Tell us the time you were addicted to video games

[itrainUFC]

I used to be addicted to Runescape.

It was funny because I had a PS2 and an Xbox with better graphics.
This was back when tube tv's were a thing and Windows XP.
I used to hit the tv and monitors.
Controller slamming too. I must of killed off 5-6 controllers.
I was in middle school at the time.



Once I got into highschool, girls and music took over. I was huge into music then. Stopped being crazy for games since.

 

[Striderxdj]

I was beyond addicted to Everquest. A typical day was: Wake up, smoke a bowl while I waited for the comp to start and login, play until I was hungry, eat at my desk, smoke cigs/drink soda at my desk, bathroom when needed, repeat every day.

Even when I was working, just toss 8 hours into that routine where i thought about EQ... I even called in sick to make certain raids (played on a pvp server and progression mobs were highly contested)

 

[Aleksandar Stojkovic]

Lineage II
10 years ago

 

[StabbyMcHatchet]

I have played Destiny almost daily for 3 years now, other than a few breaks where I took some months off due to lack of content.

 

[badascan]

Marble Madness, Final Fantasy 1, Master of Magic, Diablo,War Craft 2, Master of Magic, Myth 2, Silent Hill, Master of Magic then Diablo 2, probably in that order...

 

[lockjaw211]

I was addicted to phantasy star online on Dreamcast. First time playing with others online and was fun as hell.

 

[ThulsaDooom]

I've cancelled dates because I wanted to stay home and play Dark Souls, Bloodborne, The Witcher 3 and others.

 

[itrainUFC]

These are okay stories. Where are the raging ones?

 

[ThulsaDooom]

No rage because when I was a kid, my mom told me if I ever broke a controller or the console, I'd be sol and have to buy a new one by myself. I treated my first game systems like a newborn child.

I may or may not have called in sick for Fallout: New Vegas on release day.

 

[StabbyMcHatchet]

Also: Space Marine.

 

[TrueBias]

These are okay stories. Where are the raging ones?

Oh i still rage and im 37.

Many NES Max controllers were destroyed back in the day but nothing compares to the pc age..

My friends and i would play Warcraft 1 and 2 until sunrise. Then it was starcraft. I also remember doing dial up Doom 2 games and Heretic but we had to rely on the phones to be clear. Always all nighters.

It wasnt until Team Fortress classic that i returned to all nighters. I would flip the fuck out if a sniper consecutively headshot me as a soldier.

Couldn't get into Team Fortress 2 too much because other players had modded weapons. They may have since balanced that shit out tho..

 

[SaiWa]

- Counterstrike
- Diablo 3
- Destiny 1

Pulled a 30-36 hour run with Counterstrike twice when I was a lot younger. You know those Asian dudes that die in an internet café from playing games too fuckin' long? That coulda been me back then with Counterstrike but I woulda died at home...

 

[Fraz]

I wasted most of a summer holiday off from school playing Final Fantasy X for about 12 hours a day weeks on end.

 

[Sanosuke]

These are okay stories. Where are the raging ones?

>asks for stories about being addicted to games
>expects everyone to correlate addiction to raging

Hitting monitors/tv and throwing controllers is an anger problem; you probably had serious issues in middle school.

With that said, Halo 1 and 2 were my middle school/early high school addictions before sports and martial arts took over.

 

[itrainUFC]

>asks for stories about being addicted to games
>expects everyone to correlate addiction to raging

Hitting monitors/tv and throwing controllers is an anger problem; you probably had serious issues in middle school.

With that said, Halo 1 and 2 were my middle school/early high school addictions before sports and martial arts took over.

 

[AlexDB9]

As a little kid getting my hands on Goldeneye 007 for the N64 was the highlight of Christmas 97. I was playing that game with my friends day in and day out sometimes they could only play it at my house cause their parents thought it was “too violent”. I basically owned with Oddjob (too short to get head shot) and automatic weapons. My fav was of course the RCP90 and or the golden gun

 

[Southpaw_27]

I failed 4 out 5 classes my first semester of college because of Halo 3. It was my first online multiplayer game. I ended up getting the ring of death and was set free. Probably the best thing that could've happened to me.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

I played KOTOR1 for 70 hours the first week I had it, beating it twice.

That's the reason why I never played WOW, I know I'm succeptable to being addicted to videogames. But, I think the games I'm succeptable to being addicted to must have a gripping story. But, I never took the risk with WOW.

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

I remember getting a ton of shit from my mom in 1999 for staying up all night playing Team Fortress Classic on Half-life 1. My mom came down to the basement at 6:30am on a Saturday morning and was just like “what the fuck, did you stay up all night playing your game?!”

And I’m just like:

 

[orca]

Dota 1. 10 years ago. Favorite hero. Dragon knight