Evony Robot
Gwenda Gronert
I hate farming but its been a necessary thing in game until I found this evonybot. I got my 18 farms running quickly and have added 14 new bases since then. I now leave them all to the bot. It gathers all of my resources for me.
Auto launching rallies with this evony bot is by far the best way to stay competitive without breaking the bank. I have limited time to play between work and family, so doing it automatically is a no brainer. The monster killing is nice too.
Im a newbie to this website. I actually stumbled across this forum in my google search to sell my account. I have been playing evony age 1 and age 2 for just over 4 years now and I have several reasons to sell/quit. I recently turned 30 and I feel like I have nothing to show for my time spent online except mastercard bills for ingame coins and item purchases. My fiance is actually quite fed up with me and how much time I spend on evony and I also believe my friendships have suffered as well. I usually spend time on the game before I go to work, right when I come home until bed and any free time I have. I have 'quit' before for a couple months here and there until knowing a group of my online friends have moved on to the newest server to dominate. So I'm not certain if me giving my account to someone will help anyhow.
I do think I suffer from depression. I look around me and everyone has what they need and want. I work full time and can't seem to get ahead. I know I could spend my time better and finding ways to resolve money issues instead of wasting money online. Evony does help me forget for periods of time though. My fiance and I agreed I would only play when he watches his sports or plays his online hockey tho I end spending alot more time on the game when he is finished his sessions. It is hard to find a happy medium with the game, once you get going on 'attacks', 'spamming', disccusions ect...its hard to just leave in the middle of those.
As an evony player, there is a 'standard' I suppose to be the best in the game. To have lots of troops, grab the capitol of the state...lots of smack talk happens against other teams aka alliances...and everyone wants to prove each other wrong and attack each other. Part of the 'fun'.
Anyhow, I guess I'm starting to defend myself against the game playing and why I do it. I'm ready to give it up for good and start focusing on real life. I've made lots of good friends on the game but I want good friends in real life now. Its now summer time and I'm going to throw myself at every opportunity to go out and socialize.
Welcome Elle! I'm so glad you came here. I truly believe that OLGA is what is saving my marriage. I haven't been here very long but oh boy do I find it valuable! There are plenty of people who can totally relate to how you're feeling. I stayed in my game for friendships, boredom, romance, etc., and ultimately addiction. These games twist our minds and hold us hostage. I struggle constantly and battle against the game sucking me back in. I come here and read posts and blog and it really helps! Plus the meetings. I hope to see you back here regularly. Hugs!
Yeah, I've been in Evony and some of the related skins before. It's totally poisonous. Probably just behind wow and second life in addictive quality, from what I've heard. Good on you for realizing its getting you nowhere.
I did Evony for about 6 months, I quit after I started playing 3 accounts and didn't have the money to spend to be competitive and have fun the way the game is "supposed" to be played. You know what I mean.
I relate alot with what you share in this thread. I played WoW for many years, it gave me the sense of security and control I didn't feel in my RL because of some emotional stuff that was going on at that time. Also, I found the game to be very stimulating and as a result I became a big achiever there. Unfortunately, it caused huge damage in the relationships with my family, my friends and co-workers due to the isolation resulted from being playing around 10 hours a day.
I felt sad this morning. Kind of regretting giving it away but its too late. I already told her I would give it to her. I'm still certain not gaming is the best decision for me...just getting over today and I'm sure I'll be ok in a week.
Dont be shocked if you find out you don't have a ton in common with those online 'friends' and they start to disappear. That's not unusual. Also, be prepared and ready for other begging or bribing you to return, for all kinds of faulty, concocted reasoning. Also very common.
I've heard about many people highly addicted to this game as well as World of Tanks, aren't they both similar? It was also interesting talking to you in that meeting an hour ago. I hope you can overcome your addiction somehow. You should find a hobby to replace your addiction. Watching movies is a good replacement that is entertaining too.
So far I'm hanging in there. Today is my second day off of work and my feelings to game are intense right now. I went on my personal fb account and played some cityville for a few minutes, had my smoke and coffee and now I'm here. I'm finding waking up and not going to my computer straight away a serious challenge but I thought to myself that at least it wasn't evony.
