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Raetherana
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Posted - 2010.04.19 21:14:00 -
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Originally by: Rogev Edited by: Rogev on 19/04/2010 12:39:48 Lucky people to have loved ones who support your hobby. I don't think I've ever seen a person hate something as much as my wife hates EVE. I have to hide it as if I'm looking at **** every time she walks in the room--tab out and go back to a browser window.
And lest people think I have some kind of unhealthy addiction, I'm lucky to get in 2-4 hours a week. My wife plays more Farmville than I play EVE.
You need to regain control of your cajones my friend.
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Eternum Praetorian
Method In Khaos
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Posted - 2010.04.19 21:19:00 -
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Originally by: Nomen Luni 1 > at least Im not out getting drunk everynight.
2> at least you know where I am , so you know Im not having an affair or something
3> its no different from reading a book
4> well, you watch TV/films just as much
5> at least im not a drug addict
6> its actually very educational
7> its actually a great way to save money
8> its been a hard day at work , I need to chill on the pc for a bit..
9> its my hobby...
sound familiar?....
I will memorize this for future reference \0/ Thank you.
Actually I admire you folks managing to merge EVE with your social life. They have always been 2 strictly divided entities for me in RL. How exactly do you find a girlfriend that is "OK" with you playing EVE? Does she have webbed toes or one leg or something??
I never tell the hot ones that I play EVE, what I say to myself is "EVE will last longer then she will" and in that respect, EVE helps me keep things in perspective. So far I have been right 100% of the time.
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Slapchop Gonnalovemynuts
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Posted - 2010.04.19 21:55:00 -
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"Space is boring"... --------------------------------------------
Quote: EVE-Online... Too rough for ya? Don't like it? GTFO...
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AdmiralJohn
The Unknown Bar and Pub Elysium Alliance
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Posted - 2010.04.19 22:37:00 -
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Edited by: AdmiralJohn on 19/04/2010 22:38:17
Originally by: Tobias Xiaosen Then again I keep the fact I play a secret. Not even my roommate knows, because I'm very sneaky sneaky.
I, too, play Eve in secret. It's really the first computer game I've ever played that's more complicated than solitaire (Edit / full disclosure: It usually only was solitaire).
It sucks when I hear a funny story or see a link to a funny video, because the girlfriend always asks "So where did you find this?" or "Why do you spend all your time looking at parrot videos?"
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Crumplecorn
Gallente Eve Cluster Explorations
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Posted - 2010.04.19 22:59:00 -
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I cannot fathom having a significant other who would hate one of my main hobbies or from whom I would have to keep it hidden. Obviously I have failed to understand something important in the area of interpersonal relationships. -
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Owen Drakkar
Terra Nostra
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Posted - 2010.04.19 23:16:00 -
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Originally by: AdmiralJohn "Why do you spend all your time looking at parrot videos?"
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Daenosa
Pineal Squeegee
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Posted - 2010.04.19 23:26:00 -
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1: Stop talking to yourself you sad git (while on vent) 2: Uh not that game again (from 1 of the kids) 3: daddy kill kill kill (from my little lad, who likes watching things blow up far to much) 4: that circle game again i see (i use probes alot, due to the circle nature of probes thats all the game is to them sometimes)
gf often pops on eve if i leave it logged on and starts random conversations with corp members, they are luckily use to it now
Basically my gf dislikes eve but realises im a gamer down to the core and since shes agreed to marry me i assume shes learnt to put up with it heh
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JD Galis
New Player Experience
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Posted - 2010.04.19 23:27:00 -
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Edited by: JD Galis on 19/04/2010 23:28:27 Divorced now but(Eve was not a factor folks lol) my x respected my Eve time except when she was in the mood or she dragged me out to spend time 'socialising' with other people for dinner. She wasn't big on Sci-Fi but did have an interest and sometime sticked her head around the comp. Hell one day when I had to go afk she randomly pushed the PTT key for Teamspeak and allegedly said "WOW 2 TITANS? Do some of the guys actually have social lives?" when i came back at the time where everyone was just laughing from that I pressed down the PTT and look at her "Yes hun,The bigger the ship the less social life you have." That night was great the alliance,me and my x continued the conversation for a bit, good fun. But one day when wife aggro was really bad she set destructed my pod.Wife- "Did you lose piles of ISK? Just like you lost the money before our Vegas trip?" Retrospect kinda did deserve it but I didn't really lose anything in fact she saved me the trouble of doing it myself, I was stuck in a wormhole lol.
