Marrige in FFXIFollow

HI
This Is My First post Being As This Is The First Topic To Catch My Eye. I Recently Purchased "Wedding Rings" For A Mere 250k Each In The Game From A GM. The Person Declined My Proposal... lol... I Have Imported This Game And Played It For Well Over A Year now But I Got A New Account When The American version Came Out. Just Thought You Would Like To Know The Cost And The Wedding's Take Place In The Jueno Gardens Area Sorta... I have Attended 3. So Do This ..... If Your Going To Marry In game.... Ask Before You Buy The Damn Rings.... Im out 500k Now ....

Note: You Cannot Wear The Rings Unless A marriage Has Take Place
Note 2: Im Screwed :)

sorry about that - its a bad habit i got to annoy a typing teacher inmy 8th grade and still hasnt wore off. forgive me. lol

0.o !

Just found something odd, while searching my program files, if you installed FFXI in the default manner, look here...

C:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\viewer\data\pmlus\game\ff11\com


There's a folder called wedding! O.O!

Getting married in a mmorpg is just fun! My boyfriend and I played EQ for years and decided to get married and it was great! You invite close friends to witness the act, it takes place in a beautiful location and people passing by the area can join in on the celebration. However in EQ you have the choice of taking a last name at level 20, and once married your spouse takes the last name as well.
It's just something goofy to do that adds a really cool element to your game play, I mean you can fish, cook and decorate your house so why not get hitched too!
Anyone getting married soon lemme know....would love to attend.
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I think there's nothing wrong with getting married in game, so long as the two people follow some ground rules. Generally speaking, I'd only get married to my RL spouse, or a good close friend that I know really well. But that's just me.

1: It's a game. You (as my game spouse) have no claim on what I do in real life, who I party with in the game, and if I decide I want to log off instead of party with you or roleplay with you, don't get pissy at me, I have a real life to take care of, with a real life spouse/ significant other/ family/ chores/ hobbies. If I don't log on when I "normally" do, don't interrogate me on where I was, what I was doing, who I was with. If it's any of your business, I'll let you know.

2: It's a game. Sometimes, I'll prefer grinding XP than roleplaying. Deal with it.

3: It's a game, and in out of "character" areas/context, don't refer to me (in a serious tone :P) as your sweetheart/ love of your life unless I know you really well. Don't make jokes to my RL spouse who also plays how you're going to steal me away from him/her. It doesn't really go over well with either of us. (this is where knowing the virtual spouse really well as a normal friend helps - no wierdness issues about personal jokes/teasing out of "character")

4: It's a GAME, I play it for fun. Sometimes that means I'll roleplay (or not roleplay), be silly, act out of "character", without you. I expect you to do the same. If you don't do the same, don't try to blame me. It isn't my fault. I don't make plans around you, don't make plans around me, unless we both make set plans to do something together.

5: The only reason I'm virtually married to you is that I found you fun and friendly. If you stop being fun and friendly and start doing any of the above, don't expect me to remain virtually married to you at the expense of having fun. It's a GAME!

(Why, yes, I've had problems with this before in many different roleplaying games, why do you ask? :P)

I think marriages in MMORPG's are okay as long as the two people understand that it is a game..as others here have mentioned.

I played a Woodelf in EQ and I married an Ogre.....he was a good friend and treated my character like a queen...it was all in good fun and we shared a surname (at least in that game you got them). When he stopped playing wayy before I did, we joked about getting a divorce, and laughed about "do I give back the ring or not"...it was fun, because it was accepted that it was only FOR fun. In my guild many were married, just for the party and the presents ;)

My mithra prefers to be single and flirrrrty though. ;)

I too was married in SWG - 3x's. I was such a flirt :( hehe

It's really not that big of a deal, you kick it with certain people all the time anyway, if one of those people happens to be opposite sex character go for it. It's for fun, and actually helps the role-playing along for me. I'm still friends with my friend that I married in the game, and still talk with two of the others I married in game via AIM (we have a tight group of people, and we kinda play MMORPG's together now). It's fun playing the games with the same people, and marrying was just a way to have a bit of fun in the game, throw a party, have arguments, cheat on eachother and all sorts of crap we wouldn't do in real life.

Ya feel me :).

And for god sakes, its not like these people are cheating on their actual spouses or mates. It's sort of like playing house as a kid y'know, for giggles. Indeed it shows you care more about that person than other people you play with, but it's not like you take it seriously or take it out of the game (except to discuss what mishaps you may have within the game ^^ ).

God damn I loved being a cheatin ******* :p.

Yeah and you wonder why MMORPGs get a bad rap? The second I run across one of these acts of desperation called an mmorpg wedding I am dropping my account. If you're that desperate or companionship that you would get emotionally involved with someone you met in a video game..... Seek help! Like, people with real lives get creeped out by that kinda thing!
Another thing.. i hear this talk of "It's only a game" thats cool and all. It just seems that it cheapens marriage and what it's really all about. I don't think any of these couples getting "married" are advancing the story of the game any. Perhaps Squarenix will release an update that changes this?? Until that time it just seems like an act of desperation for people who take it seriously. For those who don't take it seriously it won't help your stats or advance the plot any at all. Either way it's pointless and creepy.

Edited, Fri Jan 16 17:16:05 2004 by Lefein

Man you don't get emotionally involved with someone on the game.. its just like havin someone around to grup with when there isnt anyone else on or summtin like that its not like yall gonna kissin and huggin and **** like that.. its just basically jokes and goodtimes.. Not to mention the company.

Well dispite most people playing FFXI being deprived children or anti-social misfits, I think online marriages are dumb. It's just another way for people to try making a fake online game more like their real life.

^ I know a lot of people will say I'm wrong, but it's more them being in denial.

Anyways, if they do give a wedding ring out, the stats should be as follows.

-10 dex, -20 vit, -5 int, -10 mnd, -50 chr

-50 hp, -50 mp

amminity +100 since after your married, you repel your friends.

I say... whatever the hell you want to do. Do it.

I have no problem with people that get married in games. UNLESS they take it so damn seriously.

Whats another name for a cat?
*thinks*

What server do you reside on so this Tarutaru can hunt you down and stomp you for talking about such interspecies blasphemy?