How to love an online game, and never be trapped. (Score 1)

When whiners (sorry), like the poster of "What you really get from and online game." spring forth (they make up about 1% or so of the gamers, in my experience) I always encourage them to quit. They generally don't, because after their break, they feel better. To avoid winding up in that 1%-at-any-given-moment pool, I have a simple technique that works well for everyone who gives me feedback who DOES it: Click cancel as soon as you sign up...and sign up for 1 month at a time. That way, you can play as long as you like. And you can quit any time, and never be out more than a few bucks. Don't worry about what friends will think. Forget about who to give your gear or account to (they don't need it...let them get their own...and you will be back most likely...time is long). Don't worry about "all that time you have invested"! When you fold up the monopoly board, you don't look longingly at your stack of cash and property cards, and you don't worry about "the poor racecar being left unplayed". Remember MMOG are just games. When it is not fun, fold the box up and put it away. Do this in advance, and you will never end up playing a game you dislike...simply because you are paid up. And really, if your "friends" are going to be mad at your because you took a break...you just saved yourself from identifying who your real friends are "the hard way". Comes the day to pay up, you look hard at the game and ask yourself if you are having fun. And if the answer is NO, then you don't drop another quarter in the machine...much less a $13 or $39 chunk of change. Play, have fun. Or quit, and have fun someplace else! :)