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Gaston · #1 09-06-2006, 07:35 AM

It is widely accepted that twenty to thirty year old males fall into one of three categories:

- Like Video Games
- Love Video games
- Need Video Games to live

Now keep in mind that the aformentioned is not just a theory, nor is it something that warrants an asterix and a list of exceptions in tiny print at the bottom of the page. It is a universal law that any male between the ages of 20 and 30 is obsessed with video games.

Now this wouldn't be a problem if it weren't for a slight monkey wrench known as women. While some men who play video games have opted out of this option, there are others who find a life partner to be a necessary part of human existence (namely the conjugation part).

In order to play video games, some men have employed a medieval bartering system where they “pay” for their playtime by exchanging hours of video games with hours spent at the mall, or taking dance lessons, or feeding rehabilitated squirrels at the local animal shelter. The most dangerous aspect here is that you run the risk of instilling in your significant other the idea that an hour spent playing video games is equivalent to an hour spent watching Sex in the City.

If someone were to realistically chart the exchange rate for video games, it would look something like this:

Only if you’re receiving the above rate of exchange should you ever consider using the barter system. But even then it should be used sparingly, after all, what good is accumulating 10,000 days of video game playing that you won’t live long enough to spend?

Since the bartering system is not exactly an option and celibacy is only realistic for monks (no, not the karate kind, they have tons of girlfriends), then you’re going to have to devise a way to get your girlfriend to play WoW with you. Well, here’s a guide:

Step 1: Getting her to sit in front of the computer screen

For many this will be the most difficult part. Over the last few months of your relationship your girlfriend has developed a strong aversion to both your computer and World of Warcraft. She secretly dreams of hacking into your system and shutting down your mainframe. However, fortunately for you, she doesn’t possess the computer hacking skills to install the latest Windows updates, none-the-less a debilitating computer virus...

...But that doesn’t mean it can’t happen.

So, to save yourself and your possessions, you’re going to have to get her interested in your mechanical mistress. The following technique is based on two female qualities: 1) Your girlfriend’s love of playing dress-up, and 2) Your girlfriend’s love of correcting you.

Start a level one female character, either a Night Elf or Human will work (warning! Orcs, Trolls, Gnomes, or other “ugly” races will not work for this. Your girlfriend needs to feel like her character could be a princess). When your girlfriend comes by to whine about how you never buy her small stuffed bears anymore, ask her what a good hair color is for your avatar. Cycle through all the options until she finds something she likes.

After she finds something that looks cute, move onto the next feature. If she starts to lose interest, purposefully make bad coordination decisions that force her to correct you (your own bad taste should take care of this without much applied effort). With patience -- and a little luck -- she should soon have a level one night elf ready to make her mark on Moonglade.

Step 2: What’s a Bostaff?

If everything is going according to plan, she should now be sitting in front of your computer, waiting to make her next character. You see, in her perfect world, World of Warcraft would be like Barbie Design studio, and her job would be to design characters which are mass-produced and sold to retailers across the country. Unfortunately, the meat of Warcraft comes after the character creation phase, which leads us to the tricky part of getting her to invest time in the game itself.

This is a daunting task, as getting a girl interested in killing things is fighting thousands of years of deeply-ingrained instinctual…stuff. First of all, arm yourself with a good amount of patience and be ready to repeatedly explain that hitting the “W” key moves the character forward and, no, you don’t know why they set it up this way. Secondly, expect your girlfriend to scream and randomly hit keys whenever she encounters a spider or a snake or a deer.

Many men I speak to lose their girlfriend at this point; women simply aren’t very interested in running around a forest killing little creatures. Also, they will be less than impressed with the way that Flimsy Chain Vests and Old Tattered Rags make their characters look during those early levels. Once your girlfriend’s character starts wearing dingy-brown pants and a green tunic, her character has stopped being a princess. And as soon as she isn’t controlling a princess, she’s controlling a peasant, and no girl dreams of being a peasant (except during the beginning of a princess story, or -- temporarily -- during the middle of the story).

The solution? Go buy some good looking auction house gear and mail it to her. Try to fight your gamer tendencies to max her DPS and Armor, and go straight for outfit coordination. It’s probably a good idea to buy her things that are at least a little appropriate to her class, but don’t make that the point.

Realistically, you won’t be able to keep this up forever. There will be a point where groups are going to start kicking you out because your girlfriend’s warrior is wearing all cloth +Int gear.

