Let's get to know some us a bit better i'm sure some of us have some interesting hobbies! So tell us what you enjoy to do in you free time. Don't say gaming if your hear we all know you like to play games lol.


Anyway for me my hobbies are

Astronomy- Well i do this at uni which i thought would be enough for me to scream and run away from it at every possible chance. I'm not so interested in the whole theory part of it i leave that behind at uni! I do enjoy getting a telescope and just looking up at the stars. Some pretty cool sights unfortunately i live right outside a street light, still managed to get a cool shots of the moon though. Still every few weeks the Astronomy Society at the uni get free run of the observatory! We get some great sights with the main telescope, shame the last time I was up it was way to cloudy :(.

Comics- There funs to make sometimes also a huge pain in the ass at times. the strange thing is i never read comics infact i think i have read 2 in my life (watchmen and the killing joke both fantastic)

Flying- Still learning to fly just now, it's alot of fun not flown in months though serious lack of funds :(

Psychology-Started off since I was finding it hard to read people I decided I should read into it. I haven't done much on this yet just reading through a book it's quite interesting got some pretty cool stuff in it.

Anyway that's my boring stuff I'm sure some of you guys have much more interesting hobbies.

Playing guitar - Well i say playing, I should have said learning to play... I have a nice Yamaha F310 acoustic and a crappy encore electric... I can't play much, but i love it..

Reading Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Extreme Ironing, Listening to Music (Not really a hobby, But i do listen to alot of music.) and erm... I think that's it, That doesn't really seem like alot but i do go out to bars and clubs occasionally ( I wouldn't call excessive drinking a hobby:lol:)

Guitar, Writing Poetry, Comics, Non-WWE Wrestling.

Bowling just started out as something to do during Uni, love going, my mates all got bowling balls before i had met them, but after a year of constant bowling with them, i decided enough was enough and i hated using House balls and shoes, so i got my own Bowling ball, and my own shoes :D I bowl like, a 140 usually, and its only a straight bowl, can't be doing with all the hooking and curving :P

Sailing Love sailing, bit more expensive as a hobby, havent done it for a while, trying to save up to get my own Lazer single man dinghy, but they cost around £2000 as a preowned boat, so yeah. I won the berkshire schools sailing regatta when i was 16! Which was nice...

Gaming Obviously, surprised no one has put this down yet :S i game, i think about gaming, i talk about gaming, i read about gaming i dream about gaming and i make 3d models and animations :D

and some others like warhammer 40k

Football.

Video Games- Of course! DS and PC mostly, although there are some cool titles on the iPod Touch that I play as well.

Computer Programming- Experience in C++, C#, VB.Net, ActionScript, ASP.net (more of a web development environment than programming language), HTML (Not really a programming langauge), and brief exposure to a few others. I have a job in web development at the moment, although I hope to break into the game industry for a career.

Game Design- I think up new designs for games while I sleep, eat breakfast, watch movies, play other games...pretty much 24/7. I'm wanting to become a game designer when I graduate from college.

Music- Both playing and listening. I play guitar, harmonica, and a bit of Ukulele, and would love to start or join a band. I enjoy listening to a wide variety of music, but don't like all of any specific genre...mostly bands from within a genre, or certain songs from a few bands.

Audio/Voice Work- I dabble a bit in audio editing, and more people than I can remember have told me that I have a great radio DJ voice. I might turn it into a side job, doing voice work, but I can't see myself going into it as a career.

Collecting Free Crap- If it's free, I'll take it. I'm wanting to make this a more "formal" hobby than just randomly picking things up and keeping them. Candidates for collection so far: Shot glasses, 1" Pins, and dirt.

Sarcastic Gamer- I totally consider this a hobby, if not something much more. I love the site and community, and want to stay here as long as the site exists.

That's Ploogle in a nutshell.

Inb4 Masturbating.

Masturbating.

MMA (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai)
Coaching Youth, and High School Wrestling in the winter
Gaming (obviously)
Cop School
Add to that my girlfriend and work and i dont have time for more

Writing- I like the idea of creating a world with interesting characters to entertain other people like I've been in the past .Lately I've been playing around with Machinima and I've founded a group to launch a series or two in the next few months.

