That’s stupid, right? I log off cause real life comes first, of course. I have two beautiful children who insist on waking up at crack-of-dawn times every morning, so it really is stupid for me to stay online past about midnight. Although that hasn’t stopped me in the past, it really should… right?
So I’ve been putting wow on the back-burner a bit. Not because I want to, but because I have to. Real Life Comes First. I have to keep reminding myself of that these days… a sure sign I’ve been getting too absorbed in the lands of Azeroth and Outland.
Obviously with less playing, I am only raiding occasionally at the moment, and when I am online I really just chatter and do a few dailies. Not really much to report on, hence the quietness on the blog.
Why do I cry inside when I log off? Because there are so many things I still want to DO. So many things, and no where near enough time. *sigh*
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I understand you too well. Honestly I think that if RL eventually will force me to quit raiding altogether I’ll stop playing. It really wouldn’t be the same without it.
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Softi Reply:
August 13th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
I don’t mind the not raiding to be honest, it’s just a little tiresome having to afk so much to feed the little one in the evening!
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I understand what you mean Softi
I sometimes wish I had a whole day… maybe week… maybe month even to play WoW and catch up on all the things I want to do in there! It can be SO hard to work WoW into everything else that has to be done - darn real life!
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Softi Reply:
August 13th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
I definitely have a love/hate relationship with wow… I love playing it, but I hate how involving it can be!
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Leafshine Reply:
August 13th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
WoW can be scarily involving. In a sense, I’m acually glad that recent events have forced me to cut down on play time, because I’m finding other uses for my evenings that are pretty productive. If you back off a little, suddenly the things you wanted to do in-game can seem a bit less important.
Take more photos!
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Softi Reply:
August 13th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Oooh that is a good idea… my camera hasn’t been being used that much recently.
And that’s precisely why this game is so damn addictive… there’s always just one more thing you could be doing. When you finally realise that it doesn’t matter if you don’t fish one more fish, or do one more daily and that playing with your kids, doing something for YOU (not in-game) actually is more rewarding then all will be OK.
Well, so they say anyway - now the kids are quiet so I think I’ll just log in and check my auctions…..
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Softi Reply:
August 13th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
I know EXACTLY what you mean.
My problem is I log in when the little ones are having a snooze, and then once they wake up I don’t want to log off!
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I feel exactly the same way.
I finally bit the bullet yesterday and posted a two week sabbatical from raiding.. work is getting super stressful for me, and I just need the break to get some rest and take care of myself for a while.
Nobody seems to care much. Oh well.
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Softi Reply:
August 13th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
I just found I was stretching myself too thin with raiding 4 nights a week. If I can manage a couple of nights a week I’ll be happy, but for now, with job-hunting going on, I can’t really commit for much!
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I sympathize …. the Orclette wakes up WAY too early from naps sometimes and I just wasn’t ready to be off. Or she skips a nap altogether-in which case I log on for 30-60 minutes because I figure I can have some fun too.
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Softi Reply:
August 14th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
See that’s nice n doable when ya have one… add another into the mix and yer screwed!
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/huggles
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Softi Reply:
August 14th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Hoooot!
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I know this too well. Im a housewife. I live in the middle of nowhere. Its so easy to become so absorbed and involved in the game that I find myself wondering if maybe Im a bad mom because I play. I worry that if I spend too much in game my children wont have enough mommy time, and that would be terrible
But Im so bored sitting around here I absoutely hate to walk away from it!
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Softi Reply:
August 14th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Wow… I could have written that myself! There’s only so much play dough and football I can stand in a day!
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I’ve been feeling the same way lately since Niqora reached level 70. I’ve been playing every day for a couple hours at least, which is more than usual for me. There IS a lot to do. I’ve purposely been making myself do things outside of WoW, like watching a movie with my friends.
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Softi Reply:
August 14th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
OOh I meant to say, grats on getting Niq to 70! Was going to leave a comment but I think the kidlet tried to ‘help’. >_< I have found myself doing the same - even things like watchin the latest CSI rather than spending all my time online. Since I can’t get online early enough for raids at the moment I find myself a little stuck on *what* to do, so I’m not online quite as much. Better for the kids, boring for me though *sigh*.
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The fact that there is so much to do can help you slow down. What if you had completed it all? You’d be done playing until the next expansion. Once this realization slaps you upside the head, it’s much easier (or it should be) to raid once or twice a week, if at all.
You might see about taking a nap with the kids. It could make it easier to stay up until midnight.
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Softi Reply:
August 14th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Ahh so true. I would so take naps with the kids if they do, but the oldest doesn’t sleep during the day anymore. *cries*
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Take a 1 month break from WoW and suddenly you’ll start asking yourself “huh…. why was I so obsessed with staying online?”
Even better, play some pirate servers solely for the sake of seeing how empty the gameplay really is.
From level 1 to 69 WoW is like choclate cake. Somewhat addicting but not all that terrible for you.
At level 70, it turns into crystal meth. No benefits and leaves you with nothing but a horrible addiction, bad skin, and worse teeth.
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Softi Reply:
August 15th, 2008 at 12:05 am
Ya know, it’s never *really* been about the gameplay, it’s more about the people I can talk to. Come 8pm once the kids are in bed I don’t really have anyone to chat to except for the other half, and as much as I love him, it’s nice to have other people to chat to as well
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I agree with you Softi. I just wrote a blog post about that actually:
http://muckbeast.today.com/2008/08/13/players-are-content/
-Cambios
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I tell myself the same thing when I get too sucked in with a mission I’m on and the kid wants my attention. It doesn’t really take much to get me off because I used to have a cat that would sit on my desk and stare at me, waiting for me to get off the game, and I would tell her just a few more minutes. Those minutes would turn into an hour or more and I’d look to see that she had given up on me. When she finally passed away, I was filled with regret over my gaming intensity and wished back those wasted minutes so I could have had more time with her instead. That cat has influenced how quickly I log off for my current cats and now my son.
I do need to go to bed earlier though. I know better, too!
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Haha thats some real addict talk! Then again, I confess I am like it occasionally. Just gota remind yourself that RL comes first, like you say.
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I’ve been going to bed much earlier recently, making me feel even more tired I tell ya!
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I know how you feel hun
I *need* to get my Priest to 70 before WotlK, I *need* to collect enough Herbs to insta-powerlevel Alchemy and Inscription on my Death Knight…
I also want to get a Rogue, Warlock and Mage up to 80… this is after I get the Hunter, Priest and Death Knight 42 Levels between them… *hides*
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Thanks for the reminder! I am getting so much more accomplished because of time not spent playing but…I miss my friends as much as I miss playing. I’m needing some balance! OK, really I just need a little WoW. Not much, just enough to keep my feet wet. =)
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