Over 5000 hours, am I addicted?? HELP!
DarkGanni
getting close to the 4,000hrs mark here, first thing i do in the morning is turn on pc and not have breakfast, i'm addicted i guess :P
Gun Pierson
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Originally Posted by kade
what are the gray icons in the bottom right of your screen?
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lightblade
thats about 11-12 hours a day.
"Gentlemen, we may really be dealing with someone that have absolutely...no live."
"Gentlemen, we may really be dealing with someone that have absolutely...no live."
Ghozer
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Originally Posted by Gun Pierson
I'm wondering about those grey icons too.
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Drag them off the menu, its instead of pressing G or N for Guild or Friends lists etc... Click Menu, theyer on there, you can drag them off, to where-ever you wish
Ghozer
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Originally Posted by Yanman.be
Ghozer I remember you going AFK alot. How about (your current time * (2/3))? That would be more accurate.
Being addicted means not being able to stop for 2 days, without going mental. Try it? |
Ask most people I play with, they have done it too, 2/3 days solid (with the odd 20 minute break for toilet and food)
Avarre
Addiction isn't statistical, it's theoretically possible to play all day with nothing else and not be an addict (you have to do something during the day, after all). It's more dependent on how easily you could choose to do something else.
Granted, that is alot of hours
Granted, that is alot of hours
Samuel Dravis
i've only got about 1100 hours since release (17 months). That works out to around 2 hours a day. I play more on weekends because I actually have a bit of time then, because on weekdays I'm full up on college and work...
6k hours is a bit much though. I have trouble getting in as much as i do already.
6k hours is a bit much though. I have trouble getting in as much as i do already.
actionjack
Question.. what do you do?
Memnon
Compare that to...
6,000 hours of drinking yourself silly or 6,000 hours doped up on whatever. It is a lot of hours playing a game, but it could be worse.
6,000 hours of drinking yourself silly or 6,000 hours doped up on whatever. It is a lot of hours playing a game, but it could be worse.
Astro Pubes
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Compare that to...
6,000 hours of drinking yourself silly or 6,000 hours doped up on whatever. It is a lot of hours playing a game, but it could be worse. |
QFT. People dont ever think about the negative things either, sure theres alot of other hobbies out there good and bad but if it's something you like then do it, who cares what someone else thinks or says? I personally have ~2500 hours in game over 16 months. I have other hobbies as well, people in my guild all know about them (restoring and racing old volkswagens) but the problem is, sometimes a video game, like guild wars is needed simply because it's cheaper to have at times. I'm currently in college full time student so I don't have money flowing like when i was working full time as a mechanic or out at the petrol plants, so my main hobby is inhibited due to lack of monetary flow. And as Memnon stated, there are far worse ways to blow 6000 hours and people want to bag on others who have alot of hours in a game??? I say congrats, you found something you like stick with it and have fun, things could be worse but at least they aren't a junkie.
shaolin mind trick
Here's the true test:
Take a week off. If you find that you experience mood swings, depression, or the inability to think of anything besides GW, you might have a dependency on the game. I'm not an expert or anything, but taking a week off to see what it feels like wouldn't hurt.
Take a week off. If you find that you experience mood swings, depression, or the inability to think of anything besides GW, you might have a dependency on the game. I'm not an expert or anything, but taking a week off to see what it feels like wouldn't hurt.
ShadowStorm
DO YOU think you're addicted?
One way to gauge this is to ask yourself, "Would I rather be playing Guild Wars?" the next time you find yourself doing something fun with friends or family. Because if nothing else in life measures up to the feelings you get while playing Guild Wars, you're probably addicted.
On the other hand, if you're like me, you just play Guild Wars because you have nothing better to do. This involves a lot of time AFK, a lot of time spent in outposts fiddling around with your skills trying to find new builds that sometimes you may not even use, and ends when you finally decide to go do a mission or play a few pvp games and then you get so bored that you log off immediately afterwards. I spend maybe 3-4 hours a day logged into Guild Wars in this fashion, and only about 30-45 minutes of it are spent playing the mission at the end.
One way to gauge this is to ask yourself, "Would I rather be playing Guild Wars?" the next time you find yourself doing something fun with friends or family. Because if nothing else in life measures up to the feelings you get while playing Guild Wars, you're probably addicted.
On the other hand, if you're like me, you just play Guild Wars because you have nothing better to do. This involves a lot of time AFK, a lot of time spent in outposts fiddling around with your skills trying to find new builds that sometimes you may not even use, and ends when you finally decide to go do a mission or play a few pvp games and then you get so bored that you log off immediately afterwards. I spend maybe 3-4 hours a day logged into Guild Wars in this fashion, and only about 30-45 minutes of it are spent playing the mission at the end.
dreamhunk
reminds me of south park wit wow in it, have no liife lol
Juicey Shake
nearing the 3,000 hour mark.. I keep lapsing out of guild wars for 5+ days at a time. probably gunna skip out on nightfall, the game lost its fun factor for me a long while ago. oh well.
xXRiSkXx
Guess I'm addicted...
