Fare thee well

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old.Niljindil

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As of now, i have deleted Niljindil, Alinia, Zimzi and Elven.. i will cancel my account as soon as i finish this.

First of all, i would like to say, thank you Tzeentch, i will probobly have everything i gain in my life from now on thanks to you.

Up until now, i have been wasting 2 years of my life.. supposedly going to school, but instead ive been playing counterstrike and DAoC. I had pretty good grades when i finished "högstadiet".. first nine years in swedish schools. But well, ive been destroying my life with playing games late at night and not waking up in time for school.

School started about one month ago, and if it werent for Tzee convincing me of not playing games.. i would probobly have dropped out in the nearest month or so to come. I already have missed like 25% of the classes and have been calling in sick sometimes just because i didnt wake up in time.

Im not sitting here, in tears, as an 18 year old guy from sweden, looking at my life seeing a patethic idiot who just deleted a virtual "person" and is breaking apart from it. Its sad really, online gaming is bad for your health.. literally.

To: Karam, you are right, this game is a sad excuse for killing time.. any computer game is.

To everyone in hibernia that i knew, i will miss you, but really, i dont want to become a homeless guy with no family because i played online games instead of going to school, so you will have to find someone else to yell at you during the dragon raids to come.

And lastly, if anyone here is in school and are playing this game for more than 20 hours a week(not counting weekends) then please.. do yourself a favour.. and think about where the hell you will be in 5 years, or even 20 years if you can imagine that. And if it doesnt look good, then for the love of god, cancel your account or give it to someone else, it isnt worth it.

This will most probobly be the last time i visit these forums, maybe one or 2 more times to read replies and stuff, but except that i will stay away from here for my own sake.

Hope you have fun in your lives, and hope you become something else than someone sitting at a computer all day long, because trust me, you dont want that.

Edit: Btw, if you play this game more than 30-40 hours a week, please consider that, while you are having fun, you are also wasting your time completely, you dont even own your characters, GOA owns them, the only thing you own is the right to play and the boxed set you bought in the store. If you are sitting that much at a computer, then do something productive, try to learn programming, or making websites, anything but playing games. Because really, it doesnt give anything to you in the end but the fact that you spent ALOT of time in front of the computer doing nothing but living in a virtual world owned by some company who you are actually PAYING money to. I had 41 days /played on Nilj. If you have more than that, then please, think about your life, what you are going to do next, and what you REALLY want to do instead of bringing you a few days closer to the ultimate... death.
 
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old.Tzeentch

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My brother... it broke my heart when Selene told me of this.. :(

I've been on the same path as you as I've told you already..

and it does break my heart, after 9 months, to lose such good friends as I have come to know.. to never speak to them again.. is cause for so much pain.. words cannot express..

Goodbye to those of you I have come to know over these months... it was certainly something.. memorable.
 
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Trahg

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You will be missed. :(
I really hope your plans will go well. It's a good thing that you have taken up the accademical ways of life again, I wish you luck but i hope that we'll see each others again someday. Good bye Niljindil.
 
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Treniel-

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sad to see u go..but happy to your nukes bloody hurt

GL in real life, and i nearly did the same at college cocking my exams up grades were much lower than expected :(
 
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old.Xanthian

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I can see myself heading in the same direction.. luckily Uni hasnt started agian "yet"..

But GL in the real world :cool:
 
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Novamir

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argh tzee and nilj 2 great friends :( at least come in IRC, or something, got to keep in touch :(
 
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K0nah

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A brave decision, good luck out there in that thing us oldskool quakers call RL :)
 
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spankya

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:( :( :(

Spoke to you both about this and think you have made the right choice, but will miss you both! Pop into irc sometimes and have a chat and let us know how u r getting on :)

I'll probably be joining u 2 soon but will instead sell my account as I too need to stop playing this game so much now.

Take care u 2 and best of luck to u!!
 
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Subbiz

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Have a great life mate. I never really knew you.. Life is about priorities, and Im glad u have decided on yours..

I do, however, disagree in that having fun is wasting time. But as I said, priorities..
 
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Gorguss

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I totally agree, 'nuff said.

This opened my eyes a bit and I'm cancelling my account as of right now!
 
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Aussie-

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plz don't tell me there are even more ppl that stay home from school for a computergame

bye nilj!
 
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Alrindel

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To much of anything is bad for you.

Good luck getting it all sorted out, and I hope that one day when you get your balance back you can come back and enjoy computer games for what they were always intended to be: a fun diversion, like watching a movie or reading a book.
 
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HargloweHyfryd

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GL in real life, to the both of you.

/salutes
 
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old.Laryssa

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Niljindil sad to see you go but I trust your instinct and respect the decision - we are friends since beta when you told this little luri girl clothed in tattered woolen what spec line would be best.

Will miss you so much - to whom shall I speak now when I need advice or have to talk about the perils of life ?

Whatever you do, Whererever you go I wish you luck and happiness and perhaps we see us again - will look out for the name Niljindil, which stands for friendship, fun and loyality.

/salute
 
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Torin

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If all is the way u discribed - than u made good choise!

Good Luck in Real Life! BUT come back when all will be arranged for good :)


As for me - im not tiered of DAOC yet ... though im not playing more than 20-30 hours a week, cause i have work to do, friends to drink beer with and a lot of other activities :)

Though ... WINTER IS COMING!
 
