What if?

Originally Posted by lionheart_fr

You just described the way my wife, daughter, and I play -- though my wife prefers LOTRO, while I lean toward CoH, but we truly enjoy both games. I get both my superhero and fantasy games that way.

I16 is fantastic to me because it adds just that much more customization and creativity to our characters. And the AE provides a limitless source of actual content (we never farm/PL). Even my daughter (age nine) has written her own arc.

Of course, my daughter spends almost as much time in the SG base or her Hobbit house (depending on which game she is playing) as she does questing. She puts a lot of RPers I've known to shame with her imagination. Whereas many RPers I've seen seem to think spouting off lore tidbits constantly constitutes roleplaying, she spends time in her house or in the other areas of the game world playing the same way she plays with her dollhouse. She has her own little stories going on all the time -- and even manages to connect them to CoH/LOTRO as she goes. That is, she's aware of the game world and just weaves it into her own stories. It's fun to listen to her play.

She doesn't require other players to interact with to have fun with her own stories, any more than when she's playing with her toys by herself. The other day in CoH, she had one of her characters being a super Longbow agent. For a while, she ran all over Atlas Park looking for Longbow patrols. She would check in with the leaders, give instructions, and move on to the next one. If they were in combat, she would join, and act concerned if any were knocked out or nearly defeated.

In LOTRO, one day I noticed she had her little Hobbit girl (a Guardian) in, dressed in a dress instead of armour, and walking around all the bushes in her yard, pausing every now and then. I asked her what she was doing; she replied that she needed to trim the bushes. She said that there wasn't an emote for that, so she just pretended that's what she was doing.

A few days later, her Hobbit invited a couple of our characters (both Hobbits, of course) over for a party. While we were logging in, she ran her character over to the neighborhood shop and pretended to buy food and such for the party. The she ran back to her house and pretended to cook. When we arrived (having doffed our armour and donned more party-appropriate clothing), she served several courses (from appetizers to desserts), then we went outside and played party games (e.g., tag, hide-and-seek).

We didn't gain a single point of XP, we didn't "progress" our characters one iota -- but we had a blast using our imaginations and playing together as a family.

The next day we geared up and stomped some Orcs together. That was fun too.

Originally Posted by Steele_Magnolia

You're not being defrauded. You're willingly paying for a service over and over and over and over and over again... 60 months in a row now... for a service you hate. That's your own fault, no one else's. You're a prime example of why tort reform is needed.

Originally Posted by SwellGuy

Mandatory lobotomies would fix it better.

Originally Posted by lionheart_fr

You just described the way my wife, daughter, and I play -- though my wife prefers LOTRO, while I lean toward CoH, but we truly enjoy both games. I get both my superhero and fantasy games that way.

I16 is fantastic to me because it adds just that much more customization and creativity to our characters. And the AE provides a limitless source of actual content (we never farm/PL). Even my daughter (age nine) has written her own arc.

Of course, my daughter spends almost as much time in the SG base or her Hobbit house (depending on which game she is playing) as she does questing. She puts a lot of RPers I've known to shame with her imagination. Whereas many RPers I've seen seem to think spouting off lore tidbits constantly constitutes roleplaying, she spends time in her house or in the other areas of the game world playing the same way she plays with her dollhouse. She has her own little stories going on all the time -- and even manages to connect them to CoH/LOTRO as she goes. That is, she's aware of the game world and just weaves it into her own stories. It's fun to listen to her play.

She doesn't require other players to interact with to have fun with her own stories, any more than when she's playing with her toys by herself. The other day in CoH, she had one of her characters being a super Longbow agent. For a while, she ran all over Atlas Park looking for Longbow patrols. She would check in with the leaders, give instructions, and move on to the next one. If they were in combat, she would join, and act concerned if any were knocked out or nearly defeated.

In LOTRO, one day I noticed she had her little Hobbit girl (a Guardian) in, dressed in a dress instead of armour, and walking around all the bushes in her yard, pausing every now and then. I asked her what she was doing; she replied that she needed to trim the bushes. She said that there wasn't an emote for that, so she just pretended that's what she was doing.

A few days later, her Hobbit invited a couple of our characters (both Hobbits, of course) over for a party. While we were logging in, she ran her character over to the neighborhood shop and pretended to buy food and such for the party. The she ran back to her house and pretended to cook. When we arrived (having doffed our armour and donned more party-appropriate clothing), she served several courses (from appetizers to desserts), then we went outside and played party games (e.g., tag, hide-and-seek).

We didn't gain a single point of XP, we didn't "progress" our characters one iota -- but we had a blast using our imaginations and playing together as a family.

The next day we geared up and stomped some Orcs together. That was fun too.

Originally Posted by MrPlayskool

There is stagnation. There are things in the game that nobody is willing to endure, like a majority of the TFs.

Originally Posted by MrPlayskool

There are things in the game that nobody is willing to endure, like a majority of the TFs.

