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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: ROC on February 16, 2005, 09:22:20 PM
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So, SIM, the CO of my squad the Ghosts, thought that a night of having our wives fly would be fun. (He's recently married, isn't he cute)
That got me thinking, that it would be Very entertaining for our respective "others" to see what we do for our hobby.
Does anyone in here think a Wife Ack Night of standing behind our others, while trying to show them how to fly and talk to the other "others" would be somewhat entertaining?
Personally, I think I want to take this beyond our Squads Mini (skirt) event and launch it Arena Wide.
Any thoughts on this?
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No, no thoughts.
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It is a novel idea, but one that my wife and I won't be partaking in. There are several things in this world that I would detest doing and one of them is going through the agony of trying to teach my wife to play this game. Why don't we go outside, I'll give you 50 bucks, you kick me in the balls and we call it square instead? :D
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That would be about as much fun as accompanying the wife to her favorite fabric shoppe.
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If she liked this game she would be the only only flying anyway. I someone developes an AH Memory eraser bomb, I know who your first customer would be.
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Ohh this going to get me trouble here........many appologies.............
Grow a set, women don't want to do what we do,because it looks fun.
They only would do it so WE don't have fun.
My wife wants no part of this game she watches and thinks its cool but knows this is my space, like I know her karate his her space.(and before the comments, she ain't got a chance in hell)
and she knows I don't want her near this game(no matter how much it may improve my name)so she respects that. This is one of the Last bastions on earth that is VIRTUALLY all male, a mens club of sorts. We drink fly curse and kill, everthing the human male could want. female free almost. To me this is like goin to the bar after work, but without the threat of a DUI or putting someone else in harms way.
With that out of the way now damage control, this is no meant to disrespect the true Female gamers of AH, I know you belong
because you found and enjoy the game on your own.
Hit the delete key and live a normal life
or
hit the enter key and run and duck.
well if your reading this............
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That would be like when Superman brought Lois Lane to his fortress of solitude, after that his world went to hell in a hand basket.
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Woooo I missed ARENA wide That is HERESY man.........
like bring lois lane and all her girlfriends to the Fortress of Solitude for a tupperware party.
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No way do I want my wife to play this game. Its mine.
I escape from her to play this game.
I carve cork decoys.
I hunt.
I fish.
Its a social mens club where women need not apply. I realize there are a few women who do play the game. For the most part I only find them on GV's,bombers,ship gunners,or field gunners. I can handle that. Dueling with men is part of history. Thats the way it should be.
Howitzer,
I read your reply and just about choked on a mouthful of Pepsi.
Pretty sure that would ruin your whole week.
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Im not gonna get married.. dad always said why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free
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Originally posted by Sp4de
Im not gonna get married.. dad always said why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free
Your dad probably told you many more fairy tales. You just don`t remember.
There is no such thing as free milk.
Grasshopper has many things yet to learn. :D
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Originally posted by doobs
With that out of the way now damage control, this is no meant to disrespect the true Female gamers of AH, I know you belong because you found and enjoy the game on your own.
Hah, glad you added that bit. :D Well, not quite true for me.... I originally discovered AW by watching my husband (Zeb) playing and it developed from there. :aok
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I'd guess that the women play for the community as much as anything else, that or the notoriety (1 female 500 guys).
Sp4de, listen to your Father, he speaks from experience. While it's true what Jackal said "there is no such thing as free milk", why pay the ultimate price (marriage) for the milk. when you can just "F" them till they run you off? Just make sure to always wear your raincoat.
Back on subject - I'm willing to bet the wives and girlfriends would find out that it's more than just "that silly game we play" if they got immersed in it for a while. I'm not saying they would like it as much as men do however. You would simply get a little more understanding out of them regarding the 'addiction'...the younger or the prettier they are, the more you have to justify your time :eek:
Magoo
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My wife knows that this is more than just a game. It took her a while to realise that my squad is like a big support group.
