I already knew I had a problem. Cruising the Daz site at various times throughout the day, especially Thursdays and Fridays. Looking at every single pop-up for every new item. Then they started this sale! Somebody help me! Ive already spent $100 on it. Now Im back every time I sit at my computer, my God, Im rationalizing buying things I was never interested in before.

Help me before I have to sell my home and start begging on the street. Might be tough lugging my CPU and monitor around.

Maybe my friends and family will show up for an encounter. Id probably have to break away in the middle to check the site again.

Anyone else having anywhere near this problem?

Mary ;)
BTW, The Renderosity Marketplace gives me trouble too.

you just reminded me I have a family, haven't seen them in so long they almost called the cops cause they didn't know who I was.Rob

Try going to runtime DNA, then boy you got trouble, I could spend more than my card would allow there.

I lost my poseraddiction. for the last 2 years i spend about 200 $ on poserstuff every month. But now, nothing.All the fun in making images is gone somehow.I open poser play around, close poser without saving.There is so much great stuff on my hd but it seems to be useless to me.Maybe all the nude viccys with swords and helmet in a temple are done Loosing a addiction can be hard too :-((

Awhile ago I had a few bucks to spend. I looked desperately around DAZ-3D, and really couldn't get excited about much. I spent two days looking around and agonizing. I finally bought Anton's Morphable beard. It's great! I love it, but I just can't get myself around to fiddling with it. Nowadays I look at the new stuff, and wonder just what the heck some of it is about. I'm not excited by an Anime woman. I already have so many Mike and Vicky characters that I can't remember them all. In the end I use "the default" Millennium characters. I have so much hair I'm always forgetting about some that I have! My buying addiction is over. Instead, I really want to take some online classes so I can really really learn more about the basic stuff that still stumps me. And yes, I want to subscribe to the Renderosity magazine. I'm spending less time on Poser. My wife gave me a good verbal thrashing awhile ago for ignoring her. Hey, I did get married for a reason, right?! *** I'm not creating so many "renders." I get more thrills from a good tutorial that helps someone. And I wonder "why am I doing tutorials when some of the basic stuff still confounds me?!"

that's a simple one to answer Ron, you learn more about poser by breaking down what you do into easy steps for the novices to understand. Rob

I do my shopping in the Rosity free stuff, just as addictive, but less expensive.

I'm still addicted, I made a new pair of shoes for SMV this morning and then I spent a couple hours posing her in 'em. I've got 4 or 5 sets of Digiport SMV poses abd I go down the list and try almost every one, then spin the camera around to see different angles and maybe tweek the pose a little, what fun! I only actually rendered 7 or 8 of them though. These days I mostly like doing ultra simple plain background renders that are most about body language. The late lamented "nude playing card set" was the kind of stuff I like to do.

thgeisel - I recognise the symptoms. That happens to me sometimes too. Also with the music I play around with (making music). Sometimes I can't leave the stuff alone and sometimes I don't want to see it. It's just a matter of time until the feeling comes back. My longest Poser-off was about 5 months and the longest music-off has been about 9 months. And the best part of it is, when the feeling comes back, it's stronger than ever, exciting again. About the DAZ sale - I fell into it, spent $165 in one shot. Boom! I haven' regretted it yet, but I also haven't used much of the stuff yet. But I will. Use it, I mean..... Actually, I'm considering a new visit to the sale, about $60 this time. And I don't think I'll be able to stay away, I don't have the will power. Might as well enjoy it, not feel bad. The more we spend, the more DAZ, Curious Labs, RDNA, R'osity, BBay etc. are going to thrive and give us new cool stuff, so what the hell! At least Poser addiction doesn't screw up your health. Apart from staring at a computer too much, that is! :] FishNose

does anyone get withdrawal symptoms from not using poser? I get grouchy if I can't play with poser at least once a day. Rob

OOh I am with you there Rob. When my poser went doolallytwit I was hell around the house till I got it back. Kicked the dog, pulled the cats tail, shouted at 'im indoors and went into a total sulk. You name it that was me.

