Lately I've been thinking more about myself in terms of how I approach my interests.  For varying reasons, my gaming has become more and more sporadic, and have been finding myself in a consistent mood for JRPGs.  I may not find them the most well executed games most often, but they've been the most enjoyable for what I've been looking for.

On the daily life side of things, programming has been something I do because I like the way I'm able to create with it, and how I'm able to solve problems.  There's a sense of satisfaction that comes from, say, adding a new feature to The VG Press, or cutting a two hour job down to a two minute one with a clever script.

SteelAttack sparked the thoughts with this post,

SteelAttack said:

What pains me to an extent is watching people like you guys, who I have grown to care about and appreciate, get somewhat worked up because of statements like these, giving them credence when they don't deserve it, and generally considering them journalists just because they happen to write about games.



By focusing on the conviction of our responses, it highlighted how little conviction I really had.  Videogames, more than ever, have become a source of relaxation.  I've come to have more passion about the community than the games, because that's where the energy is.

In programming, there is a consistent theme of how programmers have to be passionate about their trade.  If you're not passionate about programming, you need to get out of the field!  It's no an uncommon train of thought, that it has to be your world to succeed.

Simply put, though, I don't want passion.  I've had problems with stress for a long time.  Pressure situations, though I don't think it translates to outward appearance, are too much.  I burned out on chess in the same way, and simply put, it doesn't make you any better.  You can have all the passion in the world for programming and still be a lousy employee; you can love games more than anyone and still be miserable to be around; you can dedicate your life to one cause and get absolutely no where.

Giving an honest effort, certainly.  But I find I'm doing just fine with laid back old me.  I don't think I have many detractors at The VG Press, I can still be as happy as ever playing Sakura Wars, and I seem to be getting pretty consistent praise at work for doing what I considered par the course.  Passion?  I passionately deny it.
Posted by Ellyoda Fri, 21 May 2010 02:34:44 (comments: 23)
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Sat, 22 May 2010 11:41:05

.....A will of iron. Burning passion burning the inside of my veins. My veins crying in pain.

My testes tightening. Passion is firing thunderbolts out of my fintertips and brown stuff out of my ass.

The brown stuff is entering Steels mouth. He tastes that passion.

He tastes it real good.

 
Sat, 22 May 2010 11:53:36

gamingeek said:

.....A will of iron. Burning passion burning the inside of my veins. My veins crying in pain.

My testes tightening. Passion is firing thunderbolts out of my fintertips and brown stuff out of my ass.

The brown stuff is entering Steels mouth. He tastes that passion.

He tastes it real good.

LOL

Pure fantasy, brown stuff never comes out of your ass. Nyaa

 
Sat, 22 May 2010 13:43:24


LOL

The passion forces it out, whenever I read an IGN roundtable.

 
Sat, 22 May 2010 13:45:39

gamingeek said:
Passion is everything. Fire in your loins. Fists of steel etc.

Fisting Steel...?!

 
Sat, 22 May 2010 13:45:50
Well there you go Steel, the IGN roundtable is good for him, in fact it's the only thing that keeps him regular!

(That should totally be their tagline.)
 
Sat, 22 May 2010 13:47:09

phantom_leo said:

gamingeek said:
Passion is everything. Fire in your loins. Fists of steel etc.

Fisting Steel...?!

What of it?

*stretches rubber glove until it snaps back*

 
Sat, 22 May 2010 15:35:20

 
Sat, 22 May 2010 15:46:13
WTF only you perverts would derail a thread about being passionate (or not) into a discussion about fisting me and scat pr0n. LOL 
 
Sat, 22 May 2010 15:52:15
We're passionate perverts!
 
Sat, 22 May 2010 15:56:26


I think passion in moderation is good, much like anything else. If you take it too seriously it can suck the fun out of something the way Steel sucks the manlove out of a wineglass.

I find when you relax, dont get too serious and just have fun...that's when the energy flows naturally and the best things happen.

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