The trick here is to get your girlfriend interested in picking out her own outfits. Give her a small spending budget and let her loose on the auction house (make sure she knows about the “dressing room” feature). To make sure she’s shopping for level and gear appropriate items, utilize the search options and give her parameters to work within.

Also, try to get her interested in crafting. Most women cannot resist the allure of creating their own clothing line and selling it (my wife has made over 300 gold with tailoring and she’s only level 52; that’s 290 gold more than my level 58 has).

Step 3: Be a sweetie, moron

Warcraft has sapped your money for buying her nice things, and since your guild only raids MC on Friday and Saturday nights, you really can’t go on too many dates (at least any that involve leaving the computer room). You never pay any attention to her any more and you two don’t talk like you used to.

So is this a chute or a ladder?

That depends on your strategy, Romeo. To quote Dr. Phil: “Let Warcraft be the warm muffin that brings your relationship back together.” While you might have completely dropped the ball on your real-life relationship, it doesn’t mean DragonHunterzX06 can’t bring the two of you back together.

Basically, you need to be the man that she wants through World of Warcraft. Send her little items in the mail to show your affections, and write her little notes that say things like “Making some bolts of cloth and thinking of you.”

Soon, she’ll be checking her account every day, eagerly awaiting your next little message. Soon you can phase out your normal e-mail with the in-game mail system (after all, you check that one a lot more).

Eventually, you should stop logging into AIM, and start messaging with her only through that game. But don’t get greedy! When she jumps on and “just wants to talk”, don’t get into a group for ZG or jump into AV, just take it like a man and talk to her. If you sound like you’re not paying attention, you’re going to completely turn her off to the whole thing.

Well, that’s all I’ve got. However, before I sign off, I want everyone to know that this guide works! I have used these techniques to get my wife to play WoW (she used to make fun of me for playing MMORPGs; now has a level 54 with more gold than all of my characters combined), it’s also worked on my brother-in-law’s girlfriend, who would not have been caught dead playing video games (the first night she played we couldn’t get her to stop and she ended up playing for five hours straight). Employ these simple techniques and your significant other will be addicted to Warcraft in no time.

#2 09-06-2006, 08:04 AM

Sagacious!

Alihja · #3 09-06-2006, 08:08 AM

My friend loves to play dress-up. Always matching the hair with the gown and stuff like that. Always giggling and shopping or cute little outfits. It's certain that my friend's character is a clothes-horse, but I can't get him to stop.

#4 09-06-2006, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Gaston

“Making some bolts of cloth and thinking of you.”

I think everything up to that point would work.. but with my girlfriend if I said that I'd get a severe smack across the face. I'll try your walk though and see if it works Doctor Gaston!

PS What would you do to try to get her to play an FPS like.. Counter-Strike or Quake III/IV?

#5 09-06-2006, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Gaston

Start a level one female character, either a Night Elf or Human will work (warning! Orcs, Trolls, Gnomes, or other “ugly” races will not work for this. Your girlfriend needs to feel like her character could be a princess). When your girlfriend comes by to whine about how you never buy her small stuffed bears anymore, ask her what a good hair color is for your avatar.

I actually tried this at one point a while ago. About 7 months ago. Here is what type of response I got.

I was sitting at the computer and she came over while I happened to be creating an alt. She sat down on my lap and asked me what I was up to. To her the interface of the character creation looked different enough from the game that she didn't realize it was WoW. I instantly shifted from horde to alliance and began working on a female human. I asked,

Quote:

Originally Posted by me

Hey honey, what color hair do you think I should pick for this character?

At this point she figured out it was WoW.

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Originally Posted by girlfriend

I don't give a fuck about your stupid fucking game. I hate that game and that stupid machine.

She is now my fiancé.

We have an understanding that she is allowed to watch as much shitty TV as she wants, including MTV. (Gah….) At that time I play WoW. Since we have a DVR its about 3 hours a day where we can do our own thing.

Still. I wish she would get to the point where she was willing to play for 30 minutes.

She made an offer. 30 minutes of WoW if I do the laundry for the rest of my life. Um… I don’t want it that bad.

I think that to some girls it is a matter of them being right about video games being stupid. They know they might like it, so trying it isn’t an option.

Runned · #6 09-06-2006, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Alihja

My friend loves to play dress-up. Always matching the hair with the gown and stuff like that. Always giggling and shopping or cute little outfits. It's certain that my friend's character is a clothes-horse, but I can't get him to stop.

