Boyfriends/Girlfriends and the game?

Edge Martinez

Edge Martinez

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

NC

DKL

The computer game that split me and my exgirlfriend up was Mechwarrior Mercenaries. I loved it, and she wasn't into it. So when I stopped playing it for awhile and spent time with her, I'd be like, "So what would you like to do tonight?" and she'd be like, "I dunno." So then I'd suggest something and she'd be like, "I dunno." It takes a whole bunch to piss me off, but the words 'I dunno' just drives me apeshit. So anyhow, we mutually went our seperate ways after almost 2 years of being together.

What I'm getting at here is that a hobby should never screw up a relationship, especially when both parties know about it in advance. It's all about compatibility, and some people just aren't compatible, even after years of being together. It may take something wierd, like a video game, to demonstrate that lack of compatibility. I know couples who play this game much more than I do and they are perfectly content. I know people who play this game more than I do and their signif. other doesn't and they are perfectly content. It's the 'I dunno' shit that kills you.

Anyhow, back last year about July, I ran into her at the pool hall we both go to, and still being friendly to each other and all, we start talking. She tells me about this game called Guild Wars she's been playing and how she loves it and spends all her time on it. She asks me if I've tried it. By this time, I already have 4 characters through the game and am PvPing regularly and loving it. I told her, "Nah. Not into that kind of stuff."

Who knows? Maybe she reads these forums and is wondering why I lied. All I can say is... "I dunno."

Maria The Princess

Maria The Princess

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

Aequitas Deis

Quote:
Originally Posted by romO
I am going to try to keep the answer to "What are you up to?" to "Nothing much" and not "I'm about to hit VoD in a GvG for a champ point, so if I could just dodge this catapult shot and call you back, my guild would really appreciate it".
ROFL

once when my BoyFriend called, he asked what im doin, so i said: im tanking in Uder World, will call back after i get the spider for my friend

he didnt understand, but maaaaaaaaaaaan i wish i could make him play this game at least once....

well at least he doesnt cmplain about my addiction
he knows if i wouldnt be playing i would be waching TV instead, same sh--t

Conan Soulreaver

Conan Soulreaver

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2006

brotherhood of the wolf

N/Me

my girlfriend hates this game with a passion. i cant blame her really cause when i start to play the world around me stops to exist. i get totally immerssed and can play for hours and hours if unchecked. we have had some right battles about it. ive tried to get her interested but she seems to think she has to compete with the game for my love. and shes probably right. sad i know but im proud to be a geek.

now a girlfriend who loves and plays the game............

like winning the lottery

Ranger Rog

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

UK

[TOG]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Griff Mon
Anything is more important than GW and gets really pissed when I am in a group mission and can't come and kill a spider or move a couch or whatever. So my group play is usually limited to when everyone else is asleep or I know I am not going to be bothered.
I can relate to that, I could do evey last job at home and as soon as I fire up GW the wife will find me something that needs doing. Her current favorite is to dump our five month old daughter on my lap while I'm playing "to help daddy kill the monsters"

mrcake

mrcake

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

W/N

my girlfriend constantly whines at me for spending to much time on gw when i could be doing other things.

Edge Martinez

Edge Martinez

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

NC

DKL

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ranger Rog
I can relate to that, I could do evey last job at home and as soon as I fire up GW the wife will find me something that needs doing.
Oh no! The infamous Honeydew!

Honeydew this. Honeydew that.

Witchblade

Witchblade

Polar Bear Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Eviance
And if he had read there were SEVERAL that admitted to either not having a gf/bf or if they had one they either play with them ingame or don't... Either way I think he missed. Besides he might be that 11yr old in presear spamming - "Anyone need a B/F, message me!"
aha great
naah, u think there are ppl actually doing that ?

Beat_Go_Stick

Beat_Go_Stick

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

Nah, you can't even play Guild Wars if you are under 13.....I mean, how would you check the box if you were 11 years old?

