As a recovering FarmVille addict, Bumble realizes it is a fine line between a casual player and a full blown Farmaholic. Unfortunately with the release of FrontierVille it has become clear that the makers of FarmVille (Zynga) intended all along for it to be a gateway drug. Once addicted it becomes very difficult to be objective about your own condition. Bumble recalls thinking many times “Bumble will stop once he has Mastered Strawberries!”. Unfortunately, it was much, much more difficult than that.
- Addicted to Mastering Crops in FarmVille
Sadly, that isn’t even all the signs. Bumble had some others stuffed in barns to make room for crops. For Bumble, the most addictive part of FarmVille was Mastering Crops and accumulating the signs. For others it may be a different hook.
Regardless of what it is that has made you a Farmaholic, Bumble want’s to help you! In the days and weeks ahead Bumble will be posting some tips on how to quit playing FarmVille.
The first step is to identify just how severe your FarmVille addiction has become. In order to ease you into this with as little fear as possible Bumble will use a familiar format.
Level 1 – Social Farmer! If any three are true you are a Social Farmer.
- Level 1 – Social Farmer
- You have at least one friend on Facebook that you only interact with through FarmVille.
- You have mastered between 1-5 crops.
- You occasionally plan your schedule around harvest time.
- You once were almost late to work to finish harvesting or planting.
- You have made your first Million in FarmVille.
- You are not embarrassed to share your FarmVille accomplishments on Facebook anymore.
- You’ve considered buying FarmVille Cash to speed things along.
Level 2 - FarmVille Addict! If any three are true you are a full on addict.
- Level 2 -FarmVille Addict
- You have multiple FarmVille only friends on Facebook.
- You have mastered 6-10 Crops
- You own a Mansion, Silo Home, or Villa.
- You have been late for work or school because you were harvesting!
- Your friends don’t even interact with you on Facebook anymore.
- You have bought FarmVille Cash, but just once or twice to see what it was like.
- You now have some FarmVille clothing, T-shirts or other merchandise.
- You plan your crops around your work schedule.
Level 3 - Farmville Farmaholic! If any three are true you are a Farmaholic!
- You have made fake Facebook accounts so you could add extra neighbors in FarmVille. Probably to get the Mighty Plantation.
- You’ve mastered just about every crop. In fact FarmVille is making new crops just for you (and other level 65 and up Farmaholics).
- You own all of the buildings and even the new $5,000,000 Mansion only for level 65 and up.
- You got in trouble and or fired from work for playing FarmVille on company time or being constantly late due to harvest conflicts!
- You don’t even bother with Facebook anymore and go right to Farmville.com to play. Who needs all the distractions of people trying to talk to you?
- You have maxed out a credit card buying FarmVille Cash!
- Most of your wardrobe has sheep or cows on it now.
- You plan your life (what’s left of it) around FarmVille.
- Your spouse may have left you. You aren’t sure but they haven’t come in to check on you lately.
It’s up to you to be honest and judge where you lie in the spectrum. Bumble sincerely hopes nobody has lost a job over FarmVille, but it is quite likely to happen sooner or later. Regardless of your level of addiction, you too can quit farming. Bumble did it! It’s been 3 months of no farming.
Was it easy to stop? Yes! Bumble has several fool proof methods to quitting FarmVille. Try them all if you have to, but with Bumble’s help you too can be FarmVille free!
Tune in later in the week for method one on quitting FarmVille.
Quitting FarmVille the Watermelon Way!
