Farmville Addiction
Anyone with a Facebook account knows that Farmville is the latest unlikely hit, allowing users to design and operate their own cartoon farm complete with too cute livestock and the unlikely banana tree that still produces a crop every three days regardless of the snow on the ground.
With millions of players, the charming escapist guilty pleasure can quickly become an addicting habit. If you find youself addicted to Farmville, consider the following ways to break the cycle.
5. Don’t Start Playing
Probably the most unlikely solution, it nevertheless is true that abstinence is the only certain way to avoid fullblown Farmville addiction. But those cartoon cows are just too cute, so we’ll move on to…
4. Set a Timer
You don’t need to spend hours a day organizing your livestock and rearranging your orchards or crops. At its heart, Farmville is a beguilingly simple game. Set an egg timer, or an old fashioned kitchen alarm, and tear yourself away when the bell rings. If that doesn’t work, you can always…
3. Ask Your Friends For Help
In this age of TV shows like Intervention, there’s likely a whole host of family and friends who will be eager to stage a fun and melodramatic effort to help your Farmville addiction.
2. Get Addicted to Something Else
Facebook offers a whole host of other classic time sucking games for escapism purposes. Try a walker on the darker side with the silly Mafia Wars, or search for pirate gold in Treasure Madness.
All that is fine, but I’m betting the most surefire way to cure Farmville Addiction is surprisingly simple:
1. Visit A Real Farm
Somehow, cartoon animals seem a bit less appealing when you’re reminded that their real life counterparts require a bit more work than the occasional brushing. The stench of cow manure alone could easily be enough to shatter the illusion!
If you have tips for beating a Farmville addiction, leave a comment below!
great advice for all the 70 million monthly farmers out there
http://www.ehow.com/how_5912768_kick-farmville-addiction.html has some more tips
Best not play Potvilla (a Farmville video parody)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pdAnvRnOqo
I am so tempted to delete everyone who plays this stuff..it consumes my whole page and I am sure I miss updates I really care about…you should be able to turn off all updates from games..
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FarmVille is a really fun Facebook game and my friends and I play it all the time.
Heya, this is one awesome site! Thanx for posting this. I was looking for a site that has this kind of info. I just adore farmville! Thankful I found this one! I’ll be coming in here again for sure! lmao
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