Also, when there's nothing else to do, just walking around outside is very refreshing and makes me feel better.

Let's get this thread to the post limit, and start a "Skyrim has ruined gaming for me... V. 2"!!

Ahh lucky...i have to drive for 2 hours in the winter to reach a area with 2 inches of snow.

Anyway, I recommend replaying oblivion with new mods! I downloaded 5 gigs of mods and it. Was. Awesome.

Op's gaming life is ruined by a game not out yet ...
Did you considered to sue Beth?


Truth be told most games in the market are just bad , personally i get it up with X universe super box but i guess i am an elitist .

Another vote for Demon Souls here .

Try too do something else as videogaming the idea may frightend you but im shure after some time your vision will change

Wow... i can't believe someone else has what i have lol.

I used to play a lot of different games, but now that i know Skyrim is coming out nothing seems to interest me anymore... i bought dead space 2 and little big planet 2 about a week ago and i'm already bored of both (finished ds2 and didn't like lbp that much solo, fun with friends though ). Anyone... all i do nowadays is check out these forums.

Does anyone know any good time consumers? lol

Buy a bow. Get some arrows. Shoot some stuff.

Im going to give multiple genres of games because there are alot of good games coming 2011
RPGs =
-Dragon Age 2
-Two World 2
-Mass Effect 3
-FO NV

FPS =
-Crysis 2
-Battlefield 3
-CoD Blackops I guess but that game is crap
-Brink

Everything else =
-Dead Space 2
-Bulletstorm(New take on FPS)
-Gears of War 3
-Ghost Recon Future Warfare
-Forza 4

Play Bioshock 1 and 2.
Both have an epic storyline are very fun and very cheap.
Bioshock is about $15 and the second is only $20

I totally get it,

try to read, or garden (if you have an outdoor space), hanging out with friends is great too, skyrim is still a good 10 months away so try not to think about it too much

I for one visit these forums almost everyday its insane :teehee:

I chose 2nd consistency is good in the long run, and helps us when debates arise

But still, if they can squeeze in some more to make it more fun, why not? They call the shots, they have the right for the pistol and ammo

Everything in the creation department will do. Writing, painting, composing music.Try to write a story, a novel, a book. Try to make a mod. You'll be surprised how long it takes to write good dialogue for quests. I'd recommend any Tes fan to try and create a new Tes faction from scraps. Put everything on paper, the history, how the faction formed, who were the founders, put some histories, some books, some weapons/instruments specific to the faction, draw a nice and original symbol, background for the main characters, then start figuring out how the imaginary player would discover this faction, how will he/she advance in ranks, name the ranks, what kind of quests would make the experience interesting, and then design many different quests, as intricate and spectacular as you wish they were in Tes. I tried that and now I'm seeing Tes factions and dialogue from another perspective, it's not easy to take care of every single aspect. My favourite part is designing the ramified quest structure, I could do this for months without getting bored, because I always want to change something.

My advice? Do what you want, get lost in something you like doing(Just ignore those crazies who treat gaming like a drug/addiction and not a hobby). And I can't exactly point you toward any RPGs, but I had loads of fun with Magicka, and I pass a lot of time on Minecraft when I'm not playing Oblivion or Neverwinter Nights or something.

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And this. Its fun, it really is. I even get kicks out of just designing dungeons and other things like houses.

Hello, came out of lurking to post this. I study pschology, though to be honest most of what I will say comes from my heart and not my classes. (note I am dyslexic so my spelling is terrible, please don't ignore me because of it)

I'm 17, so I obviously cannot diagnose you, but you seem very much from what you say that you have clincal depression (from what I have learnt about what it ACTUALLY is). This is very dangerous and can actually lead to Seratonine receptors being perminantly shut down- this is so far unrepairable, and will remove your ability to be happy. At least, this is the accepted belief. Either way, you need to get happy, because...well, whats the point in being sad??

I must point out that you have created a thread asking for help with finding things to do during a boring time, and yet you reject every single last peice of advice given, and openly accept people that say "what you are doing is ok". Someone suggests reading. You say you hate reading. Someone suggests going outside, you say you don't wanna. ect ect ad infintum. If you wan't to be happy, you have to open to new ideas- obviously, you know when something is just not for you, but if you haven't tried it or haven't tried it in a long time, you really can't be that sure. I was in the same situation as you not long ago- I truely belived that my only joys in life could come from airsoft, and videogames. But thanks to some wise words, I (reluctently) went out to try new things and found that hey, the world ain't so bad after all!

Let's face it, the world ain't so great. So many people take their only joy in life from making other people unhappy. They take and take and take and never give. People love to hear their own voice and don't listen to you, and reject every oppinion that is not in line with their own. But that is the undenieable Trash part of the world- that is one side of a coin!! I have met 6 foot rough necks in stained tops that give up their seat on a bus for an older lady. I have seen someone run nearly a mile to catch a theif- they had seen someone they didn't even know being robbed. There are people stuck in jobs they don't like buying things they don't even need like sheep- but I have spoken to those people and they have told me the most insightful things and lived the most exciting lives. The world is a beutiful peice of uglynes, and this you have to accept.


