You know you're addicted to Althanas when...

[hamnat]

-when you click the "Mark Forums Read" button, then proceed to click the New Posts button until something shows up...then you click "Mark Forums Read" again because it's not something you're interested in.

-you're me. :P

-your characters have become corporeal in your mind

-you've contemplated romance with yours (or another althanian's) character(s).

-you can't help but read threads about addiction to Althanas (or Crackthanas, depending).

-You wake up extra early just to see if anyone posted while you slept.

-You go to bed early just for the sake of the above stated

-You can't stop typing endings to this thread's title.

(anyone besides me fit ALL of the above...and almost all the ones on page 1?)

EDIT: -you're almost in tears because your thread hasn't been judged yet. (geez...am I an addict or what?)

-you're among the top 30 posters and proud of it. :P

[oren]

... you find out half your conversations in realife are about Althanas.

... you want the characters to be real.

... you start having strange dreams involving most of the most active characters.

... you want althanas to become an MMORPG.

... you think you see streets named after the different regions of Althanas.

... you rename different parts of Europe after the different regions of Althanas.

[Breaker]

When you've seen three incarnations of this thread.

[Sorahn]

Yall people are just flippin crazy. BTW I have been on here for 6 years and this is the only character I've ever made. That's an accomplishment. Speaking of which...

- when you've been here for 6 years

- you've gotten in the habit of saving every post you write on your hard drive because you've lived through all the crashes.

- you schedule time in your day to write posts on Althanas (often at the expense of other, more important things).

- you're a moderator

- you tell your RL friends all about the battles and quests you're in, despite the fact that they couldn't care less

- you post in this thread

- your eyes still burn from seeing Ithermoss's butt

- you daydream about how badass your character is / will be

- there's less than 10 new posts since you last checked

I could probably think of more...

[Lavinian Pride]

- When you consider throwing bad stuff at your character only to see how they get through it.

- When someone leaves and it throws several story plots out of whack.

- When you can remember the old bazaar system.

[Edward Judorne]

I've only found around 8 that don't apply to me.

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.....When:
-You spend half the day trying to get the net to work so you can post.

-You can't stop pickingup quests despite having no time to do the ones you got.

-Your solution to everything is posting more on Althanas

[Cyrus the virus]

- When you have almost 2,000 more posts than the second-highest poster.

[grim137]

- your eyes still burn from seeing Ithermoss's butt

Goddamnit, I had the memory surpressed.

[AdventWings]

Why, Sorahn, why?! Why must you reminds us!!!

*Covers his eyes in sheer agony, running and screaming "it's the end of the world"*

...when:

- Your daily schedule includes only eat, sleep and write on Althanas.
- You feel like you want to kill the ISP when the Internet suddenly doesn't work.
- You put a razor to your wrist everytime Althanas crashes.
- When you get less headache reading and typing on Althanas than when you're doing your homework...
- ...Or when you're just watching the news.
- When you consider answering this thread instead of doing your three-days-old laundry. (Eww. Which reminds me...)

[Edward Judorne]

Here it is, people, in all it's glory, the full list of what I can relate to so far.

...you're consistently logging on and off in different times of the day, in hopes that somebody in a different time zone posted in that quest you were rp-ing in.

...not only do you have a couple of Althi-buddies, you also have those certain members you and your buddies love to hate.

...you've had more than one character at some point in time. Sometimes, one character just doesn't do it.

-Even while you're "gone" you occasionally browse the forums as a guest
-You enjoy talking to some members of Althanas online more than you do some of your friends in person
-You some of your fantasies actually involve you as your character instead of you as you

You see actors and actresses in movies and, instead of commenting on their general ability, wonder if they would have all the qualifications to play your character(s) in an Althanas movie.

*Not only do you have multiple characters, but your multiple characters are the equivilant of the multiple personalities you have, so much so, that you at times believe you are that character. In fact you don't know which of your personalities (See above) is the real you.

*You spend 12 hours a day on the sight or talking about the sight on average.

*You create a character on althanas based on you in real life.

*Posting in 5 threads a day not only seems like the usual for you, but barely makes a dent in your workload on Althanas.

-your characters have become corporeal in your mind

-you've contemplated romance with yours (or another althanian's) character(s).

-you can't help but read threads about addiction to Althanas (or Crackthanas, depending).

-You wake up extra early just to see if anyone posted while you slept.

-You can't stop typing endings to this thread's title.

... you find out half your conversations in realife are about Althanas.

... you want the characters to be real.

... you start having strange dreams involving most of the most active characters.

... you want althanas to become an MMORPG.

... you think you see streets named after the different regions of Althanas.

... you rename different parts of Europe after the different regions of Althanas.

When you've seen three incarnations of this thread.

- when you've been here for 6 years

- you've gotten in the habit of saving every post you write on your hard drive because you've lived through all the crashes.

- you schedule time in your day to write posts on Althanas (often at the expense of other, more important things).

- you tell your RL friends all about the battles and quests you're in, despite the fact that they couldn't care less

- you post in this thread

- you daydream about how badass your character is / will be

- there's less than 10 new posts since you last checked

- When you consider throwing bad stuff at your character only to see how they get through it.

- When someone leaves and it throws several story plots out of whack.

- When you can remember the old bazaar system.

-You spend half the day trying to get the net to work so you can post.

-You can't stop pickingup quests despite having no time to do the ones you got.

-Your solution to everything is posting more on Althanas

- Your daily schedule includes only eat, sleep and write on Althanas.
- You feel like you want to kill the ISP when the Internet suddenly doesn't work.
- When you get less headache reading and typing on Althanas than when you're doing your homework...
- ...Or when you're just watching the news.
- When you consider answering this thread instead of doing your three-days-old laundry. (Eww. Which reminds me...)

(Thankfully I never saw the picture of Ithermoss's butt.)

Also: Three days old the best you got, Advent?

Hamnat, You go to bed early? try staying up late like me to get the most enjoyment out of althanas.

Which reminds me...

You know you are addicted when...

-You can imporove on what other people posted in this thread.

-You start getting complaints that you are never away from your cpu, and you know that that is the truth.