100°

How to Get Your Wife or Significant Other to Play MMOs

12
"Wife aggro got you down? Do you find yourself continuously missing raid times? Has your beloved disconnected the modem right when you were about to pick up a 1337 piece of loot? Stop your partner from assassinating your character by getting her into the game; it isn't as difficult as you think."

This article provides a woman's perspective on how to solve one of the difficult problems in all of MMO gaming: wife/girlfriend aggro.

While the topic is somewhat humorous, the advice is actually spot on and very useful.
Read Full Article >>   
brighthub.com
Glamis - contributor
Published: 49 days 4 hours ago | Article | Gaming | PC
 
 

Showing: 1 - 9 of 9 Comments
Shut this user up Let user speak
Muckbeast - 49 days 6 hours ago
PM
Track
Ignore
1 -
This article is a godsend to so many players.

Get those wives and girlfriends playing and you will never have your gametime cut short again!
Agree(1) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply
Shut this user up Let user speak
Gantrfaxx - 49 days ago
PM
Track
Ignore
1.1 -
My girlfriend started playing LOTRO last week. She can't stop playing.
Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report
Shut this user up Let user speak
jpymai - 49 days 3 hours ago
PM
Track
Ignore
2 -
Well, I'm going to recommend by boyfriend read this.

Thanks so much for it!
Agree(2) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply
Shut this user up Let user speak
Muckbeast - 49 days 3 hours ago
PM
Track
Ignore
2.1 -
So you have the opposite problem then, eh? Getting your BOYFRIEND to play games? Interesting.
Agree(1) | Disagree(0) | Report
Shut this user up Let user speak
That_Whore - 49 days ago
PM
Track
Ignore
3 -
She still wont give me my account back. Breaking up with her wasn't much of a deterrent. My O.G wow account is gone. Sad face. What a slut.
Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply
Shut this user up Let user speak
FernandoMartinez - 49 days ago
PM
Track
Ignore
4 -
MMOS are for fat lifeless geeks
Agree(1) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply
Shut this user up Let user speak
miasma - 48 days 20 hours ago
PM
Track
Ignore
5 - Hmmm...
Not sure if I'll be able to get my wife into an MMO, she still has the KZ2 bug and needs those fast kills...
Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply
Shut this user up Let user speak
Bengoshi-San - 48 days 18 hours ago
PM
Track
Ignore
6 - Walking on thin ice
I dated a girl whose older sister was a WoW fanatic. To put it nicely, she wasn't the most sociable or "normal" person I've ever met. In my opinion, people with certain personality types should not play MMO's because they can cause serious social issues.

For example, someone who is antisocial and doesn't have a lot of friends, or is depressed and stays home all the time, may find an MMO very appealing, because it gives them the ability to be someone else, to escape their life and to be somewhat social online without the physical anxiety of real-life socialism. In those individuals, those traits of anti-socialism and depression only get worse in my opinion.

I am not saying that this is the case for the most part, but in my personal experience, gamers that play console games as opposed to those who play PC games or MMO's are very different in their social aptitude.

Conclusion? I don't think it's a good idea to "get" anyone to play anything. If they want to try it, by all means they should. Otherwise, leave it alone.
Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply
Shut this user up Let user speak
The realness - 48 days 15 hours ago
PM
Track
Ignore
6.1 - Conclusion? I don't think it's a good idea to "get" anyone to play anything. If they want to try it, by all means they should. Otherwise, leave it alone.
you speak the truth. besides there are better things to do with your other half than play videogames anyways :).
Agree(2) | Disagree(0) | Report
Add Comment (Gamer Zone)
Gamer Zone Posting Guidelines
The Gamer Zone is for members who want a more friendly and civilized discussion. This section is heavily moderated by the N4G staff, so leave your fanboyism at the door please. Members who are unable to behave in a mature and respectful manner will be temporarily or permanently restricted from posting in the Gamer Zone. Using words such as Xbots and Sony droids, or other words from the console war vocabulary, is strictly prohibited in this Zone.
Read More...
 
 
You must log in to post comments.
Username:  
Password:  
 
 
About N4G
N4G is a social game news site that covers the game industry 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
More Info... | Submit News