Video game stages of grief

Yes and also ugly crying, lol. 

That's what was going on when I started this thread. Then I had a few moments where I started laughing at myself because who does this? I really don't know what's wrong with me--why I'm being so affected. I read something last night and I started crying as if someone I knew had died. Then it hit me again today. I started thinking that maybe I am just feeling a sort of grief. I also wondered if it is just being 40 now.  

Edit: I guess it's the thought of not having the game, forum, or people from it in my life at all and I see that closer to being a reality. It's not true right now though and that's probably what I ought to be telling myself rather than what if.

Regardless of the game dying or such, there's a possibility it could, but there's also a possibility you could stumble into a bag of money tomorrow that somebody lost and become rich.

Thing is, it isn't happening right now, everyone is still here, you still have the forum, you still have the game, and even if the game does die, you'll still have the people, regardless of the game you play.

I used to play on 360 a lot, I made a bunch of good friends there, and then I got my PS4 and my 360 now lives as a relic in my wardrobe, but I still keep in contact with the people that I got along with there. You don't lose the people that matter.

^^^ All 3 answers to your question are really good Lady Tanker. Sounds like you already have 3 future gaming friends

Once you devote time and effort into understanding something, even by the smallest amount, you can become frustrated; especially if it's a group activity like World of Tanks.

I've made some really good online friends from computer games, and all this really means is the next game you play with them the bond reaffirms itself. I've found that your gaming experience is increased because you are familiar with your team mates and you have emotional depth.

Ark and Warframe are two good examples for me.

Arn't you going to play World of Warships with the Bunker crew on PS4?

I don't know if I'd call it "grief", but I do say "good grief" quite often lately. I think the better I've become at the this game, the more frustrated I become. Granted, I have a long way to go still.

My general outlook on everything massively improved when I quit the game. I just got, it's hard to describe.

I just started playing again last night, it was ok.

Biggest revelation was my mate's now playing the game, and he's utterly unaware of WN8, kill:death ration or mark's of excellence. He's content with one penetration per game, or some random coloured ribbon. He has 78 games in the M4 Sherman with 21 kills. Yet he's pretty happy overall with what he's done so far; he is blissfully unaware of the wider WoT universe.

Platooning with him has shown me that before I was a fanatic, I was really fanatical. I'd read up on stuff, watch videos, I'd watch a 30 min video about concealment / camouflage and I'd then go out and practice what was preached, I'd plan out crew skills 3 or 4 tiers ahead of where I was, I'd grind crew skills, I'd dump 8 or 9 hours a day into the game if I was off shift and had no pressing issues.

But now I've mellowed out. In fact the game seem's odd to me now, I recognise it, I know my way around it, but I'm really puzzled as to any incentive (other than to platoon with my friend) to keep playing it.

It's good you recognized it and made a decision to step away.

I enjoy the game and I'd miss it if it ever stopped, but for me it is mostly about the people now. I don't have many people in my life outside of my family at home. If I didn't know how you all were doing or was unable to talk anymore, I'd be heartbroken and that's what I was thinking would happen when I responded the way I did.

What ever happened to goodcat, not seen him in ages.

I didn't miss it right away. However I did go back every now and then. I tried to make a come back on a second account last month but, I just couldn't. The game just isn't fun for me any more.

Right now I just play random stuff. I played fallout 4 for the first time in years last week but I had to rage quit when my survival character got load trapped by a yao gui at vault 81. There isn't much I play on my xbox now. It's currently a washing pile. I downloaded some old games like rollercoaster tycoon and play them on my laptop. Kind of done with regular gaming now.