Is it rare for a Programmer to be a part time gamer? 😲

I think it’s pretty normal 😂

I thought i was the weird one around. 😀😂

Dunno about the rest of you but my first intro to "programming" was messing with unit data files for the original command & conquer games.

So yeah, I figure being a gamer as well as a dev is totally normal around here.

@C0D4 Shockwave!!!!1!11!1!1!!1!1!11!1!1!!!

I don't understand some weird word you used... "time"....

But gaming's great :D

@C0D4 yeah man, cool! Generals ftw

I used to be, but I didn't like it - it took the fun out of the game.

Side note - didn't know anybody still played Generals. Man I love that game. Too bad multiplayer all but fails with more than 4 people/AI.

I wonder if a few of us could band together and hunt down that netcode issue?

Gaming <3

Not really, but they tend to be more critical. I'm reliving games again on VR, bought the excitement back into the scene!

@C0D4 do you play COD4(the best multiplayer FPS game to be ever made)?

@PhoenixBoltS what makes you say that? Bit presumptuous of you.

I went into programming to make games.

If I spend time playing games now I can't code.

I have to be and want to be up to date and knowledgable on current trends and mechanics so I have to play games

Oh sweet recursion ...

Absolutely normal.

As a programmer and a lover of games, I find if I'd rather program than game. Which is fortunate because both hobbies take A LOT of time.

It's not weird for anyone to be a gamer.

Its normal i spent all my day coding and when i get bored or tired i play games

@C0D4 I spent longer than I care to admit on that game, it's so good

@antic

Agreed. building something and watching it work is far more rewarding to me than success in a game. That said, I usually have a game going in another virtual desktop, while I'm working/programming.

Csgo is life.

I go through phases, sometimes I code full time and don't even look at games, and a couple weeks later I play way more games and code less. But I only got into programming because of bash and Minecraft servers so 😇 I don't see the downside. You do what you like man 👌

Hey, my wish to become a programmer was basically born when I discovered video games. Sure, I don't have that much time to game right now, with other hobbies and Uni breathing on the back of my head, but whenever I'm in the mood, I'll pick up a controller and start a match of Overwatch or something :D

@PhoenixBoltS nope I stopped playing COD after modern warfare.

C0D4 = CODER

@C0D4 chinny reckon...

@C0D4 History is written by the victors.

I literally cried when ghost died.