confessions of a mystic messenger addict

preperation

So I was introduced to mystic messenger by a friend online, she made it out to be a light hearted game which was fun and easy to play. After downloading it and playing for a couple of days I realised that I was wrong about my initial thoughts.
Before playing this game, make sure you aren't doing anything that requires leaving the house or that you will constantly have a wifi connection for the next eleven days. If you don't make sure of this: you're screwed.
You should also be able to stay awake all night, or have several alarms on your phone to wake up for chatrooms. Participating in chatrooms is crucial for a good ending. If you miss a chatroom, it costs five hourglasses to participate in and trust me, you need to get as many hourglasses as possible.
To get hourglasses, you can do a few things. You can be REALLY nice to everyone. You can get a couple of hourglasses in a chatroom by doing this. You can also convert 100 hearts to one hourglass which also means being nice to everyone to get hearts. OR you can just buy hourglasses. Which is a lot easier than the other two methods.
Furthermore, before playing this game you should prepare to be wrecked emotionally. When you finish a route and start a new one, I find it hard because you have to start from scratch with every single character. And some of the storylines are sad. Really sad. I got fucked up after finding more out about V - he's the worst. But I won't spoil anything because yano. At one point, mystic messenger and the characters was all I could thing about. I had a physical aching in my chest because I wanted it to be real and felt so sad about some of the storylines. So you should also be in a good mental state to play this. I mean, it's not crucial but it won't be as hard to play the game.
Finally, you should be prepared to explain to your family why you're constantly on your phone/tablet. Unless you want to think of some huge lie, you need to tell them that you're on a simulation app where you plan a party and date people, which is what I've done. If your parents are like mine, they won't be bothered and eventually get bored of you talking about it. So when you're tired every morning they'll know that it's because of mystic messenger or why you're spending money on hourglasses.
So for now, I think that's enough. I don't know how else you could prepare yourself for the train wreck that's about to become your life.