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Talifer

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I don't know you but Kudos for deleting and not selling out like so many before you

Good Luck

Talifer
 
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old.Icebreaker

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Argh,nooooooooooo :(


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Icebreaker <Celtic Fist>
 
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Treson

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Control the game, dont let it control you. But when it goes to far its really hard to catch up again with rl. But this is mostly about self control.

The game isent a waist of time for me. Ive been playing games on/off for 4-5 years now. When i find rl more interesting i go there and have fun, when im tired of it i go play a game i find fun. Of corse i know it is a limited time left for me todo this. But im not the type that finds it amusing to head out on the town every weekend and dance/drink/talk trash/find a girl. This is what many ppl at my age do, and many dont.. Either way what i see important is as long as you achieve your goals, you are on the right track.

Humans are the biggest liers to ourselves, we fool ourself more then we fool our parents.
 
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Flimgoblin

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Good luck mate,

I've been there and it's not easy ;) cold turkey is the easiest solution... painful, but probably easier than cutting back (all too easy to relapse)

Course I've finished all that edghumakashun stuff now, so my DAoC time is limited for me ;) so I can happily play my 3 or so hours a night (and however long I spend at work spamming on the boards... well when I'm not busy anyway)

That said I could go crazy and start playing till 3 in the morning, calling in sick to work etc. just that after about 5 days of that I'd be livin on the streets ;) when yer at school/uni you don't _have_ to be there, so it's that much easier to let it drift past you...
The consequences won't arrive for months or years...
 
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Slinker

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Never knew you m8 , but after reading that , all I can say is good luck and well done :)
 
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Salazar

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Grats Niljindil :clap:

If you can´t handle schoold, homework and stuff and play only when nothing else to do... yeah... quitting is good option. I will miss you though, but im happy for you :)
 
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old.DachraK

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Noooooooooooo !!!
nononononononononononono !!!

Well ok....but i don't like it :eek:

If u find some ballance plz visit us sometime !!??
 
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Thorinn

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To Niljindil..

That was one of the best treads i have ever read.
The same thing was about to happen when i played Uo, so i understand u well.

Hope u get things cleared out, and maybe come back some day :)

/salute
 
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old.LandShark

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I salute you for reaching this state, and then beating it. TFC got that bad for me once, took a 4-month break and then quit altogether. It's just never worth it.
Good luck for the future. Brave decision.
 
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old.Tdaer

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I have finally figured out the point behind DAoC !!

a little story!

Once apon a time .. i played a beta ... looked at different chars.. read some forums ..

Then I rolled an elf ranger ( cause well .. elves are uber rangers .. in AD&D ) and well .. Albion is lame and midgard too cold.

I read more forums .. I met new people .. i had fun! I started forgetting what RL is all about ...

then this patch arrives .. and now .. I'm doing less damage. some of my friends leave cause they get bored .. meet more friends.

then another patch arrives .. some friends get pissed off .. friends leave . other re-roll to other realms.

by this time some people are getting to level 50 .. they dissapear after a week of being lvl 50 .. make an alt .. start he cycle again .. or just don't come back

patch arrives .. now I'm severely gimped as to what I originally wanted to do.. solo and have fun .. ALOT more people leave since hitting 50.. Albs are still lame.

basically what this game comes down to .. is, you play a char .. just to have it changed in the end cause of the games progression .. BUT in this .. all your friend u made leave once hitting 50 .. cause they're NOT as uber and it's NOT as much fun RvRing as they thought it would be . or they just get bored with the game ..



so imho .. don't make DaoC you life .. cause u WILL wake up one day .. and be VERY upset and dissapointed .. and delete your char ... cause u feel you've been robbed of RL stuff ..

Play the game .. that what it's there for .. entertainement .. BUT don't make it your life ..

I've come to realize this ..

Nilj .. GL with school m8 .. Hope all works out ..

and all the other that n00ked their chars cause of RL issues .. gl hf - hope to see u back some day.

but don't be stupid ... do your rl stuff .. do it all .. u can still find time to play DAoC ;D

Theres 3 kinds of people who play DAoC ..

1) People who think it's IRC with pretty pictures
2) Serious People who really wanna achieve something in the game.
3) People who play the game just to hit 50 and bitch cause they get zerged each time they goto emain and quit the game posting some lame message on BW forum cause they've been nerfed so many times and can't get rpts so they will re-roll on PVP and ownz us all !! ;D

well i think :)


elf out
 
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old.Elrohir_CBH

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GL in RL , bye :)



Still want to make some commends about your post :

You saying you playing this game to much , so you quit.I have heart this alot on the forum , mostly the post goes like the one your wrote , i have no RL , go bad on school , waste of time ect.

What i dont get is , why does it have to be "play all day long" or "dont play at all" , i take (and so do others) midle road , like treson said control the game , play when you have time and have some fun.

As for a waste of time , if you have fun than its not a waste of time , i mean if you go to the pub for fun , is that a waste of time too then ?

Think about it :)

Greetz , EL
 
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Anu

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GL in ur endevours :)

The way i see it the moment u let a game like DAoC take up all ur free time then it is time to quit.

Me personally control what i play and when i play it. and i still have fun.
 
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Kobold

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Very sad to see you go Nil :(
DAoC should not go before important things in RL like work, shool and RL friends.

I work 8 hours a day, but it still works fine to play some DAoC after, just have to set a limit on when you have to turn the comp off and go to bed. 3-4 hours of sleep is not enough for a whole workday you know.

Anyway I wish you the best luck in RL and school m8, have fun :clap:
 

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