Civilization game addiction

[onlysky1]

I don't know whether I should write this or not, after days of hesitation, I decided to write it down.

I first play Civilization game is when I was 15 years old, at that time it was CIV 3. I like the game when I first see it and I spent lots of time playing it, but at that time I was also enrolled in a very rigid boarding school, as a pupil in that boarding school I faced lots of acadamic pressure, and I only have free time of one afternoon every two weeks, therefore since that time I develop lots of inner struggle and inner tension towards gaming: on the one hand, I want to play the game more, but on the other hand, my life circumstance and acadamic pressure forced me not to play that game that much, so there is always this "to play or not to play" tension in side of me when I 'm playing the game. To make things worse, in the boarding school I was attending, the teachers there constantly teach us to believe computer games is evil because it take the time for school work and ultimately leads to failure in school. they told us people who play too much computer games are always some losers in life that trying to escape reality.

Therefore since that time I developed some "compulsive behavior" towards computer games especially CIV games: I remember one day when I played CIV 3 for a whole afternoon, in the evening I suddently realize how much time I have wasted and I feel guilty, after great hesitation I decided to delete the game from my computer, and I want to destroy the CIV 3 game CD because if I destroyed the game CD then I will have no means to install the game afterwards.

 

[nzcamel]

Everything in....moderation.

 

[Usama84]

ROFL @ OP, this is one of the best internet posts I ever read!

" I remember one day when I played CIV 3 for a whole afternoon, in the evening I suddently realize how much time I have wasted and I feel guilty..after great hesitation I decided to delete the game from my computer, and I want to destroy the CIV 3 game CD"

HAHAHAHAHAHA, dude.... I remember I used to play Civ2 for 72 hours at a time. I only stopped to eat and sleep. A whole afternoon is nothing when it comes to Civ! Too bad the new ones are not as good though, I only play Civ 6 for a few hours so far, nothing to get excited over.

 

[Usama84]

Civ 3 was awesome though, I miss bombarding boats with my stacks of artillery

 

[Zenstrive]

How addicted?
I realized that the weekend ended and almost weep.

 

[Helmling]

Okay, okay, you want a Civ addiction story?

I first discovered this dark brand of digital crack when I was in college (that was when I was 19 and it was Civ I, you whipper-snapper). It was on my roommate's computer and I was hooked. The next semester I wasn't living with him so I talked dear-old-mom into buying me a 486, you know, for school work. But the first software I purchased was, of course, Civ.

Around this time I was also dating this cute girl. She worked at the cookie shop at the mall. The day I got my copy of Civ, I was supposed to meet her for her lunch break so we could have a quick date. I sat down at my shiny new 486, intending to play an hour or so. Next thing I know, the phone rings (they plugged into walls back then) and it's my girlfriend. "I thought you were coming for my break?" I was like, "Yeah, I will. At 7:30, right?" I turned around. It was dark outside. The clock said 7:40. I had played six hours straight without even realizing it.

So, obviously, I rushed to the mall and begged forgiveness. We made up and all was hunky dory.

Now, the next day, my classes were over early, so naturally, I booted up Civ again. Must've been a pretty good game because before I knew it...the phone rang again.

I did it two f'ing days in a row.

My girlfriend was like, "Don't worry about it," but I apologized profusely (again) and absolutely flew to the mall.

Yeah, why she married me after that, I will never know, but I am one lucky S.O.B.