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Subject: Halo & Your Woman
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dude I have definitely had some fight with my gf allready over xbox, but I am not that new to XBL so she is cool with it. If I get frustrated for playing bad, she knows its just a dumb game. She is uually way cool about it.

  • 01.17.2005 7:44 AM PDT
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Yeah...well, women must be the center of attention at all times otherwise their love-o-meter, which determines the amount of sex you get each week, goes way down. I've given up playing while she is around (as may be indicated in my stats this weekend...came in either 7th or 8th three or four times because I had to quit). In fact, I've given up playing ranked games because I figure I'll have to actually do sensitive things like "talk" to her when she comes around. Team games are out of the question because I know I'll end up screwing my own team.

So, what I've resolved to do is to only play when she's busy (she's an opera singer and voice teacher), so nights she's gone practicing, I'm on. When she's teaching, I have to time my sessions carefully so as avoid her high school students judging my feeble playing ability.

Hopefully I will be able to balance this whole relationship/Halo2 addiction thing and come out on top (or bottom...hell, I don't care).

  • 01.17.2005 7:45 AM PDT
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yeah me too, I have stopped playing when she is around, cause no matter what, she doesn't really understand that 100% of my attention must go to halo when I play. When Halo is off, I can give her all of my attention, but not while I play. So usually I only play when she is not around.

  • 01.17.2005 7:47 AM PDT
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dude i totally understand she says its jus a joke but she always keeps moaning...and i only have a few hours a day personally that aint much. fair enuff she comes round but if im in the middle of a game she should wait right?

  • 01.17.2005 7:47 AM PDT
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Of course. it's hard to have the right balance between girl and halo2. I wish my girl would play, and she has tried a few times,. but she sucks so bad, that I have too many urges to take the controller from her. Plus she always says comments like "Why are they moving"? "They need to stand still so I can shoot them!"

  • 01.17.2005 7:50 AM PDT
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I cannot answer your question because im only thirteen and yet to start a relationship buit i hav a comment




Gooooooood luck i think ya need it ~_^
xD lol anyway dont lose her k

  • 01.17.2005 7:50 AM PDT
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my wife doesn't like Halo, but she doesn't care that i play it so much.

I'm usually on 3 hours a ngiht or so, but here's the thing: she likes watching shows that I mostly hate to death. So when the kids go to bed (I SELDOM play when they are awake), she will usually have some show she wants to watch, so I'll hit up the XBL, play to my heart's content, and still have time for 'quality' time later. booyah. problem solved.

  • 01.17.2005 7:51 AM PDT
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The worst thing is when you're 49-49 in team slayer and she walks in front of your T.V. to get your attention.

You then scream and wail like a five year old and she says she doesn't respect you any more. They don't understand do they?

  • 01.17.2005 7:51 AM PDT
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Posted by: Lethal Badger
The worst thing is when you're 49-49 in team slayer and she walks in front of your T.V. to get your attention.

You then scream and wail like a five year old and she says she doesn't respect you any more. They don't understand do they?


I think they DO understand. I think they do it on purpose.

  • 01.17.2005 7:53 AM PDT
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Posted by: Lethal Badger
The worst thing is when you're 49-49 in team slayer and she walks in front of your T.V. to get your attention.

You then scream and wail like a five year old and she says she doesn't respect you any more. They don't understand do they?


I think they DO understand. I think they do it on purpose.


Very good point. They must loiter until a particularly tense moment and launch their 'T.V. blocking' attacks.

More worryingly, my poll shows somebody's girlfriend/wife has actually eaten his copy of Halo 2.

What happened?

  • 01.17.2005 7:57 AM PDT
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i usually hide the fact i play XBL when i have chicks over.

Your proably all ashame of me now.

  • 01.17.2005 7:57 AM PDT
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My last girlfriend used my xbox as a bargaining tool. ie i would have to complet certain chores before I was allowed to play, obviously my desparation was reflected by the ever growing piles of junk that formed in the cupboards, under the bed, etc. needless to say it didnt last. My current girlfriend just doesnt get it, put thanks to a new job I now live away from home at my parents house during the week. I set up a large tv in the workshop and a connection and until this weekend spent every free minute of the evening playing. But my mum has decided she doesnt like me spending hours playing "that f@king computer game" and so the tv has gone home and I am feeling hopless. Cant play in the week or at weekends now it seems.
So I am left with a choice. Girlfriend or xbox live and halo?
I really dont know what to do. Help please

  • 01.17.2005 8:00 AM PDT
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Posted by: Old Man and Son
i usually hide the fact i play XBL when i have chicks over.

