Boyfriends/Girlfriends and the game?
PurpleDoll
my husband and i met online like 9 yrs ago, we use to play gw together all time then he quit and i quit soon after him wasnt no fun once he left
Rent
My girlfriend and I are both rather addicted--we form a relatively effective two-Monk team. Easy for the Monks on your team to coordinate when they're in the same room.
We met, actually, ON the internet, in an IRC roleplay room, and now that we live together we STILL spend much of our time together online. What can I say, it's important to us.
We met, actually, ON the internet, in an IRC roleplay room, and now that we live together we STILL spend much of our time together online. What can I say, it's important to us.
Saraphim
Yup, me and my fiancé play together as well, both in the same room... it can get ugly if things aren't going to plan though. Good thing is we share drops, as he mainly plays a Warrior and myself, an ele. And we never seem to get the right drops for our own profession.... >.<
Rebirther
lol I personally think b/f and g/f relationships that spread to that kind of level is unhealthy, I mean would really prefer to spend all your "together" time at home playing a video game? wouldn't it be better to go out to a more pratical place i.e the cinema, bowling, out to a club etc something more hands on.
Yes it maybe expensive but comon look at the bigger picture! when have relationships always been cheap!?!
Honestly I don't know how playing games together will help develop a persons relationship in the long run..
I have a g/f and I don't even let her near my computer, I don't want her to be playing games although I'm not banning her rights to play it lol, Its just I love the social interaction we have at the moment, talking lots on several subjects and on different levels.
If you played with your partner constantly on a game, the effects of the game slowly start to become apart of your relationship.. and that is a bad sign!
A good couple of games on what... mario party or a nice race on mario kart is fine for a couple, but for something like a online RPG..... geeze
Im not sure about you people but I don't want to be meeting up with my girlfriend and talking about the best builds on GW and how annoying touch rangers and IWAYers are, and having a good moan about ANET about their updates...
oh well.
This is a good read btw:
http://www.joystiq.com/2005/11/24/gi...t-video-games/
Yes it maybe expensive but comon look at the bigger picture! when have relationships always been cheap!?!
Honestly I don't know how playing games together will help develop a persons relationship in the long run..
I have a g/f and I don't even let her near my computer, I don't want her to be playing games although I'm not banning her rights to play it lol, Its just I love the social interaction we have at the moment, talking lots on several subjects and on different levels.
If you played with your partner constantly on a game, the effects of the game slowly start to become apart of your relationship.. and that is a bad sign!
A good couple of games on what... mario party or a nice race on mario kart is fine for a couple, but for something like a online RPG..... geeze
Im not sure about you people but I don't want to be meeting up with my girlfriend and talking about the best builds on GW and how annoying touch rangers and IWAYers are, and having a good moan about ANET about their updates...
oh well.
This is a good read btw:
http://www.joystiq.com/2005/11/24/gi...t-video-games/
TalonTheCat
My husband started this game - I thought it was silly.... 2 months later I decide to give it a try - after all he is having so much fun!
His and her computers about 4 feet apart - it is great.
If his group can't find a monk - he just hollers for me
His and her computers about 4 feet apart - it is great.
If his group can't find a monk - he just hollers for me
Rent
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Originally Posted by Rebirther
lol I personally think b/f and g/f relationships that spread to that kind of level is unhealthy, I mean would really prefer to spend all your "together" time at home playing a video game? wouldn't it be better to go out to a more pratical place i.e the cinema, bowling, out to a club etc something more hands on.
