Have you ever talked to a person with no gaming experience about FFXIV?

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Originally Posted by Noshpan

I keep having to remind my family that I CANNOT PAUSE AN MMO WHILE I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF A BOSS FIGHT. There is no pause button. Things will attack me if I'm not in a safe spot while afk. And they never seem to get that.

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I drilled it into my family from an early age! One does not simply turn off a game! Situation must be accessed! Is the game saved????(k that bit's a bit old now I guess..)

...oh dear, one time a party was about to kick off literally in front of me ( crates of beer were procured ), well the party was delayed 10 mins because " I promised this guy I'd help him with something..." and yh, kinda weird xD

"are you all playing the same level?"

.......xD

So this one time I sneaked into FF14 at my work laptop (again), I was doing manual crafting that time and did not expect my senior colleague was behind me and he noticed me doing my crafts. The conversation :

Him : "Oh wow, what game is this?" *noticed name on the taskbar* "Final Fantasy?"
Me : *gracefully Alt + Tab to FF14 Lodestone, showing a list of random players* "Um... it's just a website...?"
Him : "Oh, okay" *backs to work*

(It was night time in-game and lodestone happened to have black background so he can't tell much of a difference)

Dodge that one bullet that could lead me to getting fired for playing games at work. :v

Wow! I dropped my addition to the thread here thinking it wouldnt measure up to some of the funnier stories and its buried on the third page so no one would see it. Its got way more likes than i expected! Thanks! Almost makes me want to post more of my stories with me and my son playing. Its so much fun playing with him and I see him doing better at 9yo on a PS3 than some of the other people we pug.

One of the tanks for my t6-9 group has to constantly run it by his partner if its OK for him to raid if we ever need to change the raid day.. we joke that we actually have 9 members in our raid group coz we cant raid unless the 9th member says its ok..

When we first got t9 down, he told his partner and she said "o good, you beat the game so you don't have to play anymore right?" *absolutely serious face*

>.>

With a friend who played WoW:

*goobbue walks by*
Friend: is that a player??
Me: no that is just a mount
*some large monster walks by*
Friend: is that a player??
Me: no that is just a monster

And so on and so forth.

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Originally Posted by Ryuukishi

My 6 year old daughter now knows all about DPS, Healer, Tank, retainers, minions, dungeons, etc. from watching me play and asking 14 million questions. :D

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Haha, I had an FC member who occasionally played with his little daughter. She loved fishing apparently.
She even healed a bit in a dungeon when he had to answer a phone call ('healing' meaning standing there and spamming cure on the tank, but no-one died so it was all good).

Hmmm well my mom understands that I can't pause the game and that at times I can be rather focused so will always ask me if I can do stuff or listen to. But at times(usually during titan or t5) she will come and chat while I'm trying to dodge... those can be some fun runs...

Here, adamantoises go by the name of "turtle cake".
Apparently it looks like they have candles on their back.

Shortly after, goobbue were dubbed "monster cake"...

My son is deep into pokemon, and since some minions look like the free roaming monsters, he came to the conclusion that I could catch them like pokemons.
I keep being asked to catch Titan... >_<;

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Originally Posted by Nakiamiie

My son is deep into pokemon, and since some minions look like the free roaming monsters, he came to the conclusion that I could catch them like pokemons.
I keep being asked to catch Titan... >_<;

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Just go Summoner class or Scholar and summon XD then he will think you capture pokemons

My mom constantly surprises me with her complete lack of understanding about anything dealing with MMOs since my dad and I both play them, since EverQuest for me and 10 years now for me(Runescape/Ragnarok Online), but her stories(she mostly just ends everything with "THIS IS TOO CONFUSING") are never as good as this one with a friend of mine.

Friend: What game are you playing now? That doesn't look like GW2.
Me: It's FFXIV.
Friend: There's FOURTEEN? Why would people keep buying them? And they really made an MMO? How would that even work?
Screen: /Behemoth mount runs on
Friend: CUTE WOLFIE, HOW MUCH IS THIS?