Your proably all ashame of me now.


I used to live with 2 childhood friends in a 3 bedroom apartment...the place was huge! Anyway, most of the time it was just us 3 goofing off....playing Dungeons and Dragons, watching crappy TV or playing Super Mario Kart (while drunk...which is a freakin TRIP).

So anyway, we'd play DnD (nightly until 1 in the morning) so often that we posted a map of Abeir-Toril (the fantasy world of Forgotten Realms) up on the wall next to the kitchen table. Along with this, my buddy printed up a table full of useful charts (like numbers for armor, hit dice for monsters, THACO, AC, ect. for the nerds who know about it). Well, I would never take a girl to my place unless we'd been seeing each other for quite a while, and even then I made sure to bring Conan the Destroyer (NOT barbarian...sure way to drive chicks off is to show them that movie) and get her reaction to it. If they were cool with the whole fantasy thing, I'd let them come over. If not, I'd have to move on....after all, no woman is worth giving up Dungeons and Dragons...right guys? Right? Uh....ok.

  • 01.17.2005 8:16 AM PDT
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Be there for your woman and put her first and you'll be able to play to your heart's content. I've been married almost 3 years and my wife and I have an awesome relationship...and I play a lot of Halo, Halo PC and Halo 2.

If your wife or girlfriend is touchy about the game and the time you spend playing it, here's some advice:
-Play when she has other things going on (going to the mall, reading a book, etc)
-Include her in the game, ask her if she wants to watch you play...she'll probably roll her eyes and say "uh, no." but she'll appreciate your wanting to include her
-Encourage her to play even if she doesn't want to. A woman who loves you will try the things you like at least once. Give her an easy mission. Have her stand by the flag and guard it with a rocket launcher. If she gets a kill she'll like it all the more.
-I've compared playing Halo to playing on a weekly football or softball team (which I actually do). I found she can accept the game easier when she understands how I perceive it. This works especially well if you play weekly clan matches.
-If your buddies play Halo, have them come over and bring their girlfriends. They can hang out while you guys hang out.
-Never play during the following times:
When she's sick
When she is upset or having a bad day
When she wants you to help with household chores, cooking, etc
When her parents are over
When she's giving birth to your first child

Use your head. She knows that you both need time to do things separately, just don't abuse the time.

  • 01.17.2005 8:21 AM PDT
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My gf is ok at it, she tries her hardest, gives out to me when i kill her. She beats half the people when we play 12 player slayer on a LAN, though all the guys she beats are fairly -blam!-e, though a few are ok.

  • 01.17.2005 8:21 AM PDT
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I don't hide the fact that I play XBL, I love it and I don't care, I am 21 and have lots of older 30+ friends that play. Actually my chiropractor plays and he is like 35ish is married has a kid, and alot of money. A very awesome guy, succesful and even a hot wife, and after all of it, he is pretty much just a gamer addict. I don't think it is a bad thing, theimportant thing is that your girl knows that it is important to you, so she should just let it be. My gf knows that XBL is my main hobby, and she doesn't care. Sometimes we fight if I don't give her attention when she really wants it, but I've found that its easy to mix the gf and xbl situation, but yo udo have to have th right girl. Plus I'm never going to stop playing, I am in college, and am going to be a high school teacher, even when I am 50 I will be having tourneys with my students, I'm sure of it

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  • 01.17.2005 8:22 AM PDT
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haha Wax Eyes nice, I know when m future wife has our future child, I will be playing Halo haha =D

  • 01.17.2005 8:30 AM PDT
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Posted by: Wax Eyes
-Never play during the following times:
When she's sick
When she is upset or having a bad day
When she wants you to help with household chores, cooking, etc
When her parents are over
When she's giving birth to your first child


So true....yeah, it might be obvious not to play when her parents are over or she wants help with chores, but what isn't so obvious is that she doesn't want you to play when she is sick (even when aslepp) or she is having a bad day. It's alright to play while she's giving birth, though.

  • 01.17.2005 8:36 AM PDT
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haha hey, rank or the new baby? Very easy decision....

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Poll: WHAT DOES YOUR WOMAN THINK OF YOU & HALO 2?  [closed]
My girl loves Halo and we play well together:  16%
(11 Votes)
My girl is an embarrassment at Halo but tries:  10%
(7 Votes)
My girl tries everything to divert my attention :  10%
(7 Votes)
My girl has already questioned why I play so much:  22%
(15 Votes)
My girl will leave me soon if I don't stop playing:  3%
(2 Votes)
My girl has left me :  6%
(4 Votes)
My girl has snapped my copy of Halo 2 and eaten it:  3%
(2 Votes)
What is this 'Girl' thing you speak of?:  29%
(20 Votes)
Total Votes: 68

Has Halo had an effect on your relationship?

I have already had one serious disagreement with my other half about the amount of time I spend online. She has suggseted that I start a relationship with 'Some of my geeky little friends' instead of her. She used to love Halo but since I got Live things are getting tense.

Have you experieced 'Halo oestrogen rage'? How do you counter this problem? If it were still the good old days, we could simply raise our voices and banish them to the kitchen, however now women have the right to question us - this is bad for men and their hobbies.

Discuss.



  • 01.17.2005 7:36 AM PDT
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Posted by: Hoppers

So I am left with a choice. Girlfriend or xbox live and halo?
I really dont know what to do. Help please


Have both - and here is the solution.

You played from a workshop, right? Then construct a space-age 'digital entertainment housing device' out of anything that comes to hand (as you may know, empty yoghurt pots are a personal favourite of mine). Here's the twist: create it in the shape of an average sized female.

Now, simply slip your girlfriend inside said suit, with the xbox at approximately waist height, and the T.V. just a smidge above. Depending on her levels of strength and stamina, place other electronic gadgetry on her appendages. For aesthetics, please feel free to decorate with milk bottle tops, foliage, etc.

Enter team training with a guest, but leaving one of the controllers (with vibrate functionality enabled) in the handy 'Croutch-mounted controller stations'. Rather than participating in the game proper, simply hunt out your non-playing partner, and shoot him to death. Over and over again. As your helpless partner is felled by passers by, stray bullets, and of course you, the resultant vibrations from the croutch-mounted controller will entertain your lady friend.

I believe this to be a happy compromise that benefits all parties. Interaction, stimulation and praticality. All whilst playing Halo.

  • 01.17.2005 8:43 AM PDT
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I've married six years to a wonderful woman who actually plays with me in halo. She has a little trouble with getting lost on the map from time to time, but shooting she doesn't lack skill with. She'll eat your lunch if you don't watch out. But I digress. My point was make her included, get your online friends to play some custom games with her and you, make her feel that she is part of your little world of Halo and you will never get -blam!-ed at about it. Oh, and avoid killing her in those custom games, if at all possible. Sometimes if you kill her three in a row she'll think you're watching her screen, hunting her, and that will piss her off.

  • 01.17.2005 8:57 AM PDT
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Posted by:Lethal badger

Have both - and here is the solution.

You played from a workshop, right? Then construct a space-age 'digital entertainment housing device' out of anything that comes to hand (as you may know, empty yoghurt pots are a personal favourite of mine). Here's the twist: create it in the shape of an average sized female.

Now, simply slip your girlfriend inside said suit, with the xbox at approximately waist height, and the T.V. just a smidge above. Depending on her levels of strength and stamina, place other electronic gadgetry on her appendages. For aesthetics, please feel free to decorate with milk bottle tops, foliage, etc.

Enter team training with a guest, but leaving one of the controllers (with vibrate functionality enabled) in the handy 'Croutch-mounted controller stations'. Rather than participating in the game proper, simply hunt out your non-playing partner, and shoot him to death. Over and over again. As your helpless partner is felled by passers by, stray bullets, and of course you, the resultant vibrations from the croutch-mounted controller will entertain your lady friend.

I believe this to be a happy compromise that benefits all parties. Interaction, stimulation and praticality. All whilst playing Halo.

Once again I find your help Inspirational, actually i did try the whole vibrating controller thing, and she liked it untill she realised I was paying her 0 attention and had given her the controller purely to get her out of the way so i can play xbox.
Maybe I will steal one of these guys' wifes instead.

  • 01.17.2005 9:09 AM PDT
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yo your right when i talk and play to my girl and play at the same time she says "do somthin else be creative"

  • 01.17.2005 9:31 AM PDT

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