Why the ♥♥♥♥ do I have to be cursed with this obsession? Whether my iPod, video games, phone, electronics are working or not OR whether they are with me affects my security and happiness, and sometimes my sanity.
I don't want this to be this way. Even though I know I have a brutal obsession, that doesn't seem to mean it can be fixed while staying happy and sane.
I fear of losing my music on my iPod, I fear of anything happening to a game of mine, I fear of losing my progress in a game (such as with levels on SM63), I fear I'll lose anything electronic that I find to be fun. This shouldn't be dependent on my mood and my views, but it seems to be the contrary for me.
This'll probably be a lose-lose situation when attempting to fix it. Yet, right now, I am getting my happiness from thinking about playing more games, but I dread to think they'll either corrupt or freeze.
HOW DO I GET OUT OF THIS MESS?
P.S. My overreacting in the 26th LDC topic was because my entire laptop froze for some bizarre reason, and I was just about finished with a very long video upload. When I realized I had to reload it all over, plus losing title changes, I became upset.
I HATE the fact that that caused me to reaction in such a way. ♥♥♥♥. ♥♥♥♥.
Technology/games = Obsession
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Technology/games = Obsession
by CedarBranch » April 25th, 2014, 10:36 am
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Re: Technology/games = Obsession
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by NanTheDark » April 25th, 2014, 12:03 pm
It's ok to get pissed off when you lose a save file or something. It's normal to yell at your PC a bit. 
But you can't let that affect you emotionally, like, get into your head, and actually make you feel bad. This isn't about being obsessed with electronics really, it's about caring way too much about them (I guess that also could be an obsession but I dunno).
Maybe you need to try and use electronic stuff less often. Try to get detached from them a little.
But you can't let that affect you emotionally, like, get into your head, and actually make you feel bad. This isn't about being obsessed with electronics really, it's about caring way too much about them (I guess that also could be an obsession but I dunno).
Maybe you need to try and use electronic stuff less often. Try to get detached from them a little.
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Re: Technology/games = Obsession
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by Kimonio » April 25th, 2014, 1:32 pm
Backups are nice.
I use my Google+ account and upload all my music to Play.google. That way if anything goes wrong, it's just a simple download of the .zip.
I use my Google+ account and upload all my music to Play.google. That way if anything goes wrong, it's just a simple download of the .zip.
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Re: Technology/games = Obsession
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by Venexis » April 25th, 2014, 1:49 pm
Stoneheart wrote:Backups are nice.
I use my Google+ account and upload all my music to Play.google. That way if anything goes wrong, it's just a simple download of the .zip.
Backups are very, very nice. I keep a 16 TB backup of literally everything important that I need to preserve, and while I've never had to use it yet, the peace of mind knowing that I won't need to start from scratch in the event of a freak power surge or whatever is invaluable.
Doesn't really work for console games so easily, though, for something like Gamecube it was a simple matter of duplicating the save data onto a backup memory card, but Nintendo at least has been very determined to lock down their game saves in an attempt to prevent cheating. But that's an entire can of worms I don't really want to get into- your best bet is to make backups wherever possible, as frequently as possible.
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Re: Technology/games = Obsession
by ~MP3 Amplifier~ » April 25th, 2014, 2:27 pm
I punched my laptop once because I was so mad at it. Course that's not a good solution, generally backing stuff up is the best. Save level codes in PM drafts, I do that.
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Re: Technology/games = Obsession
by Raz » April 25th, 2014, 2:50 pm
Get a dropbox. It's pretty much impossible to lose it. You can get a drive destroyed, you can get your computer destroyed, but Dropbox can never be lost unless you forget your password/username or the servers go down.
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Re: Technology/games = Obsession
by Kimonio » April 25th, 2014, 3:50 pm
Venexis wrote: 16 TB backup of literally
Mofo, you'd better lock your door xD I'm coming for that backup.
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Re: Technology/games = Obsession
by CedarBranch » April 25th, 2014, 3:59 pm
I already have Dropbox, actually.
To be absolutely totally wholly honest, I blew my issue out of proportion. I have no idea why I even decided to react the way I did here. On a normal day, and my laptop were to freeze then, I'd just not post any of my feelings AT THE TIME. Unfortunately, I decided to stay on my laptop during that, and even worse read the post before mine, and that prediction. I shouldn't have looked for any new posts, because when I'm moody I get irrational, then I sometimes have little sense of moral AT THE TIME. Other things also happen whenever I'm moody, but that'd be off-topic.
tl;dr: I am fine.
I went 5-6 years without a Nintendo DS, 4-5 years without any video gaming handheld (other than an iPod Touch), handled a loss of all application data lost on my iPod, and I don't seem to worry enough to go through the trouble of transferring the CD-imported music from my old computer to my laptop, which I had over a year of time to do so, being right next to it the whole time (as it, in particular, can't be transferred without an external hard-drive, AND I OWN ONE.).
To be absolutely totally wholly honest, I blew my issue out of proportion. I have no idea why I even decided to react the way I did here. On a normal day, and my laptop were to freeze then, I'd just not post any of my feelings AT THE TIME. Unfortunately, I decided to stay on my laptop during that, and even worse read the post before mine, and that prediction. I shouldn't have looked for any new posts, because when I'm moody I get irrational, then I sometimes have little sense of moral AT THE TIME. Other things also happen whenever I'm moody, but that'd be off-topic.
tl;dr: I am fine.
I went 5-6 years without a Nintendo DS, 4-5 years without any video gaming handheld (other than an iPod Touch), handled a loss of all application data lost on my iPod, and I don't seem to worry enough to go through the trouble of transferring the CD-imported music from my old computer to my laptop, which I had over a year of time to do so, being right next to it the whole time (as it, in particular, can't be transferred without an external hard-drive, AND I OWN ONE.).
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