The Quitting Topic !

NoZKeY · Post by **NoZKeY** » 31 Oct 2010, 23:30

Alright, this time it's for realz, i don't fit in this scene anymore.
Bye

Hosp · Post by **Hosp** » 31 Oct 2010, 23:42

Why not? :(

pawq · Post by **pawq** » 1 Nov 2010, 00:28

i feel...
"delete this post"
will appear

in a few days

Kazeta · Post by **Kazeta** » 2 Nov 2010, 22:12

NoZKeY wrote:Alright, this time it's for realz, i don't fit in this scene anymore.
Bye

what, are u fucking kidding me?

pawq · Post by **pawq** » 2 Nov 2010, 22:19

yea, must be

Zweq · Post by **Zweq** » 2 Nov 2010, 23:13

pawq posting in the quitting topic sach YESH... faaak

Bjenn · Post by **Bjenn** » 3 Nov 2010, 00:01

Zweq wrote:pawq posting in the quitting topic sach YESH... faaak

HAHAHHAHA ;DD

John · Post by **John** » 3 Nov 2010, 00:07

Has anyone who posted in this thread actually managed to quit?

Igge · Post by **Igge** » 3 Nov 2010, 01:50

wke is still in the army i guess. Only 7 years to go. 8)

twipleyy · Post by **twipleyy** » 3 Nov 2010, 16:23

John wrote:Has anyone who posted in this thread actually managed to quit?

I guess for most it's mostly like jokke:

Jokke wrote:I quit. No special reason, just finally got bored with the game after all these years. I'll probably still observe the scene from the backround every now and then to see what's going on.

For me, at least it is. How can one not continue to keeping posted on new internal style developments, anyway. :nerd: ;)

Lukazz · Post by **Lukazz** » 3 Nov 2010, 21:09

i fucking love this topic.

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 5 Nov 2010, 00:15

I quit playing for a while now, but hey, you never quit.

NoZKeY · Post by **NoZKeY** » 7 Nov 2010, 16:49

Once again, i fail at quitting elma. I have been playing internal02 today

D

pawq · Post by **pawq** » 7 Nov 2010, 16:50

Pawq wrote:i feel...
"delete this post"
will appear

in a few days

was long a few days but anyway

DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Chris · Post by **Chris** » 7 Nov 2010, 21:39

NoZKeY wrote:Once again, i fail at quitting elma. I have been playing internal02 today D

This is why i find this topic totally useless.

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 16 Nov 2010, 09:03

this topic proves that mankind doesn't really have any free will. It's all physics in our head, and if there isn't any necessity to quit something which isn't directly lifethreatening, we keep on doing that something, eventhough it wrecks our lives in the long run.

bob · Post by **bob** » 18 Nov 2010, 07:42

haven't played for atleast 6 months, don't really miss it too much either.

hardly come here too, and when i do, it's usually a waste of time.

Igge · Post by **Igge** » 18 Nov 2010, 17:23

that's the spirit

GRob · Post by **GRob** » 25 Feb 2011, 00:16

time has come.=)
It's been 2,5 years. Not that it's getting boring, I can't really explain the reasons. "Unfortunately" too many good people in the scene(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMUphVV08iQ), and "Unfortunately" I did some int times, so there is something to left behind, and this makes it harder. Maybe I will play some ints, before I do an absolute quit, but not online for sure, the temptation would be too high. I would like to say thanks to everyone, real good people here.
thx for reading this, I can english.

jblaze · Post by **jblaze** » 25 Feb 2011, 00:42

HWAAAAAAAAT
no! D========:

Lukazz · Post by **Lukazz** » 25 Feb 2011, 01:03

see ya soon!

Hosp · Post by **Hosp** » 25 Feb 2011, 01:08

Damn, lost much motivation when read that.

Feels like big part of future missing now.
Hope you come back

EDIT: btw, I sent you big PM

Bismuth · Post by **Bismuth** » 25 Feb 2011, 07:22

be a nozkey please

analcactus · Post by **analcactus** » 25 Feb 2011, 08:57

Noone can quit elma really, i hope you'll comeback! Atleast in eol battles sometimes!
See you sir Grobik!
And thank you for being cool!

