At the beginning of August, I took stock of what I'd been doing in my spare time. I was grinding Diamond for all of the guns. I was getting to GM3 every ranked season. I was finishing every LTM and event. I was a completionist because I have the real Damascus. Gold on everything. Damascus on everything. I started playing this game during its launch month.
But after I got the Switchblade, I realized something. I was no longer having fun. I was grinding to keep my collection full, not because I enjoyed it. I wasn't completing the BP and getting to GM3 to get all of the goodies. I was grinding because of the fear of missing out. Before I quit, I was already taking 5 days off. And then, I uninstalled it in the middle of August.
I never bothered completing the Premium Pass. I was done.
And now I'm back with a new view of gaming. I am in my senior year of college and I am no longer a high school student with all of the time in the world. I bought some games for PC and I played games that don't pressure you with time limits and battle passes.
I'm back. I want to get back on the camo grind, but I am DONE with Ranked. I am DONE with completing the Battle Pass. I will no longer get the premium pass because I have so much Epic stuff before I quit that cannot get excited about any new blueprints or operators. I am ignoring featured missions, and I am not bothering with daily or weekly challenges.
I am going to play my games when I want, however, I want. I want to play pubs again. I want to grind camos again. I am no longer bothered by my rank or by the frame of my now-defunct clan. I am going to play because I want to, not because I have to. I now have the time to study, play other games, and do more things now that I've freed myself of these shackles.
Satisfaction. Contentment. The joy of just sitting down and playing a video game.
See you on the battlefield, brothers, and sisters. And thank you CoD Mobile for making my high school life and early college life inte...