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I was addicted to AD&D and NWN until almost a year ago when I got Final Fantasy XI. My average playtime of FFXI per day runs from 15 - 21 hours without sleep. The reason for this is because I like to party with the Japanese players at their peak hours, then the Europeans with their peak hours, and then the Americans at their peak hours. Sure it sounds like obsession. But if it's obsession then how did I take Advanced networking, Statistics II, Advanced C++ Programming, Data Communications, Earth and space science, Earth and space science lab, and Advanced Physiology over a 10 week period and make straight As?
I should point out that FFXI is highly inspired by AD&D (The first 20 levels your stats are almost exactly the same depending on what class/race you play and the races, despite having differint names, are blatant ripoffs of D&D races)
The reason dedicating my time to FFXI doesn't bother my religeous beliefs is because the world of Vana'diel is a monotheistic society that worshops God. There are even small groups of players on my server who actually attend an online churches on sundays in the churches of Sand'Oria and Jeuno. They elegedly have an ordained minister who plays the game give a sermon around 7:00 Eastern every sunday. Hehe! They also have virtual weddings, i doubt they'd be valid in any state or country [img]tongue.gif[/img] but the point is those take place in churches too. Players don't just blatantly "fool around" like some players in Everquest do [img]tongue.gif[/img] They develop warm relationships and get to sit on hillsides together and watch the sunset and that sorta thing before aranging a huge celebration with all their friends and fireworks and music and such.
Now I'd love to hang around and further this discussion but Haloween is on in FFXI and I must make money by selling candy to Trick-or-treaters.
Muwhahahah!
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