Nooooooooooooooooooo my secret

Draiken · #7 09-06-2006, 01:19 PM

Awsome "article"
by far the best one I have read on the site and you guys have some fun shit!

Jynxe · #8 09-06-2006, 01:48 PM

I took a slightly different route. Instead of using a real MMO as an base, I worked her up on PS2 using Champions of Norath and Baulders Gate. The details however I must keep secret, as she'll surely read this shortly.
/cast feindeath
/cast shadowmeld

Unregistard · #9 09-06-2006, 05:16 PM

CAREFUL!

this advice can backfire in a horrible way...

Sure, the temptation of a game-addicted female is alluring... but it is important to think things through before handing her the pandora's box of her own online "life."

You do NOT want her to get TOO into MMORPG, or you may find yourself stuck watching "Project Runway" on TV while SHE refuses to give up the computer because shes hooked up with a really good group or something. Even worse, you could find yourself left behind as her "pretty pretty priestess" gets invited to raid after raid while you are stuck noobing it up in AV with all the other not-a-girl-irl lewzors.

Sure you can mitigate the damage by getting a second computer system... but even that is not entirely without downside -- After all, SOMEONE has to do all those annoying irl chores like calling the pizza guy, answering the doorbell, or noticing that the house is on fire and you'd better log out asap.

It is far, FAR better to just suck it up, and step away from the keyboard once in a while to placate her unreasonable demands for attention and intimacy. Why run the terrible risk of epeen deflation that would inevitably result from the realization that your girlfriend has more purplz on her main than you do, and you STILL arn't getting laid because your guilds have conflicting raid schedules...

Sure, the method above might get her addicted...

butt is that what you REALLY want???

Choose wisely, because there just might be no going back.

Runned · #10 09-06-2006, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Unregistard

lots of words

You are wise beyond your years (which is alot of years!)

I wish you were my father growing up

Gaston · #11 09-07-2006, 06:16 AM

Wow, such a response. I think that this is a sensitive subject for a lot of men. There isn't a single one of us that hasn't sat down our girlfriend (or wife) in front of Halo, given her a controller, and let her kill us a few times. After all, your girlfriend loves the original Mario Bros games, so whay wouldn't she go for this too. This is just Mario with rail guns.

While the thrill of blowing your brains out with an automatic shotgun is enough to keep her excited for a few minutes, her happiness ends when she realizes that you are just "letting her win". At that point you employ your tournament skillz and rack up twenty kills in two and a half minutes.

Game Over

I agree Unregistard, this can definitely backfire if you only have one computer capable of running MMORPGs. When my brother-in-law's girlfriend became obsessed with the game, I was unable to play my account for 6 hours (out of desperation I used dice and stuffed animals to simulate WoW, but it wasn't the same). However, it may be worth it for some of you to buy a second computer just for this reason.

So, now some pieces of advice:

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What would you do to try to get her to play an FPS like.. Counter-Strike or Quake III/IV?

Don't get greedy. Women playing Counter-Strike is like men showering regularly: It's fighting a lot of instinct, but if you're persistent it might happen some day.

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Originally Posted by Unregistered's Fiance

I don't give a fuck about your stupid fucking game. I hate that game and that stupid machine.

You poor, poor man.

Seriously though, your fiance hates this game. It keeps the two of you apart, when all she wants is to be with you. It's driven a wedge between you two and she hates the "game" for that. As far as the tourette's syndrome-esque bout of anger, read this and know that we support you here, no matter what.

#12 09-07-2006, 07:51 AM

Pfft. All they are good for is sexin. Screw all this "get your gf to play wow". How about a "get your gf to do the dishes and laundry and cook for you" guide?

Ok so im being intentionally insensitive. But how about his for a concept: Women of the world, let your man be his own person!! You started dating him because of who he was WITHOUT your interference!! You didnt know he played wow and now you dont like it? Fine, dump him or learn to accept it, either way theres no sense in making BOTH of you miserable over it. Trust me, in the long run he really wont care and neither will you.

And when did Dr. Phil ever say "Let Warcraft be a warm muffin..." or whatever??

#13 09-07-2006, 11:42 AM

Or, you can go gay and then get a gamer boyfriend. Worked great for me and as a bonus there is none of this 'cuddling' and 'talking' nonsense.

Catriona · #14 09-07-2006, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Unregistard

CAREFUL!

this advice can backfire in a horrible way...

