Petition for GW Marriages
Skyy High
Even if this idea went through, anyone who got married would be, I guarantee, endlessly ridiculed by the preponderance of immature players in this game. Eventually no one would want to get married...let alone married to a person of the same gender. Those would be some interesting chat logs...people call each other all kinds of names NOW; do you really want to tempt that further?
GrendelScout1
First off, I just wanted to say that I'm not Dr. Phil in real life, nor a marraige couneslor, nor a divorce attorney.
My wife and I both play GW. My parents have been married for 35 years, and my wife's parents have been married for something like 38.
My take on this is that marriage in this video game has no place.
For all you people that think it would be fun or neat or whatever, let me tell you that marriage is work. It's not all wedding gowns and tiaras and flowers and pink flying ponies. It's mortgages, retirement planning, college saving, bills, parenting, and a lot of other things that aren't going to translate well.
Don't get me wrong, I am happily married, and my wife and I have plenty of fun, both in-game and out. But to have marriage in-game would be trivializing. As with most real life concepts that are incorporated into a virtual environment, the responsibilities associated with them are pretty damn near nonexistant in-game. Just turn on your chat channel and witness our glorious community "socializing".
Kids these days have enough exposure to flippant marriages, just go to any checkout stand and witness the countless dumbass celebrities and all their 15 minute marriages. And I'm not even going to get started on all the single moms, deadbeat dads, welfare recipients, and all the other financial burdens directly related to failed marriages/relationships.
The last thing this game needs is an npc who perfoms some sort of "marriage" ceremony, regardless of what symbolizes the union, be it approximately 6 pixels for a ring finger, a ball-and-chain /marriage emote, or an "I'm with stupid" t-shirt chestpiece. (Admittedly, those last 2 would be pretty cool, but tying them to an in-game marriage would be sad.)
For the record, I'm not particularly religious (read: at all), so I personally don't have a problem with gay people getting married. And although I would tend to disagree with this, I suppose I don't have a problem with people from West Virginia marrying their siblings, but only because I would feel sorry for their kids and would take issue with my tax dollars supporting their flipper-armed offspring (not to mention having to deal with all the extra whammos in-game).
The bottom line is:
/notsigned (for the children)
My wife and I both play GW. My parents have been married for 35 years, and my wife's parents have been married for something like 38.
My take on this is that marriage in this video game has no place.
For all you people that think it would be fun or neat or whatever, let me tell you that marriage is work. It's not all wedding gowns and tiaras and flowers and pink flying ponies. It's mortgages, retirement planning, college saving, bills, parenting, and a lot of other things that aren't going to translate well.
Don't get me wrong, I am happily married, and my wife and I have plenty of fun, both in-game and out. But to have marriage in-game would be trivializing. As with most real life concepts that are incorporated into a virtual environment, the responsibilities associated with them are pretty damn near nonexistant in-game. Just turn on your chat channel and witness our glorious community "socializing".
Kids these days have enough exposure to flippant marriages, just go to any checkout stand and witness the countless dumbass celebrities and all their 15 minute marriages. And I'm not even going to get started on all the single moms, deadbeat dads, welfare recipients, and all the other financial burdens directly related to failed marriages/relationships.
The last thing this game needs is an npc who perfoms some sort of "marriage" ceremony, regardless of what symbolizes the union, be it approximately 6 pixels for a ring finger, a ball-and-chain /marriage emote, or an "I'm with stupid" t-shirt chestpiece. (Admittedly, those last 2 would be pretty cool, but tying them to an in-game marriage would be sad.)
For the record, I'm not particularly religious (read: at all), so I personally don't have a problem with gay people getting married. And although I would tend to disagree with this, I suppose I don't have a problem with people from West Virginia marrying their siblings, but only because I would feel sorry for their kids and would take issue with my tax dollars supporting their flipper-armed offspring (not to mention having to deal with all the extra whammos in-game).
The bottom line is:
/notsigned (for the children)
Covah
/notsigned
This is sick. Sure there MAYBE some people that would take this seriously but think about how wrong this could go. Little 10 year olds marrying 40 year old phedophiles and then having them ask where they live etc. Some guild mates just are bored one day and decide to get married so they can farm for unique items on the "island"
W\e this is sick and people could be seriously hurt or offended.
