I have spent around £300 on lol over a year and 6 months. So I have spend £17 a month on this game.
I have played 3223 games, average game-time of 24.44mins. This comes to 77 days, or 2.5 hours of playing LoL every day for the past 1.5 years.
I don't totally understand why I was hooked, but before lol I played Fifa to probably the same extent. Mabye something to do with insecurity, trying to show yourself that you are better than others. A winning mentality. Winning is always satisfying. It's a way for an easy win, when at this moment in my life I am pretty bumbed. Unemployed and nothing to do.
With regards the the video I experienced these feelings. Although the main reason I bought skins were because I got a really good feeling when buying them just like good clothes, and I when deciding on whether to buy it or not I would try to use the "well I guess they deserve my money" because I was "worn down".
When I think of all the games I could have played instead of LoL it make me feel sick. I could have bought a decent gfx card and quite a collection of games.
Now I got myself back into university and it starts in a week. I was playing LoL for fun the other day trying to get into the "platinum league" and get a cool border that I could show off to all the other players. I was only 2 games away and after 3223 games, I never thought I'd reach this rating. However I found myself getting p###d off as usual. With my life back together I found it easy to decide that the stress isn't worth the bother, that LoL no longer controlled me. (The quote from Tyler in Fight Club "your possessions end up owning you", I put so much effort and money I wanted to keep playing even at the loss of my own health, stress) I uninstalled the game. I've done it before and reinstalled it the next week. But now that I have uni to look forward too, or even if it was a new job, it replaces my need for a "easy win" feeling from games.
This week after uninstalling LoL I borrowed my sisters console and played TLOU and Bioshock Infinite. I didn't even consider for the past 1.5 years playing any other game than LoL because of the "easy win" feeling. I was low, depressed and felt weak and turned to LoL to get me through this bad time in my life. Now that I sorted my real life out I can enjoy it agian, and play real games again. When I played these two AAA games before I got bored and wanted to play LoL because I didn't get the same rush. But now I could really take my time and enjoy these games. Two of the best games I have played in my life. And now with GTA5 coming out I am going to really appreciate it.
First of all, my name is so because I loved my xbox 1 at the time. I bought a PS3 afterwards because of the Xbox red ring of death scare.
On topic, I am very excited because of the fluid and dynamic look Sony are going with. Everything looks as if Sony are taking gaming very seriously and will be leaders in this area. They are looking to give us something only Sony can give the world.
Although I've been playing league of legends and turned to PC gaming because console games are just so poor at the moment, I can't wait for the PS4 to come out and offer me something fresh.
After seeing the Sony conference, it looked like they have a huge plan. Much more convincing than what they had done to to PS3. In my opinion the PS3 could have been so much more. This time I think they will get it right. Why? Because they need to. They can't afford to lose in the console market. Think about it.
What I see from Sony in the next few years is focus on games, PSN and fluidity. Everything will be smooth and seamless, everyone will be connected so that you never feel alone when you play on the PS4. If the Ps Vita will support all PS4 games, that will be huge.
On PSN, I don't care if they charge you for it. If the service is so good it's worth paying for, I will. They do however have a lot to improve from what I had to endure with the PS3. I honestly think I had a better online experience on the original xbox than on the PS3. Hardly anyone talks on the PS3 and as a result no friendships are created. On the original xbox I was in clans and had a lot of friends to play with and speak to.
I'm glad they are not following up with 3D. It's just not worth it, and it's far to expensive for normal people to get 3D TVs. There is better places to put your money. And with the Xbox focusing on their movement gaming I couldn't be happier that Sony are not focusing on that as much as Microsoft.
I think Sony have learned from the PS3, and I believe the PS4 will be Sony's greatest achievement.
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