In-game marriage, will it make a return?

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Originally Posted by AsterBarnivere

Oh god... As nice as it would be, the booking/costs of weddings in XI made me stay away from it.

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it was cheap 50-150k in ffxi ya sure that was a lot early time but i still could make that much within few days of farming.

There's more important stuff to add to the game than marriage.

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Originally Posted by Delsus

I would love in game marriages to make a return attended one for a friend at stupid o'clock in the morning one time, and it was amazing.

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It makes me smile to see at least two comments from people whom got up early to attend a FFXI wedding. I remember having to take off work once, and wrote "fake wedding" in the excuse form. It was amusing to see my boss' reaction when I turned it in (got approved still).

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Originally Posted by Kio

It makes me smile to see at least two comments from people whom got up early to attend a FFXI wedding. I remember having to take off work once, and wrote "fake wedding" in the excuse form. It was amusing to see my boss' reaction when I turned it in (got approved still).

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First I didn't wake up, I just stayed up till about 5-6am, just to remove confusion and second that's awesome, I think you got lucky with your boss, personally I would have accepted it but a lot wouldn't.

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Originally Posted by Nabiri

I only want to see it in game if same sex marriages are allowed. No need for discrimination.

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Agreed but you know they can't win with this decision. No matter which way they go with it people will complain and rage like crazy.

On the topic of the actual marriage, I think it's a nice idea for those interested. I'd support its inclusion in the game.

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Originally Posted by Miliant

There's more important stuff to add to the game than marriage.

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And by the same token there's less important stuff they could be working on. This one's not completely useless like most of the suggestions here and would actually add a bit to the game for some people.

This would be a very nice addition to the game ^^

I think they should add a wedding hall in all 3 cities, but the most expensive/ gorgeous one of all should be the hall in the Holy See of Ishgard! The whole city should celebrate the event with fireworks/ confetti/ lighting as some people suggested, and flower decorations (multiple themes that differ in price?) all around would be nice. People who attend could put gifts/ gil in a treasure box somewhere for the married couple (like a loot list but only accessible by both of them).

There should be multiple outfits for both couple to choose from (again more expensive = more gorgeous) with multiple colors. There also could be parades with the couple on a chocobo carriage going all around town with "Just Married" on it!

Would be nice if even you could send invitation cards through moogle mail! Maybe even to certain NPC's like the GC leaders (but the wedding has to be very expensive to be able to invite them :p)

Lot's of ideas come to mind ^^ but sharing stuff might not be the best thing in the long run...
Oh and divorce should be added too...:(

I think it would be fun to have the option of in-game weddings, eventually. Not that I think they should start working on it now, get the major issues "fixed" as much as possible before delving into something like weddings. ^^;

While the idea of a bonus for married couples is great, I have to agree with the folks saying that no gil/items should be merged.
I remember a couple different girls in FFXI who would just throw their ring away in order to be able to get married again and again.
Of course its just a game, but I feel like that type of behavior really cheapens the whole thing.

Niqote, you have some great ideas! I really like the hourglass idea & the firework coming out of the invitation. There are so many cute things SE could do to make an in-game wedding creative, special and fun.
Oh and a super pricy and difficult "divorce" quest, too haha! love it!

Maybe there should also be an "engaged" series of quests that the couple has to complete together in order to even apply for a wedding? :3

TenraiNagi, I like your price scale idea for decoration & outfit options! :D

Nabiri, the same thing happened to me! Well, just once. I had a friend who I did almost everything with in-game & one day (after we had a little tiff even lol) he proposed! Then he quit like a week before the wedding and left me to explain to all our guests that the wedding was canceled -_- that sucked! Though he did call me IRL to apologize. XD

Perhaps if the husband or wife quits the game any marriage status associated with the remaining character would change to widowed or widower for a set amount of time before that person could re-marry, if they really wanted to.

I gave someone my mules login info (had a 99 WHM mule) and when I logged in next she was married to him...

It was a little creepy...

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Originally Posted by Ingolf

I gave someone my mules login info (had a 99 WHM mule) and when I logged in next she was married to him...

It was a little creepy...

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Makes me think of Krieger's anime wife from Archer, which I unfortunately can't find a video of on YouTube except for this.