MUSIC!
I play flute and saxophone at a county level (grade 7ish for anyone in the know) and that as well as gaming is my time used up! :lol:

MUSIC!
I play flute and saxophone at a county level (grade 7ish for anyone in the know) and that as well as gaming is my time used up! :lol:

Agreed, I love playing instruments as well.

Why, just the other night I was strumming my hairy banjo.

Rugby Ive played rugby for 10 years and I see no reason to stop now.
Gaming I've never heard of this.
Guesting on Podcasts Ill do it for anyone

Agreed, I love playing instruments as well.

Why, just the other night I was strumming my hairy banjo.

im surprised you didn't say Jazz Flute

"I was totally unprepared!"

Music: Playing, and listening obviously. I play bass guitar mostly, a little guitar and that's about it to be honest. I'll listen to just about anything, within limits I guess.

Comics: Not so much the collecting side of comics but I really enjoy reading them, and have recently just started getting into it. I read a lot of graphic novels too.

Films: I'm pretty big on my films, about as much as I am into my gaming I'd say.

im surprised you didn't say Jazz Flute

"I was totally unprepared!"

I :heart: jazz flute :P

photography ~ hobby/convention-event goer...started last year...i attend photoshoots if and when im available :D

gaming ~ used to play on the PSP..now that i have my own PC, i'll prolly play a few PC games..as well as MMO's..

blogging ~ i like to rant and review about stuff LOL

I :heart: jazz flute :P

Your dirty man...lol

Oh god dammit like 3 people said Jazz flute before me!

Good old hairy banjo's.

My hobbies:

Football - I support Man U, Plymouth Argyle and England lol.

Basketball - love to play this with friends.

Tennis - used to have lessons.

Gaming - action, FPS, rpg.

Reading - anything good.

im surprised you didn't say Jazz Flute

"I was totally unprepared!"

Only on special occasions.

http://www.montrealfilmjournal.com/dat/pic/M0000850.jpg

Coincidently, that's also my orgasm face.

Getting Drunk

Fighting

Eating Potatoes

Hating the English

Hunting Leprechauns

Eating Lucky Charms

Doing The Jig

not really

Getting Drunk

Fighting

Eating Potatoes

Hating the English

Hunting Leprechauns

Eating Lucky Charms

Doing The Jig

not really

Stereotypical B*st*rd lol

Drinking Tea

Eating Crumpets

Having bad teeth

Conquering other countries

Drinking More Tea

Having a fight at a football match

I think most folks know my hobby...Photography.

www.mysticimagination.com
www.mystic-aura.com

I think most folks know my hobby...Photography.

www.mysticimagination.com


Well I never...there be naked ladies here!

Anyway. My hobby is very simple.

Writing
Just anything, really (save for poetry, as I'm crap at it). I write for my school paper, I'm starting up a blog, I have a bunch of stories I've written....I just love it.

I have been taking guitar lessons these last couple of months.It's not really a hobby since I can only play jingle bells, but soon though.

also

PS3 cross-game chat has been confirmed by naughty dog.
http://scrawlfx.com/2009/10/naughty-dog-dev-confirms-ps3-cross-game-chat
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-12218-Providence-Video-Game-Examiner~y2009m10d14-Crossgame-chat-hitting-PS3
http://www.n4g.com/News-411331.aspx
That is all.

Drinking Tea

Eating Crumpets

Having bad teeth

Conquering other countries

Drinking More Tea

Having a fight at a football match

You forgot Eating Fish and Chips my good man!

Which actually is the only English Stereotype that i actually totally fall under

game design - well, i lie. more like map design. i randomly get ideas for maps in school and end up drawing some plans in the geography lesson of the day (because nobody cares about geography) then create it at home. it is actually my hope to get a career in the games industry, and i have quite alot of knowledge in the subject so hopefully i wont fail.

drumming - im not brilliant but the feeling you get when you get with a group of people and play is awesome.

You forgot Eating Fish and Chips my good man!

Which actually is the only English Stereotype that i actually totally fall under

Stereotype? I was deadly serious...

Getting Drunk

Fighting

Eating Potatoes

Hating the English

Hunting Leprechauns

Eating Lucky Charms

Doing The Jig

not really

Yeah, me 2.

