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| 2 SEP 2005 at 5:14pm |
TemporaIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 96
Joined: 5 AUG 2005
Status : Online | When i play Adventure games i play and my brother watches me and advice me sometimes.
o tempora! o mores!
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| 2 SEP 2005 at 6:02pm |
snowtimeJourneyman
Posts : 1014
Joined: 28 JUN 2005
Status : Online | Alone. Always alone.
A lone wolf stalking his prey.
A single mind pitted against the world.
Besides, I can't find anyone else to play with me...
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I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
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| 2 SEP 2005 at 6:28pm |
Pastor DisasterJourneyman
Posts : 1056
Joined: 14 DEC 2004
Status : Online | All alone. Just me.
And the guy who wrote the walkthrough...
Dyslexics wonder why there isn't a word that means the same thing as "cinnamon."
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| 2 SEP 2005 at 7:01pm |
ShanyGuild Master
Posts : 3313
Joined: 19 JUN 2003
Status : Online | When I was still in school I used to play with my brother, we both had more time for games and could take weeks to play one game together.
Now my brother moved out and I don't have as much time to play anyway, so I play alone.
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| 2 SEP 2005 at 7:15pm |
SirDaveGuild Master
Posts : 4941
Joined: 17 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Pastor Disaster (2 SEP 2005 6:28pm)
All alone. Just me.
And the guy who wrote the walkthrough...
Anyone want bets on how long it takes for this to be responded to?
The future ain't what it used to be!
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| 2 SEP 2005 at 7:22pm |
MorgausePrivate Detective
Posts : 687
Joined: 2 SEP 2004
Status : Online | Well, it took about 50 minutes for the first answer to that (your own, that is). Oh, you mean... Well, you know what.
I'd wager it will take three hours from now, more than enough time to order some popcorn and assorted commodities.
And to stay on topic, for once: I play them alone myself. We should create an organisation of some sorts, purely dedicated to promoting solitary adventuring; that should make perfect nonsense.
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| 2 SEP 2005 at 8:28pm |
KamisoriXSchattenjger
Posts : 1700
Joined: 15 MAY 2004
Status : Online | Most of the time alone. But I don't mind when someone is there. :-*
[IMG]http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/971/kamisig94ct.gif[/IMG]&&&&If the Earth would be a Sphere, and not a Disc, I wouldn't be so afraid to fall of the Edge...
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| 2 SEP 2005 at 8:38pm |
Sandy_SleuthPrivate Detective
Posts : 556
Joined: 22 JUL 2005
Status : Online | Originally Posted By KamisoriX (2 SEP 2005 8:28pm)
Most of the time alone. But I don't mind when someone is there. :-*
Does it bother you to allow someone else to control the mouse?[img]http://bestsmileys.com/computer1/7.gif[/img]
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| 2 SEP 2005 at 8:46pm |
KamisoriXSchattenjger
Posts : 1700
Joined: 15 MAY 2004
Status : Online | well, that's another story. I play a game so...I play it. :-*
[IMG]http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/971/kamisig94ct.gif[/IMG]&&&&If the Earth would be a Sphere, and not a Disc, I wouldn't be so afraid to fall of the Edge...
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| 3 SEP 2005 at 4:55am |
| Deleted User | Alone. I've played through a few scenes with the SO, but it was more along the lines of show and tell of graphics rather than getting down to the solving, which has always been a solitaire thing.
Eh?
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| 3 SEP 2005 at 6:07am |
gailSchattenjger
Posts : 1659
Joined: 19 JAN 2004
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By snowtime (2 SEP 2005 6:01pm)
Alone. Always alone.
A lone wolf stalking his prey.
A single mind pitted against the world.
Besides, I can't find anyone else to play with me...
* It's pretty much the same here, except for the stalking bit. My husband plays one golf game and Bejeweled which is fine with me, since that leaves the PC free most of the time.
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other screaming, "WOO HOO what a ride!!!
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| 3 SEP 2005 at 10:44pm |
AndromusGuild Master
Posts : 5538
Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Just little old me. I don't know anyone who plays adventures except me either. (In real life, that is -- not counting the fine folks in this forum) Probably just as well -- I don't think I'd like someone looking over my shoulder while adventuring, and I really enjoy figuring out stuff for myself.
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| 4 SEP 2005 at 3:56am |
SusanGuild Master
Posts : 5485
Joined: 13 OCT 2002
Location: 0
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By SirDave (2 SEP 2005 7:15pm)
Anyone want bets on how long it takes for this to be responded to? No comment.
