A Happy Warcraft Tale

Posted 10th Jul 2008 02:20 PM by Maticus

There is a story on latimes.com this week about a married couple who play WoW, but here’s the clincher - For once the story isn’t about them being bad parents, society drop-outs or some sort of deviants, it is in fact a tale of two people who met, married and enjoy playing WoW together, with positive results!

Brad and Cynthia Murdock spend time together while playing, chatting about their day, and even say the game has brought them closer together (Cynthia only started playing when TBC was launched), and has saved them a ton of money as they now stay in more often.

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Founding member of Blizzard, Frank Pearce, speaks up about why he thinks more and more couples are enjoying the game together:

There’s a huge social element to the game. We’ve had this huge massive community grow out of the experience..

The community is really a big factor that draws people into the game and keeps them in the game as well..

It’s a social experience; it’s not just an entertainment experience

Further down in the article however, is a more typical WoW story. It’s about a young married man who plays WoW after his wife has gone to bed and doesn’t like to go out of the house much other than to work. He even made his wife wait to go to the hospital when she was in labour, so that he could finish a raid. I suppose a 100% positive story would be too much to hope for wink

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jschild
Posted 10, Jul 2008 03:17 PM
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“He even made his wife wait to go to the hospital when she was in labour, so that he could finish a raid.”

I predict a divorce in less than 5 years. Anyone so selfish who would make their wife wait, while in labor, for him to finish a raid, has serious priority issues. Thats all fine when no children are invovled. But lets see how it works when the baby is crying at 2AM in the morning and he won’t get the baby cause “I’m Raiding, Honey”

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jschild
Posted 10, Jul 2008 03:17 PM
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“He even made his wife wait to go to the hospital when she was in labour, so that he could finish a raid.”

I predict a divorce in less than 5 years. Anyone so selfish who would make their wife wait, while in labor, for him to finish a raid, has serious priority issues. Thats all fine when no children are invovled. But lets see how it works when the baby is crying at 2AM in the morning and he won’t get the baby cause “I’m Raiding, Honey”

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Morgrenell
Posted 10, Jul 2008 03:23 PM
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I love reading stories like this one.  My husband & I also play WoW together.  We have our computers set up in the living room and my son also plays with us. We all belong to the same guild. We stay home more often and enjoy the family time we have much more now. It brought us closer as a family.

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Morgrenell
Posted 10, Jul 2008 03:23 PM
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I love reading stories like this one.  My husband & I also play WoW together.  We have our computers set up in the living room and my son also plays with us. We all belong to the same guild. We stay home more often and enjoy the family time we have much more now. It brought us closer as a family.

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Morgrenell
Posted 10, Jul 2008 03:23 PM
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I love reading stories like this one.  My husband & I also play WoW together.  We have our computers set up in the living room and my son also plays with us. We all belong to the same guild. We stay home more often and enjoy the family time we have much more now. It brought us closer as a family.

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Tikki
Posted 10, Jul 2008 03:27 PM
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[QUOTE=jschild;4142420]“He even made his wife wait to go to the hospital when she was in labour, so that he could finish a raid.”

I predict a divorce in less than 5 years. Anyone so selfish who would make their wife wait, while in labor, for him to finish a raid, has serious priority issues. Thats all fine when no children are invovled. But lets see how it works when the baby is crying at 2AM in the morning and he won’t get the baby cause “I’m Raiding, Honey”

Nail. Hammer. jschild. WIN!

It’s so true. If the BIRTH of you child comes after WoW, then how can you expect that you’ll put any of your child’s needs before WoW. This sounds like the story is taken way out of proportion, or contraception methods aren’t being utilized enough among WoW players. “Ooh this one has +35 spell penetration!”

I hope that the man changed, otherwise that will be one unhappy household.

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Tikki
Posted 10, Jul 2008 03:27 PM
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[QUOTE=jschild;4142420]“He even made his wife wait to go to the hospital when she was in labour, so that he could finish a raid.”

I predict a divorce in less than 5 years. Anyone so selfish who would make their wife wait, while in labor, for him to finish a raid, has serious priority issues. Thats all fine when no children are invovled. But lets see how it works when the baby is crying at 2AM in the morning and he won’t get the baby cause “I’m Raiding, Honey”

Nail. Hammer. jschild. WIN!

It’s so true. If the BIRTH of you child comes after WoW, then how can you expect that you’ll put any of your child’s needs before WoW. This sounds like the story is taken way out of proportion, or contraception methods aren’t being utilized enough among WoW players. “Ooh this one has +35 spell penetration!”

I hope that the man changed, otherwise that will be one unhappy household.

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Tikki
Posted 10, Jul 2008 03:27 PM
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[QUOTE=jschild;4142420]“He even made his wife wait to go to the hospital when she was in labour, so that he could finish a raid.”

I predict a divorce in less than 5 years. Anyone so selfish who would make their wife wait, while in labor, for him to finish a raid, has serious priority issues. Thats all fine when no children are invovled. But lets see how it works when the baby is crying at 2AM in the morning and he won’t get the baby cause “I’m Raiding, Honey”

Nail. Hammer. jschild. WIN!

It’s so true. If the BIRTH of you child comes after WoW, then how can you expect that you’ll put any of your child’s needs before WoW. This sounds like the story is taken way out of proportion, or contraception methods aren’t being utilized enough among WoW players. “Ooh this one has +35 spell penetration!”

I hope that the man changed, otherwise that will be one unhappy household.

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odinsnephew
Posted 10, Jul 2008 03:31 PM
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He even made his wife wait to go to the hospital when she was in labour, so that he could finish a raid.

/sigh

And all for epic pauldrons of marital misery. Were they worth it wink

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odinsnephew
Posted 10, Jul 2008 03:31 PM
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He even made his wife wait to go to the hospital when she was in labour, so that he could finish a raid.

/sigh

And all for epic pauldrons of marital misery. Were they worth it wink

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