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MaceMakaio
Gallente Flying While Intoxicated Threshold Republic
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Posted - 2010.04.20 00:02:00 -
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It was a battle royale for several years with the girl but she has come around and now has some interest, enjoys the funny stories i tell her about the game now that she understands a little more. when i start a story right off the bat she's like so what ship did you lose this time ^^. Sometimes I have to remind her about what I could be doin rather than being at home. I try to get her to play the market being good with $ and all but she wont budge ^^. When i use vent it usually ends up in a histerical conversation when she's in the room and she does secretly enjoy watching and learning more about EvE. She does refer to EvE as the "other" girl.. [url=http://morsus-mihi.net/kb/?a=pilot_detail&plt_id=84372] [/url] |
Myrkala
Minmatar Interstellar Empire
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Posted - 2010.04.20 01:22:00 -
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Originally by: BarraKaen I get this one at least once a week:
"Are you winning EvE?"
I used to get that one all the time as well from my gf before we broke up:
"Have you won eve yet?" (It turned into a sort of sweet little insult after a while.) "Sigh... No. :S"
Also... the classic and dangerous:
"Are you coming to bed love?" - (Sometimes with a cranky voice... ) "Yeah, in a bit. Just 5 minutes." 10 minutes pass and you got to bed and she's asleep... (Because time estimates on doing stuff in eve suck.)
I think the fact that its called "EVE" has a big effect on womens view on the game lol... they become jealous or something. ("Are you playing with EVE again?" ect.) -
Thanks CCP, I knew you had it in you! <3 Long live Naglfar! |
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Rel Tanaar
256 FREELANCERS FREELANCER ALLIANCE
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Posted - 2010.04.20 02:51:00 -
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My wife used to refer to it as 'the other woman', now she just makes pew pew noises as she walks past. My little boy just likes to look at the 'shiny big ships' and thinks when I'm warping it's raining on the ship
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Magnus Nordir
Caldari Nordir Industries
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Posted - 2010.04.20 03:16:00 -
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Originally by: Crumplecorn I cannot fathom having a significant other who would hate one of my main hobbies or from whom I would have to keep it hidden. Obviously I have failed to understand something important in the area of interpersonal relationships.
This. I would never associate myself with someone who doesn't understand, or even actively despises my interests. --------------------------- Only those who surrender are lost |
PMolkenthin
NibbleTek The Darwin Award Foundation
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Posted - 2010.04.20 03:42:00 -
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My (soon to be) wife often talks on Ventrillo/Teamspeak to my 'EVE-friends'.
My son will sit on my lap and watch me play EVE or whatever else for hours.
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Stinko McCoy
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Posted - 2010.04.20 03:47:00 -
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I believe my wife has really awesome hearing and just loves to interrupt during important moments of vent. Don't know how many times I've missed who was primary or where the hell we are all warping to. Yes, I am that a hole shooting the secondary, but from the looks of it I am not the only one who has a wife like that because there are usually a couple other guys shooting it with me.
Other than that, she doesn't give a crap what I'm doing on the comp.
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PMolkenthin
NibbleTek The Darwin Award Foundation
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Posted - 2010.04.20 04:01:00 -
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Originally by: Stinko McCoy I believe my wife has really awesome hearing and just loves to interrupt during important moments of vent. Don't know how many times I've missed who was primary or where the hell we are all warping to. Yes, I am that a hole shooting the secondary, but from the looks of it I am not the only one who has a wife like that because there are usually a couple other guys shooting it with me.
Other than that, she doesn't give a crap what I'm doing on the comp.
Yes. My bird always seems to come in the room and make a loud phone call just as a fight kicks off!
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Neesa Corrinne
Stimulus Rote Kapelle
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Posted - 2010.04.20 05:06:00 -
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Originally by: Raetherana
Originally by: Rogev Edited by: Rogev on 19/04/2010 12:39:48 Lucky people to have loved ones who support your hobby. I don't think I've ever seen a person hate something as much as my wife hates EVE. I have to hide it as if I'm looking at **** every time she walks in the room--tab out and go back to a browser window.
And lest people think I have some kind of unhealthy addiction, I'm lucky to get in 2-4 hours a week. My wife plays more Farmville than I play EVE.
You need to regain control of your cajones my friend.
I was thinking the same thing when I read this post.
I told my wife before I married her, ten years ago this September, that I'm a PC game addict. I said "look baby, at least I'll always be home when you need me instead of running around chasing panties in the office after hours".
