Addiction, paranoia about dreamies leaving, and more recently, cutting myself off from my favorite site, tumblr. I'm not happy about that one. But I have other things going on inside of me that are preventing a lot of things from happening, so eh.
I love ACNL though. I remember when I used to play for hours and hours and hours on end, catching all the bugs and fishing all the fish. And now it's just reduced to daily stuff. u_u I fear that my other dreamies will never be as close to me, because I don't play as often as I used to... Ahh...
ACNL has a calming effect on me. When I'm really angry I play ac to help me think more clearly and to calm down. My in game birthday wish next year is to stop putting myself down. (if I'm still playing). Its a really bad habit of mine that just makes me feel bad. The villagers will be like a reminder whenever they talk about my wish.
It has eaten up 705 hours of my life and I don't care.
I have made it a goal to try fruit I've never had, thanks to AC.
Its made me worry about pixel animals moving out without telling me.
Its made me get attached to some said pixel animals.
It's made me a bit less anxious socially, but I completely stop playing as soon as I have homework.. so I guess I learned to put my academics before it (I used to put Wild World before homework when I was a teen)
- made me create an acnl blog
- spend over 500 hours of my life on it
- get sad over non-existent characters leaving
- $40 poorer
- messed with my sleeping schedule
- go on sites like reddit and belltree for acnl
- have something to play with my kid sister
- etc
I was pretty addicted the summer it came out. When uni started again it was difficult not being able to play as much, but I got used to it. Lately I've been taking one month breaks, then playing for a few days again. So I think I can safely say I'm not addicted anymore. Still love the game, though! One of the best ways to relax. <3
I'm actually way more addicted to this game than I thought I would be when I first picked it up. The only reason I did was because my friend had told me about it and that got me curious. It's pretty much become part of my daily routine now: I play it when I first wake up (after I brush my teeth, wash my face, and eat of course) for at least an hour, and once or twice again later on in the day if my villagers ask for certain things that can only be obtained at a specific time. I've been playing for 6 months now and I'm still going strong. At times I'll find myself losing some interest, but that is only fleeting. I try and take my time with things so that I always have something to look forward to when I play.
On top of that the game is also really relaxing. Sometimes when Im stressed and can't stop thinking about whatever is causing it playing new leaf allows me to just wipe my mind clean and focus on something else for a bit. It may only last for as long as I'm playing the game but it brings great relief regardless.
I don't play it daily (Last I played was a week ago lel) but I try to make SOME effort to play it. I used to love ACNL so much I couldn't play anything else for a few months though.
This thread makes me tempted to play AC...Screw it, my RPGs can wait, I hafta play me some new leaf.