Farmville Addiction!!!

[MommyBird]

I ignore invites as well.
I also refuse to take the "Find out what kind of ....... you are" tests.

Maybe it is time for you to find that non-Farmville village and move off the farm.
You cannot possibly have time to ride, work, post on TE and build your little rural empire! Something has got to go.

[Crankin]

I don't get it. I have extremely intelligent friends who are spending all of their time doing this.
I ignore everything on Facebook and rarely post anything. I read what others write, mostly to keep up with my friends in other places.
Of course, I don't play any kind of games, whether it's on the computer or board games, or cards. I can't sit long enough and also apparently my brain doesn't work in ways that allow me to strategize in games.

[lph]

I get it. I don't "do" Farmville, but my son does, and it annoys me because from the outside it looks like a really dumb game if you'll forgive my saying so. But I shouldn't talk, because I was the one with a massive Suduko addiction a few years back, I've sat up all night playing Tomb Raider because I just couldn't stop, and I can get hooked trying to figure out how some puzzle works just because I can't let it go. I'll play scrabble or Carcassonne and be much happier if I can fill all the gaps rather than win.

I think my son and I have the same mildly addictive personality. Which is probably why his silly addictions irritate me, come to think of it.

[Blueberry]

Gonna keep pressing the "ignore" button. I pop on facebook once in a while to see how folks are doing, but have managed to avoid the must-log-on-10-times-per-hour addiction many people have. I even uninstalled it from my blackberry.

Now, if only I could exercise the same restraint on TE and with Ravelry

[tantrumbean]

Oh well, at least I managed to assemble my new ickle bike while waiting for my blueberries to ripen!

[sfa]

For me, it's Farm Town rather than Farmville (pretty much the same game, but with fewer bells and whistles). I studiously ignored these sorts of games for six months or so, but then my sisters dragged me in. Fortunately, shortly after I realized that I really cared far too much when I wasn't able to harvest my cabbages on time, my daughter discovered the game and now SHE takes care of the farm. It's a perfect game for a ten year old--a little bit of strategic planning, a little bit of learning about simple business, some responsibility (and the attendent slight guilt when you don't get those cabbages on time), and a bunch of cute animals.

And since getting addicted and then weaning myself, I have assiduously avoided all other requests to start playing Mafia Wars, YoVille, Castle Age, Bejeweled Blitz, Cafe World (or whatever the name is), etc.

Sarah

[Karma007]

I play, at least a daily check in. It's addictive and highly stupid. (Runs to fertilize neighbor's crops...)

[GLC1968]

I too have a mildly addictive personality, so I've purposely ignored all those requests. Couple that with a type-A personality and I'd be online all night trying to 'get' everything or be the 'best' at whatever it is... I don't do video games either.

Besides, every time I get a Farmville request, it reminds me that I should go outside and spend some time in my real garden or with my real goats! I don't need online/virtual guilt too!

[Bike Chick]

I don't get it. I have extremely intelligent friends who are spending all of their time doing this.
I ignore everything on Facebook and rarely post anything. I read what others write, mostly to keep up with my friends in other places.
Of course, I don't play any kind of games, whether it's on the computer or board games, or cards. I can't sit long enough and also apparently my brain doesn't work in ways that allow me to strategize in games.

I agree with you Crankin. I don't understand it and have blocked all games and invites from my Facebook page. I love to play games, cards, craps--you name it--on occasion but can't understand spending hours each day tending my garden. And really hate it when it clutters up my Facebook page when someone gets a purple cow or ugly duckling on their farm. Guess I'm just a grumpy neighbor!

[smilingcat]

thank goodness I have an urban farm of sort.

We are still eating veggis out of our garden. We are still getting tomatoes, beans, lettuce, herbs (basil, thyme, oregano, cilanro, parsley both curly and itallian...) Beets are almost ready to be picked...

Getting bit tired of chinese long beans though. They just keep growing and growing.
still gots eggplants, bell peppers, serrano chillis, jalapenos...

Purple broccholi and regular are growing big. parsnips are growing. garlic and brussel sprouts are growing too.

Just recently scored on Crocus Sativus (the real McCoy SAFFRON) and Laurel Nobilus (true bay leaf). Traded some of my cookies for several bushels of pommogranates. Made over gallon juice and whole bunch of jellies. Still have well over a bushel...

Will be planting lima and fava beans. and transplanting celery.. oh we still have one water mellon left on the vine.

I was really amused the few days before Halloween. An older lady came by with her grand daughter in tow. She asked us if we had any pumkins growing. She wanted to show her granddaughter a pumpkin on a vine and how it grows... so cute. Next year I may plant baby bear pumpkin (eating kind not lanern).

Dealing with aphids, powdery mildew, cabbage worm, harlequin beetle...

So nope no need for a video game when I've got the real thing on small scale.

[Irulan]

I ignore invites as well.
I also refuse to take the "Find out what kind of ....... you are" tests.

Maybe it is time for you to find that non-Farmville village and move off the farm.
You cannot possibly have time to ride, work, post on TE and build your little rural empire! Something has got to go.

You know, you can hide all those quizzes and games, just mouse over on the right hand side and you should get a "hide whatever" buttons. You only have to do this once for each game/quiz.