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Heroes Community > Library of Enlightenment > Thread: Why did you stop playing heroes online?
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Durell
Durell


Adventuring Hero
Sub-n00b
posted November 03, 2008 03:23 PM

Why did you stop playing heroes online?

I stopped because it had already taken away 3-4 years of my life to get to a point where i realised i had just wasted the last 3-4 years of my life. Miss u guys but your no good for me. Ciao
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baklava
baklava


Honorable
Legendary Hero
Mostly harmless
posted November 03, 2008 04:04 PM

Hey TA...
This looks like a job for a tasty, fresh-baked, home-made "k".
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angelito
angelito


Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
proud father of a princess
posted November 03, 2008 07:16 PM

Hey Stephen foo

You think those poker guys are better for you than we have ever been?
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sachelos
sachelos


Known Hero
posted November 06, 2008 04:31 PM

hi

Hi, i'm thinking to stop playing this game soon...hard to do it but i'll try...it really takes a lot of time lately.

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liophy
liophy


Famous Hero
Bulgarian
posted November 06, 2008 07:01 PM

Well, if it takes lot of time - play less. But why need to officially retire? Nobody is on a contract, so no need of official statement.

Lots of people "quit" playing, only to play several months later.


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Salamandre
Salamandre


Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Wog refugee
posted November 06, 2008 08:52 PM

I played a lot this game until people found that the game was too based on luck, so they decided to change it.

They made dozens of rules. After that they stated that fixed maps were boring and created templates which were memorized thousand times better than fixed maps. Then they stated what they think would be honourable so another dozen of rules appeared. My long date friends quitted the game, so I had no more my dishonourable fellow partners to share dirty and coward tactics; it was time to move on.
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Gregonar
Gregonar


Hired Hero
posted November 07, 2008 01:41 PM

Quote:
I stopped because it had already taken away 3-4 years of my life to get to a point where i realised i had just wasted the last 3-4 years of my life. Miss u guys but your no good for me. Ciao


Heh, wasted more than that in Starcraft...

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sachelos
sachelos


Known Hero
posted November 10, 2008 06:58 AM
Edited by sachelos at 07:02, 10 Nov 2008.

Quote:
Well, if it takes lot of time - play less. But why need to officially retire? Nobody is on a contract, so no need of official statement.

Lots of people "quit" playing, only to play several months later.




It's not official retirement/statement ... it's just sharing thoughts

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durell
durell


Adventuring Hero
Sub-n00b
posted November 13, 2008 02:46 PM

Quote:
Hey Stephen foo

You think those poker guys are better for you than we have ever been?


No Dirk,not by any means.I didn't just quit heroes,i cancelled my internet subscription entirely and now just use the library for an hour or so once a fortnight to check emails and stuff.
Its been a pleasure mate,i will post here now and then.
Take care of yourself Dirk, was a pleasure.
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Hell_Wizard
Hell_Wizard


Famous Hero
posted November 22, 2008 08:48 PM

....probably because I never started.....
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Xarfax111
Xarfax111


Bad-mannered
Supreme Hero
The last hero standing
posted November 23, 2008 07:28 PM

..after more then 1800 online games played ...in average 4 hours ...means 7200 hours ..means 300 days ...means almost a complete year of my lifetime, luckily the addictioneased down to subzero.

Luckily enough H4 wasnt actually a game and before H5 came out i was back in real life.

So thats when i stopped playing this game, now after 2,5 years im on my way to the first million to come ;P

Xarfax111
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durell
durell


Adventuring Hero
Sub-n00b
posted November 28, 2008 04:08 PM

Quote:
..after more then 1800 online games played ...in average 4 hours ...means 7200 hours ..means 300 days ...means almost a complete year of my lifetime, luckily the addictioneased down to subzero.

Luckily enough H4 wasnt actually a game and before H5 came out i was back in real life.

So thats when i stopped playing this game, now after 2,5 years im on my way to the first million to come ;P

Xarfax111


Addiction indeed! I still find myself considering aspects of the game as you obviously also do Xarfax.
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sachelos
sachelos


Known Hero
posted August 11, 2009 04:43 AM
Edited by sachelos at 04:48, 11 Aug 2009.