Eviance

Eviance

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Eh I forget... o_O

Biscuit of Dewm [MEEP]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Witchblade
aha great
naah, u think there are ppl actually doing that ?
Saw it with my own eyes... I'm pretty sure he was randomly messaging some of the female characters too as a couple of them in local chat said "NO I DON'T NEED A BF STOP MESSAGING ME!" .... I thought about informing him that most of the female characters were likely guys but I didn't want the harrassment pms lol

After a few mins I changed districts to avoid being PMed and his let down by telling him "nah sorry I am married" only for me to get the return of "OMG YOU MUST BE OLD!" remark >_<

I've run into many 9yr olds, two 11yr olds and a LOT of 12-15yr olds! >_<! Some of them have worse potty mouths than grown ups

Witchblade

Witchblade

Polar Bear Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Eviance
Saw it with my own eyes... I'm pretty sure he was randomly messaging some of the female characters too as a couple of them in local chat said "NO I DON'T NEED A BF STOP MESSAGING ME!" .... I thought about informing him that most of the female characters were likely guys but I didn't want the harrassment pms lol

After a few mins I changed districts to avoid being PMed and his let down by telling him "nah sorry I am married" only for me to get the return of "OMG YOU MUST BE OLD!" remark >_<

I've run into many 9yr olds, two 11yr olds and a LOT of 12-15yr olds! >_<! Some of them have worse potty mouths than grown ups
ok , i aint THAT pathetic then

/feel better

Antigone

Antigone

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

South Florida

Quote:
Originally Posted by shadowfell
Most people in-game, think I am a guy, which is very funny. When they find out I am female however, they get super fresh and immediately try to become a boyfriend.
HAHA! Ppl think I'm a dude too! XD

since guildwars was my first online game experience...i seriously thought that all the girls in the game were girls and all the dudes were dudes...


my boyfriend still makes fun of me when i was surprised to find out that even though most of characters in our guilds are female - the players are all dudes on teamspeak

gabrial heart

gabrial heart

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Las Vegas

Beautiful Peoples Club [LIPO]

Mo/Me

My girlfriend and i both play and have since beta, so it's all good. I do have 2 female characters, but only becuase the male ele and ritualist armor is so damn ugly!

shadowfell

shadowfell

hamonite anur ruk

Join Date: Jan 2006

Echovald Forest

[PhD] Teh Academy

Me/A

Quote:
Originally Posted by Antigone
HAHA! Ppl think I'm a dude too! XD

since guildwars was my first online game experience...i seriously thought that all the girls in the game were girls and all the dudes were dudes...


my boyfriend still makes fun of me when i was surprised to find out that even though most of characters in our guilds are female - the players are all dudes on teamspeak
I know I am not the originator of this expression, but...

Mostly Men Online Role Playing Girls.

blood4blood

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Edge Martinez
The computer game that split me and my exgirlfriend up was Mechwarrior Mercenaries. I loved it, and she wasn't into it. <snip>
MW4 rules, best vid game ever IMHO...but yeah, my wife hates it too, calls herself a "Mechwarrior widow" lol (I still play).

bubbadoll

bubbadoll

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

Brisbane

o Ameralia o

E/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Conan Soulreaver

now a girlfriend who loves and plays the game............

like winning the lottery

hehe... wait til i tell my husband this lol

Esprit

Esprit

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

Dvd Forums [DVDF]

E/

My girlfriend knows I play Guild Wars and she knows some of the stuff I do in the game, but that's about it. I don't mind.

Age

Age

Hall Hero

Join Date: Jul 2005

California Canada/BC

STG Administrator

Mo/

You would think that your GF or BF would let you play GW instead of going shopping or doing something else.

Yagyu_Jyubei

Yagyu_Jyubei

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

Czech rep.

wow I can't believe that so many girls/women are playing GW or just MMORPG in common..I thought grils don't like games..

Sir Skullcrasher

Sir Skullcrasher

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

15 over 50 [Rare]

W/Mo

*hit on all the girl gamers here*

Hello ladies!

Aejorii

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

SF, CA

W/

There are no such things as girls on the internet.

