The Daily Grind: Favorite activity to do at the same time as MMOing?
by William Dobson 
Sep 25th 2009 at 8:00AM
Filed under: Culture, Opinion, The Daily Grind
Let's face it: there are times when playing MMOs that your full, undivided attention isn't really required. Maybe you're in a slow group or raid, or camping some rare spawn, or just online to keep an eye on the market. We're often left with enough mental capacity to start up a second activity. Here are some popular ones:- Reading a book
- Watching television
- Getting paperwork done
- Browsing the internet
- Playing another game
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Macabre said on 8:05AM 9-25-2009
pr0n.
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Havok said on 8:06AM 9-25-2009
I like to either get homework done or do some writing. :)
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Jack said on 8:08AM 9-25-2009
Posting comments here ;D
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Rangtark said on 8:21AM 9-25-2009
Playing WoW while waiting for the queues in Aion is quite common for me at the moment. Otherwise I tend to play WoW while doing massive trade runs in EVE.
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Vitamin Dei said on 9:54AM 9-25-2009
That's funny. I've also been hauling stuff around and running missions in Eve while I wait for the queues in Aion. Eve is fairly lightweight clientwise so it all works out pretty well on my system. :)
Bluefunk said on 8:37AM 9-25-2009
Drinking for crying out loud. I thought "oh there's 4 comments before me, going to be drinking, drinking, drinking and drinking - nope. So:
DRINKING!!!
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Crode said on 8:40AM 9-25-2009
I have to be listening to music so that I can tolerate the grinds. And CNN.
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sillygenu said on 8:46AM 9-25-2009
Watching a movie, or southpark. Surfing the net, basically, anything that i can do on a 2nd screen that ain't slowing down my games.
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Carl Curtis said on 8:47AM 9-25-2009
Drunk convos on vent while attempting to attack carriers using battleships while outnumbered.
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John said on 8:53AM 9-25-2009
Either watching TV or listening to various Podcasts.
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The Platypus said on 9:07AM 9-25-2009
I keep my baritone ukulele close to my computer. If I'm looking at a long travel time or waiting for something else, I'll grab it and start strummin'. I wrote part of a song the other night flying around Millennium City on my unadvantaged jet boots.
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OMAC said on 9:07AM 9-25-2009
It varies for me, paperwork, browsing or TV. Depending on the time of day.
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Lorthic said on 9:25AM 9-25-2009
You can usually catch me beating off in Stranglehorn Vale
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Scones said on 9:23AM 9-25-2009
Hulu. Nuff said.
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Vulturion said on 9:24AM 9-25-2009
Nothing: 'cos I don't play MMOs with built in down-time, or that are so slow paced I need to seek entertainment while ostensibly being entertained by them.
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GRT said on 10:01AM 9-25-2009
What Vulturion said.
If I feel like I need to have a 2nd activity going on, I log off. If that becomes common, I quit the game. There's always another shiny new MMO around the corner waiting.
rheric said on 9:43AM 9-25-2009
Sadly, work. EVE provides a great balance between getting stuff done in-game, and actually needing to pay attention...
When I'm not working, I'm playing something a bit more active - Champions Online, etc.
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Vitamin Dei said on 10:16AM 9-25-2009
I load pretty much everything through Steam, so I'm usually using the overlay and chatting with a friend while I play. I also tend to either be listening to music or podcasts or chatting on Ventrilo.
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eddie said on 10:19AM 9-25-2009
Streaming talk radio, or catching up on missed episodes of tv shows, or sadly, entire cancelled series I never noticed til it was too late... like The Dresden Files.
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max said on 10:43AM 9-25-2009
I usually listen to a few podcasts.
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