what to do when the servers are down....

[Yvonne_Blacksword]

I have had a long history with DDO. Not a founder, but I bought a verrrrry expensive laptop to play it (as I didn't know where I would be from week to week as a traveling trainer for the navy).
I learned how to build gaming rig PC's, went through a warehouse of gaming mice, repaired peripherals without a clue, kept a ready stock of keyboards, graphics cards and headphones to switch out.
I have played 80hours a week while still holding that job and sleeping very little due to the navy culture...

So, as an addict, to the calming, outraging, outlet that gave me a reason for raging mood swings that I acquired from my time in service...

I want to know how normal, rational people get by without the emotional release afforded by playing the game.


Anyone got any ideas how I should spend my 10pm-6am insomniac hours?

Please help?

I mean, I can only read soooo many books on my kindle before I lose all sense of reality and rational social intercourse.

[cdbd3rd]

In this instance, the LOTRO servers and DDO servers went down at different times, and LOTRO is still up and well (relatively). Keeps your play time in SSG's house.

I have two out-of-house fall backs:

My old Diablo 2 still installed. Have the new reboot, but it's sitting quietly collecting dust waiting for me to buy a new puter that can push it.

Fallen Earth, servers have been turned back on in maintenance mode while the new owners rebuild the game basically from scratch.

Beyond that: There's laundry, yard work, chilling on the back deck watching the hummingbirds argue over the feeder, picking something off my lengthy "I'll get to it some day" to-do list....


...or like today, spend WAY too much time watchign YouTube vids.

[Rexthor007]

I brought up No Mans Sky took 25 minutes for updates says I have not play since 2016 ha ha guess I play too much DND.

[Melkazar]

Guild Wars 2

Repetitive and boring but nice to look at. I had been away so long that I have four or five birthday celebration items and went from level 30 to 60 at one click.

[Arkat]

I've written a few cursory outlines of the first book in a series I'm going to write.

That takes up some time.

[kmoustakas]

Complain on the forums?

[Arkat]

Complain on the forums?

Nah. Too easy and entirely unoriginal.

[AlcoArgo]

Possibly go outside? You know, exercise, hike, run, play sports? Meet with friends, re-integrate yourself into social circles?

Just a thought.

[CaptainPurge]

Consider listening to music. And/or watching your favorite band(s) performances.