"The Game" - final chapter

Last weekend marked the end of a year and a half on addiction.

Hubbie and I talked and decided the game was no longer fun and had become a pain instead of a fun activity.

Constant PC crashes, several bugs, messed up queuing system, ridiculous drop rates, plain rude and entitled people... Just a short list of the things we realized were bugging us and ruining the experience for us.

So on Friday, July 20th we shut down Neverwinter. We both plan on going back one last time, to strip our account of goodies and give them to a guildy. But he is out in is vacation, so no point in logging in for now.

Part of me feels sad for all the time (and money) we invested in that game to just give up, but the biggest part of me is happy to have weekends, nights and mornings back. To be able to spend a leisurely Sunday, just reading on the couch, watching TV or just plain resting.

On to find a new game we enjoy. Or to dig up one of our board games and give it a go!

[A brief history of addiction] "The game" - vol. 1

Time line of the problem:

• February 14, 2017 - An X-Box is gifted and the search for online free games begins
• February 19, 2017 - Hubbie finds Neverwinter and downloads it for me. I start playing it after work. 
• February 23, 2017 (give or take a few days) - Hubbie realizes he would like to play it too and starts playing PC version of game. 
• A couple of days go by when we each play on our platform. It starts annoying me so I download the game to my laptop and we start playing together. Probably beginning of March. 
• X-Box retires and is never used again (still feel bad about her). 
• Mika becomes my alter-ego/my better self
  This is her. A few days after being created. 
• Fast forward one year: March 2018 - We are still playing the game actively. Laptop has been replaced by a new PC, to accommodate graphic card needs or something like that. 30 characters created (aka: farmers)  and my little Mika is still my favorite. 

More on the game soon. Just because i want to!