The Golden One - November 15, 2020


The Gaming Question. Also, Will I Play Assassin's Creed Valhalla？

Topics
downtime gaming question gaming
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Marcus Follin
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Assassin Skyrim Creed Odyssey
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10 minutes

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1,575

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In this episode of Dauntless, I talk about whether or not I will play the new Assassin's Creed game featuring Vikings, and why I don't really feel like playing it at the moment. I also talk about why I'm thankful for gaming.

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00:00:01.000 Hello Laddingtons!
00:00:03.000 Admire the aesthetic background.
00:00:06.000 Absolutely comfy.
00:00:09.000 It's raining here in this November forest, but I like it.
00:00:14.000 It's a nice fresh walk in nature.
00:00:18.000 An enlightening wisdom walk to talk about the gaming question.
00:00:22.000 Now first and foremost, will I, or will I not, play the new Assassin's Creed game
00:00:29.000 featuring Vikings?
00:00:31.000 I will actually not, even though I'm a great fan of the Assassin's Creed series.
00:00:36.000 And the primary reason is I don't really feel like I have the time to play it at the moment.
00:00:43.000 And I'm not excited enough to take the time.
00:00:49.000 But I will say though that I've had a very hectic autumn, as you all know.
00:00:56.000 So I will schedule in some downtime soon.
00:01:02.000 Maybe sometime in December for Christmas or something.
00:01:06.000 But then I will actually play the best game ever, which is Warhammer Total War 2.
00:01:13.000 And I'm waiting for the Wood Elf DLC.
00:01:17.000 But I don't really feel like starting a new game or anything.
00:01:20.000 Even though I need downtime to be productive.
00:01:25.000 I've talked about this before.
00:01:27.000 I've talked about it again.
00:01:28.000 It's the same thing.
00:01:30.000 Sleep or deload weeks in the gym.
00:01:34.000 You need to have downtime.
00:01:36.000 You need to have time where you do not constantly focus on whatever it is you're doing.
00:01:43.000 So sometimes you have to force yourself.
00:01:45.000 You have to force yourself to take a deload week in the gym if you train hard.
00:01:49.000 Or if you are some sort of entrepreneur, you have to have downtime as well.
00:01:53.000 So you can be even more productive later on.
00:01:56.000 So that's my position currently with the gaming situation.
00:02:00.000 I don't want to play Assassin's Creed enough to actually take the time.
00:02:05.000 But I have looked forward to playing more Total War Warhammer.
00:02:10.000 So I will do that later on.
00:02:13.000 I might make a look at video when a new DLC comes out.
00:02:17.000 But that's just my personal take on it right now.
00:02:22.000 Maybe if you are in a different situation, you can definitely play the new Assassin's Creed game.
00:02:28.000 I just hope they don't make a mockery out of Viking culture and make it completely cucked.
00:02:36.000 I don't know.
00:02:37.000 Assassin's Creed can be a bit problematic in that sense.
00:02:42.000 I would say that Assassin's Creed Odyssey was a bit too much.
00:02:47.000 It was a bit too much sex, etc.
00:02:49.000 And I'm not saying this because I'm a prude, because I'm not. 0.91
00:02:53.000 You know, I talk a lot about pornography. 0.57
00:02:55.000 But that is hardcore pornography.
00:02:57.000 If you have some erotic elements in a film or a game, I don't really mind.
00:03:04.000 But when it gets too much in your face all the time, it's not so good.
00:03:11.000 But anyway, that's the answer to the first question.
00:03:17.000 So moving on to the gaming question at hand.
00:03:20.000 I've talked about it before.
00:03:21.000 I'll talk about it again.
00:03:23.000 I want to have a video named the gaming question in case someone searches on the channel.
00:03:28.000 Also, of course, I write about this in Dauntless.
00:03:30.000 If you haven't already read Dauntless, you have...
00:03:34.000 Oh, I don't know where to begin.
00:03:37.000 You have committed a terrible sacrilege.
00:03:39.000 You need to redeem yourself.
00:03:41.000 First link in the description box below.
00:03:43.000 I also have a lot of epic new releases on Legio Gloria.
00:03:47.000 So have a look there as well.
00:03:49.000 Anyway, a lot of guys, when they hear gaming, they think about a fat guy or a skinny guy or a skinny fat guy sitting in front of the computer wasting his life away.
00:04:03.000 You know, skipping the gym, skipping school, not really having any ambition, not any ambition to meet a woman, not any ambition for anything.
00:04:15.000 Just want to play all the time.
00:04:17.000 Now, of course, that is problematic, but I would like to bring some nuance to the discussion.
00:04:26.000 For me, on a personal note, I am supremely thankful for having grown up with Age of Empires, Age of Mythology, Rome Total War, and then in later years, you know, Oblivion, Skyrim, The Witcher 3, etc.
