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Thanks, S. For sharing your story. I've known you for years and it's refreshing to run into an old time friend.

I have to agree with others here. It's an individual experience. So I'd just like to address your personal story instead of attacking you for projecting.

You have to understand that it's not all bad. While getting addicted to the computer et al is bad and is something that I'm personally concerned with, I also want to outline some positives out of this seemingly bad situation, by sharing my own story.

This game has been great to me in the real world! It helped me get into programming. I'm now a full stack developer, working in startups.
Without creating bots in EE, back in the summer of 2012, I don't know if I'd be able to say the same. And I love doing it.

It has peaked my interest in graphic design, which I am also doing nowadays. Zoey and others can testify for the fact that I've been envisioning some of the designs for blocks implemented lately to the game  -- all the way back in 2010 in eeforumify.

And most importantly, this game helped me learn English! I've passed the SAT-equivalent English section without any mistakes. This is due to the fact that this game enabled me to chat with my EE friends in and out of the platform.

So for me at least, it had real, positive effects on the outside world.

As a game, it's a tool. You can use it to hurt yourself but you can also use it to better yourself.
With that being said, I'm so happy that you found what makes YOU happy in your life. This is important! Keep doing that.

Stay in touch,
Yam.