It actually depends. I once used to play games so badly like morning till midnight. But now I can only play 1 to 5 matches in War Thunder or play less than an hour in other games and sometimes I just stare at my PC screen wondering what I would do. I have 3000 hours in Dota 2, 2000 hours in War Thunder, 1000 hours in Hearts of Iron 4, 500 hours in Transport Fever 2, 400 hours in Cities Skylines and 1000 hours in Mir4. Playing any games you like will eventually wear you down to the point you no longer want to play games. Now I only watch movies, play a little and browse the internet in my PC.
I was the same, staring at WT for hours but not having any motivation to play. And then one day, I randomly tuned in to Oxy stream on twitch and he was spading everything one by one from early ranks.. he inspired me greatly, and Im having so much fun since. With the 1400 vehicles I have, I have stuff do to for next several years :D
I used to play WoT for 10+ years but eventually I felt like I completed it and honestly didnt want to play any games for a while. This was like 2-3 years ago. So for long time I watched youtube and movies, maybe occasionally played some video games but not often. But this summer I started playing WT and actually started to like it a lot. So right now it's the only game I want to play, and it's nice because it's good to do something actively and not watch youtube mindlessly 24/7. I think it's normal to get bored of games that you have played for thousands of hours, but for me I'm just beginning to play WT and I feel like I'm gonna play it for a while lol.
This new battle pass season looks so uninteresting and bad that I’ve decided to take a break, play through those other games I picked up during the summer sale
This is the 3rd BattlePass in a row that I'm skipping. It's much more fun to play this way. No coercion. Sometimes I don't even log in for a day or two.
I only play battlepass if I find free vehicle interesting or tier 5 warbond shop gives bushes, none of which is in this one so I'm taking a break for some time.
the addiction fucked me up too badly , ive started degrading my life style for this game ive closed myself up from people i love and needd to care of , i sleep late , i talk shit to my father cuz hes "distracting" me while actually hes trying to spend time with me , i wake up early just to boot my PC up and play this game all day nonstop till its 1AM , i cant stop myself even if i want to or try forcing myself out of it , i grew more rude and unpleasant to be with , socially im fucked lost all speaking skills , just a slave deprived of free will , i can uninstall it , but i dont want my 5 years go to waste thats how most addicted WT player must be/feel maybe worse maybe better , im fucked. i dont wish WT addiction or any sort of addictions to anybody no matter how fucked up they are , they dont deserve their lives to be ruined be enslaved , no one does.
Hi! Im here now too my mom argued that i didnt do anything in summer and i failed 4 classes in university because of warthunder. I decided im gonna delete wartunder and enlisted and never playing it again maybe selling my account too. I tried dayz yesterday and its so much more fun and i dont have to grind in it. Im also gonna spend less time with videogames. This game made me have anger issues and say slurs and unspeakable things. I hope you too quit it because this game is made to make people enslaved.
@@FreeMeal4YouBest decesion of my life is to delete it and never play any gaijin games again. I really hate this company and myself for letting this game ruin me.
As Old Guard for Warthunder, I've been playing... 11 years, and took one prolonged break when I got bad about it maybe halfway through that. It's not problematic. I'm a parent a maybe squeeze in a match or two a night time permitting. I probably put about a hundred bucks a year into it, usually premium time and rarely a gimmicky premium if its on sale. War thunder has a loop that is made to hook you, like any MMO. But having your RL sorted out will make you feel better hundredfold, and you can focus on just enjoying the game for hahah tank go brrr. Recently started on spading all my low rank stuff I mostly skipped over way back when I started playing and have been having a blast tbf. Good vid on the topic EC.
I'm cool with supporting the Devs. It's not a perfect game, and I have my gripes and complaints, but I'd counter argue that I've also gotten my value out of it for what I've invested in time and money spent. A hundred a year on average is still less than I spend on coffee in a year. @@skipslash7367
@@athiftsabit1208those and early jets tend to be the sweet spot. Top tier has always been a bit of a mess, but it can be fun for a jaunt now and then.
@@TheEuropeanCanadian Oh your right. It really isn’t yet I can imagine a lot of people struggle to do this simple thing. I’m enjoying war thunder and I know when to take a break and enjoy life outside this summer.
After almost 3-4 months without playing War Thunder, yesterday I got back to participate in the Flight of the Albatross Event. In my 6th battle, due to Bad Server Connection, I was kicked out of the game while I was doing very well. I was the 2nd player in my team even though up-tiered almost by all. That was when I realised why I had left the game.
I‘m currently in a Full addiction spiral (I‘ve grinded the US Air Tree from Rank 1 to toptier in about a week) but that’s okay because my wife is currently on a mother-child cure for two weeks and I got placed on administrative leave for the next three months because I have stacked up far over 300 of hours overtime and I have still 70 days of residual leave left, which could end up in a hefty fine for my employer if our federal board of control should come in for an inspection (I‘m a Medic and an executive in the Company and we have very strong employment rights in my country). I‘m planning on finishing the complete US Air Tech Tree until my wife and my daughter are back. Gotta use this forced holiday wisely.
5:20 onward is very true. Anything that makes you feel not in control, when you already don't feel in control in life, leads to anger/upset. When you have anger issues especially. You need to breath.
