Comments for Joseph Gonzales

Comment on Why I Quit Playing Need For Speed: No Limits by Dean

Dean — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 12:06:00 +0000

Hi Joseph, thank you for sharing your experience.

I’m in a similar situation now to where you were before you wrote this, although my escapism into gaming has already played it’s part in the complete breakdown of my life. Starting in the late seventies and unfortunately continuing to this very day with countless mind numbing game titles along the way. My marriage eventually failed (luckily no children to get hurt by this), I’ve forgotten how to communicate with people or how to even look after myself properly.

I wish I could find work to do that grabbed me in the same way that repetitive games do, because if I don’t do something very soon I will become homeless and that scares the heck out of me, but seemingly not enough to stop playing?!

There doesn’t seem to be any help out there for this, it’s just not taken seriously at all at least not in the UK and people will say “ohh just grow up, gaming’s for kids”, damn, I’m in my fifties now and seriously frightened about how this ends.

Anyway just wanted to say thank you for putting this out there. Currently have 195 imaginary cars in my pointless imaginary garage so you can imagine how many hours in I am, but please don’t because I don’t want you even thinking about this game.

Comment on Swap Tiles in Words With Friends Without Losing Your Turn? by Mike Sillett

Mike Sillett — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 23:56:33 +0000

how do I get this game off my laptop

Comment on Swap Tiles in Words With Friends Without Losing Your Turn? by Craig

Craig — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 17:07:52 +0000

I recently started playing again and refuse to use any of the coins or whatever power-ups that have been made available. I am certain my opponents are using them, however, I still regularly win using my word knowledge, specific strategy and whatever luck from the draw. Words played that are defined as the “exposed root of the dentraxis plant found in the Sudanese desert during summers eaten by migrating Bonteboks” is so obviously a “paid for” play that it’s ridiculous*.
(*I made up the word definition to make a point)

As for using Swap+, I am actually in the middle of a game right now where I had all consonants (which caused me to Google this page) so I added the few “S” tiles I had for low word scores and finally got some vowels. Now, I am evened up and I think since I got those lower word scores, my opponent kept their score lower as well just to stay above mine! Funny how the psychology of it all pans out.

Comment on Why I Quit Playing Need For Speed: No Limits by Marton

Marton — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 09:35:11 +0000

Hi Joseph

Thanks for this post, I have been trying to delete this game for the past 3 months but every time I try I think of that super car that needs just 2 more BP unlock. Then I convince myslef that after that car that will be it, once that car is unlocked then you’re like let me just wait till I maxed it and see what it is capable of doing. I have become so obssesed with this game that I even dream of it, especially during special events. The whole week all you think about is how to finish a chapter and spend your gold. Today, with just 3 tickets to unlock the new M5 from vault events, I deleted the game.

Comment on Why I Quit Playing Need For Speed: No Limits by Joshua Perez

Joshua Perez — Fri, 14 May 2021 01:27:49 +0000

In reply to Collo. Wow brother this made me realize I could start a addiction I better stop now lol thank you

Comment on Why I Quit Playing Need For Speed: No Limits by Collo

Collo — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 21:27:04 +0000

Yep, all the games without an actual end is an addiction exploit game… We should go back in time when we actually paid a game then played and fought with the final boss and that’s it…

Comment on Why I Quit Playing Need For Speed: No Limits by Eric

Eric — Sat, 27 Mar 2021 16:01:37 +0000

Hi Joseph. First of all, I want to thank you from my heart for writing this blog and I would like to share my story with you. I started playing Need for Speed: No Limits in February 2021. I was addicted to it in a blink of an eye and it was really thrilling. For me, Need For Speed: No Limits was the first game that I spent real money on and it felt wrong the second I had bought a Google Play Card. Still, I kept playing with my freshly acquired VIP 4 and I was really into the game. One day, I was searching for a guide about All Access Passes and I found your blog. At first, I wanted to leave the site as it was not what I was searching for, but something kept me reading your blog until the end and I was really moved by your experiences. Sadly, at the end of the day I had already forgotten about it and I repressed the thought of it. Playing Need for Speed: No Limits became so time consuming, because there was always something I could do: replay races, race in the underground or wait “one last time” for a ticket in vault events, as I was playing late into the night.
I am currently 15 years old (turning 16 in August) and I was videochatting with some friends yesterday evening. As we talked, I realized that almost all of them were doing something productive in their free time and that they were teaching themselves things like playing the guitar, programing, and they are all reading a lot of books. This realisation made me feel empty, uneducated and boring. As I woke up this morning, I still had a lot of thoughts about that buzzing in my head and while showering, I made a few resolutions: I wanted to stop wasting my time and I wanted to become more like them. Then I remembered your blog and I knew exactly what I had to do. I symbolically activated an All Access Pass and I started a race. I then crashed into a wall, quit the race and thought: I have already raced my last race. I deleted Need for Speed: No Limits from my smartphone, along with all of my other video games and I guess I don’t have to tell you how good it feels.

Thank you, Joseph, for writing this blog and thank you for sharing your personal experiences, you have helped me a lot! Today I started reading a new book and I am proud to say: I am now entering a new chapter in my life.

Comment on Swap Tiles in Words With Friends Without Losing Your Turn? by Roy Levy

Roy Levy — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 13:15:21 +0000

For a short while I got into buying coins in order to use Swap+. I bought three lots of 480 coins and made frequent letter swaps. But I won’t be buying them anymore. Why? Because ever since I started to use Swap+ heavily, WWF is dealing me worse and worse hands. It’s a real con and I’m not prepared to waste any more money on coins. Have others noticed this?

Comment on Swap Tiles in Words With Friends Without Losing Your Turn? by Peg huson

Peg huson — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 23:05:47 +0000

In reply to steve. When buying swap without losing your turn my coin total does not decrease. It used to deduct immediately any purchase.

Comment on Swap Tiles in Words With Friends Without Losing Your Turn? by Joseph Gonzales

Joseph Gonzales — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 01:38:54 +0000

In reply to Gary. Of those 7 tiles, your opponent has 5 of them. There's really only 2 in the bag.

Comment on Swap Tiles in Words With Friends Without Losing Your Turn? by Joseph Gonzales

Joseph Gonzales — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 00:25:31 +0000

In reply to Timothy Greenwood. Yeah that would be a nice option...or at least let us know if our opponent is using them. That way everyone's on the same page and the game is fair.

Comment on Swap Tiles in Words With Friends Without Losing Your Turn? by Timothy Greenwood

Timothy Greenwood — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 22:37:12 +0000

It would be very useful if either player could turn off any/all of the features for both players.