You know you are a complete CM addict when..

[Sorcha]

1)You set Skotos as your homepage, despite the fact that you google constantly.

2)You'd far rather attend a CM social function than a RL one.

3)You inwardly consider it one of your life's greatness achievements when you are promoted to the IB.

4)Not only have you played 24 hours straight, you actually look forward to the weekends so you*can*.

5)You instantly recognize the other players that are as addicted as you are and wonder how they are doing it with so little sleep.

6)You've tried (unsuccessfully) to hack your firewall at work and are seriously considering compromising your personal value system in order to get the Sysadmin to give you access.

7)Your friends are worried about you and are beginning to use terms like "Intervention" and "Ten-step" in your absence.

8)Your friends are worried about you and are beginning to use terms like "Intervention" and "Ten-step" to your face.

9)Your creative writing becomes regularly interspersed with adverb/verb constructs such as "inwardly sigh" and "pointedly remark".

10)Refusing to acquiesce to sleep (evil beast) you are instead sitting here at 6 in the morning trying to come up with other signs of addiction because even though no one is actually playing, you just aren't quite ready to go.


Not that I'd personally know.

[Umichan]

*chuckles* I guess we are all guilty...

Gaby :p

[Ryot]

I've got some...

(11) You start calling everyone around you ser, and sera.
(12) You start to worship Natura Balance...and are then taken to an asylum.
(13) You decide not to pet your dog; because he/she MIGHT make your hand itch for thirty minutes.
(14) You try, unsuccessfully to write down, and decrypt EVERYTHING that EVERY servant in the castle says, and translate it.
(15) You try, successfully to write down, and decrypt EVERYTHING that EVERY servant in the castle says, and translate it.
(16) You carry on a three-hour conversation with the "well-equipped" courier.
(17) You spend more time with your "significant other" in Marrach than you do with your real-life "significant other"

[Dariel]

...when you come up with a list of signs to know by whether you are a complete CM addict...

[Yaoi]

18: you find yourself using the words Mayhaps,and Maysay.
19: You realize that you are constantly asking for the leaves of you betters before you exit a room
20: You know more about Ravelyn than you know about you brother
21: You can recall the exact meaning/ origin of the names for several colours (cornflower,sepia, vermillion etc..)
22: You start making a list of the things that make to a Marrachaholic
23: You invent a word for being addicted to CM
24: You can't remember what things you've written IRL but you know what you've said/done/thought in Marrach
25: The Skotos Forums are your therapy
26: You find yourself getting mad at a particular character when interacting with people IRL
27: You begin to relate things RL with things IC
28: You name your mean obnoxious self-centered dog 'Quilpy-Poo'
29: You spend time comign up with pet-names for the characters in Marrach [Liitle One(Palek), Quilpy-Poo , Nonsense-Boy (Dariel) , Queeny]
30: You can't quite remember what you ate last nighte IRL , but you know exactly what you ahd for dinner in Marrach
31: You can tell anybody IRL exactly what has happened for hte last two months in Marrach.
32: You call the Queen a whore and don't get shunned for it.
33: The Prince knows you on a first name basis
34: You put: 'Marrach's Cute Fruit' on you resume
35: You actually wrote down the different 'bedroom' actions.
36: You've formally complained that your room is too small, even though you can fit just about anything into it.
37: You get mad when that last golden-silver harp doesn't fit in the tiny bag you like to wear on you belt.
38: You have a Gold-Silver Harp like Santlar's and have officially named it you focus
39: You know what a focus is and how it's supposed to be used.
40: You frequently find yourself thinking inaudibly but still saying it so people can hear you.
41: You can't stop making plots in your head late at night
42: You dream about the castle
43: You honestly think that there is a magic bud where you can get an Azure Rose in the middle of a snowbank.
44: You can't look at somethign without creating a text description in your head.
45: You find yourself saying the word 'Gilwiner' whenever there's a new person at work(or school)
46: You can't remember what things you've written IRL but you know what you've said/done/thought in Marrach
47: You can't sleep without checking for scrolls
48: You justify everythign you do IRL some way so as to explain getting farther IC
49: THe pinicle of your lifetime is having a personal talk with Queen Vivienne
50: Your role-model IRL is StoryPlotter Corvis and Morte

[Stix]

51: You replace Jefferson's face on your 20 dollar bills with the face of the Queen, Hamilton on the 10 with Boreas, Lincoln on the 5 with the Prince and Washington on the 1 with Lunfal.

[Umichan]

52: you spend your entire week-end in the mac lab in college so you can play.
53: The security guards at college know you by your name, and get worried if you don't show up one day.
54: People around you know more about your character than yourself.
55: You are actually starting to lose weight because you are so absorbed by what is going on IC that you forget to eat.
56: When all the names in your address book on your email acount and buddy list on your ICQ are the names of fellow Marrachians.
57: You usually introduce yourself as "Hello, my name is Gaby, and I am a Marrach-aholic."
58: you are seriously considering meeting some of your fellow Marrachians to see if they are as fun as their characters.

Should I continue? Mmmm... Nah, I'll go play. I am starting to have withdrawal here... :D

Gaby :p

[Abagail]

I guess we are all kind of sucked in!

I have another reason:
~ You are addicted when you reply to every forum posting as well.

All i know is that i am sucked in and i am buggin the heck out of my parents with it!

[Faith]

*wonders what it would be like meeting Gaby and all of Faith's friends*

Woah...trippy, man.

79847592078340759406243. When you want to meet all of your char's friends. POOL PARTY AT MY HOUSE! WHOO!

::carrie::

[Umichan]

You'd find me boring actually. It took everything for my friend in NH to make me speak when I went to her home for 4 days in March. And whenever I said something, she teased me about my French-Canadian accent.

