Obsessive Behavior: Side Affect of 2.0 Anticipation?

I know they are not inviting overseas applicants until after next week (as long as things go smoothly), but that hasn't stopped me from obsessively checking my email throughout the day.

I have also been watching the trailer non-stop, listening to the FFXIV soundtrack more, scavenging the forums for updates, playing other FF games, and speculating with other player theories of the possible story elements of 2.0.

I think I have a problem. Anyone else developing a case of "Yoshidacrosis?" :confused:

http://i.imgur.com/pSGOl.png

probably.

you really need a hobby because the wait will be long
*says the guy always checking the forum*

Yes yes and yes

I have the song answers in my head constantly (cant find it on itunes or it would be on my ipod to listen to as I drive), I watch the end of an era video multiple times a day and I check my email again and again and again throughout the day to see if I got my letter yet lol. So your not alone!

The first step is admitting that you have a problem...

My personal theory behind my own obsessive rehashing of minor lore points, reloading of the forum, rewatching of the video and relearning the words to the song, is that I'm trying to fill in the spots where gameplay and game planning used to be.

For those moments during the work day where I would check about a quest/fight/crafting recipe etc. Those moments don't exist anymore, so to fill them I'm reloading the forum, or watching the video one last time. There's an empty spot in our lives without the game available.

Normally, this would just lead into us finding another thing to do. But instead of FFXIV being gone, it's on hold. So we have no closure. We're in a suspended state trying to temporarily fill the hole, while anticipating the return to the game.

And now that I think about it as a suspended state, we'll very easily slip into the correct mindset for our characters. Returning to a world that has been changed by an apocalypse, anxious to know what happened while we were suspended.

Nicely done SE, nicely done ^^

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Originally Posted by MicahZerrshia

So your not alone!

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Glad to hear it.

I need to get Answers DLed so I can stop playing it in my head at work and actually listen to it. Soooo good.

I've been trying to occupy myself in ffxi but that game has gone to the dogs imo.

I'm seriously considering just cancelling my subscription to XI and replaying some of my fav classics or trying something new until I get accepted to alpha/beta.

I seriously didnt know how much of a hook this game had in me until the servers went down.

This is how they hook us. By the time the game comes back up, we'll have so much XIV-withdrawel that playing it (new and improved) will be like when you eat a cracker after not having eaten anything in like, three days.

I gotta give you credit Heavens for admitting it publicly and alot of us feels that way too :)

Well said Tryst Wildkey. Im in same boat as you. Although I didn't have a FFXIV forum account until I created one that same day End of An Era Trailer was released. Since then i've been on the forum refreshing it and participating in discussions and such.

It's definitely affecting us cause we are all so used to logging in the game everyday it's part of our lives.

I'm in the same boat. All of my free time is devoted to XIV drooling/exploring/crying.

I'm in the same boat.. checking the forums and email daily..

I wanna do a Final Fantasy Marathon. Play every game from 1 to 13-2. All sequels and prequels included. But, I'm kinda missing everything from 7 and below, except 3, I have that on DS.

I figure by the time I beat every game in the series, ARR will be out.

So yeah...anyone wanna spot me FF1-6? ;)

I check my e-mail and forums daily but not obsessively. :)

The forums is a page that opens up the minute I click my browser. Same with my e-mail . (I still get e-mails from friends... plus I shop a lot online. :O Package tracking!) I won't miss any mails about FFXIV, but I won't let it get obsessive. :3

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Originally Posted by Lucke

I wanna do a Final Fantasy Marathon. Play every game from 1 to 13-2. All sequels and prequels included. But, I'm kinda missing everything from 7 and below, except 3, I have that on DS.

I figure by the time I beat every game in the series, ARR will be out.

So yeah...anyone wanna spot me FF1-6? ;)

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I had this exact idea... It would be a lot of fun, but man that's a lot of games to replay! I just started Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey back up because I never beat them. It's hard to pay attention during cutscenes though when I have the ARR one on repeat on my laptop.

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Originally Posted by Siegtaru

This is how they hook us. By the time the game comes back up, we'll have so much XIV-withdrawel that playing it (new and improved) will be like when you eat a cracker after not having eaten anything in like, three days.

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Yep, this'll be us at 2.0 launch:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FTIneCSpjJ.../s400/PigO.jpg

I don't check my mail obsessively since I'm usually notified instantly if I get anything either on the mail app on Windows 8 or on my iPhone but I do check this forum all the time and I watch the Alpha walkthroughs from time to time. :p

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Originally Posted by Siegtaru

This is how they hook us. By the time the game comes back up, we'll have so much XIV-withdrawel that playing it (new and improved) will be like when you eat a cracker after not having eaten anything in like, three days.

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Polly want a cracker? ... Yes. Yes. Yes... And FFXI and Secret World and WoW just don't do it. I tried Skyrim, but every time I start that I go to the ESO site to see what's new there. I end up reading Lodestone and checking email. It is definitely annoying...

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Originally Posted by Ingolf

I'm in the same boat. All of my free time is devoted to XIV drooling/exploring/crying.

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I've noticed that some of your time is devoted to lurking the forums and laying the smackdown on people who try to argue using flawed logic.

Or is that just a recent thing...