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wwwgeek7

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2005

USA

R/

13 May 2005 at 14:13 - 1

I'm a 46 year old grandmother and I'm addicted to Guild Wars. I play Guild Wars and/or read forums related to Guild Wars before I go to work each morning. I read forums on my Treo while I'm driving (

), while listening to the Guild Wars soundtrack that came with the Collector's Edition. I have the Guild Wars theme as the ringtone on my Treo and the wallpaper is one of my ingame characters. While I'm at work, I read forums way more often than I should and sometimes have one forum loaded on the laptop and a different one on my Treo. I can't wait till the Prima Strategy Guide comes out (supposedly next week) so I can buy that. I've bought a t-shirt and coffee mug with my guild's logo on them. Even though I already had the Ithas Bow preorder item (which was the one I wanted most), I paid $10 for a preorder from CompUSA after release so I could get the Bone Idol, and paid $1 for the preorder from Target after release so I could get the Censor's Icon. I play Guild Wars each evening and on weekends after I do the least amount of housework I can. I keep thinking I'll play enough to get over it, but it doesn't happen. Guild Wars is on my mind almost all the time. I need a 12-step program. Quick!

Stur

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Athens Georgia

Outlaws of Ascalon

E/Mo

13 May 2005 at 14:16 - 2

Wow I wish my grandmother was that cool!! You are an insperation to us all!

Sam Katha

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2005

Canada

Furniture Liberation Army

N/Me

13 May 2005 at 14:24 - 3

I can relate to spending WAY too much time on the forums...

Kershent

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

13 May 2005 at 14:33 - 4

Gaming addictions are the fourth leg of my table-o-life. Without them, I'd move a bunch everytime someone put something on me...or something.

<3 Addicts!

Ramus

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Florida

Zero Tolerance

W/Mo

13 May 2005 at 14:37 - 5

Quote:

Originally Posted by wwwgeek7

I'm a 46 year old grandmother and I'm addicted to Guild Wars. I play Guild Wars and/or read forums related to Guild Wars before I go to work each morning. I read forums on my Treo while I'm driving (

), while listening to the Guild Wars soundtrack that came with the Collector's Edition. I have the Guild Wars theme as the ringtone on my Treo and the wallpaper is one of my ingame characters. While I'm at work, I read forums way more often than I should and sometimes have one forum loaded on the laptop and a different one on my Treo. I can't wait till the Prima Strategy Guide comes out (supposedly next week) so I can buy that. I've bought a t-shirt and coffee mug with my guild's logo on them. Even though I already had the Ithas Bow preorder item (which was the one I wanted most), I paid $10 for a preorder from CompUSA after release so I could get the Bone Idol, and paid $1 for the preorder from Target after release so I could get the Censor's Icon. I play Guild Wars each evening and on weekends after I do the least amount of housework I can. I keep thinking I'll play enough to get over it, but it doesn't happen. Guild Wars is on my mind almost all the time. I need a 12-step program. Quick!

Will you be my adopted grandma?

Shamblemonkee

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

UK, Bristol

Gwen's Red Capes [Gwen]

Mo/R

13 May 2005 at 14:37 - 6

I'm at work now. Do I have a problem? No I can stop anytime i like. Now, now! NOW! NOW! NOW!...NOW!

*Stupid Brain*

wwwgeek7

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2005

USA

R/

13 May 2005 at 14:43 - 7

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ramus

Will you be my adopted grandma?

Only if you'll play Guild Wars with me.

StormWater

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

Murrieta, CA

Still Looking

N/R

13 May 2005 at 15:00 - 8

As a 48-year old chemist in management, I SHOULD be working right now, not reading and replying to GW forums. Thank God this obsessive/compulsive disorder that I have with RPGs does not spill over into alcohol, gambling or recreational pharmaceuticals.

adam.skinner

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

Elect of God [EoG]

Mo/Me

13 May 2005 at 15:04 - 9

I draw a line between obsession and addiction. Obsession is when you have something "on the mind" or you enjoy something so much you are totally "into it" and do it whenever you can. Addiction is when you exhibit the traits of obsession, and you want to stop and can't.

