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    Goodbye.

    Tastes Less Game'y
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      GreenFlashlight @Cobalt last edited by

      @cobalt Just glad to hear you're getting the help you need. Brain weasels suck.

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      • Cobalt
        Cobalt Tutorialist last edited by

        For your kindness, I offer an excited puppy happy I am home.

        https://imgur.com/gallery/4NyCkM0

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        • Runescryer
          Runescryer @Cobalt last edited by

          @cobalt Hang in there. Your inner struggles are always the hardest to overcome. But that also makes the things that you accomplish more admirable and worthy.

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          • Sunny
            Sunny last edited by

            Love you. Glad things are improving.

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yUYvyAY954

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              Lemon Fox last edited by

              So glad to hear from you! Thanks for the update. ❤

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              • Arkandel
                Arkandel Admin @kk last edited by

                @kk said in Goodbye.:

                I agree with a lot of this. Mushing takes not just a lot of time, but often a lot of emotional energy. It sometimes comes without a lot of building and growth.

                I'll go a step further to claim that most hobbies are, by the nature of being such time-sinks, requiring hefty emotional investments.

                When it comes to multiplayer games then another dimension is added that hinders growth; you aren't doing them alone. So leaving doesn't merely leave a hole in your life and habits but strips you of a social network you may have depended or relied on.

                For example if you're into a solo habit the time consumption can certainly be there. Doing puzzles or gardening can take up many, many hours of your time. But should you decide to stop or cut back, hard as it might be, there is less of an impact.

                Many 'social' hobbies, including but not limited to MU*ing, strip you of people you call friends if you stop participating. It's not just gaming; try to get out of being a hardcore local team fan. Or volunteering for something as part of a group.

                Ultimately the real killer - for me - is the very human trait of expecting something back for the investment. It's pretty natural, isn't it? If we spend multiple hours a day doing something then on some level there's some emotional projection that we'll get something in return. With something like a MU* the only such thing is having fun while you're playing; and the call of whether it's worth it is a personal one.

                But there's nothing inherently wrong with it. MU*ing isn't less 'worth it' than being a hardcore soccer fan, which millions of people are.

                • He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
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