It's only a game... right?

[Andalus]

Has anyone else found themselves reacting in RL to events on screen? I ask this because I was just pitted as a swordsman against a a lancer in a one on one tournament round. As he charged towards me, I realised that I physically ducked slightly. I don't know how often I do this but if it is frequent I must cut quite a sene when playing M&B!

[Jubal]

Yep. Happens with me ALL the time.

[Joccend]

It's a normal response. Normally when someone sees a guy on a horse with a lance charging at them... they duck. Think of it like the Matrix... 'What is real? If it is you can see, touch, taste, hear, and smell then its just electrical signals being interpreted by your brain'

[stormcloud]

Yes it is, but just watch other people play, you notice that lots of people do it.
For example I was looking after a kid while the parents where out, I bought along a PS1 with spyro, just watching him lean over while turning or bounce in his seat while jumping, it just means you're getting so immersed you start thinking the character's you, and your body reacts accordingly
I keep finding myself whispering 'boo' as I sneak up and paralyse people in oblivion

[DeepComet5581]

It's the whole 1st-person view thing. It makes you think that you're actuallt there. I do also often find myself trying to physically dodge people's attacks and have even let out small cries of pain when i've been hit.

I've also been known to shout "DIE, YOU W***ER" when i swing at someone.

[Jubal]

Yea, one of the best things about M&B is that it's a good mix, strategic to an extent but also very immersive.

[lordryan756]

I actually play legos with my brother, and this one time i accidently flipped him out of my hand (accidentle leverage) and i actually said "Ow" when he hit the floor xD

[Silver Wolf]

I keep finding myself trying to spare horses in TEATRC ... I never shoot horses, only their riders ... That's because I love animals (even virtual ones) and I can't help it

Because of that my battlefield is always full of wandering horses

[Colonel_Ryan]

I get nightmares when I've played Baby Borns :$

[Ladyhawk]

Hell, I care way to much about the game (Mount&Blade Warband)

I see it as my other life. A much better, more exciting and actually meaningful life. I have been known to actually sit in class, thinking of ways I can better my relationship with my beloved king, his Majesty King Ragnar of the Nords. I feel genuine loyalty towards my King. Hell, I think of him as MY King. He means more to me than any other these retarded Prime Ministers we have had to date.

When ever I lose on of my men, I feel so sad and heartbroken. I am devestated. I literally cry out NOOOOOO, when one of my men doesnt make it. It is as if I have lost a friend.

The happiness felt when striking down an enemy is much to strong. I hate my enemies within Warband more than the ones I posses in RL.

It is the same with my viliages. I care for and look after them more, than I do anything in this life. Those viliages and their kind, helpful people mean the world to me.

I wasnt ment to live this life. My favourite life is the life of my character Jarl Stern.
So all in all. I am most probably the strangest girl you will ever meet.

[Phoenixguard09]

Hmm well I did have that friend who used to smuggle rabbits interstate so she could shave them and wear their fur in her hair.  As a social experiment she even put 200 rabbits in a room with 200 computers and tried to see if any of them were smart enough to turn the computer on, type a 300 word story (preferrably including wombats. Vicious little creatures) and then eat the brains of any that manage to do so.

Needless to say, she didn't have many friends. The majority she had were lagomorphs.

[Silver Wolf]

I met a girl who likes her own Facebook statuses and posts new ones every 2 minutes.

Beat that.

[Phoenixguard09]

Hmm I've got a few friends who do that. Its vaguely ridiculous.

[Ladyhawk]

Haha yeah. Teenage girls these days. Hmph. Damn it! Is it sad that my warband life has more meaning and value than my own?

[Phoenixguard09]

Nah. I feel the same way. Except I've got something like 100 characters saved over various mods. So I'm like a massive schizophrenic.