LOL Ingolf that is kinda creepy XD
I have to ask, though... were you sad that you missed your own wedding? :p

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Originally Posted by Amrita

LOL Ingolf that is kinda creepy XD
I have to ask, though... were you sad that you missed your own wedding? :p

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I guess I found it more funny than anything, I logged in and I was at the metalworks and I was thinking "huh... why would he have logged me out here here?" Then I noticed the matrimony band and the certificate in my mog house lol. It kinda felt like I was in Vegas and woke up married, I don't think my mule knew what had happened at all.

Hopefully this gets implemented down the line!

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Originally Posted by Niqote

About discrimination... I wonder if inter racial couples would be a feature since we are going to get female/males versions of all... I mean a Roe x Lala combo! o.o

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I think if they implement this, anyone should be able to marry any gender of any race. Love knows no boundaries.

Roegadyn should be able to marry a lalafel.

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Originally Posted by Tsukichu

I really hope the system makes a return, I've always regretted not having the chance to marry my husband in FFXI. We share the same last name in FFXIV but it would be nice to have a proper ceremony and some sort of benefit along with it.

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I have the same situation where we share the last name alreaady, but I would like a ceremony as well. ^^

I think that in game weddings would be really cute.

What I'd like this time around is that each race has a unique look to the wedding dress/suit.

They should also make it easy to do cause the FFXI booking/etc was a pretty big pain.

SE changed how you booked/did weddings a few years ago. The wedding GM's went away and it became... well kind of vegas style as Ingolf mentioned lol.
All you had to do was party up with your beloved & have enough gil to purchase the rings, certificate & wedding gear from a treasure chest in whichever city you liked best. If you wanted a more official (feeling) ceremony you had to find your own celebrant from your friends or just not have one at all.

I don't think I would want one quite that easy because I really liked the dialogue of the celebrant GM ^_^;

Also... I remember being in Jeuno one morning when a couple got married at the church there. All of a sudden I heard wedding bells, saw confetti and lots of {Congratulations!} in Japanese as the couple walked out side by side. <3 ^_^
I like that much more then just buying the stuff from a chest somewhere.

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Originally Posted by Hycinthus

This was a really nice touch in SE's previous MMO. I remember waking up Sunday morning, logging in to my computer, because I was late to attend a wedding in Sandoria. My brother asked me what I was doing waking up so early, I said, I have a wedding to go to. And my date was already waiting by East Ronfaure forest! She was like, "why are you late?? I can't walk in without you!" We both walked in when the ceremony already started and it was embarassing.

Will it make a come-back? I want to attend more in-game weddings.

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I don't think the demand is high enough and honestly the community isn't quite the same in FFXIV. Though I wouldn't be against it if they did decide to bring it to FFXIV. I am all for more options in this game.

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I would like to see in-game marriage again. Being married in XI was alot of fun! Even if I don't get married in XIV, I can think of a few couples who probably would.

I'm all good with in game marriage as long as you can divorce and if there's same sex

SE should just set up an instanced gathering hall (have it cost 50k to reserve it for an hour or so) and let players handle their own events (weddings, funerals, domestic life-partner couplings, crafting competitions, lawsuit proceedings, board meetings, bunny jump contests, etc...)

Just stay away from the mess that was the FFXI wedding system.

On a personal note: In MMO games "Marriage" is really meaningless term.... It's not about starting a family/procreation or even sexual unity... so it's really just what... 'exclusive friendship'? BFF certificate? A way to give someone access to your stuff? (could just share login/pass for that)

So why have them? To celebrate your official bonding with a friend? That's fine, you can do that now without the devs wasting time building a system around it. If the game doesn't have a script running that gives your BFF party a thumbs up, then you are lacking something?? I find it hard to believe that one's emotional well-being is really dependent on a stamp of approval from an AI system, but if so, that person may have some RL issues they need to address.

TL : DR? A MMO "marriage" system is functionally useless and not worthy of serious attention. To the degree that it IS taken seriously, it becomes rather creepy/pathetic.

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Originally Posted by Zantetsuken

SE should just set up an instanced gathering hall (have it cost 50k to reserve it for an hour or so) and let players handle their own events (weddings, funerals, domestic life-partner couplings, crafting competitions, lawsuit proceedings, board meetings, bunny jump contests, etc...)

Just stay away from the mess that was the FFXI wedding system.

On a personal note: In MMO games "Marriage" is really meaningless term.... It's not about starting a family/procreation or even sexual unity... so it's really just what... 'exclusive friendship'? BFF certificate? A way to give someone access to your stuff? (could just share login/pass for that)

So why have them? To celebrate your official bonding with a friend? That's fine, you can do that now without the devs wasting time building a system around it. If the game doesn't have a script running that gives your BBF party a thumbs up, then you are lacking something?? I find it hard to believe that one's emotional well-being is really dependent on a stamp of approval from an AI system, but if so, that person may have some RL issues they need to address.

TL : DR? A MMO "marriage" system is functionally useless and not worthy of serious attention. To the degree that it IS taken seriously, it becomes rather creepy/pathetic.

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For me it's just a fun social event with your friends and linkshell mates. And apparently, very memorable if that stuck out after 8 years and 10 MMOs later.

if i can marry with several females im up for it, no discrimination on races

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Originally Posted by Zantetsuken

SE should just set up an instanced gathering hall (have it cost 50k to reserve it for an hour or so) and let players handle their own events (weddings, funerals, domestic life-partner couplings, crafting competitions, lawsuit proceedings, board meetings, bunny jump contests, etc...)

Just stay away from the mess that was the FFXI wedding system.

On a personal note: In MMO games "Marriage" is really meaningless term.... It's not about starting a family/procreation or even sexual unity... so it's really just what... 'exclusive friendship'? BFF certificate? A way to give someone access to your stuff? (could just share login/pass for that)

So why have them? To celebrate your official bonding with a friend? That's fine, you can do that now without the devs wasting time building a system around it. If the game doesn't have a script running that gives your BBF party a thumbs up, then you are lacking something?? I find it hard to believe that one's emotional well-being is really dependent on a stamp of approval from an AI system, but if so, that person may have some RL issues they need to address.

TL : DR? A MMO "marriage" system is functionally useless and not worthy of serious attention. To the degree that it IS taken seriously, it becomes rather creepy/pathetic.

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I wouldn't say it was purely meaningless. How do you know said people aren't dating/married in real life and are playing the game together as a couple. As a matter of fact I know a married couple who play the game they use the same last name as each other and I know they'd probably get married too in the game as well. Also if it shows in your information when someone checks you that you're married to so and so (if they did something like that) it is less of a chance for some unwanted attention. It's not that you have to marry someone it's the ability to have that choice.

You may think it's meaningless and if people take it too seriously to be creepy pathetic then, I'm sorry about that not everyone else sees it the same way.

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Originally Posted by Zantetsuken

SE should just set up an instanced gathering hall (have it cost 50k to reserve it for an hour or so) and let players handle their own events (weddings, funerals, domestic life-partner couplings, crafting competitions, lawsuit proceedings, board meetings, bunny jump contests, etc...)

Just stay away from the mess that was the FFXI wedding system.

On a personal note: In MMO games "Marriage" is really meaningless term.... It's not about starting a family/procreation or even sexual unity... so it's really just what... 'exclusive friendship'? BFF certificate? A way to give someone access to your stuff? (could just share login/pass for that)

So why have them? To celebrate your official bonding with a friend? That's fine, you can do that now without the devs wasting time building a system around it. If the game doesn't have a script running that gives your BBF party a thumbs up, then you are lacking something?? I find it hard to believe that one's emotional well-being is really dependent on a stamp of approval from an AI system, but if so, that person may have some RL issues they need to address.

TL : DR? A MMO "marriage" system is functionally useless and not worthy of serious attention. To the degree that it IS taken seriously, it becomes rather creepy/pathetic.

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Ouch, that's a little harsh don't you think?

In game marriage is more of a bit of a social experience than anything else. In some games you can get exclusive fashion/vanity outfits and in others people actually get a small boost from being married.

Some people find it fun and that's what it's all about. That's your functionality.
You may not find something like this fun and therefore it is useless to you but that type of one sided thinking is what will hold this game back. You can't make everyone happy because some people will always find something to be useless and unnecessary while others will find it to be quite the opposite of useless.

Aww, I'd like this in game, I would. It would be fun, if nothing else, so long as they didn't set it up so only male/female can get married. Like a bunch of other people said in here, love knows no bounderies. :)

Also, if they do put it in they should set it up so the rings can't be discarded unless one does a divorce sidequest or something of that sort. It makes you think hard about doing the thing in the first place if you have to jump through so many hoops to get rid of the marriedness.
Said sidequest should also do it's best to make you feel bad about it or be a massive gil sink, haha, if not both.

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Originally Posted by Rannie

I wouldn't say it was purely meaningless. How do you know said people aren't dating/married in real life and are playing the game together as a couple. As a matter of fact I know a married couple who play the game they use the same last name as each other and I know they'd probably get married too in the game as well. Also if it shows in your information when someone checks you that you're married to so and so (if they did something like that) it is less of a chance for some unwanted attention.

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Easily achieved with a personal 'check' message (something like the bazaar messages in FFXI)

There are thousands of other things I'd rather see the dev team work on before they even think of building a "BBF stamp-of-approval application and ceremony system" for the game.

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Originally Posted by Zantetsuken

Easily achieved with a personal 'check' message (something like the bazaar messages in FFXI)

There are thousands of other things I'd rather see the dev team work on before they even think of building a "BBF stamp-of-approval application and ceremony system" for the game.

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that I won't disagree with but we're not clamoring for it right now we're just saying we'd like to see it some time in the game no where does it say in any of the posts to put in marriage right now right this minute. We're just saying we'd like to see it eventually in the game. k thanks bye

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Originally Posted by Alteiriaa

Aww, I'd like this in game, I would. It would be fun, if nothing else, so long as they didn't set it up so only male/female can get married. Like a bunch of other people said in here, love knows no bounderies. :)

Also, if they do put it in they should set it up so the rings can't be discarded unless one does a divorce sidequest or something of that sort. It makes you think hard about doing the thing in the first place if you have to jump through so many hoops to get rid of the marriedness.
Said sidequest should also do it's best to make you feel bad about it or be a massive gil sink, haha, if not both.

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Yes to the idea of marriage for more than just the male/female crowd. There is no reason not to allow people to marry as they see fit. Also, yes, to the idea of a divorce quest! Like I mentioned earlier, I think it'd be really cute. XDD

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Originally Posted by Rannie

I wouldn't say it was purely meaningless. How do you know said people aren't dating/married in real life and are playing the game together as a couple. As a matter of fact I know a married couple who play the game they use the same last name as each other and I know they'd probably get married too in the game as well. Also if it shows in your information when someone checks you that you're married to so and so (if they did something like that) it is less of a chance for some unwanted attention. It's not that you have to marry someone it's the ability to have that choice.

You may think it's meaningless and if people take it too seriously to be creepy pathetic then, I'm sorry about that not everyone else sees it the same way.

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Well you can also go into the whole debate that is their personal information and shouldn't need not be shared with the rest of us. So what if they are going out and play the game as a couple, they can share the same surname and bam guess what you don't need anything else to say it. Surname can represent a familial tie, like my brothers and RL friends who play with me share my same surname, kind of our battle tag.

Actually I think I change my earlier opinion and hope devs waste no time in implementing this into the game, as others have said you can make it yourself. Hell if you want make a LS for weddings and sell them, copy the old script GMs used in FFXI and switch out names. Take time to find in game clothes that would be appropriate for the bride and groom and the guests and craft them up and supply them. Craft up rings maybe some that people don't use often (though I do wish you could sign your name on items like in FFXI). After all that sell it to players wanting to get married for so much gil and hold their wedding for them. Run them through a mock wedding first and then post on the forums if you want and have an open formal wedding or don't post and have a nice secluded version. Hell you can hire guards to kill of roaming monsters that agro in certain areas if you wanted too.

I wouldn't mind seeing weddings come way later in 2.0 when we have plenty of content to enjoy and player housing and all that stuff, but it shouldn't be anything that is put on the table now when players themselves can do what they are asking for. Show some effin initiative and make something come alive and be magical without them having to hold your hand to make it so. Also 2.0 will have more diverse areas for setting stuff up like this, though I can think of several awesome places now.

Even though I started this thread and I support the return of in-game marriage, I will have to agree that this should NOT be the devs priority. I think everyone would agree that player housing is definitely more important than this. Maybe further down the line, this could be implemented.

Gentlemen a piece of advice.

Marriage, for f*** sakes don't do it!