This is sick. Sure there MAYBE some people that would take this seriously but think about how wrong this could go. Little 10 year olds marrying 40 year old phedophiles and then having them ask where they live etc. Some guild mates just are bored one day and decide to get married so they can farm for unique items on the "island"
W\e this is sick and people could be seriously hurt or offended.
Quid Pro Quo
Wrong game for this.
Maybe add more emotes that could simulate this better if you really want it but nothing official like an npc the crowd isn't mature enough for that in Guild Wars.
/notsigned, sorry
Maybe add more emotes that could simulate this better if you really want it but nothing official like an npc the crowd isn't mature enough for that in Guild Wars.
/notsigned, sorry
sumasage
doing this in real life
/notsigned
I'm a guy, i feel weird to "marry" my male toon to a female toon which is controlled by a male player .... ughhhhgghhhh give me the chill thinking about it.
/notsigned
I'm a guy, i feel weird to "marry" my male toon to a female toon which is controlled by a male player .... ughhhhgghhhh give me the chill thinking about it.
DJCoastal
/notsigned
I don't think I would want to marry my bf over on the net... kind of weird...
I don't think I would want to marry my bf over on the net... kind of weird...
Nabishin
/notsigned (but doesn't really care)
Bryant Again
Not enough RPers for this to pass, I'd think.
Spirit_Axery
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I'm sorry but what on earth are you babbling on about? I simply said he might be refering to the game Second Life then commented on how I would rather have ArenaNet spend time on gameplay than features like this. If all your gonna do is rant and flame people without actually reading there posts then I suggust this thread be locked asap.
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How could you possibly have mistaken that for a response to your point when I made no reference to it? Actually, I'd already responded to anything like your point in the original post. (Upgrading PvP and PvE isn't all we should be looking at.)
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Not enough RPers for this to pass, I'd think.
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They seem incapable of understanding that nobody in their right mind would GW marry with an ounce of seriousness. Those outside of their right minds aren't even worth a reference. With that in mind, it's just harmless game enriching fun. Baaah.
~Mitsuki~
Curse You
I have not stated that I am for or against this thread yet, however, what I don't like is all the immature people simply not agreeing, but not giving any reason to do so.
Quoted from the "READ BEFORE POSTING: Replying To Suggestion Threads" Sticky.
Now, anyone who just simply thinks that "GW is not a MMORPG" is gravely mistaken. The Wikipedia article on CORPG states that a CORPG is a sup-category of MMORPG.
If you think that doing something like putting in marriage will take up the time of the developers who you want to be "fixing" your precious PvP, you have no idea what you are talking about. The staff that makes Guild Wars is not simply a group of people who make the game. There are many different groups of people who work on different things, like: Sound, Game balance, Weapon design, armour design, or character modeling. So it could quite possibly be that the team that would make the coding for marriages, is not the same team that makes the coding for your "auction house".
Now that I've cleared up all the dumb posts, I can descuss the actual idea.
This game is based on one thing: the players. Without players, the game could not exsist. Now, players do many different things. Some do PvP, some do Missions, some farm, some like to stand in outposts and just chat with other people. They have shown, numberous times their support for peope who PvP, as well as people who do mission and they recognize poeple who farm (otherwise they would have made all of Tyria impossible to solo). However, they have yet to make a permanent change that supports the people who just like to chat.
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Now, anyone who just simply thinks that "GW is not a MMORPG" is gravely mistaken. The Wikipedia article on CORPG states that a CORPG is a sup-category of MMORPG.
If you think that doing something like putting in marriage will take up the time of the developers who you want to be "fixing" your precious PvP, you have no idea what you are talking about. The staff that makes Guild Wars is not simply a group of people who make the game. There are many different groups of people who work on different things, like: Sound, Game balance, Weapon design, armour design, or character modeling. So it could quite possibly be that the team that would make the coding for marriages, is not the same team that makes the coding for your "auction house".
