Silkroad Addiction

[GuardianAngels]

I knew the difference between the paths of the orthodox and unorthodox, yet I keep straying towards the wrong road. I am a result of the poor decisions that I made through my life. Of all the choices, there were two significant events that impacted my life and brought my downfall. I been warned several times of the consequences of those choices, but I ignored them. During my first year in high school, I was a rather well-rounded student with a bright attitude. My school grades were above average and I could easily balance work and play time. However, it all changed when I made those poor decisions in grade 9: all the positive traits that I once had were soon replaced by negativity after 3 brief years.
Throughout my life, I played various Massive Multiplayer Online games, but none were addicting as “Silkroad Online”. I was introduced to the game “Silkroad Online” at the end of grade 9. When playing, my mind was instantly absorbed into the game. This was the time when everyone played, so naturally I joined.
During the summer, I lived on the “Silkroad” and slept in the mundane world. Every day, I was slaying monsters and killing players, the more I killed, the higher my level became. It all came to an end when the new semester started. I vowed to myself not to get entangled in “Silkroad” and focus on my studies. Nothing went according to my plan. Within the first week of school, I could barely keep away from the tantalizing icon of the game on my computer screen. Eventually, my addiction returned and I was clicking away, ignoring the piles of assignments and homework. Surprisingly at first, my marks did not drop even though I neglected to study until the day before a test. I thought I was invincible and a true genius. However, the thought was shattered as the grades dropped drastically over the next few assignments.
The more “Silkroad” I played, the more my grades dropped. It was as if God himself was giving me warnings. My teachers were understanding and lenient. They, along with other people, offered me opportunities, but I was too busy on the “Silkroad”. I neglected those opportunities and clicked away. I was all-mighty on the Silkroad, but a failure on the real road. Even the day before the exam, I was still preoccupied with thoughts of gaming.
The results of my exams were catastrophic. My finals were poor and I was determined to redeem myself in the second semester. Inspired by the failures, I focused on school for a brief month before the addiction came back again. Once addicted, history repeated itself for the next 3 semesters. I was an abuser, and Silkroad was my heroin.
Throughout the summer before Grade 12, I was able to recollect my thoughts and finally quit Silkroad Online” . It was Silkroad that had ruined me. Through this experience, I learned the importance of studying and focusing on the priorities in life such as assignments and homework.

[CeLL]

It was me that had ruined me.

fixed, now go fix yourself.



























god im such a bastard today

[pr0klobster]

Just replace everything in there with "WoW" or "Everquest" or any other MMO over the years, and it's a typical addiction scenario.

Glad to hear you are moving on.

[GuardianAngels]

slifer the sky dragon attackkkk

[marijnz0r]

It was me that had ruined me.

fixed, now go fix yourself.
god im such a bastard today

Yes you are.
Someone is telling something important.
Not seen a lot in this forums.

+1 for ThreadStarter

[evilpeta]

where is tl;dr version?

edit: nvm.. key words: grades, school, Silkroad.

[GuardianAngels]

wat is tl;dr?

[CrimsonNuker]

Isnt that a botters forum?

[CeLL]

It was me that had ruined me.

fixed, now go fix yourself.
god im such a bastard today

Yes you are.
Someone is telling something important.
Not seen a lot in this forums.

+1 for ThreadStarter

no someone is telling how he blaming a game for his down fall and boo hooing about it.

[Aiyas]

god im such a bastard today

Though I do agree with your fix.

@OP:

Glad to hear you are moving on.

[ltsune]

Good that you moved on with life

I agree that Silkroad can be kind of addicting but still... i get so irritated of the server traffic so no real addicting is possible for me

And i agree +1 to the thread-starter. Very rare to see a serious thread around here

[GuardianAngels]

Glad to see that some members on this forum are not complete jerks.

[Sacchin]

Much text here

Glad to hear, maybe it would even inspire someone else to do the same? I know ever since I quit sro things have been alot better for me also \o/

=)

[XesoS]

great story bro , some true tho

[S3by]

Dude i play silkroad for 5 years , u know what is the problem ? U . Why ? because u don't know how to organize your time ( family , work , school and free time divided between PC and going out ) .

[penfold1992]

S3bys right.

[.AWAKE.]

It was me that had ruined me.

fixed, now go fix yourself.



god im such a bastard today

LMFAO!!! epic reply is epic!
me and my co-workers lol'd hard

[Trice]

@ OP: People on the internet are wankers. dont share with them

@ most replies: your e-peen is not increased by makin fun of someone who tries to bring a thread to GD that isnt your usual "ZOMG BOTS. ZOMG BAN. ZOMG +11. ZOMG ROC. ZOMG ZOMG" and you flame it to the ground?

@ Baro: bro. you gotta be gettin tired of moddin here. sorry i left ya

[penfold1992]

lol we do need another mod in GD... Barotix is doing a great job and it shouldnt be relied on him all the time

[trane]

Oh, when I read those lines I kinda found myself. I quit playing awhile ago, nice to hear you moved on and for the future stay away from MMOs . Good luck dawg.

[Trice]

lol we do need another mod in GD... Barotix is doing a great job and it shouldnt be relied on him all the time

indeed. i considered a re-application, given that my prior inactivity came from studies which are now complete. and i was back into sro, rollin the tsro massive.
but then they IP blocked us all. so bleeeeeh. xD

[CrimsonNuker]

lol we do need another mod in GD... Barotix is doing a great job and it shouldnt be relied on him all the time

indeed. i considered a re-application, given that my prior inactivity came from studies which are now complete. and i was back into sro, rollin the tsro massive.
but then they IP blocked us all. so bleeeeeh. xD

Still playing SRO?

[Trice]

lol we do need another mod in GD... Barotix is doing a great job and it shouldnt be relied on him all the time

indeed. i considered a re-application, given that my prior inactivity came from studies which are now complete. and i was back into sro, rollin the tsro massive.
but then they IP blocked us all. so bleeeeeh. xD

Still playing SRO?

gave it a try. and it once again bit me in my fine fine ass.
gave up on it now

shoulda learned OP's lesson: SRO rapes you in so many ways. like pedobear. but less cuddly

[TheDrop]

Glad to hear you are moving on.

[Swindler]

Yeah, SRO is one hella of addicting game, but I agree with CeLL, you cant blame a game just because you arent strong enough to not play it, control yourself god dammit.

[CeLL]

lol we do need another mod in GD... Barotix is doing a great job and it shouldnt be relied on him all the time

it could be me, i could be the meanest most god awerful mod evah!

[CrimsonNuker]

Imagine if I was modding GD

[Swindler]

Imagine if I was modding GD

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[.AWAKE.]

lool , Ive laughed in more threads today alone, then any others since ive been here..

[Mirosuke]

Imagine if I was modding GD

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!!!111

lool