I often have an urge to play Oblivion but for some strange reason I cannot unless the circumstances are perfect; it must be early evening, not night, and it must be if I have at least 2 and a half hours to play it without interruption. I think the reason I have these restrictions is because I feel that if I do not have long to play the game I will not enjoy it, I will not have time to achieve anything and won't be able to get into it. Sometimes I catch myself cringing if the time is too late and I and holding the disc to the console. I also hesitate to play this game if it is dark outside, too - as I feel I will get overwhelmed with the sheer size of the game.

I can't play the game unless I have enough time and am in the right mood, as well. If I have school the next day, for example, I can't play, simply because I know I can't just play continuously for hours.

Welcome to the forum! :icecream:

My character and I can play anytime, anywhere, for any amount of time, under any conditions. :dance:

I have this problem a lot when I'm just beginning a character. It's kind of like jumping into a pool for the first time. I think: "Now I'm ready...now, wait, now I'm ready...no, wait, NOW I'm ready..." and so on and on until, desperate to get things going, I trick myself by jumping in before I can back out. The thing is, I put so much effort into making a new character (it can take me a month or two) that I want everything to be just right when I kick things off.

I find that it's a little easier, for me, once I've gotten the character going.

I haven't played for a while, mainly due to hardware issues, but one thing that demotivates me is the amount of things I have to install: two patches, two unofficial patches, then obse, then omm, and check which group of files goes in which folder, then come the mods per si, etc.... sometimes I wonder whether i'll acutally be able to replay at all.

It's kind of the opposite for me, I start to cringe when I look out the window and it's starting to get light out. I work at night so I can only really play from 10:00-11:00 PM, when I get home to 3:00-4:00 AM, when I go to sleep. And half of that time is spent on these forums.