I think i'd be scared to name it in case you hit me :) lol Rob

My name is madriver and I'm a poser addict. I actually find I'm more addicted to the forums sometimes than acutally buying stuff and using it. What's worse: buying stuff and spending hours playing with it or buying stuff and spending hours talking online to others about playing with it...?

Must... resist... Aiko... must... resist... but... can't, Anime chick... too... cute...

I'm going to get a life. I swear. Just as soon as I finish this project. Or maybe the next one. Hey! I'll get to it, alright!!!! Where are my cigarettes? I know I gave 'em up, but I can at least know where they are, can't I? I know I used to gamble, but I wasn't compulsive... Was I? So every time I scratched myself I had to check if I won anything...SO!?! Lets not be rash here... that's not a compulsion. Is it? Jeez!!! Life is posing, anyway you look at it. Q

quixote, Does Daz have a life for sale? How about here in the marketplace? My wife seems to think I need one!

A store-wide 30% sale on life Jcleaver, your wife doesn't know a bargain when she sees one. (big smile) I'm sure she appreciates you more than she lets on. "All life is sorrowful"... That's probably why we tend to create. What we communicate here are emotions. That's what the eye (the soul)understands. Never-the-less, I still sometimes think, that we are all POSEURS. Take care of each other. She must care a lot for you. Grab all the happyness you can and RUN.... When it comes to love,I never ask why and never take it for granted. Stay cool. Now I really need a cigarette. Q

I've heard this story before. I started off OK...then slowly got drawn in like there was a full-body morph on me. Yep, DAZ got me, too. Ooh! Ooh! Now I can get those FaeWings I missed out on earlier. And the unzipping jeans. More hair (SF hair). And Versa hair for...you get the idea. I feel like Jim Carey in "The Mask"...somebody STOP me! Worst thing about it is I alway buy (yep, and download the free stuff) with an intent to use it. And never find the time to do anything. Is it always a convenient excuse that stops me? Or a real reason (my latest is having to take work home...boss wants Flash animation intro for new website design)? Ot is it because I can't do very well at Poser? When I sit down to do Poser, I want at lest 2 or 3 hours, but frequently I find myself with only an hour or so to spare, so I fall into the other trap mentioned above...forums. And here I am....LOL...in a Poser Anonymous thread!

Mary, just fax me your credit card number and I will tear it up for you, I promise ;)

i found the best way to get over the addiction of buying stuff is to learn how to make your own. before long, your addiction is replaced by a different one ..... i dont think i have ever even used half the stuff i bought, but everything i have made always finds a good picture to live in.

I have poser addiction bad. It is so bad that I have memorized my credit card number including the expiration date and that 3-digit number on the back. I use Poser like a drug. I do a render in the evening to relax. I use it in the morning to get me going for the day. I purchase items in any Poser marketplace to feed my habit. What's even wores is that June was going to be my no poser purchases month. But, then Daz3d has their 30% almost all items. And then Visual Silence has 50% off all of her items. There goes my resolve and my credit limit. Lucky my credit card is my debit card so I can only spend money I already have. A very poor Willdial.

The only good news on this thread: none of us is alone in our fine madness...

Repeat Oscar Wilde's famous words about tempation 12 times. Must be said with a smug smile, and tongue-in-cheek, or they will not work : "The best way to resist a temptation is to succumb to it!"

Thip: Good advice. Curiously enough, it could also be the title of a third of the renders shown in the Gallerie. Pa thum pum... Now before somebody starts humming "The way we were"... I'm out o'here... May we all get well soon! Q

We have my wife's credit card number taped to the computer desk. Of course, I wisely decided to let my wife handle the finances. So I must ask her permission before making any purchases. We have "certain financial realities," so I try to be sure I really want something before I ask. This surely beats my carefree bachelor ways when I often had troubles paying the bills.

When I get tired of playing with graphics, I just go back to programming C++. (Problem is I forget what I don't use for a while and have to relearn it.) Two or three months later I'm good to go.