Hi all, as our new baby boy is on the way, less than 3 weeks from now, i sadly have to say that this wonderfull game will be just history for me. Already tried in the last year to stop playing it but it's very hard...way too hard to do it. As more you want to quit it the more addicted you become!
I started to play it in early 2005 (very late, dindt like it at all when i first saw it) in local area network (didnt have such a good connexion that time), and wanted more and more to play for a tournament online but couldnt..I remember that time i thought best combination was Necro/Thant (what a noob!) and was playing all the time standard 3do map with friends from my city, very fast turns and long games (several months).
In 2006 i joined LRH (thx to cpcos for everything), very nice site and good engine, which was quite active at that time and enjoyed it a lot. My gameplay developed a bit from game to game, many nights "wasted" untill morning, many dreams about tactics, many games played..but not enough.
End of 2006 i started to play for WCL also, TOH was already assaulted by h5 players.
So I played more and more games day by day, in 2007 for LRH and WCL, was interrested in meeting and playing vets or good players or noobs, didnt matter that time as the game was so fascinating!
In 2008 LRH activity was so low and almost nobody wanted to play for it (that's a pity!) so i sticked to WCL (thx to SAG for sustaining it alive), luckyly some of old TOH vets returned for a game or two, had the opportunity to play them and what good games were they!
In the summer of 2008 for about 3-4 months I took my time everyday in reading all "Library of Enlightement" page by page, day by day. Was hard to keep up to all the info written here but was nice theory to put in practice!
At end of 2008 i registered to heroes.by in searching for new good players (not that i was bored of ppl i knew!) and shared a few games around there too. I remember i used a russian-english translator online cuz .by forum was all in russian hehe..
Starting 2009, as my wife got pregnant, i was thinking more and more what to do to play less..uninstalled dozens of times h3 from computer but installed it back over and over again
I can say 2007 and 2008 were the most active years to my online games, hours and hours of strategies, planning, tactics etc etc, looking for new ppl on GS, GR, Hamachi etc.. trying to play everyone who was interested in a game. That was all i wanted: to play more and more ppl eachday. I remember in my Yahoo Messenger list there were aroud 250 contacts from all over the world
But...the time has come to put it to an end, and if i wont do it now i will never be able to do it later!
What a GREAT TIME i had!
Want to thank you all for playing those wonderfull games i had, vets or noobs (doesnt matter that now) and for all the time i spent with you buddies in learning how to improve my style.
Never said i am good player, always been modest.
Thanks all for fair play and special thanks to Maretti - best player around those days
Take care all and ofc GLHF!
The same, the old, the NEW Sorin Dobrea - aka sachelos
Regards,


@late edit: maybe nobody cares about my thoughts and what i said, i dont mind, maybe somebody been there done this already, just wanted to express my actual and future feelings ab it!

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SAG
SAG


Promising
Supreme Hero
WCL owner
posted August 11, 2009 08:22 AM

sad post...we would be glad to see u online sometime later. I bet u will teach your children to play homm3 as many of us did

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Casihasi
Casihasi


Known Hero
posted August 11, 2009 07:24 PM

Mainly coz of H4 (and now 5), average boring games but TOH decided to support those instead, and many h3 friends moved on to other games instead.

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Rainalcar
Rainalcar


Promising
Famous Hero
Heroji su zakon
posted August 11, 2009 10:13 PM

Hear you Sach Congrats on the newcomer
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liophy
liophy


Famous Hero
Bulgarian
posted August 12, 2009 12:45 PM

Quote:
Hi all, as our new baby boy is on the way, less than 3 weeks from now, i sadly have to say that this wonderfull game will be just history for me...

...maybe somebody been there done this already, just wanted to express my actual and future feelings ab it!


Congrats mate! God bless your kid and let him give all the health and happines possible.

About your PP - yes, i have been there My son is 1 years old already.

Yes, i play less nowdays. But still there is evenings when i play.

I lost my hunger to follow records, to fight for top ranks, to develope to a super-master player. But i have enough online friends with whom i feel pleasure to share a game once in a while.

Believe me, in the first months since the baby is born - you will have lots of time. You only need to change a diaper, or prepare some milk, but otherwise there is not much you can do. The baby should be sleeping most of the times.

After 7-8 months or a little later when the baby becomes more active your time will be more limitted. But still - the baby should get to sleep early, so you still will have 2-3 hours for yourself in the evening.

Offcourse, with everybody its different. But my point is - life will change, but it will not be like going to prison So, dont make official retirements. I am sure you will be abble to catch us sometimes again.

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tigris
tigris


Supreme Hero
Supreme Noobolator
posted August 12, 2009 04:54 PM
Edited by tigris at 16:58, 12 Aug 2009.

Take care out there mr Stephen Dodds!I live in Cheltenham atm so i might pop up in Hull one day with my laptop and challange you to a hotseat game in the parc alongside the OAP's playing chess

Sachelos: imi pare rau ca nu am apucat sa joc macar un joc cu tine. Bafta in RL. Fii cuminte si cu minte!

See you around!


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sachelos
sachelos


Known Hero
posted August 13, 2009 12:26 PM

:good:

Thank you for all of your nice thoughts guys

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maretti
maretti


Responsible
Supreme Hero
posted August 23, 2009 12:49 AM
Edited by maretti at 01:05, 23 Aug 2009.

I wish you all the best with your child Sach and I understand your position.

I dont know why I deserve a special thank but I appreciate it. I still remember that native jebus game where I broke 126. You seemed a bit shocked that time, hehe. Maybe you found out that time who the best hero of H3 is. At least your (former) avatar indicates it.
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