Top Ten Signs You're Addicted to the Barrow-Downs - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Thinlómien · 04-17-2007, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Rune Son of Bjarne

Traitor, Traitor! ! !

She must be lynched. . .

No, we must give her negative reputation...

Or else,
BURN HER! BURN HER!

Legate of Amon Lanc · 04-17-2007, 04:25 AM

That is more about addiction to Werewolf, actually, but I think addiction to Werewolf => addiction to the Downs. And the sign is...

Staying in invisible mode even though you are not currently playing.

Rune Son of Bjarne · 04-17-2007, 04:48 AM

I do not belive that to be sign of addiction to ww. . .I have done it, but that was more lazyness and sometimes it is just nice that people cannot see what you are doing.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 04-17-2007, 04:58 AM

Sure, sure... but not always...

Thinlómien · 04-17-2007, 05:00 AM

Funny, everytime I die in ww I rejoice that I can turn myself to visible... I just love those green spots!

Brinniel · 04-17-2007, 05:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Legate

Staying in invisible mode even though you are not currently playing.

Guilty.

At first, I didn't like the idea of turning invisible. I remember ages ago, someone started up a stalker thread and I sort of enjoyed the idea of being stalked on the Downs. But once I switched to invisible mode, I can't get myself to change back. I don't know...I guess I like feeling sneaky.

More signs/symptoms:

-Whenever a ww game is over, you can't help but wiggle in your chair, anxiously waiting for the next one to start. At least when you're killed off, you still have a game to watch, but when it's all over, I just don't seem to know what to do with myself (even though really I have plenty to do...it's just all happens to be RL stuff I'd rather not do).

-When you're doing research for a paper, and whenever you come across an article about a particular country, you can't help but to think of a Downer. For some reason, I kept coming across Danish articles even though I was researching about the American family, and each time I was somehow easily reminded of Rune. And now I'm using an article that does a study about intercultural relationships in Finland by an author from the University of Jyväskylä for a frame text (you may wonder how this article relates to the American family, but I promise you...I'm making it work..). But each time I look at this source, I can't help but think, "Hmm...I know people from Finland. Maybe only online, but..."

-Lastly, I think I might've posted this one years before, but: You know you're addicted when you're an American who starts spelling the English way. It can be a nuisance whenever that nasty red underline appears on Word. Plus, I remember I was marked down in an essay a few years back because the teacher claimed I was spelling certain words wrong. Stupid U.S. spelling...it has never made sense to me. I mean, when do you ever pronounce the 'z' in realize?

littlemanpoet · 04-18-2007, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Brinniel

I mean, when do you ever pronounce the 'z' in realize?

Huh?

Do you mean that you, an American, pronounce realize as "reel - - - ice" .. ... and not as "reel - - - - eyes"?

Wow!

Kath · 04-18-2007, 10:05 AM

Though she still has someway to go ... putting the 'a' in the word for starters!

Brinniel · 04-18-2007, 10:49 AM

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Do you mean that you, an American, pronounce realize as "reel - - - ice" .. ... and not as "reel - - - - eyes"?

Well, actually it's more like whenever I see the American spelling, I read it as "real-lyezz" (or something like that...I can never spell what I'm trying to pronounciate). When I say it aloud, I can't hear the "z," so it just looks misplaced to me.

Anyways, my spelling isn't always consistent one way or another (just in case you guys start reading my posts extra carefully from now on

). Being around the Downs so much, I guess I start seeing certain words spelled one way and I after a while, I start spelling them that way myself out of habit...

Thinlómien · 04-20-2007, 06:46 AM

...almost every thread in the active topics has a white dot telling you've posted on the thread.

Rikae · 04-17-2007, 05:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

That is more about addiction to Werewolf, actually, but I think addiction to Werewolf => addiction to the Downs. And the sign is...

Staying in invisible mode even though you are not currently playing.

I think I've been invisible for the last three months at least!
It would be embarrassing if people knew how much time I really spend here...

although that would mean they were here, too...

Thinlómien · 04-18-2007, 03:12 AM

you keep playing it even though it is at times as frustrating as it's fun since you don't have a net access home.

04-17-2007, 04:25 AM	#2
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Back to the topic... That is more about addiction to Werewolf, actually, but I think addiction to Werewolf => addiction to the Downs. And the sign is... Staying in invisible mode even though you are not currently playing. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

04-17-2007, 04:58 AM	#4
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Sure, sure... but not always... __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

04-17-2007, 05:00 AM	#5
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	The green sposts make me feel alive... Funny, everytime I die in ww I rejoice that I can turn myself to visible... I just love those green spots! __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

04-18-2007, 10:05 AM	#8
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Though she still has someway to go ... putting the 'a' in the word for starters! __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

04-20-2007, 06:46 AM	#10
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	You know you're obsessed with BD when... ...almost every thread in the active topics has a white dot telling you've posted on the thread. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

04-18-2007, 03:12 AM	#12
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	You know you're suffering from a bad werewolf addiction when... you keep playing it even though it is at times as frustrating as it's fun since you don't have a net access home. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris