Be warned: MMORPG and Unhealthy AddictionsFollow

Sometimes with the seriousness of life and the way MMORPGs can emerse you, it is often easy to forget what matters. I am writing this in hopes that it can help many of you make the right decisions.

Before FFXI came out I had never played an MMORPG. I spent most of my free time hanging out with friends and family, studying (in college) and playing sports. Life was pretty good. Or so I thought.

FFXI came out and I started playing more and more. The desire to be the best grabbed a hold of me and I found myself needing to be on more and more. I started making real progress.

But one day, I started thinking about my friends I haven't seen in a while. I thought about how my grades had dipped and I was feeling and looking less healthy from the lack of physical exercise. I know a lot of people have been here and face those tough decisions on how we choose to live our lives.

So please, listen to me. When you find yourself emeressed in this game, and suddenly called back to the real-world for things such as: spending time with your girlfriend/boyfriend, hanging out with buddies, exercising or working and/or studying please remember one important thing: None of these things give you any experience points. I know the temptations of the real world can be overwhelming, but stay the course. That uber piece of gear you want or that next level can be yours tonight, but you have to learn to prioritize and avoid the evil temptations of that 'log off' button.

Edited, Feb 28th 2008 1:27pm by VawnLakshmi

Ha ha. This would have been a good Friday thread. Real life doesn't give you any experience points. I'm going to say that to all my in game friends when they say they need to go afk for whatever.

Trading off valuable HNM camping time to go get a job to earn real money

I call that Real Money Trading

Lol, I lol'd.

Hahah, nice! :)

Although, I will say, work gives you money so you won't starve to death and lets you pay various utility bills. Work = money = FFXI!

Exercise will keep you trim, keep the fat cells small, your cholesterol low, your heart unclogged, and will allow you to lift that new dual core mammoth of a machine when your old machine dies, thus allowing you to keep on playing FFXI.

If you're in college, well, study enough to not flunk out because with a college degree you can get a good job (or so they say) and keep paying for all the things that need to be paid to keep on playing FFXI.

If you have friends, they can sometimes be a drag... So yes, drag them into FFXI! If they're rather hesitant because they know they'll be addicted to it, the solution is simple enough. Sneak into their rooms where they keep their computer/PS2/Xbox360 and install the game for them! Who cares if you're breaking and entering! Your friends will thank you later.

If after all that real life still beckons you, c'est la vie.

I saw the thread title, and I thought, "How many of these threads are going to pop up?" And then I read the OP.

Nice parody thread.

I agree. When I feel myself getting to absorbed in a game, I say. "Ok. You've played enough. Why not call ______________"? The sad thing is, not many people have the discipline to do that.

It was either FFXI or crack, we had more WiFi hubs in my neighborhood than crack dealers...you do the math!

So you're saying I should stop killing kittens since I'm not really getting experience points?

hehe good one :D, first I was thinking oh no not more of this ^^

Green arrowed because it made me spit coffee on my keyboard at work. Awesome piece of work here!

that was the point and, I'm sure that that was ALSO the Point of the OP

um, yeah, did that make any sense?