I married a gamer. We actually met over a D&D game. He was walking through while my friends and I were playing and asked to join. He got me into Warhammer later, and we both jumped into MMOs together (though he plays those more seriously now than I do; we have 2 kids. He stays up and games and I just want to sleep!).
I've only had a couple of "real boyfriends" in my life, especially since I got married young. But they've all been gamers. But it was never the gaming that ended the relationship.

I've dated a few gamers, and my fiance is one too. The first one I dated for about a year and a half when I was young (senior year of high school until almost the end of my freshman year of college). He's the one that got me into WoW when it came out. We played together a lot. The problem was he became obsessed with it. I'd want to go out and do other things, and he just wanted to raid. It got to the point that I felt we weren't even in a relationship anymore. If I stopped playing WoW, I don't think we would have had anything to do together. So I decided it wasn't worth feeling the way I was and ended it.

My fiance is a gamer, but he enjoys a variety of games. He played WoW for a while, but stopped because he couldn't afford the monthly cost. Lately he's been playing Diablo (which I played a bit), Couterstrike and Team Fortess (he was playing Minecraft but after his friend shut their server down, it kinda died out for them). I like that he's a gamer, because it gives us something in common. But the nice thing with him is that it's not his entire life. We still do plenty of things away from our computers!

So I've learned that being with a gamer is good as long as they enjoy their real life more than their virtual one :-) BTW, ex-bf I mentioned still games all the time. Still works the same crappy job and lives at home (we used to work together, so we have some mutual friends). Still no gf since we broke up 6 years ago (holy crap). Gaming is his life and to be totally honest (sorry if I offend anyone), it's really sad. Glad I found someone who has other interests :-)

I've always been into some videogames and making websites and things, but my boyfriend got me into MMOs/RPGs/CoD and we work very well because there's no "YOU ALWAYS PICK PLAYING VIDEO GAMES OVER ME!" because we understand :P

So many raid night dates!

Met my husband 11 years ago in a game. Been together 10 and married 6 1/2. Works for us. Now if only the kids can learn to craft already.

I turned my wife into a gamer for a while. I got her hooked on Starcraft at one point. I even brought her to LAN parties where she murderized some of my friends. I was so proud.

There were a couple times that we fought when she took the trash talking a little bit too far. Especially with Puzzle Fighter. She's really sharp at puzzle games and I got her a gameboy SP with that game so she could play anywhere. She used to kill time at the arcade on campus with one quarter and stay on the machine for hours taking challenger after challenger. (so proud).

Now that we have kids, those days are behind her. I can't seem to lure her into Starcraft 2 or Diablo and she doesn't want to get hooked again. She picks up Tetris on Nintendo DS but that's it.

My girl is a beast at Tetris too.

I cant even play her anymore because she will beat me and talk smack the whole time. She does the same with Mario Kart lol.

I've only ever dated gamers. Alas, they never work out, but I don't think them being a gamer per se is what made thiings go haywire. The first guy I was seeing wasn't a "gamer", he was big into swordplay and larping and such. That didn't work out because of age. My first boyfriend broke up with me because my *kitten* hit his water pipe, which landed on his D&D board and well ... he was maaaaaaad LOL.

I just got out of a 3 1/2 year relationship with a hardcore gamer, and we're still good friends. It's always awesome to raid until 6am, order a pizza, and just hammer out dailies together.

BUT on the flipside, I found that dating gamers made me less active, and we didn't motivate each other as much as we should. I still consider myself a gamer, but more casual now that I am right into my weight loss.

Meh, used to date someone I met in WoW. It was nice at first, raiding together and all... then I realised that gaming is like the ONLY thing we have in common. Not that wonderful anymore, and it made raiding together awkward after - he's still in my guild though, and it takes much willpower to keep things cordial. Mhmm.. so I guess, never again. At least not with someone in the same guild & raid group. Ugh :noway:

i would only date another gamer, because i would hate to date someone i have nothing in common with.

i see friends that are with people that don't game, and it never ends well.

My fiance is a gamer and I could never see myself with someone who isn't into games... that would be like hell lol

I don't think I've ever dated someone who wasn't a gamer. My boyfriend and I play everything together - I'm his pocket healer :laugh:

My ex and I played WoW together for a while until he got bored of it and I let it consume me. We broke up and I kept playing. A guy 'friend' of mine that I was seeing for a while raided hardcore with me for almost 3 years. We did the Aion and SWTOR thing for a while.

I miss having someone to game with. I am quite jealous all of you ended up so well with your gamer guys and gals! Where's my future gamer hubby dammit ):

My ex and I played WoW together for a while until he got bored of it and I let it consume me. We broke up and I kept playing. A guy 'friend' of mine that I was seeing for a while raided hardcore with me for almost 3 years. We did the Aion and SWTOR thing for a while.

I miss having someone to game with. I am quite jealous all of you ended up so well with your gamer guys and gals! Where's my future gamer hubby dammit ):

this is how i feel sometimes.

dated a few guys from wow, it usually ended badly.
super jealous of people that can make it work!

Totally.

Girlfriend and I are both gamers, first met via Everquest 2. Our tastes converge in some areas and are apart in others. Contrary to what I would have liked, we aren't the usual MMO tank healer combo...we're both f*cking tanks.

We both enjoy gaming in general though, even non MMOs, I don't think I could be with someone who isn't a gamer, even though I don't game anywhere near as much as I used to.....I'm currently juggling a fear of playing EVE and a desire to dive in, I'm scared I'll get sucked in and become some kind of obsessive Hispaniard Space Jew, trying to ruin economies left and right.

I met my boyfriend on WoW. My guild fell apart, so a friend of mine invited me to his guild. My boyfriend was the GM/raid leader. I was pretty intimidated by him because he was so hot/awesome and really, really good at the game. The first time he spoke to me on Vent, I thought I was going to die.

I needed help with my toon since I was a new 80, so we started chatting, and he logged onto all of his level 80 alts to help gear me up, give me some gems/enchants, and so on. It was a makeover right in the middle of Dalaran. We laughed about that for a bit, and then he asked if I had a MySpace (he didn't have FB yet). Once we traded MySpace links, we started stalking each other without the other knowing it. That went on for about a year, but we didn't want to date because of the distance (and we'd both had it with relationships). We were totally happy being friends and staying single.

We started dating a year later (January 2010). He moved from New Mexico to Michigan in June 2011. We still play WoW, Diablo, and other games together. He's trying to get me into Star Wars, but I don't need another time-sink.