Rolled a mage with my wife and...

[Lyra]

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

Jumping through hoops to get an IP exemption

Guess you've been playing WoW too long if you think posting one thread in a forum is jumping through hoops.

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

constant threat of being banned for no reason just makes this completely unappealing.

Yes, don't play a FREE game with a slight chance you may not be able to play the FREE game. I call BS.

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

We play WoW together and the 2-seater mounts and /follow are a huge reason of why we managed to get any quests done. She has a horrible sense of direction / location and that is in a game where the night is as dark as a slightly cloudy day and that has maps, minimap and a million arrows and markers leading you to the next action you must perform.

Maybe she just isn't cut out for gaming, and you could share a hobby she is capable of full participation. As a female gamer, I took offense to this description of your "gaming wife"

[Norok]

Boxing prohibition on P99 I have observed to be synonymous with Drug Prohibition.

You have a large set of the population that believes that it is the most evil thing in the universe and must be stopped by all means. Another subset that generally doesn't believe it's that big of a deal because they don't do it and it has never directly effected them. And a government that engages in haughty rhetoric and institutes Draconian means of stamping it out that ultimately ends up frightening rule-abiding people.

[Meeper]

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

Maybe she just isn't cut out for gaming, and you could share a hobby she is capable of full participation. As a female gamer, I took offense to this description of your "gaming wife"

That's an elitist remark, if ever there was one. To be "cut out for gaming" all someone needs is to be having fun.

[tanknspank]

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

Guess you've been playing WoW too long if you think posting one thread in a forum is jumping through hoops.

Last time I played P1999 (about 2010) I wanted to get my wife and a friend that was crashing at our place to try it. I posted a thread and that didn't go anywhere as they lost all their (mild) interest by the time it was addressed (can't find it now so I'm not even sure if it was ever approved/denied).

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

Yes, don't play a FREE game with a slight chance you may not be able to play the FREE game. I call BS.

Free or not, classic EQ is a large time investment. Spending all the time to level a character only to risk being banned on a whim is not worthwhile. Also, EQ is a hard enough sell to someone who wasn't a gamer back in '99 and has no nostalgia without going into the whole "make sure not to use /follow or go AFK without logging out or we might both get banned".

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

Maybe she just isn't cut out for gaming, and you could share a hobby she is capable of full participation.

Not everyone enjoys all aspects of a game, doesn't mean they can't enjoy the game itself. She's an awesome healer/DPSer in dungeons but just has poor sense of direction which would be only compounded by dark nights and lengthy, map-less runs. Step our of your elitist EQ vet perspective and realize that there's a huge number of people for which a game without maps and quest markers is alien enough without the threat of random banning for using /follow.

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

As a female gamer, I took offense to this description of your "gaming wife"

I never said you, or female gamers in general, can't handle a game without using /follow or AFKs. If you're stellar at all aspects of MMOs, great! Most of us, myself included, have areas we are not great at or have RL things that pop up requiring AFKs and /follow.

[Kagatob]

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

Maybe she just isn't cut out for gaming, and you could share a hobby she is capable of full participation. As a female gamer, I took offense to this description of your "gaming wife"

Confirmed basement dwelling male.

You elitist 'gamers' are all the same. My girlfriend plays a druid (Just hit lvl 16) and she's still new so occasionally she gets me killed because she forgets to tell me when she's out of mana until it's too late, or forgets to re-snare a mob if it's running. I'd still rather play with her any day of the week over one of your kind in my group.

[Norok]

When I read Sirken's post yesterday I wondered how long before something like this would happened.

It only took one day.

[senna]

My buddy who I used to play on live had me over at his house one day and showed me this server originally. He boxed a war/shm all the way up to 50.

Anyways, the day he decided to log in and show me around Uthgaard (sp) ports in on him and suspects him of boxing.

So Uth is sending tells to my friend who is replying on both chars, then he has my friend doing all sorts of different things, running in circles, running opposite directions and zig zagging etc

I had no idea what was going on at the time, but it was pretty hilarious to see my buddy stretching his arms between two different keyboards and trying to run all these drills at the same time. It was like watching an athlete. He did get away with it though.

[Taffan]

So, if I setup a computer next to mine, get my GF to hold up a sign and take a pic - I can two-box? :P

[Infuriati]

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

So, if I setup a computer next to mine, get my GF to hold up a sign and take a pic - I can two-box? :P

Give it a shot man.

Let me know how that goes.

[Duckforceone]

it's quite simple guys..

if you got an ip exemption, you have to play extra clean. If you are afk, put on an afk sign and stop moving around or xp'ing on the other character

if you got an ip exemtion, always check your chat, and have your chat windows turned on.

if you do the above, you should not be mistaken for a two boxer...