10-31-2015, 01:19 PM
I'm not sure TAD might appreciate if we discuss this here, old friend, but I think this is a purely semantic issue. I define a lifestyle as something I cannot simply walk away from, something that owns me, if you will. Not gonna lie, I've had phases were some hobbies, or, really, side affairs, owned me, but whenever I got self-aware about things, I usually quickly rearranged my priorities. Now, gaming is not a lifestyle to me; it's something that I do - and if I ever decide not to do it, well, then that's it. 
That doesn't include personal relations built through the hobby; but the act itself, what? - I can spend my Saturdays playing Poker instead.
That doesn't include personal relations built through the hobby; but the act itself, what? - I can spend my Saturdays playing Poker instead.