A girl explain why...

[H2O HbDark]

is it Im on the phone with a girls for 3 hours
please I dont understand dont get me wrong its cool
but its like 3 hours lol and then they get mad when
im playing or supposed "Not paying attention"
Its 1:30 and I get a text saying ">:T Meanie"
lol <3 :mvgiggle:

[H2O FR3KACID3NT]

I cnt stay on the phone tht long, if im on the phone with a gurl and playing the game she usually knows I'll space out and hear nuthing se says. So I dnt usually play the game while on the phone.

[JeepChick PMS]

You can't just sit there and zone out. LOL. Either devote your attention to the conversation, or tell them (NICELY) that you need to bounce.

[PMS NJ]

Hahaha. I totally did that yesterday. Played Halo while talking on the phone. Yes, never do it. Bad for your love life. Hahaha.

[H2O HbDark]

Haha I did it again today
My friend she was like talking and talking
and as soon as it got quiet I was like
"Fer sure gurl"
She laughed and kept talking LMFAO!

[H2O BlueShark]

idk y the girl gets all pissed off when u say hey if u dont care let me play this one game and i will call u back thats being nice right ??????????

[JeepChick PMS]

either talking to her matters... or it doesn't. You get what you give fellas. :)

[Vamp PMS]

I've done it...and had it done to me. It's really a terrible practice. It makes you look like a bad friend when they figure out you arent paying attention, and it screws with my gameplay...which is the most important part!

[H2O Gotham]

For some reason it's assumed that we are all active participants in the usually one sided conversation that for the last hour and a half has turned into a monologue filled with details of individuals whom you've never met and by the sound of the story aren't all that interesting. And having more often than not turned my brain from active to passive listening I'm often called out for not paying attention. Which I quickly make my accuser retract by recanting the last 25 minutes of the story in under 30 seconds. There is however only one danger in it all...switching ears! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! !!!!!

[Erratica]

Gotham, lol.. I can't stand to be on the phone at all under any circumstance.. Txt me or hit me up on XBL if you need or want to talk to me and well if you can't do either, you're out of luck.

maybe i'm not a typical girl :)

[H2O Gotham]

-le gasp- and you just signed on no more than a few minutes ago...must...follow...instructions

[H2O Turkey]

it happens lol

[Kuro]

I've done it before. My ex thought it was funny cause I would ramble and talk to myself while playing and she would listen to the random words that come out of me.

[Righty is LAW]

I hate talking on the phone. I tend to avoid it by ignoring calls, telling them to text me or tell them to talk to me online. The only people I really talk to on the phone are my parents. Talking on the phone for more than 30 minutes is a time suck. Honestly no one has anything interesting to say over that amount of time.

[H2O Turkey]

Couldnt of said it better! :D rebel against calls!

[PMS Pip Sq3ak]

I haaaaaate talking on the phone
lol. DO NOT call me srsly. I almost
always zone out haha.

[H2O Turkey]

yay i have finally met call haters!!! its a miracle!

[LackOfSkill]

Seeing this post made me glad that I am married. I don't even talk to my husband that long when he is on deployment nor would I want to.

[PMS Arkathia]

-le gasp- and you just signed on no more than a few minutes ago...must...follow...instructions

LMFAO. This is all too amusing. No offense.

[PMS Arkathia]

I've tried playing games and being on the phone at the same time, it normally turns out in a failure. Either I focus on the game or just focus on the conversation. I try for the most part.. But I also have this tendency to talk WAYYYYYYYY WAYYYYYYY WAYYYYYY too much.

Most of the time, I talk to the person and then go play a game or play the game and then go talk to the person. If I'm on msn however and playing a game, that I can do..

Okay, I'm done ranting now.

[H2O DarkKnight 2k6]

its not that hard to talk on the phone and play for me, i just put on the Bluetooth (or switch modes if i was using it on the PS3) and then just chat away. i mean its no different than if you were on the game with your friends. although i have gotten the "are you paying attention" from X's but not because i wasnt listening but because the game is a little loud and they must think im trying to drown them out with the game's sound.

[Rip]

I'm actually pretty good at talking on the phone and playing games, because i make sure to devote attention to both. Having said that, if i'm playing while talking to people I also tell them. Also sometimes bringing in a little bit of the game to the phone call also gives you a nice combination.

Having said that, the call should come first in terms of priority if you're having a normal conversation. I'm not the type to have multi-hour phone calls though, so the situation after that long talking might be different.

For those of you who don't like phone calls: phoey on you! Generally I text far, far more than I call. But I do think there's a huge value to phone calls and actually listening to people. So much can be discovered from vocal tonations and patterns, etc. Even moreso if you can physically see the person talking. I horribly abuse smilies and emotes when it comes to text messages and instant messages because if i'm joking around with someone straight text comes off really crass.

For those of you who have played mass effect, when texting i feel like those big monotone creatures who have to put qualifier words in their sentences. "With Excitement: PAX east should be a great event" :p

[H2O CatNip]

I'm the kind of person that doesn't mind if the call is important, but if it's a call that accomplishes nothing at all, like how much someone saved on coupons, I would be completely honest in saying that "I'm kinda in the middle of a game", (if it's an ex, I just tell them to leave me alone lol!), hoping they just stop there.