Awww..I don't see it as useless :( Its just a cute gesture for fun (That is why I play games, mainly MMO...believe it or not, for fun! :) )

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Originally Posted by Babydoll

Awww..I don't see it as useless :( Its just a cute gesture for fun (That is why I play games, mainly MMO...believe it or not, for fun! :) )

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So make it even more fun and do it all yourselves, instead of wanting the game devs to waste resources in doing the process for you. Though I guess going as far as asking them to implement a tux/wedding dress and stuff like that into the game wouldn't be a stretch and wouldn't waste nearly as many resources. Also being able to sign gear, so you can craft low level rings with names on them.

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Originally Posted by Dargoth_Draconia

So make it even more fun and do it all yourselves, instead of wanting the game devs to waste resources in doing the process for you. Though I guess going as far as asking them to implement a tux/wedding dress and stuff like that into the game wouldn't be a stretch and wouldn't waste nearly as many resources. Also being able to sign gear, so you can craft low level rings with names on them.

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As the OP said, I don't think anyone is saying to implement this now. I think it's just a feature they would like to eventually see implemented in the game.

Clearly, there are far more pressing matters for the dev's to address.

Alternatively, what you suggested isn't bad. The dress/tux could be recipes that weavers can make and the goldsmiths can make the wedding bands. ^^ Although, I still think people would want a little cs or something lol.

In all seriousness though- yes, I'd like the implementation of in game weddings. No, I do not want it to happen right this minute. o.o

Yeah... I don't remember anybody saying ZOMEWEDDINGSNAOORRAGEQUIT!!!
It's just something extra that would be fun LATER ON. ^^;
I know it wasn't added to FFXI until uhmmm I think shortly after it was released for PS2? Anybody know for sure?? :3

We keep getting new weapons and gear that seem more or less "useless" right now and nobody is complain-- oh wait. :x

:p
~teehee~

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Originally Posted by Dargoth_Draconia

So make it even more fun and do it all yourselves, instead of wanting the game devs to waste resources in doing the process for you. Though I guess going as far as asking them to implement a tux/wedding dress and stuff like that into the game wouldn't be a stretch and wouldn't waste nearly as many resources. Also being able to sign gear, so you can craft low level rings with names on them.

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In the mean time why don't we have them take out the Chocobo raising, this is obviously wasted time on something we don't need. Actually, lets take out all Social aspects in the game, who the hell needs that in a MMO?

MMO's are an amalgamation of things:

Social Aspects
Ability Aspects
Determination Aspects

I'm sure there's more. But just because YOU don't enjoy it does not mean it shouldn't be in the game. Some people dislike raid type scenarios, should those be removed or never designed? There's a reason there's dozens of aspects added with each patch/ex-pack, so that there's something there for everyone and not just one type. This falls into the social aspect, something you're not fond of for whatever reason.

And I'll continue the broken record statement: No one's asking for it right now. There are indeed more important things to be focused on at the moment. However, some would like to see it added down the road in an ex-pack or when appropriate.

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I wouldn't mind seeing it added to XIV, again as long as same genders are permitted and cross races are permitted.

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Originally Posted by Nabiri

I only want to see it in game if same sex marriages are allowed. No need for discrimination.

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agreed 100%, not doing so would look pretty bad in 2012 on SE's part

I thought it was cool, i wish it came back.

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Originally Posted by Sevro

agreed 100%, not doing so would look pretty bad in 2012 on SE's part

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Hey, while SE is shooting themselves in the foot by taking polarizing positions on RL hot-button issues... maybe they should introduce in-game abortions, a Palestinian state, commentary on public sector union benefits, carbon taxes, austerity programs, and Burka bans. /sarc

Ungh... I totally forgot about the SSM issue before, If there ever was a reason to NOT put marriage in the game, the SSM issue is definitely it. The drama that will erupt will likely cause many people on both sides of the issue quit this game.

LISTEN UP SE, if you don't want to have a lot of THIS your game, then stay as far away from marriage as you can.


You know, some of us play games to get away from this kind of stuff... /sigh

Blah, blah, blah. . . . put marriage in game. Free-for-all, race and gender. People will be wtf?! whyyy?!?!?! for a week then they'll forget about it, if it's something that doesn't interest them as an activity.

Same like Gobbues. A lot of people were really excited about them, a lot were appalled, now no one cares or rides them. Give marriage to those who wanna ride their spouse! :rolleyes: