Does ANYONE's wife/girlfriend like SEIV?

dogscoff · #1 April 12th, 2001, 11:45 AM

Same here - girlfriend hates it, don't know anyone offline who's into it. Unfortunately I live with my g/f and she get pretty annoyed that I have to play at least 1/2 hour a day to keep up with my PBEM games.

Wow... trying to imagine what it would be like if she played. She'd probably go into a three day sulk everytime I trashed one of her fleets.

Anyone know any good games for "converting" computer- hating girlfriends?

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Arralen · #2 April 13th, 2001, 01:17 AM

She says it look spretty boring - not as much as Stars!, though ..

But she likes Boardgames, and spends ages playing "Anno 1602" and something like that, not to mention "Tomb Raider".

And she really likes roleplaying games ...

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KiloOhm · #3 April 13th, 2001, 01:43 AM

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Originally posted by dogscoff:

Anyone know any good games for "converting" computer- hating girlfriends?

Well... I don't know if it will "convert" her. But my wife generally rolls her eyes as I bLast people away in Counter-Strike. She always pokes fun at me by saying "Off to save another world?" as I head off to my computer.

BUT... I can get her to play some computer games, just not the ones I like. I did get her addicted to the SIMS for a while and she did occasionally play Sim City 3000. She even got pretty far in Grim Fandago. Right now, I have her addicted to the internet. I set her up with her own computer and she spends lots of time in certain forum's she likes. She also does plenty of e-mailing.

I just think women in general do not like same kind of games men do. While I can enjoy an occasional game of The Sims or Sim City, it's not my cup of tea. The same goes with my games for her.

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DirectorTsaarx · #4 April 12th, 2001, 04:22 PM

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Originally posted by KiloOhm:
Right now, I have her addicted to the internet. I set her up with her own computer and she spends lots of time in certain forum's she likes. She also does plenty of e-mailing.

Just make sure she's not doing any "virtual cheating" on you in those forums...

Seriously, my fiancee doesn't like anything that takes my attention away from her for hours at a time (of course, I don't really like things that take HER attention away from ME for hours at a time either). Especially since, by the time we get home from work, there's only about four hours we can spend together before it's time to get to bed so we can get up and go back to work in the morning. Weekends are somewhat better, but I still generally try to play SE4 only when she's asleep or running errands on her own. We've been playing Final Fantasy on the Playstation together, but SE4 involves too much micromanagement for my fiancee to want to play.

greghacke · #5 April 12th, 2001, 06:07 PM

Best way to convert is not to convert...

I sat down with my g/f and bluntly explained there are things I like to do as my hobbies. I would do these regardless of she feels like participating. If this ment we would not spend some time together, so be it.

So far, of the list of 4 hobbies, she's accepted all four and participated actively in 3. She doesn't neccessarily like them, but she's willing to try.

The only weekend this ever causes trouble on is our local gaming convention (CapCon at Ohio State University.) I run Clay-o-rama for about 36 hours, destroying my voice and spending a pretty penny. She _HATES_ this, but I have a bLast.

KiloOhm · #6 April 12th, 2001, 06:59 PM

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Originally posted by greghacke:
Best way to convert is not to convert...

I sat down with my g/f and bluntly explained there are things I like to do as my hobbies. I would do these regardless of she feels like participating. If this ment we would not spend some time together, so be it.

Heh, without you saying g/f, I could have guessed you were not married.

It's all about give and take, my wife too understands that I like video games and play them whenever I get the chance. But I also understand that she just like to sit with me and watch a movie or something so against my better gaming judgement, I watch the movie (secretly plotting my video game playing for later).

It can't be all one sided!

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Dracus · #7 April 12th, 2001, 07:07 PM

The movies are not a problem unless it is a star trek movie or any movie with aliens (she hates star trek and can't stand that I like it.) She does like the movies about serial killers. ( that's why I have so much time to be on this forum. afraid to sleep.) She just does not like video games that much and does not understand why an adult my age would still find them fun.