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Pornwolf · 12-30-2004, 09:27 PM

We work for ourselves. Every free minute can make us $$$ if we want it to. The games that are out now are so good that they end up killing days of our time before we know it. Is it worth killing that time playing a game?

Twe Russ · 12-30-2004, 09:29 PM

Just save it for the weekend or the end of your day, if you cant control yourself. ;)

BVF · 12-30-2004, 09:29 PM

free time and the need for a distraction is good for your overall business. You'll burn out if you spend every waking moment on work.

matter of fact, I'm about to get on xboxlive...Look for 'MrNoGoodDotCom'

oscer · 12-30-2004, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pornwolf

We work for ourselves. Every free minute can make us $$$ if we want it to. The games that are out now are so good that they end up killing days of our time before we know it. Is it worth killing that time playing a game?

probably ... but it can be damn fun with the right game ...

lloyd · 12-30-2004, 09:31 PM

probably no worse than wasting the same time here on gfy

sickkittens · 12-30-2004, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by BVF

free time and the need for a distraction is good for your overall business. You'll burn out if you spend every waking moment on work.

matter of fact, I'm about to get on xboxlive...Look for 'MrNoGoodDotCom'

What he said, although lately I haven't even been watching TV.

Pornwolf · 12-30-2004, 09:46 PM

You guys don't feel bad about doing nothing for stretches of time? I stopped buying games after Metal Gear Solid after I did some calculations of what each waking hour is worth to me.

Hell, your average family in America made less than what I lost by killing productive time playing games when the PS2 came out.

Do you ever look at it that way?

lloyd · 12-30-2004, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pornwolf

You guys don't feel bad about doing nothing for stretches of time? I stopped buying games after Metal Gear Solid after I did some calculations of what each waking hour is worth to me.

Hell, your average family in America made less than what I lost by killing productive time playing games when the PS2 came out.

Do you ever look at it that way?

i'd go crazy without downtime. generally i try and get outside or at least to the gym... anything to get away from computers, but not having much luck today. i do get that feeling though i know where you are coming from, just remind myself all work and no play..

Anthony · 12-30-2004, 09:51 PM

Waste of time? Maybe, maybe not.

If you can bang on HALO 2, we got 2 big ass plasma's to play it at our booth, 462. Winner gets the Championship Belt for this year.

We'll also have a Madden day, if you think you got skills in that game.

Screaming · 12-30-2004, 09:51 PM

well i dont think days is good but everyone needs a break

Icon · 12-30-2004, 09:52 PM

only Civ3

Pornwolf · 12-30-2004, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Anthony

Waste of time? Maybe, maybe not.

If you can bang on HALO 2, we got 2 big ass plasma's to play it at our booth, 462. Winner gets the Championship Belt for this year.

We'll also have a Madden day, if you think you got skills in that game.

Whoa, Anthony. This guy's a legend and he's loaded so I know his booth will have all the extras. Nice to see you over here.

luv$ · 12-30-2004, 10:02 PM

I have the same conflicts with my Xbox.

On one hand it relieves a LOT of stress to just kill motherfuckers in HALO 2 or whatever, but on the other you're like beating yourself up for wasting so much time.

I usually wait until I get ahead and can predict a solid week of some downtime and THEN go buy a game I know will eat up time.

I waited like 3 weeks before snatching up Halo 2.

Hot Visions · 12-30-2004, 10:02 PM

I love playing Unreal Tournament 2004, but i only get a couple of days a week to play..

Trixie · 12-30-2004, 10:30 PM

It's definitely a huge time-waster, but it's one of the only things I can do that will IMMEDIATELY take my mind off of work. I think it's important to give my head a break from porn and the constant brainstorming of new and creative ways to exploit myself. Video games provide me with something inconsequential to hyperfocus on.

The big problem is not knowing when to stop. I hate myself when I play so long that I'm not even having fun anymore.

How much video game time is a break and how much is a waste?

brand0n · 12-30-2004, 10:42 PM

im bout to go get into some xbox live myself

yo bvf whats up, when do you want to 1 v 1 on halo?

Elli · 12-30-2004, 10:45 PM

I go on and off them. I'll play them a couple times a week, but the last time I played a game to beat it was Transformers: Armada on the PS2 and it took about 12 hours of playing time over a week. I also beat Silent Hill 3, but that was playing one evening every month or so with my friend. Now I'm using BloodRayne 2 to get my mind off things for a half hour here or there. I stay away from the MMORPG's, though. That's just asking for trouble.

jt420 · 12-30-2004, 10:50 PM

I have a friend trying to get me to play World of warcraft but i have a fear that it would consume me. Ive stayed away from MMORPGS just because of this reason but it seems like i might get sucked in.

Illicit · 12-30-2004, 11:07 PM

I play at least an hour of Call of Duty a day... Its good to shoot people on a daily basis

Pornwolf · 12-30-2004, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by ajpiii

I play at least an hour of Call of Duty a day... Its good to shoot people on a daily basis

You have a good point there. That's why I loved GTA! Copkiller!!!!!

Webmaster_Logic · 12-30-2004, 11:33 PM

I play xbox live about 9 hours a day. Am i loseing money?

dasexi1 · 12-30-2004, 11:41 PM

It's good to take a break from all the work now and then, if you can control yourself...i'm bad so so bad, i can't play just an hour or two, when i play i play all day and all night, i play til my figers are too fat and tired to move anymore and my eyes are bout to pop out my head

Pornwolf · 12-30-2004, 11:52 PM

I'm not saying taking a break is bad. You have to. But we all know how addictive these games can be. I've been smoking the crack pipe called RPG's since The Legend Of Zelda came out in 86. Trust me I know how addictive they can be.

