From: Ivan Vazquez <ivan@haldane.bu.edu>
Subject: Re: The Netreker's Life
Organization: Molecular Biology Engineering Research Center
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 02:42:51 GMT


In article <1992Oct9.014316.2860@cis.ohio-state.edu> mdm@stegosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Michael Moore) wrote:
> 
> 	Netrek can be fun, but beyond a point, netrek is death.
> It will suck away your soul, leave you with nothing but a husk.
> You'll finish up a 9 hour session staring at your terminal.  And
> inside, you'll be drained.  You'll look at your life and see
> how you've been cheated.  You'll want to change, and so you'll 
> wander on home, exhausted, and collapse into sleep.  But the
> next day you're back, because when you look at all the things
> you could be doing, netrek is the easiest of all.... 
> [...]

It's intersting that this be posted today.  

I deleted my client binaries yesterday.  I hope not to re-ftp them
either.  Netrek has been great fun, I've met some great people and
enjoyed myself immensely.

I would like to say to all of you, enjoy netrek, but take MMoore's
post seriously.  This all reminds me of a post I saw on
rec.games.mud.diku recently (It's at the end of this post).

Anyway some of you have been great help and fun in netrek, especially
Limofel/Quovadis who has become a good friend outside of netrek also.

I also remember a long time ago being quite clueless and having Balton
basing on my team and him telling me to take planets he was close to.
It felt so great to be working together with someone instead of just
dog-fighting randomly.  On this note I'd like to comment that the best
netrek I've ever had was not just with people who were clued, but with
people who were clued and FRIENDLY.  Without that the game really
loses quite a bit.  It starts to feel like a real mercenary gathering.
Probably something enjoyable to some, but not really my cup of tea.

To all of you who I've said "Truly, you are a god" I salute you.  I
think netrek is a beautiful game, I will miss it.  Just beware of it
taking over your life.

Ivan

Foozle, Grey Death, Smurfette, Cast

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From: s7536057@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Richard Resnick)
Newsgroups: rec.games.mud.diku
Subject: Goodbye
Date: 16 Aug 92 19:33:58 GMT
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst


*====^==/===== ======`====== Lanewood's Farewell ===*====,===/========'======*

I spent all of last week away from JudyMUD. Went down to Florida to get some
relaxation and found some real interesting things out, about myself and my re-
lationship to JudyMUD.

Some of you may remember me bitching a few weeks ago about the attitudes over
on Judy. I got some real nice responses from lots of people. The attitudes have
improved slightly, and it is no longer much of a problem.

A new problem has arisen, however. I am an addict to this game, in the full
sense of the word. My life has gone way downhill, my relationships with my
friends and family have become far less significant than gaining 28th level,
or finding a muslin skirt. And that is wrong.

I love JudyMUD, but it is destroying my life. I never thought I would hear my-
self say something like that to the world, but it really is. Mudding is an ad-
diction, and for some it is easier to deal with than others. I thought I had it
all under my belt, but it turns out -- that was not at all the case.

For 2 months I have been avoiding work, staying inside all day to mud, eating 
sporadically, dreaming of killing furies in Greece.... it is all so much fun,
but for me, it can not go on. My life, my real life, it is more important to me
than JudyMUD. I am sincerely unsure if I can handle a real life _and_ a MUD 
life, and no longer wish to risk real life to answer that question for myself.

The worst part is all of the great friends I have made (and the enemies too). 
It is you who have caused me to continue to mud when I knew I should attend to 
other things, and for this I offer no regret or apology. It is you I will lose,
not my equipment or my levels or my power, but my friends.

I am giving away all of my equipment tomorrow (Monday). I will request that my
character be purged. And then I will never again be seen on JudyMUD. 

To Ishra, Toony, Izzy, Sam, Jet, Memo, Jazz, Delilah, Patch, Steele, Ram, Sarp-
idon, Kurgan, Bennu, Locutus, and any other friends of mine who I have regret-
fully forgotten, I will eternally miss you and think of you.

Goodbye, Judy.

*=====/=== ===^=============`============/==== = ^========~====/====^ =-=*
*     "I'll return your fire, if you take away your vultures..."         *
*                     - Prometheus, gaining leverage                     *
*===^==/=======\======= ===`====='==========>====.===== =^=====/====*====*

			       RJR
         Internet Address: s7536057@titan.ucc.umass.edu

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--
Ivan (Baskets) Vazquez  
	Bio-Molecular Engineering Research Center
		Boston University

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