Yes it maybe expensive but comon look at the bigger picture! when have relationships always been cheap!?! Honestly I don't know how playing games together will help develop a persons relationship in the long run.. I have a g/f and I don't even let her near my computer, I don't want her to be playing games although I'm not banning her rights to play it lol, Its just I love the social interaction we have at the moment, talking lots on several subjects and on different levels. If you played with your partner constantly on a game, the effects of the game slowly start to become apart of your relationship.. and that is a bad sign! A good couple of games on what... mario party or a nice race on mario kart is fine for a couple, but for something like a online RPG..... geeze Im not sure about you people but I don't want to be meeting up with my girlfriend and talking about the best builds on GW and how annoying touch rangers and IWAYers are, and having a good moan about ANET about their updates... oh well. This is a good read btw: http://www.joystiq.com/2005/11/24/gi...t-video-games/ |
lyra_song
my significant other plays FFXI and WoW. I play GW.
She's trying to get me to play Gunz now. ~_~ We'll probably play PSU when that goes public live.
She's trying to get me to play Gunz now. ~_~ We'll probably play PSU when that goes public live.
max gladius
I have been playing the game, very activly for over a yr now, and my wife started playing within a week of me playing.... usualy we get along fine, but she can get upset if i play to much (smiles at wife)....
For us, it is usualy better then if our quality time was watching tv, blowing cash at the bar, or such....
Disagreement happen in real life, as they do in game, if you cant work around them, then u are not ment to be... especialy if a game argument would ruin a real life relationship....
Everyone has different things they like and do, if you cant work around that, and come to some agreement, then someone wants way to much control or such....
I had a friend ingame, he played about 2 nights a week, about 8 hrs a week total... his fiance told him it was going to be game or her.... alittle harsh if you ask me....
I play with many other couples in game, and most of us feel the same way we do about the game, and dont let game arguments carry into our real life and such...
There was however another couple that were in my guild, they still play game together from my knowledge, but they left guild because someone asked one of them to help with a mission but not the other... alittle harsh to just leave for that, but to each their own.....
It all comes down to the simple things with a relationship, you must like what your partner likes, or u adapt or give up. i am not saying conform ur life to ur spouces, but compromises can always be made and such.... and if the game is interfering with ur real life relationship, then u need to access, and cut back on gameing and such....
And to the guy up top there.... so u think a competitive game betwenn ppl is better then one where u work together?
And i agree, best dual monk teams = team husband wife, or the team of dad and son, both of whom i play with quite often.. easy conversation and coordination for them....
For us, it is usualy better then if our quality time was watching tv, blowing cash at the bar, or such....
Disagreement happen in real life, as they do in game, if you cant work around them, then u are not ment to be... especialy if a game argument would ruin a real life relationship....
Everyone has different things they like and do, if you cant work around that, and come to some agreement, then someone wants way to much control or such....
I had a friend ingame, he played about 2 nights a week, about 8 hrs a week total... his fiance told him it was going to be game or her.... alittle harsh if you ask me....
I play with many other couples in game, and most of us feel the same way we do about the game, and dont let game arguments carry into our real life and such...
There was however another couple that were in my guild, they still play game together from my knowledge, but they left guild because someone asked one of them to help with a mission but not the other... alittle harsh to just leave for that, but to each their own.....
It all comes down to the simple things with a relationship, you must like what your partner likes, or u adapt or give up. i am not saying conform ur life to ur spouces, but compromises can always be made and such.... and if the game is interfering with ur real life relationship, then u need to access, and cut back on gameing and such....
And to the guy up top there.... so u think a competitive game betwenn ppl is better then one where u work together?
And i agree, best dual monk teams = team husband wife, or the team of dad and son, both of whom i play with quite often.. easy conversation and coordination for them....
Eet GnomeSmasher
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Originally Posted by Rebirther
lol I personally think b/f and g/f relationships that spread to that kind of level is unhealthy, I mean would really prefer to spend all your "together" time at home playing a video game?
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toon-a-loon
I just recently bought my girlfriend the first chapter of guild wars, and later on she will get factions and night fall when it comes out. She is loving every minute of playing with me.
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Fluffyx
I made my lover get it.
