how do u guys have time to play so much?

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#1 fighter91
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i was just wondering for the college students out there and the high school students who take tough courses, do you guys ever get time to play? i only play during weekends for only 2 hours on a saturday. im so busy with school i cant imagine when some people say they play 10 hours a week. are all of you guys middle/ elementary school kids?
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#2 abu123
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Dude, I never get time to play. I just built my new computer two weeks ago and I havn't even played a single game on it. I have about 15 new games like Crysis and Oblivion (I just got these two when I built my computer), and I havn't even touched them yet. Ya I have NO time. It is 12:30 right now and I still got an hour more homework to do. And dude I really doubt there are a lot of elementary/middle school kids on here.

HOLY CRAP, LOOKING BACK AT MY SPELLING IT LOOKS LIKE I'M DRUNK!

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I used to play games instead of doing homework, but in year 11 it doesn't quite work.
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#4 DGFreak
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i was just wondering for the college students out there and the high school students who take tough courses, do you guys ever get time to play? i only play during weekends for only 2 hours on a saturday. im so busy with school i cant imagine when some people say they play 10 hours a week. are all of you guys middle/ elementary school kids?fighter91

It's called being a business major ;)

I just spent the last two days beating Dead Space. It was amazing.

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#5 Jinroh_basic
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which really goes to show the demographics of the video gaming community. i'm working now, and i have 3 hours, 4 max, every weekday to game, IF i ignore everything else ( and most of those more productive than playing games ) which i could've done in my spared time. sometimes i really wish i could quit this hobby......
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#6 Demokk
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It depends heavily on how much homework I have that week, or if it is the exam week. I've been able to play quite a lot this week in comparison to the last week in which I barely played at all.
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#7 kylesoccer05
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I must say that as a sophomore in college that yes, it is tough for me to find time to play all the games that I want to. Especially since i run track and have practice for 2 hours everyday :(

My roommate just picked up Fallout 3 on Tuesday night and somehow I have found time to play about 10 hours worth. But within the next few weeks before Thanksgiving im going to be swimming in Tests and Papers. But luckily for me i Have 2 exams next week before the Left 4 Dead Demo comes out Thursday and so I should be good to play to my hearts content that weekend :)

The way I find time though is whenever I have an hour or so before my next class, i will get everything ready and put my backpack next to me on my futon and set my alarm for 5 min before class starts (ya, its a complicated process) and this way I am able to play for a good 45min. Then dinner and practice i play from about 6:30-8:30 i will play and then head to the library, since studying in my room will distract me immensely. So, I am able to find little times during the day, while still being able to do my work sufficiantly.....well for the most part.

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#8 Jinroh_basic
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but being a adequate student isn't just about doing homework, right? none of the top students in my faculty play video games at all, and i kinda know exactly why i'm not among them. :(
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#9 Manyac
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same as kyle really, after class i play, then go to libe
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#10 Mediocre_man90
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I guess I'm just lucky. I'm a freshman in college, and I've done more gaming since I got here than I did in any particular year of high school. I've had less homework here, and aside from the occasional paper to write, I have tons of free time. It'll probably all come back to bite me in the next few years, though.
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How do I have time to play so much? By having no social life at all. I guess that's why they call us hermits. :?

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#12 naval
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college ... lol, in college you have all the .... in a job getting time to play is porblem sometimes ....i still havn't had time to play spore, warhead, clear sky or any game that came after it
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#13 crazymaghie123
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I just don't procrastinate on stuff and it frees up a lot of time!
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#14 Frantz22
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I just don't procrastinate on stuff and it frees up a lot of time!crazymaghie123

I try not to procrastinate, but it always ends up happening. Being a math major means always having homework though. I do find right after test days, I can find a few hours in a day to play. I usually only get in a few hours a week to play lately... I have a feeling it will be worse once the real world comes along though, so I'm thankful for what I have now!

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#15 SinzOfTheFallen
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i have so many games on my hdd that i haven't even touched..been workin' on CoD4 for months now..also GRID, got FarCry 2 waiting, Crysis Warhead, Deadspace, Lego Batman and i'm also playin' CoD-WaW beta i haven't even began to tinker with..installed it last night and..i just don't have the time for games anymore...i need to set some time aside, seriously, but there's just so many things i have to do it's hard to get around to it...
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When I was in school or university I had so much free time, I didn't study much, did my homework pretty fast. I got good scores across the board. Now I work full time I don't get much time to play, 1-2 hours a night, more on the weekends.

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#17 Synesthesia-
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What life?
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#18 Herrick
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i was just wondering for the college students out there and the high school students who take tough courses, do you guys ever get time to play? i only play during weekends for only 2 hours on a saturday. im so busy with school i cant imagine when some people say they play 10 hours a week. are all of you guys middle/ elementary school kids?fighter91

Herrick spent many hours playing games during my schooling days. I never took advanced classes, but I did work part time. I had no friends to hang out with (still don't) so I had time to play all those great games. Then I dropped out of school and got a job which freed up even more time because I never had to take the work home with me.

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#19 xcryonicx
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Not procrastinating is key to being able to have a hobby among real life commitments. However, I suck at this, and haven't played but 2 hours of the Force Unleashed in the past 2 weeks. I'm a junior in college and work 20 hrs a week. Maybe I'll have time to game when I retire.

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#20 Astaroth2k
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I say NO to being a gear in the global economic machine for the elites to make money! but then i cant afford my games...so i get a job and MAKE time...its not that hard if you really want...just have plan it out...
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#21 musclesforcier
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I am a college student and work full time. I am usually able to game about 5-6 hours a week. Sometimes more, sometimes less. You just have to manage your time.

I have gamed 12.4 hours the past two weeks according to Steam.

