Do not be like me; do not leave your computer running with a game just on pause or in the menu. Do not run an errand or finish some work that you've been putting off while some game is just running, idle, throttling your components and wearing them out bit by bit, day by day. Do not be like me; do not get over 7,000 (edit. Now 8,000 hours) in EU IV or over 4,500 hours in HOI IV. Not only does it make you (me) look like some nerd who's skin hasn't seen sunlight since the Mayans last predicted the end of the world; but it makes it impossible to convince your friends that it was cause you (again me) just 'left your PC running'. Though I saw the better way to live before my skin matched the Snow White OC-66 swatch on Benjamin Moore, I fear others might not. That is why I leave this warning. That is why this message is important. Do not be like me.