I play by myself. There was one time several years ago when I was first playing The Colonel's Bequest and my mom happened to be in the room at the time, and she offered some suggestions. That's the closest I've come.
I agree with Andromus; I don't know of any other people (friends or relatives) in real life that play games, so I have no one to chat with and no one to play with. Nevertheless, unless I was playing through the game and showing them what to do, I'm not sure I'd find it very enjoyable. I'd either feel bad b/c the other person doesn't get to do anything, or I'd be impatient to take control of the mouse (or keyboard) again.
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 4 SEP 2005 at 1:05pm |
GelertPrivate Detective
Posts : 492
Joined: 14 MAY 2004
Status : Offline |
With my children either side of me.
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| 4 SEP 2005 at 2:57pm |
mszvPrivate Detective
Posts : 751
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I play by myself.
I know some people who play with other people via email. They play without a walkthrough, and "talk" about puzzles and what is going on in the game. This is for a game where you want to take your time.
Regards, mszv
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| 4 SEP 2005 at 5:49pm |
jalexSchattenjger
Posts : 2503
Joined: 5 MAR 2003
Status : Offline | My wife an I play RPG's together on the local net but we also play adventure games together too.
I start the game and if she likes the story she jumps in because our computers are side by side.
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| 4 SEP 2005 at 8:23pm |
Sandy_SleuthPrivate Detective
Posts : 556
Joined: 22 JUL 2005
Status : Online | Ohhh, that's SOOOO cute!! Sounds like fun too!!
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| 4 SEP 2005 at 8:27pm |
Jenny100Guild Master
Posts : 3510
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Both.
Sometimes I play a game along with my brother.
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| 5 SEP 2005 at 2:01am |
AndromusGuild Master
Posts : 5538
Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Susan (4 SEP 2005 3:56am)
I agree with Andromus; I don't know of any other people (friends or relatives) in real life that play games, so I have no one to chat with and no one to play with. Nevertheless, unless I was playing through the game and showing them what to do, I'm not sure I'd find it very enjoyable. I'd either feel bad b/c the other person doesn't get to do anything, or I'd be impatient to take control of the mouse (or keyboard) again.
Oh yeah. I usually like exploring in my own way, so I couldn't stand another person at the controls with me watching. I'd probably be muttering under my breath, "Not that way, not that way.....there's nothing else to see there...should have checked that other area first.....come on, you talked to that person half a dozen times already....what about that spot over there....did you remember to examine that item you just picked up......
In other words, I'd be a real pain in the butt to play adventures with.
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| 5 SEP 2005 at 3:01am |
AvatarPrivate Detective
Posts : 661
Joined: 3 JAN 2004
Status : Online | I used to play with my sister... which was SO fun! We played a few really great games together. But now, she has kids and when she's alone she likes to watch TV or catch up on sleep, so no more 2am game-playing nights...
Now I play alone...
(it was more fun with her, though :-[ ).
My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dog already thinks I am.&&&&The measure of civility in a society is not how it treats those that are loved, but how it treats those that are hated.
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| 5 SEP 2005 at 4:30am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | Alone. In the dark. With chocolate.
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| 5 SEP 2005 at 9:44am |
| Deleted User | I've played adventures with someone else only a couple of times. Exploring a new world and going Ooooh! and Aaaaah! together was great fun. So is doing dialogues and solving inventory-based puzzles or mechanical puzzles. But I'd rather do the more complex ones, where you need to take notes, on my own. Some AGs are not suitable imo. Scary games, horror themes, for instance. I explored the first two islands of Riven with a friend and a small part of Zork GI. That's a wonderful game to play together, I wish I had!
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| 5 SEP 2005 at 11:44am |
SarahJourneyman
Posts : 913
Joined: 13 JUL 2004
Status : Offline | Alone. Unless I get stuck and ask my hubby to help me. That also includes when I'm unable to fight last battles in RPG or action/adventure games
Still busy being a mom &&
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| 6 SEP 2005 at 1:52pm |
TechnoSpikePrivate Detective
Posts : 581
Joined: 26 APR 2005
Location: PT
Status : Offline | Until now, alone. But now I started showing my girlfriend the omiscient world of adventure gaming! We are playing Gabriel Knight 2 (yeah, probably should have started with something simpler, but I'm a sucker for that game (it was my first FMV game, and second adventure game I played)....
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