I have quit World of Warcraft. For nearly 4 years now I have been shackled to one game. A game that sucked my life away. A game that required my constant vigilance and attention. A game that was extremely suspicious of other games. "You musn't play those other games!" it would whisper in my ear. I could hear its call constantly. Hounding me, challenging me, hassling me. No longer! I have gone without the glory of Azeroth for almost a month now. That is probably the longest I have gone in my 4 years of service. Flowers smell.... well... it's winter here so the flowers don't smell that good but the pictures on Google are nice! Babies, instead of distracting me while I toil through the latest dungeon, bring a sense of joy and wonder! Snow flakes, once ignored as I slaved for hours in Storm Peaks, bring comfort to my jangled nerves. It has been a fun ride, but never again do I wish to step into Azeroth's beauty. I am too weak. Her.... wonder... is too much. I cannot be with her any longer. The pain of this decision will subside as long as I hold strong.  I offer this song to those I leave behind. I will always keep you close to my heart.
 
 

I use Vista and have a wireless connection. Thrilling. But what wasn't so thrilling was the lag I was getting when I would play any game online. Every 20-60 seconds, I would get like a 1-3 second hitch, causing my connection to basically stop working. In TF2, for example, my dude would stop running and that red text would come up in the top right saying there was something wrong with my internets. I just thought that it had something to do my hardware(router, adapter etc) BUT what is really wrong is something with Vista itself! Apparently Vista(and apparently XP too but I wouldn't know) automatically searches for available wireless access points every minute or so. This causes the current connection to freeze, thereby causing many holes in my wall. One day I was just so tired of it and dove into the internet to see what I could find. I found this lovely program called "Vista Anti-Lag". Apart from being aptly named, it does the job oh so well. Just install this gem and press the little "activate VAL" button. You can then game in blissful serenity. I hope I can save at least one person's trouble(and wall) with this post!

Edit: Here's a link http://www.codecase.de/en/software/downloads/vista-anti-lag