..you enter a new city and attempt to speak to every single person you meet, asking them if they have any tasks for you to perform in exchange for coins.
... you read a 6 pages long topic filled with nothing but quotes from the game, and for every single one of them you can say who says it and when. (almost guilty)
@Ward perhaps there are some superficial similarities, but do they systematically attempt to cover an entire town, sector by sector, making sure they have entered every single building (locked or unlocked makes no difference -- after all there could be people inside that have tasks that need to be performed), and once that's done with, do they climb down into the city sewage system in search for evil cults to eradicate?
... when you've started a new game for the bazillionth time... and immediately force quit the game when you see the Friendly Arm introduction video. #panicforcequit
(if you cross that bridge, you can make to end. If not, you used your finger of death for this character)
...when you're afraid of opening a cupboard in case someone summons the guards
...when you try and hit "Q" before every decision you make
...when you store your valuables in a random box on the street, thinking they will be safe, but never leave anything on the floor in case it disappears
...when you always watch out for signs of doppelgangers, especially in your childhood friends
When walking through the mall with your friends, you try to set up them in specific marching patterns. (I don't get invited out to mall dates much anymore.)
...when you're watching a "Let's Play Baldur's Gate" youtube video fullscreen and your brain tries to make you hit the spacebar when they're about to walk into a battle on the video.
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..you enter a new city and attempt to speak to every single person you meet, asking them if they have any tasks for you to perform in exchange for coins.
GO!
People do that who don't play Baldur's gate too much.
"Please i can tell you where the others are"
"bla bla..but you will go first"
The difference is clear! :P
... when you've started a new game for the bazillionth time... and immediately force quit the game when you see the Friendly Arm introduction video. #panicforcequit
(if you cross that bridge, you can make to end. If not, you used your finger of death for this character)
No I mean real life. XD
... you don't admit to fantasizing about female NPCs based on their portraits, blush and awkwardly try to change subject.
...when you try and hit "Q" before every decision you make
...when you store your valuables in a random box on the street, thinking they will be safe, but never leave anything on the floor in case it disappears
...when you always watch out for signs of doppelgangers, especially in your childhood friends
You know you play too much baldur's gate when your pay more attention in a typical day to Viconia than your own wife.
[seriously, reality needs a TAB-highlighting function for misplaced objects]