In our latest poll, we are taking a look at how our community plays games:

Im the only one here, my daughter is too young, so just moi, my mother does play, but on her own at her house, I do confess i got her addicted lol.

It really depends on the game I'm playing.

I meet up with friends online and play games at Pogo quite often. I used to play games (like Diablo I and II) online with friends on a daily basis, in fact I have a friend desperately trying to get me into World of Warcraft now.

I usually play my VV or other sim games by myself though...too many Guiding Hands can send a village into chaos.

i don't know about y'all, but i play obsessively

i've had ppl play before, but i tend to want to micro manage them AND the villages


i left someone start a vv1 game on my computer, and ended up stealing their tribe from them becuse i got really upset when they weren't managing it correctly and starved half the village to death

Humm, at this point, my 7th game, I'm not too hard on my little villagers. My first game I stayed right on top of everything and everyone. I now start my game with a goal that has nothing to do with getting everything. The goal for the current game was no elders, I've already blown that one, needing people to get tech points, food, etc. Oh well, still having fun playing the game. Oh, I'm not updating my stats either.

I like to play alone, that way I can do what I want without anyone telling me I should do something another way. No, it's my way or the highway! But I don't mind telling others how they should play! LOL

I'm not so bad that I have ever knocked off one of my villagers...although there have been a few I wanted to make disappear *coughGCcoughcough*

i rarely even restart a game in the first minutes

if its TOO bad, i won't risk the lives of my non-lazy villagers and will detlete the game because i couldn't bear to watchthem starve to death (i'm talking about 2-3 ridiculously lazy villagers who keep the village from ever gaining ground in the first hours)

i know some people restart until they get a runner, i just deal with the ones i do get

My whole family plays together. I started the game but two of my daughters and husband joined in and made their own tribes. I think my husband started to see if he could do it better! Hahaha. Then my girls started working on getting a tribe with all the same haircolor. It's been hours of fun for us.

I play alone. I have tried to get my daughter and husband envolved. But they think I'm playing a childs game. I told them "then let me be a child"Because this game has literally helped me cope with stress due to illness.

I play alone as I'm the only one using this computer. However, I bought my niece VV1 for Christmas, and she's now addicted as well. She's tying up my brother's computer at his house though ...

I wake up in the morning, and I tend to my vv2 villagers. Thats before breakfast. They are now like an extention of my family. I've both vv games, and I love them. I've played lots of strategy games. especialy Age of Empires, I used to play that on lime as well.

I bought the game for my daughter, I started the first game for her but soon realised she was a bit young for it. By that time I was hooked. I normally play on my own, I check my villages before I go to work, when I come home it's the first thing I do... I agree with the comment above they are like part of the family now!

For me if its a PC game I play alone but I do have an XBOX360 and quite often use it to go online and play games with people around the world

Glad you like it. It's different from other games. In a sense that it goes on even after you leave it. Your daughter would benifit from it, because it teaches you economy.

I think it teaches children a number of things. In particular, the importance of keeping on trying. Often when a villager is new to a task he or she will fail at first, but will master it with perseverance.

I usually play alone. It depends on the game. My husband won't play any game. With games like FT and VV, my kids have their own slot in each game.

[size:14pt][font:Book Antiqua]While I play alone, my husband is very interested in the trials and tributions of my 'little people'. Since he will be deployed in a few weeks, my beloved plans to take a Village with him[/

I play on just the palm games and I have fun. I have heard that the game VV is fun but I need to know if it really slows down your computer.

All of our games are designed to yield priority to other programs running on your computer. So you shouldn't see VV slow your computer down.

I normaly start a game after I've had lunch. I start a game, then go right through the night. I first get second level science then food, building, food then medicine.In the meantime, I gather mushrooms and collectables. My first baby comes after the hut is built. Then one every two hours after that. A lot depends on the events that I have as well. If I don't like an event I restart the game to see if I can get a better one.really , my priority is food and medicine, buildings can be done any time. If I don't have anything for the builders, I train them on other jobs, so that they become elders. I use children as healers as this gives them a start in something. While I play, I take snapshots of the game. It gives me happy memories of my tribe and I can remember some of my special villagers.

I play games from a logical point of view. It's a bit like economics really, in as much as you have to look at the needs of the game. Like virtual villagers, food is the first. But all skills come with trial and error.

I play my games alone. I normally play them when i get bored or just to pass time.

I play alone. My brother started a tribe a few days ago but when he came on the next day five of his six villagers had died, so he stopped playing. If that ever happens to me, I will do everything in my power to save the villager(s) that are left.

