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Posted: 3/21/2006 8:21:58 AM | | ive never played resident evil..but it is one of my fav movies.... | |
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Posted: 3/21/2006 11:32:03 AM | followup to posts #31 and #74: I just remembered something that promotes MMOG gaming in a 'metagaming'* sense: When you play console** games one usually has to hit the pause button repeatedly if you have things to do around the house.
In mmogs, you gain more out of it if you multitask with stuff around the house WHILE your game is still playing. Heck, i usually spent alot of my time helping newbies on the "new player needs help" forums, writing FAQs, working on my website (lots of fun learning) and real life responsibilities.
Now, i must admit i've never even touched a game while i was 'dating' ... Thinking about it now, a mmog is a lot more playable when you leave for a long time and come back to the game a few days later. Speaking from personal experience, and i hope the rest of you are doing as well, i find that (for example) a game such as "Rome: Total War" is annoyingly problematic to play casually because you have to remember what the hell your strategy was this turn, whether you made all the moves, a few of them, or none at all.
In a mmog the entire selling point is that you can jump in weeks, months and even years later and continue playing immediately (well, with a little adjustment for patches) from where you left off.
Do remember that i'm adding to my previous posts and thus don't feel like repeating myself about the downsides to having a gaming 'hobby' gone horribly horribly wrong.
glossary: * metagaming=referring to real life whilst playing; **console=playstation, xbox, etc; mmog=massively multiplayer online game; Rome:TW= turn based strategy game with a real time combat element; newbies=new players; muffy=long story, and off topic. | |
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Posted: 3/21/2006 11:44:28 AM | i am a gaming geek myself..not just vids, but board games etc. not D&D, but to each their own. my lady knows i have this geek side...she appreciates my need for cerbral stimulation...again that isnt directed at vids...as most are mindless fun...but some require actual thought.
anyways the point is it sounds like your lady is a little too hooked. 20+ hours in a weekend is crazy when ya got a significant other waiting. lame for sure dude. it's quite easy for me to put down the controller and walk away from the machine...but if i have spare time i'll plop my ass down and shoot stuff for a few hours.
i don't get why people tend to pigeon hole these things either. playing vids is 'lame' by some people's standards yet watching tv...especially CRAP like survivor or the swan...LOL...lameness at it's best......
ok im rambling....
OP talk to her. tell her that if she isnt willing to put down her little sword and come back to the real world...she'll find herself playing alone.
and most importantly...compromise......play strip mario kart! | |
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Posted: 3/21/2006 12:25:16 PM | ^^ Its amazing. I started on POF and quit gaming! Now I'm addicted to forums:(.
Lol, as I was writing that last post I started to realize the same thing.
And please, no more talk of Rome: Total War. It is an evil game that swallowed my life once already. (But I won, haha. Vive la Rome!!!) But I literally became the creepy lurker from the game room, lol. | |
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Posted: 3/21/2006 12:40:03 PM | i have to agree with you patrick, gals that play video games (especially the resident evil ones  ) are hella cool even if i do say so myself  lol
I own all but 2 of the resident evil games not long finished resident evil 4...and it surely didnt disappoint....it totally rocks hehe
Without sounding too much of a nerd (too late perhaps????? lol) i even have RE pics on my blog page
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Posted: 3/21/2006 3:08:59 PM | Well, *poof* goes the stereotype that all girls love only racing games like super mario cart. 
unfortunately, the necrophiliac rumors are probably going to be flying around the forums faster than you can say, "this is my boooom stick" | |
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Posted: 3/21/2006 3:25:24 PM | haha well im sure there are alot of gals out there that do enjoy the racing games but im not one of them...
as for the necrophilia rumours all i can say is ewwwwwwwwwwww lol | |
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Posted: 3/21/2006 3:44:57 PM | | Maybe she gets a more positive reaction from pushing the Controller Buttons,....Than she does from pushing yours....... | |
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Posted: 3/21/2006 3:51:53 PM | | unfortunately MMORPG's are designed for the hardcore. thats what make more causal gamers to drop, and switch to other MMORPG's, and yes anything can be used to avoid others, books Tv, any hobby. | |
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Posted: 3/23/2006 11:21:39 AM | I dunno to me that would be pretty awesome. Any girl thats into something like video games! 
