How much trouble are you in with the wife for playing WoW?

My wife, my son and I all play together, so there''s really no one to ring the ""you are playing too much"" bell. After a few years of AC, it all balances out. It took me a few years to get her into the hobby, but she''s not leaving.

I hear you Robear. It''s very ironic that some nights I''ve wanted to spend some time with her but she''s knee deep in a videogame. I swear I''ve created a monster!

When we get home and says ""Why don''t you play Halo 2 and let me watch"" my head almost spontaneously combusts right there on the spot.

My ex-wife was NOT this way. She loathed the games. I''m keeping this one!

I got my wife interested in D&D Heroes on the Xbox. After awhile, she would actually ask ""Do you want to play the game now?"" with a hopeful, expectant look in her eye and we would play. We finished the game and she hasn''t played much else (besides Spider Solitaire) but I''m trying to get her into Neverwinter Nights. I figure it''s a good progression from D&D Heroes.

I tried to get her to play Halo once. That didn''t work at all.

First hit''s free, baby!

Yeah, my wife hates the video games too. Usually as long as I don''t spend TOO much time playing, I''m ok. But she did tell my that my dark elf has ALMOST as nice of a butt as I do.

My partner hates gaming all gaming...period.

I''ve just noticed the funny looks I''ve come to associate with ""severe disapproval""....though I left the WoW music on speaker on Sunday and I''d *swear* there was some humming of it later- whereat I warned that he was not allowed to like the music, if he disapproved of the game.

Not yet, but I can feel ""The Conversation""
coming on.

I''ve been building up brownie points though by taking the midnight and 3 am feedings of the new boy. So hopefully that will help midigate the damage.

Hmm, I''ll have to give WoW a try on our laptop, that may solve some problems.

My wife always wants something when I''m in a group and surrounded by nasty critters, which has been a problem since there''s no way to pause the action. I usually end up trying to play and talk to her at the same time and you can imagine how that''s gone over. I had to abandon Ghastly on Fenris Isle for about 10 minutes last night when my wife had an ""emergency"" that required my attention, but he managed to keep us both alive somehow. I''m going to end up with my wife and my online buddies both hating me.

I was thinking of starting a WoW account, but if there are long instanced dungeons that require a group, that''s a significant problem. I''ve learned from Toontown that real life won''t let me go into Cog HQ (a long, group, instanced dungeon) until at least after 10pm. Would avoiding such dungeons most of the time significantly hamper WoW play or enjoyment? I''m also concerned about getting hit with a quest that would require such dungeons without any warning. Any of that?

ST, you only have to go in dungeons if you want to, there is plenty of stuff to do without them. From what I''ve seen at my level, they''re usually about 2 hours. At 10pm, there are always a lot of people on so if you''re worried about finding a group, I wouldn''t be. If you''re worried about sleep, that is another story...

You will know when have to go into a dungeon, the gateway has like a shimmering portal that you walk through, you can''t enter one without knowing it.

I was thinking 15-30 minutes is long. Two hours (or up to three or four from some other things I''ve read) is impossible for me. Ah well, it was a nice idea anyway.

I was thinking 15-30 minutes is long. Two hours (or up to three or four from some other things I''ve read) is impossible for me. Ah well, it was a nice idea anyway.

I''ve made it 27 levels so far without having to do an Instance. Trust me, this game is quite friendly to the casual player and there are many more quests that you can do instead. You might miss some uber-specialty loot but I''ve found my fair share of legendary items just by questing and exploring on my own.

*ducks into the forbidden MMO zone and drops a post*

IMAGE(http://www.pvponline.com/archive/2004/pvp20041207.gif)

*ducks out before any one notices*

I think a funnier last panel would be:
""How can I turn down Warcraft to play Warcraft?""

I should have never taught my wife perfect form tackling. I know I''m in trouble if I''m gaming and I hear ""hut hut"". I turn around to see my wife in a 3-point stance, and the next thing I know I''m on the floor, and she''s doing some defensive lineman celebration dance over me.