And yes, my spoken English is horrid! :D

Unless you give me enough sugar, I might be fun enough and do the CHOO-CHOO with Khalea and you.

Gaby :p

[Faith]

Khalea, Umichan, and Faith stealthily enters a Marrach Noise room.
Khalea, Umichan, and Faith clear their throats silently.

CHOO-CHOO!

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!


:::carrie:::

[Umichan]

Oh, and let's add no. 61:

You know you are a complete CM addict when you pick up some habits your character has.

I swear Marie-Claude is going to kill me if I make the CHOO-CHOO while at college again. :D

[Faith]

stop responding so damn fast.

Love you still, Gaby. :D

[Umichan]

Not my fault if you are a slow reader and poster! *hugs back* :D

[dunstvangeet]

Heh, our list is better...brought to you by your friendly TEC player. ;)

Signs your adicted to TEC. (http://http://www.eternal-city.com/underground/exclusives/addict.htm)

[Stix]

10. You quit your job / drop out of school to play the game.
Hmmm... I've skipped class a few times to attend events. =)

9. When you find yourself in trouble, you look at the sky and proclaim your woes.
Not in Marrach, since my char doesn't believe there are any gods.

8. You spend more time logged into the game than you do at work.
I spend more time on Marrach than I do in classes and studying combined.

7. You cancel important meetings and dates to attend events.
I guess this is pertinent to me skipping class, hmm?

6. You find yourself sneaking away to the computer while your spouse sleeps.
I don't have a spouse... but I stay up 'til 4-6 AM often to play.

5. You think that if you're wearing a hood, people won't recognize you.
Hoods don't obscure identity in Marrach.

4. After a long session of playing TEC for 14 hours.. you consider the GM's your gods, and the SP you gained as precious as gold nuggets.
SP's, SC's, SH's, SG's are our gods.

3. You get angry at people around you when they can't hear your thoughts.
*think inaudibly* Strange telepathic TECian freaks!

2. When you stub your toe, you accidentally say "Ereal damn it!"
*cough* I find myself thinking in text in my mind: "scowl angrily at door, whine poutingly at foot.

1. You find Scott controls more aspects of your life than the government.
The whole game of Marrach controls my life more than the government.



Your guys' top ten just plain stinks. :rolleyes:

[Stix]

62: You are late to a meeting/practice IRL and you try to argue the reason out-of-lifely.

[dunstvangeet]

But what about the 1000 other ways to tell your addicted to TEC?

[Stix]

To tell you the truth, most of those pertain to Marrach also... so wasn't very surprising... basically... the only things that weren't related were things mentioning other things Marrach doesn't have (dunars, think aloud, etc).

A lot of our addiction things are given, so we don't really mention them.:D

[Umichan]

*whines* But we are not TEC addicts... we are Marrach-aholics! It does not work. :D

Gaby :p

[Gryffin]

The Hardships of a Marachaholic in an Officer Candidate Program:

-You accidentally call your commanding officer 'ser'

-You bow instead of salute

-You're irrationally annoyed that your uniform doesn't come with a cavalier hat ::Rand gazes longingly at Martel's cavalier hat::

-You get the Great Chain of Being confused with your Chain of Command at inspections

And most embarrassing of all:
-Even though you can find your way to any room in the Castle blindfolded, you get lost on a land navigation course while carrying a compass and map.

[uberthorns]

REASON NUMBER 63: HOW TO TELL YOU ARE A MARRACH-A-HOLIC
You wait for the bearded, stout, well-equipped, short couriers to give you your RL mail.


REASON NUMBER 64
when a computer is inaccessable, you start designing, on paper, that you think certain characters look like, your favorite quotes, and what your main character would be doing right now if you could get to a computer.

Jessie thinks, "God, when was the last time I actually wrote something on paper?"
Jessie squints at her handwriting.
Jessie notes TO the indecipherable scribblings on the paper.
Jessie sighs, "...i want my alice agent."

thank you, that is all.
^Jessifur^

[nimrod]

I still think my top 10 is funnier. Of course, it was also the FIRST top 10 as well. :p

Jim

[asian8]

Jim that is because we think *you* are funny.....*snicker* just kiddin.

I read the list and I can't help but think of all the things that actually apply to me...pretty sad... I have been told by my other half that I need to seek help on the matter because it is unhealthy, and I end up spending more time doing things in the castle vs real life (other than work, I need money so I can play) but seriously though, I love this game...its choo-choo's and everything else.

Oh and one more thing...you know your an addict when you can meet with another player in rl *insert light cough and muttering of Khalea's name* and talk for hours on end. I swear the waitresses at IHOP are getting sick of us leaving butt marks in the booth from sitting so long! not to mention my phone battery has started suffering!

Speaking of which...*runs to the phone*


~Kim~

[Umichan]

*whines at Kim falsely* How come you never call meeeeeee. lol

[Topaz]

What about when your character is going through tough times and you actually cry while typing out their tearfull speeches.. or is that just a sign of a total freak?

[britta]

Quilp has made me cry four times, yes four, in real life. And I don't mean brushing away a tear..I mean hysterical sobbing. I can only assume that is because he has to the ability to twist words around..and there is no right answer that will please him. I have no clue. The fact that I keep going more proves me Marrach Insane, I believe


Jessica

[Kurdt]

Sorry if any of these were posted already, I havn't read all the posts.

1) You stay up to late playing, walk into the school courtyard, and fall asleep and miss your first class two weeks in a row, and when then bell rings you sleep through it and a teacher walks by and wakes you up and asks you if you are ok.

Not like that happened to me or anything.

2) You chalange your Mom to a duel because of an argument you two got in.

3) You ask it to be to the death.

4) You freak out and ask your friend were he got black pants.

5) You get a ticket and address the officer as Watchman/woman.