Now I come home, eat dinner, do a few things around the house and then sit down to play EVE. My wife will come in and bring a beer at least once every night usually.
Life is good.
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Neesa Corrinne
Stimulus Rote Kapelle
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Posted - 2010.04.20 05:20:00 -
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Originally by: Crumplecorn I cannot fathom having a significant other who would hate one of my main hobbies or from whom I would have to keep it hidden. Obviously I have failed to understand something important in the area of interpersonal relationships.
Well, when you meet that perfect woman (looks, laugh, personality, whatever) who lets you do back flips in her skin-flap jungle gym, then generally the last thing on your mind as you're riding upside down on the Slip&Slide of Ultimate Joy is "Hrmmmm, I wonder if she'll like my hobbies. Not to mention *WHEEEEEEEEE* I wonder how receptive she'll be to me playing a internet spaceship game *Golden Dong... giggle* all night after we get married?"
You see, these things rarely come up until after she moves in and you're like "Oh yeah, by the way, I'll be playing EVE all night until you're... you know... ready to go."
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Ilya Pasternak
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Posted - 2010.04.20 05:29:00 -
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Originally by: Shurrurru My wife is not a gamer but she at least takes small interest in my favorite hobby and watches me play from time to time - though she can only handle so much EvE as I'm usually flying my Freighter. She does play a mean game of Tetris, but she's completely out of touch with modern gaming.
She knows a few simple things about my computer gaming. She knows that I can speak into my headset and people can hear me (but she doesn't realize this is only if Ventrilo or EvE Voice are active). She knows that my ship is larger than most other ships and that I can carry many smaller ships inside, and that I do this to earn more money.
Being the great wife that she is she will often try to come up with ideas that can help me earn more money. One day I was slowboating to a gate in my Fenrir with a Bestower above me also slowboating. He was right beside me so my wife could see how much I dwarfed him.
She says "That guy should let you carry him so he doesn't need to work so hard. He could pay you to take him!" I said I don't think he's going to be interested in that but before I could say much else she grabs my headset from behind my computer and shouts into it "HEY, SMALLER SPACESHIP, DO YOU WANT MY HUSBAND TO CARRY YOU? HE CAN KEEP YOU SAFE FROM BAD SPACESHIPS!"
Now imagine the previous being said by someone who does not speak English as a primary language and it really makes me with that guy could have heard her.
On April 1st I introduced my wife to the tradition of April Fools by asking her if she wanted to help me kill another spaceship. I set my ship to self destruct and had her press F1 on my keyboard to fire my guns. I timed it so the moment she pressed F1 my ship self-destructed and I was in my pod. She's seen me playing enough to know that when I'm in my pod it means my ship died.
"Oh my god, what happened?" "Oh no.. no no no no no, I think you must have pressed F2 instead of F1!" "I pressed F1, not F2.. Why, what does F2 do?" "F1 shoots guns.. F2 is how you blow up your ship." "What? Oh my god, that's so stupid. Why would they make those buttons next to each other?"
I fessed up rather quickly, she got worried that she'd cost me a lot of money. When I remember these stories they are really good because I can see her facial expressions. Maybe in text they won't be as good, but only the forum trolls can tell me for sure.
Let's hear it, I love stories about people who don't play games.
And that, my friends, is a good woman. Lucky bastard.
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DeBingJos
Minmatar Between the lines
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Posted - 2010.04.20 08:28:00 -
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Women are very strange.
My gf hates me playing Eve. Instead she wants me to watch tv with her!? Keep in mind that my pc is only 3 meters away from the tv. (Is this normal, or am I the only one?)
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Sokratesz
Rionnag Alba Against ALL Authorities
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Posted - 2010.04.20 08:30:00 -
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The one gf that I had in the past years that I actually bothered to show EVE thought it looked like star wars..(in b4 only one gf)
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victortwosix
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Posted - 2010.04.20 09:27:00 -
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Before I was able to get the wife playing, I remember installing vent and not being able to use the mic yet, and having the wife talk trash to me from across the room-the usual razzing we eve players get. So I typed in corp chat to my corpmates "Someone say-Shut the **** up Shawna!" And one of my corp mates did-she was flabbergasted! "Who said that! Tell them to shut up!"
Then she got into eve...... And instead of crappy jewelery and clothes for christmas I just got her a drake-and she loved it! Now life is good-a tip to all players, find something that will get her interested and pay for her first month-she'll get stuck to it like we all do!
