How did you get your wife/gf to play?

[Arclanz]

Originally Posted by fuji [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Why would you want her to play anyways? Wouldnt it be better if she was cooking, cleaning or working out while u get fat camping in lguk?

Also I dont want to sound sexist, but I never found a girl gamer that was "up to par" with gaming skills.

Funny but I got to disagree with your second point. I know numerous RL girls who played EQ and they were as good as anyone. The wife in the married couple, in my post above, was quite skilled too. In fact, I can't think of any RL female player in EQ who did not play well. Amusingly, I've met a lot of male (or suspected male) players who couldn't play for shit.

[ukaking]

My wife endured me playing a few MMO's in the past. She kinda wanted to start SoD with me when I discovered that EMU, but she would get side tracked and would never have the time to play. What I didnt realize was it was a problem with me. I wasn't helping her out enough around the house to give her the peace of mind and time to get into a game.
I found P99 and realized what I needed to do. I began making sure we worked as a team IRL so we could in turn, work as a team in game. She likes the slow pace of P99 because it really gives her time to learn the layout of zones and what her spells all are good for. Its much better than the 1000mph games that are out now, when you dont even learn the area before you are moving on.
So basically, keep her cup full and she will in turn, do what your heart needs as well.

[Evalina]

My husband got me to start playing back in 1999..just months after he did. We stopped about 4 years after we started...wayyy too addicting! So now I am back now that it is free and still simple[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] My husband wont start playing again, too many deployments[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[r0xx0r]

my wife and I met on everquest 6 yrs ago [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] she lived in OR and I lived in AL.
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[Braveguard]

Originally Posted by r0xx0r [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

my wife and I met on everquest 6 yrs ago [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] she lived in OR and I lived in AL.
We're happy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I got divorced 5 years ago. My regular EQ partner is my ex-wife.

[azeth]

Kashi's brother got her into EQ when she was a freshman in high school, I had been playing since middle school. We met in college and laughed about both having played it, but never picked it up. Once I found p99 I brought it up, later that day we bought a huge double circular desk on Craigslist and haven't looked back since.

[Zereh]

Originally Posted by fuji [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Why would you want her to play anyways? Wouldnt it be better if she was cooking, cleaning or working out while u get fat camping in lguk?

Also I dont want to sound sexist, but I never found a girl gamer that was "up to par" with gaming skills.

Really?

<3 Z

Edit: Ok, I have to confess. The first response I typed out and submitted was simply: Fuck you. But then I realized that wasn't very ladylike and changed it. Enjoy your highly-skilled sausage fests groups. Me and my sub-par groups will just continue to gimp along. lols

[bufferofnewbies]

Originally Posted by Braveguard [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I got divorced 5 years ago. My regular EQ partner is my ex-wife.

If my exwife played this game with me, I'd SO forget to heal every so often..
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[to0p]

The first time I went to meet my fiance's parents, literally as we're parking the car in the driveway she turns to me and says "Oh, by the way my dad's an ex-marine." Wow and I thought I was nervous before... We walk in the door, greet her mom who directs us to the living room where he is sitting at a command center of 4 computers playing a full group of level 50 characters... the eq conversations went on for hours... Luckily because of this she already played.

[PhelanKA]

My wife despises video games. There isn't a snowball's chance I Hell I could get her to play Solitaire let alone EQ. I warned her on my video game playing before we ever got serious years ago so it's all good. I still sometimes wish it was something we could share though.