Someone offers you a billion dollars to stop playing games forever. Take it?

[QUOTE="the_bi99man"]

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

Ok first off do you know what Emo actually is?

Secodnly, how is Dark Souls 2 "another emo game"? please explain

JameMcCabe

Don't engage him. He's clearly a troll alt, who will hopefully disappear soon enough.

Haha. fantastic. I'm perfectly calm. You're the one getting worked up here. Maybe you need to learn when to stop and relax.

Hmm...I don't know I love games as it's my favorite past time and it kept me out of trouble as a kid. But with a billion dollars I could do a lot of good with it, I would invest some of it into businesses to keep my capital going, and then I would build my own hospital that would treat people for free that even if they don't have health insurance.

Yes i would get the best hookers and buy them for a life time each.

Yes i would get the best hookers and buy them for a life time each.

Jankarcop

You should probably just stick to renting. You wouldn't want the best hookers for their whole lives. That investment would lose all value after a few years, tops.

[QUOTE="gamecubepad"]Life is defined by enduring and overcoming hardship.Zeviander

This is the spiritual fru fru crap we tell ourselves to help us cope with our jealousy of what others have that we cannot have.

As if a powerful belief in one's self and spirituality can be wittled down to a need to cope with jealousy.

I wouldn't take the money because my impact on the world and the enjoyment I experience in life isn't tied to cash, and it's certainly not tied to the need to take a free pass and ditch something I love. I feel sorry that you have such a cynical and shallow outlook on life.

I don't speak from a point of want, or weakness like that. I'm proven in good and bad situations and wouldn't need to sell out if I had the desire to possess $1 billion. I'd just get it on my own terms.

To each their own, though. Games are inspiring and fun to me. I'll game 'til the day I die.

I would take the billion and hopefully have you as a friendspiderluck

Shucks. Thanks man.:P

If you were such a self-made, satisfied individual, with a mind for helping others, you would take the money, abide by the agreement, and just give it all away. You must be in such an extreme state of self-denial to think you couldn't even give up a mere hobby to help possibly millions of people. Zeviander

Money doesn't define my impact on the world, and I don't live my life out of some obligation to the greater good. Anything meaniful I do is driven by passionate beliefs. I also have a passion for video games, so it's more than a hobby for me. It's my thing.

You probably wouldn't understand.

I'll take the money and play games secrecy duh...

I would take it and start making games.

become assassin...create a hidden area to play games on your house

A billion dollars? Tax free?

Hell yes I would stop playing games to live a life of absolute leisure until the day I die.

DarkLink77

Who tha hell wouldn't quit any hobby, or work, for 1 billion $? That's so much money enough for 10 full blown lifetimes.

Hell, 5 million $ is enough for me. But one thousandmilliondollars? F*ck me..

A billion dollars? Tax free?

Hell yes I would stop playing games to live a life of absolute leisure until the day I die.

DarkLink77

Probably... it would be sad to give up my favourite hobby, but it would be selfish to refuse a billion dollars.

Also, I could probably find new hobbies.

No, I would rather play games.

Yes. I'd give up gaming to set up my family for generations to come.. And I'd also buy a football club.

Yes. In an instant. I already go for month long stretches of not playing games so I could totally do this.

Hell no.

I probably wouldn't take the money. My freedom to game is way more valuable than a billion bucks!

Boostinsane

Thinking selfishly no, it's my passion. I'm perfectly content living a normal life.

But I would seriously contemplate it, because with that money I can invest / donate for greater good. Not talking about kids in Africa, more like science/tech research and to prevent global warming.

Obviously I would have to sacrifice gaming...

You probably wouldn't understand.gamecubepad

[QUOTE="gamecubepad"]You probably wouldn't understand.Zeviander

Because a lot of people here only have one hobby and that's gaming. I have several hobbies I would like to do and a tonne of money like that could enable me to do. I said before that I love gaming and it's my favourite past time now, but for that amount of money I could give it up and pursue other things in life. Sure, I would miss gaming and likely regret my decision once or twice, but I would loathe myself for turning down such a disgusting amount of money.

That amount of money would not only set me up for life, but my wife and kids too

[QUOTE="Zeviander"][QUOTE="gamecubepad"]You probably wouldn't understand.seanmcloughlin

Because a lot of people here only have one hobby and that's gaming. I have several hobbies I would like to do and a tonne of money like that could enable me to do. I said before that I love gaming and it's my favourite past time now, but for that amount of money I could give it up and pursue other things in life. Sure, I would miss gaming and likely regret my decision once or twice, but I would loathe myself for turning down such a disgusting amount of money.

That amount of money would not only set me up for life, but my wife and kids too

What you guys don't understand is my love for the game. To you it's insignificant, but to me it's a beautiful artform and I love it. I fight for things I love, and won't sell them out for something as petty as cash.

We're different in that my dreams and aspirations are no longer tied to money or possessions. I have a beautiful wife, great kids, good job. All that's left to advance my own artistry.

