What do you do for a living?

Lysette

Divinius wrote: »

Lysette wrote: »

Divinius wrote: »

Electrical Design Engineer. I work for a small company designing high-end passive electrical components. We sell to multiple markets, but I design a lot of the stuff for military, aerospace, and outer-space. There's stuff I designed that's on Mars right now.

Now that is really cool. Not many can claim this.

Well, it is only 2 components which are buried in a sub-system of a sub-system, of one of the many systems on the Curiosity Rover. But yes, it is pretty cool. I'm just glad they managed to land the thing on Mars without turning it into a charred pile of rubble. It would have been less impressive to say that I designed something that is now part of a burned lump on the surface of Mars.

It is still very cool, it will be there for a long time to come, and might even still be there, when mankind will long be gone.

Danikat

Divinius wrote: »

Lysette wrote: »

Divinius wrote: »

Electrical Design Engineer. I work for a small company designing high-end passive electrical components. We sell to multiple markets, but I design a lot of the stuff for military, aerospace, and outer-space. There's stuff I designed that's on Mars right now.

Now that is really cool. Not many can claim this.

Well, it is only 2 components which are buried in a sub-system of a sub-system, of one of the many systems on the Curiosity Rover. But yes, it is pretty cool. I'm just glad they managed to land the thing on Mars without turning it into a charred pile of rubble. It would have been less impressive to say that I designed something that is now part of a burned lump on the surface of Mars.

I know what you mean.

When I was at university (in Aberystwyth) a lot of the physics department was involved in building bits and pieces (mainly a robot arm I think) for the Beagle 2 Mars rover. They were so excited when the thing launched....then it went missing and everyone was crushed. Really upset, angry, disappointed...even the 1st year students who weren't directly involved.

Then it all went a bit quiet and the next thing we heard was they'd built a huge catapult that could knock down a wall at 50m or something and wanted to take it to Leicester (where the guys flying the Mars rover were based) to test it...

Lysette

Danikat wrote: »

Divinius wrote: »

Lysette wrote: »

Divinius wrote: »

Electrical Design Engineer. I work for a small company designing high-end passive electrical components. We sell to multiple markets, but I design a lot of the stuff for military, aerospace, and outer-space. There's stuff I designed that's on Mars right now.

Now that is really cool. Not many can claim this.

Well, it is only 2 components which are buried in a sub-system of a sub-system, of one of the many systems on the Curiosity Rover. But yes, it is pretty cool. I'm just glad they managed to land the thing on Mars without turning it into a charred pile of rubble. It would have been less impressive to say that I designed something that is now part of a burned lump on the surface of Mars.

I know what you mean.

When I was at university (in Aberystwyth) a lot of the physics department was involved in building bits and pieces (mainly a robot arm I think) for the Beagle 2 Mars rover. They were so excited when the thing launched....then it went missing and everyone was crushed. Really upset, angry, disappointed...even the 1st year students who weren't directly involved.

Then it all went a bit quiet and the next thing we heard was they'd built a huge catapult that could knock down a wall at 50m or something and wanted to take it to Leicester (where the guys flying the Mars rover were based) to test it...

On the positive side - you often learn more from failures than you would from successes. To damage things and see what fails and why is a proper way to do science in a lot of areas. So it might not be all that bad as it looks.

Divinius

Danikat wrote: »

Divinius wrote: »

Lysette wrote: »

Divinius wrote: »

Electrical Design Engineer. I work for a small company designing high-end passive electrical components. We sell to multiple markets, but I design a lot of the stuff for military, aerospace, and outer-space. There's stuff I designed that's on Mars right now.

Now that is really cool. Not many can claim this.

Well, it is only 2 components which are buried in a sub-system of a sub-system, of one of the many systems on the Curiosity Rover. But yes, it is pretty cool. I'm just glad they managed to land the thing on Mars without turning it into a charred pile of rubble. It would have been less impressive to say that I designed something that is now part of a burned lump on the surface of Mars.

I know what you mean.

When I was at university (in Aberystwyth) a lot of the physics department was involved in building bits and pieces (mainly a robot arm I think) for the Beagle 2 Mars rover. They were so excited when the thing launched....then it went missing and everyone was crushed. Really upset, angry, disappointed...even the 1st year students who weren't directly involved.