I didn't have the heart to let her know that it wasn't a wolf, but once I told her the price and that it had a subscription fee, she just dropped it and watched me play while asking some questions about it, and kept on going back to the "wolfie."

Me showing my Mum my character and such:

Me: And so I exit this gate and I will enter a new area.
Mum: What's that thing?
Me: Oh, they are small beginner enemies, I can just attack them but since I am high level they will just die in a hit *kills a thing*
Mum: ... well .... that's a waste... you could have at least ate it
Me: Ha! Well... actually sometimes they drop meat and if I cook it I can eat it.
Mum: Then why didn't you do that.
Me: ...

Sadly no funny stories.. my mother is rather boring but I tell her about stuff all the time. Only fair as she makes me sit through her little stories and rants.

Though what is funny is my two year old when I'm playing the game. <3

Kitty! Pony! Chicken! Even after I dyed my chocobo red she still yells chicken. >w< Also for some reason when the chocobo jumps she calls it dancing.

Common asked question: What's that thing?

This thread makes me a little sad that I have been yammering to my boyfriend about MMOs for so long that he no longer gets amusingly confused by it. Gawd I feel so old.

I was once on Skype chatting to agent whilst also playing XIV and didn't realise she was still connected.
I was saying quite loudly "kill the guy on the left first followed by the guy on right then start beating on one in the middle"
Dogs will come out so just kill them then back to first guy
(I was ofc explaining sastasha boss on vent to a new guy who has started the game but forgot Skype was connected.
Got a few worried calls after

My sister was showing our parents our FC house in Lavander Beds.
We own Plot 9.
My mother's response to it.
"It's a terrible location. You'll have too much humidity so close to the waterfall. Also, where is the swimming pool?"

My father's response to it.
"Oh, it looks nice! Great view!"

My boyfriend walks in while i'm in a dungeon
Him: What are you doing?
Me: Oh just healing a dungeon
Him: Healing? Why are you healing?
Me: So no one dies
Him: What are the other people doing?
Me: Those 2 are killing the monsters, and that one is the tank, making sure monsters only attack him.
Him: So what you're saying is you have the dumbest job
Me: ... i think it's pretty fun
Him: Why don't you do something ACTUALLY cool, be a tank he looks pretty badass
Me: I don't like playing tank, D:
Him: boooooriiiiing *leaves*

So mean! xD

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Originally Posted by Noshpan

I keep having to remind my family that I CANNOT PAUSE AN MMO WHILE I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF A BOSS FIGHT. There is no pause button. Things will attack me if I'm not in a safe spot while afk. And they never seem to get that.

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My FFxiv life story .

Me: Look mom i am playing online with other people
Mom: Are those people at your house now?
Me: ....

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Originally Posted by Ginfress

Me: Look mom i am playing online with other people
Mom: Are those people at your house now?
Me: ....

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This cant be real, even my grandma knows what online means...

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Originally Posted by tsunderehatter

I didn't have the heart to let her know that it wasn't a wolf, but once I told her the price and that it had a subscription fee, she just dropped it and watched me play while asking some questions about it, and kept on going back to the "wolfie."

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Well, good news, now you can get a wolfie! Just have to max reputation with the Ixal. And shell out 120k gil.

My daughter calls the chocobo "chicken" and the fat chocobo "big fat chicken".

All the old people in my family, save for my aunt, thinks video games are evil and that only sad people who hate life play them. Of course in reality I am very happy. Love my job and my gaming life. : P

Anyway...

My aunt walks in while I am in titan extreme.

Aunt: HOLY CRAP THAT THING IS HUGE!
Me: That's what she said.

cant let this thread die
everytime i go back home to visit family my niece watches me play. usually goes like this;
me gathering or hunting.
niece: what you doing?
me: im going after a monster.
niece: bring out the big chicken.
i change mounts.
niece: stop moving and jump only(loves the jump animation for the fat chocobo)
me:ok "starts jumping"
party:hey, you coming to this hunt?
me:cant, too busy jumping for my niece.
cant even think of how many i missed for it, but no regret

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Originally Posted by AdventZero

Mine go like this.