1,075 hours over 4 months
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1,075 hours over 4 months
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Tark Alkerk
uou play Guild wars alot but i don't thinl your addicted
unless you even dream about guild wars in you sleap as i do
and i am all most certainly addicted i have played for 12 months and clockled in about 3100 hours, i reckon i could play for another 2000 hours in 5 months if i really wanted to.
but then again i spend ALOT of time AFK answering forum posts like these.
unless you even dream about guild wars in you sleap as i do
and i am all most certainly addicted i have played for 12 months and clockled in about 3100 hours, i reckon i could play for another 2000 hours in 5 months if i really wanted to.
but then again i spend ALOT of time AFK answering forum posts like these.
dronex
3000hrs with 5 months break for WoW...
Sorcha ravenlock
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Well i could make things worse, I have 2 accounts, and my other has something like 600 hours on it also...
i'll admit that on the ODD night i left it AFK for a few hours (never over night whilst I slept) and no, i dont work or go to school, im 24, and im a carer for my disabled mother I play other games, and run various other online things, working it out, its not that much... ((24 * 30) * 17) = 12,240 (for thoes not mathematically minded, thats 24 hours (1 day), Multiplied by 30 (30 days average in a month) multiplied by 17 for 17 months played) so almost 6000 hours, out of over 12000 doesnt seem too much to me, it equates to about 6440 hours not played, which is.. ((6440 / 17) / 30)) = 12.62 hours (6440 hours, devided by 17 months, by 30 days,) which is 12.62 hours NOT played.. which is 11.3 hours per day... out of thoes 11 hours per day, i'd say 2 were spent AFK (at MOST) so thats 9 hours true.. which would still ammount to 4,590 hours over 17 months, actual PLAY time.. (none AFK) any ways, I have give up GW for a few weeks, I got sick of the noob HA groups.. I used to have a group all the time, but got bored of the same FOTM builds, should start playing again (not played for almost 3 weeks) now its on 6 v 6 again xD |
Being a carer for a disabled person is quite often boring and requires you to be in the house at all times. It means being there for that person when they need you, even if those times are few and far inbetween, or short.
I don't think those comments of 'get a life' are fair, carers quite often simply don't have that luxury.
You have found a way to keep yourself entertained to alleviate the boredom, a way to socialise without leaving the house and a way to keep your mind active, since GW is a game that requires a lot of thinking.
However, if you feel you are spending too much time in the game, then find something else to do. Maybe an online course or evening university.
Is there anybody who can take over from you every once and a while, so you can go out and socialise in real life, if you don't do that already?
But again, if you can walk away from the game for 3 weeks, and in the situation you are in, I do not think you are addicted, you are just trying to keep yourself occupied in a difficult situation
Aegeroth
Although the time you psend on Guild Wars counts, there are other things that can tell you your an addict. Do you rave about Guild Wars? Is it always on your mind? Do you plan your charcters moves everyday?
Ask yourself stuff like that, and then you'll know
BTW im an addict, i asked myself those questions, i answered no to most but thats cause im an gaming addict, not Guild Wars, ive only clocked a feeble 531 hours in 16 months.
Ask yourself stuff like that, and then you'll know
BTW im an addict, i asked myself those questions, i answered no to most but thats cause im an gaming addict, not Guild Wars, ive only clocked a feeble 531 hours in 16 months.
led-zep
5000 hours amounts to 208 days of solid 24 hour gw gaming. i'd say if you're not addicted then you are certainly missing something from your life to spend all that time on a game.
to play 208 days solid out of 19 or so months cant be healthy
to play 208 days solid out of 19 or so months cant be healthy
fenix
I've got 2350 hours in 16 months 
6000 is pretty crazy though, without afking...
6000 is pretty crazy though, without afking...
Ghozer
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Although the time you psend on Guild Wars counts, there are other things that can tell you your an addict.
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Elwe Fingolfin
i have managed to clock up an average of 5.4 hours a day - I did only get GW about 6 weeks ago though lol
Ghozer
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i have managed to clock up an average of 5.4 hours a day - I did only get GW about 6 weeks ago though lol
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xuemin
the stop playing GW and see if you still think about it doesn't quite decide whether you're an addict or not, I remember i used to play Bomberman Online and would often think of tactics while away from the game. even now, i think about what my monk should do to reset that farming code >.>;;;
i think it'd be more accurate to say if you are unable to find something else to do apart from play GW then you are addicted.
but the /age thing isn't very accurate for calculating averages, since my average comes to almost 3 hours per day, but doesn't take note of the fact that at one point i could only play once every 2 weeks for about 4 months (and i know i spend more than 3 hours a day on GW >.>)
i think it'd be more accurate to say if you are unable to find something else to do apart from play GW then you are addicted.
but the /age thing isn't very accurate for calculating averages, since my average comes to almost 3 hours per day, but doesn't take note of the fact that at one point i could only play once every 2 weeks for about 4 months (and i know i spend more than 3 hours a day on GW >.>)
Cador
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We can't tell you you're addicted or not. You're addicted when there is no possible way of doing the thing you're addicted to, and because of that you feel bad. I've played nearly 2,400 hours myself, which is quite alot already, and alot of people say I'm addicted too, but I really don't think I am. I like playing Guild Wars, and there aren't many alternatives for me. If I got some other hobby that was more fun then Guild Wars, I'd quit immidiatly, and start doing that, but I just haven't found anything yet, so I just continue playing Guild Wars.
