthy than video games even.
>>76302094
He did the right thing, for the right reasons. Apologize to him.
>>76302153
>>>76301822
>> thinking or fantasizing about video games in your shower or at work
>M8, I'm a full blown escapist and I highly doubt people actually do that.
they do
>>76302153
that's just because you don't work or shower
Says the faggot shitposting on an anime reaction image board.
>>76301162
Video games can't be your number 1.
>>76302374
Nice staircase wit there dumbass.
168 hours a week available
No Less than 60 hours a week:
Work and/or Education ongoing Education (keeping up with trends, markets, politics, finances, self improvement, literacy, etc.)
No less than 8 hours a week:
Physical activity (working out, playing sports, walking, jogging, etc.) You can workout while listening to books being read to multi task
No less than 40 hours a week no more than 60 will use 50 as average for Sleep and Naps
At least 5 hours a week socializing and networking (hopefully more, but this is the internet so 5 hours may be a stretch for some) and yes you net to socialize and network. It will undue some of the damage that sustain from 4chan and the internet.
That is 123 hours so 45 hours a week left for watching TV, playing video games, internet use, hobbies, etc or do more of the above suggested activities.
The problem is when you don't do the top activities to do more of the bottom activities.
>inb4 die normy, you NEET scum are dieing a slow soulless unfulfilled life so don't try to take anyone else down with you.
>>76302300
>wrecking someone's shit for no reason
>the right thing to do
ITT +40 year old bumpkin burnouts try to lecture us on why video games are bad
May as well tell us the evils of computers in cars too while you're at it
>>76302094
You're angry at your dad for trying to get you to be healthy? Unless he walked up an snapped your wrist, you need to apologize. Even if it wasn't what you needed, sounds like he was just trying to be a dad and give you a good balance in life.
Dont live with ragrets.
>>76302646
computers and cars were evil and degenerated society.
the Amish were 100% right.
>>76302531
>for no reason
yeah ok lets all take advice from the resident autist here
I have a job and play video games in my spare time
However I have now become very picky, I abandon most video games after trying them out once and only really put time into the really good ones.
Right now I'm playing Total War Warhammer because I like Total War games. Before that I put time into The Witcher 3, and before that it was GTA V on the PC. So I put time into maybe 3 games a year.
>>76302706
Ok, what was said good reason anon? >Hurrdurr autistic/degenerate
is not a reason by the way
>>76301251
>and im a multi millionare oil boss thingy that make 6 gorrilion money a year.
Lie somewhere else.
i play ssbm competitively and it's just a nice hobby, get an excuse to travel with friends and meet people who are most likely similar to you
>>76301972
That's half-true, if you read books about history and philosophy, draw, play music, practice sport 20-35 hours a week you gain something valuable out of it, skill/knowledge/abilities.
Playing video games provides almost none of that, you just become good at a one type of video games.
This is one of the reasons you see so many people especially addicted to social games which ask for high investment in times/effort and provide a virtual source of reward, games like MMORPG or MOBA, people have difficulty to quit them because that would mean to throw at the bin a status earned in a community through hundred if not thousand of hours.
Most of them don't realize of autistic it is to brag about your MMR/rank/stuff in these games but they still feel really good about it despite having 0 relevance in the real world.
You can reply that not everything should be "productive" or that I have a very utilitarian point of view but the fact remains that these games ask for a substantial amount of energy when they provide nothing but short term pleasure.
28 years old and I'm making $40k/yr, still playing the vidya and I think I'm doing alright.
>>76301162
>IT engineer
>no problem with jobs even in my country
>can make a decent living
>still playing planetside 2 with my other IT friend from time to time
Playing games past 20 year old mark is not the problem my little burger friend, the problem is spending TOO MUCH FUCKING TIME playing games. Moderation is the key in everything.
>>76303293
as
>>76303212
says, it's really the competitive stuff, MOBAs, MMOs etc which are the worst offenders. I enjoy my retro games but never once touched WoW or anything like it and I'm glad I didnt. I'm autistic (actually diagnosed) but I did well in school, have a job in engineering and started working out recently. If I had got into WoW I might be a worthless NEET.
For a second there I thought SGDQ had already started.
>>76301162
I'm betting 80% of the white males on this board look like this
>>76301972
>>76303212
My bad, I misread you.
>>76301822
>>76302153
I remember when I was a teen I would play WoW for so long that I would see the game when I closed my eyes to go to bed. Like it would never end.