Thats all I could think of! Heh. :)

[Stix]

You chalange your Mom to a duel because of an argument you two got in.

OMG, LOL, ROFL, LMAO, AHAHHA! I should try that. :D

[Garrik]

But Stix, you forget that to be a true addict,
3) You ask it to be to the death.

[Stix]

Yes, of course... I just challenged her to a duel to the death about 5 minutes ago. I'm having problems figuring out where I get sanction from, however. :confused: And my dog refuses to be my second! Maybe I'll ask my cat.

[Kurdt]

Well I no longer talk to my mom, as my second does that for me... which doesn't really bother me to much.

[Kurdt]

1) Its December, and the middle of winter, its supper time and your mom fresh legs of lamb on the table, you give her a funny look and ask her were all this fresh food came from. Then you tell her you are'nt drinking any water because there's a dead dog at the bottom of the well. (hehe, Britta...)

2) You hand your mom, the cook, all your trash.

3) You get grounded because you ask were in the hell your Mead Tankard went to.

4) You call your mailman a courier, and beg him to carry a pouch to a friend of yours.

5) Your scared of the shadows in your dining room.

6) You know your dads been playing CM when he agree's to be your second against the mom.

7) You wonder if that fat southern guy on the sword shoping tv network is Master Quilp.

8) You walk upstairs with a cape on and your parents start to wonder if you're playing superman again, like you did when you were a little kid.

[Umichan]

Oi Topaz, don't worry girl. There are so many times I have been sobbing IRL while playing Marrach, you'd be impressed. :D

(Who said tomboys can't cry? Not my fault I'm a frigging Pisces; we are the hyper-emotional people. Shucks! :rolleyes: )

Oh, and a few more additions on the list...

You know you are a complete CM addict when...

- You get suspicious when a cat glances at you.

- Think said cat might have been possessed by a SP when it meows at you.

- You are surprised there is no snowdrift in your backyard.

- You spend more time online with you CM family than with your RL family (sad, I know... :))

- One night, you dream that you are playing, then you wake up and are deceived that it was only a dream.

- You meet one of your classmates and ask her "Guess what?!" with that huge smile on your face, and she instinctively reply "Don't tell me your character finally got her tight leather pants!?" :D

Gaby :p

[Stix]

Last night, I dreamed up a plot and I'm thinking of actually writing it out and submitting it to a SP. :D

[Umichan]

Hey, that is kinda freaky, you know... :eek: Sometimes, I dream I am my character and I can really see other people and the castle... Other times, I am more like a wallflower witnessing everything that is going on... It's like watching a movie... And sometimes, all I see in my dream is the Marrach Alice client window with all the text scrolling... That,s funny. :D Am I the only freak out there, or did other people have similar experiences?

Alright, break is over... Going back to my computer project now... *grumbles* :(

Gaby :p

[Stix]

Nope, you're not the only one. :D

However, my Marrachian dreams are still not the most freaky dreams I've had. I remember a couple of dreams from my CHILDHOOD vividly (like... dreams I had when I was 8-10 years old). I also remember one from about a year ago. The 3 dreams are very freaky, even compared to my Marrachian dreams, lol.

[Harabec]

*cringe* no more about freaky childhood dreams... had to many... but Gaby.... alot of my dreams go exactly the same way.. watching the castle...think I am on the computer playing cm...or just thinking I am the char.. scary thoughts

[Bryony]

I wonder if I should be proud of the fact that I've never fallen asleep while playing yet? (I think I've dreamed though... except that it also involved work, which was creepy. Still makes me shudder)

And if my cat ever meows, I <b>will</b> be convinced that she's being possessed by a SP... because that will be one of the few times ever has. :)
Okay, time to quit babbling.

[Stix]

Yes, falling asleep while playing is funny. I woke up about 2 hours later in the practice hall... they were still dueling, LMAO... and on my ICQ, Scary sent me a message saying '"You're up!" Meaing, I was to duel. I replied saying "Well, now I am." I went to the CM window, said "I was asleep... I think I'm going to bed..." then closed the CM window and trudged off to bed, LOL... didn't even bother to put my comp in sleep mode.

[Ryot]

By the way, I believe my old character in TEC added a bit to the TEC list, not sure...Dacanor?
Anywho...

(64) You begin to have dreams about Santlar IRL.
(65) You begin to stalk Santlar IRL.
(66) You're typing this post from outside Santlar's window. *wink*
(67) You contemplate the meaning of existence, study multiple websites on psychology, and read pages of philosophy; just so you can finish your damned book in CM. *kicks my book*
(68) You came to Skotos so you could play TEC again, but now you're addicted to CM, and would rather write about exactly how addicted you are, than to play TEC. (confused?)
(69) In real life, you begin to SAY "giggle" "laugh" "chortle" and other adverbs instead of doing them.
(70) You jump off your roof, and have no fear of death; because the Royal Necromancer can always patch ya up.

[Mintle]

Originally posted by Ryot
(67) You contemplate the meaning of existence, study multiple websites on psychology, and read pages of philosophy; just so you can finish your damned book in CM. *kicks my book**glances at 8 overdue library books that haven't typed themselves into my latest CM research project that won't advance Mintle at all*

That's not funny!;)

(71) You actually contemplate making Marrach clothing for all your friends as Christmas presents... and buy the fabric before you realize most of them don't play!

[Ryot]

(72) You like Mintle IC, and respect her, but IRL, you have a picture in your mind of a porcelain-like lady holding a doll......then you hide under your bed and cry until Netzero disconnects. (heh heh)

(73) You have a picture in your mind of everyone in CM.
(74) The picture in your mind of Quilp, has a Hitler-mustache and horns.
(75) The picture in your mind of Yaoi is that of a banana. (*shrug* He's a fruit......and my mind is that of a moron. :P)

[Bryony]

Originally posted by Mintle
(71) You actually contemplate making Marrach clothing for all your friends as Christmas presents... and buy the fabric before you realize most of them don't play!

