Could You Ever Give Up Gaming Cold Turkey?

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#1 Foxh0und666
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Could you just one day put away all of your games/systems/handhelds and just never play a video game ever again? This doesn't mean board games or card games or anything, but electronic games.

Personally I don't think I could. I've gone months without playing, but I don't think I could go the rest of my life without playing something.

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#2 bigd575
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The longest I've ever went was about 3 months, that's with not reading any news on games to. But I've been gaming since I've been 3 I don't think I could give it up forever.
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#3 Soko77788
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I could for awhile, but i would never put it down for good.

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#4 frostybanana
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probably not the rest of my life, a few months sure. maybe even a year, but i doubt i could do it any longer than that.
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#5 Chickan_117
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Nope, not at all. Unless I went blind in which case I wouldn't have a choice. But I'm very conservative with self pleasure and I eat all my carrots so I should be fine.

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#6 JengyMae
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I could, If I had to for some reason... But I sure wouldn't want to, ugh that would suck.

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#7 Bridgelayer
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I don't think i would be able to go cold turkey. Every once and awhile I'll come to a point where I stop playing games as much as I had been. Normally though its onlya few months or so but I will always find my way back to gaming.

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#8 Diablo-B
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I could if I could find something as enjoyable or better to take its place, but I can't think of anything as enjoyable as gaming other then sports.
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#9 ArT33_7
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No probably not.

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#10 muthsera666
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Depends on the circumstances. If my Xbox died, and I couldn't find or afford another one, then I wouldn't really have many choices in the matter.
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#11 Strider_91
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No i wouldn't want to either :P
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#12 Shame-usBlackley
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Absolutely.

That is, in fact, what I plan on doing once this generation is finished in a few years. I've already scaled back somewhat, but I won't stop entirely until this generation ends.

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#13 Memoryitis
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No Ill probably need a gum to fights the cravings for gaming and then slowly ill be able to stop playing games

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#14 Archangel3371
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Sure I could give up gaming cold turkey but I see no reason why I would want to.

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#15 stormingly
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Hell no. I'm going to Austria in a few months (for a month) and I won't be gaming there. That is too much time away from my addiction.

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#16 Aslyum_Beast
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Honestly i can't unless i became a giant Anime freak. er, scratch that, bigger anime freak than I already am. I kinda grew up on gaming so a life without it would drastically change me, and believe it or not I actually like the way I am.... well, when im not passed out at someone else's apartment.

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#17 muthsera666
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Hell no. I'm going to Austria in a few months (for a month) and I won't be gaming there. That is too much time away from my addiction.stormingly
There should be enough cool things in Austria to sooth the ache for a while. :P
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#19 07pops07
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nope not at all

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#20 Black_Knight_00
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One day I will. When I die.
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#21 Treflis
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Nah, Granted I'd have to cut back on it as I get older and start a family but I'd never give it completely up.
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#22 DaBlastaMasta
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Well lately I haven't been playing too many video games. I guess I'm just at a loss of games I want to play right now. Anyways, I could never just stop forever. That would be terrible.

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#23 Tropictrain
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Well, I've been having less and less time for it lately. I've hardly gamed this school year. As the years go on, I may have to save gaming for the summer. But I don't plan to give up completely. I don't see the need.

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#24 stormingly
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[QUOTE="stormingly"]Hell no. I'm going to Austria in a few months (for a month) and I won't be gaming there. That is too much time away from my addiction.muthsera666
There should be enough cool things in Austria to sooth the ache for a while. :P

Of course, I'm excited as hell. But still, I'm used to gaming every day. I'm probably going to buy a PSP and take it with me to assuage my need.

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#25 SpaceMoose
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I would, if I was given proper incentive. As it stands I don't really see any reason to do that, because I'd just spend that time doing something else equally pointless, like posting here for example.
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#26 strider1983
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well.. havent played a game in 4 months(thanks to my pc giving out on me and not being able to afford the other consoles).. but been reading reviews, watching gametrailers.. at first it was torture .. hmm akin to any withdrawal symptoms i would say :) now it aint too bad.. i now plan to pick up where i left off..

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#27 TGM_basic
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With the direction that gaming seems to be taking, then yes, I can pretty confidently say that I wouldn't have too big a problem quitting gaming somewhere down the line.

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#28 ProHippoClever
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I would never be able to give up my beloved video games.
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#29 muthsera666
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With the direction that gaming seems to be taking, then yes, I can pretty confidently say that I wouldn't have too big a problem quitting gaming somewhere down the line.TGM_basic
You wouldn't even play games that have already been released?
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#30 naomigate
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i could have fasting in gaming but throwing everything away and thought it never existed? i've been playing since i was 4 starting from the bulky grey gameboy until now playing PSP's, DS's, and the PC. i don't think so. It's my way of enjoying but at least not putting aside the time with your friends and family. woohoo!
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#31 HaLoMaStErJT
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I can never give up gaming, unless circumstances forces me to do so. Its a part of who I am even when I get older I may play less but I won't ever quit.

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#32 Azwraith_PL
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absolutly not the boredom would consume me

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#33 bALTHar86
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I gave up for a while but only because it was when I was unemployed and needed to sell my console and all my games just to put petrol in the car! It wasn't too bad but I started watching a lot of tv and personally I think video games are better for you.

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#34 Rekunta
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For a while, yes. For good, no. It would be like asking me to give up watching movies or reading books.

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#35 caityful
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I don't think I could. Giving up games forever... That'd suck.

I've gone several weeks... back in high school. But that's about it :P

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#36 x_Kenpachi_x
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I could go a little while. But to quite forever? Nope. Can't do that.