Friar Tuck

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

VA

Dragon's Lair Knights

W/Mo

13 May 2005 at 17:55 - 10

I'm a 35 year old, father of 2 kids. I'm addicted too, but I haven't played in a week. Instead, my son and I have taken up fishing. I'm not too sure I'll be returning to GW soon. I decided there were more important things to do in life.

Adaria

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

Florida

Wayward Wanderers

E/Mo

13 May 2005 at 18:29 - 11

I think my mom is 46... But thats so cool that there are all ages playing GW, from the youngins [that technically shouldn't be playing due to the agreement thingie], to the older end of the spectrum.

Ever since the release, all my other games/chatrooms/etc have been forgotten almost, I've played for over 120 hours in 13 days straight, my parents call me a huge geek, maybe I am, but darn it, I'm happy. I woudl get my work done during the betas, get it done early so the whole weekend was mine to play all I wanted without worry. When I start college again in the fall the same will be done... I'm going to suffer from Guild Wars Withdrawl, and I really want the guide as well.

Soul Monarch

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

In the between.

Heros Etc.

Me/N

13 May 2005 at 18:43 - 12

If my grandma wasn't dead, I'd be wishing she was cool like you.

If I had a girlfriend, I'd be wishing she was cool like you too.

Who said that?

WeiPing

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

13 May 2005 at 19:27 - 13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soul Monarch

If my grandma wasn't dead, I'd be wishing she was cool like you.

If I had a girlfriend, I'd be wishing she was cool like you too.

She's already been claimed as a Grandma, but I don't think anyone has claimed her for a girlfriend.

Than

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Texas

UGLY

Me/N

13 May 2005 at 19:49 - 14

Given shes only 46, gilf could possibly be a apt discription of her.

Stur

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Athens Georgia

Outlaws of Ascalon

E/Mo

13 May 2005 at 19:50 - 15

omg he did not go there.. tell me he did not go there LOL

Soul Monarch

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

In the between.

Heros Etc.

Me/N

13 May 2005 at 19:56 - 16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stur

omg he did not go there.. tell me he did not go there LOL

Oh, he went there.

But hey, 46 isn't even old! Seems pretty darn young for a grandma.

I think that's 'GILF' in name only, not age.

Quarantine

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

13 May 2005 at 19:59 - 17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Friar Tuck

I'm a 35 year old, father of 2 kids. I'm addicted too, but I haven't played in a week. Instead, my son and I have taken up fishing. I'm not too sure I'll be returning to GW soon. I decided there were more important things to do in life.

um...

thats the definition of NOT being addicted...

Adaria

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

Florida

Wayward Wanderers

E/Mo

13 May 2005 at 20:57 - 18

Hey, 46 is outside my range if I were a guy and looking for a gf o_o; But I have a boyfriend who is 16 years older than me so I can't really talk. [I'm gonna be 21 this year so yeah :-p]

My mom is 46 though and my grandmas, all three of them, range from 60-70 somewhere in there.

Too bad I only have one out of three grandpa's left o_o;

How do I have three you ask? Figure it out on your own, it's FUN XD

Than

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Texas

UGLY

Me/N

13 May 2005 at 21:01 - 19

Oh I went there.

46 ain't bad. Maybe a bit of a strech for a girlfriend. But perfect for a Sugar Mamma.

Edit:And I'll be 19 Monday.

wwwgeek7

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2005

USA

R/

13 May 2005 at 21:11 - 20

Thanks for the, umm... compliments? I'm gonna go play the game now.

Than

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Texas

UGLY

Me/N

13 May 2005 at 21:13 - 21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adaria

Hey, 46 is outside my range if I were a guy and looking for a gf o_o; But I have a boyfriend who is 16 years older than me so I can't really talk. [I'm gonna be 21 this year so yeah :-p]

My mom is 46 though and my grandmas, all three of them, range from 60-70 somewhere in there.