Sure, the temptation of a game-addicted female is alluring... but it is important to think things through before handing her the pandora's box of her own online "life."

You do NOT want her to get TOO into MMORPG, or you may find yourself stuck watching "Project Runway" on TV while SHE refuses to give up the computer because shes hooked up with a really good group or something. Even worse, you could find yourself left behind as her "pretty pretty priestess" gets invited to raid after raid while you are stuck noobing it up in AV with all the other not-a-girl-irl lewzors.

Sure you can mitigate the damage by getting a second computer system... but even that is not entirely without downside -- After all, SOMEONE has to do all those annoying irl chores like calling the pizza guy, answering the doorbell, or noticing that the house is on fire and you'd better log out asap.

It is far, FAR better to just suck it up, and step away from the keyboard once in a while to placate her unreasonable demands for attention and intimacy. Why run the terrible risk of epeen deflation that would inevitably result from the realization that your girlfriend has more purplz on her main than you do, and you STILL arn't getting laid because your guilds have conflicting raid schedules...

Sure, the method above might get her addicted...

butt is that what you REALLY want???

Choose wisely, because there just might be no going back.

lol - so true. My b/f and I bought WoW the day it came out, I was kinda iffy about it, but he was stoked - now, i've got a level 60 fully epic'd rogue that can kick the crap out of his level 60 druid. I spend more time playing than he does, I raid more than he does, have more gold than he does... etc. Now he begs ME to spend time with him on weekends...

Though, I have to say, I never tried to dress my character up as a princess, i've never really been that into clothes/shopping. He got me hooked by showing me the 'sharp and shineys'. I'm a rennie, I like swords

#15 09-10-2006, 10:49 AM

I go my wife into Diablo II...i was relatively easy. She loved it, mainly cos it was so simple to play then...

..she completed it...killed Diablo...walked away from Video games and has never taken a look at another game since.

She's a real ball-breaker about WoW too. Said if Blizz blew up today she'd hold a party.

DDnB

Brantburz · #16 09-10-2006, 02:31 PM

Great guide, now I just need the 'Take a break from WoW for a night and try to break the ice at that party you recently got invited to' Guide ^^

#17 09-21-2006, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unregistard

CAREFUL!

this advice can backfire in a horrible way...

Sure, the temptation of a game-addicted female is alluring... but it is important to think things through before handing her the pandora's box of her own online "life."

You do NOT want her to get TOO into MMORPG, or you may find yourself stuck watching "Project Runway" on TV while SHE refuses to give up the computer because shes hooked up with a really good group or something. Even worse, you could find yourself left behind as her "pretty pretty priestess" gets invited to raid after raid while you are stuck noobing it up in AV with all the other not-a-girl-irl lewzors.

Sure you can mitigate the damage by getting a second computer system... but even that is not entirely without downside -- After all, SOMEONE has to do all those annoying irl chores like calling the pizza guy, answering the doorbell, or noticing that the house is on fire and you'd better log out asap.

It is far, FAR better to just suck it up, and step away from the keyboard once in a while to placate her unreasonable demands for attention and intimacy. Why run the terrible risk of epeen deflation that would inevitably result from the realization that your girlfriend has more purplz on her main than you do, and you STILL arn't getting laid because your guilds have conflicting raid schedules...

Sure, the method above might get her addicted...

butt is that what you REALLY want???

Choose wisely, because there just might be no going back.

I agree! This CAN backfire big time... I deployed the above methods maybe a few months after the release of WoW (before this article, hehe). She couldn't stand the game and one day I got her to roll a character and she was hooked ever since.
This was great fun at first! No more worries of how much time I could/couldn't play and the envy of all my friends but all of the sudden she became more addicted to it than I was. Suddenly I found myself doing more house duties than usual, not getting laid because she had finish her quest/instance and the tables were turned... Soon I found myself devising ways to get her off the PC and I was never able to play!
Enough is enough!!! So I built her a computer so we could both play! w00t! This only solved my need to play while she was playing but never took care of the chores or lack of naughty time.
It's all great fun on paper but it might be more than what you bargain for. WoW seems to be a popular for a lot of couples and the women who play usually end up being more into the game than their significant other is. Next thing you know she is more pimped than you, gets more invites than you (because they know she is a RL girl) and plays the game better than you...
So take it from a guy who has been there, done that. Consider what you may be getting yourself into...

Oh and for those of you curious, my girlfriend and I are still together but I still find myself devising ways of pulling her off the computer when it's 'bed time'.

