What's it gonna take?

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This kinda relates to a chat I had with RSL about how neither of us really gets a kick out of RPGs and FFs these days. It's really tough for me to sit down and play my favorite video games, even though I know how much they completely rock. But recently, I found myself in a Fry's store watching some Advent Children previews and all of a sudden I was just pumped up and ready to play FFVII all over again. But then I got back to my room and couldn't make myself sit down to do it again.

So it's odd, because although I can't sit down and play video games for more than a few minutes, I have no problem blowing my time surfing the Internet. How does that work? :p

"To give the thread a topic," (;)) What hobby or passion did you use to have that seems dead or dormant now? What would it take to revive that interest again?

[Xander]

FF. And drawing. FF, I don't know, maybe I'd need to feel like playing RPGs again. It was mostly just boredom of the random battles that killed it for me I think.

Drawing, I need more enthusiasm, inspiration, and to make more effort. I think I've just got too lazy to produce anything good these days.

[Yuffie514]

i use to record clips on video from FFVII - FFIX and watch them all in the amount of time it takes to finish them. or, i might listen to midi files. they give me a lot of inspiration and keep the FF spirit alive. that doesn't really do much these days.

[Aphelion]

Yeah. Those midis don't seem to work anymore.

I've also lost a little of the "RPG spirit". I got really excited when I bought a new RPG, but that doesn't seem to happen anymore either. I don't know, I'm very tired of school (we're not on vacation here, you know) and I don't have the "will" to play anything long...It's very weird...

[Hawkeye]

Cleaning houses. All last summer thats all I did, was clean my parents house. Now I hate it

[Rye]

I used to love to write. I used to write poetry and short stories. Now I'm embarassed to write, I think my writing sucks. Maybe I'll start writing again.

Also, making dolls on PSP7 used to be a BIG hobby of mine. I used to be pretty good at it, but I can't make them anymore, I forgot how.

[rubah]

Also, making dolls on PSP7 used to be a BIG hobby of mine. I used to be pretty good at it, but I can't make them anymore, I forgot how.

Ditto. I tried dolling the other day, and everything just looked like crap-_-

[boris no no]

i actullay used to be quite sporty....now i'm fat and lazy :( i wish i did the sports i used to

[Destai]

Well I just passed Tales of Symphonia an hour or two ago. I enjoyed it but I did have trouble going to the bother of playing it at times. Im expecting KH2, FFXII, DoC and .hack//g.u. to get me excited about RPG's and other games again.

[Psychotic]

Final Fantasy, definitely. Considering starting a new FFVII game just like you are though. Also listening to music. That's right: I got tired of listening to music. Brilliant, eh? I'm rather proud of it myself.

[Old Manus]

I thought you said "blowing my time smurfing the internet".

My old passion was EoFF, but - wait.

[Cless]

I used to be an aspiring young soccer player only last year. I was in the 3rd's of a team that's in the top league in this country but I just gave it up. Sometimes I regret it, sometimes I don't. :(

[Doomie]

Every Final Fantasy except FF1.
The Final Fantasy portion of these forums. The only reason I post there now is to joke around. :(

[Lon611]

i actullay used to be quite sporty....now i'm fat and lazy :( i wish i did the sports i used to

ditto. i used to be very energetic and athletic, but then AP time came and i had no time to spend outdoors. and now taht AP's are over and its summer doesn't really help either, cuz now i've just been a couch potato, wasting oxygen, going to this blasted forum, hehe. :rolleyes2

[Craig]

FF. And drawing. FF, I don't know, maybe I'd need to feel like playing RPGs again. It was mostly just boredom of the random battles that killed it for me I think.

Drawing, I need more enthusiasm, inspiration, and to make more effort. I think I've just got too lazy to produce anything good these days.

Couldn't of said it better.

[Sasquatch]

I used to be into sports and exercise and all that crap, but since I got out of high school and I can't do anything organized anymore, and since I got out of active duty Army and don't really have to do anything--and I don't have anybody to go running with or anything--I've been falling out of it.

[fire_of_avalon]

Nothing. I was almost gonna say wearing my cowboy hat, then I realized I was wearing it xD

[kikimm]

RPGs with long and involved stories. Those were almost all I would play before; I'd get mad if they weren't at least 40 hours long. Now I can barely finish any game, even The Bouncer which is like...2 hours. Just....bored. With a lot of things, actually. =D I'm hoping I can get myself out of it though. WHATEVAR


:D

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

...all of a sudden I was just pumped up and ready to play FFVII all over again. But then I got back to my room and couldn't make myself sit down to do it again.

