I got this idea when i was talking to a friend on messenger, i accidentally typed [c before a sentence. so The idea is to come up with a "you know you play too much UO when......." maybe silly or might be fun
You know you play UO too long when everytime you hear a reciepe call for "garlic and ginsing" you think "it would be easier if they just had a 100% LRC suit"
You know you play too much UO when you start to wonder if you can get a light fur off that golden retriever.
You know you play too much UO when you say "aye" when you are answering anyone.
You know you play UO to much when you think "Kal Ort Por" when you get on a bus.
YOu know you have played UO to long ( on sylvan ) when bunnys make you cringe.
You know you have played UO too long when you call for your cats by saying all follow me
You know you have played UO too much when your last words are "Don't worry, grizzly bears don't aren't dangerous unless you attack them first!"
You know you play too much UO when you are worried about being attacked by a rabid crane but will walk right past the bear without breaking stride.
You know you are playing UO/Slyvan too much when all you dream in rl is decorating your new house to look like your online house *giggles and goes back to decorating*
Especially if your online one is decorated with human body parts.
You know you play UO too much when you look at characters names in game for name ideas for your pet or kid!
You know you play too much UO when you meet a new person in real life and are thinking "with a name like that she must be of drow descent."
You know you play too much UO when you try to use Evasion on your wife after she tells you to get off the computer for the 100th time, but then settle for saying "An Lor Xen".
You know you play UO way to much when you start dreaming of creating monsters in yer sleep and wake up beating on yer husband *guilty*
ROFLOL this is all so hilarious! I love it!
You know you play UO too much when... you're sitting at your computer and get hungry and so you feed your character... and wonder why you're still hungry... or worse, you actually aren't hungry anymore!
-edit-
ROFLOL at the person below me... however I have little room to talk anyway... I talk with "ayes" and "nays" and say "therefore" and "thus" naturally (which I consider kinda to be "old-world" words hehe).... it is just how I talk hehe.... I love it LOL
omg this happened today.... you know you staff too much when you turn around to customers and say how may I be of service to ye?................... *rolls eyes and shakes head*
You know you play UO too much when you run out of spices and run to the store and ask the cashier where the "regs" aisle is .....
You know you play UO too much when you look at your online husband in real and call him by his character name as he is leaving for work <been there, done that>
You know you play UO too much when you go to buy cloths and you look at the tags to see what the "specs" are LOL
You know you play UO too much... when you do the above... and then wonder where the resist are listed before you realise what you are thinking hehe
You know you play too much UO when you say "An Ex Por" as your brother tries to tackle you.
You know you've played too much UO when you take a look at where you live in real life and wish you could enter the Customize mode.... then have an interior decorating tool to help out later.
You know you played UO too long when you order an outfit from a tailor and cancel if they don't make it instantly.
You know you played too much when you go to an ATM and say "bank" aloud.
Quote from: Prism on November 28, 2007, 02:03:13 PM.
You know you played too much when you go to an ATM and say "bank" aloud.
Or you think about making "bank" your 4-digit pin number for your credit card.
Quote from: Prism on November 28, 2007, 02:03:13 PM
You know you played too much when you go to an ATM and say "bank" aloud.
Or you drive up the window and just say "Saldo" or "Balance" hehe
You know you play too much UO when your sibling hits you and you sit there wondering how they got through your evasion.
Quote from: Gaelyth Killeathem on November 30, 2007, 04:55:22 PM
You know you play too much UO when your sibling hits you and you sit there wondering how they got through your evasion.
And then you wait for yourself to auto-retaliate
You know you play too much UO when you meet a guy named "Bob" and think what a stupid name that is to give your character.
You know you play too much UO when you but a new T-Shirt and want to dye it a special hue the next day.
You know you have played too much UO when you are watching a nature show and wonder how much taming it takes for that animal pictured on the show... and how many hit points might it have.
You know you play UO too much when you wonder why your night sight isn't working when the electricity goes out...
or...
try to cast night sight or Druid light when the electricity goes out.
You know you play UO too much when you look for a "log out" button before you go to sleep but then settle for turning off the lamp lol
You know you play too much UO when you start referring to your ingame husband as your husband in real life conversations hehe
You know you play too much UO when you see an iridescent blue/green car and your first thought is "Damn, that *&$#@*& got the HotM I wanted and missed!".... and then you say it out loud, on a bus, surrounded by the scariest freaks ever, because apparently the gods didn't see fit to install a filter to fix your violent, explosive bursts of verbal diarrhea.
On the upside, the scary freaks on the bus actually scooted away from me. It was a refreshing role change.
*giggles* this happened in real life....
You know you play UO too much when you are entering your old cell numbers to your new phone and you pick up the mouse to move down the screen to find a number. *laughed so hard we cried tears!*
hu.... I have not done that yet.