If the person is a gamer they are normally pretty understanding, but it's the nongamers that are often like, listen to me babble about nothing! I just do what I can to avoid being on the phone any longer, normally hinting that I'm totally not interested in the conversation, and if they don't get the hint I just say, "hey my interest just flew out my window I need to go catch it! BYE! *CLICK*", then I continue with my gaming.

Save a gamer's time by texting!

[bunnywink]

Hahah, I'm definitely in the phone hate group. I never pick up calls on my cell phone. I text people back instead... My friends get sooo mad. Even when I have my mic on while playing MW2, I'll sometimes just send messages to communicate!

Doesn't sound like your friend is too mad though... Just make sure not to do it again! If you get bored of the conversation, politely make up a good excuse to hang up.

[H2O Turkey]

well put! and if you dont like them, your game is your best friend :P lol jk

[H2O HbDark]

Haha not a hater to the talkn on phone
cause I find some of my girls who are friends
conversations hilarious and they know
when im not talkative means im either sleeping
or gaming it up yet they choose to keep
talking so for me its like
"So what do you think?"
"yee kool ur so right"
"......"
"OMFG NOOB TUBE!"
"......"
"LOL NOOB GOT OWND............"
"............. So i told her blah blah blah blah blah "
lol yuuup day of my life xD :mvgiggle:

[Mister Carebear]

well you need to be careful or the girl you are usually on the phone with will somehow get your gamertag and send you a message informing you *I have a gamertag now, we can play and talk to each other all night*..........
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Actually I can relate to your 3 hour calling "problem". My ex was the same way and didn't understand the process of free hours to week hours. No mind you I remember you saying you were on the phone at 1:30am but I mean what girl is up that late and not at a club getting drunk? Unless you DO have a girlfriend that is a gamer, then you might be able to talk her into the game you like playing. Just inform her that if you do start playing together, she has to learn call outs.....lol

[H2O Outta-Control]

It happens and for those not girl gamers that dont understand will get so pissed if you put video games in front of them that will get u in big trouble.. trust me cuz when i zone oout she knows cuz i will say sure when she asked a serious question lol. try to show them the way of the girl gamer! kill two birds wit one stone a new pms girl and no talking on phone

[H2O HbDark]

It happens and for those not girl gamers that dont understand will get so pissed if you put video games in front of them that will get u in big trouble.. trust me cuz when i zone oout she knows cuz i will say sure when she asked a serious question lol. try to show them the way of the girl gamer! kill two birds wit one stone a new pms girl and no talking on phone

But none of them that call me
are my gf lol and none are gamers D:
Known fact: "All the cool girl gamers
are either taken or live too damn far" :[

[H2O Turkey]

true statement but its ok though lol it will get better HbDark :D

[Misfortune]

I can't have a conversation (much less talk on the phone) and play a game at the same time.. it's an epic fail. Normally humourous for both parties, the person I'm trying to talk to and the people in the game. I tend to sprout out random words while trying to get the sentence out as well as pay attention to what's going on in the game but then get annoyed and start cursing, lol.

[Matrix Hitman]

I would agree. Talking on the phone while playing games is very difficult. Its either one or the other...games take too much concentration when played correctly to pay attention to 2 people at once...98% of the time when I try to talk to a friend while I am playing MAG, they know I am playing a game without me telling them.

[PMS Atiyana]

LOL... I am like most people on here... I get really easily distracted so I can't even watch TV and talk on the phone, let alone game... I get really absorbed and then my friend will be telling me something important and I'm like, what just happened...

I agree with RIP... some convos are better on the phone... people tend to read all sorts of weird things into text and email... you'd be surprised. :mvshock: however, that being said, i am too busy to call everyone all the time, so text suffices for things like, "i'll see you later" or "let's meet up next week".... but not so much for "OMG, I'm having a life crisis!"

I agree with Jeep... you get what you give... Yeah, you don't really need to have 3 hr convos, but if you are conversing with someone you care about, give it your attention then move on. I often try to keep my phone convos to about 20 minutes unless it's a really good friend I need to catch up with... Then, afterwards, I spend my time and my full undivided attention to my game...:mvclap: Nothing sweeter than not worring about what someone is saying or doing (except the people I'm playing with) while I game... Life's much easier that way, no? :mvguitar:

[PMS Nay]

Hmm... I think it depends on the ground rules in the relationship. For example, I play Halo a lot more than my husband, so it's just understood when he calls me and he goes,
"Hey honey, what are you doing?"
"....Halo.... "
Then my lovely husband finishes up with..
"Okay, talk to you when I get home, leaving work, love ya, bye."

^_^

Clear playing field is your best friend. If the other person in your relationship doesn't understand the dynamics of video gaming and how much attention it requires (which means no attention for them or limited) then it's going to end badly. Lol.

[PMS shewards]

I am totally guilty of trying to multitask like this and failing miserably. I'm such crap at even pretending to sound like I'm listening to what you're talking about if we're on the phone and there's a game in front of me!

But yeah, I agree with Jeep. You definitely get what you give. Re-schedule the convo if your game's honestly more urgent or take a break, right? ;)