X-Box 360/ Live Destroys Your Social Life

[_Chris_]

Don't you all agree? Before i got live i was hardly ever in my house...out with people every day...now i just cant be bothered nowhere near as much as before, i just seem to want to pop some heads on Gears or blow things up on Crackdown and so on, seriously your social life really takes a blow...Just thought i'd start this so anyone who agrees can...moan about it i suppose:P

[UKJAY]

yes it does ruin your life - because all I want to do in my spare time is go on my xbox360. I've never had a games console addiction ever like this one. I am having a big problem trying not to play Call of Duty 3 ranked matches, it'll end up in a minute being sold on ebay (the game not console) I have other games, newer but I dont play them because I can't stop CoD3...

I need a Call of Duty rehab

[trj156]

haha it's had the opposite effect on me, soon after i got xbox live i got a girlfriend and now i'm out all the time and go to parties more and have a better job.

[UKJAY]

haha it's had the opposite effect on me, soon after i got xbox live i got a girlfriend and now i'm out all the time and go to parties more and have a better job.

I have 2 excellent jobs...1 is accountancy, the other is part time tv show, BUT I am single, so yeah if I wasn't single I'd probably not use it as much: Unless I find a girlfriend who has an xbox too, thats the better option.

[Arian]

I had the addiction for a couple first few months but then I kicked it. Then Crackdown came out, and every chance I had, I played it, then I beat it, now I'm just stuck at home because my car needs to be repaired. Otherwise, me and friends still go out movie hopping, bowling, and the occasional billiards.

[charmed699]

Well I do play it sometimes when I come from college but I didnt go out often these last months mainly because its too damn cold out there. Wait for Spring and Summer and I shall be jumping all over places. :P

My only addiction is sonic games , I swear when I get a new one I even dream about playing it!

[Scrud]

:D

[max2663]

yeh well fuck it i didnt do much before though i just sat in my room and played guitar and then once a day i would go play rugby for an hour or two which i still do so it doesn't really matter

[nofear360]

Xbox 360 gaming hasn't affected my social life either. Before I got myself a 360, I watched loads of movies in my freetime and went on GS forums to inform noobs that Halo won't ever come out on the PS3 lol. I still go out with my friends every friday so nothing has got toned down in that area :P. All that's changed is that instead of watching movies and spending a couple of hours on the PC, I spend that time gaming :)

[UKJAY]

Well I sell jewelry through ebay and go to uni, so I make quite a bit of money for very little work so I have loads of time to play games :D

Yeah I qualified in accountancy. I was quite fortunate to be able to pay off my study fees whilst I was still learning so I don't have students debts hanging over me - its just credit cards now...lol

[_Chris_]

Its annoying how i planned on having a poll on this thread...i didnt know it had to be done within 5 minutes of creation:( i started like 6 or 7 minutes after...terrible...terrible.

[HylianHitman]

Live hasn't affected my social life. It was in the toilet to begin with :D

[UKJAY]

I forgot about this thread...didn't realise it was _chris_'s and that I'd even replied until I read all the above.

[_Chris_]

Twas my first ever thread:)

[UKJAY]

Twas my first ever thread:)

Thinking about it....was you the guy that had a go at me on the front page and I responded by saying something along the lines of "I seem to have a rant with people who always seem to be called Chris?"

[_Chris_]

Not a clue, i pretty much stopped commenting on the FP when i signed up on the forums, but maybe. Remember what it was about? What game or whatever?

[BruNasty]

My social life destroys my Xbox live time!

[Nekro Neko]

It's having quite the opposite effect with me. I find myself talking to people more freely about things than I had done before I got into the whole live thing.

[HylianHitman]

I didn't have that many friends in high school, so Live never made much difference.

I am starting to turn a corner though, I'm doing motorcycle training stuff now, and I should be entering an IT academy thing September, hopefully.

[Thryon]

My social life destroyes my Xbox live time!

I agree. I hate having friends that do not have Live...kills my gaming time 8)7

To be serious, most my good friends left town, to move to larger cities such as Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto. Live allows us to remain connected without incurring huge phone bills. Live is great.

[UKJAY]

yes it does ruin your life - because all I want to do in my spare time is go on my xbox360. I've never had a games console addiction ever like this one. I am having a big problem trying not to play Call of Duty 3 ranked matches, it'll end up in a minute being sold on ebay (the game not console) I have other games, newer but I dont play them because I can't stop CoD3...