Still seriously though I don't think I would want to just sit there while shes playing a video game with one of her freinds for more than 4 to 8 or 12 hours of time. Not if the plans were to have some romantic or intimate time toghether or whatever you call it. Still If I really like a girl I don't mind spending casual time with her, if it's a game that I find interesting, then maybe I would chill a bit but it's not my idea of fun to just sit there while someone is busy with something else like that. Unless we were taking turns playing a game of course with a MMO you don't do that.
Im not a big MMO'er though but I understand what it's like to feel dedicated to a game. Spending 3 hours to beat Dracula in Castlevania 1 will do that to you.
Now that im older though, im not really motivated to play video games much anymore. I was a big pc gamer as a teenager, played a lot of shooters. Now im more interested in chatting with people. I don't think ive grown out of them. I love anything thats fantasy. Comics, Animation, so if I like a premise of a game ill think it's cool even if I don't feel like playing it im just like that. Right now though I prefer to read books, play with my Action figures and legos, and talk to people online.
Though like i said it's definately not cool for someone to make you just sit there. When I was 18 I remmeber on young lady that I was in the process of getting to meet. She made me see her when she was getting her hair done. It was a really terrible experience and unless I know a girl is a kind and honest one who respects me and isn't playing head games, im not willing to go through something like that again. After I waited patiently her and here cousin that was with her at the time treated me like I was a flake and just walked to the entrance of the mall to get picked up by the girls mother. I tried to be a sport talked to them nicely told them which place in the mall I work at etc. They treated me like I was some boring old %#% and then on top of that when she introduced me to her to her mom, the mom said theres another Frank?
Thats when I knew that I definately had to oust myself from this terrible situation. Im not taking crap like that definately.
My opinion, if the difference in interests seperates you and your current love too much, then maybe it might be more productive to end it. If it dosen't you have to accept even the things you don't like much or find too attractive about her. For me personally, if I find that I have a woman that respects me, is honest, kind, isn't wishy washy, easy to get along with, and her hobbies arent taken to an insane extreme that gets in the way of the relationship than something like this is a issue of you tolerating her time spent on gaming. Now if she is inconsiderate on top of spending a lot of time gaming then I would consider her not worth the time. Also have you discussed this with her, have you ever told her that you feel her gaming is getting in the way of your time toghether. Don't try to get her to not do things she enjoys but don't cover up everything. Let her know that you would like her to open up more of her time that she uses for gaming to spend with you. Be reasonable negotiate. If she's unreasonable about it then thats your evidence that she might not be the right woman to be with. I think a woman who's a kind and reasonable person would be able to talk this through with you and not get pissy about it. It wouldn't be the end of the world if she asks her freinds if they can play an hour less or later for example. Try to work things through with an emphasis on "We". What can we both do to have time for one another and allow time for ourselves. Thats the way I see it anyways.
If that dosen't work move on to someone more to your liking I guess. | |
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Posted: 3/23/2006 1:11:09 PM | well i do play WOW so i mean if u limit ur self on time u can actually have a life.
It is actually my work that kept me single lol but hey it is personal choice on wot u do in life.
well l8r | |
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Posted: 4/13/2006 10:04:47 AM | | I like my military games...I play sof II its a blast ...I like meleein someone..lol | |
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Posted: 4/13/2006 11:22:16 AM | Gmail, I can really associate with you on this. I play (WoW) casually - just whenever I have some free time and have nothing else to do. My ex got interested in the game, and 9 or so months later, she meets someone (who is like 1500 miles away) and it ruins our relationship.
