Forgotten Hope 2 addict... Joy or waste of time?

[Abuzer]

For many years now, since the dawn of the ol' FH1, I've been playing Forgotten Hope a lot. It has even increased with FH2, and I almost don't play any other games for a few years now.

I can't get enough of it, I just cannot stop playing if I'm in a good squad and the map is fun. Last night for example, it was almost 3 in the night with class at 10. And then PDH starts loading up... I can't refuse that! 
I don't know, FH2 is one of my spare time activities that I really really enjoy. It's almost on the level of drinking with friends or playing football, somewhere it makes me feel good, having found a hobby which entertains so much. On the other hand, sometimes I feel FH2 is holding me back, and since FH memories are usually gone within a week it all seems more useless than it is fun.

Anyways, no complete ethical thoughts here, but since I see quite a lot of the same guys here and on the servers (same people whom make it fun) I thought I share my thoughts and see what you all think...

PS. Probably good for then that there was no Ramelle 

[von.small]

Cool story bro!

I'm the same, there is nothing I like more than the missus going away with the kid and me sitting there there getting high and firing up FH2, I turn the surround sound right up, and become lawnmower man.

[NTH]

Hi my name is NTH and I am a FH addict.

I am like Von.Small in this matter, I love my wife and kids, but don't mind some FH2 time in which I can crank the sounds up.

[THeTA0123]

Cant say that i am addicted, but FH2 is the only game i play at the moment. And this will remain so for a long time. Untill Fallout New Vegas is released that is.

[Flippy Warbear]

While I dont spend my time ingame like the rest of the people here (as I mostly attend only testing sessions and game nights) but I devote most of the time of my days to do something related to FH2. I'd like to play more but I find it that I rather help and do things for the community and let those who the mod is meant for enjoy it whole heartedly.

I should play more thought, I just never seem to find time or then I am just not in the mood for playing anything at all. I rarely play anything these days anyways, so no matter what game is in question, if I can spend an hour or two at some game during a week, thats great with the current standards I have. :-/

But oh well, game nights repay the loss quite well since even thought I rage around the TS2 channel quite a bit while gaming, I've never had a truly bad moment which would make me consider rage quitting. 

[Ts4EVER]

Yeah I also play only about 4 hours per week at most lol. I guess I enjoy helping to make a mod more than actually playing it. (Although I do love to play FH2 obviously)

[Eat Uranium]

I play public so rarely - but when I do I just play for sometimes many hours - usualy the only thing that stops me is a map I don't like.

But I can't play too often or I find I start to hate things too much - I used to love Supercharge but now I think its second only to Aberdeen in crapness.

[MaJ.P.Bouras]

Every new game that i...Ahem...Buy...Ahem...I get addicted to it for a week till i finish it completely...Then i forget about it until three or four months later i get back to replay the best moments...But FH2 is the only game that has gotten me for the longest time.Mainly because its the only game were there is no real end to it and were you can play the same map all day and never get the same result...

[von.small]

I prepare surroundings on release dates, I don't know any other game I've done that for.  
Get beers next to mouse hand, get joints next to non mouse hand, get chair sorted, hoover up, wear something nice... Port en Bessin loading,... s-s-ssweet, hope I don't pass out this is so awesome.

[djinn]

Dude, I know exactly how you feel... There are aspects that DO make me feel... 'Yaw, you play this game too much... what? Playing the same game over and over ang over again for the past 3 years.. sometimes the same level more than once a day?', but then there is so much I can list to why I do play it... Its not just a game anymore, its the community, its the flow of ideas, the energy and unique personalities of the community, the sheer effort that is so evident in the game.. the Character

I don't feel like I'm a geek, but by definition I am one.. Not sure I exactly want to be, since well, there's is a broad social life, which is sometimes mutually exclusive to playing FH2.. moreso, since I'm yet to meet a friend here who relates to it beyond an idle curiosity... And geek, well... that just jas a 'failed-in-socialization-loser-ish-stigma' to it, doesn't it. I'm 26, and at my age, that's NOT a good word for a gamer.

I always say, once I get my shit in order, and get my flow at work, etc, etc.. It will find its rightful place. But yer, I am a FH-addict... probably more me, than anything.. I tend to get hooked to things and can't seem to put them down. FH2, for that reason, and FH1... but moreso the latter, is at least a bit more reasonable... I used to skip class back in the FH1 days to play it... I'd line up all 100 and something maps chronologically or by theater or both, and try to go through them - Thankfully, I graduated well enough and I've passed that stage... Believe it or not, thanks to FH2, since I no longer see FH1 as that glittery as I did then

But there is alot to balance... one day, I'd have to sit and think about it.. prioritizing

Still, its kind of hard to allot some specific hours to what has by all means become a hobby and not just a past time

I'd say clearly not a waste of time... But I'd hesitate to use a word as euphoric as 'Joy' either. Its more down to earth than that... entertainment-ish

[hslan.totaler_humbug]

FH2 is the game which caught me the longest time. Most other games I quit after a few weeks, but I´m playing FH2 since 1 1/2 year.

[Zeno]

i just checked my xfire stats:

Battlefield 2: 283 hours

Battlefield 2 Online: 4 hours
 

4 hours of vanilla and 279 hours of mods

[Natty]

@Abuzer, do you mean if you should play also other games?
I personally enjoy FH2 more than any other multiplayer shooter. I have L4D, TF2, BC2, BFH, BFV, BF42, BF2142 etc etc (no silly CoD games or CS though) but if I sit down at the puter to play, I rather play FH2 than any other game.. I think it is because FH2 offers so much diversity, you can have the most boring long and time-wasted round ever, but then get smack down in to 45min of intense slaughter. You almost always can do what the hell you want (sort of like entering a theme-park with unlimited all-access pass) and the atmosphere is usually pretty friendly.
So even if BC2 offers graphical and gameplay perfection, and is in all sense "a better game" than BF2 and our version of it, I still rather invest a sitting in some Fh2 grinding.

And after I removed the stupid logitech drivers my mouse actually do what I want + the 2.26 patch makes for some really GGs! 

[Roden]

Addicted i to get high on FH2 and now when i don't get randomly disconnected from the internet every 45-50 min or (Turns my lust/hunger of...)

I can play for several hour dependin mostly what on maps and people i play with (preferbly DLF)

[Dukat]

Actually I'm comin with the Installer. Once you installed the mod, you'll find me. Since 2003. Can't stop playing. FH is my standard game to play since then. I also play other games, but none of those with the same passion and persistence.

Actually, 3 o'clock is nothing. In times of FH1 we had not that many players in europe and the U.S. and thus we played all together on WOLF to get a full server. Us, the europeans, at late night while the U.S. boys played in the early evening. Accordingly we had 40+ players between 10 PM CET and 6 AM CET. And most of the time I stayed until 6 o'clock. I went to study in the afternoons then ( I cannot really recommend) and thus my circardian rhythm is still deferred today.