Playing Games

Listening to Music/Collecting CDs

Playing the drums (only been playing for a couple months so far, so still have a long ways to go)

Doing my Sweating Bullets/Dave Mustaine impression while singing unrelated songs, such as Amazing Grace, or Lean on Me.

Tennis
skateboarding
sleeping
farting in my sister's face and having her chase me around the house

TENNIS Cause it's my favorite sport it's an awesome!!!!

Soccer Cause it's the sport I used to play and it's not as aswesome as it used to be but still awesome!!!!

Robotics Cause making robots that can go 60 mph while riding it is fun!!

Sleeping in class Do it every day so I'm guessing it counts as a hobby.

Gaming - **** yeah.

Parkour - Parkour probably isn't what you think, so hit this link. (http://www.parkourpedia.com)

Drums - I'm sure you guys can figure this one out =D

Brawling - It's a thing we do at school. We've been doing it for about 18 months now. Every lunchtime, we brawl. It's awesome fun when other guys that don't usually do it join in. Today, there were about 20 of us. It's a mix of bare-knuckle brawling, wrestling, and Judo.

Acting - I've been in ads, TV shows, and I've auditioned for the main role in a major Hollywood movie. I lost it by a whisker. There was some other guy who got it. This is what I was told by the producer: "He couldn't act as well as you, but had more of the 'look' that we wanted. Sorry."

Writing - I have an incredible mind for English, so I write massive stories.

Sleeping in class Do it every day so I'm guessing it counts as a hobby.

history finaly has a purpose...

Gaming is no.1
And there's also:
Movies: either at home or (preferably) in a cinema.
Music: listening, not making.
Snowboarding: powder runs are what heaven must feel like.
Sleeping (in): lately it's been very difficult to sleep in with a one year old son..
Football (soccer): I like to watch it and play it (small sided 5 vs 5, indoor).
Graphics/Art: it's job related now but it has always had my interest.
Day dreaming.

Looks like no one noticed that i said in the first post don't say gaming since everyone who is on this site obviously likes games :lol:.

yeah, well, we fight the man and his rules!

Gaming - well... duh - pretty much from the time i could hold a controller

Rugby - played for 10 years and recently made it onto the munster rugby team at u-18 level

MusicThe man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils nuff said
- arctic monkeys and paramore present hotness


That's essentially all my spare time used up!

I like music.

That is all

Music - Playing and listening to. I play the drums and have been for almost 2 years, still not very good because I don't practice nearly enough. As for listening I will listen to just about everything, usually metal or punk though. But when I'm in the mood for it I can listen to any thing.

Longboarding - What I spend most of my time doing, except during the winter(still do not as much though, gotta love parkades). Been doing it for a while now and plan on entering my first race pretty soon. I mostly do dancing or sliding but want to get into some downhill, not too confident racing in groups though.

Skateboarding - Usually what I'll do in my garage while bored during the winter. Also love riding parks with friends.

Gaming - Although I haven't been playing to many games for the last little while I still love to play a few hours of starcraft or halo every once and a while.

history finaly has a purpose...

iLol'd.

Pianist
Gamer
Footballer
Lover

I ride dirtbikes, motocross, hair scrambles:

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i225/DRZMX/rr_ZEP1845.jpg

Rugby - played for 10 years and recently made it onto the munster rugby team at u-18 level


Congratulations!!

My main hobby is sports, I play and watch football(soccer) and i enjoy watching ice hockey and (American)Football and many other sports

Gaming
Running
Floorball (goalie)

Come to think of it... my only hobby is pretty much gaming. I can't remember what else I've done recently, except listen to a ton of music. Y'know, someone my age (14) should probably get out more. And socialize. And stop being an introvert.

Anyways...

Gaming - Xbox 360. DS. Even a bit of Wii, but only the good, hardcore stuff. I've mainly been playing Halo 3: ODST and Shadow Complex, but I've been playing a ton of demos, too. Like, so many demos my 60 gig hard drive is almost filled to the brim. I have 46 gigs of demos and I'm proud of it!

Music - Rise Against. If ANYBODY has actually heard of them and likes them, you're win. If you haven't, go to YouTube, type in "Re-education (Through Labor)" and listen.