I have 6,500 hours in war thunder. [Am playing right now] I used to play almost 24/7 even before the pandemic due to some rough times both mentally and Financially. It's escapism. Ever since i started gardening and trying to grow my own food, I've been feeling much better. I can go weeks on end without worrying about and playing war thunder. But i will go play this game from time to time thanks to a sudden need to play a vehicle i remember being fun and then getting off
I found that Drawing is a great alternative to War Thunder... it's fun and I don't think about if I have to research this and that...I just put my pencil down on the paper and just draw something I have in my imagination.
I use video games, TH-cam, and various activities to prevent my mind from stressing over minor matters, due to my anxiety. This helps me concentrate better on the more significant aspects of life. Many people use video games to unwind, de-stress, or cool off after their day. The problem is when individuals use games to distract themselves from more significant issues that cannot be simply relaxed away. They choose not to acknowledge these larger issues, so when video games no longer serve as a distraction for "minor" problems, they don't understand why. They refuse to believe that there could be a larger issue beyond the game because they haven't accepted it as such. Therefore, they assume that the video game is failing to fulfill its role in helping them relax and have fun. Every time they become stressed and agitated due to life's problems, and they turn to playing WT to destress, they end up more stressed by the game itself and attribute all their stress to the game. This is why many struggle to quit gaming and get their lives in order; they haven't yet accepted that the game itself isn't the problem.
This too shall pass friend, life continues and each defeat becomes the cornerstone for future victories. Love is a burning thing but each failed relationship one may be have will help you out to grow beyond your current self until you reach the place/person you are meant to be. I am just a random internet stranger but when I lost my first relationship that lasted a couple years a good friend told me, you will one day laugh at this situation you are facing and he was right and the same will happen to you.
The only reason i play because I'm obsessed with tanks irl and after i got my favorite tanks ( T-55 Bmp1 zsu-23 ) it was already over i can't stop added to that the community skins that makes me cosplay my country in war thunder
Internet/gaming addiction is real. The other issue with WT is there’s an element of gambling addiction. You have bad game after bad game after bad game, you get frustrated, you have a good game, and all of that stress and frustration goes…and you play another game, and the cycle continues. Or you keep going in the hopes you get a good game…just one more…not quitting until I finish on a good game. With WT being a free 2 play game, they rely on this to get players hooked, stay & spend money.
I just play it in waves lul playing it for 2 months always and then taking a break of 3 months but that's mainly because i get annoyed at the grind and i do that for years then i jump into other games.
Also one thing playing all the time taught me was that I might have adhd and over a few years later I got diagnosed and now I actually can do work without just going and sleeping or finding anything else
I've been enjoying war thunder after obtaining the VT1-2 from the toolbox. Now I main VT1-2 and I can't stop playing it cuz I always get a nuke with it like 2-4 sometimes in a row. Also no money spent in this game cuz I sell event vehicles to buy premiums during sale 😂
As someone that played in Jan 2013. I left 2015, came back in 2022 Nov and see modern vehicles thats where the addiction began... Jets are the main reason kinda and Modern Tanks and fast paced gameplay big explosions...as things change I will drop out hopefully.
I play a lot of warthunder, I like to do so while my chickens watch the screen and neuron activate at the planes. I do tend to center a lot of thought around videogames, but I found that when my life got the most shitty, I got mad at my life for fucking up my performance in game, blamed the real problem, and went to bonk the problem, sometimes metaphorically, sometimes with a literal club. Now my life is better, and my latest pet loves watching me play warthunder coastal ships that are very fast, he's an asian water monitor, about two weeks old.
My point is that you can make your life centered around your hobbies, the problem is when you try to get away from your life instead of bringing your hobbies into your life and your life into your hobbies, this is why things like cosplay, conventions, gaming with friends, fandoms and fanfiction, and all the other forms of more personal engagement with things you appreciate are healthy!
I used to play the game for 6 - 10 hours a day. Now when I get a bit pissed off after a few battles, just Alt + F4, play some music to calm my nerves and go check on others like my parents, grandparents and animals (I live on a small farm), especially in these dumb hot days when they too need lots of water.
People annoy me so much. Blaming War Thunder for their own issues. I am an old guard, I always have premium time running - even in periods where I'm too busy with life to play, have plenty of premiums, and have spent thousands of hours in this game. I regret none of it. Why? because I never lied to myself about progress in this game somehow meaning progress in my overall life. I've maintained relationships while playing War Thunder (getting married this year), I've maintained my career while playing War Thunder (did a three year undergrad, a one year honours post-grad, and will eventually start a phd - all while playing War Thunder nearly every day), I've maintained a job - all while studying and playing War Thunder. I've gone on holiday I've maintained non-War Thunder hobbies. I'm 35 now, and I have nothing but love for this game. It has come so far since I first tried it in 2012. People need to stop blaming the game for their issues.
I actually have a lot of fun in war thunder, I try not to focus on the grind and play fun vehicles, and that actually does help grinding by spading things. One thing I recommend is having a lot of variety in what you play. I main TTGRB for Italy but also do 6.7 and some 3.7 Germany. I also recently started air sim which is pretty fun too.
