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ThePhan2m
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Norway2751 Posts
November 05 2012 17:32 GMT
#1
So I'm a TL member for 6 active years now, and I hardly can pass a day / hour without visiting TL. I know it sounds normal for many people, but I have to stop for the sake of studies. I dont play sc2, I hardly watch games except for big tournament weekends and often then only results. Though I don't mind taking a long break, though it's so hard. I follow results religiously and comments in threads and live reports. It takes up time. This weekend Thorzain inspired me in his interview from Dallas to try cut out TL. Many of you prolly know how I feel and have been there.

Any practical / mental tips for stopping / reducing time spent on TL?

****
bonifaceviii
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada2890 Posts
November 05 2012 17:35 GMT
#2
Go here and request a temp ban?
Stay a while and listen || http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=354018
Megaliskuu
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5123 Posts
November 05 2012 17:35 GMT
#3
Ask for a ban, get the fuck off of TL m8.

Good luck
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fabiano
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Brazil4644 Posts
November 05 2012 17:42 GMT
#4
A ban won't block him from reading TL.
"When the geyser died, a probe came out" - SirJolt
ThePhan2m
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Norway2751 Posts
November 05 2012 17:44 GMT
#5
Well even if I get banned I can still visit the site? I have done that once and I still spent hours here.
This whole topic sounds weird and I'm probably exaggerating a little. Can't believe this is a problem of mine :p
Surufka
Profile Joined November 2012
United States13 Posts
November 05 2012 17:49 GMT
#6
Okay, so, First off I can totally understand where you are coming from. Being able to have self control, or at least the knowledge that you can control it if you want to, is a comforting feeling to have. If i were you, I would do this only in your mind. What I mean by that is, I dont think you should block, or even get your self temp-banned from TL. What you should do is any time you find yourself wanting to go to TL or actually visiting the site, do something else, and make that a "specific" something else. Like, think maybe that "Anytime I feel the urge to go to TL, I'm going to play a game of Starcraft instead". This way, it gives you a buffer of time to take TL off your mind, as well as letting you do something else. Also, I would take any links/bookmarks/extensions for TL off your browser, just so the available urge is a little less sudden. Good Luck!
Dr. Doom, Prepare for the Boom.
ThePhan2m
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Norway2751 Posts
November 05 2012 18:10 GMT
#7
On November 06 2012 02:49 Surufka wrote:
Okay, so, First off I can totally understand where you are coming from. Being able to have self control, or at least the knowledge that you can control it if you want to, is a comforting feeling to have. If i were you, I would do this only in your mind. What I mean by that is, I dont think you should block, or even get your self temp-banned from TL. What you should do is any time you find yourself wanting to go to TL or actually visiting the site, do something else, and make that a "specific" something else. Like, think maybe that "Anytime I feel the urge to go to TL, I'm going to play a game of Starcraft instead". This way, it gives you a buffer of time to take TL off your mind, as well as letting you do something else. Also, I would take any links/bookmarks/extensions for TL off your browser, just so the available urge is a little less sudden. Good Luck!


Thanks a lot for good advice. Will try that
LockeTazeline
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
2390 Posts
November 05 2012 18:19 GMT
#8
I have this exact same problem. So one day each week (I do Fridays), I ban myself from TL. No visiting TL for any reason period. (although the reason I do this is for fasting, it's still pretty much the same concept)
farvacola
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States18869 Posts
November 05 2012 18:26 GMT
#9
I feel your pain, and am hopelessly addicted to browsing TL, something made all the worse by virtue of my having to work from home. This darn "time management" thing sure is a bitch!
"when the Dead Kennedys found out they had skinhead fans, they literally wrote a song titled 'Nazi Punks Fuck Off'"
Alpino
Profile Joined June 2011
Brazil4390 Posts
November 05 2012 18:32 GMT
#10
For this kind of thing, I don't think going cold turkey is the best option, just slowly change your TL browsing habits. Work hard and you'll be able to do it, if you start to slip too much it's over. I am doing this with having to drink while eating, and is working, now I don't feel the urge to drink whenever I bite something, if you can kill the urge it gets easy.
20/11/2015 - never forget EE's Ember
endy
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Switzerland8970 Posts
November 05 2012 18:43 GMT
#11
I felt the same thing for a while, but I knew that quitting TL would not stop me to procrastinate so I may as well spend time on a quality website.
ॐ
Surufka
Profile Joined November 2012
United States13 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-05 18:46:43
November 05 2012 18:45 GMT
#12
On November 06 2012 03:19 LockeTazeline wrote:
I have this exact same problem. So one day each week (I do Fridays), I ban myself from TL. No visiting TL for any reason period. (although the reason I do this is for fasting, it's still pretty much the same concept)