Co-Worker: Hey play any new games lately?
Me: Na just JRPG's.
Co-Worker: Ew, you need to play some duty man, join the rest of us. That RPG s**ts boring stuff. *walks off*

Other then that it's mostly just people nodding their heads with an empty look in their eyes as they repeat "I see" over and over till I finally shut up.

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Yep that would be me also lol. Friends play wow or some flavor of the month fps. Cracks me up when someone is surprised that I pay 15 bucks a months for a game then they go out and spend 5 bucks on a cup of coffee lel.

Awesome thread you got here OP! +1

My mother: What are you doing right now?

Me: Playing Nintendo

My mother: ok

Anything beyond that is not understood by her, even though I have explained it many-many times.

Dad: hey there, which game is this?
Me: FFXIV
Dad: Oh. Does this one have a Satellite Beam? (Dad asks this question whenever he sees me playing an RPG)
Me: Actually, it does! (shows Level 1 Caster LB)
Dad: Haha, it's about time they brought that back.

I love my dad.

More fun with my co-worker.

Co-worker: Got plans for the weekend?
Me: Booooooooookkkkkkkkkkkkkssssssssssss.
Co-worker: You actually going to read instead of playing that dumb game?
Me: No, there are books that have objectives and it makes my weapon stronger.
Co-worker: You need to go outside.
Me: The dayball hurts my skin and eyes.

After showing a pic of my character:
Co-worker: She's pretty! ...why the hell are you a girl?
Me: I don't want to be stuck watching the backside of a man. Plus I find it more fun to dress them up.

my mom was visiting one day and saw an FC mate mount his golden magitek armor. She was like "why is a horsefly in your game?" Now I can only think of magitek mounts as horseflies.

I told the truth to a guy at the pub once about my gaming hobbies and hilarious awkwardness ensued.

Guy: So what do you like to do for fun?

Me: (Ponders telling the truth or not.) I like to play a game called ffxiv.

Guy: Um...what?

Me: Final Fantasy: A Realm Reborn. It's an mmo.

Guy: Wth is an 'mmo'?

Me: Massive Multiplayer Online game? You've heard of World of Warcraft I'm sure. It's like that but waaay more adorable.

Guy: You're joking right?

Me: No. It's super fun. I have a level 50 white mage and I get to do dungeons with friends and family online and pretend like I'm a pretty princess super hero.

Guy: Um, how can that be a hobby? That's like saying you play mario all day. What ELSE do you do with your free time?

Me: Well, I like photoshop. I even have a tumblr dedicated to photoshop edits of my final fantasy adventures.

Guy: (Slowly inches away)

Me: (Wearing aethereal raptorskin subligar for the stats) Hmm what to do now, dum de dum dum...
my 70 year old stepmom wandering by: Ooh, nice subligar!
Me: o.o -.- O.O

This didn't happen to me but my room mate so I don't have full details, in summary though:

Room Mate: Explains general workings of the game to an older co-worker.
Co Worker: Oh, so it's basically like a facebook game then! :D

Room Mate: *Dies

I don't talk to non-gamers about gamer things, it's awkward... >x>

I had fond memories from XI with me and my mom discussing the San D'Orians! :D She thought they were stuck up whenever I explained them ^^;
But for some reason she really loved Ronfaure's music :P

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Originally Posted by Crimson-Falcon

oh wait he didnt saw him attacking me lol

so he dont know that he using thunder

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i still think he has 100 cats rubbing up inside that beard, and the static buildup is what gives him his powers, the way it moves is proof enough

Not exactly a conversation, but here goes:

Dad: *cooking omelets* Can you go downstairs and get me some eggs?
Me: *fighting titan (hard mode)* In a second...
(I know that if I wait too long my dad will either get mad or go get them himself, so once I get jailed, I literally skip all the stairs on the way down and sprint back upstairs with eggs in hand.)
Me: *places egg carton on counter and grabs the controller like a pro*

And like many other people have been mentioning, my mom and dad think chocobos are big chickens