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.

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..

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...

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: 17,766 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: 190,539 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, 01:47 PM	#5
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, 02:52 PM	#6
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, 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, 12:29 PM	#7
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