Once that happened she quite making remarks about my "******" in the other room.
Of course turning off ICQ's sounds so it quit going "Yoooohooo" every time my wife & I were watching a movie helped also.
Grin
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Missed the point, it's not about justifying time, or "growing some"
There aren't many left who remember the Air Warrior Widows Club which was a bunch of the wifes go got together bemoaning the loss of their husbands to the evil game. It was all good fun.
Anyway, just a thought. Personally, I love to have any excuse to strap the wife into either a flight sim or racing game as she manages to break all known laws of physics. It makes up for having to do the Mall thing on Christmas.
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Howitzer,
I read your reply and just about choked on a mouthful of Pepsi.
Pretty sure that would ruin your whole week
I am pretty sure that either one of these experiences is going to cause pain for quite a while. Now don't get me wrong here, I'm happy that we have wives/women playing this game, I'm just saying that I don't want the unholy task of teaching mine to play this game :aok
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Yea Howitzer, I remember trying to teach the ex-wife how to drive my F-150 (4 speed stick). After many failed attempts and much duress (on her part, I was laughing inside) she managed to get it rolling down the street...then at the stop sign the truck starts lurching and jumping and then stalls. So I walk up and ask "did you push in the clutch?" and she says "you mean I have to push in the clutch when I stop too!!!???". The lesson was over after that. In her defense, she was a good cook and great in bed...
Roc, you only THINK you don't have to justify your time. When you exceed the wife ack timer, which is totally arbitrary and varies according to the cycle and the woman, you eventually will be peppered with some large caliber *****ing. (it does though sound as if you found a good one :) )
Magoo
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ROFL Howitzer
:rofl
NwBie
Originally posted by Howitzer
It is a novel idea, but one that my wife and I won't be partaking in. There are several things in this world that I would detest doing and one of them is going through the agony of trying to teach my wife to play this game. Why don't we go outside, I'll give you 50 bucks, you kick me in the balls and we call it square instead? :D
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Sometimes my girlfriend will fly under my name. Been trying to show her the game so she understands how fun it is. She actually shot down an egomaniac on the Rooks her second sortie. Too funny.
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LOL Magoo,
Coming up on 17 years next month, yep I found a good one.
She has come to understand that I game, that's what I do. I don't watch TV, I don't go bar hopping, I don't watch football endlessly, I game.
She brings me food and drink while I play. She schedules "girl day" with my daughter and her mom so that they are our doing the shopping and chattering while I do event's on Saturdays, which has been a long standing tradition with me for around 9 years.
Early on she did have some trouble with the games. But it didn't take long to realize that my hobby was no different than her hobbies, and she didn't want me to go shopping with her.
It's a good life, and a good wife.
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can we please leave the fun-blockers out of the MA ... I go there to get away from mine hehehe J/K
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The closest my wife ever got to playing an online sim was when she was under the puter table while I was flying. And yes, she "was" siphoning gas. I was typing to my squaddies while she was doing it and they got a big kick out of it.
:p
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As George on Seinfeld once said ....
WORLDS ARE COLLIDING !!!
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bad idea. Back in AH1 I tired to teach mine how to play, I sent her up in the Zeke since I figured it was one of the simplest to fly. A massive headache and two hours later she still hadnt got the hang of it. I told her to use the auto take off to get off the ground, "hit the G key to pull up the gear". I came back five mins later and she was around 12,000 feet.
So we we started some basic ACM. After about 30 mins of this she was "bored" so I told her to pull up her map and find her base. This little exercise took her almost 20 mins, and after flying over top of her base more than twice, I finally took over and set her up for a long straight in approach. She managed to land after taking off her left main, and doing a nose over. Not that bad I guess.
Then I get the "I want to shoot someone down" So I put her in the MA under my name, I wasnt watching what plane she picked. In hind sight I should have. I came back to check on here 40 mins later just in time to see one of my prettty little ME 262's on fire about to crash.....it was the forth one she had crashed. Two on take off, one shortly after take off and one after flying over some AA at an emy base she tried to land at. Never again will I let her touch my game.