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TheLordOfBlah
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Originally Posted by Ghozer
so thats 9 hours true.. which would still ammount to 4,590 hours over 17 months, actual PLAY time.. (none AFK)
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??Ripskin
lol, yeah you're addicted...
But that's okay, as long as you go out and do other things like I do, then you're not an emo.
I personally don't have a tv because I think it's retarded, so in my spare time I play games on my computer. I'm not a nerd, but that's all I have aside from reading all of stephen kings books for the fiftieth time. (My favorite to this day is still cujo, the first one I read ^^)
Just try to go out with family, or your girlfriend, or try to get a girlfriend, and just don't act like a nerd.
I'm addicted too, 15 months and 1500 hours. Course that's nothing to what you have o.O
But that's okay, as long as you go out and do other things like I do, then you're not an emo.
I personally don't have a tv because I think it's retarded, so in my spare time I play games on my computer. I'm not a nerd, but that's all I have aside from reading all of stephen kings books for the fiftieth time. (My favorite to this day is still cujo, the first one I read ^^)
Just try to go out with family, or your girlfriend, or try to get a girlfriend, and just don't act like a nerd.
I'm addicted too, 15 months and 1500 hours. Course that's nothing to what you have o.O
Sora
That would be more than a double of me.
I only got 2243 hours in 14 months. More than 10 hours a day is just too much....
I only got 2243 hours in 14 months. More than 10 hours a day is just too much....
Nathan the Skank
Well look at this way, take your age, multiply it by 365.25, then divide the nuumber of days you've played this game( i think it was like 207 or something) by that number you previously got, multiply by 100, and you have the percent of your life you have spent playing guild wars. I remember I did it and I got around.4%, but that really creeped me out. Then again I'm only 16, but if you're my age, you've spent 3.5% of your life on guild wars. That doesn't seem like much but take into consideration sleep, school, and other stuff like eating, and your free time seems to revolve around guild wars, which imo, doesn't seem all that fun to waste on it anyway. Sometimes I get on GW and I think, what's the point of farming anyway? I've got all the weapons and armor(except for FOW) I need. Farming isn't that fun, and once I do get FOW armor what am I going to do then?
death fuzzy
i've played over 16 months with only 950~ hours logged. you play too much.
edit: well, i havent exactly played all those months. been inactive for maybe a total of 5-6 months.
950 hours/ 16 months = 2h/day
950 hours/ 10 months = ~3 h/day
and i thought i played too much.
edit: well, i havent exactly played all those months. been inactive for maybe a total of 5-6 months.
950 hours/ 16 months = 2h/day
950 hours/ 10 months = ~3 h/day
and i thought i played too much.
Opeth11
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That would be more than a double of me.
I only got 2243 hours in 14 months. More than 10 hours a day is just too much.... |
You only have 2243 hours in 14 months? That's monstrous!
4thVariety
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Does it smell somewhat rotten in your house?
Did you actually talk to your mom during the last seven days, or are you still waiting for her to answer via PM?
Do your neighbors know you're in there?
Did ANet try to actively log you off, in an attempt to avoid a punitive damage law suit for selling addictive substances?
and most important, which goals does one seek in GW, after THAT many hours?
I'm looking forward to the answers, so that the mysteries of addictions are once more revealed.
P.S. If you answered "Yes" on question 1 and the second part of question two, then remember: First call Fox News, then 911. You'll notice the difference when signing your book contract.
SilentAssassin
you actually sounds pathetic imo:
Its like you are saying: "Look at me look at me I am addicted and I am proud at it, tell me that I am addicted so I can continue playing..."
if ppl play more then 3 hours on a video game a day (I also play on special events more then 3 hours, but thats not what I mean, I mean every day), I call it pathetic, but I don't care, as long as you enjoy your life.
Its like you are saying: "Look at me look at me I am addicted and I am proud at it, tell me that I am addicted so I can continue playing..."
if ppl play more then 3 hours on a video game a day (I also play on special events more then 3 hours, but thats not what I mean, I mean every day), I call it pathetic, but I don't care, as long as you enjoy your life.
??Ripskin
Silent lies... lol
Gorebrex
Ghozer
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:O lol...
LagunaCid
Holy. Crap. I have 400 hours over 14+ months and I already think its too much O.O
Priest Of Sin
Yes, lets all poke fun at her addiction! None of you are addicted at all! Bleh, I have to come to the rescue of my fellow crack-hores (creative spelling ftw)
5983 hours logged and counting... (most of which was spent on my mesmer spamming for a group in missions >_<)
5983 hours logged and counting... (most of which was spent on my mesmer spamming for a group in missions >_<)
$hade.
If you think you're addicted, test yourself. Go 3+ days without GW or maybe no comp at all. If you go to school and hang out with friends etc. then no you're not addicted but missing school to play GW or not eating then yes you've got some problems there.