WE ALL NEED A DOG!
4story Vs Real Life Balance
Just wanted to share with folks something I think is important that we all struggle to do. It's true to say some people have more time to play this game than others, but the more you generally play the more addictive it can get (I speak from my own experience)>
Wake up on day off 8am > Switch PC on > log on 4story > realise at 12 noon you have not moved from your PC once.....
When I see players like Kemo leaving due to self-confessed addiction, I think this is a common problem among all of us. The game can consume vast amounts of your time > levelling, farming, trading > things that take weeks & months rather than days.
We tend to be our own worst enemies: I see a lot of active players (on both sides) playing the game intensely for months > then get sick of it (almost playing too much for the sake of an addiction), then you don't see them for weeks/months as they reach breaking point - then they eventually come back and the cycle starts again.
I forced myself to take 2 weeks off from this game at the start of this year for a break, and realised it was nice to being doing other things than sitting at your PC too much! - but I missed people in game and of course the game itself......so then i learned to balance my time more between Real Life stuff and 4story and kinda realised i enjoyed both things more.
.....We all need a Dog - its something Theot does every night after AC/war has finished - like clockwork he says afk 20-30 mins walking the dog! My point is give yourself breaks away from your PC - sure for most of us we get this anyway via work, college, school - but on days off ever felt yourself sat at your PC for longer than 4 hours without moving ? ? ?
Just wanted to share with folks something I think is important that we all struggle to do. It's true to say some people have more time to play this game than others, but the more you generally play the more addictive it can get (I speak from my own experience)>
Wake up on day off 8am > Switch PC on > log on 4story > realise at 12 noon you have not moved from your PC once.....
When I see players like Kemo leaving due to self-confessed addiction, I think this is a common problem among all of us. The game can consume vast amounts of your time > levelling, farming, trading > things that take weeks & months rather than days.
We tend to be our own worst enemies: I see a lot of active players (on both sides) playing the game intensely for months > then get sick of it (almost playing too much for the sake of an addiction), then you don't see them for weeks/months as they reach breaking point - then they eventually come back and the cycle starts again.
I forced myself to take 2 weeks off from this game at the start of this year for a break, and realised it was nice to being doing other things than sitting at your PC too much! - but I missed people in game and of course the game itself......so then i learned to balance my time more between Real Life stuff and 4story and kinda realised i enjoyed both things more.
.....We all need a Dog - its something Theot does every night after AC/war has finished - like clockwork he says afk 20-30 mins walking the dog! My point is give yourself breaks away from your PC - sure for most of us we get this anyway via work, college, school - but on days off ever felt yourself sat at your PC for longer than 4 hours without moving ? ? ?
Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.
.....We all need a Dog - its something Theot does every night after AC/war has finished - like clockwork he says afk 20-30 mins walking the dog! My point is give yourself breaks away from your PC - sure for most of us we get this anyway via work, college, school - but on days off ever felt yourself sat at your PC for longer than 4 hours without moving ? ? ?
I have 2 dogs
*ever felt yourself sat at your pc for longer than 4 hours without moving ? ? ?* yes. 6 hours straight during the day i think is the longest, unless u count night-time where i did 11pm to 8am. but ur right u defo need a break every cpl of hours otherwise u get stressy and always imprtant to hang out with rl friends or u become a nerd ^^
lol dont get me wrong i hang out with friends a lot, just they study a lot, while i game more (i just get things understood faster then them, so i dont really need much studying).
i usually miss the mini lvl tournaments because i always go out at 5 with friends, on saturday
real reason why i quit every game n all is being afraid to become addicted, and tbh i'm trying a lot of sports (looking forward to, since spring is here)
i left because if i continued playing i'd have to wear glasses, had a few situations where i couldn't see some things in 20-30 meters distance!
i hate glasses.
so i left
btw guess its okay to play 4s, if u can control urself, but i know i can't :X
everything i do, i do addicted, just like i was addicted to basketball 4-5 years ago, and i quit my trainings n all because i was thinking of it 24/7, nothing else
i play xbox a lot, less addicting, and easy to just pause n leave
i usually miss the mini lvl tournaments because i always go out at 5 with friends, on saturday
real reason why i quit every game n all is being afraid to become addicted, and tbh i'm trying a lot of sports (looking forward to, since spring is here)
i left because if i continued playing i'd have to wear glasses, had a few situations where i couldn't see some things in 20-30 meters distance!
i hate glasses.
so i left
btw guess its okay to play 4s, if u can control urself, but i know i can't :X
everything i do, i do addicted, just like i was addicted to basketball 4-5 years ago, and i quit my trainings n all because i was thinking of it 24/7, nothing else
i play xbox a lot, less addicting, and easy to just pause n leave
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[quote]4story Vs Real Life Balance
When I see players like Kemo leaving due to self-confessed addiction, I think this is a common problem among all of us. The game can consume vast amounts of your time > levelling, farming, trading > things that take weeks & months rather than days.
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Indeed and well said Greg. I believe its best we create a plan to measure how much time we devote to this game to make sure we do not end up spending our lives glued to the chair lol.
When I see players like Kemo leaving due to self-confessed addiction, I think this is a common problem among all of us. The game can consume vast amounts of your time > levelling, farming, trading > things that take weeks & months rather than days.
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Indeed and well said Greg. I believe its best we create a plan to measure how much time we devote to this game to make sure we do not end up spending our lives glued to the chair lol.