-Keg.
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My wife would roll her eyes and say
" That's a nice thought dear. Now run along play with your little friends."
She does not understand this nor does she want to. She thinks it is juvinile fun.
I got her to that point by lamenting the fact that women in the industrialised world had stripped men of everything else they used to do, except for hunting and strip bars... and strip bars and hunting were being looked at to next. So I told her I could either go to the strip club or be at home and play... her choice.
She said and I quote "If playing with your friends in that imanginary sandbox is so important to you, then go ahead I do not understand the allure of getting in an imaginary thing and getting into imaginary fights, but if you do knock your self out."
You should have seen her face when I told her I was going to NYC and visit Engine and Slamman. heheheheh
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Oh the misery of being trapped with a bitter woman for the rest of your life...
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Originally posted by Drunky
No, no thoughts.
;)
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I never had a problem with this sort of ack unless I really am pushing my luck. When she makes food, out of respect I get up and eat. No game is worth more than a good dinner. Not even this one.
When shes' in the same room as me and its not "cuddle" time yet. The TV is on across the room while I'm furballing. But usualy an hour long epesode of Sex and the city is enough to make me want to get up, put two bullets in the TV and commence "cuddle time". Just listening to that watermelon is enough to make anyone want to go balistic... Any man.
I had her talk on local vox once to this guy who was going off on me for saying I stole his kill. After he threw every single word in the book at me I gave her the mic and she started ripping him a new one. I wish like heck I had the film going for it. Luckly I had the speakers on and not the head set, so when she heard him going ape watermelon over the speakers she walked over to see what kind of game I was playing. The rest is history. It wasnt even a good kill. I think it was a goon in fact. You can't call dibs on a goon.
I let her play a few times after she asked. I had to turn stall limiter on because she'd yank the plane around so fast trying to go after a con that it would snap into the ground. She liked it but said it wasnt really the game for her. Now, if HT started skining purple planes with flowers and pretty butterflies, I'm sure she'd like it alot more.
Morph
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Originally posted by Howitzer
It is a novel idea, but one that my wife and I won't be partaking in. There are several things in this world that I would detest doing and one of them is going through the agony of trying to teach my wife to play this game. Why don't we go outside, I'll give you 50 bucks, you kick me in the balls and we call it square instead? :D
:rofl :rofl
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Asked my wife if she wanted to fly one night and she said and I quote"F@#K that S&*T " she thinks my p.c is evil and aces high is the devils spawn. :D which just makes me want to play more!:lol
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Originally posted by Magoo
...then at the stop sign the truck starts lurching and jumping and then stalls. So I walk up and ask "did you push in the clutch?" and she says "you mean I have to push in the clutch when I stop too!!!???".
...teach her from OUTSIDE the truck.
why didn't I think of that!?
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Originally posted by Streetstang:
No game is worth more than a good dinner.
I totally agree with this statement. I married a really good cook and I don't miss her meals for anything.
:aok
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The thing I dont understand is we aren't married YET, but she'll still cook and do my laundry, wash and vacume my car and truck. Is this a sign of things to come? I ask myself? I feel there WILL be a payback down the line for me. Italians are like that you know. Once your in, you can never get out. Dam good cook though... Well worth the future pain.
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When my wife and I were dating and early into our marriage, she would go to antique shows and air shows with me. Not any more(or in a really long time). Unfortunately, you might be right. Once you're hooked, the pampering might stop.
:(
P.S. I still do get "air starts" though after 11 years of marriage.
;)
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Originally posted by streetstang
The thing I dont understand is we aren't married YET, but she'll still cook and do my laundry, wash and vacume my car and truck. Is this a sign of things to come? I ask myself? I feel there WILL be a payback down the line for me. Italians are like that you know. Once your in, you can never get out. Dam good cook though... Well worth the future pain.