But for those of us in SCA, that doesn't matter at all..... ;)
*wonders if I should get a sewing machine to make said clothes*

[Mintle]

(76) You now think of all your SCA garb as nothing more than examples to show Marrachians what their characters are wearing.
(77) Your boyfriend buys you a pretty portrait of someone who looks like your character, and you think it's one of the most romantic gifts you've received all year.

[Bryony]

Originally posted by Mintle
(76) You now think of all your SCA garb as nothing more than examples to show Marrachians what their characters are wearing.


Eep! I've been discovered!
(*smiles and thinks about the green dress hanging in my laundry room that would look lovely on Bry...*)

Running to work now,
Coni

[Umichan]

*pouts jealously* That's it, I'm going to ask Lea to make me some clothes... :p

[Ryot]

(78) When you run out of money, you beg Drahkkil to pay for a month of CM, promising him multiple cousins of yours as his personal servants; and your first born child.
(79) He accepts. (WAHAHAHA!)
(80) You're STILL outside Santlar's window. *wink wink*

[Umichan]

(81) You get all excited when there is a snowstorm outside because snow reminds you of Marrach.
(82) You used to hate winter, but not anymore since it reminds you of Marrach.
(83) You now call winter 'Marrach's Season'.

Wheeeeee! Big snowstorm outside! It's pretty!!!! :D

Gaby :p

[Ryot]

(84) You hate the fact that you live in Florida.
(85) Everytime you see a midget, you run and hide, fearing a verbal assault by Quilp.

[Bloodlust]

??) You set your computer clock to marrachian time.

??+1) You live by marrachian time. (I wake up around 3 pm, go to bed ~8-9 am, and so on and so forth)

[Santlar]

(86)You see this little man with bloodshot eyes (from staring at the computer screen for so long) hanging around outside your window. You decide that perhaps it is time to move out of your beloved state of Florida. Because as they say on X-Files, "all the nuts (yankees) roll down to Florida." Maybe I'll move to the deep south? Georgia? South Carolina? Alabama? Ack! Why am I telling you!

[Umichan]

*laughs helplessly*

Sant, you really crack me up... :D

Gaby :p

[Sorcha]

81) You get all excited when there is a snowstorm outside because snow reminds you of Marrach.

Outside, the sky is dark and looming and the branches overhung and blanketed with snow. I drove to a friends house, and noted:

1- A sprawling birch that I am certain was the parallel twin of the Marrachian Inner Bailey Tree;

2- A raven with wings the color of my IC hair.

3- A wine clerk who looked suspiciously like Rav (save for her overtly gregarious and Nutrasweet personality, and the fact that she didn't sneer with contempt at my wine selection).

4- The distinct and disappointing absence of Pegasus and Fey.

I note that any or all of these signs could be taken as an aside for further signs of addiction. But I agree with you, Gaby. This is actually the first year that I have ever been mesmerized by snow.

And said friend gave me an early Christmas gift: An enchanted castle thingie that unfold into a castle tower replete with tiny stand-up figurines and medieval tattoos.

Which of course just makes me smile. They talk twelve-step, but in truth I've chosen my enablers wisely.

:)

[Ryot]

....Hey!.....I'm not little, I'm 6'3....and I was born in Tennessee....I am SO not a yank....*whistles*....Oh yeah, almost forgot...
(87) You're currently inside Santlar's trunk.
(88) Even inside Santlar's trunk...you're still playing CM.

[Dunam]

(89) You create conflicts on purpose with family and friends because you think it will be interesting.

[Garrik]

90. When putting your plastic christmas tree up, you realize helplessly that the colored tape on the branches completely coincide with colors used for plots.

91. Verbs and adverbs that you normally use ICly appear randomly thrughout your writing. i.e. ....you realize helplessly ....

[Dunam]

(92) Your English teacher comments the class on the lack of adverbs, except for you, he comments you on using too many

[Santlar]

93)When you hear an odd thumping noise coming from the trunk of your old car as you drive off in the new car you bought to move out of state in.

94)When you wonder if you have enough favor for the Royal Guard at the Georgia border to allow you to enter the real South.

[Kenderaela]

95)You keep a seperate appointment book, Just to keep track of your schedule in Marrach.....

*Wonders How many will Fess up to this one???*:D

Sherri

[Ryot]

(96) You are devastated when you're thrown in the dungeon for punching Watchman Lyam, but then you're told that Santlar might be down there; as well, and you brighten up. ;-)

[Santlar]

There is a fine line between being an addict, and playing a character that is obviously sick in the head!

[Santlar]

(97) You breathe a sigh of relief when you hear the character Santlar is in the dungeon.

[Garrik]

Originally posted by Kenderaela:
95)You keep a seperate appointment book, Just to keep track of your schedule in Marrach.....

*Wonders How many will Fess up to this one???*

The only schedules in my Microsoft Calendar are for CM appointments and guild meetings, I've aven erase families birthdays and holidays from it... but I have big bar for the estrella festival, I even have reminders that go off for me so I dont miss them...



But then again, I am the epitamy of addiction, I almost called off of work today to help a band of character look for a part of the disk.

[Ryot]

Oh come now Santlar, don't flatter yourself hon....I went to the dungeon because they were whipping Drahkkil, and I called Lyam a bastard, etc. Punched him in the face.
Yes, Ryot likes Santlar, but everyone knows that the only person he'd go to the Dungeon for is Yaoi. ;-)
lmfao.

