I was absolutely addicted to BW and probably am slightly to SCII although not as much. My time with BW actually began causing problems in my RL that required me to make some changes. I deleted BW from my computer, broke the disc and threw it away and deleted all the related sites from my favorites lists.

Once you break the ability to play it you become less concerned with whats going on in the game but at some point you have to have enough self control to stop visiting the sites as well, as time goes on you just stop caring about whats going on in the scene.

The biggest thing to do is probably just replace this habit with another. This is where you need to come to terms with whats important for you, what you enjoy, don't enjoy and how you wanna spend your time. There is absolutely nothing wrong with having hobbies as long as they don't cause problems in your daily life so do what you enjoy.

Good luck man.

Froadac

United States6733 Posts

April 19 2011 02:08 GMT

#23

I would say from personal experience, that the best way to stop doing something is to find somethign else better to do.

So find something good to do.

]343[

United States10328 Posts

April 19 2011 02:09 GMT

#24

On April 19 2011 10:25 CDRdude wrote:
Easiest way to quit TL is to put the phrase "I'll probably be banned for this, but..." somewhere in your post.

:D

Find something else to spend your time on? I ~~sometimes~~ often feel like I burn way too much of my time here too, but if I find something else really interested I can stay off TL for a while... haha.

(or if you're just fed up with SC2, play BW! Nowhere to go but up for every player in existence except one!)

PJFrylar

United States350 Posts

April 19 2011 02:23 GMT

#25

Like others have said, find a new hobby to fill the void. I'm kind of in the same boat, wanting to scale the amount of time I spend gaming down. My search for a new hobby began a few hours ago; I ordered myself a cheap starter guitar. I'm looking forward to tackling something completely new, being that I have no experience with guitar playing.

STOKED.

Skyze

Canada2324 Posts

April 19 2011 02:24 GMT

#26

trying to do the same man.. It sucks, cause on one hand, NOW is the time to try and "go pro" in the esports/SC world.. but at the same time, unless your goal in life is to be a progamer, its not worth really spending the time outside of "having fun"

I much rather be a better musician than a SC2 gamer.. so I want to quit completely and focus solely on music, but I find myself watching every SC2 event lately (and theres a shitload), and end up wanting to game after watching the events (naturally).. and its just so hard to quit.

I can say though, I successfully quit for 2 monthsback in November, doing exactly what the others said.. Uninstall SC2, and remove all your bookmark links of TL/every gaming website. That way, it gives you the chance to at least check up in the world of SC2 once a week or so, but you wont be clicking it every day like 15 times because its in your bookmarks. The only issue, it gives the window to get addicted again easily like what happened to me over Xmas =[

The other method, which I kind of did lately, is just totally burn yourself out on the game. I played like 400 ladder games in the past 3 weeks, and watched every major event.. And I fell short of GM, I was so close and even have wins vs many people in GM recently (since reset) but guess Im in that top 300-400 range.. Im just not feeling the love of the game as I used to really.. My goal right now, is to quit and come back when the expansions are out, maybe i'll find the love of RTS's again at that time.. Right now, I have major FPS lust though, much funner to me at the moment.

Only other way I see out, is to sell your SC2 cdkey, figure out a way to IPblock TL/etc, and hope your willpower is good.

arb

Noobville17921 Posts

April 19 2011 02:35 GMT

#27

On April 19 2011 10:25 CDRdude wrote:
Easiest way to quit TL is to put the phrase "I'll probably be banned for this, but..." somewhere in your post.

make sure you put perma in there somewhere,martyring ist he easiest way to get banned

0mgVitaminE

United States1278 Posts

April 19 2011 02:39 GMT

#28

Take up table tennis. It's a ton of fun and doesn't really require much physical skill.

iSometric

2221 Posts

April 19 2011 02:44 GMT

#29

Build birdhouses.

MetalMarine

United States1559 Posts

April 19 2011 02:45 GMT

#30

I quit SC a loooooong time ago and never even bought SC2, but i still watch TSL and browse TL cause there are still some cool folks and threads on here. It's hard to completely quit something, you have to do it in moderation and then eventually it'll just happen. I browse TL when I'm bored just like any other site on the Internet so it's just another site for me to kill time with just like Facebook, MySpace, etc etc.

Liquid`Nazgul

22427 Posts

April 19 2011 02:51 GMT

#31

shoot me a pm if you want me to temp ban you as an experiment see if it works

personally I think tl is great even if you quit sc

avilo

United States4100 Posts

April 19 2011 02:52 GMT

#32

Get a girlfriend. Then when that phase is successful, show her SC :D and so it begins again.

CCa1ss1e

Canada3231 Posts

April 19 2011 02:56 GMT

#33

Listen to some educational audio programs.

XD

CCa1ss1e

Canada3231 Posts

April 19 2011 02:57 GMT

#34

yeah I don't play SC anymore, but reading TL I can't stop! reminds me of reading the sports section in the newspaper.

firefistAce

United States137 Posts

April 19 2011 02:58 GMT

#35

i remember why i quit scbw in the first place, i just wanted to be really good at it, but then one day i just that i didn't see the point spending hours trying to get good at a game? being a progamer really wasn't realistic, but if you really wanted to be one, don't give up your dream! I realized I i could've spent that time doing something more productive. scbw was really making me starting to drift away from society.

I thought to myself what I enjoyed doing before I got in the scbw scene and that was basketball. I started getting into basketball alot, alot more. I had something to talk to my friends about, beside starcraft all the time. started going to the gym, and even though I won't be a pro basketball player, ill still be in great physical health from playing basketball all the time. can't say the same for sc.

you gotta have a moment and think about life in general, sorry if this sounds depressing, because for me it really got me depressed. its funny because the thing that first motivated me to quit was another guy posting on tl why he quit scbw way back in the in like 2005 or something. life is too short to be playing a video game 8 hours a day. at least switch videogames or something lol.

then sc2 came out....and i still play a little bit here and there, but not as much as my scbw days.

United States6173 Posts

April 19 2011 03:10 GMT

#36

Ask for a ban from one of the moderators. Something like a six month ban or something would be long enough for you to shake checking the site out of your rhythm.

SuperJongMan

Jamaica11586 Posts

April 19 2011 03:16 GMT

#37

Just break your CD.
If you really wanna quit, do it like a man!

Kralic

Canada2628 Posts

April 19 2011 03:21 GMT

#38

Just make it so TL.net always go to the battle.net forums. As for SC2, just uninstall it. I spend too much time watching streams and stuff, I guess i am not the best to provide advice. Sorry! GL HF!

Laerties

United States361 Posts

April 19 2011 04:17 GMT

#39

Blogging on TL about trying to quit TL is def the wrong way to go.

Boundz(DarKo)

5311 Posts

April 19 2011 04:53 GMT

#40

Find another hobby, focus on your irl friends and your studies/job. You will quickly notice how easy it is to not find time to play starcraft.

BUT you should never quit TL.

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