Literally the only thing keeping me coming back and playing is the games potential (that will never be realised with the developers/publishers current mindset), that said my breaks from the game are getting longer and longer it's only a matter of time before they lose me as a player. So I don't believe its addiction as much as it's that, the distant hope that the developers get their collective heads out of each others asses and make it a good game.
i read this story on reddit yesterday.. this game is fun and gives purpose to ppl who have not much else to do, which is great but can lead to ideas like that person wrote on reddit. and what I wrote is: you have to chill dude. I used to rage like an animal too few years back when I was new and getting killed by invisible enemies.. its all about your mind set. Dont expect anything and you will never be dissapointed.. take a step back and just relax. you cant influence what others do, only what you do
It's not meant for when you 'have not much else to do'. The game is worth your time and is a worthy hobby. I can and have the capacity to play any game (my rig is a beast and I can afford any game) - but I CHOOSE War Thunder.
War thunder addiction is real, I'm addicted to war thunder, in the past 4 or so months i have uninstalled the game like 5 times and I keep installing it back bc there's no other game close enough to war thunder, no game offers the same amount of vehicles, features, lods, etc... War thunder is very unique and that's the problem, that's how you get addicted bc you can't find anything to replace war thunder with.
I have a cycle where I play for maybe 10 days, then stop for 4 months, then play for 10 days again. I find I don’t get mad at the game, just disinterested in the gameplay loop so I do other things
I'm already addicted to Dota, so Wartunder is kinda my game to go after i get tilted after couple of loses, the when i get tilted in Wartunder, i just open HOI4
I played warthunder for 400 hours, quit and came back a year later and now I have 1800 hours. at this point, I just play out of boredom, it became kind of a habit.
go outside, hike, run, go with friends. me and the boys go shooting monthly and hike, get away from the internet and all the negativity, some of those this are important, but letting those things consume you is never a good thing.
Oh I get what yuo mean. Back in the lockdowns I watched all the news on COVID 19 and politics and it made me all doomy and angry. After A while I stopped watching that stuff and started to go on big walks on my own. I do feel down quite often but overall I'm feeling quite a bit better today than I was 3-4 years ago.
I mean I can't blame the guy for being worried, Romania is basically the front line of a potential ww3, a war that we have never been closer to having in most of our lifetimes. And a place like Romania is one of the first countries to get nuked next to places like Sweden, Finland and Poland.
Being into politics really does NOT mean that you are negative. Politics can be a vessel for positive change, some of the most positive and selfless people I know are huge activists. Don't say politics are negative - they can be certainly, but ideally they aren't.
I feel like the best thing to do is to just stop playing for like 2 months every now and then, obviously addiction is a mean and cringey way to put it, but the game can be quite the drag if you play it all the time. I say addiction is a dumb way to put it, because really things such as instagram, Facebook, and Twitter are way worse, I honestly hope they get banned as platforms as they cause very difficult mental issues. War thunder just gets you frustrated and acts as like the final straw.
OTOH- Games like WT can be dangerous to people with depression because it throws your brain chemistry around like a rag doll. The frustration and impediments it throws in your way can trigger depressive episodes. The OP you're reading might have been "rage posting", but he's not wrong. The way Gaijin runs WT is quite toxic. Its not designed to be "just fun" as in fly around or shoot tanks, Gaijin intentionally throws roadblocks into your way to induce monetization.
I don't love War Thunder, its probably just a skill issue on my end. I'm not terribly good at it. That being said, I don't hate it. I come back to it because i enjoy the vehicle combat. It can be a fun, I personally kind of agree with the guy saying that Gaijin does try and get you to buy the premiums. I've caved to it before and bought the M1A1 AIM, but now that i've almost completely gotten done with the US ground tree, I don't use it anymore because frankly I don't need to. I don't buy stuff in games generally because I don't want to end up spending all of my money on basically a PNG of an M1A1, $60 USD is a lot for a single vehicle plus some premium account time and back-ups. At that point you're buying a solid copy of a game, and I'd rather spend that money on necessities or on a new game i might want to give a try. If a game is free-to-play then that's how I'm going to play it (unless the devs make it pay-to-win, which is what WT feels like sometimes, if its pay-to-win i'm just going to drop it). I find that stepping away from War Thunder for a time can be helpful (not to your skill, but your view and opinion of the game). If War Thunder becomes more than what it is, a game, a leisure activity, it can get dangerous to you. Thats my 2 cents.
I think in the past 3 years I spent close to 200$ on warthunder. I used to spent alittle more. But I got so sick of their game I play it now only when friends ask.. I rather spent money on anything else. I just spent 30 because. I’m wanted the F-14 and the moment I spent that 30$ on the prem f-4 I was like what a phuckin waste of god damn money soon as I get this F-14 I am going pledge to never send a penny to them
TheEuropeanCanadian: "Warthunder addiction is not real, it can't hurt you" Also, the TheEuropeanCanadian: "I have made ~8000 Warthunder videos over the last 10 years." It's a bit rich, when somebody who obviously chose to bury a large part of their life in a video game start grandstanding about how "it's just your own fault, just figure it out and don't blame the game". While yes, you spending your time doing something, reflects your need, its kind a worthless truism to say "snap out of it, it's not the games fault", it's as if the "stop playing plead" triggers some negative emotion that might be worth investigating and take ownership off?
How timely. I have about $2k and 2300 hours in chundy since 2013. So much has happened in that time intervening - ive taken years-long breaks without meaning to, until i came back in 2018 after a lot of life disasters. Im doing okay in life as far as passive income streams and family life, but i want to increase my income. I love jets and military equipment generally, but a week ago i just said im done with gaming - im almost 40 and still playing videogames. So i uninstalled Steam. It feels a little better, but im still stressing about getting life stuff done. Removing that distraction did help, FWIW
This is somewhat unsurprising news, People get addicted to all kinds of stuff the best way to deal with addiction is to talk to someone about it and get help
weeks/months long grind for a single vehicle, shitty predatory practices, lack of meaningful changes, and gaijin not giving a shit about player feedback. I have over 2.4k hours in war thunder and im honestly happy this game isnt worth shit anymore to me.
That ending note was amazing - stop blaming video games for your own problems, sort it out yourself. Exactly the attitude that needs to be understood by most people today, rather than sitting in a echo chamber of other negative people on social media. The world isn't out to get you, it doesn't know you exist, so sort your own life out because no one will do it for you. I mean that sounded pretty doomer but its the truth. Find something you do like about yourself, lean into that, find something you don't like, work on that. Rinse, repeat, always look to improve, never take anything for granted. Thanks for the jump scare, I like this channel and thought you were saying you were quitting War Thunder on me 🤣
I have 2200 hours I have even got close to unlocking a single tech tree on any nation free to play sucks so bad its either free to play nolife and u rarely profit sl or rp from any match or pay premium and profit even if u play bad this game ruins your day if your not paying I've never spent anything I've been stuck at 8k sl past 2 or 3 months
Gaijin has made time spent, worth more than a great game You can spend 15-20 minutes in a game, and your reward for the time spent is twice the amount of getting 10 kills. And i agree with you f2p is absolutely horrendous at the moment, the only way to progress at a decent rate is premium account and talismans
I dont agree with the escapism part of this video. there are many people who are in positions in life where its not so simple to just blame them for having a bad time in life and that they're putting everything off. a lot of kids go through this with using video games as escapism. mom and dad are fighting and screaming up the house and its a daily occurrence. what is the kid suppose to do? go in and break up the fights? make them going marriage counseling? run away from home? well the kid has to do something right? they need to take responsibility for the problem in their life. they shouldn't be doing something like playing video games, they're just kicking the can down the road. you see the problem with just using this line of logic as a universal truth?
I love war thunder, therefore I hate it😂. I'm not going anywhere. I of course get tired of the grind, but I enjoy the little senses of accomplishment when I open a new vehicle. Only get to play 1 to 3 hours a day sometimes. Some days I'm too busy. Oh well, I'm learning and improving each time.
I've realised that in this game, if you are having fun, someone is suffering and vicebersa...
pretty much every game bro
this is why we need proper co-op PvE content as an alternative to the 'zero sum' game that is PvP
@@Bellator151 dude, I always think in such games that I play vs bots and not real people. In fact, some of those players are "bots" literally ;).
oh me when i begin to suffering, i tell to myself "atleast someone is having fun"
If I'm suffering, I blame it on skill issue for me and if I am having fun, then the enemy has skill issue
"Do i like war thunder?" Yes, thats why i spent 2 hours on US flight map looking for all the airfields
@@armoredspain7053 I destroyed all boats in Pearl Harbor
I can stop whenever i want! I just dont want to!
It actually depends. I once used to play games so badly like morning till midnight. But now I can only play 1 to 5 matches in War Thunder or play less than an hour in other games and sometimes I just stare at my PC screen wondering what I would do. I have 3000 hours in Dota 2, 2000 hours in War Thunder, 1000 hours in Hearts of Iron 4, 500 hours in Transport Fever 2, 400 hours in Cities Skylines and 1000 hours in Mir4. Playing any games you like will eventually wear you down to the point you no longer want to play games. Now I only watch movies, play a little and browse the internet in my PC.
You had your fill and are burnt out. Same
I was the same, staring at WT for hours but not having any motivation to play. And then one day, I randomly tuned in to Oxy stream on twitch and he was spading everything one by one from early ranks.. he inspired me greatly, and Im having so much fun since. With the 1400 vehicles I have, I have stuff do to for next several years :D
I used to play WoT for 10+ years but eventually I felt like I completed it and honestly didnt want to play any games for a while. This was like 2-3 years ago. So for long time I watched youtube and movies, maybe occasionally played some video games but not often. But this summer I started playing WT and actually started to like it a lot. So right now it's the only game I want to play, and it's nice because it's good to do something actively and not watch youtube mindlessly 24/7. I think it's normal to get bored of games that you have played for thousands of hours, but for me I'm just beginning to play WT and I feel like I'm gonna play it for a while lol.
@@Vergil20000 OSRS is calling you...
@@megapet777life is too short for wt
This new battle pass season looks so uninteresting and bad that I’ve decided to take a break, play through those other games I picked up during the summer sale
This is the 3rd BattlePass in a row that I'm skipping. It's much more fun to play this way. No coercion. Sometimes I don't even log in for a day or two.
yea i bought doom eternal in the summer sale and i have yet to finish half life alyx
I only play battlepass if I find free vehicle interesting or tier 5 warbond shop gives bushes, none of which is in this one so I'm taking a break for some time.
same. good time to take a break.
the addiction fucked me up too badly , ive started degrading my life style for this game ive closed myself up from people i love and needd to care of , i sleep late , i talk shit to my father cuz hes "distracting" me while actually hes trying to spend time with me , i wake up early just to boot my PC up and play this game all day nonstop till its 1AM , i cant stop myself even if i want to or try forcing myself out of it , i grew more rude and unpleasant to be with , socially im fucked lost all speaking skills , just a slave deprived of free will , i can uninstall it , but i dont want my 5 years go to waste thats how most addicted WT player must be/feel maybe worse maybe better , im fucked.
i dont wish WT addiction or any sort of addictions to anybody no matter how fucked up they are , they dont deserve their lives to be ruined be enslaved , no one does.
