Married fellas, you need to pay close attention to this post...
Today my wife was telling me about how she pruchased a new chair with a comfort level of 5 to go along with her Chess set that has +3 logic.
Or something like that.
You see, my wife did not really buy a chair, nor did she buy a chess set...At least not a tangible chair or a tangible chess set. For the past few weeks my wife has been Beta testing The Sims Online (er, sort of like how I've been beta testing AO for 15 or so months, heh) and I think she's hooked.
It was then that I realized that over the past year or so, my ramblings about Decranum's armor, Phat Lewt (tm), Tarasque, gankers and uber nanos sounds alot like what she was expressing to me.
We have both reached the level where we are using game terminology in the real world....In entirely inappropriate situations at that.
Last week I told a computer technician from a competitor's company that he needed to "buff up his perception" (I even laughed after I said this and later realized he had no idea what I was talking about), I've mused that I need to put more IP into Intelligence, have told a customer that I would help raise her comp lit (at least that one didn't sound TOO bad), etc.
So my point here is, most married men that I know get at odds with their spouse or significant other for playing too much AO. My solution is to get them hooked on the sims online as revenge.
For one, they will understand your desire to play, and it also gives them something to do while you're playing.
I've reached the level of self control where Im able to stop playing AO and do other things....like work for one, so I can't see this being a problem.
It's also a way for gaming couples to spend time together. Just move the computers together (god, that's actually a sad way to spend time, but I live in the dullest town on earth, ffs) so you can still converse.
But another positive benefit is you have things to talk about. My wife and I live together and work together, so you can imagine that after a half decade, new topics are a rare thing with us. Now, we babble about logic points, IP points, bladder levels, XP levels, etc etc etc. We may not understand what each other are saying, but it's nice to have my needs and addictions understood for once!
Just an idea
