Thread: Everyone gets sports but me.....

Originally Posted by Warflagon

Trying real hard to think of ANYONE I know that is older than me, that does not play a video game of some sort on some device, somewhere.

Can't do it.

To be clear, many many years ago I was fond of firearms/explosives and military equipment.

Then I bought BF2 and when I brought the m16 up to sight in on my target.......I was amazed that I had in my hand, again, an M16 A2. Haven't wanted to bother with a "real" gun since.

No zeroing, no brass pickup, no danger, no sweat, no waiting, no hardships, no travel to a range/area, no weapon maintenance, no money spent of ammunition, no misfires.

With the BF's, Not only am I completely safe and secure, I can be highly drunk and shooting at other people that shoot back.

Games > reality.

Why even bother with the real thing? Who plays farmville and says, HEY ! I want to grow corn for REALZ! ?
No fucking one, because it sucks farming and the only way to make it tolerable is through a game.

I did explosive and firearms as well. I play bf as well although not to the extent that i once did. I never lost my desire for the real thing. In fact it amplified it by giving me ideas of what i could change about the real thing. Its how i came up with my design for an 9mm that could punch thru a bullet proof vest. One day i will sit down and cast my first one. I even bought the micrometer just recently.

Video games are fun but real life is way better. No virtual activity trumps sending rounds down range. To me its a stress reliever but i've never been a hunter. Probably because i like animals more then i do people.

Now as for my previous comment of i hate watching sports i should have included i like playing them. Some more then others but i've been to just about every type of sporting event at one time or another and they all ranked the same boring as time for me aside from bracket racing. That is the one thing i can watch and still have a good time but i have to be at the track. Nothing beats the rush for me of seeing how fast i can make a pass but even sitting on the sidelines i get to enjoy the smell of burning tires and the sweet smell of cam2 pouring out of the exhausts.

This thread has reminded me of how much i liked playing sports growing up but how much i hated being sidelined so someone else could play. Even as a member of the team i would rather go home then watch.