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Roan Belouve - Retired  |
[Roan] - sits on couch head in hands and sobs (he's nowhere near a PC) I love the game and the Academy. I just had to tell people because It's getting close to an addiction for me I spend hours browsing the forums, wandering around the Academy servers even when empty. At home my wife has given up talking to me whilst at the PC I'm at work now and I have to look at the forums a few times during the day. I've been tempted to bring the game in and play a bit at lunchtime but I'm unsure if work will allow me 4 hour lunchbreaks. Has anyone else found their life turned up side down in the same way. If so lets hear your story .... ..it's a big couch there's room for us all This is probably been done but I'm a newbie and need to get it off my chest!!! Must go boss has just turned up. MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU ALL _______________ *Bro to Vaxxla,Padawan of FiZZandOdan-Wei Part of the mighty Belouve Dynasty-Knight of Nippledom.Twin of Selphestal!**Proud Master to Kaelis and Acura Friend to anyone who would call me the same  . Pic by the amazing Majno (merry) |
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La Magra - Ex-Student |
Its easy to become addicted to something that feels good but don't neglect your real life cause after all its still the most important thing. So do something special for your wife, for maybe neglecting her a bit by being here soo much. I am sure she'll appreciate it and try to get yourself under control. Its fun to have you but keep it under control, don't let it take over your life. Carry on  |
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Kueller - Student 
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Roan...I don't know if this works...but if you think this is going to far make rules for yourself. It sounds lame, but it works with many ppl. It did for me when I was totally addicted. Just say to yourself that you can be busy with the JA for about 2 hours per day. And make that 3 in the weekends. That way you can enjoy the JA and still do other things. Ask your wife if she can help you with following your self-set rules. If you can't cut down to 2 hours a day just do some more and hold up to your own rule suntil you feel you are otu of the danger zone. See what you do with this, maybe it helps for you, dunno. Anyway good luck with it..and spend some time with the lassy _______________ Personal sleepness-nights-supporter of Virtue. Owner of the 1000th comment of Daidalus and 1943th comment of Gradius! Owner of the 300th comment of Carda! -Taught Gradius all his laming skills 
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Lackeh- Retired - Student 
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Spend time with wife, make her feel just a hair more important than the game and your life here with us. BUT DON'T YOU DARE NEGLECT US. We would have to taunt you with cows. _______________ A champion is someone who keeps getting up; even when they can't. Founder Of the Jedi Academy Adlut Support Group. PIE!!!!! Padawan of Katan. Brother to MOTREC, DarkDragon, (SKX)DarkBlade, Jacen Aratan, Achilles, Kool_Aide, EvilSquirrel, and Katan's Padawans. |
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Xipkell - Student |
I'm with Mort |
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n00b - Student 
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I know I am addicted when I go to sleep thinking about it and wake up thinking about it. I usually recognize this right away, but with JK3, I was too busy thinking about it to realize it until Friday of last week. I went to work and I was having difficulty concentrating on my programming. I kept thinking about the battles I had been in the night before and how certain moves countered this move and that move. Needless to say, by midday, I got to feeling really punchy. That's when I realized I had a problem. I know what I'm capable of if I keep going at it like I was, so this week I've chilled out on it quite a bit. I finally downloaded Steam and loaded up Day of Defeat again, but I played that so much over the last year it just ain't funny. I've been searching for something else to do so I don't get that focused on one game. JK3 is now losing the luster. An hour the other night on Kotor Flight School was enough to make me think needlepointing would be fun as a hobby  Haha, seriously, that map blows big monkey chunks. I'm still reading the forums and playing a little, but now I wake up thinking about other things and work is going great. _______________ Gone but hopefully not forgotten... |
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crazy_hacker - Ex-Student 
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well im not totally addicted (yet) to this game, but it does take up a lot of my time. i come home from school, home work, computer. every day. i dont think theres really any getting better for me since my dad and (half)brother still play video games. dunno, maybe they have some crazy thing in the computer so when u type it puts addictive stuff in ur fingers....or not _______________ if at first you dont succeed, try and try again. if you still dont succeed, youve just wasted a whole lot of time trying something you just cant do
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Ale'Velkyrii - Student 
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Actually, I'm finding life to be more addictive than the game. That's one reason I'm barely active anymore. Smily and Roan... I'm sure you don't need to be told this, but don't put the games first. If the JA is taking all your time from your loved ones, either quit or ease back on the games. I know you did, Smily, which is cool, but I had to say it anyway. _______________ Wanna know what my name means? Peralos Ale'Velkyrii: Perilous Drunken Angel, or PDA for short. Perilous, because I'm bound to get into fights I can't win. Drunken, because ALE! Angel, because a valkyrie is basically an angel of Odin. I'm here to send you to the afterlife, but I can't gurantee I'll be stable enough to win a fight.
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Smilykrazy - Retired 
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Roan, there was a long time where everytime i had a little bit of free time i would immediately come here. But then i started to miss my boyfriend koyi. Its hard for us because we share a pc so if im not playing he usually is. Its kinda upsetting for me because i feel like we dont spend much quality time together because we get so involved with games its almost like we arent even together. I have come to this realization and i have been a little less active in the JA as a result. I come on mostly when koyi is working now or if i cant sleep at night. Between mine and koyis work schedule i barely see him at all nowadays. So when i do i dont play on the JA servers. He has been really involved in the forums lately so he usually does that anyway but it makes him happy so that cool by me. But yeah, its very easy to get addicted to everything here. The game, the forums, and the people are great! _______________ RIP MOM 06/29/58-07/31/08 Married to Koyi Donita 4/30/11 |
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Hèlèñ¢å†hè®îñè - Student 
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lol! _______________ Treat others the way you expect to be treated
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Xavier - Ex-Student 
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*gags* _______________ [Left] |
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Hèlèñ¢å†hè®îñè - Student
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hey cheer up it aint all that bad, i do have one thing to say tho, and it's important, u gotta spend more time with your wife, cause she can and will get pissed off with it if not now but soon, u gotta remember one thing....your wife chose to spend her life with you, not you the pc and the jedi academy I ain't having a bitch about it, as mr montyJAT's fiancee i can relate to what you said about your wife not even talking to you when your on the pc lol, thing is, he does make time for me but if this game took over our relationship there would be serious serious consequences, cause i ain't playin second fiddle to a twiddling lightstick u get my drift? an one more thing........I love my Mr Monty very muchly indeedy _______________ Treat others the way you expect to be treated
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Jacen Aratan - Student |
I'm addicted, all right. Before I joined the JA I at least had a bit of RL. Not anymore. And I love it. |
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Xavier - Ex-Student 
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Real life gets in the way of my game time. Does that count as being addicted? _______________ [Left] |
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