My time starts... /now/

[joellercoaster]

I'm going to see if I can go one week, Friday to Friday, 7 days, 168 hours - without playing Crawl.

I don't want sponsorship, but I might need support.

[pratamawirya]

Carry the black torch!

[Confidence Interval]

It'll be hard - but you can do it!

Today is my 16th straight day without playing Crawl.

I propose we start a Crawlaholics Anonymous thread to support people in similar situations.

[Zelkelion]

Carry the black torch!

Rouse the restless dead!

[Un67]

I actually have to go without Crawl for more or less the whole month. It's NaNoWriMo and I can't get distracted while writing my novel

[pratamawirya]

I actually have to go without Crawl for more or less the whole month. It's NaNoWriMo and I can't get distracted while writing my novel

On the other hand, having a terrible YASD might be good if you're writing a tragic story

[Blade]

I actually have to go without Crawl for more or less the whole month. It's NaNoWriMo and I can't get distracted while writing my novel

-can't get distracted-
-said on a forum unrelated to NaNoWriMo-

You may have already failed.

[TwilightPhoenix]

Easy way to do this: start up any MMO.

[Un67]

I actually have to go without Crawl for more or less the whole month. It's NaNoWriMo and I can't get distracted while writing my novel

-can't get distracted-
-said on a forum unrelated to NaNoWriMo-

You may have already failed.

I can see that you've detected the subtle irony in the situation

EDIT: Also, I've built a big enough safety cushion to safely be distracted for a few days

[JeffQyzt]

NaNoWriMo

Naga ?? ?? Monk

[Jabberwocky]

Good luck.

[Un67]

I broke my vow solely to start a NaMo with that name. Not actually playing him, though, but whatever

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

Go forth and aid the weak!

[Jeremiah]

Actually, while there's never been a moment when I've gone "GAH RAGEQUIT THE DEVS ARE RUINING THE GAME!!!!!", I've found myself gradually drifting away from Crawl; it's now been more than 4 weeks since I last played, and I haven't particularly missed it.

I expect I'll go back to it at some point - maybe for the next tournament or something.

[varsovie]

I often pass a week without playing CRAWL. In fact each time a new version of Dwarf Fortress comes out.

[TwilightPhoenix]

My Crawl pattern has been this. Play a character or two that gets far, plus however many false starts in between, then go for awhile, a week, two weeks, a month, or so without playing, and then play hard again.

[joellercoaster]

Aaagh. It's only day 2, and I'm struggling.

I must have subliminally hit the key combination that starts Crawl a dozen times already, but I'm too smart for it. I've removed the package.

Joel
For some reason, eating a lot of biscuits today

[Zelkelion]

Aaagh. It's only day 2, and I'm struggling.

I must have subliminally hit the key combination that starts Crawl a dozen times already, but I'm too smart for it. I've removed the package.

Joel
For some reason, eating a lot of biscuits today

A biscuit would be delicious.

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

Joel, if you want to live without Crawl, live without the Crawl dependencies (strategy subforums, watching Webtiles, thinking about your characters, wisely backed-up ~/.crawl).

[dpeg]

A generally useful thing to do is to not worry about Crawl at all, and only to come back for a release (not necessarily the next one) or a tournament.

[Grimm]

Crawl is like chess - she'll always be there for you when you need her, but you don't necessarily need to attend to her every single day.

[nicolae]

Perhaps you can play some other roguelike to tide you over. Like methadone to Crawl's heroin, except with a more tasteful analogy. Is IVAN still being maintained?

[Confidence Interval]

I'm going to see if I can go one week, Friday to Friday, 7 days, 168 hours - without playing Crawl.

I don't want sponsorship, but I might need support.

So is it working - or have you failed?

[joellercoaster]

It's worked so far. Just.

I got a little tipsy at the pub and tried to reinstall from apt cache on the train home on Tuesday night, but had updated my package indices so the package manager refused to install an older version. And I realised that when you're trying to hack your package manager to trick it into doing something you've deliberately used it to stop doing, then you kind of have a problem.

The barrier was not insurmountable, but it was sufficient to give me time to come to my senses.

Saved!

[Confidence Interval]

It's worked so far. Just.

I got a little tipsy at the pub and tried to reinstall from apt cache on the train home on Tuesday night, but had updated my package indices so the package manager refused to install an older version. And I realised that when you're trying to hack your package manager to trick it into doing something you've deliberately used it to stop doing, then you kind of have a problem.

The barrier was not insurmountable, but it was sufficient to give me time to come to my senses.

Saved!

Well done. Only one more day to go...

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

At least you did not call Quitters, Inc.

[joellercoaster]

Haha my first game back and I get killed trying to stab Grinder! What a noob.

[Confidence Interval]

Haha my first game back and I get killed trying to stab Grinder! What a noob.

Should've stayed on the wagon...

[njvack]

Easy way to do this: start up any MMO.

Easy way (temporarily) to kick the Crawl and, well, every other game habit: Have a baby!

[TwilightPhoenix]

Then you just get addicted to parenting and are stuck and unable to cure it for 20 years.

[Yet Another Stupid Noob]

Then you just get addicted to parenting and are stuck and unable to cure it for 32 years.

....fixed

[Blade]

Alright, taking my cue from this thread, I am now going to try for one week without Crawl. It's now gone from my computer. Wish me luck.

withdrawal symptoms...begin.

[XuaXua]

After my first win, I've barely played and when I have, it's been combinations I don't normally play just to see wh... AND GET KILLED.

[Confidence Interval]

Alright, taking my cue from this thread, I am now going to try for one week without Crawl. It's now gone from my computer. Wish me luck.

withdrawal symptoms...begin.

Good luck with that. Let us know how long you last!

[Grimm]

Life is like Crawl: you don't last very long.

[Confidence Interval]

Life is like Crawl: you don't last very long.

Life is like Crawl: you don't last very long but, although we're all at risk of unavoidable death due to unforeseen circumstances, there are ways of behaving that reduce our risk of death.

For example:
Life: don't smoke, wear a seatbelt.
Crawl: don't use-ID potions, know when to run.

[Blade]

...fine, I yield. I had forgotten that I have the rest of this week free; no way I'm staying away without responsibilities to tend to.

I'll be trying again more firmly next week.

(my downfall was thinking of a ton of cool character combinations I wanted to try)

[ilpalazzo]

Life is like Crawl: you don't last very long but, although we're all at risk of unavoidable death due to unforeseen circumstances, there are ways of behaving that reduce our risk of death.

It probably wasn't about death...

[Confidence Interval]

Life is like Crawl: you don't last very long but, although we're all at risk of unavoidable death due to unforeseen circumstances, there are ways of behaving that reduce our risk of death.

It probably wasn't about death...

Everything is about death.

[Grimm]

"If in life we are surrounded by death, so too in the health of our intellect we are surrounded by madness." -Wittgenstein

[Confidence Interval]

"If in life we are surrounded by death, so too in the health of our intellect we are surrounded by madness." -Wittgenstein

I like that one.

"The knowledge of death is reflective and conceptual, and animals are spared it. They live and they disappear with the same thoughtlessness: a few minutes of fear, a few seconds of anguish, and it is over. But to live a whole lifetime with the fate of death haunting one's dreams and even the most sun-filled days—that's something else." - Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death.

[Grimm]

Perhaps the only sane response is the one outlined here:

"A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams." - Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure

[Grimm]

On the other hand,

"There's no point killing yourself, because you always kill yourself too late." - E.M. Cioran

[pratamawirya]

I thought I'd said something 'bout too much sanity for CYC??