To Giving Up Or Not To Give Up?

[LucidFlanders]

I just wanna know if you were doing something way beyond you and in a week or 2 you could not get it nomatter how many tutorials, or video tutorials you did would you give up? this is counting you not wanting to give up because you quit everything you ever did in your life and wanna actually do something but it's like impossible? Should you give up like you always have or keep trying even if months went by. Also, yes this is about me but i want your opinions on if this was you or not. Trying to learn this crysis editor, it's like...impossible but i don't wanna be one of those losers in life who always give up when the going gets tough unless it's like a 2 month thing and still dont get the basics. I know you never learn anything when you quit. Wanted to do this for 7 months and after 5 hours of 1 problem the next thing i have to do doesn't work and got another 5 hours to fix it, then 5 hours to fix the problem right after that and so on. So many problems i seem to have with this i dunno if it's worth the effort but i wanted to do this for soooo long. Long story short i am the KING of nothing going the right way and taking hours to fix the simpliest of stuff, even with massive help (they usually can't figure out my problems) so i pretty much role like this as lifes too short to have non stop problems and trying to fix them wasting your time.

[Jeff777]

If you have a dream you've got to protect it, you've got to fight for it, noone is going to give you anything in life. You want something, go get it. If you advance confidently towards your dreams you'll meet with success in uncommon hours.

[TamiDoll]

I tend to try then give up. Then go back to it again later to usually succeed. As in... ages later. PS for example. When I first got it I didn't have a d@mn clue how to use it. And the tuts gave me a major headache. So I gave up for like 3 years. Went back to it... then woot! Got the hang of it. Another example, DirectX was acting up on me and wouldn't update... I wanted it to update so I would be able to play the Sims 2! I bought a new PC for mainly that reason. But nooo... didn't work. I gave up. Then like 6 months later, tried again. WOOT! Worked. Best to not give up overall. Nothing good comes outta that.

[Xaqaria]

Usually when using new editing programs, the first way I try to do things always ends up being the hardest way. Whenever you run in to problems, try to think of other ways to do the same thing instead of agonizing over doing it the way thats giving you trouble. I don't know the whole story so I can't be sure about this, but I can't imagine a reason why Crysis level making should be such a stressful endeavor. Just chill out about it; take deep breaths, work on it when you can, take breaks when you are having trouble and push onward. There is no reason to 'give up' on something you didn't have to do in the first place. Just do it slower.

[Carôusoul]

This thread title is a grammatical nightmare.

[LucidFlanders]

Oh Noes I Typed Every Beginning Of A Word Letter In Capitals And Never Used Commas And Periods In My Title, The Sky Is Falling We Are Doomed! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

[LucidFlanders]

If you have a dream you've got to protect it, you've got to fight for it, noone is going to give you anything in life. You want something, go get it. If you advance confidently towards your dreams you'll meet with success in uncommon hours. I tend to try then give up. Then go back to it again later to usually succeed. As in... ages later. PS for example. When I first got it I didn't have a d@mn clue how to use it. And the tuts gave me a major headache. So I gave up for like 3 years. Went back to it... then woot! Got the hang of it. Another example, DirectX was acting up on me and wouldn't update... I wanted it to update so I would be able to play the Sims 2! I bought a new PC for mainly that reason. But nooo... didn't work. I gave up. Then like 6 months later, tried again. WOOT! Worked. Best to not give up overall. Nothing good comes outta that. Usually when using new editing programs, the first way I try to do things always ends up being the hardest way. Whenever you run in to problems, try to think of other ways to do the same thing instead of agonizing over doing it the way thats giving you trouble. I don't know the whole story so I can't be sure about this, but I can't imagine a reason why Crysis level making should be such a stressful endeavor. Just chill out about it; take deep breaths, work on it when you can, take breaks when you are having trouble and push onward. There is no reason to 'give up' on something you didn't have to do in the first place. Just do it slower. Thanks guys well i tried more today, i totally SKIPPED one of the parts that drove me up the wall and went to do something else, making a cave and i'll be working on that after work, kinda got addicted to perfecting the cave then i saw the time.

[Carôusoul]

Oh Noes I Typed Every Beginning Of A Word Letter In Capitals And Never Used Commas And Periods In My Title, The Sky Is Falling We Are Doomed! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. lulz. you didn't actually see what was wrong with it. "to giving up or" Makes absolutely no sense. regardless of capitals, commas or full stops.

[LucidFlanders]

lulz. you didn't actually see what was wrong with it. "to giving up or" Makes absolutely no sense. regardless of capitals, commas or full stops. Well, i ment to type the responce in all capitals for the full drama effect but it was a no-go.

[Carôusoul]

Well, i ment to type the responce in all capitals for the full drama effect but it was a no-go. Oh dear.