Runned · #18 09-21-2006, 10:22 AM

do you have to leave a trail of reeses pieces to your bed?

#19 09-21-2006, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Runned

do you have to leave a trail of reeses pieces to your bed?

Never thought of trying that! Thanks for the idea!

How about an article about getting your GF un-addicted to WoW...

Catriona · #20 09-23-2006, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

I agree! This CAN backfire big time... I deployed the above methods maybe a few months after the release of WoW (before this article, hehe). She couldn't stand the game and one day I got her to roll a character and she was hooked ever since.
This was great fun at first! No more worries of how much time I could/couldn't play and the envy of all my friends but all of the sudden she became more addicted to it than I was. Suddenly I found myself doing more house duties than usual, not getting laid because she had finish her quest/instance and the tables were turned... Soon I found myself devising ways to get her off the PC and I was never able to play!
Enough is enough!!! So I built her a computer so we could both play! w00t! This only solved my need to play while she was playing but never took care of the chores or lack of naughty time.
It's all great fun on paper but it might be more than what you bargain for. WoW seems to be a popular for a lot of couples and the women who play usually end up being more into the game than their significant other is. Next thing you know she is more pimped than you, gets more invites than you (because they know she is a RL girl) and plays the game better than you...
So take it from a guy who has been there, done that. Consider what you may be getting yourself into...

Oh and for those of you curious, my girlfriend and I are still together but I still find myself devising ways of pulling her off the computer when it's 'bed time'.

You sound just like my boyfriend - in fact, I thought this was one of his posts, but apparently he hasn't visited this site yet (I just asked him)

Anyway, if you're up for suggestions, my boyfriend drags me off the computer by suggesting a nice, hot shower with him - always works

#21 09-26-2006, 08:52 AM

Your missing the part that tells people how to leave their house to go and get a girlfriend. I know my friends havent left their houses since the game came out so they want to how to do that first step. And i didnt even need that i just lucked out and found a gamer girl

#22 09-27-2006, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Catriona

You sound just like my boyfriend - in fact, I thought this was one of his posts, but apparently he hasn't visited this site yet (I just asked him)

Anyway, if you're up for suggestions, my boyfriend drags me off the computer by suggesting a nice, hot shower with him - always works

Or... Maybe he played it off like he has never been here before. Whoops!

#23 09-28-2006, 12:39 AM

Though the dress up features are a very key path to enticing a girl to play wow, do NOT underestimate the power of WoW's fluffy animals:

My female roommate used to make fun of me heavily for investing so much time in this game. Then, peering over my shoulder one night, she watched a female NE druid shapeshift into travel form and scamper off. "You can be a KITTY CAT in this game?!" she squealed. BAM! She's now a Tier 2'd female (of course) NE druid with more alts than I can dream of. Just more proof that some women, deep down inside, still want to grow up to be kitty cats.

#24 09-28-2006, 01:36 AM

This is a great article...wow is ok i suppose, but i dont think i could be honestly bothered to spend any more time on the computer, AIM takes up enuf of my time talkin to my bf as it is.

I dont think i would ever get to properly shop again, and i would probably blame WOW for it, and then become a social hermit.

I prefer Real Life, how many years in total do u think u already spend lookin at a computer screen without playing wow?

Hmmm.

jizzlefred · #25 09-28-2006, 11:48 PM

The strangest thing is after I got married, I never had to do any of this with my wife. I would come home from work, and the only choice at that time was Ultima Online. I would play for a few hours and get some skills up, 8 or 9 pm would come around and we would watch some TV or a movie together in our room. The only "snag" I ran into were nights I worked until 9 pm. I would come home, we would have dinner, and then I would play for a few hours and then right to sleep at midnight (unless the next day was my day off).

One day I came home, and she asks me if she could try it. Just out of the blue!

Since then, we've played UO together, DAoC, and now WoW. We have gone our separate paths as far as guilds are concerned. She is a more casual, social player - and I am more hard core raiding type. I didn't used to be until I entered into WoW. But her interest in gaming was birthed out of her own desire to try it, and did not involve any coercing on my part.

Catriona · #26 10-01-2006, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

Or... Maybe he played it off like he has never been here before. Whoops!