Wow was I stunned! | |
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Posted: 4/13/2006 11:25:55 AM | | blah i cant type. | |
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Posted: 4/13/2006 1:14:44 PM | | The man my Mom remarried became heavily addicted to online games, war games, strategy games, etc. Anyway, it gradually became worse and worse, it progressed to a point that as soon as he got home from work he went immediately to the pc where he sat all evening, at his supper there, etc, until he HAD to get some rest for work, to do the whole thing over the next day. Weekends were hell, he NEVER wanted to leave the pc, my Mom and I did things, or her by herself or with her friends, but never with him. On the rare occasions that he would finally give in and go somewhere with her he would be grouchy and cranky the whole time, because he didn't want to be there. To be fair, I believe he had issues with depression, anti-social behavior before, but as someone above said, mix depression or other illness of that form with gaming and you can end up with a horrible addiction. Anyhow, my Mom put up with it for longer then she should have and tried unsuccessfully many times to save the marriage and "fix" things, but in the end it was a MAJOR factor of the divorce. Although, I suppose you could argue that his underlying mental issues were the real issue and the gaming addiction was just a symptom. I guess my point is that really anything can become unhealthy if it cuts into reality and relationships with people in your life, gaming is no different, any addiction ruins relationships. | |
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Posted: 4/15/2006 9:08:05 AM | | Man, do you know how many guys that would love if their women played video games? You should have all up in that!!!!! Your loss. | |
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Posted: 7/26/2006 10:15:27 PM | | hell I haven't had amessage in like 2 months if guys like that where and the hell are they...lol | |
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Posted: 7/26/2006 11:43:46 PM | | I'm 44 and I like pc/video games and mmorpgs. | |
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Posted: 7/26/2006 11:56:04 PM | | Some,video games,are in fact better than guys. | |
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Posted: 7/27/2006 12:52:35 AM | recently had plans canceled on me because she had a very important raid she had to help her guild with, i could come watch if i wanted but it may take a couple hours or more. i stayed home.
people can do what they want with their time but i would have been less turned off if she had told me she had a major case of hemroids she had to deal with.
im probably going to tell her to raid her own panties next time she calls, girls who play vids are becoming a major turn off for me. what are other peoples opinions about partners who video game, esp those online multiplayer games? should i be more understanding of her relationship with her online game friends?
Wow, that is totally hot. If you don't want her, let me know what server she plays on and send her my way  Because that's just the sort of thing I can understand
*Edit: goes back and reads thread... sheesh.. guess I'm not the first person to have THAT brilliant idea, ah well :)
All joking aside, I must not play *enough* WoW because all my friends keep bitching I'm not level 60 yet... well I do only play about one day a week these days... | |
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Posted: 7/27/2006 1:05:30 AM | This is why I don't play MMOs.
I'm sure heroin is a wonderful drug, but...no thanks. I've seen it's effects from the outside.
Although if I didn't care about meeting people or wasn't too busy attempting to form a social life, I'd be right in there with you. | |
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Posted: 2/11/2007 6:28:47 PM | what IS reality anyway? Have never played MM...whatsits.. but I'm sure you can develop compassion and all the rest of it there, just as you can in "real life"...
As the eastern saints say, this is all maya (illusion)
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Posted: 2/11/2007 7:06:58 PM |
its not like she is gonna cheat on you with one of her fellow gamers.
I wouldn't be to sure about that...it happened to me. My ex met his current girlfriend while we were still married playing WoW.
We were a family on the go...camping fishing, biking, soccer games and whatever else until my ex quickly got addicted to gaming. On the weekends literally from the time he got up in the morning until he went to bed at night that is all he did. During the work week he easily spent a minimum of 8 hours on the computer. What a waste of time.
If she is choosing her computer over you now...it won't get any better. | |
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Posted: 5/16/2008 7:17:27 PM | a guy that complains about his girlfriend playing video games to much??? now this is a new one, and i like it!!  | |
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, I think I'd much rather have the gf tell me she's playing some game. Although, I gotta say, the doc I ended up seeing for it was gorgeous. And the invite out for coffee was hotter. 
