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That feeling your looking for is in your kids my brothers .. 33 years old , I game with my 11 yr old son and sometimes 14yr old daughter . Watching them smile and laughing with them creating memories together playing video games , it’s like your playing with your best friends but better their your kids 🙏🏽
Was just typing a similar comment and then I saw yours. I agree. I'm 27, married for 9 months and starting to try to have kids with my wife. Can't wait for the journey :) I feel like one thing some of these gamers need to do too: is live a little bit healthier lifestyle, find some sort of workout where you boost your heart rate, settle down with a family, and such. I do crossfit and workout 5-6 times a week and it has drastically changed how I feel throughout the day. Sometimes I feel like crap in the morning, but then I go workout even when I don't want to, and it changes my outlook for the day and I'm happier
Damn this ep came full circle. I grew up watching the halo scene and transitioned to cod when halo died off. Hearing stories about blaze, ryanoob, cloud and teams like tD, instinct, etc. fucking electric. I’ll never forget the clip of Ryan nading himself to swap spawns on a forge KOTH map
I didn’t know optic had a depression cast? Lol seriously this was a great episode and I feel like it pushed niac out of his comfort zone and it was good for him. Keep it up boys
This is like the podcast for ppl who’s been gaming since the 90’s. Feels like a mature podcast for games. I like the topics and the best part is that it just happened naturally
Boredom is having a lack of goals that you want to accomplish. I don’t know what Nick aims to accomplish everyday, but I think school/learning a talent would be good for him. He needs something that will challenge him.
This is a good point. All men need something that makes them struggle. Video games aren’t really a good outlet for that because in most cases, they don’t get you ahead in life. In their case, it obviously all worked out - but those are exceptions.
A Random weird memory about simpler life. It was around 2002 in grade 8, I’m Canadian and attended a basketball camp in Maine because we lived close to the border. There was a kid I met there who was obviously extremely sheltered, he wasn’t allowed pop or candy or any kind of sweets. We were having lunch and he had a sandwich and an apple. I have a lunchable, a kool aid jammer and a few other things. I didn’t really like the flavour so I Offered it to my friend but he declined. This kid beside me asked “May I try it?” And I was blown away that he had never experienced a kool aid jammer and was like sure man. He was so incredibly thankful and the look on his face of pure bliss while drinking it. That’s the whole other world of giving human food to dogs haha. The kid was pure, I remember being taken back on how polite he was. It was before Xbox (I also rocked sega Genesis hard), maybe times were simpler then and we appreciated them more.
Yall did great! Proud of everything you guys done, life is full of ups and downs everything is measured differently when you're always successful don't let that boredom confuse you and let you down🙏
i feel like a lot of ppl including myself relate to niac on a lot of levels, just being at a weird time in life where you are still finding yourself and gone through a rough time and trying to bounce back. much love nick
Thoroughly enjoyed this. Both guys definitely love Halo, especially can see it from the way Formal talks about all the titles and wants Infinite to succeed. Also to Maniac, I know exactly what you mean with the social anxiety. I have it too, not severe but the kind I feel like I need to drink a bit to handle it well. I rarely do it but it helps a lot. Deep talk there from Maniac, respect and stay away from the stronger shit.👍.
this has to be my FAVORITE optic podcast. i sincerely appreciate the authenticity and vulnerability of both you gentlemen. there were a few topics and scenarios that hit home - sending you both nothing but love and light on your journey
always love when formals on a Podcast. i always gotta watch. loved the talk about throwback halo tournaments! those were the best days. wish i could go back and relive the h2 and h3 days. i just wanna point out, with how much formal shits on you all the time you can tell he genuinely cares about you and looks at you like a bestfriend. obviously i know the shit talk between you two is all jokes.
Niac is probably my favorite person from the gaming community because I relate so much but Hearing Niac's story is so awesome to hear I honestly can relate to this and it feels so good that I'm not the only one im 23 years old and currently just running myself into the ground because of drugs
As a fellow recovering addict, I also find myself dabbling in a few drinks, but as long as your aware of your intake you can manage! Thank you for speaking so openly Nick.
