Cold Turkey
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- Ampoliros
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- Redstar
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Re: Cold Turkey
Best time for it. A secret tribe of goblins and a band of once-human Negrows? And a dragon comes up out of nowhere? Where's my Emerald Dream!?
- Ampoliros
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Re: Cold Turkey
don't mention goblins, I might go back just to play one
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- Seraphan
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Re: Cold Turkey
Now all you have to do is wait for Starcraft II and Diablo III
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- inhuien
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What MORPG is that? Congratulations on kicking it they're evil, I know a sad ass that's still playing DAoC.
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I have absolutely no idea what this about.
- Seraphan
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Leaving World of Warcraft. And right you did Amp.
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- inhuien
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It's all about the grind baby.SandChigger wrote:
I have absolutely no idea what this about.
- Apjak
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Re: Cold Turkey
Left Final Fantasy Online a couple years ago, improved my life dramatically.
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- SandChigger
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Thanks, Seraphan.
But what's a "grind baby"?
But what's a "grind baby"?
- smugetsu
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Gonna get a little more personal than normal for the interwebz here.
I played Final Fantasy XI online for about two years. I lost sleep, missed work, and put everything else in my life aside for a video game. I ignored my friends and family, and I feel like my addiction to it was a major factor in my divorce. It was really hard to quit...I wasn't happy with the way my real life was going, so I lost myself in another world, where, as cheesy as it sounds, I could be who I wanted to be and do all the things I wanted to do.
Quitting...separating myself from that other world...was difficult. But once I did I felt so much better, and I realized how much stuff I was missing in the real world. I don't know if you played as much as I did, but congratulations to you for quitting. Stick with it, and hopefully your life will improve (if it needs improving).
I still play video games from time to time, but I make sure that it is something that can be dropped at any moment if something better (you know, real) comes along. The era of online MMORPG's has ended for me. I'll still play Call of Duty online, but the days of going on quests with friends for 13 hours at a time has ended.
I played Final Fantasy XI online for about two years. I lost sleep, missed work, and put everything else in my life aside for a video game. I ignored my friends and family, and I feel like my addiction to it was a major factor in my divorce. It was really hard to quit...I wasn't happy with the way my real life was going, so I lost myself in another world, where, as cheesy as it sounds, I could be who I wanted to be and do all the things I wanted to do.
Quitting...separating myself from that other world...was difficult. But once I did I felt so much better, and I realized how much stuff I was missing in the real world. I don't know if you played as much as I did, but congratulations to you for quitting. Stick with it, and hopefully your life will improve (if it needs improving).
I still play video games from time to time, but I make sure that it is something that can be dropped at any moment if something better (you know, real) comes along. The era of online MMORPG's has ended for me. I'll still play Call of Duty online, but the days of going on quests with friends for 13 hours at a time has ended.
- inhuien
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There should have been a coma separating those two words.SandChigger wrote:Thanks, Seraphan.
But what's a "grind baby"?
Wikithing wrote:Grinding is a term used in video gaming to describe the process of engaging in repetitive and/or non-entertaining gameplay in order to gain access to other features within the game.
- Drunken Idaho
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Re: Cold Turkey
I quit minesweeper a few years back...
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Was that Schu who used to post the Minesweeper vids on DN?
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Minesweeper vids? Like this?Omphalos wrote:Was that Schu who used to post the Minesweeper vids on DN?
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- A Thing of Eternity
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That's amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- othaderak
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But only almost as awesome as this:A Thing of Eternity wrote: That's amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Poor Zelda nerds must have been sooo sad.
- E. LeGuille
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- Redstar
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A Legend of Zelda film is the holy grail of all hoped-for video game movies, and has just the benefit of actually having a plot and premise that could translate well to film. A hoax like this comes up every few years. This one was at least pretty good for a hoax.
A few groups have taken it upon themselves to make fan films, which faithful to the source are quite obviously amateur. Though all the work, like the Dune fan film, must be applauded.
A few groups have taken it upon themselves to make fan films, which faithful to the source are quite obviously amateur. Though all the work, like the Dune fan film, must be applauded.
- SadisticCynic
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They had the triforce on his right hand; Link is left-handed!othaderak wrote:But only almost as awesome as this:A Thing of Eternity wrote: That's amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would love a good Zelda movie...
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- smugetsu
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He's got to keep his sword hand free, doesn't he?SadisticCynic wrote:They had the triforce on his right hand; Link is left-handed!
- inhuien
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Everyone should watch that Minesweeper vid, it's very funny and strangely well acted.
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It's never the first one...blammo!inhuien wrote:Everyone should watch that Minesweeper vid, it's very funny and strangely well acted.
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