...and thanks for all the fish!
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Posted on: 2010-09-23 05:54 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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See, this parallels my own experience. Like your ex, I never picked up any of those twitch two-button mad skillz. But keyboard controls were not tough at all.
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Originally Posted by MaestroMavius
My mistake. I should have taught her how to play COH instead of Mario.
My thinking was the 2 button controller would be easier to pick up than the WASD system. Since she was raised typing on a keyboard though it was far easier for her to pick up on. Not to mention the lack of timing that was needed. Oh well, live and learn. |
Altoholic - but a Blaster at Heart!
Originally Posted by SpyralPegacyon
"You gave us a world where we could fly. I can't thank you enough for that."
I was going to gloat about my wife, who loves playing video games, plays CoH, loves Dungeons and Dragons, Star Wars, Star Trek, hiking, camping and football and ice hockey and horror movies (She loves Jason Vorhees, especially)...
But that would be wrong to do in this thread! *nods*
Hehe, from what I understand, she did play a lot of Super Mario Bros. when she was young.
@Zethustra
"Now at midnight all the agents and the superhuman crew come out
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
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at least, no stranger than usual.
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Originally Posted by Red Valkyrja
Don't be a stranger. |
So long Westley, aka Philotic_Knight.
You WILL be missed here.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
Adios dude.
Also, I wanted to say that that was probably the best "good-bye" post I have seen. No rage, no stupid, just a good honest "adios." You will be missed Wes/Phil.
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Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
I was going to gloat about my wife, who loves playing video games, plays CoH, loves Dungeons and Dragons, Star Wars, Star Trek, hiking, camping and football and ice hockey and horror movies (She loves Jason Vorhees, especially)...
But that would be wrong to do in this thread! *nods* Hehe, from what I understand, she did play a lot of Super Mario Bros. when she was young. |
*stabs him in the eye with a really hot french fry*
Eh? Jealous you said? Nah not at all....
*stabs him again in the same eye*
*nerf* Darn! Oh well.. I will just have to rebuild. Ah.. this works *nerf*
Darn it.. well I will rebuild again.. oh this might *nerf*
Grr.. this is getting annoying.. rebuild agai- *nerf*
I wasn't even finished rebuilding the las- *nerf* But.. *nerf* I *nerf* ......*nerf* *nerf* *nerf*
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l8r.
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Originally Posted by Westley
It's been a fun ride, but I'll be heading my way towards another horizon.
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The Nethergoat Archive: all my memories, all my characters, all my thoughts on CoH...eventually.
My City Was Gone
So the game gets the biggest update in five years and quietly my friends are leaving, people I knew would hang on till the last server was unplugged.
Has the burn out finally started to hit the die-die-never going to quit-die hards..
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well, it is possible. 6 years is longer than a lot of marriages, it sure as heck is longer than any offline game gets played(possible execption of the elder scrolls games), eventually its just time to do something else. plus, phil got (presumably) a good woman, that would probably take me out of the game too. naturally, the ideal is to get one that likes the game as well, but reality is what we deal with.
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Originally Posted by Tank_Washington
So the game gets the biggest update in five years and quietly my friends are leaving, people I knew would hang on till the last server was unplugged.
Has the burn out finally started to hit the die-die-never going to quit-die hards.. |
Well, Belgium!
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I thought about it several times, but there just isn't anything else out there, current or upcoming, that appeals to me. So here I remain.|
Originally Posted by rian_frostdrake
eventually its just time to do something else
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I stayed with the game after I got married, but found that I would not be able to stay online for ungodly hours anymore, especially after our daughter was born.
Other than that, the only thing that could permanently pull me away from this game would be a Dungeons and Dragons MMO that features every official campaign setting as an expansion. It is unlikely to ever happen, however.
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Bye dude. Good luck with the lady.
Hello Lady!
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Tempus unum hominem manet
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That's no moon...
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Originally Posted by Father Xmas
Hello Lady!
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Farewell Westley! It was a pleasure meeting you.
Here, take some carrots, you might need them.
*offers bushel of carrots*
Rabbits & Hares:Blue (Mind/Emp Controller)Maroon (Rad/Thermal Corruptor)and one of each AT all at 50
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It's only a model.
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Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
That's no moon...
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@Zethustra
"Now at midnight all the agents and the superhuman crew come out
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
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*quietly hides RollerCoaster Tycoon, Diablo II, and Baldur's Gate II discs*
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Originally Posted by rian_frostdrake
6 years is longer than a lot of marriages, it sure as heck is longer than any offline game gets played
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Having Vengeance and Fallout slotted for recharge means never having to say you're sorry.
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Definitely my kids. The wife? I suppose but she'll be out with her friends so I would never have to choose.
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Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
Sorry peeps, I'll take my wife and kids over CoX any day.
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total kick to the gut
This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
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Well what do you do when every single one of your wife's friends move away, because they got jobs elsewhere?|
Originally Posted by SwellGuy
Definitely my kids. The wife? I suppose but she'll be out with her friends so I would never have to choose.
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Yes, really. Every single one of my wife's childhood friends left town due to finding jobs. And since I'm 1,500 miles away from my hometown, I can't introduce any of my childhood female friends.
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MiniDumps is the greatest thing to ever happen to me. |
Originally Posted by SwellGuy
Definitely my kids. The wife? I suppose but she'll be out with her friends so I would never have to choose.
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Also, Kel, *hides BG discs*
There are no words for what this community, and the friends I have made here mean to me. Please know that I care for all of you, yes, even you. If you Twitter, I'm MrThan. If you're Unleashed, I'm dumps. I'll try and get registered on the Titan Forums as well. Peace, and thanks for the best nine years anyone could ever ask for.
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Reported for language.|
Originally Posted by Willowpaw
Well, Belgium!
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I'm not normally one to announce when I'm reporting people, but this really crossed the line.
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I have a firm policy of not dating people who won't play computer games with me. :P|
Originally Posted by Westley
*LOADS of reasons why I can't get her into this game.
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(This is oversimplified, but basically... In the long run, if you have to choose between your hobbies and your love, unless your hobby was "underaged girls", something is wrong with your relationship.)
I feel your pain there. Back in 2005 I tried to get an ex of mine into gaming. She seemed really interested after getting hooked on watching me play FFX.
Problem was, she'd never...never even picked up a controller, let alone tried to play a game with a keyboard.
So I busted out the still working SNES and popped in Mario All-stars. I figured she needed a good foundation to build on. Learning the basics and then moving up.
She gave up after falling into the first pit and or being killed by touching the 1st goomba over 50 times in a row.
My patience was strong, yet after an hour of trying to show her how to hold B and still hit A only to have her run headlong into walls and pits I gave up.
She lacked even the most basic hand eye training. The timing we gamers take for granted was beyond her immediate grasp. Now I'm sure with practice she could've got better but the level of frustration was quickly eroding any 'enjoyment' she'd imagined having. At 23 she was past the 'learning' age and was unwilling to work on it.
Years later I bumped into her and found out she was a WoW addict now...
My mistake. I should have taught her how to play COH instead of Mario.
My thinking was the 2 button controller would be easier to pick up than the WASD system. Since she was raised typing on a keyboard though it was far easier for her to pick up on. Not to mention the lack of timing that was needed.
Oh well, live and learn.
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