Breakfast Topic: A Family that WoWs Together, Stays Together!
by Josh Owens 
Dec 9th 2005 at 9:00AM
The coffee chat today was about family and those among our families
that play WoW. Both of my coworkers have large families and they each have
quite a few that enjoy the addiction we call WoW. My first coworker, Peter, has
such a large following that they have their own chat room that is always busy.
His brother, his sister-in-law, two of their three kids, and multiple cousins -
they all play on a daily basis. I used to be in a guild with everyone until it
fractured, but we used to joke we should just change the guild name to Pete's
family.
My other coworker, Jeremy, also has a large family that enjoys the game. His
parents and all his brothers/sisters (and their spouses) play the game. His
family is spread across multiple servers, but they guild together on the
servers they are on. I currently help him run the guild on Bloodhoof.
Are couples and family a common thing in WoW? How many family members do you
have playing?
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Guilds
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Law of Darkspear Dec 9th 2005 6:33PM
My wife doesn't play WoW, but I would bet that if she did, marriage would be much easier.. I just can't get her to understand my facination with online gaming and why I pay extra money every month to play a stupid game I bought last year.
Ted from the VoIP Weblog Dec 9th 2005 10:02AM
Everybody in my family plays, though my son is currently grounded from it. Don't ask. Anyway, my wife and I run the Adorable Kittens guild on Azshara (Horde) and Gilneas (Alliance). We also know at least ten different couples online and in RL that play together at least a few times a week. just... one... more... quest...
Brian Arnold Dec 9th 2005 9:17PM
It took me a few months, but I finally got my wife into playing. Current people I know who play:
Me
Wife
Best Friend 1
Best Friend 1's Fiancee
Best Friend 2
Best Friend 2's Good Friend
Best Friend 2's Good Friend's Fiancee
I don't have much in the way of family that are computer-savvy enough to handle WoW, but my friends are like family, so hey. =)
Dr.Funbags Dec 9th 2005 10:37AM
Ack, I am always a lil jealous of these couple teams - my queen is not extremly computer saavy - nor is she a big fan of computer gaming, nor of my "addiction". So I mostly play when she is not home from work, or in the evenings when she has gone to bed. The system works, barely - it kind of keeps my addiction to WOW down, but I feel like a bad junky when I'm not playing.
pulsedrive Dec 9th 2005 10:43AM
Yeah, I have the same problem that #2 has, my wife is not a huge fan of WoW, definately doesn't want to play it, but at least doesn't begrude me my ability to do so. So as long as I am not logging MAJOR hours on WoW the home life is all good, until the weekend, then all bets are off!
William Dec 9th 2005 1:59PM
My wife actually started playing first. Its been a great thing for us to do together. A friend of mine who introduced us to the game is also married and his wife plays too. We've got a number of couples in our guild. Its probably easier to deal with fighting over loot than getting wife aggro over running MC for 5 hours on a Friday night.
My wife is also pregnant and not working. Playing WoW during the day is one of the things that's helping her not go stir crazy.
marty Dec 9th 2005 4:26PM
While my family does not play WoW, it has been a great way for me to keep up with friends from college. I know that the majority of my college buddies do play with their SO. From this thread, and from hanging out on Feathermoon (Bricu), I guess it is a fairly common happening.
Tom Dec 9th 2005 5:49PM
Wife plays, but isn't hardcore. So I have a lot of alts to let the one char keep pace with her.
Jason Dec 9th 2005 5:39PM
My wife and I both play. Both on the ShadowCouncil server (Horde) We help each other out all the time questing and what not. Two of my guild members are married as well and we quest with them alot. We have our pc's networked together in the same room one beside the other so we can play together anytime :) Azghoul is my name on shadowcouncil say hi sometime ^^
Amber Dec 11th 2005 3:42PM
Let's see.. there is
me
husband
our 3 year old daughter
mother -in- law
sister -in- law
her husband
their 2 daughters
brother -in- law
we have a great time.. have some little arguements too.. wouldn't be family if we didn't have the occasional tiff! LOL
we play on Llane (horde) our guild is Suicidal Soulz with lots of other "non" family members.. but most have become sort of family anyway! :-)
Becky Dec 11th 2005 10:43AM
my brother started playing first. and got me and my sister into it. my mom never tolerated it very much. and in an attempt to get her to understand... we created a monster lol.
she plays more than anyone in our family now. she also has the most characters in our family.
my little sister runs the "auction" character on the "gilneas" server. we send rare items to be auctioned, and she keeps a log book of what money goes to who.
its also fun to see a friend of my brother who i haven't seen in a couple years go way up to #1 or #2 in the honor ranks.
Abboash Dec 12th 2005 2:15PM
Me
Wife
our 3 and 6 year old daughters
mother
sister -in- law
brother -in- law
many friends from work and home
VoIP Ted Dec 14th 2005 2:51PM
Becky -- we play on the Gilneas server, too. Keep an eye out for the Adorable Kittens guild. That'd be us.