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Thread: The dreaded 1/4 life crisis.... read if you dare.
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FURY_Chaser
Thu Nov 18, 2004 9:06 am
#1
This cannot be happening, I refuse to let gameing slip from my life. There has to be something to do to bring back the joy of playing a game unblinking till its painful to do so. To stay up all night not careing of the chance of being late for work. There has to be a median to playing games and watching your children.
This cannot be happening to me, I refuse to become a ................ no I dare not say it, dont make me say it, please god no.......
not a Grownup..............
Friends help me you are my only hope, to prevent this tragedy. List things I can do to prevent this acursed event to happen........
Vaelore
Thu Nov 18, 2004 11:38 am
#2
I feel your pain and don't know how much this will help but what I did was turn my kid into a gamer... he has a pc, xbox and ps2 in my office (basement).. so when I play he plays (he does his homework down there too).
Back in my Delta Force days he was even in the same squad (guild) with me. SWG is a bit too much for a 9 year old however so I just keep him stocked with the newest releases and let him read my GMR and XBN magazines for cheats and tips... and buy the occaisional strategy/cheat guide for those games he likes but is having considerable trouble with. This makes him read outside of school as I make him look them up himself.
BTW he's 9.. but I started him early and it took alot of work to get him proficient. 1 weekend a month (at least) we have a all night gaming marathon where we pull out everything we have (including old titles) and play as many as possible. Pizza, soda and sled storm... awesome father/child activity.
Minerunner
Thu Nov 18, 2004 4:34 pm
#3
Fury, tell me where you live and I'll hook you up with a group of people who will bring you into a LARP game. That'll extend your gameing lifespan. Vampires Werewolves and Mages oh my.
Vaelore that is the coolest thing I've heard yet.
Vaelore that is the coolest thing I've heard yet.
KnightHawk420
Thu Nov 18, 2004 6:04 pm
#4
Please keep the suggestions comin, this is a battle I fight everyday!!!... and *gasp* now I have 2 kids......
My 3 yr old so far likes riding my speeder bike though.... And she likes driving all the vehicles in BF1942, Desert Combat.... it's a start. (granted I must teach her how to not spin around in circles)
Minerunner
Thu Nov 18, 2004 6:51 pm
#5
Camarilla.white-wolf.com
Gaurenteed to keep you a gamer forever.
Gaurenteed to keep you a gamer forever.
evil_gnome
Thu Nov 18, 2004 10:48 pm
#7
Vaelore wrote:
I feel your pain and don't know how much this will help but what I did was turn my kid into a gamer... he has a pc, xbox and ps2 in my office (basement).. so when I play he plays (he does his homework down there too).
Back in my Delta Force days he was even in the same squad (guild) with me. SWG is a bit too much for a 9 year old however so I just keep him stocked with the newest releases and let him read my GMR and XBN magazines for cheats and tips... and buy the occaisional strategy/cheat guide for those games he likes but is having considerable trouble with. This makes him read outside of school as I make him look them up himself.
BTW he's 9.. but I started him early and it took alot of work to get him proficient. 1 weekend a month (at least) we have a all night gaming marathon where we pull out everything we have (including old titles) and play as many as possible. Pizza, soda and sled storm... awesome father/child activity.
oh god if i ever get a kid plz let our relationship be like this as that would be the only thing to curb my gaming but if this happned wow i could still be a gamer
/salute to an awsome team
(now im gonna go cry cause im single 
)
Message Edited by evil_gnome on 11-18-2004 09:48 PM
VemaGara
Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:42 am
#8
Don't worry, young'un. It ain't no big thing.
Like so many things in life, you will drift away and come back. Some things slip away forever, and other thing always reappear. Don't worry about it. What may be changing is HOW you game and WHY you game. Those old games lose their luster, as they don't feed your needs. Sometimes you come back to them and discover new ways to play them. Sometimes you discover a new genre. Sometimes, you discover that the genre really did hit a sucky new low.