Madness · Post by **Madness** » 25 Feb 2011, 11:17

Well, I could try to beat your hb WR now... xD

nick-o-matic · Post by **nick-o-matic** » 25 Feb 2011, 14:47

I don't know why you are quitting if you still enjoy elma. Elma is a great brain-stimulating hobby. Some casual elmaing doesn't make you a nolife nor a nerd. Besides, what would be so bad in being a nerd? The social pressure for avoiding things that some people consider boring and nerdish sucks. Drinking beer in a park and hanging around in a shopping mall is overrated.

Anyway it's good to have some breaks sometimes and I hope you will be back at least by the time when there's the next FFcup (=when final fixed version of eol comes).

Maybe you should start driving karting by the way. You obviously have some serious talent for elma and I think that things like karting require pretty similiar touch in my opinion. You might get far in there because you are still so young.

GRob · Post by **GRob** » 25 Feb 2011, 16:23

Thank you, but nom, it's not becouse of that. It's not a nolife problem or such, I can do social life, elma does not take it, but C'mon. You missed a really important thing, the studying. My marks are ok now, but I know it won't be enough to get in a nice university. And I don't think I'm "strong" enough to surmount the temptation of elma, I hope people understand it now.

Zweq · Post by **Zweq** » 25 Feb 2011, 16:35

i always thought grades are not important, and now that im grown up and wise i can say i was right. grades only determine your skill of expressing thought-flow on a piece of paper, many brain aspects aren't measured at all. but sure if it's what _you_ want, a "good university", go ahead, be the star, but plz be sure it's you who want it , not the ppl around you

oh and btw i have "quitted" elma many times, especially when i was new in the scene back in 2003, so

Igge · Post by **Igge** » 25 Feb 2011, 16:39

Why quit if it's still phun? Also, the fact that it's still phun will make you unable to quit. Sorrey. 8)

pawq · Post by **pawq** » 25 Feb 2011, 17:41

At first I really hope you won't quit. Secondly, I'm sure you can perfectly manage both good marks and elma at the same time, I'm sure many guys do that. Thirdly, you're still 3.5 years (ye? or) before the final exams, and only those will in fact affect the university you go to. I've had absolutely hopeless marks until the previous year (like 2-3/6. This year I have put myself together and I'm on my best way to a world-class university atm. And I still have time for elma, not as much as I would like, but still I do. You don't need to quit elma completely to sustain your development, you can easily reconcile those two.
I hope you won't leave us, but whatever you choose, good luck!
cheers :)

GRob · Post by **GRob** » 25 Feb 2011, 18:05

Damn, people made me thinking. Maybe you all are right, but I really want to limit my time in front of comp. Like playing a bit 1 day per week..I hope it will work. by the way it's 2,5 years, and the next years grades are already matter. And Zweq, It's not like I want it, it's something I need, of course playing as much as I want would be the best
thx for feedbacks everyone, hehe

anpdad · Post by **anpdad** » 25 Feb 2011, 19:49

I think i'll write what i did back when i've been in a similar situation in 2004. Elma and other gaming activities sucked away too much time and i couldnt really control it. I was addicted. If i was saying to myself "ok, 30 minutes, then i have to study", it meant i'd be spending 7 hours on a hoyl and then end up screwing up the whole day. Even in the days when i wasn't playing, my mind kept being attracted to elma&stuff and i couldnt concentrate enough to start doing things i had to do. If you're like me, do like me - stop playing completely for a few months and quit for a while. Take all the time you need, and simply do what you have to do. In the way you wish to. And then come back when you feel like it. If you're not like me and you can actually control your playing, then try doing so. 1 day a week sounds good, go for it. It didn't work for me though (that's why i decided to write this post).
Stopping playing elma for 1.5 years was one of the best decisions i've made in my elma career (i did it twice, actually. In 2004 and 2007, but still followed the scene). Now i'm studying in the only place i wanted to study at, doing things i wanted to, and doing them good. I think this is what you're aiming too. And btw, if i hadnt quitted, i would have screwed up my lifeplans badly with 100% chance.
But coming back was also one of the best decisions, i've got a lot of fun this year playing eol and i'd never trade these fun hours on anything else. And i don't regret spending all this time on elma for sure!
Just my thoughts and experience, maybe you can apply something of this to yourself. Sorry for such long obfuscated post, max tired and shocked now to be able to express myself properly.