I play alone but when my granddaughter, who is 3 is at my house, which is often, we sometimes play together- hench the name Amaya's village.
I agree special princess I would have done everything to save the villager maybe a barrell will arrive with some babies in and the village will continue to grow.

I have my own village but my friends help sometimes. And family members when they come over.

im playing always alone!

I play both alone and with others. I often play DragonFable, and just recently started playing Neverwinter Nights. Once I've leveled up my character, I'll be joining an online module which a friend runs. A while ago, I played Puzzle Pirates - a MMORPG - for a year. It was a blast - both my father and I played.

I play alone - well that is if you don't count my cat who likes to sit with me when I do.
LOL

Up until a few months ago I was totally on my own when it came to games. I don't like the online games like WoW or EverQrack, etc. Sometimes I have my game in the background and chat via IM with a few friends. But now I have a wonderful man in my life. Our computers are set up in the same room so he does his thing (Myst) and I do mine (VV,AoE,CIV,SimCity etc.). Works out very well for us.

I live on my own, so I always play games alone. Depending on the time of day, I often play in windowed mode while chatting away on IM to friends in various parts of the world and listening to the radio at the same time. If the time differences mean that my friends are in bed, I usually play in full-screen mode.

Alone

I play alone, and it's a great alternative to TV - or work, sometimes teehee!

I play alone, but I "test drive" them for other family members. I have a young family member babysit my tribe when I am away.

I play all by my lonesome. lol

i play alone

hmm, i thought i posted something here... oh well, i play it alone.

i play all 4. it depends on the day and where i am

Normally, I play all of the LDW games by myself...none of my family have figured out what the addiction is about.

That said, I do play my friend's game with her since I have more experience with the game and she sometimes has questions about it.

always alone but my brother anoys me all the time

i usually play alone, although i have gotten some of my friends addicted to vv when they come to my house.

Yes, little brothers are put on this Earth for 1 SOLE REASON : To annoy the older brother

i play alone only once and a while ill have a friend with

I play alone unless my friend comes in.

I play alone but my friends come over and make their own tribes but they keep trying to rush the game!I want to get that piece of the gong of wonder they say.Then they do it wrong when they begin they make all 3 workers builders!OMG!

LOL Cole When my friend came over, She made a user on Plant Tycoon and Fish Tycoon...I don't think she was interested in VV.

How do you play games most often?
You may choose only one
** Alone ** most of the time
With my spouse or partner
** With my entire family ** when I let them have the computer!!
With my friends

I typically play alone, but my 12 year old son and my husband also love the game. They keep waiting for me to finish so they can try their own game. Even though they can add themselves as a player, I think they want to play as much as I do. NOT possible since I hog the computer. I just told my husband, "NOW, we need another computer in the house!

i usually play alone but my cousin and i play together every now and then

i did try playing vv2 with my friend eric, but we got in a fight of how to win the game. it's easier to play a game alone so u don't hav to listen to any1 els

Um... I play multiplayer games with someone else and single player games by myself.... This kind of seems natural to me. LOL

I usually play alone. My friend has a tribe in VV1 and VV2 and she plays them when she comes over.

i play alone. i never play with someone else, just myself.

I play alone. It's fun to play alone.

I play games alone.
At the start of every month when our internet is going a bit faster I might play something like Quake or Unreal Tournament online with other people.

I usually play alone but me and my friends often compare our progress.

On rare occasion, I'll play cards with a couple friends. That's real cards, not virtual. I never play computer games with others. Just to old and slow to have a chance in heck on those mmorpgs.

Alone,

Just me...

I enjoy playing alone; it's like a break from reality.

I wish I still had someone to play non-computer games with. I miss it. Maybe in a few years I can play Candyland with my grandaughter.

My kids love these games - they're 10 and 12.
My husband's a luddite, though!

I usually play alone though my friend has an account on VF...and now she's addicted to it!

alone I'm addicted to VF as you see in my username.:)

I play all of the games alone. No one else in the house can understand my addiction either. Even Lexie, my dog, looks a little anxious when I start whooping around after achieving certain goals

I play alone, though sometimes my mom joines me.

I play alone most of the time.

But when I play Diablo 3 I play over the phone with my older son, or World of Warcraft, I play over the phone with my middle son. One son lives 450 miles from me and the other lives about 1300 miles away, thus phone calling to play.

I play alone, need to focus and dont want to disturb by others...

I play with my sister. But I voted alone.