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

[QUOTE="Zeviander"] What a cop out. No, I wouldn't understand how someone in their right mind could refuse such a life-changing deal, that for anyone, would make our hobby relatively insignificant.gamecubepad

Because a lot of people here only have one hobby and that's gaming. I have several hobbies I would like to do and a tonne of money like that could enable me to do. I said before that I love gaming and it's my favourite past time now, but for that amount of money I could give it up and pursue other things in life. Sure, I would miss gaming and likely regret my decision once or twice, but I would loathe myself for turning down such a disgusting amount of money.

That amount of money would not only set me up for life, but my wife and kids too

What you guys don't understand is my love for the game. To you it's insignificant, but to me it's a beautiful artform and I love it. I fight for things I love, and won't sell them out for something as petty as cash.

We're different in that my dreams and aspirations are no longer tied to money or possessions. I have a beautiful wife, great kids, good job. All that's left to advance my own artistry.

Nah brah, that 1 billion dollars can get fvcked, I aint ever giving up video games.

you, like me, like games too much to exchange for a random sum of money, no matter how high. from a personal standpoint, that money would be redundant, since you can't spend it on what you enjoy the most.BrunoBRS

Definitely.

I just asked myself, "Can I be happy without $1 billion?" Yes. "Can I be happy without video games?" No.

It's that simple for me.

I probably wouldn't take the money. My freedom to game is way more valuable than a billion bucks!

Boostinsane

By the time your balls drop, I'm sure you will have changed your mind. . .

I'd take the money, then pay to have that person killed, and go back to playing games.

If I took the money, could I pay people to play/beat games while I watch lol?

[QUOTE="gamecubepad"]

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

Because a lot of people here only have one hobby and that's gaming. I have several hobbies I would like to do and a tonne of money like that could enable me to do. I said before that I love gaming and it's my favourite past time now, but for that amount of money I could give it up and pursue other things in life. Sure, I would miss gaming and likely regret my decision once or twice, but I would loathe myself for turning down such a disgusting amount of money.

That amount of money would not only set me up for life, but my wife and kids too

BrunoBRS

What you guys don't understand is my love for the game. To you it's insignificant, but to me it's a beautiful artform and I love it. I fight for things I love, and won't sell them out for something as petty as cash.

We're different in that my dreams and aspirations are no longer tied to money or possessions. I have a beautiful wife, great kids, good job. All that's left to advance my own artistry.

Pretty much.

Trying to tar everyone with the same brush is also pointless. we're all different from each other and it's fine for some people to turn it down, I myself, would not. I can think of far too many things I could do with the money and if giving up ONE of my favourite hobbies is the way to get it, then so be it.

Also cash isn't petty, it's one of the most fundamental things a human needs in their existance. How much cash is a different story. There are plenty of things I wouldn't trade for money though.

If I took the money, could I pay people to play/beat games while I watch lol?

Ballroompirate

there would be nothing stopping you from talking about games or watching them or researching them. Just not allowed play them yourself

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"]you, like me, like games too much to exchange for a random sum of money, no matter how high. from a personal standpoint, that money would be redundant, since you can't spend it on what you enjoy the most.gamecubepad

Definitely.

I just asked myself, "Can I be happy without $1 billion?" Yes. "Can I be happy without video games?" No.

It's that simple for me.

But when it comes to money,especially an amount so huge, it's never as clear cut as that.

[QUOTE="gamecubepad"]

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"]you, like me, like games too much to exchange for a random sum of money, no matter how high. from a personal standpoint, that money would be redundant, since you can't spend it on what you enjoy the most.seanmcloughlin

Definitely.

I just asked myself, "Can I be happy without $1 billion?" Yes. "Can I be happy without video games?" No.

It's that simple for me.

But when it comes to money,especially an amount so huge, it's never as clear cut as that.

But when it comes to money,especially an amount so huge, it's never as clear cut as that.

seanmcloughlin

Here's the thing...it's not about the money for me. The question is not "How much am I willing to give up for $1 billion?" It's "Do I give a f*ck about having $1 billion?"

Looking at the things I enjoy doing, I don't see how that much money would change my life over having even 1/10,000th of that.

I'd take it.

[QUOTE="Ballroompirate"]

If I took the money, could I pay people to play/beat games while I watch lol?

seanmcloughlin

there would be nothing stopping you from talking about games or watching them or researching them. Just not allowed play them yourself

Then where's my billion dollars? lol

Will never accept ! Taking something away from me is like taking part of my freedom, and no amount of money can justify that in my mind !

yes. only because i would build REAL games in the the real world....

other then that. nope

yes. only because i would build REAL games in the the real world....

other then that. nope

k2theswiss

I wouldnt take it. I never wanted anything for free. I can make my money for a living. Its a pain sometimes, but its my money and my life. Wouldnt take anything from anybody and especially wouldnt let anybody tell me what I can or can not do.

That would be tough to give up video games but dammit I would take it.