I heard they actually found the Beagle 2 last year. I remember reading something about it. But yeah, that would be awful. Even though we were such a very (very) small part of the whole project, there were a lot of us at my company watching and waiting when they were about to land Curiosity. I can't imagine what it would have been like if it ended up crashing.

EDIT: Found an article on the Beagle 2:
http://www.space.com/28286-europe-beagle-2-mars-lander-found.html
Turns out that it did actually manage to land, but couldn't get all of its antennae out, so it couldn't communicate.

Danikat wrote: »

Then it all went a bit quiet and the next thing we heard was they'd built a huge catapult that could knock down a wall at 50m or something and wanted to take it to Leicester (where the guys flying the Mars rover were based) to test it...

LOL... XD

Back on "topic", it is definitely interesting to see so many different types of people playing and enjoying the same game.

firewatch

I used to be a Police Officer until I took an arrow to the knee...

Now I'm a CPA, zzzzzzz

Ommy71

Working in a pharmacy.

Danikat

Divinius wrote: »

Back on "topic", it is definitely interesting to see so many different types of people playing and enjoying the same game.

Yeah it's nice to get a bit of insight into the people we're playing with.

I think there's still something of a stereotype about gamers, and MMO players in particular. I have to admit I'm sometimes wary of telling people I know in real life what I do with my free time, because I always feel like I'm surrounded by "normal people" who do...whatever it is normal people do and they're going to think I'm some sort of crazy person (the ones who don't already know for a fact that I am a crazy person that is).

Although it's also partially because telling people I'm a gamer once lead to me trying to explain an MMORPG to a group of middle-aged women whose sole experience with video games was Angry Birds and Candy Crush and who had never heard of DnD or role-playing outside of excruciating team building exercises...I can actually say from experience it was harder than trying to explain nuclear physics and the big bang theory to 12 year olds.

(That last one was a previous job - teaching environmental education in Georgia, USA. One of our classes was a night walk on the beach where we'd cover everything from nocturnal wildlife to the stars and astronomy. One particular class was utterly fascinated with the idea that stars are nuclear reactions held together by their own gravity and kept pushing for more and more detail until I had to admit we'd hit the limits of what I knew. Fortunately their teacher stepped in and let them know they'd have the option in future years to study nuclear physics if they wanted to know more. Believe it or not working with kids is one thing I really feel is lacking in my current job.)

UrQuan

Danikat wrote: »

Divinius wrote: »

Back on "topic", it is definitely interesting to see so many different types of people playing and enjoying the same game.

Yeah it's nice to get a bit of insight into the people we're playing with.

I think there's still something of a stereotype about gamers, and MMO players in particular. I have to admit I'm sometimes wary of telling people I know in real life what I do with my free time, because I always feel like I'm surrounded by "normal people" who do...whatever it is normal people do and they're going to think I'm some sort of crazy person (the ones who don't already know for a fact that I am a crazy person that is).

Although it's also partially because telling people I'm a gamer once lead to me trying to explain an MMORPG to a group of middle-aged women whose sole experience with video games was Angry Birds and Candy Crush and who had never heard of DnD or role-playing outside of excruciating team building exercises...I can actually say from experience it was harder than trying to explain nuclear physics and the big bang theory to 12 year olds.

I work with a lot of geeks. Almost all of my friends are geeks in one way or another (including virtually all of my "jock" friends who I socialize with primarily at hockey and at parties involving copious amounts of alcohol). The only time I'm ever actually a bit wary of telling people what I do in my free time (which includes a bunch of other geeky hobbies as well as ESO) is when I'm on a date and I don't know her well enough yet to have an idea of what her reaction will be lol

deadlock007

I work in an office

Lysette

Danikat wrote: »

Divinius wrote: »

Back on "topic", it is definitely interesting to see so many different types of people playing and enjoying the same game.

Yeah it's nice to get a bit of insight into the people we're playing with.

I think there's still something of a stereotype about gamers, and MMO players in particular. I have to admit I'm sometimes wary of telling people I know in real life what I do with my free time, because I always feel like I'm surrounded by "normal people" who do...whatever it is normal people do and they're going to think I'm some sort of crazy person (the ones who don't already know for a fact that I am a crazy person that is).