[Ryot]

(98)You're in the Dungeon, yet you continually log on; curse the Guards and their various deities, curse the man whole made the door to your cell, curse the idiot who brought you water to drink instead of ale, and curse various other things as they pop into your head.
(99) You try for an hour to break the door to your cell by pushing, punching, throwing things at it, kicking it, and saying "Open Sesame".
(100) Even though you have much more free time since you're now in jail, you're still putting off writing in your book.....7 pages and counting...*grumbles*.......*hands book to a rat* Write, my friend, WRITE!

[Lyam]

Oh well... I brought water a roll and a lamb to every cell the other night as I do every once in awhile...

I guess it's just one more thing for you to hate Lyam for ;)

[Yaoi]

Originally scribbled by Ryot :
Yes, Ryot likes Santlar, but everyone knows that the only person he'd go to the Dungeon for is Yaoi. ;-)
lmfao.

For some reason, i think I should feel scared...

[Dunam]

(101) And the last to top it off: You can identify with every statement at least remotely, at most entirely.

(don't let this stop you from posting more though :) )

[Ryot]

.....Hahahah....cute little Yaoi......unaware to you.....EVERYONE is scared of Ryot.....;-)

I'd have to say, I'm fairly-well-loved IC, but everyone is scared of/despises me OOC. lol

[Liddle]

Your ISP technicians smile when you walk into the office.

[caltos darr]

you reside in the UK and log on every 5 min to see who's on and then run round the castle just to see if you can speak to them

you think about buying a wireless LAN to put in your house so that when you're stuck on the motorway trying to get home you can turn on the laptop and still play

you get confused every morning when the landing isn't full of coloured doors

you can't walk past a red door without looking at it suspiciously

even though there's no-one else in the outer bailey you wander around for hours practicing different ways to walk, trudge,skip (although you only skip to yourself in your room)

when everyone in work thinks you've taken up fencing because you keep telling them you're off duelling and can't go to the pub

[Liddle]

~You consider undergoing surgery to look more like your character...

~You made a character that looks like you and acts like your brother...

~You apologize for not being on the last few days since you passed out after playing CM for 19 hours straight...

~You consider moving all your possessions into arms length of the computer so you don't have to skip a duel to use the bathroom...

~You have 2 characters that insult one another publicly, and complain when the other one isn't on...

~You consider buying a second computer and phone line so you can have your 2 characters duke it out...

~You realize you spent all the money you had paying skotos for the next few years, and consider stealing a second computer and hacking into the neighbor's phone lines...

~You make another character to act as a mediator for your 2 other characters...

~You realize you are wasting time writing this when you could be playing CM...

GOOD BYE!!!

[Alkaizer]

~You start to consider putting all your money and assets to a fund to create "Castle Marrach: The Movie" and you're willing to pay the most to have your character the main character.

~You swap real life songs' lyrics for lyrics created in CM.

~You grow a smile everytime you cross a bridge.

~You wonder how much favor you have.

Oh well, just thought I'd add what I could :rolleyes:.

-Adam (Alkaizer).

[Stacy Elizabeth]

Santlar - yes Georgia is the real south! Yay for Geogia! :D

Okay, let me put my two pathetic cents in...

*lost count*

o When you have more friends in Marrach than you do in RL
o When you realize you have more family members in Marrach than you do in RL (I wonder exactly how many Beumanes are out there.)
o When you realize that you don't have any RL friends. You gave them up for Marrach.
o When you risk losing your job at work so you can scope the forums/castle in your spare time, then spend 20 minutes trying to find ways to erase your internet history.
o When you squeak, hollar, and bounce up and down like an adolesent teen-ager because one of the nobles made a pass at you.
o When you get more excited for the above reason than you do when your RL boyfriend makes a pass at you.
o When you go into work with only 2 hours of sleep because you stayed up and played Marrach all night.

Are we sad? Do we need help? :confused:

[Charlott]

Omg Stacy ... some of your points are so true it's scary... eek! *realizes*

- ten minutes later -

... I'm still here.:rolleyes:

[Bryony]

wondered by Stacy Elizabeth
o When you realize you have more family members in Marrach than you do in RL (I wonder exactly how many Beumanes are out there.)[/B]
Just to solve that little problem....

http://forum.skotos.net/showthread.php?threadid=5160

and

http://www.greenknight.com/pcorless/marrach/clan-beaumains.jpg (If you just want the tree :) )

Though that's outdated now, I think? Both Astana and Jennet get added?

[Tameron]

you used to be mortally afraid of bridges but now you look forward to them...

you are more in love with your character's betrothed character than with your own irl fiance...

you are more in love with your character's betrothed character's PLAYER than with your own irl fiance...

you consider your two lil cute sisters in marrach more important to you than your irl sister.. ducks..

you begin to appreciate the ability to wear any color clothing you like irl...

you only wear colors above your rank to special ocassions...

You did cry about it when your alt char's signifigant other broke up with them.. and you cried so hard you had to afk for a sec to clear the tears cuz your couldn't see the screene anymore..

you cried harder ^then^ than when your irl signifigant other broke up with YOU..


you write poetry for your love in marrach more than for your love irl..

you get more upset when your marrach love forgets a date than when your irl does..

you write better songs and poems for marrach than when you need to irl..

you WANT to keep adding to this list.. but.. you are playing marrach so you MAKE yourself quit... for now..

-Tam-

[Teria]

Your favorite word in all the wolrd is...


HUZZAH!


Grins sheepishly


also, when in yahoo messenger or chat.. you use marrach commands and verb/adverb patterns..

runs away.


-Chessy-


p.s. you have a great idea for a new skotos game.. but cant alter it so that it doesnt sound like a damn marrach clone.. sighs..

[Teria]

If there is nothing interesting to do.. you go and make a newly just to bug people cuz your bored.. er.. not that i do this. :D

you come back and post MORE of these.. sheesh..

you are kinda reluctant to admit to your irl fiance that you are playing marrach while talking on the phone to him for fear of the huge annoyed SIGH that follows this ...