Stop playing wt, its boring. Start read books, watch movies from the 80s and go hug your dad. Life is really short playing wt all day, been there
Hi! Im here now too my mom argued that i didnt do anything in summer and i failed 4 classes in university because of warthunder. I decided im gonna delete wartunder and enlisted and never playing it again maybe selling my account too. I tried dayz yesterday and its so much more fun and i dont have to grind in it. Im also gonna spend less time with videogames. This game made me have anger issues and say slurs and unspeakable things. I hope you too quit it because this game is made to make people enslaved.
@@FreeMeal4YouBest decesion of my life is to delete it and never play any gaijin games again. I really hate this company and myself for letting this game ruin me.
Warthunder is my crack cocaine.....dont judge me but ive pit a little over 6k into this game on premiums and ultra rares
Damn bro…
great comparison but believe me, doing cocaine while playing WT.. thats the shit
@@nyccoyax3831I concur
uhh .. after you spend more than $300 you will get judged
Bro licks the snails feets
As Old Guard for Warthunder, I've been playing... 11 years, and took one prolonged break when I got bad about it maybe halfway through that. It's not problematic. I'm a parent a maybe squeeze in a match or two a night time permitting.
I probably put about a hundred bucks a year into it, usually premium time and rarely a gimmicky premium if its on sale.
War thunder has a loop that is made to hook you, like any MMO. But having your RL sorted out will make you feel better hundredfold, and you can focus on just enjoying the game for hahah tank go brrr.
Recently started on spading all my low rank stuff I mostly skipped over way back when I started playing and have been having a blast tbf. Good vid on the topic EC.
stop spending money on the game now
Yeah, the low to mid tier are the best
I'm cool with supporting the Devs. It's not a perfect game, and I have my gripes and complaints, but I'd counter argue that I've also gotten my value out of it for what I've invested in time and money spent. A hundred a year on average is still less than I spend on coffee in a year. @@skipslash7367
@@athiftsabit1208those and early jets tend to be the sweet spot. Top tier has always been a bit of a mess, but it can be fun for a jaunt now and then.
Choosing to stop or take a break from War Thunder is arguably the hardest thing in life.
It really isn't
@@TheEuropeanCanadian Oh your right. It really isn’t yet I can imagine a lot of people struggle to do this simple thing. I’m enjoying war thunder and I know when to take a break and enjoy life outside this summer.
you must have had a very simple life so far
I took a 6 month break and I enjoyed it but I did come back and now I only play 4 or 4 matches at most a day and that’s much better
Warthunder logic
"This is a thing"
"No it really isnt"
"Oh you're right yaddayaddaasdfghjklqwertyuiop"
After almost 3-4 months without playing War Thunder, yesterday I got back to participate in the Flight of the Albatross Event.
In my 6th battle, due to Bad Server Connection, I was kicked out of the game while I was doing very well.
I was the 2nd player in my team even though up-tiered almost by all.
That was when I realised why I had left the game.
"Because they're not physically or mentally right when it comes to the rest of their lives"...
Damn. That one felt personal.
I never thought i would get en existancial crisis from a WarThunder video. I will have to fight my inner demons eventually
I've played for 6 years and I love it ( I'm gonna kms)
I hate warthunder, it's my favorite game
I‘m currently in a Full addiction spiral (I‘ve grinded the US Air Tree from Rank 1 to toptier in about a week) but that’s okay because my wife is currently on a mother-child cure for two weeks and I got placed on administrative leave for the next three months because I have stacked up far over 300 of hours overtime and I have still 70 days of residual leave left, which could end up in a hefty fine for my employer if our federal board of control should come in for an inspection (I‘m a Medic and an executive in the Company and we have very strong employment rights in my country).
I‘m planning on finishing the complete US Air Tech Tree until my wife and my daughter are back. Gotta use this forced holiday wisely.
5:20 onward is very true.
Anything that makes you feel not in control, when you already don't feel in control in life, leads to anger/upset.
When you have anger issues especially.
You need to breath.
I have 6,500 hours in war thunder. [Am playing right now]
I used to play almost 24/7 even before the pandemic due to some rough times both mentally and Financially. It's escapism.
Ever since i started gardening and trying to grow my own food, I've been feeling much better.
I can go weeks on end without worrying about and playing war thunder.
But i will go play this game from time to time thanks to a sudden need to play a vehicle i remember being fun and then getting off
Bro is doing psychology now
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I’d say he’s just talking common sense
I found that Drawing is a great alternative to War Thunder... it's fun and I don't think about if I have to research this and that...I just put my pencil down on the paper and just draw something I have in my imagination.
Thats great bro, keep it up!
I use video games, TH-cam, and various activities to prevent my mind from stressing over minor matters, due to my anxiety. This helps me concentrate better on the more significant aspects of life.
Many people use video games to unwind, de-stress, or cool off after their day. The problem is when individuals use games to distract themselves from more significant issues that cannot be simply relaxed away. They choose not to acknowledge these larger issues, so when video games no longer serve as a distraction for "minor" problems, they don't understand why. They refuse to believe that there could be a larger issue beyond the game because they haven't accepted it as such. Therefore, they assume that the video game is failing to fulfill its role in helping them relax and have fun.