Now that I've cleared up all the dumb posts, I can descuss the actual idea.
This game is based on one thing: the players. Without players, the game could not exsist. Now, players do many different things. Some do PvP, some do Missions, some farm, some like to stand in outposts and just chat with other people. They have shown, numberous times their support for peope who PvP, as well as people who do mission and they recognize poeple who farm (otherwise they would have made all of Tyria impossible to solo). However, they have yet to make a permanent change that supports the people who just like to chat.
Azza
Sick Sick Sick
YAY another way for some sicko pedaphile to lure a trap for some poor unsuspecting little innocent girl or boy. Havnt parents got enough to watch out for as it is
OMG whats next the ability to take off a characters underwear, if i wanted to be able to get married in a game i would have bought a game that allowed it already, then hid it so my little ones could never see such rubbish
/not signed
YAY another way for some sicko pedaphile to lure a trap for some poor unsuspecting little innocent girl or boy. Havnt parents got enough to watch out for as it is
OMG whats next the ability to take off a characters underwear, if i wanted to be able to get married in a game i would have bought a game that allowed it already, then hid it so my little ones could never see such rubbish
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Curse You
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Sick Sick Sick
YAY another way for some sicko pedaphile to lure a trap for some poor unsuspecting little innocent girl or boy. Havnt parents got enough to watch out for as it is OMG whats next the ability to take off a characters underwear, if i wanted to be able to get married in a game i would have bought a game that allowed it already, then hid it so my little ones could never see such rubbish /not signed |
What do you think people will be doing? It's not like you would just "marry" anyone. Also, it's not like, because you're married in a game, you have to have sex with the person in real life. I don't think I would care if it turned out that my character was "married" to some 40 year old guy playing on a female character, as long as they're a nice person.
Sniper22
/not signed
I play this game to fight mobs and pvp, not play a game a virtual life
I play this game to fight mobs and pvp, not play a game a virtual life
Priest Of Sin
New Title: Married To <player name>
Wh00t!
But yeah... I take it 90% of the people who don't want "E-Drama" are 12 year olds, who have never had a relationship... but I'm not going to get all preachy. I'm just saying that it adds harmless fun to the game, the possibility of a /kiss emote, or /hug at the very least, a new potential title, ect, ect. What's the harm besides "E-Drama"...?
But whatever, this isn't going to get implemented anyhow. A man can dream though, a man can dream.
storm of daeth
/not signed
I don't really care if other people get married but I think it doesen't really have a place in a game like GW or games at all. I mean come on it's a game but whatever if they do decide to put this in wich i doubt they will I won't really care because it doesen't affect me so let people do whatever the hell they want.
I don't really care if other people get married but I think it doesen't really have a place in a game like GW or games at all. I mean come on it's a game but whatever if they do decide to put this in wich i doubt they will I won't really care because it doesen't affect me so let people do whatever the hell they want.
Aegeroth
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New Title: Married To <player name> Wh00t! But yeah... I take it 90% of the people who don't want "E-Drama" are 12 year olds, who have never had a relationship... but I'm not going to get all preachy. I'm just saying that it adds harmless fun to the game, the possibility of a /kiss emote, or /hug at the very least, a new potential title, ect, ect. What's the harm besides "E-Drama"...? But whatever, this isn't going to get implemented anyhow. A man can dream though, a man can dream. |
And on a final note, theres a good chance Anet wouldn't add this, theres a good chance they would add much at all, at anytime. Always fixy fixy on the game first, which is more important, don't get me wrong.
edit: new thoughts
I've been thinking about this and decided that;
A marriage (in real life) is something which embodies trust, love, and friendship and is taken seriously on pretty much ever level. Introducing it in to a game may violate these things were people do it for the title or do it for no real reason. Imo that really breaches what marriage means and it could get to some people that marriage is being taken as some kind of joke on a game of all places.
Spirit_Axery
Back for one last post!
Quick reply to Azza: "OMG what's* next" -or- "the slippery slope" is a fallacy of argument, therefore I'll disregard it as not relevant. Furthermore, your assumptions regarding paedophiles are absurdly paranoid.