And now she plays it more then I do >:O
And now she plays it more then I do >:O
xxSilhouette
I got my boyfriend hooked on guild wars 
we play together quite often, Its great being with someone that shares such an addicting and common intrest with you 
Saraphim
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Originally Posted by Eet GnomeSmasher
And I doubt that these videogame playing couples only play videogames, you know...
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Talal Flint
My boyfriend and I both bought GW at the same time - initially with the idea to go through it together, although in the end we went through it at different speeds wanting to do different things but helped each other out.
We met online too in a chat room - sounds like there lots of other ppl also out there who met online. Who needs online dating sites when there are online RPG's lol
We met online too in a chat room - sounds like there lots of other ppl also out there who met online. Who needs online dating sites when there are online RPG's lol
Eviance
My husband and I play together and have from the start... He got his copy a few days before me and I refused to let him play till I had one to... (we fought a little over that but we got over it rather fast)
The most my husband and I ever fight about as far as the game goes is the guild. Trying to keep it running smoothly and such. When he gets too busy with school and work I have control over it. But it's plain to see that they will follow his lead no matter what (which doesn't bother me at all), but I have to throw guilt trips at him to get him to play more and such.
If its not that its me being lazy and him being jealous that I get to play more often than him. Beyond that we love playing together. Anything we fight over game related is just silliness unless its our guildies. That is the one thing we both take very seriously.
I wouldn't be playing if it wasn't for him <3
(and there are MANY couples in our guild, including some married and one couple having a baby today so WOOT!)
The most my husband and I ever fight about as far as the game goes is the guild. Trying to keep it running smoothly and such. When he gets too busy with school and work I have control over it. But it's plain to see that they will follow his lead no matter what (which doesn't bother me at all), but I have to throw guilt trips at him to get him to play more and such.
If its not that its me being lazy and him being jealous that I get to play more often than him. Beyond that we love playing together. Anything we fight over game related is just silliness unless its our guildies. That is the one thing we both take very seriously.
I wouldn't be playing if it wasn't for him <3
(and there are MANY couples in our guild, including some married and one couple having a baby today so WOOT!)
Stockholm
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And I doubt that these videogame playing couples only play videogames, you know...
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Sir Skullcrasher
can i hit on any of you here? kidding
It seems that online gaming has the ability to get peoples to fall in love with other? For reading at different posts, most of you met online through chat room or games.
It seems that online gaming has the ability to get peoples to fall in love with other? For reading at different posts, most of you met online through chat room or games.
Ranger Rog
The only type of games that my wife plays usually involve aligning 3 brightly coloured somethings to make them disappear.
She recently complained that I play GW too much so I showed her my /age and she went nuts. I then calculated that it's actually less time than she's spent watching crappy soaps over the last year. That didn't go down too well though.
She recently complained that I play GW too much so I showed her my /age and she went nuts. I then calculated that it's actually less time than she's spent watching crappy soaps over the last year. That didn't go down too well though.
Yichi
gf HATES me playing gw. says its a waste of time and isnt important. i just ignore it and play gw while shes at work
The Real Roy Keane
None of my friends, male or female, know that I play Guild Wars, and nor will they. Sad as it is, I'm pretty embarrassed about my hobby.
Witchblade
got no gf, probably never will ^^
the main reason is that's the way i play (and it's a lot ) doesnt let much time for other stuff
gl to those trying to make theirs play
saw it a buncha times, having a gf that hates VGs can be very hard stuff to handle ^^
the main reason is that's the way i play (and it's a lot
) doesnt let much time for other stuffgl to those trying to make theirs play
saw it a buncha times, having a gf that hates VGs can be very hard stuff to handle ^^
lightblade
>.< I don't think I'll ever get a girl if I keep playing
Need...to...stop playing Guild Wars...now I'm having a guilt war in my mind.
Need...to...stop playing Guild Wars...now I'm having a guilt war in my mind.
