Me lazy, send help

[Gravoth_iii]

Im so damn lazy and unmotivated to do anything atm, getting myself to play a video game for an hour feels like a productive accomplishment because i even struggle to do that. I just watch trash on youtube/twitch or sleep all day. Anyone been through similar? I get a workout when at my job, so i really cba going to the gym.

[IR_Kuoin]

That's most of our lives tbh, we're all lazy shitstains. Why do something productive when you can avoid it for as long as possible even though you really need to get your ass in gear? 

[Asheram]

I feel the same except for crpg/m&b and sometimes TK. All other games I have I have no motivation to fire up or if I do I quit 10 minutes later.

[WITCHCRAFT]

Whenever I don't want to go to the gym I just watch this

and then I go to the gym.

[Leshma]

depression... it's global epidemic

but yeah, games are bore cuz you seen it all
about mundane daily tasks you need to accomplish
switch off brain, go into autopilot
just do it as shia would say

now i feel more joy on a nice day looking at nature than 'entertaining' myself
go for a walk, it always does body good

make a child with some female, you'll feel joy watching it develop, very demanding tho, if it attaches to you it's either 24/7 job or letting it cry a lil bit

edit: games feel like work becuz they are designed that way. grind is in every modern game, you can't avoid it.

[Molly]

Having a bad day once in a while is not a depression. Inflationary use of the term has become ridiculous these days... same for Burn Out.
Just saying...

Get your shit together and push through. A question of character and mindset more than anything.

[Grytviken]

[Torben]

Im so damn lazy and unmotivated to do anything atm, getting myself to play a video game for an hour feels like a productive accomplishment because i even struggle to do that. I just watch trash on youtube/twitch or sleep all day. Anyone been through similar? I get a workout when at my job, so i really cba going to the gym.

jump in a plane and climb a mountain with me.

[IR_Kuoin]

There's nothing to play, all new games are shit etc. You got too much on your platter of large projects / things to complete so you delay them and that results in sleep and wasting a lot of time on youtube and browsing the web.

[Gravoth_iii]

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depression... it's global epidemic

but yeah, games are bore cuz you seen it all
about mundane daily tasks you need to accomplish
switch off brain, go into autopilot
just do it as shia would say

now i feel more joy on a nice day looking at nature than 'entertaining' myself
go for a walk, it always does body good

make a child with some female, you'll feel joy watching it develop, very demanding tho, if it attaches to you it's either 24/7 job or letting it cry a lil bit

edit: games feel like work becuz they are designed that way. grind is in every modern game, you can't avoid it.

I wouldnt say its depression, i also feel the word is used a bit widely now. Mild anxiety maybe. But i think you are right on the "seen it all" as far as games go. Ive actually recently had the most fun grinding in games, but the lack of MMO's to fish in now has me bored.

When you say unmotivated to do anything, are you just talking about the gym or is there anything else you feel like you should be doing?

Might help us know what we're dealing with, is it just gym demotivation or a procrastination spiral about something else?

It's not even to do properly productive like going to the gym, its generally trying to get into any video game at all. I feel like i should be playing video games, trying to get better at most of the ones im hyped about, but then when i get to it i just kind of slip away and just start watching youtube instead.

jump in a plane and climb a mountain with me.

Climbing Kebnekaise here in sweden this summer already, but maybe i can squeeze another mountain climbing in there.

Having a bad day once in a while is not a depression. Inflationary use of the term has become ridiculous these days... same for Burn Out.
Just saying...

Get your shit together and push through. A question of character and mindset more than anything.

Well, its been the same for 1 or 2 years now. Might just be lack of video games that interest me.

[IR_Kuoin]

Go into the most unfair p2w korean mmo and grind your way as a f2p to the top. That's a life goal.

[Gravoth_iii]

Go into the most unfair p2w korean mmo and grind your way as a f2p to the top. That's a life goal.

I was considering doing that on the new archeage servers, but they arent p2w yet. I could grind and become a god though.

[IR_Kuoin]

If I'm not playing a game for a very long period of time I feel like I've wasted my time, even now as I have a bachelor assignment to finish + 3 other uni projects. The mind is a beautiful thing.

[Gravoth_iii]

If I'm not playing a game for a very long period of time I feel like I've wasted my time, even now as I have a bachelor assignment to finish + 3 other uni projects. The mind is a beautiful thing.

Yeah same here, but i dont actually have anything to study or keep up with outside of games, and ive got short workdays so tons of free time.

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Oh i've had that for a while now. Kinda 'I don't know what I want, but feel like I should be playing something'. I suspect it is just tied to the games available and the amount of time spent in the games I enjoyed, you cant make yourself be excited to play a game. And if a game's really good, you cant make yourself stop.

If you like grinding how about an amazing browsergame such as www.landsoflords.com (start your adventure today, check out the thread here if you want to settle near the cRPG community or hang out in Discord). Grinding brings a sense of gratification and accomplishment. And if you want to keep the brain ticking you can play this game as a micromanagement simulator, though that's optional.

There are some videos on the youtubes, or twitch streams that go well in the background to playing a game. But you need a specific kind of game and a specific kind of video for that. Are the videos you watch mostly people playing games? If so that may be scratching your gaming itch, sometimes I prefer watching people play particular games more than I enjoy playing them myself.

I prefer active grinding over browser game stuff, runescape and maplestory used to fit this perfectly. I always dual monitor a twitch stream, and yeah theres something about watching certain games that makes them more enjoyable than playing them yourself (and in case of lack of streams i randomize my 6 seasons of Xena for top tier entertainment). I also feel like i should want to play something, i should want to beat X game but when i launch them its like im having fun, but i still dont want to play more than 15 minutes. Strange phenomenon. I blame game developers for playing everything too safe, even dark souls 3 is incredibly unappealing.

I think i might pick up the new Zelda game for the switch though, its getting crazy good praise. Should be good.

[Leshma]

From what I've seen Zelda is wonderfully made game, Horizon: Zero Dawn for PS4 is similar in that respect.

But I doubt you'll see anything new in there. Maybe something unusual for Zelda games or light RPG genre, I know they tried to simulate couple things and incorporate them into gameplay.

Problem with modern game industry is lack of skilled designers (old designers were better programmers and had more sound ideas but were heavily restricted with early hardware) coupled with money driven goals. It was always about money, but there was some leeway and people actually believed if they make a best game they could atm it will sell. Now there are marketing teams who have researched ton of stuff and know what sells and what not. They don't allow experiments which cost ton of money but aren't likely to bring extra buck.

Devs are going heavy with mechanics that build addiction, games are trying to tie you to them. Very few care about actual experience, there are mostly experiments with VR but those can't really be called finished games or complete virtual experiences. But from my point of view VR or AR is the way to go, shame people aren't willing to seriously bite into it. Imagine VR arenas where with some clever real-time orientation control could truly allow people to teleport themselves into another world. I think such a thing where you pay a ticket for few hours is better for VR experience than in home attempt which will always be constrained by lack of available space.

One of recent games I really liked is Factorio, it is really well made and incredibly addictive sim. But after a while you start to feel that someone is leading you by the nose, like when you're grinding in aRPG like Diablo. There is no difference between playing those games or some browser clicker game (like this one for example: https://swarmsim.github.io). It's all about numbers and time it takes for numbers to grow larger. No amount of shiny pixels and rewards can conceal true nature of games made in such a way.