I need a Call of Duty rehab

Well right now I'm waiting for CoD4...and I guess since I posted that above, im no where near on my console like I was back then, but my busiest periods are March - November...so November to March I can be online 24/7 if I so wish...

[UncleGuito]

Not for me. World of Warcraft is much, much worse (which I gladly quit 2 years ago).

[wakeboardnmoto]

ehh maybe, but owning guitar hero sure helped my social life lots of people come over to my house and play co-op

[screamidge]

yes it does ruin your life
I need a Call of Duty rehab
oh yes i agree with you totally there

[UKJAY]

oh yes i agree with you totally there

I know. I can't believe Im still on it too. If the CoD4 Multiplayer isn't better than this then I'll guess it will just be a good single player game and I'll keep playing CoD3 - I can't stop

[Nayse-BTC]

weed smokin, dodgy tache havin, videogame addicted jive talkers.
i feel at home here.
i get waves of addicteion with games, this last month ive made tunes, met a girl, watched naked mud wrestling and tryed the high times cannabis cups winning batch in my own front room. but i havent played enough games. i promised id come round here and make more tunes but ive left bioshock semi-downloaded at my mums gaff. i feel like ive failed somehow

[Gnash]

Heck yeah It can destroy your social life.

But you get to meet tons of great people online...so you gain new friends too.

[m.catamount]

I have 2 of the best IRL friends I could ever want, so I honestly cant complain. Holla at them, they're both really good people:

Guru Vagus, and Smallzeroman445

[UKJAY]

yes it does ruin your life - because all I want to do in my spare time is go on my xbox360. I've never had a games console addiction ever like this one. I am having a big problem trying not to play Call of Duty 3 ranked matches, it'll end up in a minute being sold on ebay (the game not console) I have other games, newer but I dont play them because I can't stop CoD3...

I need a Call of Duty rehab

Above^ quoted early last year...
All I want to do now in my spare time is go on my xbox360. I am having a big problem trying not to play Call of Duty 4...

12 months on nearly and I still need a Call of Duty rehab

[Oscar]

Above^ quoted early last year...
All I want to do now in my spare time is go on my xbox360. I am having a big problem trying not to play Call of Duty 4...

12 months on nearly and I still need a Call of Duty rehab

There is someone that can help... http://www.smithandjones.nl/eng/index.html It's in Amsterdam of all places!!

[UKJAY]

:D haha..yeah I could be a Gaming Outpatient...as described by that site

[StGermain]

It's not so bad here, as you can see from my gamerscore :)

Unfortunately I picked up Oblivion last Saturday and I got about 7 or 8 hours in over the weekend, it was really difficult to stop playing :(

[HylianHitman]

I concur!

[The_Glovner]

Right, I think I am going to win the competition with this one.

My social life ain't faltered at all, still playing in a Rock band ( http://www.myspace.com/rocksmiler ), still going out at the weekend, bought my own house, still writing dance tunes in my spare time, still getting the odd game off golf.

And the winning bit, I travel to Chicago to meet a girl I have been chatting with for the last 3 months solid about 9 hours at a time in 9 weeks and 1 day.

OOOOOoooo could it be the first Xbox Live induced marriage?

[Oscar]

I travel to Chicago to meet a girl I have been chatting with for the last 3 months solid about 9 hours at a time in 9 weeks and 1 day.

Are you not afraid that she might be a mutant beast with a penchant for strapping one on and making you squeal like a piggy? :P

[The_Glovner]

Are you not afraid that she might be a mutant beast with a penchant for strapping one on and making you squeal like a piggy? :P


Well I would have been if I hadn't seen her on the Cam, have pictures and have talked quite a bit.

But luckly it turned out she is gorgeous. So all good for me.

And besides, you should know being a fellow Scot, I can't be arsed with the tracksuit wearing big gold earing hanging orange faced make-up on with a trowel fighting drinking puking hard arse scots lassies we have to deal with on a night out here anymore, so nice to have a change.

Well, that and I don't speak Polish.

[Rossko_UK]

Are you not afraid that she might be a mutant beast with a penchant for strapping one on and making you squeal like a piggy? :P

You'd hope that if they have been chatting for that long they would have known what each other were to look like!