Not likely, getting him to tab out of WoW or one of his other games while he is actually on the computer is worse than pulling teeth (he doesn't even go to our GUILD forum, unless I tell him there's a good thread there) - its just that when HE isn't in the mood to play, he wants ME to log out too. He is such an attention whore - I guess its a guy-thing

#27 10-01-2006, 11:21 PM

I started WoW because I wanted to play. I laugh at my male friends when they complain about outfits not matching, and I raid as much or more than they do. I'm t2/t3 right now with one of the top guilds on my server. I would be insulted by someone assuming that I'd started playing the game only because character creation is "pretty".

Not all girl gamers are fluffheads. In fact, most of us are not, and it's hardly surprising that with the attitudes seen here most male WoW addicts are single :P.

#28 10-03-2006, 09:31 AM

Sending your girlfriend a pet or making her a mechanical pet works too ^^
rare pets...collector's edition works best, best recommended baby panda and baby murlocs :p
Or send her like a purple stuff *hint hint*
My bf just sent me a Jordan Staff

Girls can "force" their bfs to wear shirts they made, since all shirts don't give any stats anyway
or be an alchemist, he will appreciate you making superior and major health/mana potions, flasks etc. for him

#29 10-03-2006, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

I started WoW because I wanted to play. I laugh at my male friends when they complain about outfits not matching, and I raid as much or more than they do. I'm t2/t3 right now with one of the top guilds on my server. I would be insulted by someone assuming that I'd started playing the game only because character creation is "pretty".

Not all girl gamers are fluffheads. In fact, most of us are not, and it's hardly surprising that with the attitudes seen here most male WoW addicts are single :P.

Hrmm well ill be the jerk to say it. Most girl gamers are fluffheads, we just put up with you and give you gear because you arent THAT horrible at your class and mostly just play druids or priests and top the overheal charts. If you were a dude youd be ridiculed and thrown out of your guild within a month. YOU may be an exception I dont know. BUT, I know a T2/3 druid thats a chick, and until last week she thought fortitude "Hurt" her because everytime someone cast it on her, her life went down, and shed click it off. And thats NOT the worst case ive ever seen. Full T1 shammy on a shazzrah fight in MC chimes in on vent "um...yeah, whats blink?" dead serious, her email is something like glitterypinkhair@hotmail.com (not accurate but close).

Im not single and Im not going to kiss a shitty players ass because they are a girl.

#30 10-03-2006, 08:36 PM

Hmmm I can see this is going to start a war between genders...
I guess I'm kind of a fluffyhead without a hardcore gamer boyfriend that teaches me what kind of stats are good for my class

Can't you just admit that fluffyhead is not related to gender at all..

#31 10-04-2006, 12:04 PM

Yeah there are plenty of fluffheaded males around as well...

I can agree with that.

Catriona · #32 10-04-2006, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

I started WoW because I wanted to play. I laugh at my male friends when they complain about outfits not matching, and I raid as much or more than they do. I'm t2/t3 right now with one of the top guilds on my server. I would be insulted by someone assuming that I'd started playing the game only because character creation is "pretty".

Not all girl gamers are fluffheads. In fact, most of us are not, and it's hardly surprising that with the attitudes seen here most male WoW addicts are single :P.

/agree, though I do enjoy the fact that my character looks sexy in her epix, that is not why I play.

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Originally Posted by H4rdc0rx

Hrmm well ill be the jerk to say it. Most girl gamers are fluffheads, we just put up with you and give you gear because you arent THAT horrible at your class and mostly just play druids or priests and top the overheal charts. If you were a dude youd be ridiculed and thrown out of your guild within a month. YOU may be an exception I dont know. BUT, I know a T2/3 druid thats a chick, and until last week she thought fortitude "Hurt" her because everytime someone cast it on her, her life went down, and shed click it off. And thats NOT the worst case ive ever seen. Full T1 shammy on a shazzrah fight in MC chimes in on vent "um...yeah, whats blink?" dead serious, her email is something like glitterypinkhair@hotmail.com (not accurate but close).

Im not single and Im not going to kiss a shitty players ass because they are a girl.

Im not going to say there aren't crappy female players in WoW, because there are - just like there are crappy male players on WoW. I don't think gender determines your ability to not-suck... your ability to NOT SUCK determines that. Sounds like your druid friend is a NUB in the truest sense, but that doesn't mean all the rest of us are.

on that note:
<-- NOT a "fluffhead"

#33 10-04-2006, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

I started WoW because I wanted to play. I laugh at my male friends when they complain about outfits not matching, and I raid as much or more than they do. I'm t2/t3 right now with one of the top guilds on my server. I would be insulted by someone assuming that I'd started playing the game only because character creation is "pretty".

