tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320499.post4620435992893008895..comments2024-03-29T08:43:00.469+00:00Comments on Too Much Lead: On the doubts one hasAKIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00603611698724045609noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320499.post-18249159071114390872017-11-15T13:01:15.549+00:002017-11-15T13:01:15.549+00:00An echo of similar sentiments here Dean. A long l...An echo of similar sentiments here Dean. A long layoff from actual playing of games and an enforced absence from the paint table, nearly made me give up. Returning to the paint table though was all the more enjoyable for the absence. however, I've still not returned to regular gaming and a recent excursion did not convince me that everyone I meet is someone I want to play a game with. I could feel tension building within myself that, had I played in a game I saw recently, i would either have walked away feeling angry or worse said something that would have evolved into a bitter argument. Neither option were appealing. Having said that the hobby has helped with rehabilitation and counselling recently so it isn't all bad.marinergrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03553733160346862482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320499.post-10800638253156768692017-11-06T22:01:01.406+00:002017-11-06T22:01:01.406+00:00I can't say I hate it, I guess I game with peo...I can't say I hate it, I guess I game with people I know who have a similar outlook to me and are compatible. I find the figure painting , certainly,and to an extent the assembly of figures and vehicles therapeutic and relaxing. I would agree with Norm that my reading of fiction has been pretty much anihalated by the hobby and related research, I now only read non fiction and almost exclusively related to projects various. Everything goes through peaks and troughs but if anything I'd say this hobby helps keep me happy (unless I'm assembling victrix napoleonic french which is why the caveat about assembling! )<br />Best Iain caveadsum1471https://www.blogger.com/profile/02174163740406928172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320499.post-70828071958953084362017-11-04T05:21:45.294+00:002017-11-04T05:21:45.294+00:00I think there is the simple pleasure of play on on...I think there is the simple pleasure of play on one hand (that probably gave us the bug in the first place) and then everything else, which includes modelling, research, painting, wasting time on the internet, worrying about what scale, what system, a lead mountain, storage space etc etc etc. The important thing seems to be to keep the former (actual gaming) in balance with all the other activities that are actually supposed to support the gaming .... not take over from it. <br /><br />I find that sometimes just re-connecting with my actual gaming is something that needs positive action and a discipline. In a wargaming world of fantastic choice, the dangers of procrastination seem ready to rob us of our precious quality gaming time. <br /><br />I am just entering one of my periods of reflection and determining direction, which in truth is no more than a de-cluttering of the mind and the gaming shelf and spending an hour less each day on the internet. Part of that is that I want to reclaim some quality reading time, something that I seem to have surrendered without even noticing.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320499.post-73814999997611908342017-11-03T11:20:30.663+00:002017-11-03T11:20:30.663+00:00I don't really go though ha hate, more of a &q...I don't really go though ha hate, more of a "why?". I do love the hobby and it is great to keep me sane - especially for me I find it in the rules writing and tinkering. But every now and then, especially it seems after a sequence of reading some great books (fiction or non) I go though a "why do I bother?" when other things seem more enjoyable. But I always come back :-)Shaun Travershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05691522858410783769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320499.post-62013370731875969052017-11-03T07:29:44.460+00:002017-11-03T07:29:44.460+00:00I suspect many people will recognise your feelings...I suspect many people will recognise your feelings about the hobby. With time and age I hope most people can reach a state of balance. Like any addiction wargaming is bad when it negatively impacts other aspects of our lives. My suggestion is try to do what you enjoy...it is good for you.Matt Crumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06841790422716738842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320499.post-75597545973146510242017-11-02T02:48:55.137+00:002017-11-02T02:48:55.137+00:00Yes, I know what you mean! Yes, I know what you mean! Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659918463589870423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25320499.post-43248772845471629082017-11-01T22:31:23.386+00:002017-11-01T22:31:23.386+00:00I know the feeling - about the hobby keeping me sa...I know the feeling - about the hobby keeping me sane. It's helped me through some extremely dark times although I'm quite open about it being an addiction. My best friend of 25 years recently saw my lead and plastic mountain shortly after I'd moved house and exclaimed, without missing a beat: 'Fuck me, mate - you've got a problem!'<br /><br />I think that feelings of hatred go hand in hand with addiction - when we're lucid that is. Still. It doesn't really matter in the end. Or does it? Time you enjoyed wasting is not wasted time (Mark Twain - I think) so it sounds like you just need to get rid of the abominable orcs and build something more cathartic :)Steve Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02234195401059922518noreply@blogger.com