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Re: Vacation mode
I don't always have trouble returning to games. Sometimes quitting a game I had really become attached to can be as hard as trying to rekindle interest in a game, or sometimes I just log in to places out of habit. Stay thirsty.
A vacation mode would work if the MUD is the only game a person plays. This is common enough, as I've encountered MANY people who insist that their MUD is the final answer in online gaming and won't try anything else.
Locking oneself out by changing the password creates an extra hurdle in returning to the game and it creates a sense of closure, while simply logging out allows the temptation of logging back in to remain unhindered. I think that some people do get addicted to games, but I really doubt that people get to the withdrawal stage. Usually I miss a game or a character for about a week or so and then I'm over it, but I never got to the point where I was begging the admins to reset my password.
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