But you know when you have played to much UO... on Sylvan Heart when you grab your Cat and Start talking for them!
Don't know why I did it, but My cat and My brother had a very long Conversation the other night. All about Cat Litter, cat nip, and how to best go about killing orcs!
*I did work that night and most know what I do for a living. Could have been the drinks talking*
hahahahahaha
Hehehe. Ky is laughing at me. Heck I was laughing at me.
You know you have played to much UO when you go around your house seeing different items and have entertained other ways to use them, Like making a couch out of books, an old truck and a blanket!
You know you play too much UO when you look at your bed and figure a good dye tub can make those sheets look like new again.
You know you've played too much UO when... during the Christmas shopping season, you keep looking for the rune to recall you to and from the mall.
You know you have played to much UO when your every day TO DO list includes all te stuff you have to do around the house! As well as everything you have to do in UP that day!
TO DO LIST:
Feed the cat
Take out the trash
Pick up dry cleaning
Pick up something for dinner.
Take the dog to the Vet
Pick up kids from school.
Pick up BOD's
Mine Valorite,
Kill Acacia's Bunny
Cook Dinner
Help Kids finish homework
Tuck everyone in to bed
Pick up BOD's
Mine more Valorite
Page to put items on Auction.
You know you play too much UO when: You are asked what you want for Christmas and you reply "Money in my PayPal account so I can donate and get a cool ethy!"
You know you play too much UO when your buddies tell you they don't know what to get you since your character has everything already. :P
you know you play too much uo when you drink a bottle of wine and start typin *hick* everytime you feel skippy. lol. Happy New year everyone and if you drink enjoy and if you dont Enjoy anyways. *HICK*
You know you have Staffed too much UO when you really want to hit the [explode on the husband and kids.... over.... and over.... and over... *takes a deep breath*
You know u play too much UO when you place something in your home, turn to walk away then wonder if you forgot to "lock it down"
You know u play too much UO when you go to the beauty shop for a cut and dye and tell them you want it "Hue of the Month"
You know you play too much UO when you look around your home and wish you could find your Dreamer's Decorator Tool so you could pick up the mess easier. ^_^
When you park your car and before you realise it, you think to dry dock it lol
When you've just got done making a long trip and then think the trip back will be shorter because you have a tram stone.
I've heard this might apply well to staff hehe...
When you go to buy a house in RL and make sure to check the corners :D
:P Forgetting the NW corner would be grounds for endless explosions if I had my way.
When you have more dreams about your in game friends than you RL friends. The worst part: You like your UO friends more then your RL friends!
When you get money in the bank, you refer to how much gold you have...hehe.
when you yearn for a teleporter to and from the bank
you know u play too much UO when your significant other wakes you from a dead sleep because he is asking in HIS SLEEP why you didn't put that important piece in your pack in the bank <yes brach did this to me last night>
ROFLOL :D
You know you play too much UO when, ever after learning a person's real life name they shall forever be their character's name. I have friends who after 8 years STILL call me by my first OSI character's name.
You know you play too much UO when you wish you could stable your kids
you know you play or have played to much uo when you can set and recount events and things that have happen to you or you witnessed in any version of uo for more than 4 hours.
you know you play to much uo when you are at the bar with buddies, who also play uo and in a drunken stupor you talk about uo.
you know you play to much uo when you have friends over for a Wii party, and in the midst of things you start to recount all the deaths you seen on screen the night KHL was taking Skara Brae.
you know you play to much uo when you start to dream about actuly finding the zyronic axe out of doom.
you know you play to much uo when your wife wakes you up from yelling at your RL friend who also plays uo to do his damn job and kill the daemons.
ok i think im done, and ys i know i have issues.
When you look at coworkers and think about what kind of character they would be...
"He would be a great thief..."
:)
When your friends around you who do not play UO still end up knowing as much about it as you do ::)
:-[ True Story, Just happened.
You Know You Play Too Much UO When......you are watching the superbowl and you keep looking in the bottom left for your map to get a larger view of the world. I'm soooooooooooo embarrassed!!!! Even worse is when you get caught doing it*hangs head in shame*. LOL
You know you play too much UO when you can get 5 pages in the forums worth of scenarios in which you play too much. Especially because they're all appreciably different.
LOL at Willow :D
When you want to socket your car with a self repair 5 crystal... oh I so wish...
When you wonder if it will require a black smith or tinker to repair your car... or a rez deed LOL
When you ask for repair deeds at the mechanic shop.
When you ask what level of mechanic they are and if any have made legendary status yet.
When you ask to speak with the guild master... but meant manager.
And I know I posted one similar to this but with all these weddings hehe: When you go to buy a wedding ring in RL and ask if they have anything with high stats/skills bonuses.
