My dear friends.

[Dio the Awesome]

This requires a little background about my life.

I was always a straight and narrow kid. I was taught to live a clear life, and never get too caught up with anything harmful to my own body. I have always lived my life with the firm belief that if I ever became addicted to something, anything, I would purge that addiction.

To this day I have drank, smoked, and tried marijuana, and to this day, I remain free of any addiction.

But I must now admit to myself that I am addicted, and it is destroying my life. I didn't think it was possible, and so it was so hard to believe. I am addicted to video games. It has actually gotten to the point where it is destroying my life.

So what does this mean, and why am I posting this here? Well, as you may have guessed, this addiction of mine is unacceptable in my own eyes. As of tonight, at midnight, I am undergoing an entire purge of my soul of video games, for an undetermined time, until I deem myself fit to return to the cyber world.

So what does this mean for FoG?

I know for a fact, that in my world of self-justification, that instead of playing games online, I'd spend my time watching crappy videos on youtube. I know my limits, and unless I completely unplug, I will cheat. However, I need to check my e-mail daily, for things that may actually be important. So I am allowing my self 30 minutes a day to do these things.

So this is good bye, in the sense that I will be 10 percent active as I have been up until this point. I will not have time to view threads that I do not have an active RP in. I need some balance in my life, and this is the only way to get it. I'm sure you'll all be able to hold down the fort while I'm gone.

Wish me luck.

--Dio

[Reffy]

Good Luck!!!! It gets easy once you realize how much more you could be doing.

3 weeks clean from WoW tomorrow here Its hard but its good. Baking again, cooking, writing, drawing, time with hubby and friends. Trust me - its worth it.

[Loki]

I've never tried WoW for just those reasons. I hope your rehab goes well and you get that eMonkey off your back.

[Kalon Ordona II]

Same here. MMORPGs will eat you alive if you let them.
I just stick to console games. They're consoling.

Keep a good balance. Make a list of priorities.
I don't really see why you have to give up being online because of video games. You're role-playing on here, right? That's writing. Writing is a useful and healthy skill.
Again, just keep a balance. Spend lots and lots of time with family and friends (good friends, in real life).

Anyway, I'm sure you know yourself best. Good luck!
We'll be with you in spirit, I'm sure.

[Dio the Awesome]

I'm more or less back now. I purged the need for games out of my system. Now I just need to learn to limit myself.

I wasn't really refering to FoG, but mostly to youtube, which is just a big of a time sucker as video games or TV. Fear not my friends, Dio is back to word vomit in your RP Threads.

EDIT: (Unless this is just my addiction claiming I am cured, so it can trick me into playing more games. >.>)

[Gadreille]

I must say even though I don't know you, I'm proud of you for recognizing it and attempting to do something about it! If you ever feel like slipping back into the old habit, FOG will be here to entertain you when the night seems dull, and to scold you if we catch you sharing too many youtube videos with us

Welcome back!

[Adrius Frostglare]

Ah, Dio, the sweet taste of WoW can and is very intoxicating. You are not alone. Around the same time Reffy quit WoW, I did as well. Our reasons are similar but not exactly alike.

Anyway, Dio, congratulations on your attempts to come clean.

[Dio the Awesome]

It's not WoW I was addicted to, that game is lame. >.>

[Adrius Frostglare]

>_> Oh, really?

Actually, you're right, it HAS gotten kinda lame. Story completely contradicts and retcons itself, people constantly whine about the classes being unbalanced (sometimes, in my opinion, correctly), the instances get dull and repetitive... and eventually, you learn not to really trust anyone as a friend save a few people and that puts a rut on some of the major content. Also, you always need to have near-totalitarian discipline to even BE in a raiding guild.

Ah, well. Regardless, it's a video game and it's still in the classification I mentioned, so... *shrug*

[Kalon Ordona II]

Yay for Dio!

This is probably torture but... what games did you used to play.

[Dio the Awesome]

I've played a lot, but most recently Iwas playing Heroes of Newerth, and Mount & Blade.

[Kalon Ordona II]

Wow those look cool. And addicting.
*applause*

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