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CG EYE
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I have noticed that LoL is a super addictive game. I don't play this personally myself but this is coming in a big way into the high schools in my city. Just wanted to know from your experience what is so addictive about this game? Are there randomised rewards at the end of each match??
thanks so much. I've enjoyed reading your journal.
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Cheers @AlexTheGrape yeh you should def check it out. It's kinda like the drew Carey show who's line is it anyway. You learn through playing games. Also great for communication skills and public speaking.
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Day 48?
This week has been mentally draining at work. I've been pretty irritable the last few weeks.
I've come question a lot of relationships and how people treat each other lately.
I've also been busy with things outside work that keep me in check. For example, I've just completed 8 sessions of improvisation workshops. If you haven't tried this before I'm sure there is a club or theatre games club in your city. "Improv" is great for mid week stimulation and doing things that are inherently unnatural.
One of the key lessons in improv that is taught is that you have to help make the other person look good and often yield to their idea. Also another great lesson is that it is ok to fail and say something that seems stupid. That is "not give a fuck about what people think".
Back to this idea of how others treat each other, I've noticed that in real life, so many experiences seem transactional and if you do something in real life you might not get the returns from the other person that you expected and be disappointed.
In online games things are predictable (and if things are by chance you are offered many chances at winning at another time).
I guess I've been pretty disappointed lately with how many interactions I've come across seem so transactional.
On another note I went to my first martial arts class in a few years and I realised how messed up my body is.
Day 48, past the half way mark! Thanks guys
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@Zala funny enough I had a second FB account just for pogo and it was saved on a device I hadn't used in a while. Great suggestion though. The smallest triggers can set you up for relapse.
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Day 42,
I just had a sneak peak at one of my old pogo FB groups and I could see that they have been catching the latest legendary. It was like playing with fire, seeing old guild mates having "fun" but I know that I am on the right path. I am gunning it for day 45 as that is the half way mark.
You should be please to see that research has been released this year on the effectiveness of abstinence on gaming beliefs/cognitions, internet gaming disorder symptoms however, I think this group already knew the benefits of not just brief, but prolonged periods of abstinence, now you can say that it is validated by science.
Preview link to the article here in the journal of clinical psychology:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jclp.22460/abstract-
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Aussie Aussie Aussie, oi, oi, oi!
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Wow this is like a template on how to kill at writing a journal. Very impressed. I love libraries too!
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Welcome @Aeryes
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It is useful to know that a detox can lead to change in some of your beliefs around your gaming. eg no having to be in the leader board, not having to grind.
Do you find that other players trigger you to become more prestigious in the game?
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Wow so I am at approx Day 38.
I don't nearly think about pogo as much as I use to and it is only in conversation with other people whom I discover play or if people ask if I play games that I say "Im on a detox" that i reminisce about pogo. Even just typing about it now makes me curious to load it up and my heart begins to race a little. However I have work to do and I am on this detox. Thank you to this forum for all your support.
Speaking of collections, my latest "addiction" is now vinyl records. Having grown up as someone who never physically bought music in his life, I am now the proud owner of something like 200 vinyls (bought a few boxes at auction recently).
lol
But there is something definitely different about tangible visceral copies of music and the inconvenience of loading the vinyls that is meditative. many parallels that can be made to the virtual world of gaming and what is real vs virtual enjoyment.
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Thank you @Zala and @giblets for your support. Funny how we are talking about collections. This weekend I busied myself by researching vinyl and vinyl record players. Managed to pick myself a nice retro set for $100 and am looking at my own vinyl collection. I think the novelty with retro stuff is you never know what you might come across which is addictive. Similar to the feeling of opening up a packet of basket/magicTG/Pokemon cards you never know what you are going to get. Same with legendary Raids you don't know the cp nor if you will catch it. Thanks guys
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Day 18 and some old pogo friends messaged me to tell me that Niantic have released another "legendary" part of me wants to have a look but I realise that it's all much the same. Staying strong. Glad that there is this group.
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It stuffs up my sleep later in the night! Lol
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Thanks @Zala @BigPete247 @Mettermrck
its day 15
It's winter in Australia and ive noticed that I have been feeling a real slump in motivation and letting things slide more than usual. This has been a pattern for me for years where I just wanna nap when I get home from work.
Work has been busy/stressful and I've been keeping busy socially with improvisation workshops and toastmasters at night.
I watched the Maymac fight but I didn't drink. Overall I haven't really done anything too thrilling or exciting. Things kinda seem bland which can be a good thing?