So, don't worry. Keep having fun at those things that DO catch your interest and fill your time. That's what makes life better. You'd have to be a dope to ignore those things you love to do.
Like so many things in life, you will drift away and come back. Some things slip away forever, and other thing always reappear. Don't worry about it. What may be changing is HOW you game and WHY you game. Those old games lose their luster, as they don't feed your needs. Sometimes you come back to them and discover new ways to play them. Sometimes you discover a new genre. Sometimes, you discover that the genre really did hit a sucky new low.
So, don't worry. Keep having fun at those things that DO catch your interest and fill your time. That's what makes life better. You'd have to be a dope to ignore those things you love to do.
gildrian
Tue Nov 23, 2004 12:30 pm
#9
/schedule
& buy toys and games to keep them glued...or tranq's (lol, you get arrested for that i hear! 
)
)Your very fortunate, alot of people would do anything to have children and cant or must wait a long time (I know that doesnt help the gaming...but soon they will be old enuf that you can game together, many in my guild do it)
Irtimed
Tue Nov 23, 2004 2:52 pm
#10
Vaelore wrote:
I feel your pain and don't know how much this will help but what I did was turn my kid into a gamer... he has a pc, xbox and ps2 in my office (basement).. so when I play he plays (he does his homework down there too).
Back in my Delta Force days he was even in the same squad (guild) with me. SWG is a bit too much for a 9 year old however so I just keep him stocked with the newest releases and let him read my GMR and XBN magazines for cheats and tips... and buy the occaisional strategy/cheat guide for those games he likes but is having considerable trouble with. This makes him read outside of school as I make him look them up himself.
BTW he's 9.. but I started him early and it took alot of work to get him proficient. 1 weekend a month (at least) we have a all night gaming marathon where we pull out everything we have (including old titles) and play as many as possible. Pizza, soda and sled storm... awesome father/child activity.
...
you are without a doubt THE coolest parent ever.
TalusianRogue
Tue Nov 23, 2004 3:05 pm
#11
Irtimed wrote:
Vaelore wrote:
I feel your pain and don't know how much this will help but what I did was turn my kid into a gamer... he has a pc, xbox and ps2 in my office (basement).. so when I play he plays (he does his homework down there too).
Back in my Delta Force days he was even in the same squad (guild) with me. SWG is a bit too much for a 9 year old however so I just keep him stocked with the newest releases and let him read my GMR and XBN magazines for cheats and tips... and buy the occaisional strategy/cheat guide for those games he likes but is having considerable trouble with. This makes him read outside of school as I make him look them up himself.
BTW he's 9.. but I started him early and it took alot of work to get him proficient. 1 weekend a month (at least) we have a all night gaming marathon where we pull out everything we have (including old titles) and play as many as possible. Pizza, soda and sled storm... awesome father/child activity.
...
you are without a doubt THE coolest parent ever.
No kidding.
/putselfupforadoption
Vaelore
Wed Nov 24, 2004 6:42 am
#12
TalusianRogue wrote:
Irtimed wrote:
Vaelore wrote:
I feel your pain and don't know how much this will help but what I did was turn my kid into a gamer... he has a pc, xbox and ps2 in my office (basement).. so when I play he plays (he does his homework down there too).
Back in my Delta Force days he was even in the same squad (guild) with me. SWG is a bit too much for a 9 year old however so I just keep him stocked with the newest releases and let him read my GMR and XBN magazines for cheats and tips... and buy the occaisional strategy/cheat guide for those games he likes but is having considerable trouble with. This makes him read outside of school as I make him look them up himself.
BTW he's 9.. but I started him early and it took alot of work to get him proficient. 1 weekend a month (at least) we have a all night gaming marathon where we pull out everything we have (including old titles) and play as many as possible. Pizza, soda and sled storm... awesome father/child activity.
...
you are without a doubt THE coolest parent ever.
No kidding.
/putselfupforadoption
Thanks for the compliments
but I look at it as I have a very cool kid
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