[How do I get my friend to stop playing FE:H]

Hey guys just an update, I talked a lot to him about it and his friends talked to him about it and he's doing a lot better. He stopped spending so much time on it, got a job, and has a girlfriend now and he's really happy, thanks for the advice / concern I really appreciate it.

 

*ps* I forgot I made this thread and I just remembered about this situation but we're all good now don't worry

[How do I get my friend to stop playing FE:H]

16 hours ago, Astellius said:

There is the option to permanently delete data that's linked to a Nintendo account, which is different from simply uninstalling the program. At the bottom of the screen, there's a cog icon next to the Shop titled "Misc." Tap on that, then go to "Account Management," and then "Delete All Data." Select that, and then go through whatever safeguards they have, and then there you go, all the data associated with the account will be deleted and cannot be restored.

Of course, the ultimate decision for whether or not to quit belongs solely to him. It's up to you how much pressure you want to put on him.

Oh hek, I didn't know that and that's p useful, so I might try to do that or something among those lines. I don't want to delete something he's spent 200 dolars on though, I just want him to realize that he should like not, that's like breaking someones 3ds that they religiously play.

 

15 hours ago, Mandokarla said:

I had a really bad spat where I spent WAY too much on the fucking game, it was a gambling addiction. I should have known better, such behaviors run in my dads side of the family.

After one particularly expensive (and unrewarded) binge trying to get Sonya on release, I was so mad at myself I uninstalled the game. I reinstalled it a few months ago, and I have been very conscious about it all, and I've been able to not fall back into that bad habit. I only buy orbs with like, throwaway gift cards I got for my birthday. Never money I earned.

Working on building up a Saizo has actually been fun, I get more value out of building high merged common units. 

Tl;Dr he can recover. He just needs time away. 

I know he's going to recover, but it's just the sooner he realizes that what he's doing is really dumb then he'll get over it, but thank you thoughh.

15 hours ago, Captain Karnage said:

Seriously get them some help, call their family, their friends. I myself have a bit a of a gambling problem, what I did was I removed all ways to pay through my Google account.  Honestly my best method was to guilt trip myself by showing myself what I could have bought with the money I burnt on the game, make them feel bad as that's my best method of guilting myself into quitting

And I really like this Idea as well, but it isn't as effective as to how he doesn't really care because I've told him that he could have bought a switch already but he doesn't really care about anything else really and ultimately ends up spending it on orbs.

 

14 hours ago, Rezzy said:

When you say $200 on Orbs, do you mean at one time or over the course of the last year?

Dumping $200 in one go can be a problem if you are spending money you can't afford, but if it's been $200 over the course of a year, that's really not that bad.  It averages out to less than $20 a month, which is less than I spend per month on average, and is less than you would pay buying a new game every month.

He's spent 200 since release, and spent like 50 on it yesterday cuz he just got a new job, but it's a little worrisome that all of the money he earns that his parents don't make him put into savings goes into this game. 

14 hours ago, Arcanite said:

Not gonna lie, I was expecting this to be some meme but it's actually serious...

Does him playing it actually get in the way of important things?

If he's actually serious he can just delete all his account info our sell his account / give it to someone else and let them change the password so he can never get it back

Yea man, I thought it was a meme as well, but then he started to take it to heart. It gets in the way of his school work a little bit because like any addiction you'd kinda just not wanna stop, but I do really like the idea of selling his account, I didn't think about that.

 

Ultimately, I think I'm gonna end up getting someone to help and get this sorted out, but thanks for all the ideas none the less, I really appreciate it.

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8 minutes ago, Nanima said:

Recommend he sees professional help for it, if that's an option for him. The way you describe it does sound serious. What you yourself can do for him is sadly limited aside from providing support and giving advice. He himself has to stick to the process of getting out of this.

I think he can get over it, whether it be something else that distracts him that doesn't really require funds, or just something that will help him realize that it's dumb. But if all else fails I'll probably end up doing that. 

[How do I get my friend to stop playing FE:H]

No but like, he's gotten essentially all of the units worth his time, he plays this religiously. I don't think anything that deals with the game will work, because chances are he's already done it.

[How do I get my friend to stop playing FE:H]

Well he and I are in different areas, so I can't really uninstall it for him, but it's like an addiction, and even if you uninstall it it's connected to your NNID so you can't really loose anything. He's been trying to quit for like 2 months I think. And he's had the game since launch, and he bought like 5 orbs as a joke, but now he does it all the time and it's p bad.

[How do I get my friend to stop playing FE:H]

Hey, so I have a friend who plays this game non stop, all the time, always on it, and he's spent at least 200 dollars on orbs at this point. He's even said he wants to stop but he just can't. Any ideas?