Symptoms of Addiction

• You spend more time in the Dreaming than you do asleep or in class.
• Apartment or dorm covered in duct tape and scraps of foam
• You have more quicksilver in your wallet than you do actual money
• When in out-of-game conversations with other players, you find yourself saying "Out-Of-Game" and putting your hand on your arm to tell them a secret
• You ask non-players to keep in-game
• You get freaked out by people carrying dowels, long rolls of paper, anything that looks like a boffer sword at a distance
• You know more IG names than you do OOG game names
• You can define and pronounce all the following acronyms or terms which make no sense to outsiders: OOG, LARP, FOIG, IG, tag, XP.
• You 've actually approached Black Panthers, Nazis, or other groups which wear armbands and asked them what race they are.
• You get punched in the stomach and automatically reply "soak" and run away.
• You've had a dream that makes you question how real this "game" is.
• Your first instinct when walking down a dark alley is to ready aura.
• You've asked for PVC, golf clubs, open cell foam, duct tape, bird seed, or .505 fiberglass tubing for Christmas or a birthday.
• You've considered starting (or have started) your own TotD chapter in your hometown and/or job.
• When you get into a real fight out of game, you call out damage.
• You wonder if taking random combonations of drugs might have some alchemic effect.
• Your family no longer demands an explanation.
• You've raided thrift stores for spell packet material
• You can rattle off quick-combo spell incantations at the drop of a hat, but are challenged to tell someone what day of the week it is, or what you're majoring in.
• You forgot your girlfriend's birthday, but could list the dates for the next four new moons.
• You've taken the "Are You a Good TotD Player?" quiz more than once to see if you can improve your score.