EPTSo you might be asking why I don't just ask my parents if there are outlets. Well I doesn't really matter. You see, I think I need a break from Starcraft.
Over the break, I've been playing a lot. maybe averaging 4+ hours a day (During the whole school year I averaged 2.5 hours). And while to some, that may not seem a lot, it really is much. In light of how I've stayed up till 5AM, for the past three days, I've decided to use the trip as an opportunity. For the first few days Starcraft will be on my memory, but later I'll forget about the game, because of all the Chinese characters that I'll have to memorize. I'll actually be able to get Starcraft off my mind.
But I don't think I would ever really leave Starcraft. So when I get back, I'll probably find a way to limit my addiction until I reach college. It's a funny thing, that I rarely think about Starcraft in school. So I just plan to do all of my website stuff at the library, while playing the few hours that I am home. Sad that U of Toronto has such a large SC community that I can't be a part of.
Since TL is so international, and a lot of people seem to go to Korea, what should I bring to China?
And do you think my plan for breaking this addiction will work? I want to be able to play, I just also want to be able to stop playing.
I feel like I'm just treating the symptoms of a disease, that gaming isn't the problem, but my need to escape something is... I use software like windows parental control and manic time to see how much I use the computer and to log myself off because I can't force myself to stop. When I can't play, I sometimes write about starcraft on paper to get it out of my head.
So 6 boring weeks of accelerated Chinese, without Starcraft, I'm realizing has its upsides. In life everything does. Ironically though, the uspide is that I can't play Starcaft.
