Posted by Proud Blade on April 12, 2000 at 09:52:46:
In Reply to: Thank you?? posted by Deliverer of Harsh Reality on April 12, 2000 at 03:24:21:
If you cannot handle responsibly choosing an appropriate amount of time to play a game, then I commend you on your luck. I say this because it is clear that you have never had actual hardship in your life, and instead choose to claim that some evil computer program is making you log in and ruin your life, and this is the biggest hurdle you must overcome in your life. I play CF because I enjoy it. I am healthy, my social life is just fine, and I am doing quite well in my chosen trade. I enjoy the game and the forum. What is the problem?
> Would you thank someone for framing you, getting you sent to jail for a few years, those years wasted? That is what a MUD does to those who abuse their real lives and those around them to satisfy their addictive lust for this text-based game.
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> > To Scarabaeus, for returning.
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> I thought he was cured. I was, unfortunately, wrong.
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> > To the other Imms, for putting up with the crap.
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> There is no need to thank them for putting up with the crap. A MUD is a two way street: without them it wouldn't exist, without the players it wouldn't exist. A MUD is not only what the Immortals make it, it is what the player base makes it.
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> > To all the Imms, for making this easily the most addictive, playable, fun, amazing, near-godlike experience known to man.
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> Is it though? Is it really worth the drop in your GPA? Spending years more than required to pass a course, settling for a job you used have nightmares about before you were introduced to this text-based game? Is it really worth flushing yourself down the social pipeline, abandoning friends to have them do the same? Is it really worth putting an hour/a day of MUD'ing over a day spent actually achieving something?
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> > The players, good and bad, who make Cf what it is.
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> > I've tried the VR, the online crap, everything...and for some ungodly reason, nothing satisfies like a pipe full of crack. Er, I mean, a night full of CF.
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> Try a night spent with someone you love, your girlfriend/boyfriend. There is no comparison.
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> > Thanks to all of you who are CF. Be you idiots or geniuses, you make CF what it is...utterly addictive and completely immersible.
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> I can only wish you luck and hope it doesn't take you 4 years to realise what hit me a few months back.
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> > Keep it up, brothers, I'm with ya.
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> I wish for your sake you weren't. Try finding some of "Masta Girl's" posts from a year or so ago. She expresses herself and the situation you are in, in much more detail.