I think I have an addiction

[stainless]

other than being addicted to all the other good things in life, ex: gambling, drinking, weed and the best of all,,, women,,, I find myself in a position that I was in 12 oddyears ago as a 15-16yo. I can't go anywhere or do anything without checking my kingdoms.

it's the last thin I do at night, and the first thing I do when I wake up. not an hour goes by through the day that I don't check in. I didn't think twice about it when I was young, but I'm starting to think it may be unhealthy now. lol.

I didn't realize how much I missed playin this over the las few years.
i was wondering if it's just me that's not normal, or if there are a few of you doing the same. it would be nice to think I'm not the only one. lol.

[Grunt]

there once was a frog named dog
whose dick got caught in a log
he jumped for a fly and lost his way
only to find it was not his day

[bigSparky]

When I still played I was exactly the same way. At work I was always thinking about how my realms were doing. Always trying to talk my co-workers into giving the game a shot. Then I would get home and have to wait for my encampment to end so I could burn up my turns or read my news. Then impatiently wait for the next set of turns. That's how I found the boards, looking for something to do while I waited for more turns. At one point I was running 10 Outcast or Castaway doms, eight Chaos, and Solo. Then all the hours spent after I finally started playing Maxim. Then real life got in the way and it turned into work after 5 or six years. Still fun for the most part, but other things were happening that I couldn't let the game interfere with. Unfortunately, I still don't have the time to devote that I feel it takes, which kind of makes it un-fun for me. But welcome back just the same.

[Kaz]

We need more people to become addicted again

[Gili]

yup, had a bit of an addition myself

Trying to get back into the habit with Domination

[Jokingjoe]

Honestly, Gili, Bloodbath, imo, is the best game for someone who wants to stay interested. Full turns (300) after 24 hours makes for a very exciting game, you can play every day and if you're the type who is actively checking your kingdom, you'll invariably have turns to do something about an attacker in progress if you catch them.

You should try Bloodbath.

Dom is great, much like guilds on a smaller level, but unless you have friends, you still only play every other day.

[Immigrant]

At work I was always thinking about how my realms were doing

Hate to admit is but that sounds familiar, despite some calling this a 'non-game'.

Remember distinctly so many of us investing countless hours with our fellow players pulling together our guilds, keeping them organized as a semi-cohesive group (despite often time significant cultural and timezone differences), and best of all dabbling in some diplomacy & negotiations.

THAT was what made the game a real game (and arguably a great game despite the complete lack of sophisticated coding magic and graphics), and quite frankly that is something will you will still be hard pressed to find in another game with pretty pictures and a lot more moving parts.

This was social before social media was spawned. Pretty clever and was as fun as it was aggravating at times (well at least until 'flame wars' devolved into bitter nonsense and took over the boards)

[stainless]

it certainly was social media before social media came along. i never really thought of it like that.

[stainless]

oh, and just for the record,,, im not addicted anymore. i sought treatment and have gotten off all heavy stuff