You Know You Play Too Much FF XI When...

Lihera · Post by **Lihera** » Tue May 03, 2005 2:20 pm

Though I do not wish to speak for anybody else, I think a few of us will get a bit worked up about this type of thing, even though it doesn't effect us directly. But ya, PhpBBignore would be useful.

However I definately agree with Shirai on this:

Shirai wrote:It's over!

Post by **Nivez** » Tue May 03, 2005 10:47 pm

ook back on topic.

you know you play ffxi too much when you start learning other languages just by watching others talk in them in game >.>;

Post by **Karou Ariyen** » Wed May 04, 2005 2:23 am

or when for some reason, you wake up and start panicing that you can't find your Fighter's Cuisess.... shut up, i was sick today and tired and i forgot my pants were in teh wash >>

Post by **sakono** » Wed May 04, 2005 7:44 am

i was at work and wrping the burgers and people were waiting so i started saying {}chesseburger{}{}Do you need it?{}

hehe i got bored

Dukuji · Post by **Dukuji** » Thu May 05, 2005 3:58 pm

I'm sure it's been said in here somewhere but I know when I've played too much FFXI when I try to auto-translate everything. I'll be at work or writing a paper and I'll hit the [Tab] key to finish off a word or phrase. The funny part is that I'll sit there for a few seconds thinking, 'What the crap? Is the auto translate not working now or something?' d'oh ....

Ephi · Post by **Ephi** » Thu May 05, 2005 6:05 pm

Dukuji wrote:I'm sure it's been said in here somewhere but I know when I've played too much FFXI when I try to auto-translate everything. I'll be at work or writing a paper and I'll hit the [Tab] key to finish off a word or phrase. The funny part is that I'll sit there for a few seconds thinking, 'What the crap? Is the auto translate not working now or something?' d'oh ....

i don't believe anyone has said that

Rakshasa · Post by **Rakshasa** » Mon May 09, 2005 6:18 pm

Well, we are in the process of striking the set from a show today (removing, disassembling, destroying, etc.) and I was thinking to myself:

"I need a giant exclamation point to put over my head when I need another job."

Maisha · Post by **Maisha** » Mon May 09, 2005 10:51 pm

Ive done the same thing Dukuji

Post by **Karou Ariyen** » Tue May 10, 2005 2:39 am

this morning I didnt understand what my boss was saying so instead of saying "what" i said "mew? /huh?" he about floored laughing,

just goes to show, if your boss is an XI player he's bound to get a laugh out of your addiction.

Ephi · Post by **Ephi** » Tue May 10, 2005 1:19 pm

you know u play too much XI when ur start thinkin that u need to start synthing and u buy the ingrediants but cant afford the crystals...
and u notice IRL its raining and decide to go outside and try to find and kill a Water Elemental...
come back inside after a few hrs to realize u just caught a cold and u check ur medicine cabinet for remedies only to think ur out...
and then realize "wtf why the f*** was i retarded enuff to actually think i'd find a Water Ele IRL..." then u say "where the hell did i put my remedies"

i should probly just leave this as is... ivent done this but justa worst-case scenario of "u play too much XI"

Poge · Post by **Poge** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:12 pm

You go through such bad ff-xi withdrawl on update day that you start watching Live Vana'diel

Baketsu · Post by **Baketsu** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:30 pm

Poge wrote:You go through such bad ff-xi withdrawl on update day that you start watching Live Vana'diel

Thanks, That actually helped to hear the jeuno music, I can just pretend i am muleing

Post by **Karou Ariyen** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:34 pm

when you play metal gear solid 3 waiting for maintenance to be over and you suddenly say , "Para-Medic, this is snake, I've located the Shagohod, its apperently disrupting maintanence and communications with FFXI Updates, ....... argh... RObber Crab battle....gargfh"

dont ask

Naru Fugihara · Post by **Naru Fugihara** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 10:16 pm

You know you talk to your rl friend too much on XI when you almost call him/her by their char name instead of their real name when you call them on the phone or see them in person.

I was sitting down one afternoon and thought "Hmmm....I wonder what my friend's family would say if I asked for him by Gietz?"

Kuaru · Post by **Kuaru** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:04 am

when you start doing emotes of dances in the house. i occasionally go up to my bro and Frisky Cat Dance (or just flail a whole lot i.e. /panic motion) in front of him. the best was when i got my bro, who is 23, to do a taru dance for a dollar. imagine a grown man jumping and shaking like a taru in distress!

and i still wear my cat ears at work occasionally. my boss gave up trying to break me of that.

Prrsha · Post by **Prrsha** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:07 am

Kitty earrrs!

