Breakfast Topic: The curious phenomenon of "reverse burnout"

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5-10-2011 @ 9:35AM

Darthregis said...

I've also been in the same boat since Cata dropped.

I've compensated by:

Reconfirming that I'm terrible at PvP.
Old school raids.
Trying to 1-man Archavon with my hunter or DK.
Bought Portal 2.
Plan on buying LA Noire.

Just a few examples.

I also plan to compensate for other things by purchasing an extremely expensive and impractical sports car, but that's neither here nor there.

5-10-2011 @ 11:28AM

Jestin said...

I love this answer.

I think it happens in steps though, too, right? It took me a while to realize that I was burned out, but in the interim, I got all of the archaeology achievevements... got crushed in pvp (time and time again)... and bashed my head against the same raid bosses over and over (and over). And then I thought... why am I doing this? This feels like work.

The way around it? I too bought (and thoroughly enjoyed) Portal 2. Finally got around to writing that white paper I'm been working on. Rediscovered Civilization 5, Master of Orion 2 and Alpha Centauri. Played the God of War series from start to finish. Learned to cook.

Canceled my sub for the time being - I'm not going to say that I'm never coming back, but there are definitely other (more fun) things to do these days.

5-10-2011 @ 12:12PM

Darthregis said...

@Jestin

Yup, definitely happens in stages. I don't know about steps - my variances get a little erratic. :)

Point is, if the game starts feeling like anything other than a game (eg: a grind, a job, a kick to the junk, etc.) then change something. Play less if you must. Or play differently. Whatever tickles your fancy.

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