HeeeHee......heee.....Hah.... ....Bwahahahhahaaaaaaaaaa
Hrrrrummmmphfffff ..
Son , let`s just put it this way. You may think you have seen some high interest rates. You aint seen nuttin yet. :D
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a better idea is an ex-wifes nite that way we could do what we always wanted to do and put some 20 mm's into their prettythang :D
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ROC, good for you buddy, I like to hear success stories! I on the other hand chose to marry "The Unholy Biatch from Helll" (I chose...POORLY.)
Yea Jnuk, if you teach her from inside the truck you get blamed for anything she collides with. This is the same woman that hit a light pole in the movie theater parking lot. :lol
Jackal1...does your Italian girlfriend sweat alot? I had an Italian girlfriend that sweat so much I kept sliding off. Not complaining understand...
StreetStang says "You can't call dibs on a goon" LMFAO - we never grow up! (that's a good thing). Sounds like that line from Dumb and Dumber "You can't double stamp a triple stamp Lloyd!":rofl
Magoo
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Jackal1...does your Italian girlfriend sweat alot? I had an Italian girlfriend that sweat so much I kept sliding off. Not complaining understand...
BWAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAA!!!!!!
:rofl :rofl :rofl
This is just something I've never thought to ask anyone. This is probably the beginning of all the famous stereotypes at one time.
I can see it starting now:
Guy A: "Man I just broke up with my girlfriend."
Guy B: "How Come?"
Guy A: "Well... She's italian"
Guy B: "ahhhh so she was sweaty all the time then? I understand"
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Originally posted by Magoo
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Jackal1...does your Italian girlfriend sweat alot? I had an Italian girlfriend that sweat so much I kept sliding off. Not complaining understand...
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Ummmmm errrrrrrrrrr Ummmmmmmm
Morph is the one into Italian food. :D
:D
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OK, OK She sprang from the closet with a baseball bat as I was finishing the last post.
I hereby deny any allegations that I, Jackal1, has or intends to have an Italian girlfriend.
Damn them folks in Louieville for making such good bats. :D
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Heheheheheheh, well ... let's just say that after the marriage, certain adjustments and accomodations are often made by both parties (a funny word in this context if ever there was one).
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Originally posted by Jackal1
OK, OK She sprang from the closet with a baseball bat as I was finishing the last post.
I hereby deny any allegations that I, Jackal1, has or intends to have an Italian girlfriend.
Damn them folks in Louieville for making such good bats. :D
Damn! Terribly sorry old chap! Looking back at the posts I realize it was StreetStang - not Jackal1:lol Tell you what, now that Mrs. Jackal is good and pizzed at you, send her over to my house and I'll explain everything...Does she sweat much?:p
Magoo
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(http://www.rednystate.com/images/bliss.jpg)
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LOL, a visual aide for wife ack, thats funny!!! :rofl
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It's missing the hidden tears and 'I'm gonna divorce you' that blew my wings off like a hizooka.
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Originally posted by wojo71
Asked my wife if she wanted to fly one night and she said and I quote"F@#K that S&*T " she thinks my p.c is evil and aces high is the devils spawn. :D which just makes me want to play more!:lol
Same thing here.....
"all u do is play on that damn computer"
"yea....your point being???"
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Originally posted by streetstang
The thing I dont understand is we aren't married YET, but she'll still cook and do my laundry, wash and vacume my car and truck. Is this a sign of things to come? I ask myself? I feel there WILL be a payback down the line for me. Italians are like that you know. Once your in, you can never get out. Dam good cook though... Well worth the future pain.
Keep her. If she does it now, she'll do it forever. But be sure to show her the appreciation she deserves.
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I'd rather have a root canal!
Or go shopping with her, can' t decide which is worse.
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Women, computers and first person shooters..........
That just doesn't sound right.
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This is still a man's game. I bet even the girls find themselves scratching and adjusting from time to time.
