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ADDICTED

Yahey. Vortexae here. First post, beta-tester since 7/11/2011. And I am ADDICTED HARD to Glitch.

"How addicted ARE you?"

Well... so, Monday mornings I work at a local farm. So i show up, they hand me some clippers, I get to work weeding the kale and chard. And every few minutes I catch myself thinking -- not in words, just in, y'know, expectations -- "When I get home this afternoon I get to play Glitch!" At which point I remember, "No, I can't, the game is currently closed. WOE."

After a while I realized why my brain kept falling into this pattern. Because I was farming. And because the last thing I really got to do before shut-down was buy a house and start farming. So here I was in real life, tending a patch. Only with clippers instead of a hoe.

It sort of ties in with walking down the street Saturday and seeing landscapers with shovel and wheelbarrow laying new turf in front of a business address. And all I can think is, "Pile of dirt! Dig! I made you earfs! ...man, I need to buy a Toolbox."

I can't be the only one. Anyone else want to share funny stories about how bad YOU'VE got it?

Posted 17 months ago by Vortexae Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • There's a group for that:
    Glitchadone Clinic

    and
    Glitch Addicts

    It's a powerful drug and many have fallen

    There's also a Flickr tag:  glitchirl
    Posted 17 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well, I check the forums every few minutes, checking for the game to be open, all the time, even during work and when I should be doing something important... even when I know it won't be open for days. :| I skim through random articles on the wiki... read through the Glitch blog... try to imagine what I'm gonna do when it opens...
    I need my Glitch. :'(

    Welcome to Glitch though :D
    Posted 17 months ago by Nea Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Being addicted to Glitch means that when the game is on I get almost no sleep at all...I play until my eyes are burning... I play until I am so tired I have to crawl to bed when after three hours I am back again at my desktop with the 32" screen, totally lost in Lala Land.  I am already well into a plan of  attack when the game goes public...I can't wait until I can buy a tiny apartment where I can leave my stuff, my cherries, eggs , spice....I can't until I  have the skill to nibble a piggy so that I don't lose all energy and go to hell... again and again.
    Posted 17 months ago by napabeth Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for the tips, WindBorn - I shall check those groups out! (I hadn't quite gotten into the social aspect of the game by shut-down, but I found the forum thread for shy newbies and noted the group suggestions there too!)

    I, too, am constantly checking for the reopen. I have @playglitch and @isglitchopen followed by device -- but then I recall that the twitter announcement of this last playtest was on July 12, but I got the email and started playing July 11. So even though I know the devs said it wouldn't be early this week, I keep checking the webpage anyway. And messing with my wardrobe and appearance. And re-reading the skills chart. And reading all the forum posts...

    Edit: No, wait, I tell an awful slander; I *did* get the email on July 12. My confusion stems from knowing I first played the night before I met my friend for coffee-and-writing, which usually occurs on Tuesdays; but last week we met on Wednesday instead. A-ha.

    My Animal Husbandry skill finished just after shutdown. I am looking forward to putting tasty, tasty seasoning on eggs.

    I had better get some work done today. Once Glitch reopens, we are talking major productivity slump. Major.
    Posted 17 months ago by Vortexae Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I know I've told this story elsewhere, but it bears repeating given the OP - 

    Noqualia was visiting me IRL - walking back to my car on the way home from a party, we passed a dark yard full of fireflies in the gloaming.

    In unison, we both squealed, "DID YOU BRING A JAR?!"
    Posted 17 months ago by jasbo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Jasbo, wow, that's seriously amazing.
    I've been trying to explain to my friends IRL about Glitch and why it's taken over my life, but they don't get it. During the last text i was at my friend's house, playing it on my laptop and he asked what you did in Glitch... it took me a moment to come up with the answer " Whatever you want to do." He was skeptical, but i talked him into sending in his email, and we lucked out and he queue jumped and got the invite just as the last test closed. I'm excited for the next opening so he can get addicted and we can have moments of Glitchiness everyday.
    Posted 17 months ago by JDtreble Subscriber! | Permalink
  • OMG "bring a jar" ftw.

    I have no personal anecdotes that quite compete, but I did manage to weird out, or at least thoroughly puzzle, a vegetarian friend with a description of Glitch's ethically sound pork production.

    Me: "No, seriously -- the pig totally tells you not to sweat it!"
    Her: "I'm honestly not sure how I feel about that."
    Posted 17 months ago by Vortexae Subscriber! | Permalink
  • " so you can drink a beer and get a buzz, then go massage butterflies?"
    "yep"

    "And there are chickens everywhere, but eggs come from trees?" 
    "Yep"

    "What are you guys smoking?"
    "Purple"
    Posted 17 months ago by JDtreble Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It is well documented as Glitchdrawl
    Posted 17 months ago by Ani Laurel Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Woke up this morning having dreamt that I'd checked the forums and seen a Staff Topic saying "The game will reopen today at 3:00 PT." Because that, apparently, is just how addicted I am.

    I thought, Dang, that would be awesome! Too bad it's just a dream. Still, I should check the forum. Maybe my dreams are onto something.

    Then I went back to sleep... and dreamt that I checked the forum to see if my previous dream was right, and lo! It was.

    Then I woke up again and realized that was just a dream too.

    Having now checked the forums whilst awake, I see that no such announcement has been made... but there was a Staff Topic right at top (the one where Stoot requests feedback on the food freshness idea), so, hey, my dream got something right!
    Posted 17 months ago by Vortexae Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Odd conversations stem from Glitch...

    Friend - being sarcastic in a discussion : "Well, which came first, the chicken, or the egg?"
    Me: "actually - they have nothing to do with each other... the eggplant bean came before the egg - and then it had to be loved and petted"
    Friend: "what are you on, and WHERE CAN I GET SOME?!"
    Me: "no-no & purple... you can't have any, it's all mine, mine, MINE!!!!"
    Posted 17 months ago by fadingfastx3 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • There is a support group: glitchaddict.com/
    Posted 17 months ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink