Coalition of Healthy Geeks and Gamers Thread

arnoldnagy

I've been a gamer since before I unwrapped my Commodore 64 on Christmas morning '82.

In the 90's I worked for a hobby & gaming distributer. The place was entirely staffed by geeks. In fact, we would trade our overtime hours for product. I have a basement full of a huge assortment from AD&D, Magic: The Gathering, Empire Builder, World at War, Mayfair Games, Warhammer, Robo Rally, and more. To this day I haven't even opened half of it. It seems so hard to find enough time to start a board game or RPG that could take hours and hours to finish.

I currently game only on my Xbox, but not very often. On those rare days when I have the house to myself without a giant list of things that need to be done you can find me on Xbox Live.

~Arny

vachegomoo

There are just so many games... Except for fighting games! I have anger issues and an attachment for my controllers (and TV) that don't allow me to play them.

Haha, that sounds like me! I'm not allowed to play fighting games either because the blood pressure goes waaaay up and the stress levels go waaaay up and I usually get so pissed off at everyone else that I have to leave the room for a while. So none of that for me. :P

HYeliab

Hey Im like Arnold. I dont do it too often but when I have the house to myself its on!

I have Xbox 360 and i can do 5 and 6 hours straight of COD:MW2 and Halo. I am getting Halo Reach as soon as possible (cant wait).

I think I am going to wear my HRM tonite to see how many calories I burn on MW2. LOL!

-HB

fit2sit

Where has this thread been hiding from me all week?!?!! The majority of my game playing is WoW (can't wait for cata). My friends in the military got me hooked and we used to do PT sessions to work off the "WoW weight" that we gained from playing 4-6 hours a night and pretty much nothing else. I took a break from WoW for most of the year but got started back in the summer, yet I don't raid this time around and just play it for fun for a couple hours a few nights a week.

It's kind of wierd looking back at how I game now vs. how I gamed as a kid. WHen I was young my family had only 1 form of gaming, first was the C-64, then we finally got an NES and then an SNES and a N64. SO I mainly just played what everyone else was playing, anybody remember playing goldeneye on the N64 multiplayer mode and always hating the guy that got the golden gun?

But when the PS1 came out it was the first time I really had the opportunity to play a multitude of different games, and then XBOX followed, PS2, XBOX360, Wii, PS3, computer games!?!?! man, waaaaay to much to keep track of. I have the latest console from every platform avialable if only to play just 1 game that I HAD to play and it was only available on that 1 system (Halo 3 I had to buy an XBOX 360; Wii just looked cool, but I only own the game it came with; and my enjoy playing MW2 on the PS3 with my buddy).

I guess I was spoiled in Japan with thier 1GB fiber optic internet for a mere $40 a month, blazing fast speed and multiplayer was actually playable for me. When I moved back to the states and moved out onto my farm that fastest high speed available is 1.5 MB DSL, and that costs $65 a month. Lag is killing me in my beloved multiplayer console games, so I don't really play them anymore :-(.

I think when cata hits I'll save up enough money to transfer to a new server. Since I've sene so many WoW players on here are you happy with your server and battlegroup? I'm currently on (US)Quel'Dorei and it just fit me as well as (Oceanic)Nagrand did, but the time difference forced the move. sorry for the wall of text, hopefully you have enough defence gear to avoid the crit.

mlagena

Haha, that sounds like me! I'm not allowed to play fighting games either because the blood pressure goes waaaay up and the stress levels go waaaay up and I usually get so pissed off at everyone else that I have to leave the room for a while. So none of that for me. :P

Right there with you! We bought one of the newer WWE games last year and I was doing really well until about 3-4 hours into the game... and then I was about *this* close to being kicked outta the house! hahahaha

arnoldnagy

Hey Im like Arnold. I dont do it too often but when I have the house to myself its on!

I have Xbox 360 and i can do 5 and 6 hours straight of COD:MW2 and Halo. I am getting Halo Reach as soon as possible (cant wait).

I'm planning on picking up Halo Reach next weekend, let's hook up.

~Arny

vachegomoo

Sooo... Not sure if anyone checks this anymore, but... Do you folks know of some good offline multiplayer PS3 games? We already have Borderlands and LittleBigPlanet, but my hubby and I are looking for something different that we can play together. Thanks!

rfialkiewicz

I'm a Shaiya addict, vache.

No, like it's bad. I'll quit and be right back into it.

blbond82

Oh yeah me. Love all kinds of games, board and computer. Mostly WoW on the computer.

vachegomoo

I'm a Shaiya addict, vache.

No, like it's bad. I'll quit and be right back into it.

This totally looks like my kind of game and it's free (score!), but... we only have a Mac right now. Crap. Eventually we're getting a new PC so I will have to keep this one in mind.

