Tips and Tricks when your significant other infringes on your RTW addiction

[micromegas]

There is a thread in this forum on tips and tricks to use in your campaign. Well I’m starting a thread for tips and tricks to use when real life, specifically a significant other, infringes on your RTW addiction. This is a situation that I’m sure many of us face, whether it’s girlfriends, wives, children, or mothers and homework (for you kids out there).

For the record I am in a long-term relationship, I finished university and I work full-time, I am not married and have no kids (thank the gods).

So here are my tips and tricks for playing RTW when your significant other nags you about it:
- Explain how it keeps you balanced and allows you to get your stresses out, and then make sure you act grumpy during the times that you can’t play it to drive the point home. And then after playing make sure you’re nice too.
- Make sure you give them the time they need first, and then play the game. Never make them think the game comes before them.
- Encourage them to get their own hobbies, remember that as long as they’re occupied you’re good to go. If they get bored, you’re in trouble.
- If you’re significant other is in school, exam time is a goldmine cause they’ll be studying all day and you’ll be free to do what you want.
- Encourage them to go out and spend quality time with their female (make sure not male) friends or family. That way you can stay home alone and wage war to your heart’s content.
- Always highlight the things you accomplished that day other than playing, ie: “I went to the gym today”, “I studied for 2 hours” etc.
- Corollary to the last point: DO NOT highlight your in-game accomplishments, ie: “I beat those Roman dogs all the way back to their capital”.
- Play at odd times if you have to, my gf sleeps in to about 11am on weekend so I get a sold 1-2 hours in the morning. Or play late at night after they’ve gone to bed.
- If you’re on a business trip these are perfect opportunities for gaming and this when I get my most hardcore gaming done.

Well I hope this helps, please share your tips and tricks, and let me know if any of the above works for you.

[Lord Romanus III]

Here are some of mine:
-Never by four copies of this game and forget to bring them with you
-Pay close attention to what your girlfriend says(It's really hard)
-Cook her a big breakfast and serve it to her in bed(She will be flattered and nice to you, allowing game time)
-Never be late when leaving to go somewhere she wants(That way she can't blame lateness on the poor game)
-If you are young and don't really have you're girlfriend at you're house that often, keep them busy on the phone(Keeps them distracted for game time. Turn down the volume)

Cordially, Lord Romanus III

[micromegas]

I'd like to make a modification to one of my earlier points:

- Make sure you give them the time they need first, and then play the game. Never make them think the game comes before them.

Now despite whether they are more important than the game or not, if only one time they think the game came before them, then it's over. The game will be doomed for life and will forever have the label as 'the game that came first that one time'. So you want to paint the game in a positive light.

-If you are young and don't really have you're girlfriend at you're house that often, keep them busy on the phone(Keeps them distracted for game time. Turn down the volume)

This one is tricky, you have to be good at listening and playing at the same time cause sometimes they can tell that you're not paying attention. Try to get them to tell you a story or something if you're in the middle of a critical battle and do your talking while you're on the strategy map.

[Towelie]

This one is tricky, you have to be good at listening and playing at the same time cause sometimes they can tell that you're not paying attention. Try to get them to tell you a story or something if you're in the middle of a critical battle and do your talking while you're on the strategy map.

Actually thatone is best, just keep saying yeah, aham, mmm, ok, yeah, so they can even consider you good listener

[davyjones06]

Make sure to do what you need to do first before playing (I sometimes don't do that .

[Marie Louise von Preussen]

Bah! Who needs girlfriends when you have RTW . I try not to have any serious compromises with women.

Edit - For now , I'm not an RTW hermit either, yet .

[Prince_of_Macedon]

Wow, this is a sinister thread. Here are some tactical phrases and ruses to get RTW past your girlfriends:

1) "I'm going to check my e-mail. You can go to sleep and I'll catch up later."

2) "Me and my friend are doing some research on Ancient Warfare."

3) "Well, it's either this or I can cheat on you ha ha."

4) You could suggest to your girlfriend to go out with some of her friends. That'll give you some alone time with RTW. If she says she'd rather stay home with you, tell her you feel smothered.

5) "I'm not playing a videogame. This a military simulation!"

6) If all else fails, find a girlfriend who has a busy life. Or hook her up with one of your friends (that'll give you an excuse to dump her without hurting her feelings).

[davyjones06]

True gamers don't have girlfriends .

[micromegas]

barbarian prince, lol, those are some good ones. You've inspired a new one:
- I can either stay home and play video games or go to the bar and meet other girls. You pick.

This thread was meant to be more comedic than sinister. And we all know it's true, there's those times when you're just itching to play and you just can't get to it without causing relationship damage and having to make up for it after.

Oh and another one, make sure you delete this thread from your internet history and your bookmarks so you're significant other doesn't stumble upon it.