Every time they become stressed and agitated due to life's problems, and they turn to playing WT to destress, they end up more stressed by the game itself and attribute all their stress to the game.
This is why many struggle to quit gaming and get their lives in order; they haven't yet accepted that the game itself isn't the problem.
I recently broke up with my girlfriend and War Thunder is helping me forget the pain. Two years of dating went down the drain.
Think of it more as you had two years of practice for the next one. You'll bounce back buddy.
@@MrEsphoenix Thank you!
Stay strong king 👑
@@haltes Thanks man
This too shall pass friend, life continues and each defeat becomes the cornerstone for future victories. Love is a burning thing but each failed relationship one may be have will help you out to grow beyond your current self until you reach the place/person you are meant to be. I am just a random internet stranger but when I lost my first relationship that lasted a couple years a good friend told me, you will one day laugh at this situation you are facing and he was right and the same will happen to you.
The only reason i play because I'm obsessed with tanks irl and after i got my favorite tanks ( T-55 Bmp1 zsu-23 ) it was already over i can't stop added to that the community skins that makes me cosplay my country in war thunder
I observe the stimulus screen, I press the response bar, I receive my juice reward.
Internet/gaming addiction is real. The other issue with WT is there’s an element of gambling addiction. You have bad game after bad game after bad game, you get frustrated, you have a good game, and all of that stress and frustration goes…and you play another game, and the cycle continues. Or you keep going in the hopes you get a good game…just one more…not quitting until I finish on a good game.
With WT being a free 2 play game, they rely on this to get players hooked, stay & spend money.
This is my 4th day not playing War Thunder in like... 3 months.
It's helping.
Well, the money i spent... yes, this is my heroin.
Feels
I just play it in waves lul playing it for 2 months always and then taking a break of 3 months but that's mainly because i get annoyed at the grind and i do that for years then i jump into other games.
For me its lack of impulse control to not hit the battle button. Gotta get the perfect match in. Even when there is a perfect match… I want another.
I actually never thought you’d make a video like this but it’s welcomed ❤
Also one thing playing all the time taught me was that I might have adhd and over a few years later I got diagnosed and now I actually can do work without just going and sleeping or finding anything else
stopped playing for 2 years now. the grind was exhausting and my Wifi lags a lot. glad i can focus on other things currently.
I've been enjoying war thunder after obtaining the VT1-2 from the toolbox. Now I main VT1-2 and I can't stop playing it cuz I always get a nuke with it like 2-4 sometimes in a row. Also no money spent in this game cuz I sell event vehicles to buy premiums during sale 😂
The best thing of this game is just playing world famous vehicles in realistic models (not gameplay) that's about it, most of it is straight pain
I play to challenge myself, manual transmission, no markers, and semi-realistic/realistic gunsights
No single person ever DECIDES to put themselves in hell in their lives. NO1 can make that decision in life. It is external - period
As someone that played in Jan 2013. I left 2015, came back in 2022 Nov and see modern vehicles thats where the addiction began... Jets are the main reason kinda and Modern Tanks and fast paced gameplay big explosions...as things change I will drop out hopefully.
I play a lot of warthunder, I like to do so while my chickens watch the screen and neuron activate at the planes. I do tend to center a lot of thought around videogames, but I found that when my life got the most shitty, I got mad at my life for fucking up my performance in game, blamed the real problem, and went to bonk the problem, sometimes metaphorically, sometimes with a literal club. Now my life is better, and my latest pet loves watching me play warthunder coastal ships that are very fast, he's an asian water monitor, about two weeks old.
My point is that you can make your life centered around your hobbies, the problem is when you try to get away from your life instead of bringing your hobbies into your life and your life into your hobbies, this is why things like cosplay, conventions, gaming with friends, fandoms and fanfiction, and all the other forms of more personal engagement with things you appreciate are healthy!
I used to play the game for 6 - 10 hours a day. Now when I get a bit pissed off after a few battles, just Alt + F4, play some music to calm my nerves and go check on others like my parents, grandparents and animals (I live on a small farm), especially in these dumb hot days when they too need lots of water.
I only pay for premium once a year when it's on sale
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Then explain to me why I shouldn't get mad at the game when a lvl 3 kills me in a premium with almost 1k hours played at 8.0. This makes no sense
People annoy me so much. Blaming War Thunder for their own issues. I am an old guard, I always have premium time running - even in periods where I'm too busy with life to play, have plenty of premiums, and have spent thousands of hours in this game. I regret none of it. Why? because I never lied to myself about progress in this game somehow meaning progress in my overall life. I've maintained relationships while playing War Thunder (getting married this year), I've maintained my career while playing War Thunder (did a three year undergrad, a one year honours post-grad, and will eventually start a phd - all while playing War Thunder nearly every day), I've maintained a job - all while studying and playing War Thunder. I've gone on holiday I've maintained non-War Thunder hobbies. I'm 35 now, and I have nothing but love for this game. It has come so far since I first tried it in 2012. People need to stop blaming the game for their issues.
I actually have a lot of fun in war thunder, I try not to focus on the grind and play fun vehicles, and that actually does help grinding by spading things. One thing I recommend is having a lot of variety in what you play. I main TTGRB for Italy but also do 6.7 and some 3.7 Germany. I also recently started air sim which is pretty fun too.
