New girlfriend... goodbye WoW :(

[maxcom]

So after years of casually dating (irl. ya, and play wow lol) Ended up getting in what looks like an actually stable relationship.. the problem is its been several months now and all 6 of my accounts are now cancelled because I don't have time. Any estimates on when the novelty of "something new" wears off normally? I don't fall behind on leveling in WotLK..

[Hachoo]

Don't have time? How much did you play before? Why do you suddenly have no time to play?

I have a wife, a 2 year old daughter, a 50+ hour a week job, etc, and I still have time to play. I might not play 5+ hours a day but I still find time...if I was an avid WoW player and a new girlfriend of mine wanted me to spend every last second of spare time with her i'd drop her like a bad habit (but thats just me).

[maxcom]

I was playing from the minute I get home 7pm till about 2am before going to sleep and then work. I think the timing of my guild falling apart/"friends" xferring/ wotlk coming out plus the new relationship was the perfect storm to quit. Ive been playing for i'd guess 4yrs straight... I was trying to see if anyone else experienced the same thing and if they ever came back or think they will come back to wow. my ex-guildies keep calling me to come back haha.

I tried showing her wow but shes more of a ds/wii girl and i think finds it all too confusing (ends up looking at the ground). :S

[Hachoo]

My wife doesn't play wow either...have you thought about just cutting back? Just because you can't play 7 hours a day doesn't mean you can't play 1-2 hours a day, or whatnot. Also I started multiboxing just because I DIDN'T want to have to play with anyone else :)

[Sarduci]

1.5 hours a day, that's the limit I set for myself. Obviously more is fine if nothing is going on and I have 4 weeks of vacation in the last 6 weeks of the year. Day to day, that's more than enough to feed the beast of time consumption.

Now, if i win the lotto and retire, well, I just might bump it up to 2 hours a day. ../forum/images/smilies/thumbsup.png

[Tdog]

You should keep in mind that heroics/instance don't take anywhere near as long in WOTLK as they did in BC. Infact with a good group in BETA I was generally running a full Heroic every 30-40 mins no problem. Alot less trash in zones. Also raiding is less consumable dependent, as well as faction/rep grinding not being as much of a PITA as it was in BC.

IMHO Blizzard did a good job at making the game require less time to invest while making it more fun overall. It will still require time, just not as much as before.

[Tsunami]

Maxcom why not find some girl that likes to play wow as much as you. maybe even another multiboxer. I noticed ellette is having to quit wow because of money and your quiting wow because of honey. maybe your money and her honey could multibox together.

we'll be back in 2 + 2

[aNiMaL]

Maxcom why not find some girl that likes to play wow as much as you. maybe even another multiboxer.I noticed how multiboxing (or gaming in general) can scare a lot of girls away :p
I tried explaining mboxing a few times,
but they all /shrug'ged and ran away screaming.

I have that effect on women :D

[Yamio]

My woman doesn't have a problem with me playing just as long as I make time for us to do things together. We go out to eat way too much, watch a couple of movies a week, and go to the movies 2-3 times a month. She understands my playing video games is what I do to unwind and it makes me happy. As far as multiboxing? She doesn't give a damn about any of that.

[Anjuna]

Damn! Not even married yet and he's giving up all the fun stuff! Best of luck to you.

[Tsunami]

by Anjuna ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=User&userID=6735')

Damn! Not even married yet and he's giving up all the fun stuff! Best of luck to you.

The only reason he's not married right now is She has not told him its time. don't worry maxcom you won't even realize when it happens, you will just know that it HAS happened. your testicular relocation procedure is painless for the first couple of years than you wake up one day and notice the person next to you has stolen your balls and has no intention of returning them.

[Saphfyer]

by Anjuna ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=User&userID=6735')

Damn! Not even married yet and he's giving up all the fun stuff! Best of luck to you.

The only reason he's not married right now is She has not told him its time. don't worry maxcom you won't even realize when it happens, you will just know that it HAS happened. your testicular relocation procedure is painless for the first couple of years than you wake up one day and notice the person next to you has stolen your balls and has no intention of returning them.

ROFL LMAO!
But seriously, why are you guys blaming the women ? Sounds like he is making the choice to cut back because he wants to have a life. Good for you Maxcom!
And there are woman out there that love WOW just as much as you men. I am the one that got my husband hooked on WOW, and he is as addicted as I am . I think the thing to remember is to have balance. If you balance your relationship and your game time then it shouldn't be a problem. My husband and I play as a way to spend time together. Maybe you could get her into the game if you showed her what to do, give her a trial and when you cant physically be together arrange a time you guys can both be on, and if you present it that way she might get interested in it.
Anyway, best of luck to you.

[pengwynman]

by Anjuna ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=User&userID=6735')

Damn! Not even married yet and he's giving up all the fun stuff! Best of luck to you.

The only reason he's not married right now is She has not told him its time. don't worry maxcom you won't even realize when it happens, you will just know that it HAS happened. your testicular relocation procedure is painless for the first couple of years than you wake up one day and notice the person next to you has stolen your balls and has no intention of returning them.

ROFL LMAO!
But seriously, why are you guys blaming the women ? Sounds like he is making the choice to cut back because he wants to have a life. Good for you Maxcom!
And there are woman out there that love WOW just as much as you men. I am the one that got my husband hooked on WOW, and he is as addicted as I am . I think the thing to remember is to have balance. If you balance your relationship and your game time then it shouldn't be a problem. My husband and I play as a way to spend time together. Maybe you could get her into the game if you showed her what to do, give her a trial and when you cant physically be together arrange a time you guys can both be on, and if you present it that way she might get interested in it.
Anyway, best of luck to you.see, the problem with getting the significant other to play wow (if you're not already married/living together anyway... else this wouldn't matter) is that then they can just login to see if you're logged in, so you can't really hide how much you play unless you have an alt they don't know about :D

[mmcookies]

i want a girl who will multibox with me

/ronery

[chrisanne]

I'm actually married to an avid multi-boxer and I don't play WoW myself. I've tried a couple of times to get into it, but just couldn't. ?( My husband has 6 warcraft accounts (approx 30 characters), 5 monitors and has a "ridulously powerful" computer (his words... lol). He'll play 8 hours a day on weekends and sometimes 3 hours an evening. The reason I can "deal" with his love for the game (and it's not always easy) is that I know when push comes to shove he puts "us" first. We get home and cook dinner together every night, watch a couple of TV shows and just chill. After that I'm ready for him to go into the other room and log on. I want to watch the episode of "Oprah" and "What Not to Wear" I TiVo'd.

My husband is actually the 2nd guy I've dated that LOVED WoW. However, I broke up with the first becuase he would actually blow me off for the game all the time. (I later found out through the "powers that be" that he's done the same to several other girls he's dated.) The point is, he didn't want to be in a relationship, otherwise WoW wouldn't have been a problem.

My advice to Maxcom, don't give it up entirely! I know this is funny coming from a wife who doesn't like to play WoW herself, but it's interesting how after you get married you quickly realize you don't need to spend every moment of "free time" you have together. I know when you are dating it seems like you can't see enough of each other (you become each other's favorite "new" hobby, so to speak), but once you REALLY get serious and end up living together/ married, you may find that she has a hobby of her own that she might want to devote some considerable time to and if you are WoW addicted, than she can do it guilt free.

Just another way to look at it :D

[Anjuna]

by Anjuna ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=User&userID=6735')

Damn! Not even married yet and he's giving up all the fun stuff! Best of luck to you.

The only reason he's not married right now is She has not told him its time. don't worry maxcom you won't even realize when it happens, you will just know that it HAS happened. your testicular relocation procedure is painless for the first couple of years than you wake up one day and notice the person next to you has stolen your balls and has no intention of returning them.Where do all of the balls go? Are they saved somewhere along with all of the other balls that have been taken from men across the world? Or are they discarded and quickly eaten by scavengers?

[Saqor]

Where do all of the balls go? Are they saved somewhere along with all of the other balls that have been taken from men across the world? Or are they discarded and quickly eaten by scavengers?
You know Swedish Meat Balls (the dish) ? And they don't exactly have cattle ranches in Sweden.. ['nuff said]

[Frosty]

Any estimates on when the novelty of "something new" wears off normally? Get maried. It get's rid of the novelty FAST! ;)