What wouldn't happen:
Person one: Haha, we're GW married! :E Now Imma' go AB in my armour 0 dress!
Person two: Wait! Now we're GW married you can give me your home address and telephone number!
Person one: Oh yeah! Okay!
What probably would:
Person one: Haha, we're GW married! :E Now Imma' go AB in my armour 0 dress!
Person two: I'm coming! We are teh married marauders! :E
I tell you what; I'll make the suggestions for new game features that balanced, right minded people can have a laugh with, and *you* can keep going with the: "too emotive to make a rational judgement" thing.
Now that that's out of the way.
Thanks Curse You, whether you support my idea or not. I've had an IM flame today telling me- and I quote "shut the hell up if people put a reason or not its their choice" end fragmented sentence quote. Luckily, I had read the message you pasted, and knew that I was entitled to argue with nay-sayers, so long as I could justify my doing so.
So yeah, that tip of the hat was actually all I came to do. I'm grateful.
~Mitsuki~
PS: A couple of people have said that GW marriages would somehow impact peoples' perception of the sanctity of marriage in real life. I disagree, on account of the fact that so long as you can tell the difference between GW and your real life, you can also tell the difference between you messing around with friends online, and a relationship. The two have nothing in common.
Although it pains me, I'll say it again: This is a harmless, game enriching bit of fun that nobody with any sense will enter into seriously.
Quick reply to Azza: "OMG what's* next" -or- "the slippery slope" is a fallacy of argument, therefore I'll disregard it as not relevant. Furthermore, your assumptions regarding paedophiles are absurdly paranoid.
What wouldn't happen:
Person one: Haha, we're GW married! :E Now Imma' go AB in my armour 0 dress!
Person two: Wait! Now we're GW married you can give me your home address and telephone number!
Person one: Oh yeah! Okay!
What probably would:
Person one: Haha, we're GW married! :E Now Imma' go AB in my armour 0 dress!
Person two: I'm coming! We are teh married marauders! :E
I tell you what; I'll make the suggestions for new game features that balanced, right minded people can have a laugh with, and *you* can keep going with the: "too emotive to make a rational judgement" thing.
Now that that's out of the way.
Thanks Curse You, whether you support my idea or not. I've had an IM flame today telling me- and I quote "shut the hell up if people put a reason or not its their choice" end fragmented sentence quote. Luckily, I had read the message you pasted, and knew that I was entitled to argue with nay-sayers, so long as I could justify my doing so.
So yeah, that tip of the hat was actually all I came to do. I'm grateful.
~Mitsuki~
PS: A couple of people have said that GW marriages would somehow impact peoples' perception of the sanctity of marriage in real life. I disagree, on account of the fact that so long as you can tell the difference between GW and your real life, you can also tell the difference between you messing around with friends online, and a relationship. The two have nothing in common.
Although it pains me, I'll say it again: This is a harmless, game enriching bit of fun that nobody with any sense will enter into seriously.
[KotL]Mjolnir
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It was plainly (painfully) obvious that the whole reply was aimed at the person making the Second Life reference, and that while I was clearly in a mood it was a blatant /notflame, on account of the fact that I had a fairly plain point. I wasn't just name calling or contributing crap for the sake of a few barbs.
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How could you possibly have mistaken that for a response to your point when I made no reference to it? Actually, I'd already responded to anything like your point in the original post. (Upgrading PvP and PvE isn't all we should be looking at.)
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Maybe not. I mean, 900+ signs wasn't enough to get an RP district and this is very heavily contested. *shrugs* I'm moving on; even though I disagree with and could argue out the majority of the "against" crew.