I think John could write something helpful on this topic, since although being in "dormant" elmastate because of studying, he still manages to kick ass when he finds time to play a bit:)

GRob · Post by **GRob** » 25 Feb 2011, 21:24

good to see your story anp. The reason of this 1 day per week is exactly what you said, "controlling myself problems". So this looks much better than a plan like "30 mins every day". In this way, I can "screw" one day =D

Ramone · Post by **Ramone** » 26 Feb 2011, 11:53

well. I personally quit elma many times, always to return. sometime good returns, sometimes bad. either way, if grob feels he should not play, who are you other dudes to tell him otherwise? now I think elma is great. elma never really been so fun as since belma came, and even cooler with EOL. I never played internals the way grob does but I played external packs from time to time and the its just often no fun, you just say; I will beat thjat record, and simply play til you manage... for some ppl that is fun, for some its both (fun and opposite) and for some its mostly painful... since belma came I didnt really play any external packs... battling is just the best way of playing... for me it means: I can leave puter at any time... which was trouble when played packs, and Im sure its same for ppl playing internals. many ppl quit elma and for many it was active descistion cause they played more than they wanted, simply it turned out of their control. some ppl just got bored... either way, one must respect everyones decsision and ofc I think its cool when grob is online when i host battles and such, but if its in the way he explains here, ofc I prefer a little worse result in my battles and a little better life fro grob...

as I have it now elma dont take time from other stuff, I have no troubles controlling it. dont feel forced to play in any way... EOL is just perfect for me. soon spring arrives and I will be playing less and less elma... after summer again I will play more... its cool.

so, regardless the endresult, if grob really keeps quitting or just starts quitting. doesnt really matter, when the thoughts are spinning in your head the way they seem to be in grobs head, better quit and take it from there, even if he (or anyone else for that matter) changes his mind, its not a failure.

Grob wrote:
"Damn, people made me thinking. Maybe you all are right, but I really want to limit my time in front of comp."

well, you only live one life and its your life. what the hell other ppl say/want you should not be an issue. as zweq said, goes same for parents on other elmaplayers. its easy to say: listen to your heart, but really, its hard. most of us just ignored the voice of the heart and its pains our heart. ofc heart dont want to suffer, it is our heart, and it dont want us to be in pain, so the voice of the heart starts whispering, the longer you ignore your heart it will be harder to feel (hear) what your heart really wants. ofc its never too late... but its better the earlier imo. even if you fails, even if you misread your heart... its the way to go. also, failure is not bad... better try and fail, than to not try at all... I always just not tried... and it pained me alot. yet, same applies here, dont listen to me, what do I know? not for me to say how to lead ones life. I can only say how I shall lead my life... simply telling my point of view... (hmmm.. did this turn off-topic?)

Pab · Post by **Pab** » 26 Feb 2011, 20:58

I feel a bit like grob but in my case im starting university this year (first year).
I always had good notes but actually "elma distracted me" specialy in exams period.
Thx for that cool words anpad i want to do that, despite of i wont leave elma sence for a while ; )

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 12 Mar 2011, 03:10

If you can manage one day a week only, it'll do all the best for your career. If not, you're screwed. I quit elma totally during the course of the past year, and I don't have any regrets about doing so. It all went naturally, so it wasn't a big deal anyway. I tried before by the way, and without any external need, it was way harder.

Nowadays when I look at my schedule, I couldn't afford losing time behind the computer. Playing a computer game simply doesn't fulfill my need of doing interesting stuff anymore. For the same reason I watch only about 1 hour to 2 hours of TV a week. During work mostly, as I haven't had one myself for about two years now.

My life is now absorbed by more interactive activities. In real life, that is. Also, all this planning and organising I have been doing since september 2009 as the (vice)president of our study association confronted me with my lack of planning and selfdiscipline on a more personal level. Right now, I work 8 hours a week as a cleaner, 2 hours a week as guitar teacher (yes, really) and about 10 to 20 hours as the president. I sing in a choir and I study a bit harder. I plan to be a virtuoso and parttime musician/parttime music teacher when I'm 30. This all would be different if I hadn't quit elma.

