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I just got done reading "My mom watched Day9daily 100 and LOVED it", and it was nice to see how someone else parents viewed gaming.
Personally, I have been into gaming my whole life. I started out playing Bubble Bobble on NES at a very early age, and this was mostly influenced by my parents. My dad is disabled, so he is not able to work, so he has always been at home with me since I was of a very young age, and since he was always home we always got to spend time together. He knew I liked playing video games so he would play them with me. I remember being very young and always coming home from school or other activities and play a couple rounds of Super Mario Kart with my dad, and I could NEVER win. Later, after I got sick of games like this, I got into StarCraft: Brood War and Magic the Gathering, along with plenty of sports and other activities I was in. My parents, once again, were always taking me to tournaments that might have been far away (mostly in MTG) and were always supportive.
I remember going to a family reunion when I was younger, and my parents were talking about my so-called "gaming" career in MTG and how I won some events that were a little bit bigger, and I became so embarrassed when they mentioned this to my mostly "blue-collared" hard working farming family. To my surprise they were actually very happy in me, and were asking things about it. From then on I felt way more confident to tell people what I am all about, because in High School, I kind of disappeared. I would still hang out with my friends once in awhile, but I was spending so much time playing games like Brood War and Halo, that I kind of opted out of High School sports, because I wasn't feeling the competitive edge anymore, and decided to just play intramural.
Even to this day, now that I played SC2 once in a while, my parents are still very into what I am doing. Whenever I play in a tournament for a any game, my parents always want to know how I'm doing, and I feel like it's because they see my passion for the game and they get the same feeling, because they know it's something I really love. A lot has changed in my life over my years, and I feel like for the most of it has changed because of video games. Lately, I moved to a new town to transfer universities, and started living with 5 different people I knew from my hometown. These 5 others were always into sports, but played a few video games in there time. (even StarCraft) When I got SC2, they saw how much I played it, and how much SC2 content I watched, they would sit in and also pay attention. Now 4/6 people in my house play the game and follow GSL with me.
I hate blogs personally, especially ones that are like a journal because I hate putting myself out for everyone to see, but when I saw that Sam's mom was taken by what Day[9] had to say, I was just inspired, so I had to write about how my life has been so influenced by gaming and the support that I have got from family and friends. What I'm really just kind of wondering, is what other people's stories are. Do any of you try and show SC to other people that you would never expect to play this game? If so, how did they take to it, because in my 20 years I have come to know that you will be surprised on what people will think about the computer game and it's crazy community.
  
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Bubble Bobble man lol. I loved that game as well.
Anyway, no one I really know in real life is an avid gamer like me. Especially not at work. I'm a postdoc doing medical research at UCLA. Most researchers aren't into games in the least and they even look at me funny when they find out I am into them. There is a CSL team here at UCLA; however, even that is pretty small here and we've only done a couple events together. It's just tough to find gamers to hang with irl. Most of the people I show games to are interested for like 5 minutes, but then they just stop playing. 
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On November 19 2010 04:51 GreatFall wrote:Bubble Bobble man lol. I loved that game as well. Anyway, no one I really know in real life is an avid gamer like me. Especially not at work. I'm a postdoc doing medical research at UCLA. Most researchers aren't into games in the least and they even look at me funny when they find out I am into them. There is a CSL team here at UCLA; however, even that is pretty small here and we've only done a couple events together. It's just tough to find gamers to hang with irl. Most of the people I show games to are interested for like 5 minutes, but then they just stop playing.
yeah that sucks man! When I first started living here I thought I was gonna get judged by my friends a lot, since I played many hours when the game first came out, but now that I am slowly starting to slow down on my playing, my roommates are always asking me to play team games with them and they want to play more than I do, so it's really nice.
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I guess I've been into gaming since I was younger too. Maybe not huge into it, but still, it was a big part of my life.
When I was younger we had an NES, and I played that CONSTANTLY. My parents would ALWAYS play with me too ^^ It was kinda cool.
