Problems letting go of XI? Japanese too.

[Alerith]

FFXI is so old...idk why ppl are still attached to it. It goes to show when you dedicate 90% of your life/paycheck to something, its really hard to let go of it.

I agree with most of what you posted except this.

You don't have to dedicate 90% of your life and paycheck to get attached to a game, especially not FFXI. In any game where you have a personalized Avatar, if you play over a sufficient period of time, you will slowly build a connection either with your character, other players, the game world or all of the above.

You don't have to sit and play 8 hours a day, 7 days a week for 10 years to grow attached.