Sir Skullcrasher
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Originally Posted by Witchblade
got no gf, probably never will ^^
the main reason is that's the way i play (and it's a lot ) doesnt let much time for other stuffgl to those trying to make theirs play saw it a buncha times, having a gf that hates VGs can be very hard stuff to handle ^^ |
Eviance
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witchy is a girl? As for playing too much, do peoples think it hurt relationship with others or strengthen it?
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Know that the road goes both ways and being willing to compromise is key. There are times when I won't play GW for over a week and my husband won't come to bed till 5am every night.... Does it bother me...? Hell yes! Do I say stop playing or I am leaving you? lol no..
I either get in game and play more or he starts coming to bed at a more resonable time for a while.... OR we go out and do something together (which rarely happens cause we cannot afford it).
COUCH TIME FTW!
Always ALWAYS set aside some couch time for your loved one. If that's playing a mission together, FINE! If its watching a movie, YAY! If it means just sitting there and talking about the day, weather, or life in general - All the better! The one thing that bothers me off and on is there are times when I can't play with him and I feel very alone. Or rather I don't get time to play at all but there he is living it up with the guildies... We sit, we talk about it and we find a way to deal with the issue and move forward. It's not that hard.
If it weren't for the game I am sure we would find something else to fight about. My husband is VERY happy he married a gamer ^_^
Hailfall
I got my fiancé playing (bought Prophecies for him with christmas and got him the CE when that one came out). It's much fun that I got him to play the game
We are both gamers and we now game together so we can have some time together because of the distance (I'm in the Netherlands and he in the States).
We are both gamers and we now game together so we can have some time together because of the distance (I'm in the Netherlands and he in the States).
bubbadoll
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Originally Posted by Rebirther
lol I personally think b/f and g/f relationships that spread to that kind of level is unhealthy, I mean would really prefer to spend all your "together" time at home playing a video game? wouldn't it be better to go out to a more pratical place i.e the cinema, bowling, out to a club etc something more hands on.
Yes it maybe expensive but comon look at the bigger picture! when have relationships always been cheap!?! Honestly I don't know how playing games together will help develop a persons relationship in the long run.. I have a g/f and I don't even let her near my computer, I don't want her to be playing games although I'm not banning her rights to play it lol, Its just I love the social interaction we have at the moment, talking lots on several subjects and on different levels. If you played with your partner constantly on a game, the effects of the game slowly start to become apart of your relationship.. and that is a bad sign! A good couple of games on what... mario party or a nice race on mario kart is fine for a couple, but for something like a online RPG..... geeze Im not sure about you people but I don't want to be meeting up with my girlfriend and talking about the best builds on GW and how annoying touch rangers and IWAYers are, and having a good moan about ANET about their updates... oh well. This is a good read btw: http://www.joystiq.com/2005/11/24/gi...t-video-games/ |
as i stated in an earlier post... that i met my husband playing an online game...it works for some and not others... vg's of all types is ONE of our common interests... "in the long run" yes, u will need more than vg's to develop a relationship.. but isnt that a given?
i understand where ya coming from and acknowledge your opinion but let's not make presumptions...
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Ha, bubbadoll that's really sweet. Congratulations
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Eet GnomeSmasher
Yeah, it was a pretty ridiculous assumption. Because couples only do ONE thing together ALL the time right?
Mister Overhill
After 37 years of marriage, the Frau doesn't give two sh!!s whether I play or not, and after sitting in front of a computer all day at work, she doesn't even want to look at one in the evening. She does think it's pretty neat that I play GW with the kids and grandkids though.
raven214
I tried to get my girlfriend to play (she did give it a try to her credit)... but it wasn't her type of thing... and so I go it alone in GW, and she hates every time I mention the game.. lol
eternal pho
jeez don't you lag with multiples connections? ^^
Witchblade
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witchy is a girl? As for playing too much, do peoples think it hurt relationship with others or strengthen it?
