Poster: Eloa at 12/28/2005 7:50:52 AM PST
Subject: Playing the game with a rl romantic partner |
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Honestly, how do some of you manage to play an MMO with your (girlfriend/boyfriend/fiancee/fiance/wife/husband/whatever may apply) and not constantly be tearing each other's heads off?
No, I don't mean jealousy over who is spending time with whom in game. Unless you have all the maturity of the average 6 year-old or they're cybering in open chat in the middle of Stormwind, this isn't an issue.
I'm more talking about the playstyles simply not meshing. I'd love to know how people do this, because for my man and I, the difference is so extreme that years back when we tried it in another MMO, we could barely remain civil to each other irl while logged in.
He plays WoW also, but we play on different servers. Yes, on purpose.[ post edited by Eloa ]
Got gank? >:)
| | | http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=6430689&p=#post6430689 | | | Poster: Eyonix at 12/28/2005 8:20:55 AM PST
Subject: Re: Playing the game with a rl romantic partner |
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Q u o t e:
Honestly, how do some of you manage to play an MMO with your (girlfriend/boyfriend/fiancee/fiance/wife/husband/whatever may apply) and not constantly be tearing each other's heads off?
No, I don't mean jealousy over who is spending time with whom in game. Unless you have all the maturity of the average 6 year-old or they're cybering in open chat in the middle of Stormwind, this isn't an issue.
I'm more talking about the playstyles simply not meshing. I'd love to know how people do this, because for my man and I, the difference is so extreme that years back when we tried it in another MMO, we could barely remain civil to each other irl while logged in.
He plays WoW also, but we play on different servers. Yes, on purpose.
The majority of couples that I know actually play the game separate, even in-cases where their computers share the same room. In most cases, I notice that they'll create secondary characters to satisfy any urge to quest together. I think the particular dilemma can affect any two people that attempt to play together, whether involved romantically, or not.
I know every instance that I've attempted to create a character with someone else I knew in real life, whether it be a friend, roommate, or coworker - we'd play together for a few days before our interests took us in different directions, or one of us out-leveled the other.
I have seen couples successfully play together all the way to level 60, however, I notice that in every case, neither were very competitive, nor the type to rush through a game, and usually demonstrated the play-style of the "explorer/socializer".
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