They seem incapable of understanding that nobody in their right mind would GW marry with an ounce of seriousness. Those outside of their right minds aren't even worth a reference. With that in mind, it's just harmless game enriching fun. Baaah. |
Theres this thing that most other MMO games have that Guild Wars doesn't... fees, Guild Wars is to some extent the Counter-Strike of all MMO (CORPG). Quick and easy to pickup and play (as ArenaNet have stated many a time) Guild Wars doesn't need to add features like marriages because it is and has always been about the gameplay that is afterall what the majority of Guild Wars players are here for. Now Guild Wars isn't completely oblivious otherwise we wouldn't have different armours and minipets and so on. However for a free game thats an MMO they need to focus on what sells and I'm sorry but thats not marriages and I agree with that and if this thread is anything to go by so does the rest of the community.
evilways
/not signed
this is GUILDWARS... we are talking about.... i'd recon we are already bonded within our respective guilds AS A GUILD...
no harm in adding a user as a friend for other purposes
this is GUILDWARS... we are talking about.... i'd recon we are already bonded within our respective guilds AS A GUILD...
no harm in adding a user as a friend for other purposes
Mister Muhkuh
/signed
someone who does not like the feature is not forced to marry someone, eh?
someone who does not like the feature is not forced to marry someone, eh?
legion_rat
/notsigned
reasons:
1. Its a bad idea. to much drama, you would have retards fighting over who gets to keep the moa in town or some other useless reason for drama we dont need.
2. If you are so hard up that you need to "marry" someone in a video game please get help now. Talk to a counsler now before you place the gun in your mouth (or dont)
3. As a parent, I do not want my children getting married to some perv. Its hard enough to moniter what they do and say online dont give the pedo bastards something else to use to harm children.
"Oh hey baby, hows my little wife" fat bastard
"LoL I M good. Do u love me?" kid
blah blah blah we should meet IRL
here goes the engine))
RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO that! There is now way in hell I would even let my kids play if this were an option. I think guild wars is fairly safe as it is. One because it is not a RP game. Like another poster said marriage is not a game it is work. It has meaning. Be it man/woman man/man what ever I dont care true marriage should have meaning do not degrade it anymore then it already has been with the usual tv shit and movie puke that is thrown on it.
GET A LIFE. Go find a real person, date them for a while, then marry them. Quit looking for reasons to masterbate to a cartoon character that shakes her tits when she dances.
~the Married for 13 years Rat~
reasons:
1. Its a bad idea. to much drama, you would have retards fighting over who gets to keep the moa in town or some other useless reason for drama we dont need.
2. If you are so hard up that you need to "marry" someone in a video game please get help now. Talk to a counsler now before you place the gun in your mouth (or dont)
3. As a parent, I do not want my children getting married to some perv. Its hard enough to moniter what they do and say online dont give the pedo bastards something else to use to harm children.
"Oh hey baby, hows my little wife" fat bastard
"LoL I M good. Do u love me?" kid
blah blah blah we should meet IRL
here goes the engine))
RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO that! There is now way in hell I would even let my kids play if this were an option. I think guild wars is fairly safe as it is. One because it is not a RP game. Like another poster said marriage is not a game it is work. It has meaning. Be it man/woman man/man what ever I dont care true marriage should have meaning do not degrade it anymore then it already has been with the usual tv shit and movie puke that is thrown on it.
GET A LIFE. Go find a real person, date them for a while, then marry them. Quit looking for reasons to masterbate to a cartoon character that shakes her tits when she dances.
~the Married for 13 years Rat~
ainkami
in game marriages are always a bad idea. Guild wars should just get a real dating service like match.com as a sponsor. Whenever someone types /marriage, gw will just spawn a website to match.com for those looking for love.
P.S. not everyone who you meet online are what they say they are
P.S. not everyone who you meet online are what they say they are
HawkofStorms
/notsigned
Creepy.
Creepy.
Arrowblade
As a concept, I think its a fun idea, and the key word there, is fun. I believe that the OP in no way considers marriage in game to be reflective of real life, whereas too many ppl here clearly cant understand that.
It wont actually be YOU the real life person getting married, just your char, and if your char is fictional, why cant your char have a fictional marriage?
Anyways, if ppl are worried about too much drama, they dont actually have to do it!
Sounds cheesy and fun, something good friends or guildies might do!
why not,
/signed
It wont actually be YOU the real life person getting married, just your char, and if your char is fictional, why cant your char have a fictional marriage?
Anyways, if ppl are worried about too much drama, they dont actually have to do it!