I had this memory today of the times I use to gamble at the casino and how I kept coming back for that "rush" of adrenaline. I knew this wasn't healthy so I've now banned myself from casinos
Gaming simulates that anticipatory feeling too. I think that is why I enjoy public speaking cos I get that adrenaline rush (but without any loss of money/time).
I wonder how @Cam Adair is doing? I heard he will be offline for a while
Thanks for reading.
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@BigPete247 I don't wanna spoil it for you but it makes me think about survival in war times and how we in western countries we live in abundance hence modern day problems such as addiction to games.
Also watching a good movie a good way to distract oneself from playing.
I am now almost 1 week now into this detox. Its funny when family ask what I've been up to on what I am up to on my phone and ask "are you playing pokemon"? I can proudly say no!
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Has anyone seen Dunkirk yet?
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The way apps are heading with gamification in the app design I'm sure smartphone problems will arise. Question is can you create a world in an app that is as immersive as a classical gaming world?
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Day 4
Its getting easier. I do find that I compulsively check my phone for god knows what. I am constantly reminded of the game when I go to the city. I went to improv class last night and went to the gym today and plan to watch Dunkirk tonight. Keeping busy is key.
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Ha ha I mean I want to leave a message of support for you @Mettermrck lol
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So I have left one of the core raid chat groups and ppl added me back in and have told me of the famou Mewtwo release. What do you do about such posts like "it's a waste" "pick up your game"
Even if I did play this event there is only a 1%capture rate.
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Thanks Mettermrck. You are so active in this forum. Have been looking for one of your personal posts to support but most of your posts are for others
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Hey Shaliq as I read your post I am walking the streets of my hometown after a lovely dinner with friends. Every street corner I say I wish I could spin an AR stop in pogo or check a pogo map for a rare Pokemon. But at the same time my wish to maximise my productive life at this moment in time is greater than my wish to log in. Last night I asked my sister to change the password to 2 of 3 pogo accounts.
Stay strong!
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14/8/17
so today is day #1 take 2
thank you for all your kind messages of support.
so my initial feelings of shame have mostly dissipated.
Having read the other posts I realise that this is common to relapse and that people do not judge each other on this forum.
I think it is funny how in a game you can methodically restart/respawn and not dwell on the failed previous attempt. But when it comes to a relapse we experience immense sense of shame and guilt. Hey these feelings are normal but it is good to remind ourselves that with each attempt you learn something new and can have a better crack the next time. Just like in a game.
Regards
CG
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Archived journal deleted and posted here:
"20/7/17
One of the game design aspects of Pokemon Go that was keeping me and many other trainers in my guild hanging by a thread was the daily streak bonus.
After my last 7th day streak bonus on Saturday I quit PoGo after playing over a full year of this game.
A sad thing that happened today was one of my fellow PoGo trainers messaged me to see if I was still playing and I told him no.
This fellow trainer lives in my area and has been through a lot of battles with me. I guess since we were on Team Instinct we had an "us versus them" underdog mentality and did quite well playing cooperatively. I felt much guilt and sadness when I told him about this.
Just wanted to know if anyone here has been in a similar situation where they played a game online and the social aspect and the guilt of leaving affected them and if they have successfully got other players to quit too?
23/7Do I just continue my journal here?
Its Day 8 and today it is bitter sweet. Today marks my first win of reaching my 7 day no pogo streak!
However this also marks the release of a worldwide pogo event where they are releasing some legendary Pokemon. Usually I would be all over this and I am getting all these notifications and posts from my guild. It might be better if I just ghost out of my guild!
Instead of logging in I am going to resurface the floor boards in my house instead. Yesterday I sanded down my floorboards and I was really proud of this achievement as I had to teach myself from YouTube videos. It is not an easy task but it was a real life achievement unlocked!
thank you for your support
23/7
So I just relapsed.
Did pretty well all weekend.
Got my floorboards looking real nice.
Logged into messenger and have been leaving various chats and pogo FB guild group.
Then one of my guild mates tells me that the event includes double candy, which essentially means I can cash in on all the useless junk pokemon ive been hoarding.
So I logged in and one thing leads to another...45 mins later my head is buzzing.
I didn't even go and try catch a legendary pokemon which would defintely be a few hours expedition.
Funny how there are small things that can get you to log back in."
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@WorkInProgress does that mean you are assigned to a different team each match?? So there is a luck of the draw aspect in entering each new game with random players?
thanks