h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I think I'm addicted to championship manager, I can stop for weeks at a go, but the need gets too much for me, it's ruined my social life, I spend all my time at the buzzing off the stats, its ruined my health; my once adonis like tanned body (although I may be exagerating) has now become a manky white balloon shaped monstrosity. I can't stop, I just have to play one more game, just one more game.

Somebody help me

Sorry mate... I'm in the same boat, only with Madden NFL 2k3... Sometimes I can leave it alone for a week, but come the weekend, it hardly ever gets switched off, much to the consternation of my partner... What can we do

Of course, admitting you have a problem and wanting to be rid of said problem are two entirely different things altogether

the 12 steppers (eg AA and NA) say admitting you have a problem is the first step

championship manager was cited by women in three divorce cases in the last 12 months.

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so what exactly is championship manager ?

Sounds too dangerous to ask!

admitting you have a problem is the first step

Very true. 50% of the solution I would say. The other 50% in this case involves a sledge hammer and some release of tension with the offending article being destroyed.

A drastic solution but the only viable one. Cold turkey doesnt last forever|

Stuart

The first step in a 12 step program is admitting you've got a problem? What a ripoff. That's not a step; it's a half step at best. They should call those 11 1/2 step programs.

Believe me, admitting you have a problem is a major step on the way to curing the problem - and that applies to any kind of addiction. Thats experience talking, not somethig I've read in some book.

Stuart

"What exactly is Championship Manager?"

Its a football manager game. Its more addictive than heroin, I'm not a football fan but once I played this game I was hooked.

It's also the reason I've missed out on my brother growing up. He just emerges from his room long enough to eat, then retreats his room. Occasionally he'll update us on his progress "I'm now in 2023 and I've won the FA Cup, the League Cup the Premiership and the Champions League with Kidderminster." I'll come home from uni after 3 months of absence and he'll just shout hello from his room, saying he'll be down after the next game (yeah right!)

i must admit i've been feeling the same way about h2g2 (well maybe not so extreme). my computer has to go in for a service and i'm actually looking forward to some enforced internet-free time.

now if i can just get off h2 long enough to do the backups and get the machine into town...

Why not pull out the harddisk and give it to someone to hide!

that reminds me of trying to quit smoking by the weaning method rather than cold turkey.

one trick was you wrap 15 rubber bands around your last packet of fags, put it inside several plastic bags each tied at the top, then hide it under a pile of junk in the cellar. meant to be a disincentive . nothing ever stopped me from going for just one cigarettte other than getting rid of all of them.

even if i could get the HD out myself, i'd just end up pleading with whoever hid it. very .

You've got a problem.

Would love to advise but being unable to stop playing Smackdown: Shut your mouth on the PS2, don't want to sound hypocritical.

I'm sure we'll regret wasting all this time but when we realise that we have no life, at least we'll be able to play a bit more (this time without guilt).

I spend way to much time on my computer as well.