Congrats Glovner, feel free to post up some pics at any time :P

[Oscar]

I can't be arsed with the tracksuit wearing big gold earing hanging orange faced make-up on with a trowel fighting drinking puking hard arse scots lassies we have to deal with on a night out here anymore, so nice to have a change.

Well, that and I don't speak Polish.

Touche my dear fellow..... Good on ya!!

P.S. Does she have any tasty pals? :P

[The_Glovner]

Touche my dear fellow..... Good on ya!!

P.S. Does she have any tasty pals? :P


A few actually, but if everything works out then she is moving here so don't know if I could convince her to hide them in her suitcase.

[UKJAY]

A few actually, but if everything works out then she is moving here so don't know if I could convince her to hide them in her suitcase.

If she could just parachute them out at Exeter airport...I'll catch one...

[The_Glovner]

If she could just parachute them out at Exeter airport...I'll catch one...

I now have some weird fucked up lemmings looking thing in my head with hundreds of sexy americans following the first out the plane and dropping all over the UK.

In fact, that sounds GREAT!

[_Chris_]

My American friend at work said the girls over here tend to be nicer overall, looks and approachability apparently

(Told the cannabis is MUCH better here too for anyone that cares, much better than Florida anyway)

[Chris]

Your American friend also likes to pull statistics from his ass.

Oh, and Florida? That explains it.

http://www.sortitoutblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/iStock_old%20couple.jpg

[_Chris_]

Your American friend also likes to pull statistics from his ass.

Oh, and Florida? That explains it.

http://www.sortitoutblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/iStock_old%20couple.jpg

LOL!!!! why you getting all angry about it? the fact that an actual american admits for once the girls over here are nicer when every other american is like "eugh bad teeth drink tea ugly girls blahh" he pulls statistics out his ass, LOL! we were talking about women and drugs at work and he simply stated since being in the UK hes seen better women and smoked better cannabis. Fact of the matter is, hes had both and prefers ours, not many americans that i've met can say they have tried UK girls and US girls, UK skunk and US "weed". its nothing about statistics, its about his opinion, hes a stoner so his opinions on cannabis are perfectly valid, and, funnily ennough, hes not a virgin, so his opinions on women also count, now stop bitchin man, thas ALL you ever seem to do lately.

And from what i've heard from SHITLOADS of americans, the "weed" in Florida is supposed to be "some really fucking good shit" apparently. Well apparently not...

[Nayse-BTC]

(Told the cannabis is MUCH better here too for anyone that cares, much better than Florida anyway)

canadian bud is the bomb, if you go cali you get fine weed- not a patch on 'dam tho.

[_Chris_]

I've also heard that a lot of other countries are getting shit from us now rather that us getting it all imported, UK homegrown is really coming up in the world, UK green is some of the best you can get, obviously theres better, but we're doing fucking good for ourselves considering we were thought to be the ones who had to get it all imported.

[The_Glovner]

Can't really think of anything thats a patch on the Dam.

As for the females, well I would disagree with the nicer ones over here, or maybe I have just been speaking to a particularly nice American.

Being honest though, she is the most unamerican american I know.

[Nayse-BTC]

any of you guys had problems with 'sand' or 'grit' weed- sandy, salty or sugary buddha that gets imported in by dodgy vietnamese gangstas? its pretty much gone now but it was everywhere a bit back.. UK has good bud but its crap compared to dam, the homeygrown here is mostly taken from amsterdam seeds or clones- we dont get the good hash cause noone wants to buy it.
english birds are terrible on the whole- even if theyre fit theyre either thick as pigshit or up their own arses. probably same with americans- get a nice french or jamaican bird- or better yet, get a east bloc girlfriend. theyre generally smart and good looking, and they dont think the sun shines outta their butt.

[_Chris_]

any of you guys had problems with 'sand' or 'grit' weed- sandy, salty or sugary buddha that gets imported in by dodgy vietnamese gangstas? its pretty much gone now but it was everywhere a bit back.. UK has good bud but its crap compared to dam, the homeygrown here is mostly taken from amsterdam seeds or clones- we dont get the good hash cause noone wants to buy it.
english birds are terrible on the whole- even if theyre fit theyre either thick as pigshit or up their own arses. probably same with americans- get a nice french or jamaican bird- or better yet, get a east bloc girlfriend. theyre generally smart and good looking, and they dont think the sun shines outta their butt.