My tip would be: try to challenge yourself in the real life. Sports, work, study, whatever. Set a goal, and try to achieve it by spending more time on it than on elma.

Kazeta · Post by **Kazeta** » 12 Mar 2011, 04:21

i quit playing so bye bye NOOBS <3

Hosp · Post by **Hosp** » 14 Mar 2011, 01:19

Hmm, so when I woke up after a nice nap, my computer didn't work.
Whole day of trying to fix, still doesn't.
It seems unfixable for me.
Now I am using Safe Mode with Networking.
If I turn it in to the computer store 'Alina Systems' to fix it, I think it will still not.
So, if it doesn't, I quit.
Will still read Lauta and stuff, but I can not play.
Hope it works.

Bye.

And here I was hoping for a full day of elma with many internal playing.

The_BoneLESS · Post by **The_BoneLESS** » 14 Mar 2011, 01:37

Hosp wrote:Hmm, so when I woke up after a nice nap, my computer didn't work.
Whole day of trying to fix, still doesn't.
It seems unfixable for me.
Now I am using Safe Mode with Networking.
If I turn it in to the computer store 'Alina Systems' to fix it, I think it will still not.
So, if it doesn't, I quit.
Will still read Lauta and stuff, but I can not play.
Hope it works.

Bye.

And here I was hoping for a full day of elma with many internal playing.

Stupidest reason to quit elma ever.
You do realize you can get another computer and reinstall elma right? It's like if you broke one of your shoes and be like: "Shit, never wearing shoes again man." Completly ridiculous.

Mawane · Post by **Mawane** » 14 Mar 2011, 01:44

totally agree with BoneLESS, if you cant transfer your levels, state.dat and stuff, at least you can retrieve some from EOL site and elmastats

Hosp · Post by **Hosp** » 14 Mar 2011, 01:49

If I will get new computer, I maybe will get it at christmas, that's too long wait, I'd rather just forget internet, games, elma if it won't get fixed. I have all my elma stuff on an USB stick, all except 2 new best times I made yesterday in internals.
+ on this I have aaaaaaallll movies I downloaded and games, (music and some movies in external HDD) and all programs and everything, bookmarks, etc so hard to start over :S
I go try to system restore 1 week <

Bismuth · Post by **Bismuth** » 14 Mar 2011, 03:25

solution: do not download porn

pawq · Post by **pawq** » 14 Mar 2011, 09:41

ez don't use computer ever again

Kopaka · Post by **Kopaka** » 14 Mar 2011, 10:32

If you can safe mode, you can most likely save all your data still, maybe it's just a windows reinstall needed, so just buy new harddrive and install windows on that so you don't delete stuff on the old and get access that still, or just copy important stuff to external now and reinstall

Lousku · Post by **Lousku** » 14 Mar 2011, 10:58

Maybe it's a good opportunity for Hosp to concentrate on real life for a while. That is, if Elma has been interfering with it in the past. So you could optimistically consider it a good thing. However if you can't think of it like that, I hope you can get some computer to use for Elma and internets! Luckily you don't need mega hardware for that.

Madness · Post by **Madness** » 14 Mar 2011, 11:10

It's good solution to buy a new computer every time your OS fucks up.

Hosp · Post by **Hosp** » 14 Mar 2011, 17:13

Kopaka, my brother said that too, now let's hope I am able to get that, do you think I can install W7 to this computer now and still have my things?

Igge · Post by **Igge** » 14 Mar 2011, 17:32

You can't install w7 on the same HDD as you have all your stuff without losing it. Either make backu of that HDD or install on new one.

Bismuth · Post by **Bismuth** » 15 Mar 2011, 17:40

ez buy a crap hdd for 5$

Chris · Post by **Chris** » 17 Mar 2011, 21:19

Igge wrote:You can't install w7 on the same HDD as you have all your stuff without losing it. Either make backu of that HDD or install on new one.

You can install. He will need to move elma to other disk(partition). If he has enough free space on disk where he wants to install W7 old documents, windows files and program files will be saved in Windows.old folder.