Sounds cheesy and fun, something good friends or guildies might do!
why not,
/signed
Vinraith
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Chaos Herald
It seems like a good idea, but it really isn't. Its (as the above poster said) creepy. And besides, since when is Guild Wars a grind?
/notsigned
/notsigned
legion_rat
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As a concept, I think its a fun idea, and the key word there, is fun. I believe that the OP in no way considers marriage in game to be reflective of real life, whereas too many ppl here clearly cant understand that.
It wont actually be YOU the real life person getting married, just your char, and if your char is fictional, why cant your char have a fictional marriage? Anyways, if ppl are worried about too much drama, they dont actually have to do it! Sounds cheesy and fun, something good friends or guildies might do! why not, /signed |
again Get Help! Get Therapy.
~the Rat~
MMSDome
/notsigned
this is retarded and pointless you dont need marriages
this is retarded and pointless you dont need marriages
Wtf Its A Monk
i think that someone also said "gay marriages would of course be included" when you add something like that then your getting into religion and politics......2 things that should never be discussed when your trying to relax
Wtf Its A Monk
double post XD sry.
Dreikki
/not signed
You're either stoned or joking.
You're either stoned or joking.
Revan Bastille
/notsigned
For me, GW can a place to escape the drama and day-to-day routine of reality. I don't really want to have all the drama of "married" guildmates taking over the Guild chat.
Also, the point about giving child molestors easier access is a valid one, in my opinion. What would happen to GW if it faced the onslaught of criticism that Myspace has? Would parents forbid their children from playing GW if they thought their child(ren) could be in danger? Is it a far stretch? Perhaps. However, a year ago, who would have thought Myspace would have come under the scrutiny it received?
And quoting from Wikipedia's home page, "Welcome to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone* can edit." Which basically means that I could edit Wikipedia to say that a CORPG is not a sub-category of an MMORPG if it fit my arguement.
*emphasis added
For me, GW can a place to escape the drama and day-to-day routine of reality. I don't really want to have all the drama of "married" guildmates taking over the Guild chat.
Also, the point about giving child molestors easier access is a valid one, in my opinion. What would happen to GW if it faced the onslaught of criticism that Myspace has? Would parents forbid their children from playing GW if they thought their child(ren) could be in danger? Is it a far stretch? Perhaps. However, a year ago, who would have thought Myspace would have come under the scrutiny it received?
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...Now, anyone who just simply thinks that "GW is not a MMORPG" is gravely mistaken. The Wikipedia article on CORPG states that a CORPG is a sup-category of MMORPG. ...
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cruciaxor
/NOT SIGNED!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dude, this isn't a dating game where you can find your true love. This is Guild Wars, a game that was meant for people to be friends, and do quests, and satisfy your need to play in the medivle era. Another bad reason is that when people get married, they will then think that this is an okay person, when in reality, you could be marrying osama bin ladden! And also, you may give out personal info to your "spouse", or hook up to meet sometime, and that just isn't good internet safety. This is the worst idea that I have ever seen and it is not needed in guild wars. It's as bad as cybering. Am I right people????
dude, this isn't a dating game where you can find your true love. This is Guild Wars, a game that was meant for people to be friends, and do quests, and satisfy your need to play in the medivle era. Another bad reason is that when people get married, they will then think that this is an okay person, when in reality, you could be marrying osama bin ladden! And also, you may give out personal info to your "spouse", or hook up to meet sometime, and that just isn't good internet safety. This is the worst idea that I have ever seen and it is not needed in guild wars. It's as bad as cybering. Am I right people????
Curse You
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/notsigned
For me, GW can a place to escape the drama and day-to-day routine of reality. I don't really want to have all the drama of "married" guildmates taking over the Guild chat. Also, the point about giving child molestors easier access is a valid one, in my opinion. What would happen to GW if it faced the onslaught of criticism that Myspace has? Would parents forbid their children from playing GW if they thought their child(ren) could be in danger? Is it a far stretch? Perhaps. However, a year ago, who would have thought Myspace would have come under the scrutiny it received? And quoting from Wikipedia's home page, "Welcome to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone* can edit." Which basically means that I could edit Wikipedia to say that a CORPG is not a sub-category of an MMORPG if it fit my arguement. |
Wait, how would being "married" in a game make you venerable to molestation? You think that a child is going to say to their parents, "I'm going out to meet my Guild Wars wife at the shopping mall" and the parents are just going to let the child go? Well if they do, then they're crappy parents. Frankly, I don't think that there would be any added danger, since at the moment in game, you can still have some "perv" running around trying to get children's adresses.