Kahvi · Post by **Kahvi** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:41 am

KarouKaniyashia wrote:when you play metal gear solid 3 waiting for maintenance to be over and you suddenly say , "Para-Medic, this is snake, I've located the Shagohod, its apperently disrupting maintanence and communications with FFXI Updates, ....... argh... Robber Crab battle....gargfh"

dont ask

>.>

I guess doing that with Snippers in Qufim isnt cool anymore....

Come on carby... we'll learn to do that one skillchain eventally..

maybe after the servers are not overloaded again.. and after i download the update..

Post by **Alya Mizar (Tsybil)** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:51 am

Kuaru wrote:and i still wear my cat ears at work occasionally. my boss gave up trying to break me of that.

Baketsu · Post by **Baketsu** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 4:23 pm

When you wait in line for 30 minutes in Eldimere Necropolis so you can get your new NPC buddy!!!

Neoshinobi · Post by **Neoshinobi** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:21 pm

Baketsu wrote:When you wait in line for 30 minutes in Eldimere Necropolis so you can get your new NPC buddy!!!

When you decide to cut in line instead of waiting in {Eldieme Necropolis} so you can get your new NPC buddy...

I did it...I even tried to hide and place myself in line, even inside of a galka.

Kahvi · Post by **Kahvi** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:15 am

... when you curse out ppl that cut in line to get thier NPC buddy then call a GM on tthem.

ya it happened in eldieme necropolos about 2 times today.

Neoshinobi · Post by **Neoshinobi** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:22 am

Kahvi wrote:... when you curse out ppl that cut in line to get thier NPC buddy then call a GM on tthem.

ya it happened in eldieme necropolos about 2 times today.

For shits and giggles...what did the GM say?

Kahvi · Post by **Kahvi** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:37 am

Neoshinobi wrote:
Kahvi wrote:... when you curse out ppl that cut in line to get thier NPC buddy then call a GM on tthem.

ya it happened in eldieme necropolos about 2 times today.
For shits and giggles...what did the GM say?

dunno.. i wasnt near that end of the line at the time. i heard ppl say they were calling gm in shouts... but i was too far away to see what happened.

Janeth · Post by **Janeth** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:43 am

...when you have a Windurstian flag in real life (which I do)

...when you're coming back from a vacation and think "Why can't we just warp home..."

...when you think the way to become famous involves cabbage

...when you do the goldfish scooping from the Summerfest event in real life (did this yesterday)

...when you say "lol" in real life...oh wait, someone mentioned this already ^^; (my brother used to do this)

...when you do the happy taru dance in real life (my brother does this)

...when you're trying to fix your ripped pants/that chair with the broken leg/whatever...and you reach for a crystal

...when you wish you had a yukata in real life (been there, done that)

...when you tell your brother "Hold on, I need to equip my shoes." (I have done this)

...when (as many other people have said) you have dreams about it...this happens to me allll the time.

...when you try to auto-follow people in real life (as I have) and maybe even get stuck behind a piece of furniture while doing this (as my brother has)

...when you call your mailbox "Delivery Box"

...when you want to cast Silence on your brother (as I have many times...he's annoying ><)

sheenia wrote:
....when you realize there is no "cure" spell and definately [sic] no "raise"

Or when you believe there is

My brother has a much worse case of this than me, as you can see...

My brother and I went to the park one time, and my brother seemed to think we were in Sarutabaruta. There happened to be a construction site nearby, and he said that was Valkurm. Then he told me we needed to help someone get to Jeuno, and it was my job to cast Sneak and Invisible. Another time, a lot of our relatives were at our house, and we were having a big family dinner, and he said "{food} {Can I have it?}"

Two hilariously funny excerpts from Reader's Digest (a magazine) and my responses:
1) "The Windy City is soon to be home to the nation's most advanced and extensive network of surveillance cameras." I thought this would be the single least likely place for surveillance cameras...till my brother suggested my room.
2) "the brush was, in fact, Siberian blue squirrel. "I've never seen a blue squirrel," Wendy commented." I thought, Oh, not another person who calls him a 'blue squirrel'...

I am on the Summoner quest in real life! This has got to be the biggest piece of evidence that I play too much...What's even scarier is, I've almost completed it. I just need dust storms...Where do I find dust storms? Anyone know?

mozyr wrote:
When it's been really dusty outside (I live in AZ, so this is pretty much everyday),

You are so lucky....

Post by **Alya Mizar (Tsybil)** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:59 am

Janeth wrote:...when you do the goldfish scooping from the Summerfest event in real life (did this yesterday)

Lucky you. We have a Bon Odori festival in Seattle, but no goldfish scooping.

Win a Spirit Mask by chance?

Janeth · Post by **Janeth** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:58 pm

A Spirit Mask? Sadly, nope...I only got, like, 10 points ^^;