How to Stop Playing

[captnamazing]

FOr real, anyone know how to quit EQ?

[Skittlez]

I tried. Came back 7 months later and as addicted as ever.

[Giustin]

You can't ... sorry

Been playing 15 years this month ..

"You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave".

[Paleman]

just let it go for a bit? I just stop logging in for a while and before you know it I have no desire to play anymore.

[Whirled]

Just fill your time doing other things.

edit: ...perhaps constructive & positive things while using logic & other safety measures to ensure a healthy enjoyable experience of doing X other things...

[Bodybagger]

Just fill your time doing other things.

Confirmed, key to quitting EQ = having other stuff you enjoy doing to occupy your time. EQ = timesink. More fun andinteractive time sink than most video games, but a time sink none the less, as they all are. You accomplish NOTHING every second you play. It simulates accomplishments and fulfills a lot of psychological accomplishments your brain wants but then you log out and have none of those things... every time you log out of EQ you spawn at lvl 1 in RL.... go level up IRL and you wont' care any more.

[FoxxHound]

Go commit a serious crime.
Do jail time.
???
Profit?

[Stormfists]

I've not played in a few months now, crack cocaine is a pretty decent substitute.

Few side effects but beats CR's and at least im sleeping!

[Sage Truthbearer]

Invent a machine that shoots Tobasco sauce at your face when it hears the Everquest loading music playing.

[Whirled]

Invent a machine that shoots Tobasco sauce at your face when it hears the Everquest loading music playing.

If this was p99 hot sauce - THEN it would truly help in quitting.... just sayin...

[beyondinfin]

Best way Ive found is to play something else. Another way is by losing a ton of shit...like maybe delete your epic or character. Maybe wait til you have the WORST luck one night and you can quit by pure RAGE. You could also get yourself banned, forcibly stopping your addiction.

I seem to always get sick of playing at some point, and I dont think Ive ever played consistently for an entire year. Maybe you have a genetic predisposition to addiction, and nothing is gonna help ya....

[Sirken]

http://www.video-game-addiction.org/

[captnamazing]

Maybe wait til you have the WORST luck one night and you can quit by pure RAGE. You could also get yourself banned, forcibly stopping your addiction.

That's how I quit playing CS:GO. My team lost so bad one night that I just fucking rage uninstalled. Never looked back.

[Deadmantis]

Years ago one of my best friends rage quit over his cleric getting screwed via the old Ragefire bottleneck :mad: Even after they fixed it on live, the damage was done. He swore he would never come back and he never has.

Like others have said, rage quit is one of the most sure fire ways to stop. The trick is how to make that happen.

[Jenithia]

http://i.giphy.com/sNf7nyvQLDhAc.gif

[radditsu]

I am clearing my steam library. I play peq like twice a week. NBD

[Infectious]

I always play 6-8 months hard, then loose interest and dont play for 4-5 months. When I get back, most people I knew quit, I reroll a new character and do it all over.

Dont have 1 lvl 60. Just 3-5 lvl 50s and a bunch of 20-30s.

How I quit? Work gets busy, summer time comes. Every summer I quit. I might play once a week or two, but I have quit every summer since I started playing

[Slowride]

http://www.video-game-addiction.org/

LMAO.... man oh man I love my video games.....But however, I simply go outside and do something else or have sex... and so on.. My penis thanks me for it.

[myriverse]

Cold turkey! That's how I stopped smoking after 25 years.

[Cecily]

I was hoping for a walk-through.

[Paleman]

I was hoping for a walk-through.

step 1 buy a razor

step 2 drag razor across wrists ( down the road, if you just slash across your wrist then you wont be able to quit)


step 3 take a hot bath, and relax. You did it! any time now and you will be quitting 100%

[Cecily]

People make it sound like that's an easy way to quit EQ, but when you're staring a razor down you realize it's one of the hardest ways to do it.

[rsloans84]

Simple give your accounts away and dont look back. If u do decide to come back start fresh

[Itap]

I think someone has posted this already, but try not logging in for a few days. Once you get over that initial withdrawal, you won't have any real desire to log in. That's how I usually do it, but then again I come back in a few months and do it all over again

[Pint]

Give me your acct info, ill help you quit.

[jturkydurk]

Buy about 3.5 grams worth of psychedelic mushrooms, play your definition of bad music, play EQ while tripping.

You'll never be able to look at EQ the same. That or you'll just really fucking hate certain zones.

[HeallunRumblebelly]

FOr real, anyone know how to quit EQ?

RMT so hard they ban your accounts / IP. It's the only final solution I've truly seen most take.

[Paleman]

spamming the nword in ecommons seems like a good way to go out with a bang.

[skitterburst]

no dont leave us!

[Diogene]

@ OP, if you ask yourself the question : how can i quit this fuckin game, then you have a problem. Your gaming habits maybe hurt your health and brain, leaving an empty space when you're IRL. Others said it too : stop playing for a week, do yourself a favor, do some sports, sex, cinema, hang out with real humans, and you'll see no desire to log back. Why ? Cause when you do other things, that empty space starts to fill. If you dont have much real humans or friends / family around you, suscribe to some community and do something useful with associations.
Most important : dont think EQ is evil, cause its not, its one of the most fantastic game ever created, its just the way we play it that makes it evil (or not). Maybe you shouldnt even think about quiting if you really like this. Finding a balance is key, and this does apply to almsot everything in life. One can play EQ and have a life for sure.
Hope you'll find some way to work around your problem.

[stormlord]

FOr real, anyone know how to quit EQ?
It was never hard for me to quit. I could never stomach a game for more than several months at most before I was burnt out. I don't think you'll EVER forget EQ. You'll have nostalgic episodes. For me, playing on p1999 in its infancy was the best time of my EQ career. It's mostly over now. It has been years since I played here. I played on live last year for a while, but lost interest. I play on Wurm Online every now and then. Insofar as my online game playing exploits, Wurm Online and a browser game are the only games I care about. Offline I like to play games on GoG. I think there're a lot of advantages to not playing online - like moddability.

Best advice is to stop playing when you start grinding or to recognie the signs of burnout. The classic sign for me was to be mad at certain ways the game worked. I'd rage in the forum or in the chat about a game mechanic or something and then I'd just quit, claiming I'd never return. I always did. I didn't recognize back then it was burnout. But I did get bored from it too. A game loses its luster the longer you play it.

I'll give an example. Back in 2002 I think I rage quit over how ranged combat worked (there was a window where in pvp they could root you and cast on you and you couldn't hit them with your bow) and also over the fact I hated the class-based system. I loved the skill-based system in UO.

I do think I get burn out quicker now. It's age and general experience with games. I have less patience for thigns I don't like. I don't hold games in as high esteem as I used to either. They're a glorified waste of time.

[radditsu]

How to stop playing?

Easy!

Fuck some kids intothe world. You are done

[Misto]

Play Red for a month. You'll realize that everyone on that server is a cancerous dick lump and deserves to be burned alive like the Jordanian soldier.

[ctechguy]

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