Smess
Joined: Feb 13, 2004
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Feb 13, 2006 - 20:04 |
 
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| PurpleChest wrote: | ok, read the thread. Standard non interesting rehash..
and then..
AND THEN...
The smess thunderbolt. Game conceeded due to girlfriend pressure. We all been there (with the obvious exception of synn, but one day he too may get a girlfriend) but very few have reported back.
Your partner gives every sign of being out/asleep/dead/with your brother and hence you begin a game of BB. SHOCK HORROR OUCH the loved one returns/finishes quickly and DEMANDS YOUR ATTENTION.
It's unfair, it's unreasonable. But then, you are playing an imaginary game using orcs and elves. They are NEVER EVER EVER going to see that as even mildly important, let alone as reasonable for it to take precedance over her/him/it.
What do you do?
Smess conceeded.
Did she care? Did he get his just reward of a major 'adult' session and lifetime commitment to let him game at will without interuption?
Or did she, as i presume, still bitch on about him playing the damn game in the first place?
I DEMAND TO KNOW! |
On popular demand, some more details on the situation.
The problem was, that we already had a fight the week before, while I was playing. I told her then that I wanted to finish the game now first, but next time we had a fight during a game, I would quit.
Being a man of my word, that's exactly what I did the next time. Of course it was kinda stupid conceding, I could have just as well asked the guy to finish the game later. But the rule of your stars leaving after concession was only just implemented, and I forgot it was there. Also, I kinda was beyond the point of rational thinking at the time.
Of course at first she was pissed off about me playing, and of course I did get a rant about 'that silly game'. When things calmed down however, she did 'care' about me losing my players, and yes I got some compensation for my loss, as she respected the sacrifice I made (though it took some very very long talking to get to that point).
And here are the three players I lost:
http://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=player&op=view&player_id=722378
http://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=player&op=view&player_id=680267
http://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=player&op=view&player_id=914849
Worth it? HELL F***ING YEAH !!! |
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Voorn
Joined: Nov 23, 2005
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Feb 13, 2006 - 20:20 |
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LOL, Your lucky. i just keep geting the lectures about playing stupid games with no "compensation".  |
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Gaming account self closed due to attempts to hack it and a lack of interest to play.
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Macavity
Joined: Nov 23, 2004
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Feb 13, 2006 - 20:22 |
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Way to go, Smess! My wife is pretty understanding when it comes to Fumbbl, but she's the priority. |
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maxlongstreet
Joined: Oct 18, 2005
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Feb 13, 2006 - 20:39 |
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I too am curious about Smess' reward. The one time where this happened to me, I stuck with the game, my wife stormed out, and half my team ended up getting killed in the game. Karmic revenge! |
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Macavity
Joined: Nov 23, 2004
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Feb 13, 2006 - 20:51 |
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The key is to never teach them how to play...... Otherwise they win!!! |
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CircularLogic
Joined: Aug 22, 2003
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Feb 13, 2006 - 23:54 |
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I love my girlfriend... when she turns up without a warning and I am in the middle of a game, she either let me finish it reading a book or nicely convinces me to end it as possible. |
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qk
Joined: Oct 21, 2005
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Feb 14, 2006 - 09:54 |
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Yeah, wives and girlfriends are there... (thank god)... but kids are worse!
I hardly manage to play 2 games a month... |
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LordSnotball
Joined: Nov 05, 2004
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Feb 14, 2006 - 23:35 |
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On each occassion i have conceded a match, it was once for the 'fumbbl academy', and each time i was waiting for a tourney opponent who was late. I obviously warned my opponent in advance that i'm expecting a tourney guy to show up, and that i might concede to get on w that match... so i reckon its fair enough...
the one time i was peeved with a guy conceding was in a tournament... NL Orken Brawl, the whole purpose was to cause as many casualties as possibble (which is why i was playing elves *grin*). I played against a khermi team, and took 5-6 casualties (and the team was wrecked for the rest of the tourney i am proud to announce)... Later in the tourney, an ork coach in the 2nd half, having taken only 1 casualty till that point, conceded...
Ah well, my elves left the tournament with their heads high, and the ork team chickened out as far as i'm concerned... Kudos to me |
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Altheus
Joined: Sep 16, 2005
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Feb 15, 2006 - 13:57 |
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On the subject of conceding I was playing a game with my lizardmen a couple of days ago when something strange happened.
My opponent won the toss and immediately set up 4 crowd-pushes for me to do.
These I did then blitzed and seriously injured one of his black orcs.
After this he conceded.
At first I thought it was some kind of strategem (Distract my players to the side while running through the middle to score for instance).
Later I thought that it was a bloodbowl basic competence test.
Got me an extra MVP and a pile of cash though so I'm not complaining too much, it was just wierd.
Altheus |
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origami
Joined: Oct 14, 2003
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Feb 20, 2006 - 12:32 |
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| qk wrote: | Yeah, wives and girlfriends are there... (thank god)... but kids are worse!
I hardly manage to play 2 games a month... |
Wives/Girlfriends can be educated/compromised with to the point that they will understand that the game is important to you, even if they personally think that it's silly.
Kids, however...they want your attention, they want all of it, and they want it now. If you want a chance at finishing the game, you'd just better hope that your significant other is around and willing to help out.
The majority of my concessions have come from wife or kids needing my time. |
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qk
Joined: Oct 21, 2005
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Feb 20, 2006 - 12:46 |
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Yep!
In my case, my baby girl is just 6 months old... quite hard to negotiate with her!  |
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BunnyPuncher
Joined: Aug 02, 2003
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Feb 20, 2006 - 18:25 |
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I've conceded about a half a dozen times... I've had my opponent conced a couple dozen times.
One of those concessions by me were legitimate (saving a team), the other times were me being really drunk while playing on fumbbl and just being a whingey prick. |
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Macavity
Joined: Nov 23, 2004
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Feb 20, 2006 - 18:40 |
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Bunny.... You???? Drunk???? |
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When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up. -C.S. Lewis |
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SnakeSanders
Joined: Aug 02, 2003
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Feb 20, 2006 - 19:21 |
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| CircularLogic wrote: | | I love my girlfriend... when she turns up without a warning and I am in the middle of a game, she either let me finish it reading a book or nicely convinces me to end it as possible. |
hehe she must have seen you posting and convinced you to post it quickly hehe |
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chunky04
Joined: Aug 11, 2003
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Feb 22, 2006 - 00:45 |
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I concede a lot in Ranked.
Quite frankly I don't really care about ranked game whatsoever.
I'll concede as soon as I really don't want to spend the time to finish the game. The reason can be anything really. Slow opposition, bad luck, using elves, a few deaths, opposition can't play for nuts... |
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