great post. My wife is a "quality time" lady, so I'm screwed! I would upvote you but
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My wife is a "quality time" lady, so I'm screwed!
I hear you there. I have to make sure I put the "quality time" in also. Will it be difficult next week because of that? We actually went to a marriage counselor a couple years ago and to my amazement the counselor defended me playing video games and even raiding. She compared it to some guys going out and playing basketball a couple times a week.
I have read people writing about how their wives or gfs hate Diablo or video games in general. I was in this same situation when I first got married. My wife hated when I would raid in WOW.
So I decided that since I was rewarding myself with Diablo III after a good semester(I would have done it even if it was a bad one lol) I would try to make her have something good too. The whole idea is to equate good experiences and memories with the release in hopes to slowly change her mind on video games.
For the last week I have been doing the spring cleaning that she normally does. I have just been doing an hour or so each night until release as a thanks to her for being cool about me playing and bothering her all the time with my excitement. It doesn't have to be something this big, but some type of positive reinforcement might help. I have been doing this for the past couple game releases and I must say it has been working.
She was happy enough that she volunteered to cook me all of my favorite meals next week, 3 meals a day plus desserts, etc. Here are some of the things she is cooking:
Homemade orange rolls
Slow cooked roast
french toast
homemade pizza (from scratch!)
crepes
a burger run to my favorite burger joint
snickerdoodles
chicken casserole
rice krispie treats
fresh fruit platters
breakfast burritos
the list goes on, but you get the idea. She has gone from a wife who absolutely despised video games of any kind to being someone who appreciates that I have a hobby that I love and even helping me to enjoy it more. I of course support her in her hobbies in return. Now my wife still doesn't like playing video games, but she is not anti-video game for me. Yes I do have an awesome wife:)
Does anyone have any experience good or bad with their gf or spouse? Or just some really good plans for release?
I got an invite because I was lucky enough to have seen a website that sent out 500 on a random web surfing morning. I signed up and got in right away. I played once but then decided to wait until release so I could avoid any spoilers and just fully enjoy a new experience on release.
A sigil is fine, but adding something under a feat of strength will surely get them a lot of flak. I mean I understand a lot of beta testers put a lot of time and effort into playing and giving feedback and that merits thanks if blizzard wants. I don't know what an appropriate reward would be though.
Personally I will be taking my time, probably beating normal in the first week. I dont see the need to rush through the content since it is a game I have been waiting so long for I want to take my sweet time...I plan on playing this game exclusively for a long time to come, so there will always be time to farm the higher difficulties later.
Skill level and pace will play a part, but from what I have read about a week depending on how much you play each day. I think you could probably do it in a couple days or less if you went fast and had a skilled group. This is all just speculation. I think it will take me about two weeks or so because of my pacing and I am going solo.
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Dude, that is absolute genius! My wife saw that reply and was quite impressed at your strategy.
I hear you there. I have to make sure I put the "quality time" in also. Will it be difficult next week because of that? We actually went to a marriage counselor a couple years ago and to my amazement the counselor defended me playing video games and even raiding. She compared it to some guys going out and playing basketball a couple times a week.
So I decided that since I was rewarding myself with Diablo III after a good semester(I would have done it even if it was a bad one lol) I would try to make her have something good too. The whole idea is to equate good experiences and memories with the release in hopes to slowly change her mind on video games.
For the last week I have been doing the spring cleaning that she normally does. I have just been doing an hour or so each night until release as a thanks to her for being cool about me playing and bothering her all the time with my excitement. It doesn't have to be something this big, but some type of positive reinforcement might help. I have been doing this for the past couple game releases and I must say it has been working.
She was happy enough that she volunteered to cook me all of my favorite meals next week, 3 meals a day plus desserts, etc. Here are some of the things she is cooking:
Homemade orange rolls
Slow cooked roast
french toast
homemade pizza (from scratch!)
crepes
a burger run to my favorite burger joint
snickerdoodles
chicken casserole
rice krispie treats
fresh fruit platters
breakfast burritos
the list goes on, but you get the idea. She has gone from a wife who absolutely despised video games of any kind to being someone who appreciates that I have a hobby that I love and even helping me to enjoy it more. I of course support her in her hobbies in return. Now my wife still doesn't like playing video games, but she is not anti-video game for me. Yes I do have an awesome wife:)
Does anyone have any experience good or bad with their gf or spouse? Or just some really good plans for release?
A sigil is fine, but adding something under a feat of strength will surely get them a lot of flak. I mean I understand a lot of beta testers put a lot of time and effort into playing and giving feedback and that merits thanks if blizzard wants. I don't know what an appropriate reward would be though.
Exactly.