You Might Be Playing A Game Too Much When...

You accidentally call your real life friend by their toon's name instead of their real name while not in game.

You say just one more minute to your other half. When she, dressed in a brand new nighty, says you coming to bed now? For you kids thats adult talk for you look tired and need your rest. :D

you get called by your game characters name and respond!!! lol

when your dead asleep and you hear the tinging of a grenade bouncing next to you and you wake up....

that's call of duty 4/mw2 in case someone was wondering. lol

When your able to name all the weapons in the game..And there's over 30.

My BF called me by my in game name once. Boy did he get the look of death!

I almost called him by his in game name once, but recovered from it! He named his character really close to his RL name.

Edit: Also, when you say "Gotta go get mats for dinner"

when u reach for the scope button when ur trying to see objects that are far away

when u try to pause life ( i have actually done this personally)

when u miss having and HUD or radar

When your microwaves dings and you go "congrats"

:D

...you are sleeping on a plane and the person next to you hears you say, very clearly, "Scoop your fighters!"

...you e-mail someone that you're going to pod yourself to New York.

...your collaborators notice the odd phrase "charred micro circuit" in the middle of a paragraph in your paper.

...your friends call you by your game name, and not only do you not mind, but you respond every time without hesitation!

(A friend did the first three; several of us do the last one.)

My friends kid can hardly remember my real name, so he called me by my in game name. I'm pretty used to it, and respond to both, lol. I guess after you're known by an in game name for 4 years, it almost becomes a kind of nick name.

When you call your Cruise Control Auto-run

Most of your responses to people are phrases in the Auto-Translate function {FFXI}
GF: Do you want to go for a walk today?
ME: (Thanks for the offer. But I have to pass.)

When your /played is 100days+ =\

1. When you start using terms in RL like... RL, nub, pwn, QQ, OP'd, and nerfed.

2. When you tell your spouse that you can't do something at a certain time because you're "scheduled to raid".

3. When you find yourself singing YouTube songs based on your favorite game.

You are me in middle school and high school.

If I'd kept up with it through college, I would have over 10 years into ultima online by now.

Luckily I found better addictions, unfortunately they put a bigger dent in my wallet.

- when you have to schedule gaming time slots on your computer room whiteboard because 5 family members playing World of Warcraft and only 2 computers in the house - it can become a real war! LOL

- when you ask your husband about his to do list on Saturday and he starts listing stuff he needs to do with his WoW character (talk about a wifely look of death)

- when all the kids are out of the house and instead of racing for bedroom you and your hubby race for the two computers that are....whoohoooo...not in use! finally you can quest together!

- when you reschedule dinner to a later time because hey! there's a major group heading off to do something really cool with great drops! and....hey that's what they make microwaves for right?

All jokes aside I do use WoW time as a reward for things like good school work with my youngest and it really works. For an online game that I used to think was a big time waster I'm actually really enjoying it. It's not often you can find an activity that a family that ranges from age 48 (anybody asks who is the 48 year old, ya die okay! :P) to age 8 can all participate in and enjoy at the same level.

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Originally Posted by Imabur.

When your /played is 100days+ =\

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My main has 187+ days /played.

With my alts....over 210 days

When GH3 first came out I was a first day buyer and played for 13 hours straight. Went to bed and when I closed my eyes all I could see were scrolling colored notes.

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Originally Posted by tRiP

When GH3 first came out I was a first day buyer and played for 13 hours straight. Went to bed and when I closed my eyes all I could see were scrolling colored notes.

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Haha, I do that all the time with WoW, all I would dream about after a raid would be, raiding some more lol

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Originally Posted by MasonC2K

My main has 187+ days /played.

With my alts....over 210 days

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I'd probably around there if I didn't keep making a buttload of alts every few weeks, I get bored easily with some of my chars lol. I tend to always come back to a drood.

when you get pissed at life for not giving you customizable killstreaks

...you've been playing Sims for several hours, and instead of thinking "I'm hungry" or "I have to pee", you picture your hunger and bladder bars being in the yellow.

Bonus points if you can clearly picture a rotating diamond thing above your head, and swear you can understand simlish. :P

When you expect to get a trophy for achieving something...

When you call sick for work just to play! I've personally done this myself! LOL

You scream & swear at the tv because someone killed you

You spend more hours in the tv room than your bedroom when you sleep

You stay up until 4 in the morning playing a game you really like

You fall asleep on the couch with your headset still on

Well I pulled an all nighter with Halo and called out of work the next morning because I couldn't pull myself away.....those were the days:)

when you've posted a thread about it!

lol I've pulled a halo all nighter before :oops:

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Originally Posted by tRiP

When GH3 first came out I was a first day buyer and played for 13 hours straight. Went to bed and when I closed my eyes all I could see were scrolling colored notes.

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i work at neversoft, and i feel your pain ;p!!!!!

39 hour a week i see those scrolling gems rain down xD! when i go to bed, u better believe i still see em ;p


i pulled an all nighter playing halo 2 (LAN of course), and SSBM.
the SSBM all nighter is called an STD ;p (Smash 'Til Dawn)

i'll add one tho..

you might be playing a game too much when teh source of one of your jokes comes from a videogame, and the only people to get it and laugh with u are ppl who play the game as well ;p

gamer1: dude did u hear about the cereal killer whose killed 5 people now??
gamer2: omg, do u think hed call an air strike?!?!
gamer1&2: LOL!!!!!
friend: wtf?

When you fall asleep with the controller in your hand while farming Sky God pops for 4 hours + then wake up in the morning with controller still in hands, sit up and wonder how many pops your linkshell got and how bad you feel for falling asleep on everyone.

FFXI <3

Or falling asleep still plugged in on vent.

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Originally Posted by waltah!

Well I pulled an all nighter with Halo and called out of work the next morning because I couldn't pull myself away.....those were the days:)

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I did the same exact thing when I liked Halo.
Just for fun, I bought a Halo beanie at the store, and when I came in the house I wore it, and told my brother, "Every time I play a video game, I will wear this beanie."

All he could do was laugh at me for buying a really dorky looking beanie LOL:D

When I pulled the Halo all nighter I was playing cooperative mode with my buddy. We both called out and yes, we both worked at the same place.

i pulled a halo all nighter in cooperative mode... but we upped the ante.... every check point has half a beer and BOOM! drunken halo was born! ur sniping abilities go right down the toilet!

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Originally Posted by alexrls

i pulled a halo all nighter in cooperative mode... but we upped the ante.... every check point has half a beer and BOOM! drunken halo was born! ur sniping abilities go right down the toilet!

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LOL, this reminded me of a time I was playing Halo 3 and one of the players was really drunk and said he had 6 shots of vodka. He still was playin' kind of good though, but not really as good as the other players.

I suppose I should mention that I have pre-planned time off for new game/expansion releases. I did so for Halo 2 & 3 and the WotLK expac for WoW.

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Originally Posted by MasonC2K

I suppose I should mention that I have pre-planned time off for new game/expansion releases. I did so for Halo 2 & 3 and the WotLK expac for WoW.

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I am sooooo not letting my husband, Mike, see your post! There will go his vacation time! :rolleyes:

when you're playing resident evil 5 and my gf wants "my attention" and i quote wesker by saying "7 minutes....7 minutes is all i can spare to play with you"

lawl

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Originally Posted by Snakeman

when you're playing resident evil 5 and my gf wants "my attention" and i quote wesker by saying "7 minutes....7 minutes is all i can spare to play with you"

lawl

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I lol'd at this.

You might be playing a game to much if you wake up in the middle of the night playing an air controller. Freaks the crap out of you the first few times it happens.

If you've ever hid in the corner of a map to go spend "quality" time with your wife.......

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

I am sooooo not letting my husband, Mike, see your post! There will go his vacation time! :rolleyes:

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omg my friend at work took 2 vacation days to play call of duty modern warfare 2, and when my manager came upto him to giv him the paper of approval, he said "u really do have a problem."

When you're at walmart and you think you have lots of money.
Cashiers don't take virtual gold. =/

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Originally Posted by xdeus

1. When you start using terms in RL like... RL, nub, pwn, QQ, OP'd, and nerfed.

2. When you tell your spouse that you can't do something at a certain time because you're "scheduled to raid".

3. When you find yourself singing YouTube songs based on your favorite game.

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Oh my god LOL.. I've been listening to that song so much, it's so funny. Why did you have to post it LOL! Its been in my head all day long:D