The math is terrifying meFollow

Did he ever use his main for a mule? I noticed on my mule that it has almost triple the play time of my main. Just a thought.

Plus you have to take in to account vactions and weekends, were maybe thats all they do. I play alot more on than 5 hours on my days off and when I have to work I usually dont play. So it all depends of their schedule too.





edited for bad spelling

Edited, Mon Jan 16 17:19:30 2006 by grovers

Time played is getting more and more useless.

For the last 6 months I have had 2, sometimes 3, of my accounts logged in 24 hours a day (less 5-10 minutes to reboot), 7 days a week. If you could somehow seperate this time.

Yes, I still play too much.

Well, thats 35 hours a week so maybe for a few days a week he only gets an hour or two and then on some days he goes all night.

Edited, Tue Jan 17 07:28:32 2006 by SuiG

An Addiction, is normally classified as continued behavior in the face of negative consequences.
Tell me if your friend has negative consequences from his playing, and what they are, and then Ill speak further.
At this time I would say he is not addicted. Are You?

I took a look back and said to myself 1:40 a day, yeah, I can live with that. I love the game, and I will be around until the day SoE shuts down the servers.

Am I a junkie? Yes. Am I an addict? I doubt it.

Same as some of the posters, I don't watch TV, I play EQ, and I probably play it LESS than most people watch TV.

But even I say to myself every once in a while, hey, I'm on here too much (weekends, mainly.)

I don't know how to completely describe this. Based on some of the hours posted here, it almost seems like I'm on the extreme LOW end of playing, the individual is in the mid end.

/shrugs

Just wanted thoughts of the concensus.

Well, this answer comes a bit after this was originally posted. I dont read forums that often but i was looking for some answers to some questions and i found this. The person Thoryndar is speaking about is me!! I am his cousin. He is correct about the toons i have and that i DO NOT 2 box. Am i addicted..NO. So T there is your answer. I have a wife and a house and a job. I pay my bills on time, i make repairs to my own house and of the 5 cars i have. 2 of which are show cars. During summer months i take them out to car cruises and car shows. I do have dinner with my wife and also do watch some TV with her as well as time to time w/ some "fun" stuff if you know what i mean:)

EQ is a release for me. I get to relax and meet some nice people andget into groups or just solo.

Many times nothing is on TV..i get home 3 days a wee after 8pm after working and doing side work. So days like that i really need to kick back. People have different likes and desires. I like EQ cause i strive to be a good player and find people of like thoughts. Maybe if T would play a bit more he would feel the same, But he is young..early 20's he doesnt know what life is about really yet. I am in my 40's and have been there done that. I have the things i want so now i can sit back and enjoy them.

Give T about 25 more years and we will see if he changes his thoughts:)

BTW, my toons have advanced 61 BL, 61 mage(and bazaar trader), 52 cleric, 58 ranger, 51 warr, 51 rogue..and my main 70 bard semi retired.

EQ's centered around addiction. This is to say, it's centered around the high end, and the only real way to be high end is to be addicted, dumping time into it constantly.

If someone plays so much, yes, EQ is a core component of their life. Just, is this such a bad thing? If so, fix it. If not, then what's the problem?

Not to sound disconcerted, but life really has no meaning. It's what you make of it. If you chose EQ, then who is to judge you? Most seem to think the point of life is friends and social life. It's whatever does it for you, I suppose.

you know, the man does have a point.

according to a relatively recent berkeley study, the average american adult spends three hours a day watching TV. With all the adults who don't watch any, five hours a day of EQ doesn't seem too absurd. I'd imagine if you filtered out the people who watch none, his number would be pretty close to american tv useage.

All things being equal, Id choose an EQ addiction over just about any other. Why?

1. Its darn cheap. 15 bucks a month, per account. I just went gambling last week and it cost me around 100 dollars. In one day. Everytime I go out, I spend around 15-50 dollars in one night. My EQ addiction causes me to not go out much so Im savin a heap of dollars.

2. Most people dont steal to support their EQ habit. Drug addicts steal to support their habit because drugs are EXPENSIVE. EQ is a cheap high.

3. EQ doesnt cause physical damgage to your internal organs. Alcohol destroys your liver. Smoking destroys your lungs. Crack destroys... uh all I know is its bad. The worst things that EQ can do to your body is carpal tunnel syndrome and a really fat ***.

Rather be addicted to EQ than smokes, crack or heroin, but thats just me.

Hehe

This reminds me of a tv show I saw once. The parents allowed their kids to watch as much television as they wanted. The television was hooked up to a generator that was powered by a exercise bike. Keep the bike going a certain rpm and the tv stays on. If you wanted to watch a movie, the rpm's had to go up to power the vcr.

using the mouse while pedalling could prove a challenge.

I put my home gym in the same room as my pc's. When I'm waiting on a spawn or waiting lfg, I'll work out a bit. I also use a stability ball to sit on and do crunches on. Kinda had to, Eq was making me fat and lazy. I feel much better now and can almost see my muscles under my belly again :)