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Why I stopped playing Dragonvale
Cordova, TN, April 19th, in the year of
our Lord 2013 -- For ten months now I have had a love
hate relationship with Dragonvale. I played this game almost
every single day in that ten month period. I would play it five
to ten minutes a pop. I might play it three times a day or up to
eight times in a day. I bred every single dragon I could
possibly breed. I had millions in the bank, all the islands,
objects, and many of the eggs. I had all of my shrines at
silver, and was working my way to gold. Every time Back Flip
Studios added a new dragon I feverishly worked to breed it.
Something happened to me though – I started to question the
point. Why was I playing this game? What did it matter if I had
everything? They were going to add more constantly so why
bother? Am I addicted to this iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad game? That
last question stopped me in my tracks. I had played this free
app for months. I had only given them a few dollars for gems
once. The endless nature of Dragonvale is what disturbed me. The
time and way it got into my head frightened me. The
pointlessness of it confounded me.
When I was playing the game for a review it made sense. There
are a pile of games and apps awaiting my attention. Games that
are being delayed because of Dragonvale. There are other more
important tasks my brain could be focusing on. So I made the
decision to stop. I decided that I no longer want to spend my
time playing this game. I was frustrated with things not
working, or taking up to forty-nine hours to complete. Yet there
was also excitement when I finally got that new gemstone dragon.
Especially when I spent over three weeks working on it.
I do not regret my decision to leave Dragonvale alone. In fact
my biggest fear was I would not be able to quit. Thus far after
a week I have not touched it. This article is the last
interaction I hope and pray to have with Dragonvale. I deleted
it off my device to remove any temptation.
- Paul Bury
- Family Friendly Gaming