Although it's also partially because telling people I'm a gamer once lead to me trying to explain an MMORPG to a group of middle-aged women whose sole experience with video games was Angry Birds and Candy Crush and who had never heard of DnD or role-playing outside of excruciating team building exercises...I can actually say from experience it was harder than trying to explain nuclear physics and the big bang theory to 12 year olds.

(That last one was a previous job - teaching environmental education in Georgia, USA. One of our classes was a night walk on the beach where we'd cover everything from nocturnal wildlife to the stars and astronomy. One particular class was utterly fascinated with the idea that stars are nuclear reactions held together by their own gravity and kept pushing for more and more detail until I had to admit we'd hit the limits of what I knew. Fortunately their teacher stepped in and let them know they'd have the option in future years to study nuclear physics if they wanted to know more. Believe it or not working with kids is one thing I really feel is lacking in my current job.)

Children can ask questions, which are actually harder to answer than those of adults - this is fascinating, as well how deep they think sometimes - I learnt in science, that asking like a child can sometimes lead to discoveries, because as adults we take too much for granted, what we have learnt - but what is commonly taught, does not have to be correct and might even be rejected in future by reasons, we cannot know yet - think of classical physics - we still use it, even we know, that is not what the world is like. Science is open to falsification, and that is good that way, we might find better explanations - but we sometimes have to ask like a child to get to the point, where the flaw is - and question things which seem to be set in stone. Children do that.

Lysette

UrQuan wrote: »

Danikat wrote: »

Divinius wrote: »

Back on "topic", it is definitely interesting to see so many different types of people playing and enjoying the same game.

Yeah it's nice to get a bit of insight into the people we're playing with.

I think there's still something of a stereotype about gamers, and MMO players in particular. I have to admit I'm sometimes wary of telling people I know in real life what I do with my free time, because I always feel like I'm surrounded by "normal people" who do...whatever it is normal people do and they're going to think I'm some sort of crazy person (the ones who don't already know for a fact that I am a crazy person that is).

Although it's also partially because telling people I'm a gamer once lead to me trying to explain an MMORPG to a group of middle-aged women whose sole experience with video games was Angry Birds and Candy Crush and who had never heard of DnD or role-playing outside of excruciating team building exercises...I can actually say from experience it was harder than trying to explain nuclear physics and the big bang theory to 12 year olds.

I work with a lot of geeks. Almost all of my friends are geeks in one way or another (including virtually all of my "jock" friends who I socialize with primarily at hockey and at parties involving copious amounts of alcohol). The only time I'm ever actually a bit wary of telling people what I do in my free time (which includes a bunch of other geeky hobbies as well as ESO) is when I'm on a date and I don't know her well enough yet to have an idea of what her reaction will be lol

Just tell her - a relationship starting with a lie will not last - and not telling her, is just like a lie.

Garldeen

Never understood that if you gell someone you spend a lot of time and money supporting local sports team, thats fine. Tell them you spent spare time gaming and they say grow up.

People's attitudes are changing though. Gaming is no longer a new thing, people who gamed in their teens are now in 40s and still gaming

Darkestnght

Civil engineering designer/gamer

Lysette

wonkydog wrote: »

Never understood that if you gell someone you spend a lot of time and money supporting local sports team, thats fine. Tell them you spent spare time gaming and they say grow up.

People's attitudes are changing though. Gaming is no longer a new thing, people who gamed in their teens are now in 40s and still gaming

The problem is, it is like explaining physics to a dog - even the chance to explain that to a dog might even be higher than to explain to a regular down to earth person what a virtual world is like and what it is good for at all. He/she will most likely not get it, some people have such a low level of imagination, that they cannot grasp it - so be it, it is like talking to a wall.

Edit: and well, they do not know that playing is a feature, which helps to learn. It is not just good for children, but for adults as well. That is why we simulate stuff and "play" with it, to get a better understanding. What you can learn in an MMO is that people all over the world are actually not that much different from yourself, they might have different cultures and habits, but in the core they are just the same as you are. So what you learn from it is - dealing with Xenophobia - and maybe be more tolerant to the opinion of others.

