Originally posted by SOB
You hate change so much that you're changing to a different sim...to a different sim...to a different sim? That sounds reasonable.
Oh, but there's more.
I just deleted all AH from my system, to keep the temptation from playing a sub-fun game and motivating me to try all the other sims.
This sounds fair at a glance, but quickly becomes more fragmented as you delve deeper. In most situations, the realization that an activity is "sub-fun", would be incentive enough for most people to move on to a different activity without any further ado. The poster of the above quote reveals in the opening line that for him quitting AH is not a trivial matter. He's made a ritual of it. This is a common thing when people feel overpowered by a habit. Think of toddlers kicking the passifier habit or of smokers trying to quit as examples. When locked into a certain "modus operandi" either by physical dependency, habitualness, compulsiveness or a mix between the three; breaking the pattern of behaviour often takes more than cognitive resources.
I'd rather fight against AI than be jerked around and have the game changed every year wether its broke or not.
This is a clear indication of the compulsive nature that AH playing can have for many players. Whatever you think in your mind, you instinctively resist change. This coupled with what SOB points in the quote at the top, sheds light on how ambivalent the original poster is. This is natural, established habits are like old friends whether we choose to rid ourselves of them or not. We react with mourning even if we welcome the change.
The original poster closes with a moving, almost poetic "ode to AH":
I'll be on the lookout for the next sim with a mega arena that comes as close to warfare as I'll ever get, ( i hope) >S<
He loved the "mega arena" of the AH of old, he mourns the loss and promises to look for his love.
A feeble hope, only worthy of parenthesis, is all he's got.
