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Xolquar
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So, I was takling with some friends in-game, and we started talking about how MMOs change your life. The thing we discussed the most was: Do you tell your peers about Co*? I figured gameamp would be another good place to chat about this.
I'll get the ball rolling. Personally, I don't tell very many people. I did at first, but one of the worst parts about being a teenager is that most people dont want to be different. And if someone does do something different, they get crap about it a lot. So, I've become what is known as an "In-the-Closet MMOer"
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| 08/25/06 16:57 |
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Samuel Fisher
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Okay im sick of typing so ill type this in a nutshell.
Dad meets woman falls in love, woman shows him everquest he falls in love again. Woman and Dad make two seperate accounts to play together. Woman stays in her room and vice versa (two different rooms). They zone out, dad works a tough job and comes home to a computer, woman stays at home and works on a computer as a journalist. Woman pops pills for mental stability. Woman moves on to EQ2, dad stays with EQ. Woman quits EQ2 moves onto wow, Dad stays at EQ.
My dad and her drifted apart before she ran off to live with her mother. We moved out of the city just a few months ago. He is still trying to negotiate how much he gets on the house. She won't talk, he went on WoW to talk to her and she immediatly logged off. She is crazy, i don't know how MMO's and life work. Maybe if they actually slept in the same room atleast they could talk instead about money issues. I feel bad for my dad but i constantly hear MMO's screwing up ppl's life....
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| 08/25/06 17:17 |
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| QUOTE | So, I was takling with some friends in-game, and we started talking about how MMOs change your life. The thing we discussed the most was: Do you tell your peers about Co*? I figured gameamp would be another good place to chat about this.
I'll get the ball rolling. Personally, I don't tell very many people. I did at first, but one of the worst parts about being a teenager is that most people dont want to be different. And if someone does do something different, they get crap about it a lot. So, I've become what is known as an "In-the-Closet MMOer" |
AMEN. Wow. You hit the nail on the head with that second paragraph.
Yeah, I tell all of my close friends about CoH. Since I never had CoV, I can't rave about it but I do recommend both games to my friends. Those who think I'm a big nerd (which I am :-)) aren't my friends. The difference between them and my real friends is that my real friends don't think, they know :-p, and they're alright with it. So I tell my friends in RL about CoX, and I've almost convinced them to play them just by talking.
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| 08/25/06 18:25 |
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Being at the high end of the age spectrum of people I've met "in game", I would have to say most of the people in RL that I've told about playing CoX have been a bit sceptical initially. Once they got past that, they were usually very curious and interested in finding out more about it. A lot more people would probably be playing CoX if they didn't keep cranking up the PC requirements to the point you have to buy new gear.
People will think whatever they want, I do this because I enjoy it. It's that simple and does not require any more explanation. If someone thinks that it makes you weird to play these kinds of games, they should take a headcount of the possibly Millions of people playing online games, from poker to WoW, and then they would see we really aren't that much of a minority.
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| 08/26/06 01:06 |
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Me and my wife both play coh/cov. Most of the time she gets the gaming rig while I have to tag along with the p.o.s. laptop. Its all good though, it wasnt too long ago that she wouldnt play it at all, sticking with the crash bandicoot games on the ps2. I coaxed her into making a 4 foot tall inv/mace tank. Once she got going, baddie bashing and running in pickup teams she was hooked. We became kinda of like a dynamic duo, for quite a while before joining up with the sg Knights of Overkill. She ended up deleting her lvl 41 invul mace tank and rebuilt her little girl as a ss/invul tank. She hit 50 status a few months ago and now we both can be seen frequenting the triumph hami raids, joining in on the mito phase or running rampant on pinnacle where our villians run free.
Though we play on the positive side of the mmo coin, at the same time another husband/wife team that was in our supergroup seperated with no sign of ever getting back together. I wont go into details, but suffice to say. . .a few weeks before their relationship melted down Me and my wife both got a chance to physically meet them over the 4th of july in columbus OH and had a great time. We'll miss running with them. I guess the point im trying to bring up on this topic is that I feel that these sort of games dont make or break relationships.