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#22 vlin1108
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I am a college student and work full time. I am usually able to game about 5-6 hours a week. Sometimes more, sometimes less. You just have to manage your time.

I have gamed 12.4 hours the past two weeks according to Steam.

musclesforcier

Five or six hours a week? Are you kidding me? Drop out of college and play some more video games man. That's the real way of life; to not get hung up in the common life and let your imagination take you beyond every hardcore porn site on the internet and right into a good ol' RPG.

Come to think of it, I spend just about that amount of time only browsing through porn sites.

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#23 Beaglesniffer
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luckily im on a week's break so have had plenty of time to play far cry 2 and fallout 3 better do some coursework now though i seem to have less time than i use to which is annoying i try to get all my work done at the beginning of the week so i can relax later in the week suits me and i can usually fit in 10hours a week including the weekend
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#24 iki080
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i dont get homework at all so when i come home i just play but i do all my work at school :D
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#25 yzeng
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nobody can compare to me in squishing time. I am doing intern work full time at a company, had to wake up at 6am to catch the first train, got home at around 8pm(4 hours on the train per day). and had to cook for mself. I also works at a restaurant on Saturday from 11AM to 11PM, including traveling. But i manage to play for at least 10 hours a week.

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#26 iki080
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dam why not find work close to home i cant even last on a trian for 30 mins so boring
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nobody can compare to me in squishing time. I am doing intern work full time at a company, had to wake up at 6am to catch the first train, got home at around 8pm(4 hours on the train per day). and had to cook for mself. I also works at a restaurant on Saturday from 11AM to 11PM, including traveling. But i manage to play for at least 10 hours a week.

yzeng

Sleep? Meh, who needs it? :P

No, I have little time for gaming myself either, at least not nearly as much as I'd like. The weekends are my best opportunity. Browsing forums time to time while at work during the week is do-able, unfortunately gaming would be a tiny bit more difficult to get away with.

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#28 Xefiroderc
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I don't have a life, and I only study on the exam's eve, bad habit, I know.:P
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#29 jpph
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im with topic creator. how on earth can anyone get around to playing all the great titles????? and stil maintain a fraction of a life?

im completely full up, and i dont even play rpgs at all, which take hundreds and hundreds of hours! how do you manage it?

i have a week off school this week (almost over :( ) and i would be getting into fc2 and assassins creed, but i have to wait for my gpu to arrive. i refuse to play them on sucky settings. currently replaying gta sa for the 3rd time.

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#30 thegfl
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I don't have a lot of time to play anymore, since I'm in Uni, but when I was in school I played all the time I could, school was a breeze, really easy.
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#31 markop2003
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i don't really, loads of homework i should be doing now
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#32 kalossimitar
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I take 4 courses instead of the regular 5 per semester. Also, I go out with friends no more than 1 time a week. That gives a lot of free time to watch movies, read books and play video games.
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#33 mhofever
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doing digital animation major over here. very busy course but I give myself like 10 minutes of game play, sometimes 3 hours if i get work done fast. Mostly when I play games, I gotta study the character animation and the character personalities itself so I can excel better in my classes. No kidding.
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#34 attirex
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If u go 2 collins college u will become famous video gamer!
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#35 thegfl
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doing digital animation major over here. very busy course but I give myself like 10 minutes of game play, sometimes 3 hours if i get work done fast. Mostly when I play games, I gotta study the character animation and the character personalities itself so I can excel better in my classes. No kidding.mhofever

Cool, you are kind of like me, Always while playing I'm always thinking how I could code that. I'm studying software engineering and I plan to work on the games industry. Maybe one day I'll need a guy who makes the animations for me!

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Homework is overated.
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#37 Amigro
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nobody can compare to me in squishing time. I am doing intern work full time at a company, had to wake up at 6am to catch the first train, got home at around 8pm(4 hours on the train per day). and had to cook for mself. I also works at a restaurant on Saturday from 11AM to 11PM, including traveling. But i manage to play for at least 10 hours a week.

yzeng

At least you can sleep on the train or study.... unless of course you were to bring a gaming laptop with you!

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#38 Noldorin2646
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That's why I have an A in only one of my classes. The rest are Bs. But then again, there are tons of people I know here who go out and get plastered all the time on weeknights, I think at least gaming is a better use of time that could other wise be dedicated to studying.
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#39 ferret837
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I only really have time to game on sat, but i usually end up doing something more productive.
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#40 tanerb
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it is much better than watching CSI or soem carp version of similar concept
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#41 Tda503
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heh, i know how some of you guys feel. i go to school and have a job so on a bad day(where i have school and work) i only get about an hour or 2 in if im lucky. not that bad, but compared to when i have nothing going on and i just play games all day, heh.
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#42 KisukexD
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back from school... at 1-2? do what i have to do and then pc..,but i barely play anymore , i got bored of it,just played DeadSpace and 30 mins of it are enough.. ,boring
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#43 RK-Mara
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I never had any problems finding time to play when I was in upper secondary school (Finnish counterpart of high school). But it was rare for me to ever touch any other homework than maths.
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#44 NSR34GTR
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5 days a week uni. when i get home im too tired (just spend time finishing of work) then sat and sun i work(job)
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#45 error11
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Yeah, we get lots of elementary school kids here. /sarcasm
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#46 adv_tr00per
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This semester in grade 10 the only real class I have is science, and the teacher hardly gives us homeowrk, so I can play for a few hours everyday, and then do some other things. But not for long cuz next semester I got all the major courses (math, english, history etc.) so I'll hardly have time to play then.
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#47 Lidve
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How do I have time to play so much? By having no social life at all. I guess that's why they call us hermits. :?

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