"No you guys I can't it's too fun and addicting I waste too much time enjoying life."
What's the fucking point of living you idiots.
Point of living? Balance and moderation.
EQ: Woke up with keyboard imprint on my face grinding 45 in dreadlands for just one more blue bar bubble. Went to school with 0 to 2 hours of sleep most times, slept all day and when I was awake I was planning the quests and grinds for the night.
CS: Started at beta5.2 and played more on then off for 8 years, at the height of it - 3 different leagues, 10-15 scrims a day with my team, banned from 150+ public servers for 'hacking' and impossible kills/skills. (I didn't hack)
D2: See my first post.
Did I have fun? Fuck yeah, tons!
Now I,
Have 100 some games on steam, none installed.
Work on websites and productive stuff every day.
Workout every week day.
Take hundreds of photos a month traveling around the maritime provinces.
Take the time to eat well, sleep well and not just throw shit in the microwave and play a game until I pass out.
Read, relax, enjoy time in the sun, hikes etc...
I simply ask myself do I want to spend hundreds of hours 'enjoying' myself in D3, or doing more of what I do now. Pretty easy choice.
I don't have 'moderation' built in me when it comes to something I love, same reason I can spend all day playing a game is the same reason I can spend 2 hours in a 30 foot piece of the forest doing macro photography.