lobo
Luminario
yeah wrinkly people are fucking nasty.
well, d, you just gotta put your foot down, man. i've ended a couple relationships because of their incompatibility with my habits...gaming being one of them...although none on them were more that a year old...well one...but that's a different story. i had one girlfriend who was so mad about the time i devoted to FF10, that when ff10-2 came out she just bought it for me along with the strat guide, so i could "just fucking get it over with quickly..."
now, i am NOT suggesting ending your relationship, or threatening to end it. what you need to do is put more emphasis on the positive aspects of competitive gaming, thus making it more embraceable for the luvvy.
point out the beautiful artwork of games like oblivion. point out the enhanced memory and problem solving skills developed by playing most games. point out the strategy necessary to play competitively. most importantly, point out the lasting friendships and the quality people you find in the scene. let her know that this is an important past time, and that as games take over the mainstream media, this is not going to change. more of my friends and friendships have come from gaming than things like sports, school clubs, 'cruisin movies and shit', etc...hell i've probably made more lasting friends through playing video games than anything other than smoking pot, which combined with gaming is often love at first site- no homo of course-..."traditional" social activities are being replaced by new ones and gaming is a perfectly healthy and entertaining and competitive example.
then buy her a ds, brain age, and nintendogs.
well, d, you just gotta put your foot down, man. i've ended a couple relationships because of their incompatibility with my habits...gaming being one of them...although none on them were more that a year old...well one...but that's a different story. i had one girlfriend who was so mad about the time i devoted to FF10, that when ff10-2 came out she just bought it for me along with the strat guide, so i could "just fucking get it over with quickly..."
now, i am NOT suggesting ending your relationship, or threatening to end it. what you need to do is put more emphasis on the positive aspects of competitive gaming, thus making it more embraceable for the luvvy.
point out the beautiful artwork of games like oblivion. point out the enhanced memory and problem solving skills developed by playing most games. point out the strategy necessary to play competitively. most importantly, point out the lasting friendships and the quality people you find in the scene. let her know that this is an important past time, and that as games take over the mainstream media, this is not going to change. more of my friends and friendships have come from gaming than things like sports, school clubs, 'cruisin movies and shit', etc...hell i've probably made more lasting friends through playing video games than anything other than smoking pot, which combined with gaming is often love at first site- no homo of course-..."traditional" social activities are being replaced by new ones and gaming is a perfectly healthy and entertaining and competitive example.
then buy her a ds, brain age, and nintendogs.