"Hun.. why aren't you talkin to me?'

"er..

HUGE SIGH "You're playing Marrach.. Arent you..

"Uerhm....Y.yes.."

HUGE SIGH




hehe

You type who every five minutes or more.

when not playing you fear missing events or people that may be on..

You NEVER go out on friday nights.. you'd rather play marrach..

you quit all your hobbies to play marrach..


you drew up a ton of pics of characters and even drew every garment in the game and are constructing a secret website to help the seamstresses who you oocly admire as your personal role-models.. heeh...

you use marrach emotes irl.

Smile casually at Mr. Moon.

scowl angrily
think inaudibly "That stupid teacher... I could be in the library playing marrach'


your personal writings now sound like a marrach log..

you log EVERTHING...


your favorite thing to read in all the world is the broadcasts made by the story peeps..

you spend considerable time beating your brain against a wall trying to think of a funnier story to write than "Children of Marrach' and are quite perterbed that Gaby STILL hasn't made a sequel.. glares..


The most upsetting thing that ever happened to you was when you wrote a post even more evil than the one that got the morte award and accidentally erased it.. .. .. CRIES>>

-Chess!-

[Umichan]

Originally posted by Teria
you spend considerable time beating your brain against a wall trying to think of a funnier story to write than "Children of Marrach' and are quite perterbed that Gaby STILL hasn't made a sequel.. glares..

I'm still waiting for my bribe of a harem of sexy male slaves here... Gotta find people to type all those essays, you know. ;)

[Stacy Elizabeth]

You would think that after playing Marrach so long... Gaby would have learned how to type..........

*Runs for the hills!!!*

:D

[Umichan]

I know how to type...

I'm just lazy...

And cursed by the typo demon...

And lazy...

And heck, don't tell me you wouldn't totally adore having your own harem of sexy male slaves to type your essays, do your laundry, massage your feet, etc. :D

[Stacy Elizabeth]

*considers*

Hmmm... well, if they were all tall, built and damn sexy and all they wanted to do is serve me... I guess I wouldn't mind. But they would have to work without their shirts. ;)

[DancerOfSwords]

You click on any random thread with the words of warning "Huzzah" included in its label.

You read that thread.

You attempt to post the most outrageous "Huzzah" in such a thread.

You complain that it didn't turn out right.

You argue with others about how it did NOT turn out right whether or not they think it did.

You decided to post here about the random thread with the words of warning, "Huzzah", included in its label.

[avallia]

You have sex IRL while still playing marrach.

[FrellingFrell]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Points at post above.


What are you talking about?
I do it all the time. :D

~John

[avallia]

Warned by Frell

OOC -- Frell says to Dweia, " It's okay. I'm stupid 66.6% of the time, so I guess I'm an easy target. The other 44.4% is just luck, sometimes I stumble on intelligence when I least expect it."

Recalls this for some reason after reading Frell's last post.

You have sex while playing CM... this calls for a poll :)

[Lireali]

SOrry if i repeat any i havent read them all.

~When you type anything you automatically put quotes round it.
~During lectures you Practise your marrachan signature
~When you look in your friends closet you gasp taht she has the color cerulean
~You imagine you hear someone calling you by your marrachian name
~You try to talk in a CM language in RL
~You call your best friend your best friend in Cm's name
~Your friends email you occasionally 1 to check your alive and 2 to ask what the current events in the castle are
~Your friends call you your CM name
~Your family calls you your CM name
~You start signing things as your CM name

[Lireali]

forgot one
~Your Computer and Dsl system to play marrach wont fit in your purse while thinking, this never happens in CM.

[Xewe]

# What ever: You spend fifteen minutes looking for this list so you can make post this next sign...

# What ever+1: You say to someone in real life "Strength in your quests" and wonder why they look at you with a confused look in their face.

[Lucian]

-You dream in text and complain about the scrolling.

-You dream that you were made courtier out of the blue, and when you wake up, the fact that this isnt true ruins your whole day.

-You spend hours watching to see if anyone is looking at your posts, and get mad when they dont reply.

-You start wearing Only your links colors when in public IRL

- You forget to eat for days IRL, and to remedy your IRL hunger you beg someone with IB access to go get you a mushroom and some pie

- Youv'e memorized the Code Duelo,but have forgotten a good portion of your childhood.

-You friends tell you that you look sick IRL, and your explaination is that you were poisoned while in the Under.

-You get your spouse addicted to marrach so you can get those coveted storypoints from the referal
-You recite the Courtesy Circle Guidebook when you see some teenagers making out in the theater...and they know what your talking about.

- You start having nightmares about haunted Bowling alleys.

- You start having nightmares about salmon leather pants.

-You start having GOOD dreams about salmon leather pants.

- You own Salmon Leather pants.

-You bow to your laptop when you enter the room.



-Jason

[Diedra]

*You realize that you and your spouse can never leave Marrach because the game is now one of your primary conversation topics.

*You find yourself struggling to be interested in other rpgs and your own mush and mud.

*You realize that the few times you can can muster the interest to run a dnd game that it ends up resembling marrach.

*You note happily that your typing speed has nearly doubled.

*You want macros for day to day things in RL.

*You spend hours flipping through webpages looking for a character picture ... just slightly more accurate than the one you already have.

*You consider enrolling in an art class so you can draw your character the way you see them.

*You realize that you somehow are suddenly able to get alot of RL things done faster ... because you want to be on marrach.

*You're on the phone and they ask if you're on Marrach ... you say 'no .. not really ... just checking the who list..' and a few minutes later they say 'You know .. the phone does work both ways ... I can hear you typing frantically...

