Losing Self in GW

Yeah, I would say I got quite badly addicted to Guild Wars, often forgetting about homework and other stuff until the last minute because of it. But that was back last year, mostly during the summer and early autumn, before I started posting here. Once I had completed the game with my first character, the amount that I played Guild Wars dropped by a fair amount, being replaced by activity on the forums and different games.

I played quite a lot in the Easter school break, trying to get lots of stuff done before Factions. Now I've been playing Factions quite a lot too, but have still found time for other things. I think I'll say I'm not addicted to Guild Wars anymore like I used to be... more to these forums, perhaps

Sometimes I ask myself about that, I don't really know why - Why do I like doing stuff on the forums so much rather than just playing the game? I guess one answer would just be the general community spirit that I have. Heh, that's why I suck at PvP, I lack the 'competitive spirit'.

As to general internet addiction, I only usually think about that when my mum says something to me about it. When she's in a bad mood, and she sees me spending hours on the computer and forgetting about everything else, she says I'm completely addicted, and it's taken over my life, that kinda stuff. I really hate listening to it, I generally ignore it and usually she goes away But then of course I start thinking about it, and how much time I spend on the computer compared to everything else.

But then some part of my brain just goes 'nah'... as long as I keep my computer activity to a reasonable enough level so that my mum doesn't scream and shout and swear about how I (along with my brother, who spends about 1.5x as much as me on his computer) am a geek and addicted and ruining my life every night - which she isn't doing quite yet, and I hope she never does - I'll be fine.