I also never really get upset at video games or in general, so that might help a bit.
Literally the only thing keeping me coming back and playing is the games potential (that will never be realised with the developers/publishers current mindset), that said my breaks from the game are getting longer and longer it's only a matter of time before they lose me as a player. So I don't believe its addiction as much as it's that, the distant hope that the developers get their collective heads out of each others asses and make it a good game.
i read this story on reddit yesterday.. this game is fun and gives purpose to ppl who have not much else to do, which is great but can lead to ideas like that person wrote on reddit. and what I wrote is: you have to chill dude. I used to rage like an animal too few years back when I was new and getting killed by invisible enemies.. its all about your mind set. Dont expect anything and you will never be dissapointed.. take a step back and just relax. you cant influence what others do, only what you do
It's not meant for when you 'have not much else to do'. The game is worth your time and is a worthy hobby. I can and have the capacity to play any game (my rig is a beast and I can afford any game) - but I CHOOSE War Thunder.
War thunder addiction is real, I'm addicted to war thunder, in the past 4 or so months i have uninstalled the game like 5 times and I keep installing it back bc there's no other game close enough to war thunder, no game offers the same amount of vehicles, features, lods, etc... War thunder is very unique and that's the problem, that's how you get addicted bc you can't find anything to replace war thunder with.
I have a cycle where I play for maybe 10 days, then stop for 4 months, then play for 10 days again. I find I don’t get mad at the game, just disinterested in the gameplay loop so I do other things
Rumainia !
Dude should sign up for hustlers uni
Original top G is on his doorstep
He will soon be wearing a happy face
nah he probably a chubby beta incel
"Forum TEC" is back with another dramatic reading. Time to get my tea and biscuits.
I'm already addicted to Dota, so Wartunder is kinda my game to go after i get tilted after couple of loses, the when i get tilted in Wartunder, i just open HOI4
very in-depth for a videogame related vid. Some things need to be heard and I know a lot of doomers like this. Very good video brother :)
Excellent review.
thats why i recommend atleast a 2 month break i am gonna start playing again after 10 days
I haven't played in 3 years
you are clean for 3 years
shoot for 4
I played warthunder for 400 hours, quit and came back a year later and now I have 1800 hours. at this point, I just play out of boredom, it became kind of a habit.
For a second I thought you lost it lmao I thought you were the one saying it was an addiction
if its not fun don't play ! FEED THE SNAIL !!!
go outside, hike, run, go with friends. me and the boys go shooting monthly and hike, get away from the internet and all the negativity, some of those this are important, but letting those things consume you is never a good thing.
i recently realized how much time and money i have wasted on this game, i think ima take a brak from it
Got myself a puppy so i didnt even need to delete it from my Desktop 😂😂
Thx I have decided to delete the game .. cause you are 100% correct. Thx for this video
Yeah I like the game
Oh I get what yuo mean. Back in the lockdowns I watched all the news on COVID 19 and politics and it made me all doomy and angry. After A while I stopped watching that stuff and started to go on big walks on my own. I do feel down quite often but overall I'm feeling quite a bit better today than I was 3-4 years ago.
Well that took a turn
I grinded out all of the US half of Germany and Russia and lots of money spent before i realized how mid this game is wish i could take it back
The BP sure did cure me of my enjoyment. 😅
There is a reason I hardly play ground anymore. And why naval is bs, screw that gamemode.
I mean I can't blame the guy for being worried, Romania is basically the front line of a potential ww3, a war that we have never been closer to having in most of our lifetimes. And a place like Romania is one of the first countries to get nuked next to places like Sweden, Finland and Poland.
Being into politics really does NOT mean that you are negative. Politics can be a vessel for positive change, some of the most positive and selfless people I know are huge activists. Don't say politics are negative - they can be certainly, but ideally they aren't.
I feel like the best thing to do is to just stop playing for like 2 months every now and then, obviously addiction is a mean and cringey way to put it, but the game can be quite the drag if you play it all the time. I say addiction is a dumb way to put it, because really things such as instagram, Facebook, and Twitter are way worse, I honestly hope they get banned as platforms as they cause very difficult mental issues. War thunder just gets you frustrated and acts as like the final straw.
Although it sounded pretty dramatic to me, he actually said fair points that does not only apply to War Thunder but on a lot of things in general.
OTOH-
Games like WT can be dangerous to people with depression because it throws your brain chemistry around like a rag doll. The frustration and impediments it throws in your way can trigger depressive episodes.
The OP you're reading might have been "rage posting", but he's not wrong. The way Gaijin runs WT is quite toxic. Its not designed to be "just fun" as in fly around or shoot tanks, Gaijin intentionally throws roadblocks into your way to induce monetization.
*pain suffering, misery* wait, let’s hear him out, “War Thunder is fun!”