Originally Posted by Steele_Magnolia

You're not being defrauded. You're willingly paying for a service over and over and over and over and over again... 60 months in a row now... for a service you hate. That's your own fault, no one else's. You're a prime example of why tort reform is needed.

Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha

Y'ever hear this sort of 'whoosh' noise, going by overheard?
Is it a bird, a plane? Nope.

I'll give you a clue. Starts with S

Originally Posted by lionheart_fr

You just described the way my wife, daughter, and I play -- though my wife prefers LOTRO, while I lean toward CoH, but we truly enjoy both games. I get both my superhero and fantasy games that way.

I16 is fantastic to me because it adds just that much more customization and creativity to our characters. And the AE provides a limitless source of actual content (we never farm/PL). Even my daughter (age nine) has written her own arc.

Of course, my daughter spends almost as much time in the SG base or her Hobbit house (depending on which game she is playing) as she does questing. She puts a lot of RPers I've known to shame with her imagination. Whereas many RPers I've seen seem to think spouting off lore tidbits constantly constitutes roleplaying, she spends time in her house or in the other areas of the game world playing the same way she plays with her dollhouse. She has her own little stories going on all the time -- and even manages to connect them to CoH/LOTRO as she goes. That is, she's aware of the game world and just weaves it into her own stories. It's fun to listen to her play.

She doesn't require other players to interact with to have fun with her own stories, any more than when she's playing with her toys by herself. The other day in CoH, she had one of her characters being a super Longbow agent. For a while, she ran all over Atlas Park looking for Longbow patrols. She would check in with the leaders, give instructions, and move on to the next one. If they were in combat, she would join, and act concerned if any were knocked out or nearly defeated.

In LOTRO, one day I noticed she had her little Hobbit girl (a Guardian) in, dressed in a dress instead of armour, and walking around all the bushes in her yard, pausing every now and then. I asked her what she was doing; she replied that she needed to trim the bushes. She said that there wasn't an emote for that, so she just pretended that's what she was doing.

A few days later, her Hobbit invited a couple of our characters (both Hobbits, of course) over for a party. While we were logging in, she ran her character over to the neighborhood shop and pretended to buy food and such for the party. The she ran back to her house and pretended to cook. When we arrived (having doffed our armour and donned more party-appropriate clothing), she served several courses (from appetizers to desserts), then we went outside and played party games (e.g., tag, hide-and-seek).

We didn't gain a single point of XP, we didn't "progress" our characters one iota -- but we had a blast using our imaginations and playing together as a family.

The next day we geared up and stomped some Orcs together. That was fun too.

Originally Posted by PerfectStorm

For who? The person who posted a pretty clearly tongue-in-cheek compilation of every stupid "I hate this game" post ever made, or the person who clearly didn't recognize it as such?

Just wonderin'...

Storm

Originally Posted by Nylonus

I bet she has all the in game housing decorations also. That is a great story.

Must making playing any game better when someone imagines themselves in the game, rather than just min/maxing their character.

Originally Posted by Old_Gray

That was beautiful. My little girl is not yet two; I hope that I can have the same experience with her! It sounds wonderful.

Originally Posted by Golden Girl

That is just so totally awesome and cute
If she likes gardens, have you made or thought about making a garden room for your base?

Originally Posted by bracass

this is awsome.

I made another thread about, basically, Games vampiring your/our lives, and this cute answer shows up in a 'sorta' deat sentence to the game...

To lionheart, since he 's french, and i am too, i wonder.

Do u live in some HLM? (rougly translatable as Habitation on Low Morgage) meanning 'social' housing'...; and if so, aint there a green place not so far, so you can avoid your kid watchin tv, or you really feel that digital surrounddings will keep a baby safe in that cruel world???

Just wondering.

Originally Posted by lionheart_fr

Actually, FR stands for Freedom Reborn, a supergroup I'm a member of. I'm American, near St. Louis.

Games only "vampire" your life if you let them. For us, it's just one pasttime. My daughter plays with us (and solo, with one of us nearby in case we need to answer tells; there's lots of nice people in game, but one never knows), but she has limits as well. She can't live on the computer. Toys and books (she's an avid reader) figure very prominently in the equation as well. Variety is good.

Originally Posted by bracass

this is awsome.

I made another thread about, basically, Games vampiring your/our lives, and this cute answer shows up in a 'sorta' deat sentence to the game...

To lionheart, since he 's french, and i am too, i wonder.

Do u live in some HLM? (rougly translatable as Habitation on Low Morgage) meanning 'social' housing'...; and if so, aint there a green place not so far, so you can avoid your kid watchin tv, or you really feel that digital surrounddings will keep a baby safe in that cruel world???

Just wondering.

Originally Posted by Ironblade

Yeah, this is awesome. Not as good an UniqueDragon, but pretty awesome.