Which leads me to my point, isn't it counter productive for us to even turn them on? It's not like we are 9-5 Joe Schmoes who have tons of free time after work, on the weekends plus the holidays to fuck off and do whatever they like.

Every time you reach in the back of that PS2 and click the switch you effectively kill the time you could be making a gallery, or free sites, or thousands of optimized SE pages, or designing a pay site, or buying Adwords or galleryspots and on and on... That 2 hours if used right easily makes you a couple hundred or more in this business.

Regular working stiffs don't have that option, we do.

okny · 12-30-2004, 11:58 PM

There is a time for everything and everyone needs break sometimes, as long as it doesn't get into you work time or have some negative effect over you I think it's totally fine to kick back and play game sometime.

BradM · 12-31-2004, 12:01 AM

I had to stop buying games... I spend 12 hours solid playing if I get started.

Pornwolf · 12-31-2004, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by okny

There is a time for everything and everyone needs break sometimes, as long as it doesn't get into you work time or have some negative effect over you I think it's totally fine to kick back and play game sometime.

Break? Kick back?! Turn in your NY resident ID right now! There's space for you in Jersey! There's no slackin in Manhattan!

xclusive · 12-31-2004, 12:07 AM

You need the downtime that's what gfy to me is if I code html or php too long it drives me nuts

warlock5 · 12-31-2004, 12:07 AM

I only play games that take no more than an hour at a time.. online FPSers, RTS, etc.

Pornwolf · 12-31-2004, 12:21 AM

The last few mega games like The Prince of Persia, Grand Theft Auto and others knocked weeks if not months off of a lot of usually rationally thinking people's lives. Is this acceptable?

VeriSexy · 12-31-2004, 12:26 AM

It's your own life, as long as your enjoy what you do. Keep doing it

Vitasoy · 12-31-2004, 12:29 AM

I use it to relief stress sometimes. I don't go over board on playing though

Sosa · 12-31-2004, 12:29 AM

ps2 ownz you

Top Jimmy · 12-31-2004, 12:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pornwolf

We work for ourselves. Every free minute can make us $$$ if we want it to. The games that are out now are so good that they end up killing days of our time before we know it. Is it worth killing that time playing a game?

I typically limit myself to one or two rounds, then back to work.

Pornwolf · 12-31-2004, 12:39 AM

1 or 2 rounds? That's willpower. I don't know many people that can do that. 1 or 2 hours yes, 1 or 2 rounds no.

Mr Pheer · 12-31-2004, 12:42 AM

All work and no play, will eventualy fuckin kill you.

12-30-2004, 09:27 PM	#1
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Pornwolf Drunk and Unruly Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hollywood Posts: 22,712	You guys don't feel bad about doing nothing for stretches of time? I stopped buying games after Metal Gear Solid after I did some calculations of what each waking hour is worth to me. Hell, your average family in America made less than what I lost by killing productive time playing games when the PS2 came out. Do you ever look at it that way? __________________ I've trusted my sites to them for over a decade... Webair, bitches.

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Anthony Keyboard Warrior Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: One of the outer rings of Hell Posts: 9,653	Waste of time? Maybe, maybe not. If you can bang on HALO 2, we got 2 big ass plasma's to play it at our booth, 462. Winner gets the Championship Belt for this year. We'll also have a Madden day, if you think you got skills in that game. __________________

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Elli Reach for those stars! Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 17,991	I go on and off them. I'll play them a couple times a week, but the last time I played a game to beat it was Transformers: Armada on the PS2 and it took about 12 hours of playing time over a week. I also beat Silent Hill 3, but that was playing one evening every month or so with my friend. Now I'm using BloodRayne 2 to get my mind off things for a half hour here or there. I stay away from the MMORPG's, though. That's just asking for trouble. __________________ email: [email protected]

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Webmaster_Logic Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Tampa bay area Posts: 1,886	I play xbox live about 9 hours a day. Am i loseing money?

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dasexi1 Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: if i told you, then THEY'D know Posts: 934	It's good to take a break from all the work now and then, if you can control yourself...i'm bad so so bad, i can't play just an hour or two, when i play i play all day and all night, i play til my figers are too fat and tired to move anymore and my eyes are bout to pop out my head

12-30-2004, 11:52 PM	#23
Pornwolf Drunk and Unruly Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hollywood Posts: 22,712	I'm not saying taking a break is bad. You have to. But we all know how addictive these games can be. I've been smoking the crack pipe called RPG's since The Legend Of Zelda came out in 86. Trust me I know how addictive they can be. Which leads me to my point, isn't it counter productive for us to even turn them on? It's not like we are 9-5 Joe Schmoes who have tons of free time after work, on the weekends plus the holidays to fuck off and do whatever they like. Every time you reach in the back of that PS2 and click the switch you effectively kill the time you could be making a gallery, or free sites, or thousands of optimized SE pages, or designing a pay site, or buying Adwords or galleryspots and on and on... That 2 hours if used right easily makes you a couple hundred or more in this business. Regular working stiffs don't have that option, we do. __________________ I've trusted my sites to them for over a decade... Webair, bitches.

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Pornwolf Drunk and Unruly Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hollywood Posts: 22,712	1 or 2 rounds? That's willpower. I don't know many people that can do that. 1 or 2 hours yes, 1 or 2 rounds no. __________________ I've trusted my sites to them for over a decade... Webair, bitches.

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