Using 1 Gaming Computer For 2 People? 424
True Vox writes "My fiance and I have recently taken interest in City of Heroes (she's currently got a character on my account). She's got a cute little netbook, but nothing nearly powerful enough for a 5-year-old MMORPG, let alone if we take interest in Champions Online! I am reticent to buy a new gaming computer simply for what amounts to a passing phase. Has anyone had any experience using one computer to control two monitors with two sets of input devices (e.g. two keyboards and two mice, or one keyboard, one mouse, and a 360 gamepad, perhaps)? I have seen one solution that might work, but not much information from users that I can find. In short, does anyone have any experience with setups like this?"
Syntax error (Score:0, Funny)
Re:Oh dear...did he even search the internets? (Score:5, Funny)
search?q=2+players+1+computer
Woah! You almost had me fooled and made me click on that link!
DANGER! DANGER, WILL ROBINSON! (Score:5, Funny)
head explodes
Re:RDP (Score:3, Funny)
A) Just have her remote desktop into your computer, log in as another user, and play that way
B) fiance... fiance.... SPEND TIME WITH HER
A) Last time I checked, RDP has trouble with accelerated video. Has this changed?
[...and why is it always about "her" wants? Get a two way relationship for heaven's sake.]
Parentheses! (Score:5, Funny)
Parentheses, man! Learn to use them (or if you don't want to learn how to use them, just avoid using them (unless you are just trying to be hopelessly recursive (which is not always a bad thing))).
Re:Oh dear...did he even search the internets? (Score:4, Funny)
search?q=2+players+1+computer
Woah! You almost had me fooled and made me click on that link!
hah nice one anon...freud at work i s'pose.
Obviously fake. (Score:5, Funny)
Gamer with a fiancee? I can't believe you guys fell for this obvious troll attempt.
Re:Solution (Score:5, Funny)
Re:A relationship obviously not built on respect (Score:2, Funny)
Are you a full time femenist or just a whiner over the internets?
Oh come on now anonymous coward. Why can't I be both?
Don't let her get into mmo's. (Score:5, Funny)
Its not worth it. She'll gain 20 pounds, lose her job, and end up blowing her 19 year old guild leader when she takes a trip to go "see her parents" so she can get some extra dkp.
I'm not bitter.
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Re:For goodness sake, just buy her a REAL MACHINE. (Score:2, Funny)
... I ask as a wide-eyed youngin.
Re:Priorities out of line (Score:5, Funny)
Re:DANGER! DANGER, WILL ROBINSON! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Try having sex with your Fiance instead (Score:5, Funny)
Seriously, stop being sensible on Slashdot, you're spoiling it for the rest of us..
Re:RDP (Score:5, Funny)
step 1: buy lots of old computers
step 2: buy some serial cables
step 3: beowulf the computers
step 4: use the rs232 cables with appropriate mices.
step 5: make sure you are using linux
step 6: direct the serial signals appropriately
step 7: either use a vm xp or linux to play the game
step *: never give up trying to make it work, remember, your time is infinite - spending $300 for a dell vostro is like spelling the word "DEFEAT" in a snowbank with dead penguin bodies.
Re:RDP (Score:1, Funny)
You failed. é is not é
Re:Try having sex with your Fiance instead (Score:1, Funny)
But what will they do the other 23 hours and 55 minutes of the day?
Re:A relationship obviously not built on respect (Score:5, Funny)
"Are this condescending to your fiance directly"
Aww, you meant to say "are you this condescending..." but your little rage took over and the keyboard and the words got all confusing and it was all a bit much wasn't it? But it's okay, we knew what you meant, and it's just adorable that you tried so hard!
Ask People Over 40 (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Try having sex with your Fiance instead (Score:2, Funny)
And by that you mean, like, 30 seconds a week, right?
Re:Try having sex with your Fiance instead (Score:3, Funny)
I'll have you know that thanks to my many years of tantric training, I am capable of...
Oh shit, I forgot my wife reads Slashdot. Excuse me, I have something on the stove.
Re:Obviously fake. (Score:2, Funny)
We both game. He's playing GalCiv2 and I'm posting on
Well, obviously homosexuals don't count. Not that difficult to find men who are into gaming...
Re:Try having sex with your Fiance instead (Score:4, Funny)
Fixed.
Re:Obviously fake. (Score:1, Funny)
You said he which indicates that you are the female in the relationship. This proves that you do not exist.
Re:Try having sex with your Fiance instead (Score:2, Funny)
Confidence: 40+ minutes
Respect: Waiting for her
Self-esteem: 14+ cm
By your own definition, everything humans need can be attained through sex.
Re:Try having sex with your Fiance instead (Score:3, Funny)
I can tell you all that as a girl (check real quick...yeah okay, I am in fact a girl) I would prefer to have sex. I tried to play NWN with my programmer boyfriend only to realize that though we were in the same room together, on the same designated server.....I still needed an upload of something else.
Sex is a HUGE part of EVERYTHING! Girls do want it, trust me. Monogamy, though unnatural (I am a biologist), does not ruin sex. I try on a regular basis to get the goods from my geek, only to be ignored for the computer. When we are together, I know he is thinking about coding on that bitch in the computer room.
Gaming is nice, don't get me wrong. I love my emulator that lets me play FF7 whenever I feel nostalgic, but unplug for a bit and see if you can find someplace more fun to plug that dongle in ;) 3