*It's okay though ... cause they ask what's going on in Marrach, then get off the phone quickly to jump online.

*You realize you have the greatest spouse in the world, cause you married a gamer who is just as addicted to Marrach.

*Someone mentions to you that you repeatedly make slight movements randomly while you are on the computer ... you realize you are subconsciously bowing and waving.

*Your family looks at you oddly when you accidently use Aussie slang and you live in Texas.. *wink at Dalla and Sentaris*

Side notes... Guilty:
I do emote in aim ... all the time. *chuckle* *smirk* *wave* *smile sheepishly*

I do dream in Marrach alot now ... text scrolls too damm fast.

I do like to think that Marrach players are some of the most intelligent and well spoken people, with the most developed vocabulary and gramatical skills around. *HUGS*

-Nicole

[Aiandoran]

When you have a breakdown after you've just quit.

[Andy]

A few that have happened to me in particular...

1. I now eat in front of my computer, every meal, whether it happens to be on or off.

2. The cats have changed their sleeping schedules in order to steal my desk chair for the few hours every night that it's vacant.

3. Yes, my typing speed has nearly doubled or tripled.

4. I now often refer to Quilp and/or Berthe when making insults (As jokes ;) I don't insult people.)

5. And, last, but not least, not only do I eat in front of my computer, I often completely forget to eat a meal due to Marrach.

<_< I'm not addicted, though. >_>

[Nizhoni]

You can tell you are addicted when you carry a calendar specifically for Marrach events and refer to it before committing to anything in real life.


You tell your children that bedtime is 9 late bells and supper will be at 6 late bells.


You tell people that you are not available on Woden's Day.

You promise you will just be a minute, to check some scrolls and when you next check the clock several hours have passed.

Just love this game.

Kathy

[Ria]

You see Briseis(deceased) on who for eight hours, but not Bri's player's alts :D

[Mantis]

You know Bri's alts, and everyone else's but only because you've spent countless hours studying people's patterns of being online and whether they use two alts at once, and their grammar, spelling and phrasology, and the exact way they say "wb".

And yes, I'm guilty of that one.

EDIT: And you stare at your last post for five minutes, wondering if you spelt phrasology/phraseology right, but you're too glued to the client to find a dictionary.

[Wildra]

Originally posted by Mantis
You know Bri's alts, and everyone else's but only because you've spent countless hours studying people's patterns of being online and whether they use two alts at once, and their grammar, spelling and phrasology, and the exact way they say "wb".


And -that- is why I am very careful to a) sometimes come on as one person, and not the other, and other times all at once, and such, b) -never- have my chars in the same room at the same time, c) use -very- proper grammar and spelling, d) change the adverbs I use to make my chars look different, and e) say 'wb' different for each char. *grins* No one ever really knows who I am unless I tell them.

[Glyphe]

And then there was that time you forgot which one you were. *cough* Accent.

[Wildra]

*cough*

[Nymph]

When you have a breakdown after Vladimir quits.

[Aiandoran]

:(

[Xoic Merrill]

You check all the forums a full five rounds after you tell everyone you are going to bed, and -then-, only then, do you step away from the computer.

[Edit: And then you come back after not long, and check them all over again!]

[Chel]

You keep unearthing this damned thread again. (again)

-Chel

[Jayde]

Like she said you unearth this post again.

[Tristana]

When you go into the library and mess up your whole bag to find that note about the book you ordered and find out there is no such note, and you're actually looking for the confirmation scroll Eleren sent you about that case you ordered...

*eyeshift*



:p

[kittyn]

when you go to the store and walk down the hairbrush aisle and think " i could get brushes for hte hairstylists while im here

when you see mushrooms in the grocery stroe and think, i wonder if i can get the recipe from the royal chef geoffry

when you tell your children, the short cook isnt in the kitchen so no dessert

[kenny]

Originally posted by Lucian
-You recite the Courtesy Circle Guidebook when you see some teenagers making out in the theater...and they know what your talking about. that was you!:eek:


kenny;)

[Hale Hawke]

When you buy the same alcohol that the marrachians drink to know what it tastes like.

I have a bottle of mead and I have to say, it's real good

[Tristana]

When you spring clean and find some little combs and pocket mirrors in the bathroom and think "Wow, I can really use those on Trist's hairstyling lessons..."

[Legion]

When you stab yourself, dump peroxide straight onto the wound, and wrap it with duct tape and napkins, to keep playing ... And yes it happened

[Ysanne]

If you were playing already, I wonder with what you stabbed yourself in the first place :confused:

[Corian]

Originally posted by Hale Hawke
When you buy the same alcohol that the marrachians drink to know what it tastes like.

I have a bottle of mead and I have to say, it's real good

Yes indeed, last year, I'd eat leg of lamb for lunch, or beef stew, and at night I'd drink tokay, port, and the like.

Mead goes without saying.

Mmm...mead.

[Dionar]

You are an addict..

When you cancel your credit card (for various reasons), and artfully convince your "non-CM-loving" partner to put the monthly Skotos charge on hers!

God I'm good and addicted.

:D

[Legion]

I well, Umm was trying to cut a bottle top, and held it with my palm and well pushed through -_- no wonder my father calls me son

[Tegwin]

When your love who is also addicted to CM says when asked to what he said about being devoted to you in a prior conversation. says " I am most devoted to Marrach....then pauses... then says..."Um you love, I am most devoted to you my love.


and yes this did happen.


Lana

[ajurebear]

Originally posted by Hale Hawke
When you buy the same alcohol that the marrachians drink to know what it tastes like.

I have a bottle of mead and I have to say, it's real good

Most everything available in the Outer Bailey Dining Hall I've consumed regularly before I bagan playing Marrach, the sole exception I think being carmalised onion which I've yet to taste.