Now I sometimes get into a trancy state when I'm in bed half asleep where I'm reading literal shitposts in my head. I may be a little fucked, but sometimes I go to reply and then realize that I'm not even on a computer.
>>76303520
Video game music did motivate me to work harder at piano when I was a kid though and I don't regret it.
>Change clothes to fashionable
>Change bodies to lift 3x a day
OP caption reads: Why are these chads getting so much pussy and why are you such a failure?
Buy clothes from fashionable stores, throw out the cargo shorts and graphic tees. Lift heavy 3x a day with compound lifts.
Congrats you are now in the Top 75% of men in 6 months. Top 90% in 18 months.
>>76303293
You work at McDonalds or something?
stefan molyneux plays videogames so your argument is automatically invalid.
>>76303810
>Lift heavy 3x a day with compound lifts.
Gooby does not approve.
>>76301162
im 34, no job, live with mom in the BASEMENT, i play video games from when i wake up till i go to bed. i fap every day to anime porn and all types of shit really. i am not kidding. i am just waiting for her to die to get the house and get some money. there is no opportunity in this fucking work force but flipping burgers and if you do that then your less then even ME.
NEET PRIDE
WORLD WIDE
come at me wage cucks.
>>76301162
>Notch a gamer who still to this play plays games is a billionaire
>Set to fail
>Constantly see people on /pol/ say playing video games and watching anime is bad.
What website do you guys think you are on?
>>76301162
>What are hobbies?
Some people have the means to have video games as a hobby, faggot. Just because you can't wrap your mind around it doesn't mean it's not true.
>>76303810
faggot
>>76303983
sounds boring senpai
>>76301162
>Earn 60K/year
>Have my own place
>0 Debt
>Play video every day
>Smoke weed every day
Cry more faggot
>>76303983
Living the dream.
>>76303977
Gooby get out
>>76303810
>life 3x a day compound
>imply i'm 16 with no job in my last summer before senior year
I got a job nigga, 2 or 3 days a week for me is all I can handle.
>>76303983
I think if I was living like that I would grow to hate video games. I only enjoy them now because I work hard and come home to enjoy them.
>>76304067
They all watch anime and play video games.
Reminder, pol is satire.
I play way fewer games now though. Most are just shitty movies you push buttons to progress. The 'game' part of modern games usually comes down to adjusting variables in an equipment menu and selecting speech trees. RPG's in the late 90's ruined what it meant for something to be a game.
>>76303983
>34
>parasite
>proud of it
Did you have to grow up without a father?
>>76302153
Can confirm. I absolutely fantasized about games at work, in the shower, when I slept. Basically whenever I wasn't playing certain games.
I'm reformed now, but this was well into my lower 30's.
I didn't even ened to see the banner on the wall to know that bunch of soulless husks were speedrunningfags.
Speedrunning even beat magic the gathering in terms of looking like the biggest losers on earth.
>>76303983
wage cucks are the worst cucks
I beg to differ. I play a few hours of Red Orchestra 2 every week to unwind from work. Depending on what you're playing it isn't any different than spending two hours on a movie.
>>76304488
That image is accurate but don't pretend that modern NEETs are anything like the serfs of old
>>76302094
what game?
>>76301162
GET ON MY LEVEL HOE
>>76304146
>le successful man dress
No faggot. Get big. Get fashionable. The bitches will come to you.
I see all these boys struggle like I used to. Their arms are no larger than a 10 year old or they weigh an intense amount. They wear basketball shorts or ill-fitting jeans and a t-shirt with running shoes.
They wonder why they are alone. These boys are around the same age I and they struggle because the have a short sexual history. Lack of affection from women in their lives in a constant, unless they get lucky.
Why submit yourself to such a torture when lifting weights 3x a week is such a small commitment and fast-fashion brands let you buy an entire new wardrobe for less than 100 dollars.
It's never been easier to be the man you were meant to be. Why do so many reject their own destiny?
>>76302846
Same, I play about 2 games a year.
>>76303983
>there is no opportunity in this fucking work force
that's mostly untrue, you just have to hustle and lingo your way through the red tape.
Also knowing people helps a lot. I hope you tell your mom you love her, what are you gonna do for cash when the inheritance runs out, you can't pay property tax, and you have to sell the house?
Just into hobomode?
Video games are for white men, why do you want to take that away from them?
>>76304666
sexual history isn't the most important thing and it's not how one should validate themselves.
Lift because you want to improve yourself first and foremost, not simply to get pussy. Marriage and family should be the goal not "sexual history"
>>76303983
It is never too late to begin.
>>76304033
Notch is like these kids you see in e-sport, gaining millions because they are really good at one game, or these 20-30 gaming youtubers who make 6 figures salaries.
It's a mirage, for one succeeding there is thousands who try VERY HARD everyday to emulate them without success.
>>76301162
>Army EOD (civi now)
>Nurse
>Twitch Streamer
>Day Trader
>Gambler
>Bitcoin investor
Net worth: $860k
Play videos games 6 hours a day and I'm 29.
Stop projecting your own weak life on others.
>>76304666
it's cause they still care about what women think of them satan
I am currently learning on my degree which will allow me to stay in remote location for all my years to come, work 8h/day and I plan on playing as much as I want because I love vidya
Even vidya gets boring though, sometimes you just need something else, like good book, movie, drinking till I drop, or visit in a fucking museum.
OP is a faggot
>>76304813
>try VERY HARD everyday to emulate them
well that's their problem right there
if you're gonna just copy someone verbatim why would you even try that hard?
Most people crave novelty, only autists want the same thing over and over again.
>>76304836
>Gambler
do you cheat? Or are you playing semi-skill based games like poker?
>>76304790
>Marriage and family should be the goal not "sexual history"
Hard to attract a wife when you wear cargo shorts and haven't gotten a haircut in months.
>>76301162
>determines success based on what other people think of arbitrary things
>thinks happiness isn't the ultimate goal
I'll do whatever the fuck I want with my downtime. Mind your own business.
>>76303293
I make twice as much, maybe you should get a better job
>>76303983
So this must be that "living the american dream" meme.
>>76302094
your dad was right, you were never good enough to be a successful pro and you're a manchild idiot. apologise to your father
>>76301162
Time to time I still play classics like Mafia 1 or Max payne. If you play vidya daily instead of working, studying or self development, kys
>>76301162
daily reminder that emasculation via video games is one of the reasons the west is in decline, if you play them for anything other than pure escapism for more than an hour a day you're part of the problem
>>76305773
Why playing vidya better, or more, or better titles, does not count on self development in your opinion?
>>76304666
>le everyone should be superficial hedonists
fuck off retarded faggot
>>76305939
Still browsing imageboards, growing ups werent
reminder: video games were designed to study monkey behavior
>>76301822
Oh wife just had a baby... Better play ARK!!!
>>76305913
Im not sure what you're saying but I think it's why playing vidya doesnt count as self development.
Vidya is escapism, like anime, tv shows etc
>>76306240
the whole internet was designed as a military propaganda machine by DARPA
the no-tech pill is really the ultimate pill
Speedrunning isn't playing video games. This is a whole other level of autism.
>>76305188
I play Poker, Blackjack (I use a basic +1, -1 counting method), Roulette (I use basic betting strats on red/black)
>>76306438
Elaborate on the roulette strategy.
>It's the doubling one
It's like how most of our father's spend most of their free time watching television, only now men sit closer to the screen.
>>76306155
>le 'deep' image macros
i really pity people like you who adopt the same social norms and standards that the majority holds onto. pathetic
>>76302094
Burn his house
>>76306752
The invention of electricity and modern communications / media technology is the single thing that destroyed the white race. We were too inventive for our own good. Jews would be powerless without electricity.
>>76306896
>Easily digestible images for complex concepts are bad
>>76306438
>counting
that's not cheating by my book, but I'm not gonna play you for cash at less than 2:1 odds.
>>76307016
>focusing on the greentext
>not addressing the point
Trump's schedule says the next rally is tomorrow in NYC. If I'm not mistaken you can legally carry around firearms.
Are any of you afraid, that there will be a major chimpout, when pic related tells one of those animals "to behave" and opens fire?
>>76307141
you are very mistaken. NYC is one of the most restrictive places for guns
>>76302153
I've played fallout, skyrim, ark, or something like that all night, fell asleep as the sun came up, and literally dreamt about it all night, woke up and fantasized about it until I played again, and repeated the cycle.
And I don't even play video games often, I just really addicted to things for short periods of time really easily.
>>76307141
who cares?
>>76306309
But BEstonia, vidya from it's beginning is way more better media, because you actively got to play it, thus git gud phenomenon: you will not be able to finish the game if you are not good at it
Thus self development, although in very narrow sphere
>>76301162
>If you play videogames ur a loser xd
>Do the GOOD time wasting shit I do like watch TV and drink XDDD
I never knew how much /v/ manchildren use this board. For fuck's sake we just had an entire Overwatch shill thread. Get a better hobby you faggots.
>>76301162
i play vidya
i am 29
i have my shit together
checkmate, op
>>76306704
Sort of, I use the Labouchère system.
>>76307297
In that case, Trump supporters should bring signs on long shafts of rigid hardwood for the purposes of free speech and frozen peaches for snacks.
>>76307451
nobody on 4chan has their shit together, or else they wouldn't be on 4chan
>>76301162
well i believe you can quit in 25 too, doesnt change it too much, but if you play it past 30 than yes, too bad, time for more grown up interests indeed.
video games make you strong. And teach you shit.
>>76307627
I've learned 1000x more from 4chan than I have from video games.
there is a very strong inverse correlation between time spent playing video games and time spent with a strong father figure (look it up)
Gamers are people who weren't raised properly
>>76307443
Yeah, like shit posting on 4chan
>>76307572
your interest aren't going to change too much between 25 and 30. if you aren't into things like classical music then that wont change just by getting a few years older. at 30 you don't automatically stop being interested, but you should have less time for that kind of thing
>>76303810
>Lift 3x a day
What are you even talking about, stupid ape?
I know i'm probably taking a bait, but the rest of you non-lifters-but-aspiring-to-become-one itt please disregard what this guy wrote, kek
>>76307747
games are why I'm such an awesome driver, and played enough flight games I could probably learn to fly with minimal training. history,management all kinds of stuff.
>>76302094
think of it this way
if your dad wasnt the strong man that he was, you would be a pasty DYEL nerd playing ASSFAGGOTS and being left with nothing once league dies in about 1-2 years.
>>76301162
vidya is truly the pastime of the ubermensch
>>76307770
this real no shit
>>76302531
His roof, his rules.
>>76307747
I've learnt 6000000x more from playing Oregon Trail than I have from 4chan.
video games are basically the highest form of entertainment technology available today
>>76308119
it's people like you that make /pol/ look bad. Fine to play vidya but cringy and shameful to claim it's "the pastime of ubermensch"
>>76301162
It's only the japanese videogames that turn people weird. They're too challenging and punishing so they make people autistic.
>>76301162
>>76303810
>top 75 percent in 6 months
>top 90 percent by 18
Wow so I'm devolving unto shit?
Fucking Chad retards, this is why we invented drone strikes. Enjoy your time down there with the other top 99% while you can.
>>76302509
Nah, you're definitely NEET scum. Pretty easy to tell.
>tfw i stopped playing vidya roughly around the time i entered uni
>tfw if i do happen to play something once in a long time its autistic spreadsheet simulators
I dont know how to feel about this
>>76303767
I I think I f-feel you. Dammit.
>>76307978
>weak
>>76307898
what i mean is that chances to find yourself are lowered, personality is generally formed until 25. So its like between 20 and 25, not right after 20, people can really change by getting more possibilities and money, change of social status and obtaining more responsibility.
>>76301162
Gaming is the worst way to spend your time. Literally ruined my life from 12- 21 along with shitty teachers.
Problem is you switch from one vice to another once you quit. Still can't stop looking up porn but it's surely better than spending your days feeling like a hyperactive child.
>>76303810
/fa/ here
graphic tees can be acceptable under certain conditions
But i guess you meant XXXL sized Call Of Duty tee.
>>76301162
MIT, yes the university, just published a study. People that play video games are most likely just as intelligent as stephan hawkins. Solving/Mastering a video game is as challenging as solving a very difficult math problems.
>>76302153
I did that
>>76307100
For broad appeal to the masses you much catch their attention with memes
>>76308758
clearly that was done at least 15 years ago when games were actually challenging
>>76308724
that´s because you are low energy and blame gaming , but not yourself.
gaming is very fun in a well adjusted consumption sadly most games are run and ruined by jews now so i agree - gaming has become cancer.
can´t wait for apocalpyse to make vidya great again.
hail jesus.
also don´t blame your shortcomings on videogames , you being a faggot has nothing to do with something you can interact with.
>>76301162
>people who play video games failed at life
>posting on 4chan
What
>>76308724
Ikr. I'm trying to quit porn and masturbation as well. It is hard though.
>>76308863
Actually they used super mario 2 as a example.
