Have ever it crossed on your mind that you'll stop using steam in the future?
I will never surrender!
Also a girl can take my hobby as it goes or she can stuff it, come on being married doesn't mean you have to be attached to eachother 24/7.
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+1
If you marry or having a girlfriend, doesnt mean you are not allowed to follow your hobbys.
As a couple you dont have to share every hobby. I like to have my own without my GF or Wife.
The most important thing is to share THOSE things you love to do together. Everyone needs free space, for his own things to do.
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when you marry, you are allowed to follow your hobbies.
still, when you have children (somewhat related to being married), priorities change a lot and even if you are supposedly allowed to follow your hobbies, the time slot can be so small that it becomes a rounding error.
it just happens.
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There is always time for a gaming session. When you got Family and wife and so on you dont have much time. That's true. But i would never give up my Gaming sessions. Doesnt matter :-)
its my hobby and i love it.
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I see no problem with both, wife and husband playing games. Also, I see nothing wrong if one of them doesn't (can be that it's the wife that's a gamer :D). They just need to respect each other's hobbies. The only ones that might not respect and force them to, at least, reduce play time... are children. But they'd love them anyway ;)
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How does it feel of losing all you hard-earned games ? Tell us ~
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Losing? If I'll have a son or daughter, who will love to play videogames I'll give him or her my Steam Library. And he or she will just say that those are boring piece of shits, because now the AR v2 is cool, which transports you directly to the game. And I will be left there with my library with fond memories...
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Point taken. It will be wonderful if our steam library transcend to our children and to their children and so forth.
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I think if life gets that busy, it will dictate your action, you wont have to make a decision :P
However, the times I play the most games is usually when I've been under the most pressure/stress, as it can be very healthy to relax and get some enjoyment in when you can :) lets me take a step back and get some stress-free time in so the brain doesn't overheat. As for family - if you love something, share it with your family!
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Its true but..
if your family doesn't like you playing games while with them? How do you tend to persuade them to like something that they hate?
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Well, there's a compromise obviously. I'm not saying force games onto your family or neglect them to play games :p
But if you enjoy something, they should be understanding enough to not take that enjoyment away from you.
If it is something that enriches your life in some way, or helps you relax, or de-stress, or whatever, just demonstrate to them why that is, and if they don't understand, they may be fairly close-minded.
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Or when you guys think its time to stop playing games and focus more time with your family?
why should we have to decide between family and hobby? they don't contradict each other.
Doing real things and getting real memories?
are memories of real activities always better than memories of virtual activities? i was partying a lot in the last few weeks. good memories. i also recently remembered playing To The Moon and how emotional it was. also good memories. i don't think one is necessarily worth more than the other. i think a memory is just as good as the activity was enjoyable. and that goes for real and virtual activities. :)
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By means, memories with total strangers and memories with the ones closest to you.
Is it not memories with the one's closest to you yields much long-lasting memories?
Such as the memories of raising your child, or hangout with your friends to a bar.
Is it not "true" memories we should seek?
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well, i hang out in bars with my friends all the time. and it's always the same. it's great, and i enjoy it very much. but well, we drink and have fun, and next time we'll do the same. reading a very good book can also be a valuable memory. did you ever read a book that impressed you so much, or excited you so much, that you will probably never forget it? if your answer is yes, you can say the same thing about games. i played To The Moon some years ago, and the story was so impressive, so emotional, that i can't forget it. just the same as certain books i've read. books, games, movies - stories - can be so good that they influence your life in a way. i would say these are also very valuable memories. :)
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I don't play games every single day, and there may come a time when I need to stop.
But lets be realistic for a sec, our accounts won't go away any time soon so we all WILL come back sooner or later.
There's no escape.
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Yes it is.. All things comes in a circle. We tend to go back to once we came.
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Nearly 600 games, i'm way too invested at this point to leave steam haha.
Although, without steam, i'd be rich.
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Am I the only one who finds this thread retarded ? It sounds like Steam is some sort of almost-religious group that you belong to
Jesus...this is regular software, dont praise it like its a part of your life
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Its "open" meaning everyone has a fair share sharing their opinions. get it?
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Life is about priorities. There's no reason to leave Steam as long as you can keep a balance with everything else in your life.
I'm 35, married, work full time and run my own business part time but I still make time for gaming. It relaxes me and hell I just love it. So there's no need to ever stop playing games.
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Once GTA LXVIII comes out I'll most probably stop... but until then..nope..
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No, and I dislike the attitude that marriages, work or family are somehow objectively more important than Steam.
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I have never had a job and I have over 3k games, so...
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Then ur still a teenager/kid with parents and you get money from ur dad and mom...or ur just rich
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credit card scammer, bank account hacker, phishing paypal accounts, taking advantage of the government paying for you Kappa
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Don't understand why it has to be one or the other tbh. I've taken breaks multiple times for various reasons but never understood why you have to abandon something that you enjoy because of real life. All work and no play makes you a dull person; learn to balance the two and enjoy life :D.
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You sir, are correct.
I need to balance my gaming and college soon.
Im starting to shivering thinking i'll be stop using steam while in college.
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Why? Just leave your games for your kids. Once you will not have time for gaming anymore (as I do now), some day you will have time to play with your kids, and that's where your account comes into play again.
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and Family View !! so your kids wont be playing nasty games while we're gone !!
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You can stop playing steam games without leaving Steam so, nope!
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Its a great thing to do but what if by the time your children enough, your games become obsolete?
With the upcoming dx12.
Pretty much newer games will drown old games.
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Games don't become obsolete and the great thing about PC is it is very backwards compatible. Not too long (a month or 2) ago I was playing some early-3D era games meant for windows 95/98 on my pc without even needing an emulator.
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Have ever you guys thought you would be leaving steam for a very long time, after getting work, married or even its does not seems important for you anymore?
I'm working, I've got a career, I've gone through university and I'm an engineer, and I have an active social life on top of all that, yet I've not stopped gaming.
The times I game the most are when I very little to do, and when I'm swamped with things to do. The former is self explanatory, the later is due to the fact that no matter what I do, I need something to unwind & relax, and games is what I use for that.
Or when you guys think its time to stop playing games and focus more time with your family?
it's not an either/or thing. As stated above, I always need to do something to help me relax, and games help me do that.
Doing real things and getting real memories?
Again, not an either/or situation.
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Thats sounds awesome !!
Wish my family would do the same.
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I was going to do it when I had my exams coming up. But it didn't work. I did significantly reduce the amount of time I spent playing games but I never stopped completely.
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GOG FOREVER!!!! (Ignore the fact I am on steam related forum and have only 14 games on GOG where on steam I have 1300+ games)
Also how are you able to stop when its so addicting? Even during exams in college I still play games when I should be studying lol.
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Like any hobby enjoyed you never truly leave it even when life takes over.
I doubt I will ever stop using steam.
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Never will stop completely and no need to as well as long as you know how to balance everything, I will game until I die and this account will be passed down to kids or family left after I die :P
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You will play less games, you will have little time to expend, but you will not quit playing. It's like any other hobby.
Some gaming time with your kids, some with your friends, and life go on.
I'm 37 now and I play since childhood. I have a college degree, I'm a Biolgy teacher also, and discuss games and technology with my students.
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Its been months since i joined steam, having so much fun playing games with friends from all over the world.
Now, its time to move on where i need to go back to college where playing time will be reduced tremendously.
Have ever you guys thought you would be leaving steam for a very long time, after getting work, married or even its does not seems important for you anymore?
Or when you guys think its time to stop playing games and focus more time with your family?
Doing real things and getting real memories?
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