jdjoubert
Well-Known Member
Hi all. As you can see from the tread name, I am very pleased with this accomplishment.
I have been playing this game for too long. ( en soos my ouma gese het: "te veel van n lekker ding is ook nie goed nie")
Firstly, I realised a while ago that this game is very addictive. Purely because it is no longer just a game. With all the stats you can achieve, the realistic effect brought into the game with the VOIP and in-game text chatter. This was just the perfect game to play.
Unfortunately for myself, after logging a odd 200 hours online and who knows how many off-line hours practicing the new skills of flying, knifing, shooting, sniping, C4'ing, commanding, helli'ing, pistol shooting etc etc etc..... I have now done the deed that one should never do...................
I calculated the hours played against the time that I could have spent working. Now I know that this figure would not be accurate, this is why I only used half the hours for working hours and the other half for time I could have spent with my family and other hobbies I loved.
Because I work for myself, I worked out that I lost a possible extra income of +- R 63 000. For some this is not a lot of money, but for a guy who is trying to get a business running, this is like a sh#t load of cash flow down the drain.
Needless to say, this morning I confessed my addiction of BF2 to my wife and now to everyone else. I took a steel nail and damaged my BF2 cd so as to be unreadable. Yes, nothing is stopping me from going to buy another one again. But this, I think, was the first necessary step to get out of wasting time playing this game. I am keeping the game and will be framing it together with all my diplomas. As this was obviously the most expensive cd I have ever bought.
Just thought I should write this here. Maybe there is someone else who just needs to see someone else do it, in order to do the same. And for those of you who can afford to play many hours on-line..... I am very jealous of you.
I have been playing this game for too long. ( en soos my ouma gese het: "te veel van n lekker ding is ook nie goed nie")
Firstly, I realised a while ago that this game is very addictive. Purely because it is no longer just a game. With all the stats you can achieve, the realistic effect brought into the game with the VOIP and in-game text chatter. This was just the perfect game to play.
Unfortunately for myself, after logging a odd 200 hours online and who knows how many off-line hours practicing the new skills of flying, knifing, shooting, sniping, C4'ing, commanding, helli'ing, pistol shooting etc etc etc..... I have now done the deed that one should never do...................
I calculated the hours played against the time that I could have spent working. Now I know that this figure would not be accurate, this is why I only used half the hours for working hours and the other half for time I could have spent with my family and other hobbies I loved.
Because I work for myself, I worked out that I lost a possible extra income of +- R 63 000. For some this is not a lot of money, but for a guy who is trying to get a business running, this is like a sh#t load of cash flow down the drain.
Needless to say, this morning I confessed my addiction of BF2 to my wife and now to everyone else. I took a steel nail and damaged my BF2 cd so as to be unreadable. Yes, nothing is stopping me from going to buy another one again. But this, I think, was the first necessary step to get out of wasting time playing this game. I am keeping the game and will be framing it together with all my diplomas. As this was obviously the most expensive cd I have ever bought.
Just thought I should write this here. Maybe there is someone else who just needs to see someone else do it, in order to do the same. And for those of you who can afford to play many hours on-line..... I am very jealous of you.