I have a similar problem with Oblivion. The game's like crack!

vauleese

Current WoW addict, currently starting raid leading (although I have my KingSlayer Title) and doing some PVP. Have played since Vanilla and am at a point in my life now where I need to give up the coke and chips while I play for water and apple slices.

vauleese

Where has this thread been hiding from me all week?!?!! The majority of my game playing is WoW (can't wait for cata). My friends in the military got me hooked and we used to do PT sessions to work off the "WoW weight" that we gained from playing 4-6 hours a night and pretty much nothing else. I took a break from WoW for most of the year but got started back in the summer, yet I don't raid this time around and just play it for fun for a couple hours a few nights a week.

It's kind of wierd looking back at how I game now vs. how I gamed as a kid. WHen I was young my family had only 1 form of gaming, first was the C-64, then we finally got an NES and then an SNES and a N64. SO I mainly just played what everyone else was playing, anybody remember playing goldeneye on the N64 multiplayer mode and always hating the guy that got the golden gun?

But when the PS1 came out it was the first time I really had the opportunity to play a multitude of different games, and then XBOX followed, PS2, XBOX360, Wii, PS3, computer games!?!?! man, waaaaay to much to keep track of. I have the latest console from every platform avialable if only to play just 1 game that I HAD to play and it was only available on that 1 system (Halo 3 I had to buy an XBOX 360; Wii just looked cool, but I only own the game it came with; and my enjoy playing MW2 on the PS3 with my buddy).

I guess I was spoiled in Japan with thier 1GB fiber optic internet for a mere $40 a month, blazing fast speed and multiplayer was actually playable for me. When I moved back to the states and moved out onto my farm that fastest high speed available is 1.5 MB DSL, and that costs $65 a month. Lag is killing me in my beloved multiplayer console games, so I don't really play them anymore :-(.

I think when cata hits I'll save up enough money to transfer to a new server. Since I've sene so many WoW players on here are you happy with your server and battlegroup? I'm currently on (US)Quel'Dorei and it just fit me as well as (Oceanic)Nagrand did, but the time difference forced the move. sorry for the wall of text, hopefully you have enough defence gear to avoid the crit.

I transfered from Mug'thol to Malestrom (at the request of one of my Vanilla friends) reciently and I like it ok. Not to much world pvp going on, but the horde almost always have WG so it makes farming easy lol.

abyt42

Currently, I'm trying to multi-class..... so, D&Der, mom, teacher, nascent athlete, online student, and pet-feeder...... the gaming's taking a back seat to everything else, but we've got our annual big weekend bash (with people my DH has been playing with for almost 30 years coming up.)

stringcheeze

I'm a huge FPS junkie -- I used to be able to run Quake II boards in my sleep. I adore anything by Valve, especially Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead. I also love stuff like Mass Effect/ME2, the Hitman series, Splinter Cell, etc. Did a lot of D&D in high school, a lot of Magic the Gathering in college, and HeroClix/Mage Knight once those came out. I'm not a big fan of console gaming -- hate the controller -- but do have a Wii just for random goofing off. I played WoW pretty seriously for 2 years (back when pvp was for rank and Molten Bore was the all rage) but lost my taste for it -- now have a private server to get my "fix" every now and again. I'm not a huge fan of RPGs, although do have fond memories of playing multiplayer Warcraft II with fellow students at college.

Now waiting patiently for Portal 2 to come out...and possibly whatever BioWare releases next.

Edit: You know you're a junkie when you're right handed and your fingers naturally rest on the WASD keys....

vauleese

I'm a huge FPS junkie -- I used to be able to run Quake II boards in my sleep. I adore anything by Valve, especially Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead. I also love stuff like Mass Effect/ME2, the Hitman series, Splinter Cell, etc. Did a lot of D&D in high school, a lot of Magic the Gathering in college, and HeroClix/Mage Knight once those came out. I'm not a big fan of console gaming -- hate the controller -- but do have a Wii just for random goofing off. I played WoW pretty seriously for 2 years (back when pvp was for rank and Molten Bore was the all rage) but lost my taste for it -- now have a private server to get my "fix" every now and again. I'm not a huge fan of RPGs, although do have fond memories of playing multiplayer Warcraft II with fellow students at college.

Now waiting patiently for Portal 2 to come out...and possibly whatever BioWare releases next.

Edit: You know you're a junkie when you're right handed and your fingers naturally rest on the WASD keys....

Wow is actually bringing back pvp ranks and Molten Core will be Heroic lol...all this is comming out in Cata!

assyn

A thread I can get into! I've been lurking for a week and haven't found anything to post in yet (or maybe I'm just shy lol).

I see RPG's are popular. I can't stand them myself, with a few exceptions. I'm a PC gamer generally, FPS mostly, like Half Life 2 and will play any single player mods I can get my hands on, Left 4 Dead, Chrome etc (I only ever play SP though, I can't bring myself to play multiplayer - perhaps that shyness again). Would like to play some bigger games but my laptop would probably blow up. Also like real-time strategy like Command & Conquer, Empire Earth etc, not keen on turn-based. Love puzzle games, been playing Chime and Droplitz a lot lately. Besides PC, I play on the Wii, but only play Guitar Hero really.

stringcheeze - my fingers naturally rest on the WASD keys as well.

Ge0rgiana

So, I've been skimming over the thread... Am I the only dice nerd? Seriously, the only games that I play that don't involve dice are Fish World and Treasure Isle on Facebook. :laugh:

Chenoachem

So, I've been skimming over the thread... Am I the only dice nerd? Seriously, the only games that I play that don't involve dice are Fish World and Treasure Isle on Facebook. :laugh:

I like dice. Shadowrun anyone? That is the best reason to play. You get to roll lots of dice. ( At least you used to back in the D6 days before the D20 system took over the world)

Sauchie

Wow is actually bringing back pvp ranks and Molten Core will be Heroic lol...all this is comming out in Cata!

Heroic VC is insane Can't wait

Ge0rgiana

So, I've been skimming over the thread... Am I the only dice nerd? Seriously, the only games that I play that don't involve dice are Fish World and Treasure Isle on Facebook. :laugh:

I like dice. Shadowrun anyone? That is the best reason to play. You get to roll lots of dice. ( At least you used to back in the D6 days before the D20 system took over the world)

I've never heard of it. I'm sure someone in the gaggle of nerds I hang out with has played it. And I like D20s. He he he!

vauleese

Wow is actually bringing back pvp ranks and Molten Core will be Heroic lol...all this is comming out in Cata!

Heroic VC is insane Can't wait

You must be one of the lucky one's who get's to Beta Test.

Gtrigg~ I used to play D&D Old School with my Hubby before we moved to Germany. He had a whole group of friends who were doing it and so I joined in. After we moved to Germany tho the grp kinda broke up, sad really I was enjoying playing my caster lol.

vauleese

Double Post Sorreh!

Ge0rgiana

Wow is actually bringing back pvp ranks and Molten Core will be Heroic lol...all this is comming out in Cata!

Heroic VC is insane Can't wait

You must be one of the lucky one's who get's to Beta Test.

Gtrigg~ I used to play D&D Old School with my Hubby before we moved to Germany. He had a whole group of friends who were doing it and so I joined in. After we moved to Germany tho the grp kinda broke up, sad really I was enjoying playing my caster lol.

Awesome! Yeah, you do kinda need more than you and hubby to really play a decent game! And, what, no D&D nerds in Germany? What's wrong with those ppl? :laugh:

Sauchie

So for all you WOW players how are you liking 4.0.1???

fit2sit

So for all you WOW players how are you liking 4.0.1???

I went to play it last night after my jog...and I had to download 1.4 gigs /sadpanda

My friend who downloaded the rest of it during his lunchbreak was texting me the whole night about it. I guess I'll have to see how it is when I get home tonight.

binary_jester

Console player here. Just finished Halo Reach, waiting for Assassin's Creed and really biding my time until Gears of War 3 is released. I don't play as often, but I am binary jester on xbox live.
I only use my laptop for the internet and photoshop. I used to play Mafia Wars on Facebook, so much so I started my own clan. Not really into board games.

Sauchie

So for all you WOW players how are you liking 4.0.1???

I went to play it last night after my jog...and I had to download 1.4 gigs /sadpanda

My friend who downloaded the rest of it during his lunchbreak was texting me the whole night about it. I guess I'll have to see how it is when I get home tonight.

i took off work to fix my addons. So I can raid tonight. This should be interesting...

ElvenMother427

I am a big time BioWare junkie. I love all of their stuff....especially Dragon Age & Mass Effect. I also love the Fable series, Assassin's Creed....anything Final Fantasy....Fallout....lots and lots. Puzzle games like the Myst series, Portal, etc. are great too. I want to get Alan Wake, but have yet to do so. Thee are these old games for PC that I loved forever....7th Guest and 11th Hour...they were spooky story based puzzle games.

Let's see....a friend of mine got me into Warhammer 40K....I am building an Eldar army at the moment....painting.

I also have done D&D in the past, though most of our crew is back in CA....we have not found many people to play with here in WA. The only other dice based table top I have played is the Lord of The Rings one. I think it was discontinued, but it is awesome for a Tolkien nerd like me....I have almost all the books and it is D6 based. Hmm....I think that about covers it. :)

Glad to see more like me on here

TK266

*tears up* why did it take so long for me to find you all. PC gamer, D&D 3.5, Sci-Fi. lastest games played: Fallout 3, replayed orginal Half Life, Civ 4 colonization and Mount & Blade.

and of course I kind of a Star Wars geek along with all my other geekness.

binary_jester

*tears up* why did it take so long for me to find you all. PC gamer, D&D 3.5, Sci-Fi. lastest games played: Fallout 3, replayed orginal Half Life, Civ 4 colonization and Mount & Blade.

and of course I kind of a Star Wars geek along with all my other geekness.

Getting Civ 5?