So it's odd, because although I can't sit down and play video games for more than a few minutes, I have no problem blowing my time surfing the Internet. How does that work? :p


The same thing happens to me with anything. I will be "OMG i want to play this right now"...five minutes later..."It's boring" I guess I am kinda fickled.

Same goes for reading, i have to really like the book, or else I'll forget about it, but of late I found some pretty good books, and I am totally pumped for HP:HBP.

[Mitch]

I used to grease up Jenna Jameson before she went on screen. It kinda got boring though.

[Shlup]

I don't do anything anymore.

Yesterday I tried baking a cake. It was a freaking disaster!

[XxSephirothxX]

Writing. I used to love to write. Hell, I wrote a book in 6th grade. I still want to be a journalist, but I seriously can't pressure myself to write fiction anymore. I know I should, and I could probably be very good at it with more practice, but....I just don't.

[Meat Puppet]

I used to save the world from a wide selection of various dangerous villains. However, after an accident on an escalator which left me with a pretty serious injury (now recovered) I got sluggish and lazy and caught an addiction to potato crisps and television. Every now and again I tell myself I'm going to get back in shape and get back to kicking villains asses, but I use the word tomorrow a lot.


Oh, and #eoff.

[GooeyToast]

Sports. That's all i ever used to do when i was 8 or 9. I'd play basketball, baseball, football, etc. all the time.

Now, well.....i never really do, probably because i dont live with my dad anymore. Ever since i moved away, i've been more interested in games & stuff. And it sucks too cause I was really good at basketball and baseball.

Hopefully i can get back into those two and actually get off my ass for a change & participate in sports. :D


~Keep it gooey~

[Spammerman]

rebeating video games.

[Xaven]

I'm tired of PS1. Sometimes, I get tired of the sun. No, wait, that happens quite a bit.

[WildRaubtier]

Porn.

[Mo-Nercy]

I used to play Soul Calibur 2 more than any other game, but ever since I stopped my awesome-ness has somehow developed into a form of sucky-ness (or the guys at arcades are just infinitely times better). These days, only every now and then do I pump in a few dollars for a couple of quick rounds (usually up to Inferno before getting reminded of the aforementioned sucky-ness), but whenever I play a human player, I find myself thinking about what to do rather than just doing it. Nothing comes instinctively anymore and I hate it. :(

I still own though, just not enough to make me like the game as much as I used to. I think Soul Calibur 3 will put me back in the mood though so Namco should hurry it up *whipcrack*

[Tricia]

I got tired of playing FF over and over again. Man, I need to play other rpgs out there. So like, I bought Shadow Hearts, Resident Evil, and Tekken.

[Shoeberto]

Sketching stuff used to be a big hobby of mine, but as I got older, my drawing style stayed at the fifth grade level that I used to be at. So I stopped that.

Console gaming is kind of meh to me. The last game I think I really got into was RE4. Every now and again I'll get an urge to replay one I've beaten, but usually I'll just get a bit through the beginning and stop.

I was really in to self-teaching myself programming, but I realized it's about pointless since I don't have the drive to do anything worthwhile.

Counter-strike was my main addiction during the school year. I even got first place in my school's LAN party. Ever since summer, though, I just stopped playing regularly.

I have a habit of finding new interests, and consequently, forgetting about other things.

[ZeZipster]

I can't play games alone anymore. If a game doesn't have multiplayer or isn't online I can't play it. Even worse: when I get good at a game it becomes boring. I started making gil on FF12 and it suddenly got redundant.

I've also started to deeply hate anime.

[black orb]

This kinda relates to a chat I had with RSL about how neither of us really gets a kick out of RPGs and FFs these days. It's really tough for me to sit down and play my favorite video games, even though I know how much they completely rock. But recently, I found myself in a Fry's store watching some Advent Children previews and all of a sudden I was just pumped up and ready to play FFVII all over again. But then I got back to my room and couldn't make myself sit down to do it again.

So it's odd, because although I can't sit down and play video games for more than a few minutes, I have no problem blowing my time surfing the Internet. How does that work? :p

"To give the thread a topic," (;)) What hobby or passion did you use to have that seems dead or dormant now? What would it take to revive that interest again?
>>> I think replaying your old games like FF7 wont do it, try new RPG that arent FF.
>>> The first time I played FF1 and other FF games I was totally obsessed about it. I read lots of reviews, listened to those Midis/mp3, downloaded tons of pictures, bought FF related stuff, I drew lots of FF art and even made a website of it, come to this place almost every day, etc.
I breathed Final Fantasy..
Well, I still do it but not that much like before. :P

[Silmaril]

Hm, playing my GBA again. i haven't touched it for quite a while and now I've gotten FF tactics(my first FF game. Wow) as a pressie from my best friend. So i should start playing .