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Why Do People Leave the Hobby?

By beelzeboob

6 years ago


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    “Why do people leave the hobby?”

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    • I like cheese. 99 votes
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    #343 6 years ago
    Quoted from rottenrobert1313:

    Maybe I should leave the hobby???
    Even this isn't going to make me quit.
    While working on a game I turned to grab a tool and felt my knee give out. In order to save my knee I dropped to the floor. Only problem is that I landed on my ankle/cafe. Ankle broke in two places and upper part of leg bone just below my knee. (sorry I dont know technical names of bones) Also ripped all the tendins from inside of my ankle. It's been 6 weeks so far since the surgery and cast was removed a few days ago. Had to have plates and screws put in and now have a bionic foot! I'm able to move ankle ever so slightly and have been able to stand on it with the help of cruches. Two weeks from now I start physical therapy and hope to get back to work on the game.
    Oh the game I was working on you ask?
    No Fear.......Ironic huh? A game about action sports where people are doing cool shit when they get injured.   Not me though....I just literally kicked my own ass!

    Have to ask: are those drywall screws?

    #356 6 years ago
    Quoted from AlexF:

    This guy loved the fixing/restore part but said he never played them.

    I may have met this guy in the bar near the entrance to Pinball Expo a few years backs. He had tons of pictures with him of a gorgeous_ collection, but when I asked him how many games he played in a given day, he gave me a look liked I'd just asked him how many times a day he schtupped his grandmother.

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