You Know You're Addicted To Editorials When...

by Raincrystal 

Editor's note: I'd just like to say that I did have a little hand in this since she did miss a couple of points just to make that list complete, and YES, I am very guilty of everything in this document that I can actually do. ^^;;;

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

- You track down the people whose contest editorials didn't get printed, and beg to see them.
- At least once a week, you e-mail your friends with the URL of an editorial that they "must" read.

- You told Mistress Nightshadow to try writing her first editorial.
     - You think you're MN.
          - You *are* MN.

- You think about all important events in your life in terms of how they relate to RPGs.
     - You think about unimportant events in your life in terms of how they relate to RPGs.
          - You think about brushing your teeth in terms of how it relates to RPGs.

- You put off doing your term papers because you had an awesome editorial idea and have to write it first.
     - You put off studying for your final exams cause you had an awesome editorial idea and had to write it first.
          - You put off doing your exam by faking sickness to write the awesome editorial.
               - You put off doing your exam to write an editorial while in the exam room.
- Your term papers are incredibly easy because you've had so much practice.

- "Let's play sense-making game!" is one of your favorite phrases in real life.
     - You know this phrase even better than Zero Wing quotes.

- The frequent editorialists are familiar household names to you.
     - You personally know them all.

- Your phone bill is high because of your frequent calls to Australia.
     - You moved to Australia to stalk MN.

- "Old Skool" and "New Skool" have *nothing* to do with rap.
     -You didn't know that they ever did.

- You check RPGamer every single morning to see if the contest results are posted.

- Your pulse quickens at the sight of gold writing.
     - Even if it's on paper.

- You seriously want to teach RPGs in a classroom someday.

- You write lists of "ways you know you're addicted to Editorials."

- Your name has ever been in the subject line of someone else's editorial.

- You play RPGs with a notepad next to you so you can jot down quotes and ideas.

- You win the editorials contest.
     - The "15 Minutes of Fame" is a redundant prize for you, because you get posted every week anyway.

- You search the web for your name to see if your homepage is coming up, and it's buried under the listings of your editorials.

- You always write e-mail in structured paragraphs with a thesis and supporting evidence.
     - You speak in structured paragraphs with a thesis and supporting evidence.

- Your friends introduce you as "the RPGamer editorialist."
     - Considering the people you hang out with, this always makes perfect sense.

- You ask your teachers if you can print out your term papers in black single-spaced text on a grey background, with the title in gold on a little black bar, because it just "feels right."

- You think a "caffeinated Englishman" would be a good name for a drink.

- You understand business primarily in terms of how RPG companies operate.

- You complain more about the activities you enjoy than the activities you hate.
     - But you're equally quick to defend them when others complain.

- You live in the #edscorner chatroom.

- You learned HTML from using the editorials template.

- You have ever worked for or guest hosted Editorials.

- You can recite by heart the main arguments for and against every single FF game.
     - Even if you haven't played them.

And the number one way you know you're addicted to Editorials...

- You spend more time reading and writing editorials each week than you do actually playing RPGs.