ANYWAY. for thigns you could try- almost anything at all!! Someone mentioned archery, i can tell you now it's amazingly fun. What about a sports club? I was afraid to join because of my unfitness and lack of social skills- but realised that joining was the least intimmidating thing ever, and it IMPROVED my fitness and social skills to play tennis once a week! What about writing a story? You could even base it in the world of the Elder Scrolls. Someone said filming- just writing down your ideas for films is suprisingly fun. Why not buy an instroment and try learning? maybe you have done this before, but try again- put your heart into it and it can be the most beautiful part of your life. One great thing you could try is making a mod for Oblivion with the CS- get down to TESallience, they have some great tutorials that I've followed, and its all quite fun Above all else though (and you might think this is a wieird suggestion).... watch Fightclub. It's not what you think it is,trust me, and it made my life so much better....

I don't think you need to change yourself. That is the worst thing anyone could ask you to do, and you never should.
But you should experiment with things you wouldn't normally- if what you do now does not make you happy anymore, it surely makes sense to try something new?


Sorry for the epic post, here's hopeing you find something soon that will cheer you up!!
Peace,
Om nom nom

Beautiful post om nom nom!


However, from my personal experience I doubt that OP will do anything about it. Once we had a small private forum and one user was constantly crying about how he desperately wants a girlfriend and to go out and have fun, how there are no places for going out in his town and how all the people and all the girls are 'lame', 'stupid', etc. But every possible suggestion that was given to him was rejected with pessimistic comments - his sole desire was that we all support him in his view of the world.
Ended with a ban after few months of trying to help him.

Op, your mamma doesn't let you get a job, but she let's you buy and drink alcohol??

Obviously she does not know that. I am allowed to get a job she just said to wait until summer. I aint gonna complain because i live for free.

I understand this is a gaming forum, not a mental health forum, but it is something I'm probably very senstive to and I wouldn't want to see someone passed off as whiney when they are in some serious trouble... maybe the guy is just moaning cos he's in a bit of a mood, but maybe not. Darkness comes from the strangest places...

the thread is being locked soon anyway (deffinatly a good thing) but Thetri if you wan't to talk dude, PM me.


Peace

Omnomnom

Best advice, really. For a TES fan a TES related hobby should be ideal.

But any other hobby is gonna be great, trust me. I know at your age some days are boring. The last time I can remember being bored is in highschool during a summer holiday. Since then I developed interest in a lot of hobbies and now I don't have enough time to handle them all! I play the piano, I play the guitar. I play basketball. I collect train models. I'm going to try and build a model train scenery. I practice boat fishing. I read fantasy books. I like a few music bands and attend their gigs regularily. Now add a job, a wife and a few pets. Did I mention gaming? Yea. I can't possibly practice all these hobbies. There are full months when I don't get to play the piano although the music is there, in my head, calling. The best advice I can give you is to develop some hobby (preferably one that doesn't require too much money) and to stick to them. When you are young you can learn things way faster (ie playing an instrument) and you'll be grateful when you get older.

What about showing some respect and get a job anyway and help your mom pay the bills, instead of using her to live and eat for free..? I mean according to your profile you're 19. I had a parttime job when I was 15, and half of those money I earned I gave to my mom to help her out.

I take it that you don't have overprotective family. You see I want a job, but my mother is preventing me from getting one. She has been doing this since I was 16. I'm not using them at all, I only got out of high school last year and I am currently in no finiancial position to move out and thats her fault for holding me back. I tried to get a part time job last summer but there was none available. It seems like in my town you have to be a stupid drug using criminal to get a job, i think they hire these people because they know that these people won't leave. Honest people like myself have a hard time getting work and with overprotective family its even harder to get work. I'm going to try again this summer when I don't have college and as soon as I get one me and my friend is going to move into the downstairs apartment and pay my parents rent. As for right now I can't do much about it because I need a part time job and most job postings up are for full time and I just can't work full time because of school.

What's your major, you should use the free time to study. I'm a going for physics/engineering, I spend slot if time reading trade magazines, papers, and books.
Someone suggest buying a bow, I say get a gun. If your not against hunting, go hunt. Grab a rifle and hit the trail. Hell, if your up to it buy a spear and hunt with it (bring a shotgun or handgun, in case you have pack hunters and large hunters in area). You can always FIGHT people.

That game seriously scared me. I finished it last night at 1am. There were enough times where something jumped out and the game nearly killed me before the monster could kill my character.

Interesting post and its very true , i can say that because i suffer from these symtoms for a few years now after living my live too much on the wild side and when i stoped doing that i wasnt the same person anymore as i was before,its hard for me too accept this condition and i never would have guessed that that would happen
but i defenetly can say theres a connection .

This is going very of topic i now but its importand for me too warn people for these things , but people have too make thyere own decisions and it is the best if you are a bit more informed on some subjects its like a smokingwarning you can get cancer from it.

But this has nothing too do anymore with the OP one thing i shure about the best time to shape your life is when your young so take your chance wille your at it.

Take care guys and girls life isnt always about fun

By the sounds of it, Skyrim has in fact HELPED you with gaming.

I mean, I'm a gamer, but seriously... wow.

I quit WoW and for some reason all I spend my free time on now is Bethesda forums... I guess this would be the multiplayer component of TES?