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A little more about my interests

Paddy

Hello again, everyone. In addition to the other interests that I mentioned in an earlier post, I am also very interested in playing strategic boardgames against the computer(although I am sadly not very good at many of them). My main favourites are Oware, Go, and Chinese, Japanese, and International chess. I have played them against computers for many years, on and off, and now I have started to enjoy playing them again recently.

Does anyone else find that their interests change over time, or do most of you tend to stick with the same hobbies or interests? I love trying new things, but that tends to mean that I never get very good with one particular thing. It's something I would really like to change about myself.

I look forward to hearing from anyone who would like to comment.

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    That's an interesting point: I hate feeling under pressure to make a quick decision and when forced to do so it's inevitably random and chaotic rather than well-planned.  I guess it's not surprising that I'm not so good at interactive conversation either.  That timed chess game (I forget what it's called) sounds like real nightmare material: I don't know chess, but I do know from computer games that timed missions are among my least favourites, only coming second to the infamous escort quest (where the escortee is inevitably an idiot, very vulnerable and prone to bolting off somewhere).  I would describe that as being a classic Aspie thing, but NT people seem to generally dislike the same stuff too, perhaps except for the really competitive types.

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    Former Member

    That's an interesting point: I hate feeling under pressure to make a quick decision and when forced to do so it's inevitably random and chaotic rather than well-planned.  I guess it's not surprising that I'm not so good at interactive conversation either.  That timed chess game (I forget what it's called) sounds like real nightmare material: I don't know chess, but I do know from computer games that timed missions are among my least favourites, only coming second to the infamous escort quest (where the escortee is inevitably an idiot, very vulnerable and prone to bolting off somewhere).  I would describe that as being a classic Aspie thing, but NT people seem to generally dislike the same stuff too, perhaps except for the really competitive types.

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