Since everyone seems to explain his own personal drama...

**Meneldil** · 01-12-2009, 22:25

A few things people seem to miss, or to have misunderstood :

- I stoped WoW (and video games altogether) a while ago. So did she. We've kept in touch through MSN, Skype and the occasional phone call.
- She did not play WoW just for the sake of dating random younger players. She was actually (for what it's worth) a very good player, who just happened to be quite attractive (as far as you can be on a video game).
- You can't even imagine how much behind-the-scene dating/sex is involved in WoW (and I guess other MMO's). I'm fairly sure it's the sole reason for some people to play the game.
- I'm not trying to "find love on WoW" or anything like that. I have little respect for sex-hungry teenagers pretending to be hot on the net because they can't get laid IRL, or for old farts trying to cheat on their wife by playing it cool in a video game. Back when I was playing/spending a crapload of time on the net, I got a lot of offers, sometimes from girls actually in relationship, and I always turned them down, simply because it seemed awkward.
- I'm not one of said sex-hungry teenager being crazy about the first girl who shown some attention to him. I'm currently in a relationship, and think I'm overall quite attractive to girls. It's not a "as soon as you'll meet someone else, you'll forget her" situation. I met quite a lot of girls in these two years, some of them being awesome in every departement, and I still haven't forgotten her.

As for why I like bat-guano-crazy girls, I can't explain it. Despite being somewhat of a freak, I've actually never dated a crazy girl, which might explain why I feel attracted by this one.
I've only dated nice but somewhat boring girls, so I guess freaks might actually entertain me somehow.

Despite a majority of people telling me to walk my way (that's not what I was expecting actually), I'm probably going to follow Gollum's advice. There's a 99% nothing good will come out of it, but that's still better than a 100% chance of having my brain thinking she's awesome and making me a sad panda.

**tibilicus** · 01-12-2009, 23:42

Well it's your call. If you think that's the right thing to do then go for it. I hope you genuinely have sat down though and thought it through.

I still find it odd how you say a lot of this stuff goes in in an MMORPG. I don't understand how people can get pulled into it. With out being all soppy I would just personally prefer to say to people I met the girl of my dreams in a bar or something rather than I met your mother on WoW and 2 years later you were born. Would just sort of take the edge of it a little for me.

**Meneldil** · 01-13-2009, 02:40

Originally Posted by tibilicus

Well it's your call. If you think that's the right thing to do then go for it. I hope you genuinely have sat down though and thought it through.

I still find it odd how you say a lot of this stuff goes in in an MMORPG. I don't understand how people can get pulled into it. With out being all soppy I would just personally prefer to say to people I met the girl of my dreams in a bar or something rather than I met your mother on WoW and 2 years later you were born. Would just sort of take the edge of it a little for me.

Well, actually, it's not that odd if you take into account that :

- many people play WoW for about 20 or more hours a week
- WoW feels like a job if you're really into it (I have to log on at 8PM to raid)
- there's a strong social factor (you can't do anything alone basically)
- many people here are actually craving for a relationship and/or sex. Even though the cliché "MMO = nerds only" couldn't be more wrong, there's still a lot of people who have little to no social life outside of the game.

Basically, at some point, WoW becomes no different from your work place/school. You play not really because you want to, but because you have to for numerous reasons, and you start to make 'friends', some of them being pretty close.

I'm not going to expand more on this, because I've seen so much things going on there back then I could probably write a book.

Well why did you ask for it then?

My mind was set before I asked. I just wanted to know what would be the general consensus on that whole thing. And I expected people to actually advise me to give it a shot, which would have been kind of a moral support :-P

**Beefy187** · 01-13-2009, 03:24

Well you seems to have crossed the Rubicon. I suggest you just keep running

I actually don't mind the concept of MMO. I can get on Runescape and spend countless hours. But I have ceased because ~~Java doesnt work~~ I just can't stop playing it once I started playing it. And I thought its quite ~~harsh.. I got scammed so many times.. Even though I was being nice to everyone by crafting gems for free~~ bad to let my self live in imaginary world. (Although I kinda live on the Org and Facebook now days..)

**Fixiwee** · 01-13-2009, 03:50

Originally Posted by Meneldil

My mind was set before I asked. I just wanted to know what would be the general consensus on that whole thing. And I expected people to actually advise me to give it a shot, which would have been kind of a moral support :-P

Then there is nothing reasonable to say anymore besides "good luck".

**Megas Methuselah** · 01-13-2009, 08:24

Heh heh. Keep us posted, eh?

**gollum** · 01-13-2009, 10:05

*Deamons and marvels
Winds and tides
Far away already, the sea has ebbed
And you
Like seaweed slowly carressed by the wind
In the sands of the bed you stir, dreaming
Deamons and marvels
Winds and tides
Far away already, the sea has ebbed
But in your half-opened eyes
Two small waves have remained
Deamons and marvels
Winds and tides
Two small waves to drown me*

Jacques Prevert

!it burnsus!

**Ronin** · 01-13-2009, 12:55

I think you should concentrate on one problem at a time here.

the first one I can identify is...of course....that you´re playing WOW.

WOW is teh suxxorz as we all know....stop playing it and your life should improve significantly.

**Meneldil** · 01-13-2009, 17:39

Originally Posted by Methuselah

Heh heh. Keep us posted, eh?

Anyway, nothing will happen before I go back home, in the land of Cheese and Wine (shouldn't happen before march or april). But I'll try to necro this thread if it still exists by then ;)

In my defense....when a post begins with "I play wow" or some variation of it....it is frankly strange to expect me to read any further!

Because playing WoW is so bad...Unlike playing any variation of the Total War serie, or any other video game, for that matter.
Forgive me to go on the defensive here, but I have trouble finding how WoW is more stupid than say, spending your time on a video game forum arguing about random stuffs with people you don't know

**edyzmedieval** · 01-13-2009, 17:50

Originally Posted by Meneldil

Forgive me to go on the defensive here, but I have trouble finding how WoW is more stupid than say, spending your time on a video game forum arguing about random stuffs with people you don't know

Hearing the opinion of unknown people is sometimes more interesting than hearing the ones of people you already know.

**Yoyoma1910** · 01-13-2009, 17:56

Originally Posted by Meneldil

Because playing WoW is so bad...Unlike playing any variation of the Total War serie, or any other video game, for that matter.
Forgive me to go on the defensive here, but I have trouble finding how WoW is more stupid than say, spending your time on a video game forum arguing about random stuffs with people you don't know

It's kind of like the difference between having a girlfriend and visiting a prostitute.

**Fixiwee** · 01-13-2009, 02:25

Originally Posted by Meneldil

There's a 99% nothing good will come out of it, but that's still better than a 100% chance of having my brain thinking she's awesome and making me a sad panda.

Well why did you ask for it then?

Mark my words. Don't complain if you fall on your face. It happend to a lot of people and afterwards its reaaaal easy to be smart.