kaneo3rd Posted October 30, 2020 Posted October 30, 2020 Have you guys ever tried any techniques to reduce game time? If so did they work?
skyfire Posted October 31, 2020 Posted October 31, 2020 Never tried and with multiplayer games like ranked, brawl and the other multiplayer, it just does not work. some level of churning is always there.
killamch89 Posted November 5, 2020 Posted November 5, 2020 Well, I normally designate a period of time for gaming per day and try my best to stay within that time frame. It helps me to be productive every day. It's a relatively simple technique but it takes a lot of discipline to actually stick with it.
skyfire Posted November 5, 2020 Posted November 5, 2020 If you get a job and also get busy with real life, the timing tends to get less. Like say weekend times will increase but everyday gaming would eventuallly reduce as well.
killamch89 Posted November 6, 2020 Posted November 6, 2020 8 hours ago, skyfire said: If you get a job and also get busy with real life, the timing tends to get less. Like say weekend times will increase but everyday gaming would eventuallly reduce as well. The key thing is how you'd manage your time. As i said in my previous response, all you'd need to do is schedule a time-frame for gaming and stay within it. You shouldn't have any issues.
kaneo3rd Posted November 6, 2020 Author Posted November 6, 2020 I get what you mean sometimes people find it hard to time manage though, I'm actually doing a bit of research on it now for my uni project, if you guys have a spare 30 seconds would you mind filling this questionnaire out? Its on Microsoft Forms. https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=xcLLiu3Ix0KBabpDig2-L7T7vxmdIeZPs2tU9A-ihZVUQVQ4SU5NVUFTUVRNM1dTUlkyTUlCVENJUy4u
Reality vs Adventure Posted November 7, 2020 Posted November 7, 2020 After a certain checkpoint before going into something big or finishing something big I like to stop and just enjoy the experience. Same with reading a couple chapters in a book. Same with watching a show (I usually record many episodes before watching one). Or moving into a new territory in a map. If I don't stop and think about my experience, then later I easily forget what I just went through. How did I get to this point? Oh yeah...Everything becomes a jumble. To immerse is good, but to stomp through the pits, soar on a dragon in the sky, fall into an alien planet, die into heaven, kill the beast, and save the princess all in one sitting is mentally challenging. Maybe I have short term memory loss. During the day, no excuse to stop and do something outside. At night, don't just think about running through a game to finish it. Enjoy it, and stop at a good checkpoint. Think about it. Or maybe you don't have a challenging game where you have to make choices.
skyfire Posted November 9, 2020 Posted November 9, 2020 On 11/6/2020 at 8:27 AM, killamch89 said: The key thing is how you'd manage your time. As i said in my previous response, all you'd need to do is schedule a time-frame for gaming and stay within it. You shouldn't have any issues. In real life thing can be complicated. Gaming time consistent every day of the week is a bit harder to keep up.
killamch89 Posted November 10, 2020 Posted November 10, 2020 16 hours ago, skyfire said: In real life thing can be complicated. Gaming time consistent every day of the week is a bit harder to keep up. That's completely understandable.
skyfire Posted November 10, 2020 Posted November 10, 2020 Take example of todays routine. I wanted to stream but had zoom meeting and also had to finish one document and revision of one graphics. And now I am loss with mood and energy.
Empire Posted November 10, 2020 Posted November 10, 2020 I think that I am able to manage time, and so far around 3 to 4 hours is what I stick at doing. I stream and I start around 7 pm on most nights till dead on at 10 pm. If I'm not out in the day I have my hands full anyway by doing freelancing and or watching other streamers when they go live since I'm being a mod for them. Hard to stream and mod others at the same time. 99% of the time I only game when I'm streaming, lol. I do not game that often when I'm not streaming.
Kane99 Posted November 10, 2020 Posted November 10, 2020 I find that life tends to get in the way these days. I work most of the day, or watch youtube. I've been playing Genshin Impact the past couple nights though. I usually game during the night. But yeah, haven't felt interested in playing games too much. When I do game lately, it's maybe a couple hours. I got Control a couple weeks ago and haven't even installed it on my xbox yet. But I think that will be my next game.
killamch89 Posted November 26, 2020 Posted November 26, 2020 On 11/10/2020 at 11:12 AM, Kane99 said: I find that life tends to get in the way these days. I work most of the day, or watch youtube. I've been playing Genshin Impact the past couple nights though. I usually game during the night. But yeah, haven't felt interested in playing games too much. When I do game lately, it's maybe a couple hours. I got Control a couple weeks ago and haven't even installed it on my xbox yet. But I think that will be my next game. Funny enough, I also got Control about a week back and I still have yet to touch it either. As a matter of fact, there are some games in my Steam Library that I had on the "will check out list" since 2014 and still haven't played them XD.
skyfire Posted November 27, 2020 Posted November 27, 2020 I will get free time more once the Christmas is closer. I may spend more time learning games which I don't touch. So I'd say there is going to be free time for me soon.
Heatman Posted August 31, 2021 Posted August 31, 2021 Well, my gaming time session is completely determined by how free my schedule is. If it's chocked up, my game time session will definitely be slim and vice versa.