Last night before the meeting, I deleted some of my gaming fb accounts linked to evony and I uninstalled my skype. Not regreting it yet. I think knowing I can always go back is a weird sense of comfort (if that makes sense) but I also tell myself how hard or I should rephrase, How much time I would waste to build myself up to be a decent player again. And I don't want to put in that time. The one thing I did not get rid of was the cheat robot several players use or my game guides. They are sitting in my trash can still. I find those the hardest to get rid of. The robot or also defined as 'bob' enabled me to play when I wasn't able to (when I was at work). it built my troops for me, farmed npc's, guarded my cities against attacks. It made me a good player sadly and if it weren't for this 'bob' I wouldn't have been ranked as high or had all thoose darn cartoon troops. Funny how I'm attached to a cartoon, not real game though just to even sneak a peak would be satisfying. I know the same drama, the same people would be on. The same drama and people that made me question why I spent my precious time on there. So why do I want go back? Why am I keeping the enabler in my trash can? I've been told it will take time for the withdrawl to stop nagging at me. I did reach out to my real life friends and for once, instead of them contacting me, I made the first step to text them a hello, want to do something sometime soon... So I'm hoping I can fill up my time better. I still need to start reading my books tho I do just spend more time online, even if it is on here. Like the laptop is an extension of me. Frustrated today and I'm glad i'm back to work tomorow. I made a promise to someone I met on here yesterday to go for a run. Which I did last night. and I made a time slot to do it again today. Also hoping I can get my blog on here soon so I can write all this stuff down on there when I'm feeling like this. Thanks for listening.
What you're feeling right now towards feeling comfort in knowing you can "go back" is normal. It doesn't necessarily matter if the "enabler" is still within arm's length of you (as long as it's out of sight and not constantly staring you in the face). The temptation will still be the same. If you uninstall the game, all it takes is a few clicks to reinstall it. So I don't believe the presence of the enabler really makes that much difference. However, if it is bothering you, then get rid of it! At least, once you are progressing through your withdrawal, you might start thinking more logically about it.
The days off from work are definitely the hardest. Keep up with the jogging, and if you get bored with that, get creative. Find some woods, grab a stick and go exploring. Go find a hobby store and stock up on a few activities. Or if you are not like me, you could just immerse yourself in friends.
I needed to read this post today. I am an Evony player for the past 3 years now. I truly regret ever starting to play it. I started with a friend and it has slowly yet surely progressed to an out of control level. I am too emotionally invested in an online game. It's ridiculous. I too played for the same reasons you listed. Depression probably, feeling like I belonged and I was needed. All those reasons. I'm quite shy in reality so it felt safe to make friends online at first. I didn't worry as much as I would in real life about impressing anyone or embarrassing myself, but now I'm so into the game that I have let it impact my self esteem because I'm starting to worry about the perceptions my ingame friends and enemies have of me. I waste so much time on there and I'm mad at myself. I have quit multiple times, killed off my imaginary troops, and still I rebuild. Still I go back. The most I went was maybe a month or month and a half. Then I went back and played some more. Now I'm playing on more than one server and the stress is weighing heavily on me. I have spent money though a paltry sum in comparison to others, but that has made it hard to quit, and those who spend more put pressure on the rest of us to keep playing because they're financially and emotionally invested as well. I think I need to quit for my own well being. I am tired of having a fake online life with friends who probably won't stay in contact if I truly quit for good. It's just scary because I did make 2/3 really good friends who will stay in contact and the thing is I'm scared to give up totally. I too used a bot to help me a bit when I wasn't on but I still played too much. I'm still playing too much, present tense. But I think you're motivating me and I really appreciate that. I keep having people convince me that I'm being ridiculous and it's just a game I can't be addicted. Just play and put it on the bot. Then they skype you or FB message you about attacks. It's just a vicious cycle and I'm glad I'm not alone in feeling lost in addiction for a game. Evony I'm sure is fine for some but it's just too much for me. I can't play a moderate or minimal amount. I can't stop caring how I'm perceived in game and wanting to impress those people whose opinions I value and look "cool" to them. It's really embarrassing. I need to quit and take control back over my life. I miss the relationship I ruined over this stupid game. I hope they're fixable with time. Thanks for your post. I was Googling all over trying to find other people addicted to Evony and it seemed more of a joke than a real thing in my previous searches.
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