>>76301297
>antisemitic anime imageboard
I don't know where you got that idea. This is strictly an anti-European sharia forum. #WeAreAllMuslim
>>76307978
Lifting 3 times a week
>>76302243
i can't have a conversation with anybody without thinking:
>wow really makes you think
>that's it, i'm a #cruzmissile now
>he's right you know
>wtf i hate x now
>>76308724
imo porn is far worse, unless you did MMO's and online games 24/7.
Porn does even worse things to your body and sex drive that gaming doesn't. Quitting porn is really the push you need to become more confident and responsible.
That said since I've worked on quitting porn and reducing gaming I'm just addicted to 4chan instead, and this is even more distracting since I can access it anytime with even less effort than games
>>76308350
>taking athletics in your second branch
>destruction xdxd
>suck daedra dick to survive
>not major sneak and shortblade for the juicy double backstabs
>but illusion does snek better lmao
>magickikes kekekekekek
nice fucking loadout for level 1 tho
looks like you really spent a lot of time chasing ring money and stealing everything.
CHIM } Good goy. { CHIM
>>76302936
it's a meme you dip
>>76308998
which one?
>>76309158
>not major sneak and shortblade for the juicy double backstabs
He is right, all jews are double backstabers
>>76309105
Shill memes aren't even native 4chan memes.
Of the 168 hours of a week I spend 40 of it working and and 50 of it sleeping. Who are you to tell me what to do with the rest of my free time?
>>76301162
>tfw great job
>tfw do pretty well for myself
I agree somewhat. I still play video games but at a fraction of the rate I did in my early 20's and teens.
My new hobby is shooting and collecting firearms.
>>76301162
what do you do as a hobby then op, besides sucking dick
>>76309181
>Super Mario 2
>Which one
That one
>>76308860
that's not what i was talking about. do you really think the """""""philosophy""""""" you've adopted is any different from the feel-good self-empowerment type shit that every other normalfag believes? the only difference is that you put a shitty image macro alongside it as if it belongs on 4chan
>>76301251
Hello fellow /sci/-brother!
>Guys if you don't work 70 hours a week you'll go broke and your wife will start fucking a black guy
Goddamn America. You guys need to chill out. Go get yourself some maternity leave and welfare. All this hardwork is bad for your health.
>>76301162
Probably caused by depression, which is the root cause of almost all psychological disorders.
>>76309585
Someone has to work m8.
>>76309702
farmers
>>76302511
Die normie i bet you have a girlfriend to.
>>76309807
Germans
>>76309424
normalfags don't believe in anything except materialism and regressive leftist drivel.
>>76302955
lol I also do that
>>76310294
normalfags are concerned with superficial shit like fashion and appearances
>>76301162
Why you gotta trash on passion? Look at these passionate fuckers. C'mon now. I don't play video games but who cares????
>>76301162
robbed of friends and home due to single mother cuntery. My only true friends were fiction and video games.
i want to say that I'm pretty intelligent when I have a combination of knowledge and experience, unfortunately I got none of that when it was most important to not make mistakes.
but that's okay, I have video games. No need for suicide. I'm not going to kill myself over somebody else's fuckups so those same kinds of people can roll me into a statistics sheet to support the fucked up shit they do to people.
fuck them. The true O.G. life is to persist like an ass specter until you finally drag them down to hell with you.
Vs what. Leveling up in RL at the gym or puppy dogging the wife around listening to conversations about children 95% of the day.
Ill take my weed pipe and video games all day.
I play magic the gathering competitively with a group of 8-10 friends, we travel sometimes up to 10 hours to play in their 2,000+ person tournaments ("Grand Prixes") and it's a blast. I've got money invested into it but I'm going to sell out my legacy deck at the GP this weekend for probably about $2,000.
I know it's degenerate but desu if I didn't have my friends to play with I wouldn't have got in nearly as deep as I have. I have a decent job and don't live with my parents and keep up fine on my bills so I don't give a fuck. it's fun and I've seen new places I wouldn't have otherwise traveling with my friends.
also I have a girlfriend that hates that I play it but I'm a pretty handsome and normal guy outside of magic so she just bitches about it occasionally. 23 years old btw
How do you 9-5 faggots make time to enjoy vidya daily? 2-3 hours a day isn't enough for me to get invested into anything so I just play MOBAs now.
>>76301162
>If you play video games past 20 you're pretty much set to fail
This nigga think it's 1987 or some shit.
>>76301162
If you're on 4chan past 20, you're set to fail.... So what's the problem?
