Do you enjoy talking about games (forums) as much as playing them?

[vee4473]

Sometimes I find myself reading/posting about games as much as I play them. Sometimes I read more about them than I actually play.

This applies to other interests as well. I frequent artists forums too and I find discussing things and reading posts taking up as much time as I paint etc..

Well? Do you forum lurk/post as much as you play? Or do you just play and pop into forums very occasionally?

[Dis]

sometimes. I certainly did that with Civ . That's why I'm here after all. my time on these forums may even surpass my time playing, but that includes off topic...

I do this with movies, I post over at imdb. If I see a movie, I instantly want to talk about it. But things are pretty spread out over there. You may have to wait days for a response .

Some games such as Wow I did more playing than talking. I never registered on the official boards, and only have a few posts over at Allkazam (or however it's spelled) as screen name Thrashering.

Games such as smac, and civ, I've done quite a bit of posting. Rpg's such as NWN and BG I have not.

[CygnusZ]

I'd say that talking about games is way more interesting than playing them. I don't think I'm alone in thinking that.

[Adagio]

Talking about games
Playing games

[Blake]

Talking about games
Playing games

[Nostromo]

I haven't played a game in months. I'm starting to think that maybe, just maybe, I have outgrown games. I even sold my Xbox.

But, as you can see, I still talk about them. Old habits die hard, I guess...

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by CygnusZ
I'd say that talking about games is way more interesting than playing them. I don't think I'm alone in thinking that.

for many games. ther are, of course, exceptions.

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by nostromo
I haven't played a game in months. I'm starting to think that maybe, just maybe, I have outgrown games. I even sold my Xbox.

But, as you can see, I still talk about them. Old habits die hard, I guess...

Perhaps you like talking TO gamers, because whatever personality traits made you a gamer at least for a while, you still retain, and enjoy interacting with others who share your personality type (or complement it).

[bipolarbear]

Gaming is more fun, yet this needles away at more of my time, though technically I do both because of Stories and Diplomacy, where posting is playing.

[DrSpike]

I really enjoy talking about games on forums. I guess not as much as playing generally, but when I am tired I often prefer reading to playing.

[Kloreep]

Depends on the game. I enjoy talking about a game like Civ that offers many ways of playing it; I feel like I can get different ways of experiencing the game out of other's accounts and thoughts.

A game like, say, Resident Evil 4, not so much. For RE4 you could talk about, what, gun selection? For some games there's ultimately not much fun to be had if you aren't actually playing it.

[DrSpike]

A good point. It's mainly RPG and TBS I read about, with some FPS and RTS forums, but for MP only.