I've enjoyed playing you and making new farmer friends, but the time has come to say good-bye.
I know we've been going together for two years. We started off with the puppy love of four plots and a chicken or two, growing into two substantial farms, my home and your English one. I love the animals we collected and bred, but again, you became far too time consuming. Building a gazillion orchards and making my arborist obsolete, but not giving me enough herders to harvest my critters with one click. I became frustrated when I would have a unique foal to put into my nursery barn only to have it grow up into a stupid black horse.
I love the mini-challenges you provided, but the Lady Gaga challenge was simply the last straw.
--Not that I have anything against Lady Gaga, shoot, she's a marketing guru to use that platform to kick-off her new album/tour/whatever. That was pure genius. Wish I could sell my books that way.
I really hate to say this, Farmville, but you've simply become too much work. What used to take minutes a day in our relationship, soon became hours were devoted to making it work.
My addiction of you must stop.
A week ago, I harvested all my crops and plowed my fields. And then, I wrote you a Dear John note, telling you I needed a vacation. But that was a lie. It was my way of telling you farewell. And I think I was ready for our break-up because it was easier than I expected.
I hate to be the one to give up OUR friends, but what must be, must be.
Three days ago, I blocked all the messages you have been sending me. I'm sorry, sweetie, but it had to be done.
I have another game in my life that doesn't take up too much time . . . except when it plays challenges upon catering assignments and I can't seem to find the time to master all the dishes.
Very frustrating at times.
And I know I will kick Cafe World out of my life just as I kick you out if it becomes too much of a hassle. I'll always have Spider Solitaire or Mahjong Titans.
Good-bye, Farmville! It was a good run while it lasted!
Later, Peeps
I never ever opened Farmville so I don't know what made it so addictive but you're not the first person I've heard getting sucked in deep.
ReplyDeleteI've pretty much blocked all games on my facebook page. I just don't have the time.
And it seems like most of the games require players to contact other people to try to suck them into the game. I don't this for a fact since I don't play any of them, but I get lots of messages from various games. So besides not wanting to get sucked in, I didn't want to send game messages to my "friends"
I always feel guilty when I don't respond to friend requests and then block whatever game was being used to contact me, but that's the way it is.
Good for you...breaking any habit is tough.
Don't feel guilty, Cyndi. It's part of the way they draw you in . . . said the spider to the fly.
ReplyDeleteMargie, I KNEW you could do it!!!!
ReplyDeleteActually,it wasn't hard, Jods. I just had to get tired of playing it.
ReplyDeleteBreaking up isn't ALWAYS hard to do . . .
ReplyDeleteI know myself and games. I can't play anything besides spider solitaire and mahjong. Otherwise, I'll never get anything done.
I was ready to quit Farmville, which made it easy to break the habit.
ReplyDeleteWhen I started playing Spider Solitaire and Mahjong, I became seriously addicted . . . until my computer would freeze up and eventually refused to open those games. It allowed me to quit the habit, though I wonder if the hubster somehow rigged it.