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Re: Warcraft vs. Your Girlfriend

John D. Moore — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:25:48 -0000

Ta-Nehisi, I don't play MMOs, but I think it was your Time article that I used to justify getting back into video games. So thank you.

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ErinSiobhan — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:40:35 -0000

My husband played a year before I got bored watching him and got him to make me a trial account. Two years later, my character has more gold and better gear than his. But I still haven't forgiven him for telling me:

"Send all the green stuff to me so I can disenchant it."

And I did for the three months I played.

He also suckered me into trying to level a holy priest so I could keep his new rogue healed while he leveled it up.

Re: Warcraft vs. Your Girlfriend

John — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:27:21 -0000

Meh, eve online's not that sweet. It's directionless. There are between 5-15 quests for the first 2 months you play the game. And if you actually want to advance at all, guess what: you have to cooperate with a player-run union of players.

It's all the effing same. Bleh.

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Scott — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:52:10 -0000

I actually have wandered into a couple of folks cybering in WOW in a dwarven inn. I felt so unclean. I mean ... get Ventrilo or something and leave the rest of us wandering adventurers out of it.

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BubbaDave — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:08:35 -0000

Now this game: http://www.eve-online.com/ is even more attractive to me as all players share the same world. But I'm not going there either.

As an Eve player, let me say the best thing about it is that it DOES allow you to have a life outside the game, because skills train in real-time whether you're online or not. So I have 19 days (and 2 hours 16 minutes, but who's counting) to train Caldari Battleship skill to level 5, and it takes the same amount of time whether I'm plating constantly or working, visiting my family, or reading T-NC here. This makes it great for the casual player, because the no-life fifteen-year-old doesn't have a huge advantage over the rest of you.

[subliminal voice] Taste the sweet, sweet Eve crack pipe! The first hit is free.... [/subliminal voice]

Re: Warcraft vs. Your Girlfriend

Darkrose — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:14:04 -0000

@JayC: Telesilla and I seem to be doing the dyke gamer geek thing pretty well. For all that she insisted she'd never play CoX, she beat me to the first level 50.

I have to admit that it's nice to be able to say, "Double XP weekend coming up" and to have her say, "Okay, what snacks do we want this time?"

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Jay C — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:18:51 -0000

I guess this is one of the advantages of being a gay dude. It's pretty easy to find other gay dudes into video games.

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Al K. — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:45:46 -0000

Only tangentially related, but worth bringing up (probably NSFW):

http://www.clint.ca/yarhump/

Re: Warcraft vs. Your Girlfriend

Greg Sanders — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:06:38 -0000

My girlfriend plays an MMO and I don't. (I figure I'd either be bored or get obsessed, neither seems appealing). I normally do solo with occasional multiplayer. We tend to do Rock Band together.

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TheF79 — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:55:33 -0000

Also helps if you buy her a Mongoose enchant to make up for not doing the dishes...

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TheF79 — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:54:13 -0000

After a few months of battling, I got my wife hooked on WoW (she's a closet nerd at heart). Rather than watch some stupid sitcom, we'll pvp for a little while together with our blood elves and have a few laughs. Now that she got this bad boy though:

http://thottbot.com/i18871

she's been on a tear lately, running around in a plate armor bikini and smacking gnomes to pieces. Not sure if the strategy works if you're a hardcore raider though, I don't think she'd be cool with the time (and committment) required for that. Couple hours here and there playing together is awesome though.

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DLeff — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:08:28 -0000

A buddy of mine not too long ago was dating a girl who he really liked, but who absolutely loathed the amount of time he put into WoW. Like, you-lose-a-month-of-sex-for-every-noob-you-gank kind of hate. So what did he do? He didn't fight her, he didn't hide is WoW addiction. He sat her down in front of the computer and made her play herself.

Fast forward to now. He has since quit playing, they've broken up, and she's twice the WoW nerd he ever was. Which, of course, makes her all the hotter.

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Galleymac — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:27:32 -0000

Hmm. Last guy I dated laughed at me when I suggested that gaming might be a fun time and I'd like to get better at it. And yet, here you all are. GEEK NETWORKING HAS FAILED ME OMG.

Re: Warcraft vs. Your Girlfriend

toxic — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:20:36 -0000

Ya'll need to train your ladies better. Pretend to quit wow. Now that you aren't playing wow, constantly nag HER for attention, to do the laundry, go see movies she hates, whatever. Maybe decide to learn the guitar and spend all evening trying to play Blister in the Sun. After a week of that, she'll be secretly glad when you start playing WoW again.

To have a successful relationship, one must master emotional jui-jitsu. They may not like losing, but they will like the competition (cause trust me they are doing it to you).

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Jennifer — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:08:57 -0000

Hmmm ... I don't think I'd have a problem with a guy playing WoW provided:

- it doesn't interfere with him paying his half of the bills.

- it takes place in a separate space in the house (such as a home office) or better yet somewhere else, so I'm free to do my own thing.

- he never says a word about how many shoes I own or what I pay for them. ;)

Re: Warcraft vs. Your Girlfriend

Tyler — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:58:38 -0000

Did you steal my woman?

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Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:53:26 -0000

I don't think it is just WOW. My girlfriend doesn't have a problem with me watching TV or reading... but the second I turn on the Playstation, suddenly I am wasting time and there are a TON of things we need to be working on. I don't get it.

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Adam — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:53:23 -0000

And this is why I'm happy to play WoW in a serious raid guild that only plays 10 hours a week, with a large roster so you can take any night (or week) off at any point you wish. With my sister and her fiance as officers.

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Marinate Retard — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:42:43 -0000

Jordan: I was planning on going Kathy Bates in Misery on my girlfriend until I read your disclaimer.

Back to the drawing board for me....

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JordanT — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:38:58 -0000

I swear, she's so anti-WoW she'd be happier learning I'd spent all night at a strip club getting Life-Savers picked from my nose using a certain, special body part.

I agree, my wife is much happier with me spending the night drinking with my friends rather than spending the same night playing WoW. I stopped playing because I was tired of being committed to playing on certain nights and constantly having to tell people that I couldn't go do something else. It was the lack of being able to be spontaneous with life that bugger her the most I think.

@Winston: If you can teach me how to do this, then I will consider you a God among men. I think I'd have better luck getting my girlfriend to watch "Backdoor Sluts 9" with me.

My co-worker's gf just got knee surgery and is going to be on crutches for a few months. She's considering getting them both an account to have something to do together. So, just put your gf in crutches*.

*Note: This comment is for satire purposes only. Any use of this comment in the real world is strictly forbidden and JordanT Inc. can not be held liable.

Re: Warcraft vs. Your Girlfriend

patagonia — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:31:22 -0000

This thread is now about Sigur Ros!

Re: Warcraft vs. Your Girlfriend

Marinate Retard — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:23:36 -0000

@Winston: If you can teach me how to do this, then I will consider you a God among men. I think I'd have better luck getting my girlfriend to watch "Backdoor Sluts 9" with me.

Re: Warcraft vs. Your Girlfriend

Winston Chang — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:21:57 -0000

If you can't play WoW with your girlfriend, you shouldn't play it at all.

If you can, however, then it's awesome.

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Shawn — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:19:45 -0000

To quote Fat Tony from the Simpsons, "It is funny becuase it is true."

Re: Warcraft vs. Your Girlfriend

KevDog — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:08:06 -0000

As someone who spent most of the time from 79' to 93 playing D&D, this is why I have never signed up for WoW.

Now this game: http://www.eve-online.com/ is even more attractive to me as all players share the same world. But I'm not going there either.