Here is a post for all you Online Gamers…you know who you are…World of
Warcraft,
Everquest, Lord of the Rings, Vanguard…well the list can go on. I guess I have to say that gaming has risen to a whole new level…I mean I recall back in the day when I would head on over to a friends house to do some gaming…Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) was the game back in the day and let me tell you it was FUN.
Ok…I know many still do D&D…its just that once my old dungeon master stop playing…I tried someone else and well it
wasn’t the same.
Now with all these online games existing on the
internet…and the capability of playing with someone ½ way around the world…I guess that makes it really exciting. I have to admit on one thing…I do play ever so often…
Everquest II. Now, its funny how I started with this game and I honestly, if anyone told me 10 years ago that I would be playing an online game…I would have just laughed. And at my age…hey I would have laughed harder.
Anyhow, here is the story. I had been married for 8 years…and well things were not going all that well…I guess it happens in a lot of marriages.
Ok so, in 2005 my significant other started up on playing Billiards on yahoo…I mean she got so good that she was ranking extremely high…if I recall you had a number associated with you and the bigger the number the better player you were. Anyhow, she would play for hours…
ok let me back up a bit…we have a son…and as soon as he was in bed…7:30 or 8:00pm it was of to billiard land and nothing else matter.
Ok…so my thing is I got married because I would think as being married you would have someone to talk to, dream with, be with, laugh with, plan with…well you know…I
didn’t think that marriage would eventually lead to the same feeling as having a roommate…oi. Anyhow, so that was our relationship…if you want to call it that. I of course could have joined in her gaming, but honestly…I would rather play billiard in real life with a pitcher of beer, hot wings, music and my significant other…but that was not happening in my household.
Ok, so I started working at a new place….and long story short…I worked with a group of people that were nerds, computer geeks...well maybe not geeks, anyhow…they were about to engage in a new game, at that time, called
Everquest II. I of course was new and
didn’t get too involved or better said, I really did not know anyone…
ok…they asked me if I wanted to play with them. I had no clue on what it meant, so here is a brief summary:
Everquest II, as many other
MMORPG games is a online make believe world where you get to create a character that you build and choose from the many races, humans, Ogres, etc. and a profession such as Wizard, Knight, etc. to play with in this make believe world. You do adventures, quests, you get a house, clothing, armor, accessories and well…it’s pretty much a make believe world where you interact with the environment and you get to interact with other players (individuals).
Ok, so I said to myself why not…hey my significant other is immersed in her game, why not start something I might like…so I did. Of course I told her and she just kind of brushed it off and said, “Cool”. So I was playing for about a month and she would ever so often look over to my screen and see what I was doing…she asked me questions on who that character was…what was I doing…and later she was amazed that I was playing with someone that was living in England. Well, she asked if she could try…well…I said sure…so she made a character…and away she went…she really liked it…so eventually we got her an account and transferred her character to her account and computer…she began playing. It was fun and dandy the first several months sense we were actually doing something together, but honestly I can’t be sitting on my butt for hours…I mean we had other obligations that were beginning to be neglected…and well I liked the game and all, but I would rather sit and have a beer, glass of wine or a hot coco and chat with my significant other…
ok…
ok…I am not being a pansy…but come on…if this is the case…I might as well stayed with my roommate…
ok…
ok. Well...you know what I mean…
lol. So that was back in November of 2005…we are now in March of 2009…and we have another addition to the family…and the gaming continues…but now she runs her own guild and she has become a popular character with many…many other characters…they look for her to help out with quests, etc. Funny thing is…there are actual websites out there for woman against
MMORPG games…in these sites there are stories about how woman hate the games and how those games broke up their marriage, because their husbands would play hours on end…I mean one story said her husband quit his job and only played…wow…I was amazed.
Any how, I guess I am only venting here…but I think that if you get into a marriage…whether you are a health nut, a gamer, a gardening fanatic…I think you need to make sure that you both enjoy each others company away from those things to be together and I am not saying you should forget or give up the things you like to do, but don’t let them strain your marriage or relationship…find a balance and remember you got married or are in a relationship because you enjoy being with them, their conversation, holding their hand, talking about everything and anything.
Thanks for listening and come back again…maybe you will get a good laugh or maybe you could relate…any and all comments are welcomed.
“Love, Peace and Chicken Grease”…as a friend use to say to me…
LOL,