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For the gaming junkies...

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 4:50 pm
by ColonelPanic
...Working all night with three Everquest addicts, for some reason, I can relate to what follows:1 of 5...

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Re: For the gaming junkies... (ColonelPanic)

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 4:51 pm
by ColonelPanic
numero dos..

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Re: For the gaming junkies... (ColonelPanic)

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 4:52 pm
by ColonelPanic
sorry for the multiple posts.... didn't want to host these on my site.

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Re: For the gaming junkies... (ColonelPanic)

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 4:53 pm
by ColonelPanic
4....

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Re: For the gaming junkies... (ColonelPanic)

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 4:54 pm
by ColonelPanic
and five, enough post *bleep*in' for one evening. *whew* Am I glad that games don't run on Linux.

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Re: For the gaming junkies... (ColonelPanic)

Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 2:20 am
by NUBlackshirts
Hmmmm, scary how much this sounds like me and my wife. And we are both in our mid-30's! Yeah, we are geeks.

Re: For the gaming junkies... (ColonelPanic)

Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 2:29 am
by cieglo
That's actually the reason I WON'T get WoW. I know that if I had it on even once in the house my life would be over. At a friend's house He hooked me up with a new character and I was on for 2 straight hours until my wife dragged me out of his house by my lips.

Re: For the gaming junkies... (cieglo)

Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 11:02 am
by Kari
Quote, originally posted by cieglo »At a friend's house He hooked me up with a new character and I was on for 2 straight hours until my wife dragged me out of his house by my lips.Ouch... I go through gaming spurts when I want to play all the time, then times when I don't touch it at all. Right now I'm not touching it at all. In any case, I think "The Sims" is the most addictive game I've ever played. I can sit and play that for literally hours without even realizing how much time has gone by.

Re: For the gaming junkies... (Kari)

Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 11:18 pm
by cieglo
Quote, originally posted by Kari »In any case, I think "The Sims" is the most addictive game I've ever played. I can sit and play that for literally hours without even realizing how much time has gone by.My daughter will play Sims in big spurts, but I just can't get into it myself. Doesn't seem like there is a goal to strive for...but maybe I just don't get it.

Re: For the gaming junkies... (cieglo)

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 12:38 am
by ColonelPanic
My goal was to make them die, usually. Or just wet themselves because they can't get to a bathroom. (removed)!It was great, have someone walk into a small room, pause the game, go into build mode, take out the door and put a wall there so they can't get out... hahaha! No, I'm not twisted, not in the least bit! I'm looking forward to buying these games for the Mac once it comes in. Not really a big gamer, but those kinds of gamess I can play. Shoot 'em up's or whatever, I could never get into.

Re: For the gaming junkies... (ColonelPanic)

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:36 am
by MJN2
I was addicted to Asheron's Call for a little over 3 years.I can definitely relate.Now I just play XBox and stay away from the online stuff.

Re: For the gaming junkies... (desert_dweller)

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:09 am
by ColonelPanic
Quote, originally posted by desert_dweller »I used to put a bunch of the Sim Charcters into the pool then take the steps and ladders out. They would swim and swim, then drown and die. Oh man, I forgot about that trick... Brutal!

Re: For the gaming junkies... (ColonelPanic)

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:19 am
by Kari
I haven't actually killed any sims, though I have burned up a few kitchen appliances in my time. My sims have a really strange and funny story...I made this character of "myself" and "my husband," no kids...and I could only manage one character at a time so I was just letting the husband have free will while I sent myself to work and such...well he lost his job, and then he fell in love with the male neighbor and left me. It was great.

Re: For the gaming junkies... (MJN2)

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 6:33 am
by NUBlackshirts
MJN2: My wife and I played AC for a very long time. In fact, I was one of the original beta testers (worked for MS at the time). Nice to hear we were not the only AC junkies! BTW, I was Redhook and my wife was Lilandryl.

Re: For the gaming junkies... (NUBlackshirts)

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:14 am
by Psychobroker
LOL I can definitely relate, having played EQ for nearly 3 years (gah,...3 YEARS!). I ran my own mid-to-high level raiding guild (mainly 55's-60's)...that was like a 2nd job

Re: For the gaming junkies... (Kari)

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:34 am
by ColonelPanic
Quote, originally posted by Kari »I haven't actually killed any sims, though I have burned up a few kitchen appliances in my time. You haven't lived until one of your sims bursts into flames while grilling burgers on the back lawn! That happened to one "family" I had created. She lost her husband to a cookout gone bad, and every time she walked past the grill, she'd start sobbing. LOL!

Re: For the gaming junkies... (NUBlackshirts)

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:52 pm
by MJN2
Quote, originally posted by NUBlackshirts »MJN2: My wife and I played AC for a very long time. In fact, I was one of the original beta testers (worked for MS at the time). Nice to hear we were not the only AC junkies! BTW, I was Redhook and my wife was Lilandryl.lol. I got my (soon to be ex) wife addicted to AC two days after we got married. We were both on Frostfell server. Made a lot of good friends while playing. Still keep in touch regularly with several, even though none of us play anymore.

Re: For the gaming junkies... (ColonelPanic)

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:35 pm
by Mr. Poopypants
See, I can never get into those games, I enjoy face to face human interaction and sunlight too much.

Re: For the gaming junkies... (ColonelPanic)

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:38 pm
by cieglo
My son and his buds play Warcraft III all the time - they play all the mods and custom scenarios. He's got me hooked on a "Dawn of the Dead" version...brutal...I got to work late because I had to play it before I left.