Last Saturday afternoon, with the NCAAs on the tube as background, Don, Sarah, and I (Clivenal, Akmalla, and Hallgrima) sat on the couch in the livingroom, barely a cushion a part, and ran a WoW stetch that lasted about four hours. To quote The Talking Heads: "My God, what have I done?" Three people hunched over laptops, intently, periodically calling out to each other, but mostly typing in chat as they killed, healed, looted, bought, sold, etc. No one moved except to hit the restroom or grab another soda.
Now we have also played long games of Catan together, and I have got to say, this was a bit easier. The presence of others (Bany, Felison, Sage, Nemi, Twinkleheal, and other guildies and friends) made the interaction broader. Instead of getting bored waiting for Don to figure out how to cast a spell, you could toss out a line in the guild ongoing repartee. In Catan, we just bitch and moan at each other: "Come on. Are you through with your turn yet? Are you gonna play that Development card or what?" My husband is a reflective, strategic, planner. Drives us nuts. Also, it's competitive, not collaborative.
We have done this about three times, usually on Fridays, where we grind for hours and then hit the local Mexican food place at 9 or 10 pm for dinner. Sick, huh? But fun. Not quite the same thing as a trip to the Long Beach Aquarium or biking along the beach or tide pooling. But, I'll take it. Three of us in one room, interacting, playing, all pleasant.
I should have grabbed a screenshot of us all doing /chicken after wiping a gnollpaw village.
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