And on another note - without gamers the world would still have slow computers and massively multi-core processing would never have happened. We paid for the show and we made the IT industry what is is today. Think of what Bill Gates once said - people will never need more than 640kB - he really said that.

Twizelbang

I push buttons. Then strange things happen, then something else happens. Then i go home.

Long story (Eat popcorn & drink cherry coke) :

I work in a Faraday Cage pushing buttons, its rather cozy. It might not be a faraday cage it could be something that looks like it, but then i'm not really meant to say, so the rest of this story is also false & never happens & someone else hacked my ESO account & typed the following words. If it got out, then i would get the sack, then they would have to pretend that they sacked me & then everything would be ok again. It would be in tha file & locked away, but the file never was in the cabinet in the first place.

The room is out of this world... that i work in. No windows, i've got all the mod cons... a heater, two camera's pointed at me & two machines, that sit both ends of the cage with me in the middle. I've got a nice concrete floor to look at. Sometimes i see patterns in the concrete. I have to scan my hand when i start & when i have breaks & when i leave... not sure if i'm meant to scan my hand between toilet breaks.. but then that would be truly taking the p#ss.

I have to fill in a chart every day to say the machines are working, that nobody has ever looked at apart from me. Many people that work for the company ask "what am i doing!!!" , even when they see me using the machines on the camera... Sometimes i explain, but it never sinks in. Sometimes security pays me a visit (panic visit) , because someone has decided to open the door to the room im working in. I carry on as normal.

I get searched at the end of every day. Every day i get asked the same question by the security team "have you not gone home yet ?" .... / rolls eyes.. since i have to sign a peace of paper to say i've been searched, also the time i leave & who signed me out. So if my name isn't on the sheet then i haven't gone home & i wouldn't be speaking with you. (I think in my head)
Then i get asked this question "are you in tomorrow?" , i'm in every day this week. (9months i've gotten this question, every day) . i think i work with pigeons.

Most people have no ideas i even work for the company, i get this question a lot "do you work here?" , sometimes i want to lie & say something rather stupid.

I'm not aloud to say what i do at work, since it breaks the company policy. Something about “gross misconduct” , & its a sackable offence. But saying that... it's a sackable offence, to clock 5mins before my shift starts, even when i pick my own hours.... go figure that one out. But i can stay as long as i want till all my work is done, no questions asked.

I have a shovel that says "Bull Dog" , its been in the building since the early 1940's / 60's ,its a nice shovel. I found it in the basement & decided to keep it. Gives me something to look at, it has a nice shape.

UrQuan

Lysette wrote: »

UrQuan wrote: »

Danikat wrote: »

Divinius wrote: »

Back on "topic", it is definitely interesting to see so many different types of people playing and enjoying the same game.

Yeah it's nice to get a bit of insight into the people we're playing with.

I think there's still something of a stereotype about gamers, and MMO players in particular. I have to admit I'm sometimes wary of telling people I know in real life what I do with my free time, because I always feel like I'm surrounded by "normal people" who do...whatever it is normal people do and they're going to think I'm some sort of crazy person (the ones who don't already know for a fact that I am a crazy person that is).

Although it's also partially because telling people I'm a gamer once lead to me trying to explain an MMORPG to a group of middle-aged women whose sole experience with video games was Angry Birds and Candy Crush and who had never heard of DnD or role-playing outside of excruciating team building exercises...I can actually say from experience it was harder than trying to explain nuclear physics and the big bang theory to 12 year olds.

I work with a lot of geeks. Almost all of my friends are geeks in one way or another (including virtually all of my "jock" friends who I socialize with primarily at hockey and at parties involving copious amounts of alcohol). The only time I'm ever actually a bit wary of telling people what I do in my free time (which includes a bunch of other geeky hobbies as well as ESO) is when I'm on a date and I don't know her well enough yet to have an idea of what her reaction will be lol

Just tell her - a relationship starting with a lie will not last - and not telling her, is just like a lie.

No, I'm talking about the phase where we're figuring out if there's any point in us getting together again. If I get the sense that her reaction to my geeky hobbies wouldn't be very good, then that's a pretty solid indicator that there's no point in having another date.

Elsonso

UrQuan wrote: »

I work with a lot of geeks. Almost all of my friends are geeks in one way or another (including virtually all of my "jock" friends who I socialize with primarily at hockey and at parties involving copious amounts of alcohol). The only time I'm ever actually a bit wary of telling people what I do in my free time (which includes a bunch of other geeky hobbies as well as ESO) is when I'm on a date and I don't know her well enough yet to have an idea of what her reaction will be lol

If you were a real geek, your first date would include ESO on your preferred platform so that you can get married in the game.

I think you are just a wannabe geek.

Kalebron

Mental Health and Addictions Therapist. I see all you video game addicts (tries to hide his own addiction to ESO). LOL.

AfkNinja

Lots of really awesome jobs in here, I'm a bit jelly for sure.

I work for a not for profit online college in the US and I help people fund their tuition, basically a glorified accountant.

blabafat

Full time templar

Maidenname

Kildayen wrote: »

I am a professional Voice Over Actor/Artist. I have a studio here at home where I do all of my work. My voice has been on TV and radio, short films, youtube videos, websites, answering machines, audio books (including erotica), and I have been known to impregnate everyone listening (guys and girls lol) when I join a teamspeak channel and people hear me for the first time lol... This is true. I can't tell you how many times someone new hears my voice in a teamspeak and something crazy comes out of their mouth about it. It's hilarious I have even done a few voiceovers for guilds in this game because of people hearing me in TS.

I was a DJ for over 20 years and am retired now. I worked radio and clubs/private events. I have met lots of famous people thanks to that gig.

I am also involved in MLM (multi level marketing) and get a paycheck every Monday. It is something I never thought I would be involved in. I started doing it in 2012 and with the power of things like Facebook and YouTube I now have over 7500 people on my team. It isn't easy. You have to work hard to keep people motivated and only a small percentage of people are successful at doing something like this. Lucky for me, I am one of them.

I used to work for Boeing. I built what was called the V-22 Osprey. It is half airplane, half helicopter. Look it up. It is very cool.

Now you know a little bit more about me. I enjoyed reading about everyone else. Thanks!

*edited for grammar issues*

No wonder! I heard you in TS, you got a great voice!

Kildayen

Maidenname wrote: »

Kildayen wrote: »

I am a professional Voice Over Actor/Artist. I have a studio here at home where I do all of my work. My voice has been on TV and radio, short films, youtube videos, websites, answering machines, audio books (including erotica), and I have been known to impregnate everyone listening (guys and girls lol) when I join a teamspeak channel and people hear me for the first time lol... This is true. I can't tell you how many times someone new hears my voice in a teamspeak and something crazy comes out of their mouth about it. It's hilarious I have even done a few voiceovers for guilds in this game because of people hearing me in TS.

I was a DJ for over 20 years and am retired now. I worked radio and clubs/private events. I have met lots of famous people thanks to that gig.

I am also involved in MLM (multi level marketing) and get a paycheck every Monday. It is something I never thought I would be involved in. I started doing it in 2012 and with the power of things like Facebook and YouTube I now have over 7500 people on my team. It isn't easy. You have to work hard to keep people motivated and only a small percentage of people are successful at doing something like this. Lucky for me, I am one of them.

I used to work for Boeing. I built what was called the V-22 Osprey. It is half airplane, half helicopter. Look it up. It is very cool.

Now you know a little bit more about me. I enjoyed reading about everyone else. Thanks!

*edited for grammar issues*

No wonder! I heard you in TS, you got a great voice!

haha thanks!

WalkingLegacy

Kildayen wrote: »

Maidenname wrote: »

Kildayen wrote: »

I am a professional Voice Over Actor/Artist. I have a studio here at home where I do all of my work. My voice has been on TV and radio, short films, youtube videos, websites, answering machines, audio books (including erotica), and I have been known to impregnate everyone listening (guys and girls lol) when I join a teamspeak channel and people hear me for the first time lol... This is true. I can't tell you how many times someone new hears my voice in a teamspeak and something crazy comes out of their mouth about it. It's hilarious I have even done a few voiceovers for guilds in this game because of people hearing me in TS.

I was a DJ for over 20 years and am retired now. I worked radio and clubs/private events. I have met lots of famous people thanks to that gig.

I am also involved in MLM (multi level marketing) and get a paycheck every Monday. It is something I never thought I would be involved in. I started doing it in 2012 and with the power of things like Facebook and YouTube I now have over 7500 people on my team. It isn't easy. You have to work hard to keep people motivated and only a small percentage of people are successful at doing something like this. Lucky for me, I am one of them.

I used to work for Boeing. I built what was called the V-22 Osprey. It is half airplane, half helicopter. Look it up. It is very cool.

Now you know a little bit more about me. I enjoyed reading about everyone else. Thanks!

*edited for grammar issues*

No wonder! I heard you in TS, you got a great voice!

haha thanks!

I use to run out the back of those death traps

Rebeccas04nub18_ESO

I stick very large needles in people's arms, suck out their blood, filter it & give it back.

Dialysis RN

Kildayen

WalkingLegacy wrote: »

Kildayen wrote: »

Maidenname wrote: »

Kildayen wrote: »

I am a professional Voice Over Actor/Artist. I have a studio here at home where I do all of my work. My voice has been on TV and radio, short films, youtube videos, websites, answering machines, audio books (including erotica), and I have been known to impregnate everyone listening (guys and girls lol) when I join a teamspeak channel and people hear me for the first time lol... This is true. I can't tell you how many times someone new hears my voice in a teamspeak and something crazy comes out of their mouth about it. It's hilarious I have even done a few voiceovers for guilds in this game because of people hearing me in TS.

I was a DJ for over 20 years and am retired now. I worked radio and clubs/private events. I have met lots of famous people thanks to that gig.

I am also involved in MLM (multi level marketing) and get a paycheck every Monday. It is something I never thought I would be involved in. I started doing it in 2012 and with the power of things like Facebook and YouTube I now have over 7500 people on my team. It isn't easy. You have to work hard to keep people motivated and only a small percentage of people are successful at doing something like this. Lucky for me, I am one of them.

I used to work for Boeing. I built what was called the V-22 Osprey. It is half airplane, half helicopter. Look it up. It is very cool.

Now you know a little bit more about me. I enjoyed reading about everyone else. Thanks!

*edited for grammar issues*

No wonder! I heard you in TS, you got a great voice!

haha thanks!

I use to run out the back of those death traps

You jumped out of the V-22s?

phairdon

Janitor (cleaner in my country) for almost one year now. Prior to this job, I worked in the office products industry & ambulance service doing a range of tasks from inwards goods, dispatch, supervisor, csr, purchasing to logistics.

c.p.garrett1993_ESO

The short and sweet of it? I'm a team lead for the technical support department of a higher education publisher. It's not glorious by any means, but it pays the bills and it's not half-bad.

Appleblade

I design satellite communication systems.

Lysette

UrQuan wrote: »

Lysette wrote: »

UrQuan wrote: »

Danikat wrote: »

Divinius wrote: »

Back on "topic", it is definitely interesting to see so many different types of people playing and enjoying the same game.

Yeah it's nice to get a bit of insight into the people we're playing with.

I think there's still something of a stereotype about gamers, and MMO players in particular. I have to admit I'm sometimes wary of telling people I know in real life what I do with my free time, because I always feel like I'm surrounded by "normal people" who do...whatever it is normal people do and they're going to think I'm some sort of crazy person (the ones who don't already know for a fact that I am a crazy person that is).

Although it's also partially because telling people I'm a gamer once lead to me trying to explain an MMORPG to a group of middle-aged women whose sole experience with video games was Angry Birds and Candy Crush and who had never heard of DnD or role-playing outside of excruciating team building exercises...I can actually say from experience it was harder than trying to explain nuclear physics and the big bang theory to 12 year olds.

I work with a lot of geeks. Almost all of my friends are geeks in one way or another (including virtually all of my "jock" friends who I socialize with primarily at hockey and at parties involving copious amounts of alcohol). The only time I'm ever actually a bit wary of telling people what I do in my free time (which includes a bunch of other geeky hobbies as well as ESO) is when I'm on a date and I don't know her well enough yet to have an idea of what her reaction will be lol

Just tell her - a relationship starting with a lie will not last - and not telling her, is just like a lie.

No, I'm talking about the phase where we're figuring out if there's any point in us getting together again. If I get the sense that her reaction to my geeky hobbies wouldn't be very good, then that's a pretty solid indicator that there's no point in having another date.

This does not make sense to me - "I don't know her well enough yet" - and then - "the phase, where we're figuring out, if there's any point in us getting together AGAIN". - You were together and you don't know her well enough yet?- Do you know how this sounds?- Here it comes:

It sounds like you were never really interested into what kind of person she is and she seems to know little about you as well. If 2 people are so not interested into getting to know the other, this has no chance. It will fail with the first hurdle which you both would have to take. If you both would be married to each other, the hassle of going through this might be worth it - because there was a common ground once and love - but ask yourself, if you had ever a common ground with her?- Were you both honest to each other? If it's meant to be a relationship, you both have to love each other or it will fail and not survive hardship - and there will be hardship, it happens in all relationships, love can overcome this, but without it it is doomed to fail.

Maybe I misunderstand what you wanted to say - but these 2 statements above are saying a clear "NO" to me. I am aware though, that I do not really have a right to comment on this - but maybe it is helpful to you, so I will do it anyway.

UrQuan

Lysette wrote: »

UrQuan wrote: »

Lysette wrote: »

UrQuan wrote: »

Danikat wrote: »

Divinius wrote: »

Back on "topic", it is definitely interesting to see so many different types of people playing and enjoying the same game.

Yeah it's nice to get a bit of insight into the people we're playing with.

I think there's still something of a stereotype about gamers, and MMO players in particular. I have to admit I'm sometimes wary of telling people I know in real life what I do with my free time, because I always feel like I'm surrounded by "normal people" who do...whatever it is normal people do and they're going to think I'm some sort of crazy person (the ones who don't already know for a fact that I am a crazy person that is).

Although it's also partially because telling people I'm a gamer once lead to me trying to explain an MMORPG to a group of middle-aged women whose sole experience with video games was Angry Birds and Candy Crush and who had never heard of DnD or role-playing outside of excruciating team building exercises...I can actually say from experience it was harder than trying to explain nuclear physics and the big bang theory to 12 year olds.

I work with a lot of geeks. Almost all of my friends are geeks in one way or another (including virtually all of my "jock" friends who I socialize with primarily at hockey and at parties involving copious amounts of alcohol). The only time I'm ever actually a bit wary of telling people what I do in my free time (which includes a bunch of other geeky hobbies as well as ESO) is when I'm on a date and I don't know her well enough yet to have an idea of what her reaction will be lol

Just tell her - a relationship starting with a lie will not last - and not telling her, is just like a lie.

No, I'm talking about the phase where we're figuring out if there's any point in us getting together again. If I get the sense that her reaction to my geeky hobbies wouldn't be very good, then that's a pretty solid indicator that there's no point in having another date.

This does not make sense to me - "I don't know her well enough yet" - and then - "the phase, where we're figuring out, if there's any point in us getting together AGAIN". - You were together and you don't know her well enough yet?- Do you know how this sounds?- Here it comes:

It sounds like you were never really interested into what kind of person she is and she seems to know little about you as well. If 2 people are so not interested into getting to know the other, this has no chance. It will fail with the first hurdle which you both would have to take. If you both would be married to each other, the hassle of going through this might be worth it - because there was a common ground once and love - but ask yourself, if you had ever a common ground with her?- Were you both honest to each other? If it's meant to be a relationship, you both have to love each other or it will fail and not survive hardship - and there will be hardship, it happens in all relationships, love can overcome this, but without it it is doomed to fail.

Maybe I misunderstand what you wanted to say - but these 2 statements above are saying a clear "NO" to me. I am aware though, that I do not really have a right to comment on this - but maybe it is helpful to you, so I will do it anyway.

Um, I'm talking about first date type situations here... You know, when you really don't know the person yet and you're both figuring out if you're compatible in any way. I'm not talking about when you're actually in a relationship with someone. If I'm at the point where we're in a relationship I'd damn well hope I already know her well enough to be totally comfortable talking about my geeky hobbies...