Fuck yes! Still get it occasionally around here, smells OKAY in the bag, soon as you hit it in a bong it tastes fucking nasty, doesnt burn right either, complete SHIT

[Oscar]

Personally I like my woman... She's Scottish, like myself and I think she be damn fine!!!
Although it did take me 28 years to find her and I did partake in a lot of drunken sex with a good few hounds along the way.... I think American women just seem better because theres so f**king many people over there and ugly birds just don't go out as much as good looking birds?

[Chris]

http://www.hollywoodtuna.com/images/bigimages/maria_menounos_big_bird_big.jpg

[nofear360]

I wanna do her! :9~:9~:9~

No, not the yellow bird, the other chick! ;)

[Oscar]

I wanna do her! :9~:9~:9~

I would do big bird if I got the chance!!

[UKJAY]

look at the size of BigBirds mouth...

[nofear360]

look at the size of BigBirds mouth...
Yeah, and look at that saliva streaming from its mouth!

[The_Glovner]

Personally I like my woman... She's Scottish, like myself and I think she be damn fine!!!
Although it did take me 28 years to find her and I did partake in a lot of drunken sex with a good few hounds along the way.... I think American women just seem better because theres so f**king many people over there and ugly birds just don't go out as much as good looking birds?

Fair point sir, I am also 28 and have been with a few of our fellow country women myself, the last one for 7 years to be exact. Which was ended two weeks ago.

Now whereas my American girl wasn't the reason, she was certainly a catalyst.

And we have been talking for sometimes 12 hours at a time, something which I have never been able to find with any Scottish women.

So I am just at a point here where we both get on so well (and the bizzare thing being, that i think most people on here will know my wider general views on Americans, don't get me wrong they ain't all bad. But I really wasn't looking for an American girl and I certainly wasn't looking for one online, whole thing is a bit mad to me still) But this is something I would rather regret for doing and it not working out, than not doing it and just wondering "what if" for the rest of my life.

So fuck it, I'm going to Chicago, then on to Rockford and spending 2 weeks with her, it works out and she it coming back over here to live with me and I couldn't be happier about it all.

9 weeks exactly today, in fact I should touch down in Chicago at exactly this time.

Fuck me, it's turned in to Dr Phil, I apologise people.8)7

[UKJAY]

I'm a member of the 28yr club this May \o/ :( :( :(.....

Been single 2yrs now....-but I'm done with ugly bitches

[Rossko_UK]

The woman on the far right?! Could do better man! Look at the face she's pulling!

But seriously, nice job Glovvy. You'll no doubt have an awesome time in Chicago too. We want holiday pics!

[UKJAY]

WOW - she's just my type too

[wakeboardnmoto]

hmm good luck in chicago, its slightly gang infested from what i hear :?, but needless to say i am going their over summer :)

[Oscar]

Good work Glovmeister..... I think because you have done a lot of talking that it probably puts you in a better position than most, I generally find that I end up screwing girls before I ever get to know them properly which doesn't really make for great relationships.... I didn't do that with my current ladyfreind and for the first time I am truly happy in my relationship so go for it (I'm sure theres some kind of Dr Phil virus floating around this thread?!).... It will be good to get away from the rain, midgies and buckfast swilling neds for a bit too!! :P

[_Chris_]

WOW - she's just my type too

Is there some pic of a female here i can't see or what?!

[The_Glovner]

Is there some pic of a female here i can't see or what?!

You missed it, I took it down again, felt a bit rotten posting pictures of her.

Don't worry though be plenty of holiday snaps after 8 weeks and 6 days, not that I am counting.

[nofear360]

Isn't this the pic we're all talking about?? :P

http://www.hollywoodtuna.com/images/bigimages/maria_menounos_big_bird_big.jpg

[The_Glovner]

Isn't this the pic we're all talking about?? :P

http://www.hollywoodtuna.com/images/bigimages/maria_menounos_big_bird_big.jpg

Not the one we were talking about. As I said, I took it back off.

SCORED!