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Originally posted by Sp4de
Im not gonna get married.. dad always said why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free
Even worse, the milk starts drying up once you buy the cow and just eating the steak will get you arrested.
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Why not have a pet cow in the stable and ride the wild ones in the field once in a while.
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Originally posted by Siaf__csf
Why not have a pet cow in the stable and ride the wild ones in the field once in a while.
Cause you get old and it's easier to play AHII. Why get all messy? :D
Woof
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You guys don't know what you're missing.
I've got twenty years with my first and only -- and gotta say, I wouldnt change a thing. She doesn't get computer games, any more than she gets Monty Python's Holy Grail ("that's not funny, that's stuuuuupid!), but then I dont get how landscaping can be FUN. We're different in a lot of ways, but we are best friends. It took a LOT of relationship work, and we each had some real compromises to make, but we did it together. We take care of each others' needs just because we want to.
Couple years ago, for my birthday, the family drove down to Dayton -- and they DROPPED ME OFF at the Air Force Museum so I could take all the time I wanted without negotiating family issues. It was her idea.
She knows that when I get really compulsive about flying, it's because I'm dealing with some stress or something. When she says it's time to go to bed, well, she's usually right. And, my son is fast becoming a great friend in the same mold -- though he still favors FPS's, where he's good enough that he's often accused of cheating -- he doesnt. (I try to play his games, but my handle -- DeadSoon -- says it all.)
You can't get this kind of life with a rented relationship. I got a great woman, yeah, but what made this marrriage work is that we cared enough to understand each other, compromise, and find the middle ground, each giving up a little. I really believe that any two people who feel that way can get a relationship jsut as good.
And trust me, you young pups -- if you take good care of you're "cow," really love her and give her a fair share of relationship treats, the milk DOESNT dry up -- it just gets sweeter.
Simaril
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Well my cow told me that she doesn't mind if I graze the nearby fields as long as I stop bugging her all the time. :rolleyes:
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Looks like you will get use of that robe and wizard hat?
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Originally posted by ROCrats
So, SIM, the CO of my squad the Ghosts, thought that a night of having our wives fly would be fun. (He's recently married, isn't he cute)
That got me thinking, that it would be Very entertaining for our respective "others" to see what we do for our hobby.
Does anyone in here think a Wife Ack Night of standing behind our others, while trying to show them how to fly and talk to the other "others" would be somewhat entertaining?
Personally, I think I want to take this beyond our Squads Mini (skirt) event and launch it Arena Wide.
Any thoughts on this?
Why do you you think its called a cockpit?
'side's I'd hate to see it called a wifepit. I already have one of those. It's called a house. Housed within the wifepit is wife ack. That's bad enough.
Sorry Flossy :)
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Ren
The Damned
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I long for the days of just "Wife ack"... She has graduated to being a "Wife Spawn-Camper".
That's when she walks up, takes a position at point blank range directly behind your left shoulder, and does not stop firing... untill you have given up the urge to try any longer.
Shortly afterwards, she lands her kills and we go shopping.
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I think I will use this as a sig. :D
...everthing the human male could want. Female free almost. To me this is like going to the bar after work, but without the threat of a DUI or putting someone else in harms way.
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And trust me, you young pups -- if you take good care of you're "cow," really love her and give her a fair share of relationship treats, the milk DOESNT dry up -- it just gets sweeter.
Could not agree more! Well said! :aok
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And trust me, you young pups -- if you take good care of you're "cow," really love her and give her a fair share of relationship treats, the milk DOESNT dry up -- it just gets sweeter. [/B]
Gets sweeter? Why is it that I keep thinking that fetish material there? Dang bud, buy it from the supermarket!
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Originally posted by SkyLab
Women, computers and first person shooters..........
That just doesn't sound right.
I introduced mine to the first Rainbow Six game some years ago, she actually got into it, a little too much I guess... She constantly freaked out when she saw those hooded, suspicious looking characters following her around. She unloaded her entire mag in them over and over.
It was hilarious.