It's a complicated situation. One of the biggest factors is that I have a firm moral belief that life activity should always have a positive impact on making the world a better place, and I've come to realize that I was investing a time in a futile activity (as you say, a game), when I could be instead trying to make the world a better place with that time. Poker feels to me like completely wasted time. I'm all for wasting a little bit of time in life, but I think there has to be a limit. Your question has intrigued me, though, and I'll write a more complete post on the subject sometime int he next few months.
Oh, and also, poker became a job for me, and it stopped being fun once it was. I play a few times a month now, and it's just a time-killer when I can't be productive at other things. I like it better as that.
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Re: attitude change
Date: 2007-04-25 16:19 (UTC)Oh, and also, poker became a job for me, and it stopped being fun once it was. I play a few times a month now, and it's just a time-killer when I can't be productive at other things. I like it better as that.