I don't love War Thunder, its probably just a skill issue on my end. I'm not terribly good at it. That being said, I don't hate it. I come back to it because i enjoy the vehicle combat. It can be a fun, I personally kind of agree with the guy saying that Gaijin does try and get you to buy the premiums. I've caved to it before and bought the M1A1 AIM, but now that i've almost completely gotten done with the US ground tree, I don't use it anymore because frankly I don't need to. I don't buy stuff in games generally because I don't want to end up spending all of my money on basically a PNG of an M1A1, $60 USD is a lot for a single vehicle plus some premium account time and back-ups. At that point you're buying a solid copy of a game, and I'd rather spend that money on necessities or on a new game i might want to give a try. If a game is free-to-play then that's how I'm going to play it (unless the devs make it pay-to-win, which is what WT feels like sometimes, if its pay-to-win i'm just going to drop it). I find that stepping away from War Thunder for a time can be helpful (not to your skill, but your view and opinion of the game). If War Thunder becomes more than what it is, a game, a leisure activity, it can get dangerous to you. Thats my 2 cents.
I think in the past 3 years I spent close to 200$ on warthunder. I used to spent alittle more. But I got so sick of their game I play it now only when friends ask.. I rather spent money on anything else. I just spent 30 because. I’m wanted the F-14 and the moment I spent that 30$ on the prem f-4 I was like what a phuckin waste of god damn money soon as I get this F-14 I am going pledge to never send a penny to them
I have not had fun in this game for years
TheEuropeanCanadian: "Warthunder addiction is not real, it can't hurt you"
Also, the TheEuropeanCanadian: "I have made ~8000 Warthunder videos over the last 10 years."
It's a bit rich, when somebody who obviously chose to bury a large part of their life in a video game start grandstanding about how "it's just your own fault, just figure it out and don't blame the game". While yes, you spending your time doing something, reflects your need, its kind a worthless truism to say "snap out of it, it's not the games fault", it's as if the "stop playing plead" triggers some negative emotion that might be worth investigating and take ownership off?
How timely. I have about $2k and 2300 hours in chundy since 2013. So much has happened in that time intervening - ive taken years-long breaks without meaning to, until i came back in 2018 after a lot of life disasters. Im doing okay in life as far as passive income streams and family life, but i want to increase my income. I love jets and military equipment generally, but a week ago i just said im done with gaming - im almost 40 and still playing videogames. So i uninstalled Steam. It feels a little better, but im still stressing about getting life stuff done. Removing that distraction did help, FWIW
got so sick of war thunder (just hit 1k hours) I brought WARNO the other day, best purchase of my entire life.
you really need to put a disclaimer that what u said was from a post and not your opinion, cuz i got worried
Honestly i just play a couple matches a day until i get bored or annoyed. Then i go play Helldivers 2.
hits vape, double clicks WT
This is somewhat unsurprising news, People get addicted to all kinds of stuff the best way to deal with addiction is to talk to someone about it and get help
weeks/months long grind for a single vehicle, shitty predatory practices, lack of meaningful changes, and gaijin not giving a shit about player feedback. I have over 2.4k hours in war thunder and im honestly happy this game isnt worth shit anymore to me.
I mean, I agree with not blaming the game for your problems, but deleting the game surely wouldn't make things worse and could actually improve them.
The suffering is eternal
i was just about to log in and do the float plane event and go WEEEEEEEE
That ending note was amazing - stop blaming video games for your own problems, sort it out yourself. Exactly the attitude that needs to be understood by most people today, rather than sitting in a echo chamber of other negative people on social media. The world isn't out to get you, it doesn't know you exist, so sort your own life out because no one will do it for you. I mean that sounded pretty doomer but its the truth. Find something you do like about yourself, lean into that, find something you don't like, work on that. Rinse, repeat, always look to improve, never take anything for granted.
Thanks for the jump scare, I like this channel and thought you were saying you were quitting War Thunder on me 🤣
I took a 4 month break earlier this year
That's deep...
the snail has taken over your brain
Warthunder is a big big game, set yourself some boundaries, play other games.
Stop caring
The problem with this game is how unbalanced it is. (And how gayjin is biased towards some nations...)
I have 2200 hours I have even got close to unlocking a single tech tree on any nation free to play sucks so bad its either free to play nolife and u rarely profit sl or rp from any match or pay premium and profit even if u play bad this game ruins your day if your not paying I've never spent anything I've been stuck at 8k sl past 2 or 3 months
Gaijin has made time spent, worth more than a great game
You can spend 15-20 minutes in a game, and your reward for the time spent is twice the amount of getting 10 kills.
And i agree with you f2p is absolutely horrendous at the moment, the only way to progress at a decent rate is premium account and talismans
There is always world of tanks console that I’ve been playing along world of warships legends.
I totally agree
Too late, I opened the wallet, at least I didn't buy high tier vehicles or aircraft and quit when I died.
Im f2p and have a minimun of 6.0 and a max of 9.3
I dont agree with the escapism part of this video. there are many people who are in positions in life where its not so simple to just blame them for having a bad time in life and that they're putting everything off. a lot of kids go through this with using video games as escapism. mom and dad are fighting and screaming up the house and its a daily occurrence. what is the kid suppose to do? go in and break up the fights? make them going marriage counseling? run away from home? well the kid has to do something right? they need to take responsibility for the problem in their life. they shouldn't be doing something like playing video games, they're just kicking the can down the road. you see the problem with just using this line of logic as a universal truth?
the current Battle Pass is helping me stop playing
I love war thunder, therefore I hate it😂. I'm not going anywhere. I of course get tired of the grind, but I enjoy the little senses of accomplishment when I open a new vehicle. Only get to play 1 to 3 hours a day sometimes. Some days I'm too busy. Oh well, I'm learning and improving each time.