Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1496755-20170225142933/@comment-3547390-20170324221140

Exactly why I don't really get into such games, it gets frustrating having to research X, Y, and Z just to play a game. I hate reading manuals, so why would I enjoy all this torture?

I consider myself a traditionalist, depending on the game we are talking about. Anything Quake or later I will seek to play the original version. I don't really care what other people use, I just don't like it when the source port becomes so popular that it becomes the solution to every problem on the internet. Can't play it on Windows 7? Use amazing source port #1423 instead of the original! Otherwise I just do what I do, often taking pride in being one of the remaining bastions for traditionalism in certain titles. Doom is a game I am a bit funky with, so I use a source port to work around some of the frustrating mechanics like not having a visible secrets counter. Seriously, you punish me at then end of a level blatantly, yet don't tell me what I am looking for during the level.

My main issue was CRT, the switch to LCD and being able to be in a basement really improved my life. I couldn't stand trying to stare at the screen before, I remember many a day trying to see what I needed to do in Thief and having zero idea because I couldn't even see the game over the reflections.

My parents were pretty lenient on times. They set a time to go to bed, but I often would get the ability to stay up a little later to watch a movie or something, which resulted in them realizing I had zero problems regardless of how little sleep I got. I never used exhaustion as an excuse and always did well in school, so I pretty much was granted the ability to stay up late. I think midnight was the cut-off point. Home school could be whenever, so I often would stay up half the night, and high school I had zero limits. I took heavy advantage of late nights, it was the only time I had freedom, because the days often consisted of people interrupting me to do some chore. That pretty much is still how it is, except now it is just for something quick. Regardless, I love nights because nobody else is active. People are shocked when I am still awake at 10 AM on weekends. Really the exception is when we stream, because then I try to not get too involved in something and thus end up getting bored.

Honestly, it has mostly healed up by this point. My left hand has some discomfort still, but I am not feeling pain anymore. Indeed, there is always next week.

I have been on the iPhone 4 for years, as I said, so my care isn't really for the latest and greatest. My father wanted one for himself and it was cheap to get on a shared plan. Honestly it doesn't really matter to me what I use as long as it works. I will admit some apps have been useful, such as the streaming chat ones when I didn't have a second monitor or Youtube for comment notifications. My email is acting funky and isn't notifying me, so the only reason I caught your messages today was because I have a backup system :P