don't play ikariam

recently i discovered a game called ikariam. its an RTS style massively multi player game, an MMORTS if you will. the game play is very similar to the civilization and age of empires style, except that you control the town as whole, and not individual townspeople. its a fun, engaging little thing. and im addicted to it like its crack mixed with WOW. the worst thing about it is that constructing anything takes at least 10 minutes, and when you get more advanced some buildings are taking 4 or more hours to create. so you'll log off and tell yourself that now its time to stop playing, and then a half hour later you'll realize that the universe will probably collapse in on itself if get online RIGHT NOW to make sure that your academy is upgrading properly and that no, it still hasn't finished and you need to wait ten more minutes to upgrade your harbor. if your willing to be addicted, i highly recommend it. if you cant go through your day with out constantly checking up on your town, though, STEER CLEAR.