Too bad I only have one out of three grandpa's left o_o;

How do I have three you ask? Figure it out on your own, it's FUN XD

One of your parents was adopted. Found their birth parents, but stayed close to their adoptive parents, raising you with two sets of grandparents on one side of the family.

Close?

Jesso

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

Ohio

13 May 2005 at 21:22 - 22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Than

One of your parents was adopted. Found their birth parents, but stayed close to their adoptive parents, raising you with two sets of grandparents on one side of the family.

Close?

Either that or one of her grandmothers has a , err, female domestic partner

Midnight Scorpion

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2005

None

Mo/

13 May 2005 at 21:30 - 23

I am at work now. It is finals week. I am reading forums and not studying. I will proceed home to play Guild Wars.

Than

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Texas

UGLY

Me/N

13 May 2005 at 21:36 - 24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jesso

Either that or one of her grandmothers has a , err, female domestic partner

'Course that doesn't explain the three grandpas.

zemelett

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

The Dead-Lands

13 May 2005 at 21:45 - 25

Im definitely a GW addict. Just last night my wife was saying. "Someone needs to enroll you (me) in GW anonymous." to which I said "theres no such thing." and she said "well theres no such thing as a carrion devourer or what ever the hell that monster you just killed was called but you still play all day long." and I said "thats one of the reasons I play, if there were real monsters I'd be out there killing them."

Sometimes some women just dont understand.

Martyrdom

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

Monroe, CT

13 May 2005 at 21:47 - 26

i have a weird feeling that this person, isnt a grandma at all. just some kid.

Sublett

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

13 May 2005 at 21:53 - 27

Damn you ArenaNet... Damn yoooou!

But then again, I've got nothing else to do.. *shrugs* *boost up GW*

christy2703

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

13 May 2005 at 22:02 - 28

I see playing games as a hobby and way to let go of reality for a few hours lol.

but thats cool that you like to play so much. my mom has been trying to play but her computer is really old

we are working on making her a new one soon though..

if ya ever want to group in game my name is Aanadena Fyrelyte my husband and i play together when we get home and are looking for others to play with. we also have a new guild that we started that is called Templars Of Melandru. myself my husband and my brother and mother are all in it i also have a few people that we play with in game in it as well. so if you want to join let me know =)

WeiPing

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

13 May 2005 at 22:19 - 29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adaria

Too bad I only have one out of three grandpa's left o_o;

How do I have three you ask? Figure it out on your own, it's FUN XD

You're from the planet Xenososphaisicifjia where everyone has three grandfathers?

Valerius

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

Canada

R/

13 May 2005 at 22:47 - 30

Quote:

Im definitely a GW addict. Just last night my wife was saying. "Someone needs to enroll you (me) in GW anonymous." to which I said "theres no such thing." and she said "well theres no such thing as a carrion devourer or what ever the hell that monster you just killed was called but you still play all day long." and I said "thats one of the reasons I play, if there were real monsters I'd be out there killing them."

Sometimes some women just dont understand.

LOL!!! .. so tru... so tru

Kaylynn Of Ascalon

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

California

13 May 2005 at 22:59 - 31

agreed. this game is something. 9 days and 95+ hours later....I'm hooked!

I figure when I'm 46 I'll still be playing PC games. hell I'll be playing as long as I can...no matter the age. (I'm 32 now)

Than

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Texas

UGLY

Me/N

14 May 2005 at 01:10 - 32

Quote:

Originally Posted by christy2703

I see playing games as a hobby and way to let go of reality for a few hours lol.

but thats cool that you like to play so much. my mom has been trying to play but her computer is really old

we are working on making her a new one soon though..

if ya ever want to group in game my name is Aanadena Fyrelyte my husband and i play together when we get home and are looking for others to play with. we also have a new guild that we started that is called Templars Of Melandru. myself my husband and my brother and mother are all in it i also have a few people that we play with in game in it as well. so if you want to join let me know =)

Are you looking to adopt a 19 year old?