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Heartstone
Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction
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Posted - 2010.04.20 09:47:00 -
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What my Dad says about Eve: "Ha we just took 9UY" What my Mum says about Eve: "Yes dear just buy a load of gametime at once so it's cheaper"
and they are both 60+
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Super Whopper
I can Has Cheeseburger
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Posted - 2010.04.20 09:54:00 -
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Edited by: Super Whopper on 20/04/2010 09:56:53
Originally by: Neesa Corrinne I was thinking the same thing when I read this post.
I told my wife before I married her, ten years ago this September, that I'm a PC game addict. I said "look baby, at least I'll always be home when you need me instead of running around chasing panties in the office after hours".
Now I come home, eat dinner, do a few things around the house and then sit down to play EVE. My wife will come in and bring a beer at least once every night usually.
Life is good.
This is my life. I go shopping, do the cooking and then spend hours in fleets. When we got married my wife knew I didn't smoke, drink a lot or do anything that could be frowned on. So, we agreed, I'd play on the PC, because I won't give that up for her, and she'll watch her ****ty programmes, which she won't give up for me.
Originally by: DeBingJos Women are very strange.
My gf hates me playing Eve. Instead she wants me to watch tv with her!? Keep in mind that my pc is only 3 meters away from the tv. (Is this normal, or am I the only one?)
No, you're just weak.
Originally by: Heartstone
What my Dad says about Eve: "Ha we just took 9UY" What my Mum says about Eve: "Yes dear just buy a load of gametime at once so it's cheaper"
and they are both 60+
Your father is my hero! I hope to be playing PC games, especially complicated games like EVE, till the day I die. Actually this is probably good for your father, as being 'busy' and having things to do, to a certain extent, prevents mental illnesses at later age.
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Crumplecorn
Gallente Eve Cluster Explorations
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Posted - 2010.04.20 10:28:00 -
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Originally by: Neesa Corrinne Well, when you meet that perfect woman (looks, laugh, personality, whatever) who lets you do back flips in her skin-flap jungle gym, then generally the last thing on your mind as you're riding upside down on the Slip&Slide of Ultimate Joy is "Hrmmmm, I wonder if she'll like my hobbies. Not to mention *WHEEEEEEEEE* I wonder how receptive she'll be to me playing a internet spaceship game *Golden Dong... giggle* all night after we get married?"
Originally by: Super Whopper's Wife "What do you expect of a sex that thinks with that thing between their legs rather than with the head on their shoulders?"
I find myself somewhat paradoxically agreeing with yer wan. -
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Kurunto
Nictus Astartes
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Posted - 2010.04.20 10:42:00 -
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Kurunto > ARRRjust when the fight starts, gf walks in and gives me a light smack on the face and i'm like wtf? then she flashes me.. really the last 2 hours she could do that Kurunto > but now JUST when the fight starts CEO > HAHAHAHA corpmate > wow Kurunto > no damage made in log Kurunto > fffuuuuuuuuuuu CEO > :D |
Jojo Redana
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Posted - 2010.04.20 10:47:00 -
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I hear similar things every day or week. Sometimes my wife uses a little stronger words... It's the sign when i should really park my space ships.. and really fast :)
- "Eve is a b***h" - "Tell her to go f..." - "Me or Eve..." - "Did you marry Eve? NO! You married me..."
But yes, she knows it's a game but she says i'm playing too much. Sometimes she's so right.
I'm lucky my wife is a gamer too. She has many favourite games like Civ4 and Wow (she has more lvl80 chars than me). So usually we are doing just fine. I fly spaceships and talk with spacepeople while she's casting frostbolts :)
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Artemis Rose
Sileo In Pacis THE SPACE P0LICE
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Posted - 2010.04.20 10:58:00 -
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Once I made the mistake of telling my girlfriend the finer points of how the 60 second PvP game works (deagress, spam jump/dock) and she pretended to be quite uninterested...
Fast forward to about 2 weeks later. She just headed over from her place and wanted to go drag me out to some social function her friends had planned while I was playing EVE. I was sitting outside a station, trying to get this 4 man anti-pie gang to aggress me. The conversation went like this
Me: C'mon I'll be a few minutes, I haven't had a chance to shoot somebody and this could be it.
Her: No, we're leaving now
Me: 10 minutes, tops. Nobody will miss us, blah blah blah.
