Relationship vs D2

How is your relationship with partner when you are addicted to D2?

Everyone I've dated has also been addicted to d2. Turns playing into date nights!

My wife and I do pizza and game nights in the basement from time to time. She does jigsaw puzzles or legos while I fight the forces of darkness. While she's not a gamer, she is an electrical engineer and is captivated by how complex the game is not only from a game-play perspective but also the level of coding/AI it requires

Easy: Me and the boys in the basement doing "boys things" and my wife and daughter upstairs in the living room doing "girls things"

On a more serious note: Be it games or everything else: Set and negotiate the limits and always keep up talking to each other to hold or get things back in balance before it escalates

Kiba195356 wrote: 18 hours ago

Everyone I've dated has also been addicted to d2. Turns playing into date nights!

Where does one go to find this exceptionally niche group of potential dates?
Closest to "enjoys video games" I ever had in a partner was "well, some Wii games are kind of fun".

Either way though, not a relationship-block in either direction. Just strike a decent balance and you're good. There are some other fun things to get addicted to together as well after all.

It's actually thanks to D2R that I even met my partner.

...also, she's more into PoE (both 1 and 2) these days, she's been going hard with the new PoE1 league that started this past Friday.

Awesome answers! I really didnt expect that I am glad you all have nice relationship even though you are a little bit junkies My GF hates this game. Its on one hand quite bad on the other I am glad, because it brakes my addiction and I spend more time like a normal person, not only grinding.

Schnorki wrote: 15 hours ago

Kiba195356 wrote: 18 hours ago

Everyone I've dated has also been addicted to d2. Turns playing into date nights!

Where does one go to find this exceptionally niche group of potential dates?
Closest to "enjoys video games" I ever had in a partner was "well, some Wii games are kind of fun".

Either way though, not a relationship-block in either direction. Just strike a decent balance and you're good. There are some other fun things to get addicted to together as well after all.

Well, I've only felt comfortable dating among a queer internet subculture, which self selects for all kinds of nerds

I very much agree on finding a balance: things to do solo, things to do together, makes it all more interesting

Karel wrote: 14 hours ago

Awesome answers! I really didnt expect that I am glad you all have nice relationship even though you are a little bit junkies My GF hates this game. Its on one hand quite bad on the other I am glad, because it brakes my addiction and I spend more time like a normal person, not only grinding.

I will wonder if it's the game she hates, or the time commitment/priority it holds in your life. It's very easy to get sucked into a gaming loop and ignore the "boring" real life maintenance. It's also frustrating if she's feeling like she's managing you, instead of being a partner to you. It might be helpful to look at the time you spend gaming vs chores/setting up appointments/dealing with other life events. It's also important to have other hobbies/creative outlets, and exercise. My wrists will not let me marathon game like I used to XD

Where is the option "Moonlight as the hero of Sanctuary, i.e., partner does not know about Diablo II"?

not me looking over at my partner (also playing the game with me) to ask “so before I cast my vote for why is there no happy relationship option, that is still the right button, right? we’re not breaking up for Emilio?”

Kiba195356 wrote: 14 hours ago

Karel wrote: 14 hours ago

Awesome answers! I really didnt expect that I am glad you all have nice relationship even though you are a little bit junkies My GF hates this game. Its on one hand quite bad on the other I am glad, because it brakes my addiction and I spend more time like a normal person, not only grinding.

I will wonder if it's the game she hates, or the time commitment/priority it holds in your life. It's very easy to get sucked into a gaming loop and ignore the "boring" real life maintenance. It's also frustrating if she's feeling like she's managing you, instead of being a partner to you. It might be helpful to look at the time you spend gaming vs chores/setting up appointments/dealing with other life events. It's also important to have other hobbies/creative outlets, and exercise. My wrists will not let me marathon game like I used to XD

Of course she hates the time-consuming nonsense, rather than the game itself. I used to play a lot of games but it looks like she hates this one the most. (I think the only game she doesnt hate is Morrowind ). I also think that repetetive weirds sounds like dying cows or

War Cry of my singerbarb really dont help We spend a lot of time sporting or are on some trips, we both do choirs and have quite regular jobs so its not that I am playing 24/7. I got around 1 hour daily in the evening on average. Sometimes more, sometimes less. The bad thing is that I have some unfinished projects that used to be important to me but last days I am just too lazy and want to grind more than work on my projects. In this case I am glad she hates that game because it helps me not to just grind and be a little productive sometimes.

FerociousTerrier wrote: 14 hours ago

Where is the option "Moonlight as the hero of Sanctuary, i.e., partner does not know about Diablo II"?

How is this possible?

ShadowHeart wrote: 14 hours ago

It's actually thanks to D2R that I even met my partner.

...also, she's more into PoE (both 1 and 2) these days, she's been going hard with the new PoE1 league that started this past Friday.

Thats awesome Did you find her in the lobby?

oOKIWIOo wrote: 17 hours ago

Easy: Me and the boys in the basement doing "boys things" and my wife and daughter upstairs in the living room doing "girls things"

On a more serious note: Be it games or everything else: Set and negotiate the limits and always keep up talking to each other to hold or get things back in balance before it escalates

So girls are playing D3?

Karel wrote: 56 minutes ago

ShadowHeart wrote: 14 hours ago

It's actually thanks to D2R that I even met my partner.

...also, she's more into PoE (both 1 and 2) these days, she's been going hard with the new PoE1 league that started this past Friday.

Thats awesome Did you find her in the lobby?

"n gf o jahs"?

Schnorki wrote: 50 minutes ago

Karel wrote: 56 minutes ago

ShadowHeart wrote: 14 hours ago

It's actually thanks to D2R that I even met my partner.

...also, she's more into PoE (both 1 and 2) these days, she's been going hard with the new PoE1 league that started this past Friday.

Thats awesome Did you find her in the lobby?

"n gf o jahs"?

Karel wrote: 56 minutes ago

Thats awesome Did you find her in the lobby?

Lol not exactly. We ended up in the same D2R-related Discord server and started chatting. Neither of us would ever have joined that Discord server if it wasn't for D2R (if we hadn't both been playing D2R at that time). This was back in ladder season 3

Getting rid of cheating

Gold digging ex had nothing to do with my Diablo addiction, plus my addiction towards diablo was not that bad, it was League of legends at that given time.

Now though, been more back into Diablo, let it be D2, D3 or D4. I still love the games no matter what and doubt that ever changes.