Tifosi Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 Okay, 2 months ago I got my shiny new PC. About 6 weeks ago, I buy CM:Anthologies as an impulse buy. The bugger doesn´t work :mad: ! I was just getting a blank screen with the mouse pointer showing when I loaded the game. After two weeks or so I discover by accident that Alt+Tabbing to windows then back (kinda) sorts the problem. It then takes about 3 hours to work out that I am more addicted to CM than I am to nicotine! About a week and a half ago, I finally get the interweb thingy hooked up, and visit this site to see what yer are all about. Within hours I have got 3 PBEM games on the go. So far so good. But now I am on holiday and the wifey has banned me from bringing my CM disks with me! No CM until the 22nd of October! Grounds for divorce, or do I need professional help? :confused: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junk2drive Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 Tell her you are going to look at women pics instead of playing that dang game. and maybe you are gonna find a girlfriend in a chat room. or she could let you play guy games and stay out of trouble. YMMV good luck. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 Mentioning other women will only make her mad. A better strategy is to let her know that now that you aren't playing games any more, you feel much more romantically inclined. Start waking her up in the middle of the night to make love. Do it two or three times a night. When she protests, tell her you just can't help it. Without the game to distract you, your cup of Eros runneth over. (BTW, this works best if you have a job that allows you to sleep late, but hers doesn't.) If she doesn't protest...what the hell are you complaining about? Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 Leave your CDs home and chalk up one point, youl need it latter, Your wife wont let you enjoy the game on holiday anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 CM is better than marriage. It doesn't nag about anything, the AI is more logical than most women, you don't get visited by in-laws, it costs less, it doesn't decorate your flat pink & yellow, it doesn't cause you food poisoning and it lets you have her two sisters, too. Only the sex side is not quite as satisfying, but it can be done (better lubricate the cd well, though). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 You got me thinking something I shouldn't be thinking Sergei... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson 1812 Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 Sounds like your a little mixed up, you should have divorced the wife then brought CM, not brought CM and divorced the wife. Now...she could get awarded care of the disks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tifosi Posted October 11, 2004 Author Share Posted October 11, 2004 Eureka! If I download the free demo, that might just be enough to whet my cravings. Okay so after playing the full games over the net this is probably equal to smoking a crumpled dog end from the ashtray when your choking for a ciggie, but it´s gotta be better than nowt! Wonder how long it´ll take her to realise if I keep the volume turned down..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junk2drive Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 shift + s and turn the sound off 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarker Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 Originally posted by Tifosi: Eureka! If I download the free demo, that might just be enough to whet my cravings. Okay so after playing the full games over the net this is probably equal to smoking a crumpled dog end from the ashtray when your choking for a ciggie, but it´s gotta be better than nowt! Wonder how long it´ll take her to realise if I keep the volume turned down..... Why don't you burn yourself a backup copy? I did this for all the games I really like and may play on my laptop so I don't damage the originals. Make sure you label the disks something like "History of WWII Vol I" and "... Vol II" so your wife won't want to look at them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tifosi Posted October 11, 2004 Author Share Posted October 11, 2004 Originally posted by Snarker: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Tifosi: Eureka! If I download the free demo, that might just be enough to whet my cravings. Okay so after playing the full games over the net this is probably equal to smoking a crumpled dog end from the ashtray when your choking for a ciggie, but it´s gotta be better than nowt! Wonder how long it´ll take her to realise if I keep the volume turned down..... Why don't you burn yourself a backup copy? I did this for all the games I really like and may play on my laptop so I don't damage the originals. Make sure you label the disks something like "History of WWII Vol I" and "... Vol II" so your wife won't want to look at them. </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 Go out and buy Advanced Squad Leader. On a Saturday night, spread it out in all it's granduer over your dining room table with the thousand or so cardboard counters, all the rules, with one of the extension packs... say Red Barricades or KGP. The really big maps! Fill your fridge with beer. Invite over some mates who drink and fart and say f-ck, Lots! Fight and argue over the rules all night till three in the morning. Leave 2 cartons of empty beer cans all over the house. Make sure your friends piss all over the toilet floor. Scrunch up some corn chips and scatter liberally over the carpet and insert into her favourite furniture. Go to bed, loudly and snore all night. Get up late and promise to clean it up soon, but you have to write down the position of all the cardboard counters on the map first. All 1342 of them. Asure her that at least she knows where you are at night. Repeat every six weeks! One day, she'll say, "Wouldn't it be easier to play that game on your computer... You know, that CM thingy..." Love is a beautiful thing! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junk2drive Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 The beauty of being married for 32 years is I read this thread to my wife at her computer 2m away and she laughs too. She plays her games, I play mine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequoia Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 J2D has a point. Get your wife The Sims. Mine also liked Baldur's Gate. She had a kick-but female Paladin. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Bolt Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 Go ahead and file for divorce now. In 6 months of CM addiction and after countless hours of listening to her nagging, she'll be the one filing. I'd say file now and save your ears and her voice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJK Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 Originally posted by Richie: Go out and buy Advanced Squad Leader. On a Saturday night, spread it out in all it's granduer over your dining room table with the thousand or so cardboard counters, all the rules, with one of the extension packs... say Red Barricades or KGP. The really big maps! Fill your fridge with beer. Invite over some mates who drink and fart and say f-ck, Lots! Fight and argue over the rules all night till three in the morning. Leave 2 cartons of empty beer cans all over the house. Make sure your friends piss all over the toilet floor. Scrunch up some corn chips and scatter liberally over the carpet and insert into her favourite furniture. Go to bed, loudly and snore all night. Get up late and promise to clean it up soon, but you have to write down the position of all the cardboard counters on the map first. All 1342 of them. Asure her that at least she knows where you are at night. Repeat every six weeks! One day, she'll say, "Wouldn't it be easier to play that game on your computer... You know, that CM thingy..." Love is a beautiful thing! And send me an email to let me know when you're having the ASL party, I'm so there! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
**YK2** Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 Originally posted by GJK: And send me an email to let me know when you're having the ASL party, I'm so there! *Packs her bags yet again* MD's Mannequin is back in first place ... At least he's consistant... As for Richie , I'm so mailing your wifey that post... :mad: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Axe_ Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 Originally posted by General Colt: Go ahead and file for divorce now. In 6 months of CM addiction and after countless hours of listening to her nagging, she'll be the one filing. I'd say file now and save your ears and her voice. Seconded. To top it all off, CMX2 should be out next year. You're so screwed. As am I. :mad: :mad: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tifosi Posted October 11, 2004 Author Share Posted October 11, 2004 Originally posted by Tifosi: Eureka! If I download the free demo, that might just be enough to whet my cravings... ...Wonder how long it´ll take her to realise if I keep the volume turned down..... 53 minutes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarker Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 ROTFLMAO!!!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tifosi Posted October 11, 2004 Author Share Posted October 11, 2004 Still, she reckons that if I´m that desperate to play then Im going to find a way some how. I quote "as long as it doesn´t take over our holiday". Yes, dear. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 I wonder what she thinks holidays are for. :confused: Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tifosi Posted October 11, 2004 Author Share Posted October 11, 2004 Originally posted by Sequoia: ...Get your wife The Sims... Already done, but one PC between two people doesn´t go! Maybe I should get her a playstation 2 or something. You can get the sims for that now I think... :confused: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJK Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 My brother used to take his laptop into the bathroom, ethernet cable and all, for extended and frequent periods of time. Could tell the wife your just really constipated. Might buy you a few turns per session. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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