Do you need specific conditions to do hobbies?

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I find I do. I love drawing, but one of the reasons I never do it is because I need a tidy desk, and proper lighting, solitude, tea, and the only time the living room table is perfectly alone is when everyone else is asleep.
also, i love RC, but i never do it because theres nowhere tidy and undisturbed to work on it, and outside the children come and ask questions, and i hate that.
same with homework.
i know some people who can do their interest anywhere, i dont know how! .

I voted "yes" but only because my hobby requires specific tools, materials and equipment. Provided I could travel with those anywhere I could pro'ly do my hobby anywhere as well.

I like to play games on my computer when it's not having problems. ie getting close to maximum temperature. I do like to drive at maximum speed I can without speeding.

Sometimes I have to be "in the mood" to rear my now out of date study book...

Yes, absolutely! I enjoy writing but I need it to be really quiet, which unfortunately doesn't happen too often in my building.

Yes, I quite often find it impossible to think deeply or pensively without full body movement, normally pacing, though oddly I can do it very easily if I'm a passenger in a car as well.

Most of my interests with computers, studying, games and reading require darkness or I get too distracted.

I do. I need peace and quiet. Solitude. As few interruptions as possible. If I start a piece of writing in a certain mental state, I need to sustain that state of mind for the writing to flow. If I have to stop and start and stop and start, it shows and the writing sounds choppy, or the original voice or voices get lost or become changed. If I'm painting, I hate having to pack and un-pack my supplies, as I don't have a studio per se, and have to work on the dining table which needs to be cleared off at a certain time for dinner. I haven't painted for a long time because of this. I have a little house in the back yard, but it's too cold in the winter and also, it has become overtaken by mice. But that was an ideal place for me once and hopefully, I will be able to restore it. Needs electricity for light and heat. Needs renovations to keep the mice and insects out. I need to win the lottery. If I did, I would add a roof deck.

Yes. I used be extremely good at drawing. But the only place I could draw was at school in art class. Nice big tables with plenty of space and lighting. When I would take projects home I found it extremely hard to work on them because of the difference in conditions (my room had bad lighting, i had no table, i drew on my bed, which isn't even a flat surface).

I just don't have enough flat space to draw on anymore, so I don't draw. I was really really good too. I had a piece win a couple of state competition awards. It was setup in the local museum and later went to be displayed in Washington DC!

I won all the drawing awards every year for the high school art show too.

After high school, the hobby died completely.

Many times my hobbies were derailed due to inability to create certain working conditions. The "kitchen table" was the only table, and wasn't always available.

I am both unable and unwilling to play MMO games with others watching. Same with most homework. The presence of other people in the background really REALLY messes up my thought process.

I have several hobbies that I would do if it weren't for the anxiety I experience over being interrupted. the more interruptions that occur, the more likely I am to avoid my hobbies. I wish that wasn't the case, because I few weeks ago I was deep into a project that I've been unable to pick up since and I don't know when I'll be able to get back into the "groove".

AMEN.
my parents dont seem to understadn how their coming in my room affects me

I write and draw. But I need quiet and zero distractions. The only exception to that is sometimes I can play music while I draw.

Music is a necessity for me. I have music going all the time. I find I get lost in the music and it gives me a pace to keep going. Sometimes I realize I somehow missed the best part of the song (You know, that one really awesome 3 second exerpt) and I repeat the song. Then I realize that I missed it again, 3, maybe 4 times, playing the same song.

I don't pay attention to the music, my mind is focused on work/whatever. Really really helps me continue to roll. When my coworkers see my headphones on they know to leave me distraction free because I'm getting a huge quantity of work done in a very short period of time.

yeah. i find the only time i'm actually able to just THINK, is on a bus, watching the pictures, with music in my ears, inner-ear headphones to block out all outside noise....