Just booked the hotels, only staying in Chicago for 3 nights in the Embassy Suites (gotta create a good impression and all that) one night in Elgin in the Hampton Inn and the rest of the time in Rockford.

LOL, I used to get shit for not being spontaneous, don't think the ex will be to chuffed when she sees my new spontaneous self, PSML

[badlad1888]

Been single 2yrs now....-but I'm done with ugly bitches

You can put the fat/ugly bitches down to expierence or learning your trade!
No point getting a good looking bird then disapointing her in bed.

Dont want to be single to long! you might need to sit a refresher course..:)

[mass9]

lol, this thread has turned into some kind of feel good, hippy love fest or something? Lets all hug.

I think I'm going offtopic by going back ontopic :P, but this past Christmas, a buddy of mine bought himself a gift. A 50" Samsung Plasma, a new xbox 360, with a few games, and a Gold membership. Dude works hard, and he deserves to treat himself once a year, no? anyways.......

He's hooked. lol.
Since the guy is a landscaper, if it doesn't snow, he doesn't work. This leaves a lot of time for things like video games, and the guy has gotten REALLY good at a few games, faily quick considering he never really played anything since his Sega Genesis (awesome system btw). He hasn't been out with us on a weekend or anything since he got it all setup!

Priceless.

[Oscar]

I have a freind that has become addicted to GOW especially playing online... He was questioning the whole idea of online gaming thinking it was for the warcraft geeky types (no offence to warcraft players but it does attract some of the worst!!) but since I plugged him in and showed him what do to I barely see him anymore...... Maybe I should do that to people I don't like instead of the ones I do!?

I want a hug.... I'm sooo needy!!

[_Chris_]

lol, this thread has turned into some kind of feel good, hippy love fest or something? Lets all hug.

I think I'm going offtopic by going back ontopic :P, but this past Christmas, a buddy of mine bought himself a gift. A 50" Samsung Plasma, a new xbox 360, with a few games, and a Gold membership. Dude works hard, and he deserves to treat himself once a year, no? anyways.......

He's hooked. lol.
Since the guy is a landscaper, if it doesn't snow, he doesn't work. This leaves a lot of time for things like video games, and the guy has gotten REALLY good at a few games, faily quick considering he never really played anything since his Sega Genesis (awesome system btw). He hasn't been out with us on a weekend or anything since he got it all setup!

Priceless.

Lol its fine, this is my first and oldest thread, nice to see some live brought back into it:P

And of course, HUGS ALL ROUND!!!

[UKJAY]

You can put the fat/ugly bitches down to expierence or learning your trade!
No point getting a good looking bird then disapointing her in bed.

Dont want to be single to long! you might need to sit a refresher course..:)

To be honest I dont really care that much if someone finds me disappointing in bed, albeit selfish, there really is no pleasing everybody :D

[_Chris_]

I'm rather proud of my performance in bed:P

[Nayse-BTC]

Fuck yes! Still get it occasionally around here, smells OKAY in the bag, soon as you hit it in a bong it tastes fucking nasty, doesnt burn right either, complete SHIT

yeh, you get a concrete carrot head. Down with grit weed!

and yeh oscar, WOW peeps are crazy as fuck. i got the trial to have a mess about and its awful- looks nice enough but i cant get into that rpg fighting system. its a really gay game that seems to enslave people into a really gay world. quite expansive world to be fair but a gay world none the less.

http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/816cceb5dc.jpg (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/)

[Oscar]

yeh, you get a concrete carrot head. Down with grit weed!

and yeh oscar, WOW peeps are crazy as fuck. i got the trial to have a mess about and its awful- looks nice enough but i cant get into that rpg fighting system. its a really gay game that seems to enslave people into a really gay world. quite expansive world to be fair but a gay world none the less.


I knowwhat you mean dude.... I tried it and felt somewhat violated afterward.... I had to have a shower!!

I think Warcraft should be on the peadophile register?! :o

[Chris]

XBOX LIVE IS STILL FUCKING FUCKED UP.

[nofear360]

Don't care, my 360 is on vacation :P.

[HylianHitman]

I hadn't noticed, I'm spending way too much time with Oblivion.

[The_Glovner]

yes i agree with u here people are passionate about the games ..and they are wasting time hours on the gamig

Your time would be better spent on your English before trying to make a point.