Comments on: Virtual Love http://www.hsmagazine.net/2011/03/virtual-love/ The PlayStation Home Magazine Fri, 13 Feb 2015 21:20:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.2 By: RiverCreek http://www.hsmagazine.net/2011/03/virtual-love/#comment-82401 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:24:20 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=3286#comment-82401 What a beautiful story! I have known many folks whom have gotten together during the old internet chat room days. Home, has a larger (more live) atmosphere for this. Awesome job Cheeky.

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By: keara22hi http://www.hsmagazine.net/2011/03/virtual-love/#comment-7494 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 05:57:04 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=3286#comment-7494 I originally posted this in the Forum section of HSM because I wanted everyone to see their radiant picture. But this story is so good, I want to post it here also:

So here is a first-person love story I got from a couple in Home.

I stopped to talk to SkinHerBack because, with a name like that, he seemed to be the perfect candidate for Avatars With Attitude. What ensued in that conversation, however, was a poignant love story about him and Maggie. It took a lot of messages and an attached pic to get the whole story, so I am busy hand-writing all those messages and will post them with the pic in a few minutes.

“My name is Tony. I’m 37, from Indiana, and I met Maggie (she’s 27) from Tennessee on PS Home in Central Plaza 17 months ago. We dated for 8 months. Every niht after work we woul get on Home and then we would go to a chat room and watch TV until bedtime. We would sleep in the chat room all night long. We would talk on the phone on the way to work and at lunch and then eat dinner together in the Home Chat Room. After dinner we would go over to the Mall and then dancing in Central Plaza.”

“I just want to say she is the love of my life, the most beautiful girl I have ever seen and I am the luckiest man alive to have met her. And I have to thank Sony for having PS Home because I may never have met the love of my life otherwise. Her love has changed my life in so many ways.”

“We got married last Thanksgiving in Home in the very spot where we met on the dance floor in Central Plaza. It was awesome. I drove to meet her in person and it was very different to meet someone you are already in love with. She took me and my son around her town and it was the best day of my life. I didn’t want that day to end.”

“Then she started coming to my house on the weekends. I asked her to marry me in real life and she said ‘Yes!’. It made me the happiest man alive. I told her to please move in with me because I don’t ever want to be without her again. She found a job in my town first and then she moved in. We have 3 PS3s now. We have Family Night on Home. Every night me, Maggie, an my son get on Home and play games.”

“We set a date to marry on May 30th and came to find out my parents and her parents both married on May 30 And they are all still married. Her grand-dad’s named Red and so was mine. Her grand-father was a police officer and so was mine. We were both born in February and we have so much in common. I can’t wait to marry the girl of my dreams on that awesome day in May!”

“I just want to say that I can’t believe I met my soul-mate in a video game. That’s awesome! We love to get on Home to get free items and to wind every item we can. I told her the very best thing I ever found in Home was her. We are getting the Home symbol tattooed on us with each other’s name in it to never forget what Sony has done for us.”

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By: Anubis_The_Great http://www.hsmagazine.net/2011/03/virtual-love/#comment-7450 Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:59:39 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=3286#comment-7450 First of all, I love this article. It felt good just reading it. I can appreciate online dating and relationship building. I think to a degree, anyone who has gone online into any type of social forum does as well. Shout out to my older brother and sister too!! Congrats guys!!! Woooot!! :D

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By: Mad-Hatter49 http://www.hsmagazine.net/2011/03/virtual-love/#comment-7448 Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:43:00 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=3286#comment-7448 Very good article Cheeky. I’m am a major player on home and i am friends with both serenity and outsider so i wanna say that they are great ppl on and off home & i congratulate both of them on their realationship & wish them all the best. Now if only i can find my mate lol ! 1 day hopfully God Bless & ya’ll take care!

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By: oldcatsrock http://www.hsmagazine.net/2011/03/virtual-love/#comment-7225 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 04:17:15 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=3286#comment-7225 Well here it is, An older PS Forum thread.
http://community.us.playstation.com/thread/1822250
I have to say I’m happy for every one that online dating has worked for. For me very soon the honey moon will be over. trust me i’m not trying to knock online dating, As it worked for me, “well for almost 2 years”.
Long story short here, Califf is going back home in 3 days. Things are great with just the 2 of us, But things just didn’t work out with her kids and I.
So if your looking in to a relationship on Home, Or any other site. Make sure your ready for what ever life gives you.

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By: Burbie52 http://www.hsmagazine.net/2011/03/virtual-love/#comment-7177 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:05:08 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=3286#comment-7177 Love in Home or any virtual world is as real as in the real world. The emotions are the same even though the people have never met or touched, in fact I would argue they can be more real. Real world romance is always affected by the sexual side of things, the chemistry of the closeness of the person to you can in many ways cloud your judgment of the true nature of the relationship. But in a virtual world although the desire is the same, it can’t be sated in the real so you take the time to really get to know the person before you ever really meet in the flesh. It is like my article “Home, Why Do We Stay?” said, Home is like a chaperon of the old days, it is a physical barrier of sorts that allows people to get to know the real person behind the avatar. Great article Cheeky, loved your insights!

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By: pie http://www.hsmagazine.net/2011/03/virtual-love/#comment-7172 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:45:13 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=3286#comment-7172 I think it is great when you can meet someone who has things in common with you. Online opens up so much more possibilities. I met my boyfriend (love of my life) not on home but on psht (playstationhometoday) website. We joke that we meet on a fan site of home. We talked for several months on the computer, phone and via cam. Feb 11, 2010 we met in real life. We have been living together ever since. Sometimes we are so alike its funny. I love him with all my heart and could not imagine my life without him.

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By: Viennese http://www.hsmagazine.net/2011/03/virtual-love/#comment-7157 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:26:43 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=3286#comment-7157 So true, without the animal stuff helping us choose a mate, we do have to relay on personalities. Some people have trouble letting go of all the real life stuff, others easily let go. I think it’s the one’s that find a common ground are the one’s that can find true love on home.

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By: Cthulu93 http://www.hsmagazine.net/2011/03/virtual-love/#comment-7154 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:15:16 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=3286#comment-7154 LOL i don’t know why children joke about older gamers,someday they will be an old gamer as well.Do they think that at age 18 you have to hang up your controller?,like an old washed up boxer shaking your head and saying”I was a contender.”The meaning of “Alls fair in love and war.” is it’s permissable to use ANYTHING to win.Anything includes but is not limited to using our most animal instincts,in these area’s our inner ape can have free expression.This can often be ugly but it’s nice to see a happy ending once in awhile,gives the rest of us hope.

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