Hockey. For you americans not ice hockey but field hockey
and reading

Hockey. For you americans not ice hockey but field hockey
and reading

I like watching Hockey, but hate playing it. Ice Hockey just seems brutal, not fond of ice sports after seeing some guy trip over at the ice rink in the city I'm near and another person unable to avoid him accidentally went over his fingers, breaking 2, and slicing off 2.

Not pleasant

Videogames - I've been a true videogame nerd ever since pong came out. About the only game I play on the PC is WoW, but I also have a PS3, Xbox360, Wii, Nintendo DS and a PSP. Only the PS3 and Xbox360 get any real action, though.
I tend to love RPGs, adventure games and FPSers. I almost never play driving games og beat-em-ups, and NEVER sports games (yuck).

Drawing - I love to draw, both on paper and on my computer. I'm not really good at real anatomy, though I keep trying. I'm more into webcomics though, and have a blog called Gobo's World (http://gobosworld.blogspot.com/) dedicated to it, as well as a DeviantArt account (http://gormash.deviantart.com/).
On the computer I use Photoshop CS2 and a Wacom Graphire 4 tablet.

TV series - A big nut about series. I lov'em. Well, not everyone. Here's a few of the ones I truly enjoy: Dexter, Desperate Housewives, Weeds, Battlestar Galactica, Babylon 5, Big Bang Theory, and many many more.

I love to make, and listen to music; Photography and digital art... and last but not least Computers... i loves dem. dem loves me.

i was also into cars a lot as a itty' bit child.

Martial Arts - Shaolin Kempo mostly, but I have a thing for American Boxing. Been a while since I've done either, but am getting back on track with that soon.

Astronomy - Nothing is more fascinating than staring up into the night sky. And every time I see Jupiter and its gas patterns, or Saturn and its rings through my telescope, it's like I'm seeing them for the first time, every time.

Reading - Mostly non-fiction. And mostly about my other hobbies (or work-related).

Politics - Current affairs, world news, stuff like that. I like to say informed.

Sailing - I live on the coast of Maine, two minutes from the Atlantic, and I have yet to hear a convincing reason to leave it.

Theology - I'm an atheist, but I love to study/read about it from an academic point of view. Comparative theology/mythology, mostly. I got my undergrad in theology and philosophy, and it has since become a hobby.

motorcycles rock my socks off

Power lifting I'm trying to get my combined competition lifts over 1300 lbs in over the next 6 months.

Wrenching on my cars I got a Jeep with a bunch of mods that I take four wheeling and Mazdaspeed 3 with some mods. Also active some clubs.

Beer I drink lots.

videogames I play on occasion but stopped playing online becasue it distracts me from school, I only play between semesters.

I like watching Hockey, but hate playing it. Ice Hockey just seems brutal, not fond of ice sports after seeing some guy trip over at the ice rink in the city I'm near and another person unable to avoid him accidentally went over his fingers, breaking 2, and slicing off 2.

Not pleasant

Was that in Plymouth Pavilions?

Was that in Plymouth Pavilions?

Yeah, think they patched him up at Derriford well enough, being an ice rink, there was plenty of ice to keep the fingers in till they were needed :thumbsup:

Hey guys I have a question.Are any of you involved with Machinima?

Hey guys I have a question.Are any of you involved with Machinima?

I have dabbed in it.

I'm in a Machinima group actually, but we are waiting until everyone has uncharted 2 to start filming.Do you have a link to a video you made Master Johnboy?

I like to spend my time reading about/watching/training Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), which you might've seen in it's most popular form as UFC. It's great exercise and it's really interesting to be able to watch it with an informed view also having trained it.

I'm thinking about starting astro-photography. Not sure what kind of camera i would need think i will email one of my lecturers.

Do it the easy way and put a Microscope up to your camera. :thumbsup:

Gaming (obv)
Poker (alternates between hobby and part time job depending on if I'm winning or losing)
Writing
Photography
Driving (when affordable)
Shooting (real guns, which I'm better at then shooting in games)
Also thinking about trying to learn bass guitar but don't really have the time now.

EDIT: forgot about reading doh