So I take it you don't like Wikipedia? Well, luckily, I happen to have a link you may like to see. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiality#Wikiality Yes, anyone can change Wikipedia, but that doesn't mean that everything on the site is wrong.
Think about it, a CORPG is a game that also has a large number of people playing it. It also has a large environment in which you can play. Now by that would mean that the game is Massive and Multiplayer. So therefore, it is a MMORPG. See what happens when you stop trying to sound smart, and actually think?
Now, yet again, I must state that I have not offered support for the idea, nor am I against it. I am simply trying to clean up the people who insist on using excuses that have no grounds as their reason against the idea (seeing how most of the people who support the idea get bashed eough by everyone else as it is).
Mars Dragonblade
^ I think legion_rat has pretty much said everything I myself think, although in a more... subtle way 
. I've seen this thread floating around here for a while now so I thought I'd have my say anyway. This is a bad idea, marriages are for real life and they are supposed to be meaningful with a strong purpose in a couple's relationship. I wouldn't want to "marry" some girl (allegedly a girl...) over the internet because I thought I "loved" her, it simply isn't justifiable.
. I've seen this thread floating around here for a while now so I thought I'd have my say anyway. This is a bad idea, marriages are for real life and they are supposed to be meaningful with a strong purpose in a couple's relationship. I wouldn't want to "marry" some girl (allegedly a girl...) over the internet because I thought I "loved" her, it simply isn't justifiable.
cruciaxor
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You don't need to use every feature they put in a game. Also, I would assume that a "married" couple would keep their bikering to whispers, team chat, and all chat. Personally, if I keep seeing the same two people using guild chat for fights, then they get a boot.
Wait, how would being "married" in a game make you venerable to molestation? You think that a child is going to say to their parents, "I'm going out to meet my Guild Wars wife at the shopping mall" and the parents are just going to let the child go? Well if they do, then they're crappy parents. Frankly, I don't think that there would be any added danger, since at the moment in game, you can still have some "perv" running around trying to get children's adresses. So I take it you don't like Wikipedia? Well, luckily, I happen to have a link you may like to see. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiality#Wikiality Yes, anyone can change Wikipedia, but that doesn't mean that everything on the site is wrong. Think about it, a CORPG is a game that also has a large number of people playing it. It also has a large environment in which you can play. Now by that would mean that the game is Massive and Multiplayer. So therefore, it is a MMORPG. See what happens when you stop trying to sound smart, and actually think? Now, yet again, I must state that I have not offered support for the idea, nor am I against it. I am simply trying to clean up the people who insist on using excuses that have no grounds as their reason against the idea (seeing how most of the people who support the idea get bashed eough by everyone else as it is). |
djmook
/not_signed
its a video game
its a video game
GrendelScout1
To the OP and anyone else who is for an in-game marriage feature, I think you all are missing the point about the appropriateness of what you are requesting. Regardless of the virtual or fictional environment, many people do and should take marriage seriously. Marriages are special ceremonies limited to adults in real life, and that’s primarily where they should remain.
There are a lot of things out there in the world which people may consider fun, but they aren’t necessarily appropriate everywhere, let alone in this game. For example, I imagine some people may include gerbils in a “fun” activity, but gerbils aren’t appropriate outside a few situations. Gerbils certainly aren’t appropriate at work, nor at the grocery store, not at Thanksgiving dinner, and especially not in front of children. I don’t think it’s appropriate to pander to the gerbil fanclub people and incorporate a gerbil merchant in-game, just because some people think gerbils are “fun”.