Not all girl gamers are fluffheads. In fact, most of us are not, and it's hardly surprising that with the attitudes seen here most male WoW addicts are single :P.

BTW, I'm a warlock. Most of the girls I know are rogues and mages actually, though some are healers. Of the girls in my guild, there are priests, druids, paladins, hunters, warlocks, and rogues, so a pretty big variation.

#34 10-25-2006, 01:00 AM

My gf read that and is now never gonna play WoW.

But I really need to pull my head outta the game. I'm a total noob who has racked up about 72 hours playtime in a week. I think she deserves that I at least say Hi when she walks in rather than "Yup.....OK".

#35 12-14-2006, 11:07 PM

Too bad this won't work in the reverse. *snickers* My boy flat out refuses in the most vehement way possible to ever install the game. If only telling him he can coordinate his cloth would get him addicted...

Highly amusing bloggy-article thing. *grins*

Oh, and for some of the respondants: Tell my guildies I'm a 'fluffhead'. Or maybe inform my raidleader that I don't know my class. Perhaps let my 5-mans know that I have no concept of game mechanics and am just here for the pimp hat to complete my 'look'.

Riiiigggghhhtt. They'll believe everything you're tellin' them about their GL.

Though - I've been lustin' after that pimp hat since my first character hit level 15...

#36 12-15-2006, 02:49 AM

This is hilarious.

Of course, all my boyfriend needed to do to get me into WoW was to leave me alone and bored in his apartment for a few hours.

Nine months, hundreds and hundreds of game-hours, and one top-level raiding guild later, I've got myself an epiced-out undead warlock that spends her weekends killing Alliance and her weekdays pwning raids. And despite what Mr. Hardcore l33t-speak over there said, I'm a pretty awesome lock. I know my class.

Of course, I've been a huge video game fan since I was a little girl, so it's not that odd I suppose.

The only change I would make to this guide? Don't necessarily start out with a Nelf. My first toon was a nelf, and I HATED the game for the first couple of weeks that I played it.

Never underestimate a woman's attraction for the dark side. As soon as I rolled my first Horde toon, I was hooked on WoW. There's something awfully sexy about being a rotting corpse babe -- and Horde will always be more devilishly fun to play than prissy-looking Alliance toons.

The hilarious addendum to my story is that because my boyfriend lacks a decent attention span (or the tenacity to stick with a toon through the grind), his highest toon is now only level 30. Every time I pick up some twink AH blue for him, I remind him that I'm his sugarmama. It's pretty sweet.

Unfortunately, due to the fact that I have an addictive personality to begin with, AND I fucking love WoW, I've recently had to set a WoW schedule because my boyfriend was getting pretty pissed off at coming over only to sit around for three hours while I finished a raid or whatever.

Runned · #37 12-15-2006, 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Guest

There's something awfully sexy about being a rotting corpse babe .

=n.n=

#38 12-15-2006, 04:34 AM

Oh. Fuck. Off. What a bunch of bollocks. There are many women interested in WOW, and no, we're not into playing with barbies, we want to thwack your n00by self into the ground. I have many female friends who play competently (and in a couple of cases, well above average) and don't need to be coerced into it. In fact, Im the one in this relationship who plays WOW all weekend and needs to be reminded to take a break.

Not all women are into gaming, get over it.

#39 12-15-2006, 04:41 AM

I actually bought the game for my fiancee` for his birthday and I ended up trying it out. Then I couldn't stop playing to the point that he had to go out and buy another account so he could actually play. We've been playing since April 2005 now, and were getting married in March 2007. I actually think it was a good thing for us, because now we can spend nights together and play and level all the time. We even created our own guild, and it has over 200 accounts in it. We cleared MC/BWL and now entering aq40.

If men can get their girlfriends and wives into playing the game I think it could be a great thing

. Just realize you will have to have two computers and two accounts

And she's going to want you to help her in everything lol.

(Un)conscious · #40 12-15-2006, 05:33 AM

I got her hooked by playing during the time she works (works at home) and everytime she came in and asked "what are you doing?" I was like "nothing interesting" or "you wouldn't get it anyways". After a week of that, she said "Show me NOW". She ended up picking a gnome 'lock, which kicks my butt everytime we meet on BG... I hate it, and blame you Gaston for giving me the baaad idea (and thanks unregistard, I should have listened)