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Originally Posted by supermonk
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if you have at least one level 60, then i'm sorry, EQ is not a hobby - you have an addiction, and it's besides the fact that it's 2016 and you're playing an elf sim from the 90's...think about it. you have a psychological problem; we all do. subconsciously, you are vicariously chasing that feeling of a responsibility free lifestyle that you had in your teens where you can indulge without catastrophic consequence. if your life isn't already ruined from your adolescent years, you probably are working in the real world and maybe have a kid or two. as you progress in the game from your 'harmless hobby', you slowly lose a grip of reality...all of a sudden, you're level 60 with decent gear and you lose a sense of how many real hours you put into this game. of course, this doesn't apply to everyone, but it does to at least 80% of the people on this server via pareto principle (in reality probably 90%).
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goodness, this seems harsh, like a dad saying "video games aren't ever good for anything, son."
everyone puts a lot of hours into something. for most that thing is keeping up with the new TV shows or going out to bars. how this represents any less escapism than putting those hours into EQ instead is a mystery to me.
keep in mind, too, that I'm not one of the people you rail at. I play very casually, somewhere between one and three times a week. but your postulate is frankly ridiculous.
also, the pareto principle is, "20% of X is responsible for 80% of the effect to Y." it's not what you describe.