[ajurebear]

There's two hours before you have to get ready for work. You decide there's not really much time to get into anything in the game so I'll write for a couple hours. But first lets see if anyone's responded to any of my posts. Two and a half hours later you're scrambling to get a shower in and leave for work and all you've done is searched the forums.

You're written up at work for excessive tardiness and can look back and see that it was because you were on Marrach when you should've been getting ready for work.

You're fairly certain that your character, because of the schedule you play (and perhaps because you pissed off the wrong people on the forums) isn't really going to advance at all, yet you still play.

[Lineberry]

LMAO Ajurebear I am so with you...

Try this...... you have to work tommorrow and realize you should have gone to bed hours ago. However bored you might be at 2am in the morning you still find yourself playing marrach instead of crawling into bed... 3am comes quick and you yawn... you quickly realize that if you go to bed now you won't wake up at 5am (which is only 2hours away) to get ready for work. So you go to the kitchen and make some powerful eye :eek: opening coffee. 5am comes around and your character is having to much fun with her best friend Dalla that you don't realize its 5am. 5:30 am comes all to quick and the sun rising in your living room window ...tips you off to look at the clock.

OMG I so need to jump in the shower. I have 30mins to take a shower , dress, wake a 5 year old up, dress him and walk out the door. So you afk -- Brb (lmao). 5 mins after 6am you scramble back to the computer and squeeze another 10 mins in before logging out.

You arrive at work. 7:30a just in time Yeah! but quickly the coffee wears off and you begin to yawn. Your Co-worker (Arikon's player) glance at me and says "You didn't go to bed again eh?" Shamefully you admit "Yup, 4th time this week..Damn Skotos!"
(Then you and him gossip ooc about ic stuff :rolleyes: )

[Lance]

You stick around after a staffer says they're going to make you quit, out of either spite, masochism, or just competitiveness.

[Isobel]

You get screwed by someone in a meeting at work, and the only way out you can see is by "filing an assist"

[Glyphe]

You settle down to sleep, and hopefully have decent dreams, but your only dreams are of Lady Berthe because you've been thinking about her too much.

Oy.

[Omame]

when you open the window in the morning and are surprised, there is no deep snow in the yard....

[Namida]

When you dream the Prince is trying to seduce your char.

[Gabs]

When you have nightmares of the Prince dumping snow down your char's blouse...

I'm still not over that. :(

[Andy]

...when you want to put 'traeurl' down when playing Scrabble.

[Gabs]

Or "gospo" for that matter...

[Ryot]

When you have sex with Ryot at least once a week, and twice a night if you're feeling exceptionally lonely.

...

Or maybe that's just me.

-Greg?

[Gangrel]

Me too

-Em ?

[Lance]

Same thing happened to me.

[britta]

when you can't last a week without it, start having nightmares and cold sweats and actually start wearing alot of eyeliner to try to compensate. I had this dream last night that Britta was in a glass box, like Snow white, in the summer courtyard.

[Lucian]

You wake up, terified, and log in to make sure you didnt actualy just hit on the queen with your most successful character.

[Hannah]

When you ICQ everyone on your ICQ list repeatedly asking if others are having trouble logging in, and seeiming pretty frantic about it.

Oh, did I mention it was only 6AM for this frantic person?

*eyes ICQ list* Go have coffe and relax!

[Gabs]

When you sit down, point, and laugh at the frantic people on your ICQ/AIM list that can't live without their CM -- Oh, wait, I guess it means I'm not an addict anymore. :)

[hollydragon]

You play Weboggle and keep trying to type character names as valid words.

[Gabs]

You play Scrabble against Andy and he keeps trying to use "traeurl"... >_>

[Diedra]

when you...

... were just browsing through old threads and started laughing all over again about how many things in this one still apply to you. :p Even if some no longer do.

~Nicole

[rgendron02]

....if you stayed up til 5am last night/this morning >_>

[Sorcha]

...even though you quit playing at three because you were just too damn keyed up from the scene of a lifetime to bother with sleep...

[rgendron02]

*laughs at above* understandable!


also:

...if people tell you IRL they prefer summer to winter, you consider them treasonous.

...if you want to use the restraining chair and thumb-screws on your professors.

...if you have logged in latenight when you're a bit less than sober.

...if you get all your good plot ideas during important exams.

...if you've ever challenged someone to duel at a party.

...if you've started to avoid shadowy places IRL as well.

...fall asleep thinking of the cool things you plan to do with your character.

oh god i should stop

[Sorcha]

/grin/


...if making a decision about what shape/color/attribute of eyes to spend your storypoints on takes more time than buying a new car...

[Diedra]

*cough* Yeah.. thinking of the perfect words for alterations is much more time consuming... as in months more... >_>

[Kitra]

When your talking to your husband about food and have all the options out on a counter:

This is what happened:

*I went grocery shopping, came home and put things on counter*

Me: Boo, are you hungry?

Hubby: Yes, I'm straving!

Me: *points at things* What do you want to eat?

Hubby: I don't know whatcha bought?

Me: *pushes Dawn liquid soap to the side and said* "Iggy that"


We laughed for hours and ordered out instead

[Tristana]

When you're too short on money to get your hair dyed proffessionally, so you dye your Char's hair the way you want yours, instead.....


And that is the real reason behind Trist's two weeks with brown hair :)

[Lucus]

I died my hair blue once.

Er... twice.

[Lyds]

... you look at your hair and think, "Wow, I went from having the same hair colour as one of my characters to having the same hair colour as the other!"

[Gabs]

When one of the things that motivates you into doing a diet is being able to cosplay as one of your characters someday.

[rgendron02]

Originally posted by Lyds
... you look at your hair and think, "Wow, I went from having the same hair colour as one of my characters to having the same hair colour as the other!"

:p