How do you handle parents/siblings that

[Persiusxx]

Plan around events..
If you need to do stuff, example: Chores do them first.

Parents/Wife/Kids need you: Tough cookies its a game RL comes first my friend.

Big events: BCNM, HNM camping, Dynamis... plan for them always works for me.
30 yr old father of two, love the game.. wife knows it. What else is a old fart suppose to do in winter?

[Sendra]

Plan around events..
If you need to do stuff, example: Chores do them first.

This is what I do. If I know I'm going to have to do something, I'll get it done early. If an "emergency" pops up.. well, you gotta bite the bullet and afk. Planning ahead for what you can plan is the best thing you can do, though.

[SnickySnacks]

Well, the first thing is probably to realize that RL > games.

Second, make sure you do your chores/whatever before FFXI.

After that, set aside time to play and make sure your parents both know that time is "FFXI time" and that you will be free after that. Note: this doesn't work if you devote huge chunks of time to FFXI.

When I was a kid, my parents were the same way. When I became an adult, they finally realized that I was never going to "grow out" of playing games. I'm almost 30 and now they finally understand when I fly up and visit them that if I say "I need to get online for 3 hours for dynamis on sunday" they don't complain and we just work our visiting schedules around it, but at the same time if I'm visiting my family I don't log on to xp or farm or any activities without defined start/end times.

Keep in mind that part of the problem is that if you've played FFXI for a long period of time, you sense of time is probably way screwed up. Often "this BCNM will take 2 more minutse" doesn't mean 2 minutes, it means 3-10 minutes to finish it, a couple minutes to lot, then do warps, then log off...20-30 minutes later your parents are probably furious and you're wondering why when you were only "5" minutes late.

[Ferien]

My girlfriends dad made a comment once about she and I being boring, asked why we don't go out and hang out with people our age and stuff more often.

She said "oh, that's a cool idea, I bet they have drugs!"

I tossed in "and guns!"

He said we're good kids and left us alone.

Brilliant.

[Atlasion]

My parents actually thought I was depressed at one point cause I was spending so much time "alone" in my room. Even now I still use msn to communicate with most of my friends instead of going over to their flats.

The only real problem I had a home was being called down for dinner whilst in the middle of an assault or mission. I really don't like holding everyone up ingame, but also don't like turning up for dinner 20 minutes late (having dinner cooked for you every night is something you REALLY appreciate after you leave home ) On the odd occasion I was asked to something, I just told them I would do it when I'm free. If its something they broke, its not my problem. They broke it, I'll fix it when I please. If needed, just pretend you're studying or something.

[Lexius]

The answer is to stop being 16.

qft

[Rocl]

The answer is to stop being 16.

BUT I CAN'T

[Woozie]

When I lived at home, my grandmother would come downstairs and listen to Zaibatsu's vent conversations for fun. She eventually knew half my LSs names. She gave them nicknames based on what they said and how they acted (e.g. Faux was "The fuck dude" and Keller was "Nigga man" due to how often they said these words). She'd even laugh sometimes when the immature people would fart over vent >.>

One time, after I caught my grandmother smoking weed and told my LS about it, they'd start asking her for weed on vent when they knew she was listening in. She'd usually respond by asking them to email her a blunt or something.

I remember one occasion where I was tanking Cerberus, and she started yelling things like "OH MY GOD IT'S SO BIG! IT'S TRYING TO KILL MY GRANDSON!" etc.

After the fight, she was so excited. Someone on vent yelled "THAT WAS FUCKING AWESOME" and my grandmother yelled "IT SURE WAS FUCKING AWESOME".

Every since I moved out, he really misses hearing them on vent. Half the time when she calls me, she seems to care more about them than me. She'll call and ask about them first "How are the boys doing?" and THEN ask how I'm doing >.>

[Epical]

Don't understand the concept of online gaming? Or the fact that your playing with countless other people? Lately, my family has been getting on my nerves when I'm playing. Like for instance, I'll be in a middle of a mission with a few other people and my mother demands I fix something that she broke. When I tell her I'm in the middle of something she'll just bitch and complain. And my brother being a smart ass would respond with "Just pause your fucking game, Jennie!"

Now I know I can go AFK randomly and do things quickly, but at other times I can't. Sooo how do you handle situations like that?

GET OUT OF MY HEAD CHARLES.

I've been dealing with this since I started playing and has been the main hindrance of a successful endgame life of mine. =(

I whole-heartedly approve of this thread, and disapprove of the generation gap that plagues us so.

[Rocl]

When I lived at home, my grandmother would come downstairs and listen to Zaibatsu's vent conversations for fun. She eventually knew half my LSs names. She gave them nicknames based on what they said and how they acted (e.g. Faux was "The fuck dude" and Keller was "Nigga man" due to how often they said these words). She'd even laugh sometimes when the immature people would fart over vent >.>

One time, after I caught my grandmother smoking weed and told my LS about it, they'd start asking her for weed on vent when they knew she was listening in. She'd usually respond by asking them to email her a blunt or something.

I remember one occasion where I was tanking Cerberus, and she started yelling things like "OH MY GOD IT'S SO BIG! IT'S TRYING TO KILL MY GRANDSON!" etc.

After the fight, she was so excited. Someone on vent yelled "THAT WAS FUCKING AWESOME" and my grandmother yelled "IT SURE WAS FUCKING AWESOME".

Every since I moved out, he really misses hearing them on vent. Half the time when she calls me, she seems to care more about them than me. She'll call and ask about them first "How are the boys doing?" and THEN ask how I'm doing >.>

Dude that's fucking awesome

[TacoTaru]

When I lived at home, my grandmother would come downstairs and listen to Zaibatsu's vent conversations for fun. She eventually knew half my LSs names. She gave them nicknames based on what they said and how they acted (e.g. Faux was "The fuck dude" and Keller was "Nigga man" due to how often they said these words). She'd even laugh sometimes when the immature people would fart over vent >.>

One time, after I caught my grandmother smoking weed and told my LS about it, they'd start asking her for weed on vent when they knew she was listening in. She'd usually respond by asking them to email her a blunt or something.

I remember one occasion where I was tanking Cerberus, and she started yelling things like "OH MY GOD IT'S SO BIG! IT'S TRYING TO KILL MY GRANDSON!" etc.

After the fight, she was so excited. Someone on vent yelled "THAT WAS FUCKING AWESOME" and my grandmother yelled "IT SURE WAS FUCKING AWESOME".

Every since I moved out, he really misses hearing them on vent. Half the time when she calls me, she seems to care more about them than me. She'll call and ask about them first "How are the boys doing?" and THEN ask how I'm doing >.>

Best grandparent ever? or the best grandparent ever?

[Celebrindor]

....you moved out? ^^

[Lebzile]

Man, I would love to meet Woozie's grandmother.

Also, Vtech.

<3Greenie

[eckokujata]

yeah that fucking is.

[Swatt]

Jennie? hi2u a/s/l plz