Eviance

Eviance

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Eh I forget... o_O

Biscuit of Dewm [MEEP]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by sir skulkcrasher
*hit on all the girl gamers here*

Hello ladies!
LOL you will just entice my husband to come and hit on you >_>

Just a warning

OMFGimCUTE

OMFGimCUTE

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

a box

I hop around

W/D

i know some one in the game and met her BF in the game but they never met and only know each other form the game... they also live far form each other. 0.o i just think it is wierd that they havent err never will meet each other and dont know each other that long.

Kuja

Kuja

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

MA

Kame

Mo/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Aejorii
There are no such things as girls on the internet.
eh?....funny no true no

lg5000

lg5000

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Australia

Quote:
Originally Posted by Eviance
LOL you will just entice my husband to come and hit on you >_>

Just a warning
Eviance, was that 'hit on you' or 'hit you'?

sir skulkcrasher, can I make your life easy and just invite you to join me and my b/f?

Antigone

Antigone

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

South Florida

Quote:
Originally Posted by shadowfell
I know I am not the originator of this expression, but...

Mostly Men Online Role Playing Girls.
lol! That's awesome.

DFrost

DFrost

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Ultima Thule

Legacy of Echovald [Echo]

P/

Unless it's The Sims she has zero interest

Antigone

Antigone

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

South Florida

Quote:
Originally Posted by DFrost
Unless it's The Sims she has zero interest
lol the sims is pretty damn addicting ... well, i think so...but it may be a girl thing?

Sir Skullcrasher

Sir Skullcrasher

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

15 over 50 [Rare]

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by lg5000
Eviance, was that 'hit on you' or 'hit you'?

sir skulkcrasher, can I make your life easy and just invite you to join me and my b/f?
wow a invite.. i'll take it!

Rent

Rent

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Darkness Within

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Aejorii
There are no such things as girls on the internet.
That was old when it was first said. Leave it dead where it belongs, at 4chan.

Eugaet

Eugaet

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

US

Righteous Apathy [RA]

My wife calls Guild Wars "the other woman".

Of course, she has this hot fling going on with Web Sudoku. I'm certain she spends more hours per day with WS than I do with GW.

Ken Dei

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

W/Mo

To all persons who have a girlfriend (or boyfriend.) I play a game called "Entropia Universe" formerly, Project Entropia.

One of the most famous players there wrote and song called "Gamer Chick" it's pretty good. It's tuned to fit more to the style of play in Project Entropia but it's kinda fun to listen too. You'll understand when you listen to it...

I know the PE players loved it...played for two weeks straight in every major city bar for two weeks straight...anyone who changed the song in the midle had their lives threatened... (figuratively) ^_^

Denny Pace

Denny Pace

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Good Eye Sniper [GeS]

Just to document this, in case somebody comes looking for my badly decomposed, wood-chipped body, my wife absolutely hates the fact that I spend time with this game.

BTW, she'll probably bury me in the back yard, right in the middle....

Aejorii

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

SF, CA

W/

What the hell. I leave a silly post and I get picked on like it's the truth o.O.

Tap dancing christ. Some of you just *can't* wait jump someone.

Lonesamurai

Lonesamurai

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

Cheltenham, Glos, UK

Wolf Pack Samurai [WPS]

R/A

Ok, this thread has really peeked my interest...

I recently had an awfully bad split from my ex, even having to kick her outta my flat...

anyway, over the last 9 months we've been together, I started to notice that she was a controlling influence in my life, deciding where we went, what we did and who we saw... She was an officer in my guild and pretty much took over leadership of the guild, deciding what was on our guild forum, how our website looked, even going so far as to completely redesign my website from scratch and change the guild cape and guild hall to how she liked it...

what have i learned from this? absolutely nothing as I love guildwars and want whoever i'm with to enjoy my hobbies with me...

will i do it again? more than bloody likely...

Eugaet

Eugaet

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

US

Righteous Apathy [RA]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lonesamurai
anyway, over the last 9 months we've been together, I started to notice that she was a controlling influence in my life, deciding where we went, what we did and who we saw... She was an officer in my guild and pretty much took over leadership of the guild, deciding what was on our guild forum, how our website looked, even going so far as to completely redesign my website from scratch and change the guild cape and guild hall to how she liked it...
OK, maybe I'm glad my wife doesn't play...