How I accidentally quit Runescape

When Jagex first came out with Fun Orb, like a lot of Runescape players, I checked it out. Mehh, I thought and moved on. A while back I thought I'd give it another look. A few more game had been added and a couple were pretty good. Jagex has a deal where if you already subscibe to Runescape then Fun Orb only cost a couple of bucks more, so I decide to pay the extra $2 a month and get full access. I played a couple of games like a fanatic for a couple of weeks and then left.

Well, when I say left I mean I stopped playing in Fun Orb - but I was still paying that extra $2 a month. Eventually I realized I was just throwing this money away so I decided to cancel the Fun Orb account. But wait . . . there did not seem to be a way to cancel just Fun Orb, I had to cancel both Fun Orb and Runescape at the same time. So I did, but my Runescape account was still paid up for a couple of weeks. I figured I would just sign up for RS again when time ran up .

One day I logged on and found I had been transported to Fally in a free world. Oh yah, my account had lapsed. I logged off 'cause I didn't want to deal with it just then. The next day RL was busy so I didn't sign up again then either, same with the next day.

I had a strong urge to play the game but had to wonder - was I addicted to it? Could I quit, you know, if I wanted to. I didn't really want to quit but I wanted to find out if I could. So day followed day. I would still read about updates and visit various forums, but I would not play the game.

I'm thinking of it as a break. The game had become a little boring, but I realize the reason it was boring was because I had got into the habit of doing the same old things over and over. There are lots of different ways to play RS, if and when I come back I will not play the same way I have been for the last year.