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Originally Posted by Cecily
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As to the thread topic. I think EQ was fun because it was novel and it did something new on a scale that we had never seen before. It's addictive and I think that gets confused with fun often. There's a million micro goals to get constant dopamine hits and as I've preached before, this game is a gambling sim with social elements to reinforce the addictiveness. If you feel like you have a community, it's hard to leave the behavior you associate with that community behind. Like you have to drop your friend group if you wanna get off drugs. Game was made by a guy with addiction problems and if the current year you're reading this is any indication, he did a pretty good job channeling that experience into his game.
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Low blow with that brad smear, smh. Always makes me sad. Hey guys I'm not addicted to eq, it's just that brad was addicted to pills! Nice post hoc rationalization there.
Lots of people play eq casually without issue, they are often referred to as the "filthy casuals".