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I really enjoy this game. I realised at the start that it is just that, A Game. I love getting angry and frustrated, which means it's motivating me, and on the other hand I love reaching certain goals and facing ever increasing hurdles and problems which brings a great deal of satisfaction. I hate it when an Event goes sidewards--and I throw the mouse across the room--like the one we have at the moment and we have a reset in the middle of all our hard graft, but I know that it's part and parcel of a game. If this was real life we'd all be literally gunning for people who sent the wrong gift or said the wrong thing and be hanging the developers. I do games to get a rest from all the crap in the world, and considering I've lived through tons of crap as a cop and spent thousands of pounds on wordly things a few quid here and there on a game that gives me a buzz and a challenge doesn't bother me. Heck, each time I buy a pack of fags its £8 down the drain. It's my choice. I have met a lot of good people on the forum, but when I eventually get bored of the game I shall find another that will stretch me again. In fact, it is good for a person to step off of the real world for a while each day and just play. When I was a kid I loved jumping in puddles but now I skirt around them because water spoils everything and you get wet -- that sums up what life does to you, but you don't have to be an adult and lose the joy of living that can be found in the magic of make believe play. So, life is unfair by default but I'm always trying to find ways around that constant to have some fun despite the aggro. The great thing is, I can continually walk away from this game and come back to it later, but life doesn't offer that opportunity. Count your blessings in whatever form they come, you could be dead tomorrow.    Baz