00:04:40.000 Super thankful for having that instilled in me in an early age.
00:04:45.000 And it's the same thing with such a thing as Nordic mythology or Greek mythology or Roman history or Swedish history or English history or epic stories such as Lord of the Rings.
00:04:58.000 I've talked about this before. I'll say it again because it is important. It is important to have those sort of positive and inspiring feels that you have with you from an early age.
00:05:13.000 So if someone had magically removed my experiences with gaming since I was younger, I would have felt a keen loss.
00:05:24.000 So I'm very thankful for having had those encounters with gaming or rather a certain type of been exposed to a sensation rather.
00:05:38.000 So that is my own personal perspective. Now, related to this, when I was around 14 years of age, there were a lot of guys, a lot of friends I had who played World of Warcraft.
00:05:51.000 I never played it for the reason that I knew I probably would get addicted to it.
00:05:57.000 So even at a young age, I'm quite proud of myself in retrospect when I say that I didn't play it for that simple reason because I didn't want to be addicted to play it all the time.
00:06:09.000 And I probably would have become addicted because, you know, most guys, they played it, they spent a lot of time in it.
00:06:17.000 And you know, when you are younger, you of course have a lot more time. It's worse if you are in your twenties and you skip the gym and stuff because you game.
00:06:28.000 But if you have everything in order, it's something different. So anyway, that was just my back story about gaming, my own relationship with gaming.
00:06:37.000 Then of course, you have different sort of games as well. If you have a game such as The Witcher 3, you play through it once, maybe wait a few years, play through it again.
00:06:49.000 Yeah, that's not a lot of time. However, if you have a game such as Counter-Strike or Call of Duty or Dota 2, where, you know, you have matches that are continuous, there isn't really any end.
00:07:03.000 That is, of course, much more dangerous because that's more of a time sink.
00:07:09.000 So distinguish between games. We have a start and a finish. Same thing with Total War, you know, you start a campaign, then you finish it.
00:07:19.000 Yeah, you might replay a campaign later on as well. But it doesn't take as much time and it isn't as addicting as something like Dota, for example.
00:07:29.000 So distinguish between games. Not all games are equal. That's something, an important thing in life to keep in mind.
00:07:40.000 So anyway, should you game? Can you incorporate gaming in an otherwise good lifestyle? It depends.
00:07:49.000 Do you keep up with training? If you are in school, do you keep up with your schoolwork? If you are already working, are you working?
00:08:00.000 Are you keeping up with your duties towards your company, etc? Yeah, good. Are you taking care of family life? Or if you are a younger guy, do you also, you know, try to maybe find a woman?
00:08:13.000 Okay, can you combine it? It's good. But if you know yourself that gaming decreases your performance in other areas of life, then it might be a good idea to not game too much.
00:08:30.000 Something else that is supremely important. Do not confuse your achievements in game with actual real-world achievements.
00:08:42.000 Because they're not. Don't trick your brain into feeling a sense of accomplishment. You can do it, of course, temporarily in the game.
00:08:51.000 And I understand, it's one of the charms of gaming that you get that kick of, yeah, you know, you have leveled or something.
00:09:02.000 But don't let that reward in your brain substitute the reward of getting your bench press up in the gym or getting done with schoolwork or something like that.
00:09:15.000 Now, last point. When you game, when you play Skyrim, do you feel like you're escaping into an alternative reality because you are in a bad position yourself in your own life?
00:09:27.000 Or can you draw motivation from the game? That is the most important question. Of course, if you use gaming as motivation, not escapism.
00:09:38.000 I've actually made a very old video on this, but it bears repeating because it's extremely important.
00:09:44.000 Do you use it as motivation? Do you play Skyrim as a big Nord warrior? Do you want to go to the gym to emulate the aesthetics?
00:09:53.000 Do you play the Witcher and see him being jacked? Do you want to emulate his aesthetics, also being jacked, powerful, physically capable?
00:10:02.000 That is good. But if you are a weak nerd, a weak skinny fat nerd who, you know, you escape into that reality, you escape into a reality where you are powerful. 0.98
00:10:17.000 Yeah, that's not good. It's not good in the least. So be mindful. Do you use it as escapism in the sense that you are in a bad position in your own life? 0.99
00:10:27.000 Then it's not good. But if you're actively trying to emulate the ideals seen in the game, that is very good indeed.
00:10:35.000 So anyway, I hope that made sense and was inspiring and informative for you to watch this video.
00:10:45.000 So, thank you for watching. XOXO BOOM!