That''s how she tells me I''m playing too much. Or spending too much time in the pocket(comp room), and not rolling out to the living room.

As I have discovered, WoW and marital duties are not mutually exclusive...

Back in the early 90''s, we had one computer, and I was a Harpoon and Falcon III fiend. My wife got so tired of it that she exiled the computer to the basement, thinking somehow that I''d not want to play down there or something.

After a few months of not seeing much of me, we worked out a compromise - we''d put it back in the living room so that we''d be around each other (good move) and she promised to remember that I meant it when I said I was ""interruptible"". For some reason, she hadn''t grasped that.

So then she starts playing a solitaire Mahjong game, and somewhere in there I upgraded, so she took the older computer and we set up a second computer station in the living room. We''re at ""grudging acceptance of hobby"", when AC1 hits. After a few weeks of watching, she tried it and we went out and bought a copy for her, too. And quickly thereafter, for my son. After which, we were the gaming family.

So it took around 5 years, maybe a few more, but it''s a good situation, and friends don''t freak out at seeing three systems in the living room. With a townhouse, there''s not extra space - we already books and such everywhere, so you have to put the computers where the power goes. It''s cozy and we spend a lot of time together as a family, which is more than I can say for many of our acquaintances.

This is going to sound ridiculous, but... will a powerbook g4 play WoW, cause its the only laptop in the house and the gf read gnome''s post and wants me to play sitting next to her... I''m pretty sure it will, but I''ve never used a mac before

If its a 1Ghz or faster it should play WoW fine. The Mac version runs pretty much identical to the PC version (at least on my G5 -- my Powerbook is a little too slow for it), but I''ve only used an Intellimouse with it -- never the trackpad, so I don''t know what that would be like.

And here''s another funny cartoon, On-topic:

http://dynamic5.gamespy.com/~extralife/

"Lester_King" wrote:

This is going to sound ridiculous, but... will a powerbook g4 play WoW, cause its the only laptop in the house and the gf read gnome''s post and wants me to play sitting next to her... I''m pretty sure it will, but I''ve never used a mac before

I''ve got the 1GHz 12"" powerbook G4. WoW is playable, but it''s pretty choppy on that videocard. It also heats up to approximately the boiling point of the earth. I can usually only get about 20 minutes on it before my cats spontaneously combust when walking in the same room.

Honestly, playing WoW on the PB is not a very good experience. I tend to use it only for emergency pre-work playing in the mornings.

oh... damn that''s the exact one I''d be playing on... oh well, guess the woman will just suffer. She''s pissed I bought it btw... and more pissed I didn''t take her out last night because I was playing...

I used my next tuesday night session last night doing stockades. I told her the laptop idea though and she was receptive. Now to buy a 512 stick for it!

and more pissed I didn''t take her out last night because I was playing...

I never did understand this. Why not just take yourself out?

My wife has been fairly cool so far- but the baby isn''t here yet.

My wife has been very supportive so far. I think she is happy that I have something to keep me busy when the kids are in bed and she is at school (read: I am incapable of a social life due to babysitting responsibilities).

To those of you turning down sex to play WoW: shame on you. You can have both! And when you''ve had one go and your wife asks for another right away, just tell her you need some time for mana regen

"Dramatic Marlin" wrote:

If its a 1Ghz or faster it should play WoW fine. The Mac version runs pretty much identical to the PC version (at least on my G5 -- my Powerbook is a little too slow for it), but I''ve only used an Intellimouse with it -- never the trackpad, so I don''t know what that would be like.

Are you guy''s H.O.M.O.s?

To those of you turning down sex to play WoW: shame on you. You can have both! And when you''ve had one go and your wife asks for another right away, just tell her you need some time for mana regen

Damn good thought there...haha

Are you guy''s H.O.M.O.s ?

Of course not! My computer is PC, but the woman''s laptop is the G4... not that there''s anything wrong with that...

I''ve only used an Intellimouse with it -- never the trackpad, so I don''t know what that would be like.

I was just going to throw my trackball on it.