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Originally Posted by acrisius
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I'm pretty sure its mostly a mental block about MMO's because Ive been playing them for so long she doesnt want to be labeled the same as I hehe. All she will play is Mahjong or Farmville......
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Think that's the hurdle there.
The people who watch TV 8 hours a day are quick to label anyone anything to take the focus off themselves. I guarantee those who are saying, "OMG all you do is play Video Games" - I bet the next sentence they speak is "did you watch survivor/lost/whatever last night... oh I watch that all the time."
There's no way I could spend hours a day playing those Facebook games and it's AMAZING how many people do - but don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking them if it's what they like to do. But...
Pot meet Kettle.
I can't help otherwise - MY wife talked ME into playing. But it's not like it took her any prodding.
Tell your wives this: my wife and I both play. We did; however, watch TV last night after doing stuff around the house, I had a water heater to replace and that's just after getting back from a 9 hour drive, we were outta town all week, didn't login to a game for one second that whole week.
But this week and weekend, I WILL be a fiend.
You don't have to spend EVERY waking hour playing a video game. Do what you NEED to get done first and after that - game all you can, lol.
Offer up the 'gauntlet' - time how much they spend on Facebook + TV watching. I bet it's close to the same as your time on EQ. You might have to do that behind the scenes, if they are aware they may try to 'limit' what time they would otherwise spend...
I won't knock ANYONE's hobby - but personally, I prefer the interactive depth of EQ or other games (MMO, Strategy, RPG) as opposed to flash games or the mind-numbing TV. But to each their own.
The people I usually run into that bash MMO's are people who live and breathe something else. Usually reality shows or sports. I do admit, I like a dose of each of those myself, and if not for video gaming, I'd watch a lot more TV. THANK YOU VIDEO GAMES!!!! lol
TV is really not much more than being spoon fed corporate advertisements 50% of the time anyway.
But if I had a pool or beach near me... we were just talking about getting a membership to a health club too. Don't let RL 'suffer' because of gaming, just replace other 'leisure' time.