We got SNES then, and those were probably my favorite years for gaming on a console. We had a bunch of awesome games. Two of my favorite that really stand out where that Pink Panther game, and the Lion King game. Never could finish either. xD
But I'd play things like Mario Paint and Super Mario and Mario 3 with my mom and dad all the time. They were pretty good at it too, haha. One of the funniest thing from playing SNES I remember is, I used to ALWAYS play with controller upside down. I could play the normal way, it had to be upside down.
Now though, I could play either way. Haha.
I got a N64 after that, and my parents stopped playing with me as much, since I got games like Yoshi's Story, and Banjo Kazooie.
We got a NGC then, which my sister got(I was about 16 at the time, my sister was about 9), and we played games all the time. Although, I think I played it more. Played FF:Crystal Chronicles, Wind Waker, a few others.
I got a PS2, played that constantly..
My parents never really played the N64, Gamecube, or PS2.
Occasionally they'd play Mario Party(1-4, anything after is bad), or they'd play their golfing games, but that's about it.
We got a Wii, and my mom plays that with us all the time, Haha. She LOVES WiiFit cause of the silly games, and she'll play Cooking Mama with us too. My dad is old now, and doesn't want to look silly. xD
My mom talks about how she was big into all the games coming out when I was like, around the age of 2 or so. I thought that was kinda cool. Haha.
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I have an absolutely amazing mother who thought that the grand theft auto series was absolutely hysterical. She thankfully understood that even at a very young age, like whenever the fuck san andreas and vice city came out, I could tell that this was just a silly game. She really found the idea that you could use a hooker to get your life up, then kill the hooker to get your money back was complete gold. xD She also saw all the humor in the radio stations and commercials.
She get's that video games are a whole lot like books. (well a bunch of them)
But she also gets that when I say I'm in a game and I can't pause I'm not blowing her off or ignoring her, and I normally try to finish things up faster to help.
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really great read, from a different point of view for a change.
yeah, when i was younger,around 4-8, i use to take turns with my mom playing zelda, she'd always
take turns with me with intervals of 10-15 minutes.
i grew up on duck hunt, super mario brothers, teenage mutant ninja turtles, and a lot of other
great classics with my mom. xD
good to hear personal stories about gaming parents.
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On November 19 2010 05:11 N3rV[Green] wrote:
I have an absolutely amazing mother who thought that the grand theft auto series was absolutely hysterical.
Actually, this reminds me of my mom. She won't let my younger sister play these games(My siste ris 12 and extremely sensitive to everything), but she finds them hilarious!
2 years ago I used to stay up till 12am playing Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful life(Yay being a girl yay!), and Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Masters Quest.
She wouldn't be able to stop laughing at the Harvest Moon Characters HUGE eyebrows, and she thought the Cows in the side of the Wall/Mouth/Flesh in JabuJabu's belly was hilarious as well. xD♥
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Dude.. paragraphs. It was a pretty nice read, and made me nostalgic about the glory days. However... Seriously... Paragraphs dude.
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On November 19 2010 05:51 AdamFox wrote:
Dude.. paragraphs. It was a pretty nice read, and made me nostalgic about the glory days. However... Seriously... Paragraphs dude.
sorry not really sure how to do indentation in this format and all.. but thanks for the feedback.
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Hi. Yes I saw that thread and thought it was great and its great to see parents being supportive of their children and being intrested in what they are doing.
I allways played on the computer, mainly games like Red Alert 1 and Age of Empires.
I found out about LAN partys online and first went to the i-series (bigest LAN's in the UK), i10. It was great to be with other gamers and like minded people, I had a great time and after that wanted to go to every LAN party, I went to the i-series for many years and each event my mum would drop me off with my computer and come pick me up.
As for StarCraft I have followed the korean scene for many years first being introduced to it by a friend with korean VOD's of epic matchs, these days I try to share it with my girlfriend but I am meeting more gamers who are intrested in it and GSL etc.
