Family or EQ?? - Page 2

gprater · #1 07-15-2010, 05:54 PM

I also play after they go to bed(wife and daughter)...I sacrifice sleep not family time. I teach, so I can stay up much later in summer...but during the school year I limit myself to midnight....so about 2.5 hours per night.. This pretty much takes me out of any raiding possibilities. But that's fine as I dont like raiding anyway.

Toony · #2 07-15-2010, 01:01 PM

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So I have been playing p1999 for about a week now, but I cannot concentrate on playing it at all and I am forced to leave groups in a seconds notice if needed. It mainly comes down to my life now having a wife and kid, but does anyone here have a family and somehow balances playing EQ and RL stuff? How do you explain to your wife that you need 4-6hrs in the evening to play an old game from 1999 that you use to be addicted to?

Like this.

I need 4-6hrs in the evening to play an old game from 1999 that I used to be addicted to.

Mournblade · #3 07-15-2010, 01:02 PM

I play while i'm at work. I kill a few mobs, find a safe spot to regen, rinse, repeat. I'm a monk, so I can now FD in emergencies. Makes boring meetings less boring. But I don't touch EQ when my wife is home in the evenings.

Fryhole · #4 07-15-2010, 01:23 PM

Do you really need 4-6 hours? I think you should just concede to being a casual player and not taking it too seriously. Your character is free, and won't be going anywhere unless the project is terminated by the devs. (given all the drama that's going on, people seem to forget this little gem)

Dantes · #5 07-15-2010, 01:26 PM

I set one night a week aside so it's scheduled and we can plan for it. I don't have any kids but my wife isn't into video games and has no desire to play so she pretty much hates the game. So I tell her, "Get a hobby." She can go out with the girls or do something. I need at least some time to relax and be a dork, one night a week isn't much to ask. If I weren't playing this I would probably want to go do something else on my own once a week anyway.

None of my friends who started up with me seemed to be able to keep that moderation thing going. Oh well. Now that they are high level, they can hook me up with cool shit.

Nocte · #6 07-15-2010, 04:46 PM

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None of my friends who started up with me seemed to be able to keep that moderation thing going. Oh well. Now that they are high level, they can hook me up with cool shit.

No, it's just my wife is nerdier than your wife, and she'll play XBox for as many hours as I'll play EQ. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Also, I work part-time.

Ellia · #7 07-15-2010, 05:14 PM

get a new wife and dont have kids. I put my foot down with mine...she watches TV and was complaining I wasnt but I was playing EQ...I explained and now she plays EQ.

Dantes · #8 07-15-2010, 05:58 PM

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No, it's just my wife is nerdier than your wife, and she'll play XBox for as many hours as I'll play EQ. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Also, I work part-time.

Yup! But even if I did work part-time, I'd have some video to edit or some website to build. I work too much. Again, I am definitely not complaining. I have a corpse for you in Unrest on the front porch. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Nocte · #9 07-15-2010, 05:59 PM

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Yup! But even if I did work part-time, I'd have some video to edit or some website to build. I work too much. Again, I am definitely not complaining. I have a corpse for you in Unrest on the front porch. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

When's the CQC7 video going to be done?

Lazortag · #10 07-17-2010, 07:04 PM

Honestly, if you're the kind of person who has no time for anything, just stop playing EQ or any MMO or any addictive game. I have lots of alone time because thankfully I don't have children, and my girlfriend likes playing EQ occasionally, so I get to play a healthy amount. When I first started on this server I was playing about ten hours a day (it's great being twelve again), now I play less than an hour a day on average, because I have a job and because I don't want every moment I spend with the people I love to involve everquest. I really want to get to level 46 and start exploring the planes and other places I never got to visit, but I realize I'll get there eventually, so there's no need to stress out over getting it done soon. If it happens in a month or even a year I won't cry myself to sleep over it. I'm more worried about when school starts and I'll literally have zero time for p99, but whatever, that's life I guess.