Also, having worked in an environment where there is a very high divorce rate amongst peers (read: servicemen), I tend to take a different perspective than those who may not have been exposed to such an environment. Having seen many close friends and colleagues (scores, I’m not kidding) go through terrible divorces, I can assure you that “fun” was not something they were having. Lives were ruined because they weren’t taking their marriages seriously. I could tell you some stories that’d curl your hair about some f’d up situations I’ve seen buddies go through, so be aware that divorce is on the flip side of that marriage coin you are promoting, and divorce is most certainly “not cool”. There’s no such thing as a npc in real life which you can click on to get a divorce, it is a hell of a lot more complex than that.
As many people have already stated, a marriage feature in this game is not appropriate. I’d suggest picking up some red iris flowers or maybe some of the gifts for Althea and exchanging them, have Mhenlo or your guild lord provide your blessings, and invite your friends to your own private ceremony. Incorporating it into the game as a feature is not a good idea.
There are a lot of things out there in the world which people may consider fun, but they aren’t necessarily appropriate everywhere, let alone in this game. For example, I imagine some people may include gerbils in a “fun” activity, but gerbils aren’t appropriate outside a few situations. Gerbils certainly aren’t appropriate at work, nor at the grocery store, not at Thanksgiving dinner, and especially not in front of children. I don’t think it’s appropriate to pander to the gerbil fanclub people and incorporate a gerbil merchant in-game, just because some people think gerbils are “fun”.
Also, having worked in an environment where there is a very high divorce rate amongst peers (read: servicemen), I tend to take a different perspective than those who may not have been exposed to such an environment. Having seen many close friends and colleagues (scores, I’m not kidding) go through terrible divorces, I can assure you that “fun” was not something they were having. Lives were ruined because they weren’t taking their marriages seriously. I could tell you some stories that’d curl your hair about some f’d up situations I’ve seen buddies go through, so be aware that divorce is on the flip side of that marriage coin you are promoting, and divorce is most certainly “not cool”. There’s no such thing as a npc in real life which you can click on to get a divorce, it is a hell of a lot more complex than that.
As many people have already stated, a marriage feature in this game is not appropriate. I’d suggest picking up some red iris flowers or maybe some of the gifts for Althea and exchanging them, have Mhenlo or your guild lord provide your blessings, and invite your friends to your own private ceremony. Incorporating it into the game as a feature is not a good idea.
Curse You
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To the OP and anyone else who is for an in-game marriage feature, I think you all are missing the point about the appropriateness of what you are requesting. Regardless of the virtual or fictional environment, many people do and should take marriage seriously. Marriages are special ceremonies limited to adults in real life, and that’s primarily where they should remain.
There are a lot of things out there in the world which people may consider fun, but they aren’t necessarily appropriate everywhere, let alone in this game. For example, I imagine some people may include gerbils in a “fun” activity, but gerbils aren’t appropriate outside a few situations. Gerbils certainly aren’t appropriate at work, nor at the grocery store, not at Thanksgiving dinner, and especially not in front of children. I don’t think it’s appropriate to pander to the gerbil fanclub people and incorporate a gerbil merchant in-game, just because some people think gerbils are “fun”. Also, having worked in an environment where there is a very high divorce rate amongst peers (read: servicemen), I tend to take a different perspective than those who may not have been exposed to such an environment. Having seen many close friends and colleagues (scores, I’m not kidding) go through terrible divorces, I can assure you that “fun” was not something they were having. Lives were ruined because they weren’t taking their marriages seriously. I could tell you some stories that’d curl your hair about some f’d up situations I’ve seen buddies go through, so be aware that divorce is on the flip side of that marriage coin you are promoting, and divorce is most certainly “not cool”. There’s no such thing as a npc in real life which you can click on to get a divorce, it is a hell of a lot more complex than that. As many people have already stated, a marriage feature in this game is not appropriate. I’d suggest picking up some red iris flowers or maybe some of the gifts for Althea and exchanging them, have Mhenlo or your guild lord provide your blessings, and invite your friends to your own private ceremony. Incorporating it into the game as a feature is not a good idea. |
Priest Of Sin
my post pushed way too many buttons... and I'd hate to be banned from the forums.