Tribalwars Anonymous

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Hi,

My name is Eric and I am an addict.

I have been addicted to TW for 2 years now.

During my 23 months in the game I have spent £92 pounds on this wonderful addiction.

I have spent far too many hours to count playing with what is essentially numbers.

I have missed classes, forgone sleep and even sacrificed my highly valued nights at the pubs, on occasion.

I hit bottom today. I have now been on TW for 5 days straight and in that time I have slept a total of 17 hours. I have missed 2 days of Uni (not particularly important ones) and I have left only to buy food, do laundry and wash.

But the important thing is that I still do thoroughly enjoy this game and when the time comes that I have to leave this world and move onto W53 I am always gonna look back at this one and think "damn that was fun".

Okay - so who wants to share next :p

-Eric
 
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DeletedUser

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Eric, I'd have to agree with you on most points. I have also foregone sleep, stayed at home instead of going out and having fun, just to sit in front of lappy and deal with TW. I have spent far too much money on this game, yet hold no regrets on doing so. This game has a subliminal message hidden in there somewhere to trick our brains into liking it far too much.


When W29 is finally over, I am going to miss it, and the good and bad times it held. I will hope to continue to speak to the people I have met on skype, they best still log in. :]



I myself have played TW since W4 opened, and have never fully quit. I honestly cannot see myself fully quitting ever :|.


Anyways, short and sweet :D
 

DeletedUser

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Played since W4, where I was a newb and able to manage my time online, because I simply didnt care about TW enough to stay here all day

However, upon founding TCO, later SPANK, on W29, I became a full on addict, unable to completely quit the game no matter how many times I try.

I too have foregone sleep, in fact, I went three full days of playing on a speed round I found somewhere. Yes, I hit rank 1, but 2 nights of no sleeping really wasnt worth it. I nearly went unconscious during the third day when I was taking a shower - thats when I finally decided sleep was more important at that time than more TW

I often times sit on here until 2, 3, sometimes 4 in the morning, simply because every 5 minutes more LC returns home for me to send out to another farm. Its an endless task, a constant one that could keep me busy for the rest of my life.

The other night on W52, I had a noble train incoming at my main. It was due to land at 1 in the morning for me. A girl I like very much asked me to come over for the night. I was getting ready to go when I realized that since I lead a bunch of newbs, having someone else snipe it would have been useless. I almost called her back up and told her I couldnt come. My room mate threatened to smash my computer if I didnt go over to her room. It was at that moment that I realized Ive really hit rock bottom.

I spend about 90% of my time on TW.

Aside from time management, which I could probably fix with a dependable coplayer, I have realized another much more important problem.

When I am into a world, I am a good fighter, Im a good teacher, a good player overall. Not the best, but a pretty solid one. Especially when it comes to defending, very few people can touch me. Granted I tend to fizzle out, noble some barbs, and then quit altogether when things dont go my way for a while lol.

Anyhow, Im relatively popular, generally liked, etc in game. I used to be like that in real life - very popular, pretty good at most everything, all that good stuff. However, looking back, I can see what happened. The more I played TW, the more those traits came through on the game, and the less they came out in Real life.

I can sit here for 12, 15 hours straight playing TW. I spend hours helping new players. I sit on skype and talk for hours to people.
In Real life, I am now completely unmotivated. I skip classes, I havent done a homework assignment since in 2 months, I dont talk to people often, unless they start up a conversation with me. My life has essentially become TW. I no longer have a life outside of TW.

*WFA, I hope that explains my lack of presence on w53. I am currently attempting to quit W52, and hope to be done with the game after that.
 

DeletedUser

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It does, and tis fine Ankaar. Real life, if you can grab it and let go of TW, Kudos to you :]
 

DeletedUser

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My turn!

I'm Luke and I'm a bad addict to Tribal Wars (thanks for the toolbar guyz ^.^)

I've played for a couple of years, but only been properly addicted in the last 20 months.

I have spent countless amounts of money on premium too, I wondered why I was so anxious for my birthday to refill my empty bank :p

I play this way too much, sometimes going whole days at a time.

I've missed school, spent all night playing, stayed in playing instead of partying and generally sat here waiting for incomings. *cries*

It's got really bad since I play quite a few worlds: w15, w29, w43 and w53. So this game requires my constant attention and checking.

I originally started w29 under the account of originalgangsta. It was an alright account, but I started to make a mess of things, and sometimes I became a little too nuke happy. I got selfish in tribal matters and caused a stir which meant that the majority on the world did not like me. I did quite a lot of bad things. I left on 1 Jan 2010.
Just a few weeks ago, around the 1st November I got a new account on w29. So far I've been getting on well with people again, and I'm not going to make the same mistake as last time, since I have learned a lot in the past year. Now I just love nobling villages...
I hope my life story made you cry :'(

Luke
 

DeletedUser

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only way to stop the addiction cold turkey style. anything else and the addiction will continue. I am a success story :p
 
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