Balancing game-time with your job

JasonKR · 02-16-16, 09:32 AM

I am really into long, sub sim games that take hours to complete. When you think of games like SH3, SH4, SH5, 688i H/K, Sub Command, and Dangerous Waters that take a life-time to complete, a replay factor that makes them an eternity to complete, and numerous mods that make you experiment forever, how do you balance your leisure time trying to play all these games when you have a job?? LOL. In this case would it better to just stick with one good sub game or really try to play all of them one by one? I mean has there ever been anybody here with a job who has managed to "complete" all missions and campaigns in SH3, SH4, SH5, 688i, Sub Command, AND Dangerous Waters?? Would love to know what they eat for breakfast in the morning... (I can only imagine what someone's hard drive would look like keeping copies of all these sub games together with all their mods, and all the printed manuals on their bookshelves. LOL) So how is it for YOU? Whats YOUR game-plan /schedule?

Catfish · 02-16-16, 10:13 AM

I hear you!
Married, house building, car-restoring and lots of other hobbies AND work = too few time for anything. So i temporarily stopped playing long-lasting games .. maybe back when retired

Commander Wallace · 02-16-16, 10:50 AM

I think most here have commitments including being married, relationships, jobs and the more mundane tasks of maintaining their homes. Retired people may have more time to put into their games.

SH3 came out over 10 years ago now and I never had time to get any further in a campaign than the date of 1941. Now, the Sims are merely something to occupy time traveling on a plane or being snowed in.

Jimbuna · 02-16-16, 11:16 AM

Been there and got the t-shirt but now I'm 'officially' retired and have much more spare time, find myself seldom playing as of late.

sublynx · 02-16-16, 12:29 PM

I have a job AND two small kids. I can just about keep an eye on what is happening with SH3, nothing more. No time to actually play until the kids grow up. I'll be back playing in 3-5 years, if things go as I hope. Submarine games are meant for people with the patience of an immortal...

Fahnenbohn · 02-16-16, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by sublynx

Submarine games are meant for people with the patience of an immortal...

Sailor Steve · 02-16-16, 01:47 PM

I am retired, and still don't have time to play games. I have a lot of things I want to accomplish, and I find I need to sleep a lot more than I used to. This raises my guilt factor because more than a year ago I was given a nice new computer just so I could play Silent Hunter.

Bilge_Rat · 02-16-16, 02:52 PM

in between work, wife, family, friends, dogs, chores, etc., my game playing time is also limited, though I can usually manage a few hours early saturday-sunday morning when the whole house is still asleep (i'm a early riser) although it is usually not that long before my dogs are staring at me to get up and take them for a walk.

I have pretty much drifted away from subsims, more because the market has moved on and the SH series is getting long in the tooth. Lately I have been playing il2 battle of stalingrad and Rise of Flight.

The only subsim I still play on and off is SH4. However, I recently picked up a campaign where I had left off 6+ months ago and am now all in again.

its like riding a bicyle, you dont forget..

Armistead · 02-16-16, 03:53 PM

reminds of a FPS I played years ago where we had squad tournaments, usually Friday nights, so no saving or leaving during a match and my wife walking in in sexy outfits........I realized I had become too addicted to the game...

james_nix · 02-16-16, 07:14 PM

Luckily I'm single so I have lots of free time (aside from the girlfriend) but I spend more time modding the game than actually playing!

I'm always tweaking, experimenting, start a career, then go back and change something else. I think I am finally getting close to a perfect game for me.

When I first started playing I was obsessive about the game and submarines in general. Then I got burned out and didn't want to look at the game ever again.

Now I'm back in the obsessive stage again!

Onkel Neal · 02-16-16, 07:39 PM

I recall playing Command Aces of the Deep while feeding the baby at night.

Tchocky · 02-17-16, 04:45 AM

Sometimes I'll chuck the laptop in my bag to play SH3 on breaks.

But strangely, about 90% of my time playing subsims came before I created my account here. Hence the GT lurking

Eichhörnchen · 02-19-16, 03:12 AM

I work at home, which is not a good idea when you're surrounded by dozens of shooter games, sims and role-playing sagas (and you think SUB games are long!)

I always marvel at the neatly kept gardens of the retired, but in those particular neighbourhoods I suspect that the odd unkempt one belongs to the gaming/subsim nerd... mine is not always as tidy as it could be either.

I usually continue working into the weekend to make up for all the skiving during the week, although for some reason I much prefer gaming in the evening, whilst my wife is about her hobbies and my boy is in his room doing godnose what.

