Originally Posted by Vagabonder Originally Posted by

On just the game account that's linked to this forum account? Perhaps.



Of course, you're counting my total time logged into the game, a metric which has no value whatsoever since you stopped kicking people for being AFK. I have literally been logged into the game, standing in my dimension, completely AFK, for days at a time. You call that entertainment? I call it artificial server count inflation. But okay.



What about all the money I've spent on other people's accounts? Can you see that too, from your lofty behind-the-scenes perch? Can you see the number of times my debit card was used to buy patron or credits for my boyfriend's account? Or that I bought him the game in the first place?



I'm going to tell you my most embarrassing Rift-spending secret now. It's the thing I'm really ashamed to admit. But here goes.



I recruited my boyfriend, four of his brothers, and all of their girlfriends/wives to play this game. Only my boyfriend and one brother lasted, the rest couldn't handle the game's poor performance. After awhile the brother left too, and then it was just my boyfriend, and he was getting more and more frustrated with trying to play the game.



So... I bought him a computer. A good one. One that I really couldn't afford, but I just really wanted him to be able to play Rift with me and be happy, because I love Rift so much, and I love him, and I just so wanted it to work out.



I bought him a computer. To play Rift on. He already had a computer. But I bought him a whole NEW computer. That he didn't need, and I couldn't really afford. For Rift.



So there's my secret. That's how much I love the game, and what I was willing to spend to get somebody I loved to play it with me.



It's not easy moving on, but for me, this is the straw the broke the camel's back. If I can't get the people I love to play the game I love with me - because they can't afford it, because poor performance, because whatever - then I can't love this game anymore. Simple as that.