Post by tenpoundhammer on May 15, 2022 12:09:56 GMT -5
I've struggled with this for years.
I feel like I was starting to watch game shows out of habit. After all, I've watched J! and Wheel since I was 4. But over time, it just became less fun. I began distracting myself by focusing more on the content than the contestants. With J!, that meant complaining about clue difficulty too much, failing to get a single FJ! right week after week, and so on. It got to the point where J! Board made an entire thread for me to vent, and I've wanted that thread gone for a while. With Wheel, it meant complaining about bad writing and honest contestant mistakes, even while I was continuing to maintain the WoF History wiki. And that itself started to feel like a chore every time a new episode was made public, or someone else on the Wiki made an edit that I thought was not constructive. Watching both shows started to feel more like an obligation, especially when my work schedule increasingly meant that I had to DVR and watch later -- or worse, jump through a bunch of hoops to find it when WNEM decided they didn't want to air it that day.
I don't think that my loss of passion for J! was solely due to Trebek's death. No one can be on TV forever, and I think the show is in good hands with Ken and Michael. And my passion for Wheel has greatly declined too, despite relatively fewer changes on that front. (That said, I think it's clear that a replacement for Pat is imminent.)
I think it's shown in my posting lately that I have less interest in J! and WoF than ever before. I still have no regrets for being a part of the online community for so long, dating back to the Sony boards. Despite some ups and downs, I've made legitimate friends through the online game show community, and I'd like to think that others see me as a friend, too. And I will never regret winning on WoF.
But for now, I think I need to leave places like this mostly behind. I won't be leaving entirely and may still lurk now and then. Some of you have other ways of contacting me, and I can PM you if you feel you still need me around for anything.
I feel like I was starting to watch game shows out of habit. After all, I've watched J! and Wheel since I was 4. But over time, it just became less fun. I began distracting myself by focusing more on the content than the contestants. With J!, that meant complaining about clue difficulty too much, failing to get a single FJ! right week after week, and so on. It got to the point where J! Board made an entire thread for me to vent, and I've wanted that thread gone for a while. With Wheel, it meant complaining about bad writing and honest contestant mistakes, even while I was continuing to maintain the WoF History wiki. And that itself started to feel like a chore every time a new episode was made public, or someone else on the Wiki made an edit that I thought was not constructive. Watching both shows started to feel more like an obligation, especially when my work schedule increasingly meant that I had to DVR and watch later -- or worse, jump through a bunch of hoops to find it when WNEM decided they didn't want to air it that day.
I don't think that my loss of passion for J! was solely due to Trebek's death. No one can be on TV forever, and I think the show is in good hands with Ken and Michael. And my passion for Wheel has greatly declined too, despite relatively fewer changes on that front. (That said, I think it's clear that a replacement for Pat is imminent.)
I think it's shown in my posting lately that I have less interest in J! and WoF than ever before. I still have no regrets for being a part of the online community for so long, dating back to the Sony boards. Despite some ups and downs, I've made legitimate friends through the online game show community, and I'd like to think that others see me as a friend, too. And I will never regret winning on WoF.
But for now, I think I need to leave places like this mostly behind. I won't be leaving entirely and may still lurk now and then. Some of you have other ways of contacting me, and I can PM you if you feel you still need me around for anything.
