Show HN: I built a site that turns your Steam gaming hours into a RL skill tree

Re:Show HN: I built a site that turns your Steam gaming hour... by naorz on Wednesday April 08, 2026 @04:24AM (#47687055)

Fair points honestly, and ones thats been going through my mind constantly, and like Alan Watts says, we are human-beings not human-doings, and I dig that.

I think that for me, creating this site was about making myself uncomfortable to the point of, if I game, it's about relaxation and lesiure, and not something I do because I have no way other way to spend the weekend, going out and making friends gives me anxiety so I'll just spend the entire weekend at home gaming all day for 2 days.

I still game with my kids, but we play coach none addictive games on nintendo, over the course of years I realised I can't really balance stuff like dota.

as for your last point, that's actually a really really cool idea! might add it =]

Thank you for your feedback!!

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Re:Show HN: I built a site that turns your Steam gaming hour... by tenacious_tuna on Thursday April 09, 2026 @11:00AM (#47704653)

Your middle point is great and very relatable; I've had the same frustration/argument with myself before: Am I playing this game because I actually want to, or because it's "easier" than anything else I could be doing?

Props to you for pushing yourself to confront the uncomfortable!

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