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I will never ever let my father win at anything no matter how it might affect his pride because he beat super mario brothers a week before I could when I was 5 years old lol. My parents weren't nearly as supportive of games as yours were but they weren't overbearing like others might be and my dad of course played some games with mario, various atari titles, golden eye, etc with me growing up. I think I even got him to play counter strike once and he liked it.
Be incredibly proud of how supportive your parents are!
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On November 19 2010 07:24 Manifesto7 wrote:Sweet blog  Actually my grandfather first introduced me to games when I was like 6 or 7. The first game I ever remember playing was the banana throwing game on commadore 64: ![[image loading]](http://telcontar.net/Misc/Gorillas/pics/gamestart.png) Later we got an atari 2600 and an extra tv for the basement. We would play tank, baseball, and that weird ET game that nobody could ever figure out. I still remember taking the car to buy the system second hand from a newspaper classified ad. Later on I got an NES, and I would bring it to my grandpa's house in the summer where I stayed for summer vacation. As a life long hunter, duckhunt was his favorite ever. Sometimes I would catch him cheating close to the tv :p I remember one time I walked downstairs and he was playing super mario, he had actually made it to level 1-2, and rather than going through the exit tube he had found the warp zone. He couldn't figure out to do and I didn't arrive in time to save him before he ran out of time. From then on I have been gaming in one form or another. (Yes, MTG too. Anyone remember when necro decks were unstoppable in the Ice Age era?) A few years ago I picked up a wii and downloaded bubble bobble, a game I remember plugging quarters into at the local Safeway. My daughter just calls it "bubbles", but she doesn't mind mashing buttons with me. The game is a lot harder when you have to win and keep a three year old alive. I am looking forward to playing games with my kids a lot
You mean...you mean your grandfather was even more awesome than you?!
Because that sounds so awesome.
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It is really nice to have parents who don't hate on gaming until they your dad goes on a franchise run in NCAA or plays a retro Turn-Based Strategy game for 5 hours in a row.
Then critical t.v. use is compromised.
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My mom: So I heard that you were translating proleague games
Me: oh shit
My mom: Oh well at least you're building up your translations skills
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On November 19 2010 08:54 HwangjaeTerran wrote:Show nested quote +On November 19 2010 07:24 Manifesto7 wrote:Sweet blog Actually my grandfather first introduced me to games when I was like 6 or 7. The first game I ever remember playing was the banana throwing game on commadore 64: Later we got an atari 2600 and an extra tv for the basement. We would play tank, baseball, and that weird ET game that nobody could ever figure out. I still remember taking the car to buy the system second hand from a newspaper classified ad. Later on I got an NES, and I would bring it to my grandpa's house in the summer where I stayed for summer vacation. As a life long hunter, duckhunt was his favorite ever. Sometimes I would catch him cheating close to the tv :p I remember one time I walked downstairs and he was playing super mario, he had actually made it to level 1-2, and rather than going through the exit tube he had found the warp zone. He couldn't figure out to do and I didn't arrive in time to save him before he ran out of time. From then on I have been gaming in one form or another. (Yes, MTG too. Anyone remember when necro decks were unstoppable in the Ice Age era?) A few years ago I picked up a wii and downloaded bubble bobble, a game I remember plugging quarters into at the local Safeway. My daughter just calls it "bubbles", but she doesn't mind mashing buttons with me. The game is a lot harder when you have to win and keep a three year old alive. I am looking forward to playing games with my kids a lot You mean...you mean your grandfather was even more awesome than you?! Because that sounds so awesome.
Awesome story, man.
It's nuts to hear how other people's families have reacted to gaming, and surprisingly, everyone seems to have had good experiences.
On November 19 2010 11:10 supernovamaniac wrote:
My mom: So I heard that you were translating proleague games
Me: oh shit
My mom: Oh well at least you're building up your translations skills
Why would you be so scared for her to know about the proleague games? What's so bad about this lol.
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