When I wish I could buy intelegence bonus material for some people I've talked to in blogs *shakes head* lol ::)
edit - When you say what I just said and mis-spell intelligence and then wish you could buy some for yourself! LOL
I don't remember if this has been said so: If you keep almost everything in your RL house in stacks of chest.
Aesa.....
Mahcmood = Friends name in Shadowbane --> my past doggies name --.> my crafters name
You know you play Sylvan hearts to much when your at work responding to this thread. <EG>
You know you play too much UO when your friends are talking about attending auctions, and you enthusiastically jump into the conversation, only to suddenly realize they're talking about real life auctions and have no idea what a "blood steed" is...
I may or may not know this from experience... *whistles non-chalantly*
You know you play too much UO when you spend all night listening to friends talk about other games and you go, "yeah I did that in UO, or I did something sorta like that once, and oh on UO they got a monster like that.."
Unlike other people I WILL cop to doing this in real life. :P
OO oo I do that one Thane!
And I do that one too, Skynar!
You know you play too much UO when you readily and happily with pride admit to the things listed in this thread... hmm... yes I know I did... heh ;) ::)
You know you play UO too much when you wish you could turn off public chat on the bus.
You know you play UO too much when you lament being able to get food cheaper in game than real life.
You know you play too much UO when you look around your kitchen for a butterchurn instead of oh.. opening the fridge to get some out. ::)
You know you play too much UO when you drop off your car at the shop to leave it overnight without arranging a ride home, figuring you can just "Kal Ort Por" out of there.
You also play too much UO if you try saying it to get home faster from your job at quitting time.
You know you play too much uo when you are shopping with the kids, say "all follow me" and then wonder why it didnt work........
You know you play too much UO when you're being screamed at and called every name in the book by a customer at work and find yourself thinking "Let's see how big you talk when I get my dragon out of the stable..."
You know you play too much UO when you justify your cat not obeying your commands by saying "my lore isn't that high yet".
You know you play too much UO when you look for the sign on your house so you can enter customize mode to make the joint look better. I want a teleporter to and from the basement.
You know you play UO too much when you arrive at dinner and say "Sorry I'm late. I was stuck in the invisible maze again" without offering any further explanation, and nobody at the table thinks anything of it.
You know you play too much UO when you make a serious mistake and just wish the server would crash so a Reboot would wipe it away.
:o Dear god no, mistake or not suck it up!
You know you play too much (Sylvan) UO when you get Skittles in your Easter basket and all your broken brain can think of is Day-Glo Thane. :P
Taste the rainbow, live the rainbow!
When you carry a backpack of herbs and bandaids everywhere you go.... you know - just in case! hehe ::)
When your WoW playing friends have finally given up trying to convert you... mine still haven't. You'd think after all this time they'd get the picture... THEY should convert! hehe 8)
I got friends who have never played UO, never seen it, barely know about it... BUT, then can tell you all sorts of trivia about it because I won't shut up till they have convinced me they committed it to memory.
Quote from: Cpt_Starfox on May 21, 2008, 05:08:31 PM
When your WoW playing friends have finally given up trying to convert you... mine still haven't. You'd think after all this time they'd get the picture... THEY should convert! hehe 8)
I played WoW for a while before. I know I play too much UO when everytime I see a WoW forum post related to UO I always want to come back and play.
When you are sitting on the couch and wish you could [move the remote from on top of the TV to the couch.
When you wish you could set your [hunger and [thirst cause you are too lazy to get out of bed.
True story.
...When you sit at work, about to go numb, and start trying to figure out what your coworkers are like at home. You think you have the guy next to you pegged for a sit-on-the-couch-with-a-cat-and-a-newspaper kind of guy, when you hear him mention "game" to someone else. Rather than thinking the Red Sox or Celtics -- which it was -- you suddenly think, "Ohmigod! I could be sitting next to Norhand!!!!!!"
lol @ TalenWynne
When you go to the mall and decide what to buy... then think "ok time to page" before you remember you can just go to the register.
Or if you think further before you realise it... and wonder what staff member will come when you page hehe
...When you drive down the road and realize you're assessing the atonement value of roadkill.
When you go to the beach and start looking for where Acacia hid the beachball.
...When you hear a baby babbling and think "wow, they sound like a harpy!"
LOL @ the roadkill one
You know you play too much UO when you try out the Spore Creature Creator and the first thing you do is try to build an ettin.
Even when I play other games, I try to turn them into UO :)
When you're checkingout somewhere and they tell you the total.... and you say "Bank" ::)
When you're going to have a yard sale... or you're cleaning out a storage room... and you look for the reward barrel... or at least really want one LOL
When you point out a beetle crawling across the floor, and your wife says,"Tame it!"
;D you know you play uo too much when you swear out loud in r/l and then wonder why you are not transported to jail...lol i did that this morning
LOL @ "Tame it!"