Its sort of a scapegoat I feel to blame the game for ruining someones life. If theres issues in someones life or with a couple, the game will only enhance it, bring it to the surface quicker. If they obsess to a point where their real life suffers, their husband/wife gets neglected, lose their job,ect then they really shouldnt be playing. It really is a great game you can immerse yourself in and the social aspect of it is alot of fun. Where else can you go and chat under atlas with people from australia, germany,england, hawaii, all over the US, ect. Like all things in life, the best way to get the most out of this game is done in moderation and with a priority on your family, husband/wife, your kids, your job and career as those things must always come first.
ok lol I'll get off my soapbox now :P
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| 08/26/06 08:23 |
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Me and my wife both play coh/cov. Most of the time she gets the gaming rig while I have to tag along with the p.o.s. laptop. Its all good though, it wasnt too long ago that she wouldnt play it at all, sticking with the crash bandicoot games on the ps2. I coaxed her into making a 4 foot tall inv/mace tank. Once she got going, baddie bashing and running in pickup teams she was hooked. We became kinda of like a dynamic duo, for quite a while before joining up with the sg Knights of Overkill. She ended up deleting her lvl 41 invul mace tank and rebuilt her little girl as a ss/invul tank. She hit 50 status a few months ago and now we both can be seen frequenting the triumph hami raids, joining in on the mito phase or running rampant on pinnacle where our villians run free.
Though we play on the positive side of the mmo coin, at the same time another husband/wife team that was in our supergroup seperated with no sign of ever getting back together. I wont go into details, but suffice to say. . .a few weeks before their relationship melted down Me and my wife both got a chance to physically meet them over the 4th of july in columbus OH and had a great time. We'll miss running with them. I guess the point im trying to bring up on this topic is that I feel that these sort of games dont make or break relationships.
Its sort of a scapegoat I feel to blame the game for ruining someones life. If theres issues in someones life or with a couple, the game will only enhance it, bring it to the surface quicker. If they obsess to a point where their real life suffers, their husband/wife gets neglected, lose their job,ect then they really shouldnt be playing. It really is a great game you can immerse yourself in and the social aspect of it is alot of fun. Where else can you go and chat under atlas with people from australia, germany,england, hawaii, all over the US, ect. Like all things in life, the best way to get the most out of this game is done in moderation and with a priority on your family, husband/wife, your kids, your job and career as those things must always come first.
ok lol I'll get off my soapbox now :P
grrrrr... i had to repost this thing as the forum posted it without my identity.
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| 08/26/06 08:24 |
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i think the key to anything in life is moderation.
you can enjoy MMOs, food, television, exercise, alcohol, days of our lives, and rachel ray as long as its in moderation.
the problem starts to show up when people start to blow off other things to play MMOs, just like alcoholics and habitual drug users have a problem with recreational activities that wind up with them in the betty ford clinic.
most people have self control and learned to 'only play when i get a break from RL' such as swiss (and kinda jordan) and they can limit themselves and are strong enough people to realize what needs to be done first.
its usually the weak minded people that separate from their significant other, lose their jobs, become hermits due to these things designed as recreational activities.
*NOTE i used swiss and jordan because they've made it clear from their previous posts about their chances to play and i feel they are great examples.
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| 08/26/06 09:07 |
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Myself I have no problem telling people that I play MMORPG if the topic even comes up (not really very common).
I think the key here is very simple, BigSpeer kinda said it but I will kick it up a notch:
PLAYING a MMORPG SHOULD only be done in as much as it is replacing normal ENTERTAINMENT time. It SHOULD NOT replace WORK, SLEEP, SPENDING TIME WITH YOUR KIDS, FRIENDS, DINNER, SEX, or SPOUSE. (of course if you can do it WITH these other important people it is appropriate for time shared with them)*
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*consider only those listed items that apply to your lifestyle only, I am not specifically endorsing, marriage, food, sleep, breathing, children, or referencing BigSpeer
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| 08/26/06 09:31 |
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| 08/26/06 12:37 |
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*me too
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| 08/26/06 15:14 |
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Delphon
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Why thank you! We are gracious.
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| 08/26/06 17:17 |
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I dont tell my friends that i am playing CoH constantly, but if someone calls just to caht ill be like "im playing video gaames" "oh, what game?" "COH. its an mmo" "ok, cya".
although it would be a little funny to explain to a divorce counciler "i think hes been playing with a different tank. It all started one day when i healed the other blaster to keep him from dying, but he went down instead. he never trusted me as a healer since then..."
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| 08/26/06 18:07 |
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Xolquar
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| QUOTE | | I dont tell my friends that i am playing CoH constantly, but if someone calls just to caht ill be like "im playing video gaames" "oh, what game?" "COH. its an mmo" "ok, cya". |
This happens to me a lot. Sometimes, if it's one of my friends that plays an MMO (1 friend plays CoH, 2 play WoW), we talk for a bit. Then they leave, probably to play CoH/WoW :D
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| 08/26/06 18:26 |
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