Sorry to get off of topic, but I'm pretty ignorant of any religions except Christianity. What religion are you? I find it really cool that you would take that kind of initiative for something you believe in, admirable.

Also, No problem ThePhan2m Anytime.
Dr. Doom, Prepare for the Boom.
docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
November 05 2012 19:12 GMT
#13
Go for a temp ban, go for a week, don't go for a perma. Not being on TL won't stop your procrastinating though, it will only treat symptom.
User was warned for too many mimes.
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States46506 Posts
November 05 2012 19:32 GMT
#14
Delete the internet. Delete it hard.

I have the same problem; good luck
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
RogerX
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
New Zealand3180 Posts
November 05 2012 19:49 GMT
#15
System32 file deleted

Also isnt there some sort of 3rd party software that blocks websites?
Put a password on that, and then ask someone you trust to lock webs.

Or to be honest, you're whole account if you're studiyng.
Stick it up. take it up. step aside and see the world
tree.hugger
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
November 05 2012 22:17 GMT
#16
Only proven way to break someone's TL addiction is to give them staff responsibility.

+ Show Spoiler +
Of course, sometimes that has the opposite effect...
ModeratorEffOrt, Snow, GuMiho, and Team Liquid
LockeTazeline
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
2390 Posts
November 05 2012 22:49 GMT
#17
On November 06 2012 03:45 Surufka wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 06 2012 03:19 LockeTazeline wrote:
I have this exact same problem. So one day each week (I do Fridays), I ban myself from TL. No visiting TL for any reason period. (although the reason I do this is for fasting, it's still pretty much the same concept)


Sorry to get off of topic, but I'm pretty ignorant of any religions except Christianity. What religion are you? I find it really cool that you would take that kind of initiative for something you believe in, admirable.

Also, No problem ThePhan2m Anytime.


Christian. I was clearly spending too much time on TL and StarCraft in general, and then I heard a sermon on fasting, so that seemed like the perfect solution.

I admit, it isn't easy though, especially when there's a Code S group that day, and I am just itching to read the results.
itsjustatank
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Hong Kong9179 Posts
November 05 2012 23:13 GMT
#18
You could always channel this addiction into editing Liquipedia. You'll like it. We have coins!
Photographer"nosotros estamos backamos" - setsuko
LeafMeAlone
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States301 Posts
November 05 2012 23:26 GMT
#19
IP Ban :D
~_~
Surufka
Profile Joined November 2012
United States13 Posts
November 06 2012 03:14 GMT
#20
On November 06 2012 07:49 LockeTazeline wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 06 2012 03:45 Surufka wrote:
On November 06 2012 03:19 LockeTazeline wrote:
I have this exact same problem. So one day each week (I do Fridays), I ban myself from TL. No visiting TL for any reason period. (although the reason I do this is for fasting, it's still pretty much the same concept)


Sorry to get off of topic, but I'm pretty ignorant of any religions except Christianity. What religion are you? I find it really cool that you would take that kind of initiative for something you believe in, admirable.

Also, No problem ThePhan2m Anytime.


Christian. I was clearly spending too much time on TL and StarCraft in general, and then I heard a sermon on fasting, so that seemed like the perfect solution.

I admit, it isn't easy though, especially when there's a Code S group that day, and I am just itching to read the results.


Oh yeah, now that you mention it, Some of my friends from church fast every once in awhile. Suppose to be a very "Mind Clearing" experience.
Dr. Doom, Prepare for the Boom.
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