GPL: Warning Label

GPL should come with a warning label: WARNING: Installing and playing this game could result in muscle fatigue from inability to seperate yourself from your computer. It may also cause lack of sleep and problems with the quality of your family life. I know that GPL has sure taken over MY life. I'm curious if it has caused any relationships to fall apart. I know mine has come close a few times when the wife has gotten in the way of some good quality practice time. Anyone else? Dean (Decawi)

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> GPL should come with a warning label: > > WARNING: Installing and playing this game could result in muscle fatigue > from inability to seperate yourself from your computer. It may also cause > lack of sleep and problems with the quality of your family life. > > I know that GPL has sure taken over MY life. I'm curious if it has caused > any relationships to fall apart. I know mine has come close a few times > when the wife has gotten in the way of some good quality practice time. > > Anyone else? > > Dean (Decawi) > > >

Nah, I got rid of my ex fiancee' long before GPL rolled around (pun intended). Seems that after she left I was left with alot more time & $ to feed my sim addiction. But you're right. If more and more people get addicted to racing sims, we may have open a Henry Ford clinic...similiar to the Betty Ford clinic but for sim addicts. :-)

says... Nah, I got rid of my ex fiancee' long before GPL rolled around (pun intended). Seems that after she left I was left with alot more time & $ to feed my sim ***ion. But you're right. If more and more people get ***ed to racing sims, we may have open a Henry Ford clinic...similiar to the Betty Ford clinic but for sim ***s. :-)

WARNING Do not use enclosed 1967 circuit layouts for real racing. Unexpected chicanes may occur. "Shift-R" functions only within Grand Prix Legends(tm). Papyrus Design accepts no responsibility for bodily or material damage resulting from attempts to resort to "Shift-R" in real life driving situations. +Cinquo

well its funny I have been divorced for 4 yrs...I dont miss "the look" I used to get from being on the computer "all the time"....that was during the initital Nascar3 days...since I have been unattached I have discovered the joys of guiltfree simming, and its also good on the budget for us shafted divorced men that cant afford "real" entertainment because half of our paycheck goes to support the ex's "needs".....of course there have been the occasional girlfriends in that period that just didn't get it as well.....they are no longer around either :) Greg31 Dean Williams wrote in message ... I'm curious if it has caused

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>any relationships to fall apart. I know mine has come close a few times >when the wife has gotten in the way of some good quality practice time. > >Anyone else? > >Dean (Decawi) > >

"Dean Williams" <[email hidden]> writes:

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> GPL should come with a warning label: > > WARNING: Installing and playing this game could result in muscle fatigue > from inability to seperate yourself from your computer. It may also cause > lack of sleep and problems with the quality of your family life. > > I know that GPL has sure taken over MY life. I'm curious if it has caused > any relationships to fall apart. I know mine has come close a few times > when the wife has gotten in the way of some good quality practice time. > > Anyone else?

Well, my ex actually respected my need to simrace, as long as I respected her to do something as nutty at hillclimb. Sadly, other matters didn't quite work out. Hell, even my friends respect my need to simrace, I actually managed to convince them that GPL league play is as serious as any other amateur sport. And got ovations when I told I got 5th of 15 when I was late for a birthday party to race the last race of the season. :) -- Olav K. Malmin remove .spam when replying

"Greg" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:PwH47.166585$[email hidden]... > well its funny I have been divorced for 4 yrs...I dont miss "the look" I > used to get from being on the computer "all the time"....that was duringthe > initital Nascar3 days...since I have been unattached I have discovered the > joys of guiltfree simming, and its also good on the budget for us shafted > divorced men that cant afford "real" entertainment because half of our > paycheck goes to support the ex's "needs".....of course there have beenthe > occasional girlfriends in that period that just didn't get it as > well.....they are no longer around either :) > > Greg31 Ooh, another member of the Divorced Guys Club. I actually did manage to find a wonderful woman who doesn't share my passion for motorsports/simracing but she has also never given me "the look" either (at least when it comes to those topics anyways). Regards, Robin

ROTFLMAO!!!! Comment of the year in my book!!!! LOL! ed_ Lugnut wrote: > But you're right. If more and more people get addicted to racing sims,we may > have open a Henry Ford clinic...similiar to the Betty Ford clinic but forsim addicts. :-)

ROTFLMAO!!!! Comment of the year in my book!!!! LOL! ed_ > But you're right. If more and more people get ***ed to racing sims, we may > have open a Henry Ford clinic...similiar to the Betty Ford clinic but for sim ***s. :-)

Cinquo <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9ivb66$3f9$[email hidden]... > WARNING > > Do not use enclosed 1967 circuit layouts for real racing. Unexpected > chicanes may occur. LOL! I'd really love to drive the 'Ring for real one day - I just hope I won't get overconfident and then find the one corner that's different... Having said that, I drove the Spa Old Circuit last weekend between Les Combes and Blanchimont (the New Circuit was in use) and managed to keep to the speed limit - mostly... ;-) Jonny

"jp_hodgson" wrote... > LOL! > > I'd really love to drive the 'Ring for real one day - I > just hope I won't get overconfident and then find the one > corner that's different... There's only one I noticed, but it's a biggie. The kink from Fuchsrohre into Adenauer Forst is different... it's been moved back and the changes in gradient smoothed out from the looks of things. It's still flat in all but the very fastest cars I should imagine, but the difference is there's not as much real estate left before the chicane once it flattens out as in the game. So if you leave your braking until you're no longer looking at the treeline/sky you're gonna be eating gravel at the very least. Provided you get your car up to 100mph on the downhill section before the kink, of course. > Having said that, I drove the Spa Old Circuit last > weekend between Les Combes and Blanchimont (the > New Circuit was in use) and managed to keep to the > speed limit - mostly... ;-) Long queue of Belgians flashing their lights at you behind, was there? <g> Jan. =---

Olav K. Malmin <[email hidden]> wrote on 16 Jul 2001: <snip> >something as nutty at hillclimb.<snip> Oi! Watch it! ;-) -- David. (GPLRank handicap -6.57; Monsters of GPL +271.79) The GPL Scrapyard: http://scrapyard.9ug.com "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.

I use headphones and a lock on the computer room door. It's almost like being single again :) Kevin DeBello "Robin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:b%H47.38494$[email hidden]... > "Greg" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:PwH47.166585$[email hidden]... > > well its funny I have been divorced for 4 yrs...I dont miss "the look" I > > used to get from being on the computer "all the time"....that was during > the > > initital Nascar3 days...since I have been unattached I have discoveredthe > > joys of guiltfree simming, and its also good on the budget for usshafted

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> > divorced men that cant afford "real" entertainment because half of our > > paycheck goes to support the ex's "needs".....of course there have been > the > > occasional girlfriends in that period that just didn't get it as > > well.....they are no longer around either :) > > > > Greg31 > > Ooh, another member of the Divorced Guys Club. I actually did manage to

find > a wonderful woman who doesn't share my passion for motorsports/simracingbut > she has also never given me "the look" either (at least when it comes to > those topics anyways). > Regards, > Robin > >

Kevin!! "Almost" only counts in hand'grenades & horse'shoes.. hahaha "Kevin DeBello" wrote: | I use headphones and a lock on the computer room door. It's almost like | being single again :) | Kevin DeBello --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.262 / Virus Database: 132 - Release Date: 6/12/2001