Things to do when you're bored

[somethingillremember]

I often find that I'll be sitting at home with nothing to do. This gets annoying, because I really hate boredom, so I thought I'd start a thread where people can post interesting things that can be done to avoid boredom. So post whatever you think is fun, weather it be juggling, some free videogame, or even a prank that you could pull on an unsuspecting friend/enemy.

To start off, I've got a cool videogame that you can download for free. It's called Marathon, and it's the predecessor of Halo. In fact, Halo has quite a few elements of this game in it, and makes many references to it. It is now open source, and you can download it for free. Just follow these steps:

Download the latest version of AlephOne here: http://source.bungie.org/get/
AlephOne is the emulator for the Marathon games. It's the middle set of boxes, make sure to choose the correct one for your operating system.

Next, download Marathon from the same place. It's the first box, the one with the word "Marathon" on it.

After that, you'll need to unzip both of the files you've downloaded. Then duplicate the AlephOne application and put it in the "Marathon" file. Finally, open AlephOne (the one in the marathon file) and start playing.

You may want to check the controls in the preferences before you start playing. I set move forward to 'w' backward to 's' sidestep left and right to 'a' and 'd' and trigger with the mouse button and 2nd trigger with the left mouse button. Make sure to turn on mouse control, unless you have a laptop and want to play with only the keyboard. Also, set the graphics to full screen mode, and a higher resolution.

Also, there are other scenarios (like the second and third marathon, durandal and infinity) that you can download and put the alephone app into. You may want to try some of these.

And there ya go. Have fun! If you have trouble, there should be places online that tell you how to do it.

[LetitiaS]

How about checking out ThePowerOfBoredom.com or filling in the blank in the line "You know you're bored when ...." at www.BoredomBOREDOMboredom.com

Letitia

[MDMAngel]

Better yet, when you're bored... do what I do.

1) Go play FFR
--or--
2) Go to the forums and post in game threads, or just find something to say (non-idiotic) on one of the topics we have posted... which I am doing now.


If that fails, then you can go and think up of something creative to do with whatever you have around.

[Crashfan3]

I'm bringing my FFR play to a hiatus until I come up with the money to buy another subscription. The lag on Windows Vista is chronically abysmal, not to mention with the new Flash 10. (Windows 7 or bust!)

Me, personally, I've been playing a lot of Combat Arms when I'm bored, which is why I've been away from the forums for about a month. I run my own clan (SaintsAndSinners) on the game now. You can download the game at http://combatarms.nexon.net/.

If my internet goes out, I have a book of crossword puzzles that my mom gave me when I was 6, and I still haven't finished them.

[Tokzic]

If you get bored, you don't have enough hobbies.

[rzr]

Tokzic owns the thread. Bored people, get more hobbies.

[fido123]

Play an MMORPG...

[MDMAngel]

Originally Posted by Tokzic

If you get bored, you don't have enough hobbies.

That's why you make one via your creativity...

if you get nothing, you're not creative enough (:

[manycasualties]

Originally Posted by Tokzic

If you get bored, you don't have enough hobbies.

ba da ba da

thats how i say i agree

and what is "boredom"? how does one define what "being bored" really is. when u think about it, u'll find that with the proper mindset - u will never be "bored". think about it



are u thinking yet

[supersonicpwns]

i usually play FFR when im bored, read, play basketball outside, play video games, and other stuff.

[EnR]

Masturbate/

[tangomango]

Originally Posted by EnR

Masturbate/

You beat me lmao.

[funmonkey54]

Originally Posted by EnR

Masturbate/

This is what I thought this would be about when I saw the title.
I was fearing another Tibs relationship thread.

[rzr]

Only masturbate when you can't sleep and need to get rid of energy.

[who_cares973]

Masturbate/



or you can download yourself some emulators and roms

[Kekeb]

super smash bro's for N64



k

[ddr_f4n]

Touhou
fapping
fapping to Touhou NSFW doujin

Uhh...yeah. Also Stepmania.

[who_cares973]

Originally Posted by Kekeb

super smash bro's for N64



k

always and forever

i wish it was capable of online play though =/

[NFD]

Listen to music.

[GG_Guru]

When I'm bored I just eat or find whatever I get from the fridge. Then watch Hitch over and over again till I go to sleep.