02-16-16, 09:32 AM	#1
JasonKR Seaman Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Somewhere out in the ocean, classified Posts: 34 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Balancing game-time with your job I am really into long, sub sim games that take hours to complete. When you think of games like SH3, SH4, SH5, 688i H/K, Sub Command, and Dangerous Waters that take a life-time to complete, a replay factor that makes them an eternity to complete, and numerous mods that make you experiment forever, how do you balance your leisure time trying to play all these games when you have a job?? LOL. In this case would it better to just stick with one good sub game or really try to play all of them one by one? I mean has there ever been anybody here with a job who has managed to "complete" all missions and campaigns in SH3, SH4, SH5, 688i, Sub Command, AND Dangerous Waters?? Would love to know what they eat for breakfast in the morning... (I can only imagine what someone's hard drive would look like keeping copies of all these sub games together with all their mods, and all the printed manuals on their bookshelves. LOL) So how is it for YOU? Whats YOUR game-plan /schedule?

02-16-16, 10:13 AM	#2
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,767 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	I hear you! Married, house building, car-restoring and lots of other hobbies AND work = too few time for anything. So i temporarily stopped playing long-lasting games .. maybe back when retired __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

02-16-16, 11:16 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,540 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Been there and got the t-shirt but now I'm 'officially' retired and have much more spare time, find myself seldom playing as of late. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-16-16, 12:29 PM	#5
sublynx Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: In the conning tower of my VIIC scanning the sea through the periscope Posts: 1,698 Downloads: 173 Uploads: 7	I have a job AND two small kids. I can just about keep an eye on what is happening with SH3, nothing more. No time to actually play until the kids grow up. I'll be back playing in 3-5 years, if things go as I hope. Submarine games are meant for people with the patience of an immortal... __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] NYGM+H.sie v16+Stiebler 4C+MaGui WS

02-16-16, 01:47 PM	#7
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I am retired, and still don't have time to play games. I have a lot of things I want to accomplish, and I find I need to sleep a lot more than I used to. This raises my guilt factor because more than a year ago I was given a nice new computer just so I could play Silent Hunter. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-16-16, 10:50 AM	#3
Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,297 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	I think most here have commitments including being married, relationships, jobs and the more mundane tasks of maintaining their homes. Retired people may have more time to put into their games. SH3 came out over 10 years ago now and I never had time to get any further in a campaign than the date of 1941. Now, the Sims are merely something to occupy time traveling on a plane or being snowed in.

02-16-16, 02:52 PM	#8
Bilge_Rat Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: standing watch... Posts: 3,856 Downloads: 344 Uploads: 0	in between work, wife, family, friends, dogs, chores, etc., my game playing time is also limited, though I can usually manage a few hours early saturday-sunday morning when the whole house is still asleep (i'm a early riser) although it is usually not that long before my dogs are staring at me to get up and take them for a walk. I have pretty much drifted away from subsims, more because the market has moved on and the SH series is getting long in the tooth. Lately I have been playing il2 battle of stalingrad and Rise of Flight. The only subsim I still play on and off is SH4. However, I recently picked up a campaign where I had left off 6+ months ago and am now all in again. its like riding a bicyle, you dont forget.. __________________

02-16-16, 03:53 PM	#9
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	reminds of a FPS I played years ago where we had squad tournaments, usually Friday nights, so no saving or leaving during a match and my wife walking in in sexy outfits........I realized I had become too addicted to the game... __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

02-16-16, 07:14 PM	#10
james_nix What's happenin' Cap'n'? Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 325 Downloads: 719 Uploads: 6	Luckily I'm single so I have lots of free time (aside from the girlfriend) but I spend more time modding the game than actually playing! I'm always tweaking, experimenting, start a career, then go back and change something else. I think I am finally getting close to a perfect game for me. When I first started playing I was obsessive about the game and submarines in general. Then I got burned out and didn't want to look at the game ever again. Now I'm back in the obsessive stage again! __________________ USS COPPERFINS-05

02-16-16, 07:39 PM	#11
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	I recall playing Command Aces of the Deep while feeding the baby at night. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

02-17-16, 04:45 AM	#12
Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Sometimes I'll chuck the laptop in my bag to play SH3 on breaks. But strangely, about 90% of my time playing subsims came before I created my account here. Hence the GT lurking __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

02-19-16, 03:12 AM	#13
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,394 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I work at home, which is not a good idea when you're surrounded by dozens of shooter games, sims and role-playing sagas (and you think SUB games are long!) I always marvel at the neatly kept gardens of the retired, but in those particular neighbourhoods I suspect that the odd unkempt one belongs to the gaming/subsim nerd... mine is not always as tidy as it could be either. I usually continue working into the weekend to make up for all the skiving during the week, although for some reason I much prefer gaming in the evening, whilst my wife is about her hobbies and my boy is in his room doing godnose what. __________________