I find it hilarious that maniac admitted to being constantly injected with dopamine then simultaneously wondering why his dopamine aren’t at the levels of non screen obsessed child lmao
29:00 maniac I have had that same chest issue. Laying down cant sleep and my heart would beat really hard one time it forced you to sit up. I would have to get up and walk around to make sure I'm not having a heart attack. Granted that was a day after a large dose of drugs in my younger days. Anyway I feel ya on that one
I was older when it came out. Failed outta college lol. Freshman year college 360 Halo 2 XBL drops was already lanning H1 in our apartment. Once H2 drops it was over for me
Addiction is such a slippery slope and really hard to navigate once detox and rehab is done. Temptation is everywhere but the important thing you said Niac was that you realised you're an addict whilst you were drinking. Wish you the best to stay away from all the temptation
Yo maniac I’m 31 next month and feel the EXACT same as you bro. Kinda crazy hearing you in the first 10 min of this episode episode lmao sounded like myself.
There’s a lot of boredom that comes after quitting drugs. Life just doesn’t hit the same for a while. Drugs are instant Serotonin/dopamine and without those life feels dull. I can tell you it honestly does get better and I’ve found myself enjoying things that I loved while on drugs, sober.
Some of the best advice I got in rehab was “Somebody always has it worse than you, and someone always has it better than you.” Also Alcohol and Xanax are the only 2 things you can die from quit cold turkey, you have to ween someone off it and even then they still have seizures a majority of the time.
Nah I completely understand how fast now a days we get used to stuff and i grew up poor thinking money will make me happy. I make close to 6 figures now but no by any means rich but can do things i want or buy things but it got so old real quick. Having something or (buying) wasn’t as full filling as it used to be.
Thats crazy to think about cause i remember playing live for the first time on cod 4 and gears it was such a awesome thing i couldnt wait to get my own gamertag and have my own mic since i was playing on my familys account and setup just crazy to think about also i relate to maniac i been to 3 different rehabs did alot of pills drugs honestly shouldnt even be alive today deal with social axniety from morning till night and would mask my social anxiety with drugs and im sober know but i still have social settings or being out even but anyway respect to you maniac you have no idea what it means to me and probably many others how confident you seen but say ur truths thanks bro
We are bored *because* we have entertainment 24/7. We are so used to being entertained all the time, that being entertained all the time has become the new bored. Now you need something really extreme to happen for it to feel exciting whereas in the past small things were enough to excite us cause we literally had nothing else to do. Some of these feelings of being bored all the time and not getting excited about things you feel you should get excited about can be attributed to screen/internet addiction. In general, people have started to spend an unhealthy amount of time in front of screens and we're slowly seeing the effects it has on us.
What they are talking about with getting used to everything and it not being as cool as it used to be at first is called the "Hedonic Treadmill". It's a really interesting concept in psychology everyone should read about. It applies to everyone.
Great conversation guys. For not having a plan this ended up being an awesome conversation. And you’re bored because of the idea of the hedonic treadmill btw! You’ll always return to a stable level of happiness no matter what situation you’re in after a short time.
Yo maniac i think you have to kind of make the decision to find that dopamine in stuff and be stoked with life. You have to find the beauty in the little stuff and also do stuff you love. I ride dirtbikes and ski and i find those pure dopamine moments pretty often being in the mountains with my boys and just absorbing how awesome those moments are. but i think those moments are different for everyone. hope that makes some sense
same boat as formal i was younger with an older bro who had all the consoles when they came out, i would play while he was out or at work and my mom would yell up when he was pulling in, i would clean up and leave quick af he would hate catching me in his room haha
its the dopamine tolerance. With so many devices our dopamine tolerance has skyrocketed so you need a crazy amount of dopamine to get the same high now. Basically need a dopamine detox to get back what childhood was like.
100% not alone nick.. everything you mentioned about social anxiety i feel it to on a daily basis. It can make you feel like you are going mad sometimes haha. But one thing iv learnt is that it is always thinking about something leading up to a situation. But once you are in the situation and you stop thinking about it, it is never as bad as what you were worrying about earlier.. also iv never died from a panic attack so wtf am i worrying about! Haha. Its so stupid but feels real..
Bro I feel Nick on another level I feel like I have to at least get like 2 drinks in me to feel comfortable in a big social setting. But I’m also conscious that alc could be a problem for me cause I’m an addict too which fucking sucked
I feel you Nick. I’m not sober every second of my day. I’m high as soon as I wake up, go to work high, get high on my way home, get high after dinner sleep.
bro please quit this man it's not healthy long term. Take a tolerance break take up meditation and look into kundalini awakening. Take the spiritual path and develop a natural high.
I think Power was from the UK, they were pretty heavily featured on the MLG site, they reported their matches and stats. I think they beat Str8 at some event(?) or some bigger name team. They were like the only foreign team at those events. I'm tryin to hear more Halo 3 talk. History, events, all time players. Wish H3 events still happened.
