Very few (read: None) of the big villages use their time 100% efficiently, therefore if you do, having the bonus of still being attracted to the game, you will pass them.
If people used their time 100% effectively, 16 hours a day, the typical player from th beginning of the world would have well over 200 million LP, yet they don't. Things get boring, it's how games go.
That's not even mentioning FEPs, the average person if they were dedicated to being #1 by a longshot would have over 2,000 in ever important stat and at least 500 in all unimportant ones.
I doubt any village boasts that as their
average though.
I started in what, March or so, died (twice, so I didn't keep ANYTHING from my previous ancestor, both times were at 25%, started my 'new' guy in May/June, and since then I've been casual as hell

Next world though I plan to be not so casual, I'm purposefuly wasting my time now so that when it comes to next world I don't feel burnt out already, but instead invigorated and ready to play.
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