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anyway, ppl who saw how i play are keeping saying it too
for most ppl, unless u got a gamer gf, it's some kinda choice between relations/sociable stuff/gf etc or gaming ... well i do the thing i am good at ^^
Helmuth
Both my girlfriend and I play, bought her the game she kinda likes it :S
ElinoraNeSangre
My husband used to make cracks about being a GW widower, but we're good natured about it and I make plenty of cracks back about my "band widow" status in return.
The easy and obvious solution was to get him playing, too.
Probably helps that we're both shameless geeks though.
The easy and obvious solution was to get him playing, too.
Probably helps that we're both shameless geeks though.
Clinically Proven
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My boyfriend and I live together and fortunately (or - now I come to think about it - perhaps unfortunately?) we are both addicts so we play together in the evenings too. It's a good money saver rather than sinking our spare cash down the pub every night for fun!
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I started playing originally, but then I couldn't get her off my computer so I had to buy her a computer and a copy of the game.
PureSyn
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Originally Posted by Angel of Cthulhu
Sometimes, heh. I heard of one or two people who met in an mmorpg, but I don't know if that was just an urban myth...
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Ensabah Nur
Couples playing GW and other games together is more common than some realize.
We have a full Alliance(10 Guilds) of those 10, 4 are run by couples, My wife and I started AOA back in betas we have 3 couples just in our guild.
FYI, my wife and I met a few years ago online playing another MMO, we then met in RL, courted for a year, decided to marry and join our kids together to try and make a happy family, all 6 kids also play GW among other games. Our problem is 8 vidiots but only 4 PC's, thankfully I can send some of the kids to play the Gamecube,Xbox or PS2 or thier Gameboys.
*Hoping a family that plays together,stays together.......
*Realizes I am a lucky lucky man to have the woman I have
EDIT: For those concerned we have a fairly active life outside the home & away from computers and consoles as well. LOL
We have a full Alliance(10 Guilds) of those 10, 4 are run by couples, My wife and I started AOA back in betas we have 3 couples just in our guild.
FYI, my wife and I met a few years ago online playing another MMO, we then met in RL, courted for a year, decided to marry and join our kids together to try and make a happy family, all 6 kids also play GW among other games. Our problem is 8 vidiots but only 4 PC's, thankfully I can send some of the kids to play the Gamecube,Xbox or PS2 or thier Gameboys.
*Hoping a family that plays together,stays together.......
*Realizes I am a lucky lucky man to have the woman I have
EDIT: For those concerned we have a fairly active life outside the home & away from computers and consoles as well. LOL
sassoonssamson
My wife hates even if I am 10 metres from the Computer
I am getting my 6 year old kid addicted so I can play too:
I am getting my 6 year old kid addicted so I can play too
sassoonssamson
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*Hoping a family that plays together,stays together....... |
.neuronster.
My boyfriend and I both play. Sometimes we play with each other and help each other. We've been in guilds together and now we started our own guild. We just need more gold to build upon. :P We both also use this site. Haha.
People say that if you play a game with a significant other, it causes tension inside and outside of the game. I don't find this true at all. *knock on wood*
People say that if you play a game with a significant other, it causes tension inside and outside of the game. I don't find this true at all. *knock on wood*
kitten
I met my boyfriend via an online FPS game, Enemy Territory. He got me hooked on GW, and I play it more often than he does. He's living with me this summer, and we've got the our PC's set up in 2 different rooms so that we can game together. Since I travel for work, I just bought an uber leet laptop to take on the road... so that I can game.
Yeah, we talk about gaming sometimes. We also do "normal" couple stuff, like go to the movies, out to dinner, dancing... but we enjoy the time that we spend gaming together. It's a part of who we are and we accept that about each other.
Yeah, we talk about gaming sometimes. We also do "normal" couple stuff, like go to the movies, out to dinner, dancing... but we enjoy the time that we spend gaming together. It's a part of who we are and we accept that about each other.