With that, she rolled her eyes and then reached over on my keyboard and hit F1. My Myrm shoots a Raven, gets GCC, all 4 of the antipies open fire on me.
Her: You have 60 seconds now. Best get clicking on your little safety button
*** Currently Playing: Trolls from Outer Space Current Equipment: VISAcard chain mail, +2 Amulet of Epic Whine, Self Banstick +2 WTB: +666 E-peen killboard stats |
Shasz
Detox.
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Posted - 2010.04.20 12:25:00 -
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I've been a gamer ever since my dad brought home an Apple II+ and I played "Alkalabeth" on it.
Fast forward ~20 years: I played Everquest heavily and raced online at the time I met my wife. She was supportive of the racing and tolerated the EQ, but in general accepted that I liked gaming. She has bought me games or replacement wheel/pedal sets for birthdays, but she's also thrown the PC out in the driveway once when I was too heavy into Everquest!
Fast forward another 7 years: My wife and I played Age of Empires together a lot, but for the most part she has her gaming likes and I have mine. I played WoW for a while and gave it up. I tried LotRO for a month with a friend, and then discovered Eve. I was just mining and industrializing at the time, and it got kind of repetitive, so I went back to LotRO for a bit and tried to get my wife interested as well. She wasn't.
Then about 16 months ago I discovered the fun of PVP in Eve and a whole new universe opened up to me. One day my wife, out of the blue, decided she wants to try Eve too and see if she likes it...
Now what kinds of things does my wife say when I'm playing Eve?
"I want faction ammo for my birthday." "Point on the harbi!" "Want to just get each other ships for Christmas?" (I still have that Ishtar...) "I just got another corp to join the alliance..."
I'm a very lucky man :) ___________________________________
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Alexeph Stoekai
Stoekai Corp
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Posted - 2010.04.20 12:38:00 -
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Originally by: Artemis Rose Once I made the mistake of telling my girlfriend the finer points of how the 60 second PvP game works (deagress, spam jump/dock) and she pretended to be quite uninterested...
Fast forward to about 2 weeks later. She just headed over from her place and wanted to go drag me out to some social function her friends had planned while I was playing EVE. I was sitting outside a station, trying to get this 4 man anti-pie gang to aggress me. The conversation went like this
Me: C'mon I'll be a few minutes, I haven't had a chance to shoot somebody and this could be it.
Her: No, we're leaving now
Me: 10 minutes, tops. Nobody will miss us, blah blah blah.
With that, she rolled her eyes and then reached over on my keyboard and hit F1. My Myrm shoots a Raven, gets GCC, all 4 of the antipies open fire on me.
Her: You have 60 seconds now. Best get clicking on your little safety button
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Jayde Emeraude
Detox.
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Posted - 2010.04.20 12:50:00 -
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Originally by: Shasz I've been a gamer ever since my dad brought home an Apple II+ and I played "Alkalabeth" on it.
Fast forward ~20 years: I played Everquest heavily and raced online at the time I met my wife. She was supportive of the racing and tolerated the EQ, but in general accepted that I liked gaming. She has bought me games or replacement wheel/pedal sets for birthdays, but she's also thrown the PC out in the driveway once when I was too heavy into Everquest!
Fast forward another 7 years: My wife and I played Age of Empires together a lot, but for the most part she has her gaming likes and I have mine. I played WoW for a while and gave it up. I tried LotRO for a month with a friend, and then discovered Eve. I was just mining and industrializing at the time, and it got kind of repetitive, so I went back to LotRO for a bit and tried to get my wife interested as well. She wasn't.
Then about 16 months ago I discovered the fun of PVP in Eve and a whole new universe opened up to me. One day my wife, out of the blue, decided she wants to try Eve too and see if she likes it...
Now what kinds of things does my wife say when I'm playing Eve?
"I want faction ammo for my birthday." "Point on the harbi!" "Want to just get each other ships for Christmas?" (I still have that Ishtar...) "I just got another corp to join the alliance..."
I'm a very lucky man :)
LOL - yes - I do some crazy **** - I've had those afternoons of telling him to just hit pause - making fun of him.
Then one Sunday morning I decided - to hell with it - if I can't get him to stop, lets see what it's all about. And started the download. Our daughter came out, saw my PC and said "what did you do to my mother?"
I've never looked back - some nights now Shasz comes out and gives me "the look" for still being in the game. I reassure him "I can't help it, a blue got aggressed, I had to help!"
And btw - my birthday is in May if anyone wants to send faction ammo!
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