03-08-2004, 11:17 PM
Similar? Maybe, in that you expose yourself to ridicule. But a Diablo forum is not where you live. It is a small community that is only peripheral to your 'real life'. It is part of where you play, not where you live.
My comment was something of a "ha ha, only serious" nature, and obviously missed the mark. I think you've been around here long enough to see people who have washed out on Diablo and had to leave the community in the hopes of rebuilding a life. Priorities vary from day to day, and week to week. Sometimes The Game is life, and everything else is diversion. This is year #7 for me here, and getting baited into a thread like this takes a big toll on both of my lives: the gaming one, and whatever it leaves in its wake.
With that said, and the realization that I have long since passed the point of clarifying my stance and entered the realm of beating dead horses, I think I will bid this thread adieu and look for a thread on gaming or other trivial forms of recreation. Those are the important things in This Life, after all. It's a sad day when a political or religious discussion here becomes more controversial than a debate on twinking or grief play.
My comment was something of a "ha ha, only serious" nature, and obviously missed the mark. I think you've been around here long enough to see people who have washed out on Diablo and had to leave the community in the hopes of rebuilding a life. Priorities vary from day to day, and week to week. Sometimes The Game is life, and everything else is diversion. This is year #7 for me here, and getting baited into a thread like this takes a big toll on both of my lives: the gaming one, and whatever it leaves in its wake.
With that said, and the realization that I have long since passed the point of clarifying my stance and entered the realm of beating dead horses, I think I will bid this thread adieu and look for a thread on gaming or other trivial forms of recreation. Those are the important things in This Life, after all. It's a sad day when a political or religious discussion here becomes more controversial than a debate on twinking or grief play.