Ok well maybe Love is in the Air was the other week, but I was gallivanting around London at the time so you’ll just have to make do.

I’ve been half of a gaming couple, and known a lot more, but couples who actually met in World of Warcraft tend to be thinner on the ground. In all my time playing the game I think I’ve met a grand total of 3. Anyway the plan was to hunt down one of these couples and show the world that not all guildie-flirting is doomed to fail, but to my surprise it was difficult to find volunteers. It would appear that hooking up with someone in your guild usually leads to drama, and two of the couples I asked didn’t want to come forward for fear of reopening old wounds. It’s sad to hear that people will concentrate on the potential downsides of guildies getting together, and worry that there’ll be favouritism and jealousy, rather than being glad that two friends have made each other happy. Then again I’m often accused of being a big hippie so maybe that’s just me.

Aaaanyway, just as I was starting to get desperate and worrying about explaining my lack of an article to Tethane (she’s scary when she’s mad!), Thindra and Zarrak walked into my life and Thindra was more than happy to save the day! Read on for passion, intrigue and a rather disappointing lack of drama…

So in your own words, how did you first meet?

It was in the guild Koh i Noor, actually it was in Molten Core and we were fighting over a silly thing like who will banish what. The year was 2006. Back then we were both playing warlocks.

How did it turn from playing together into being together? Did one of you decide to start flirting, or both realise at the same time that you were suddenly more than friends?

This is actually quite funny I was actually interested in another guy in the guild, I was flirting with the other guy a lot and then the day came when I decided to go and see him. Then the bastard chickened out and Zarrak happened to be the shoulder I cried on. This was February 2007, for some reason we started talking about everything and ended up flirting. I was married at the time so no promises were made. The summer of 2007 Zarrak came to visit me and my husband, while my husband was inside playing WoW we went out and enjoyed ourselves. Then the sparks came and I made up my mind to divorce my husband and be together with Zarrak. (Sidenote: My marriage was about to fall apart anyway, just needed a kick in the bum to get the paperwork done).

Had either of you had online relationships like this in the past?

No, not really. Just some kind of roleplaying flirting in WoW.

Did your relationship cause any trouble for you in-game?

No not yet Well my ex didn’t get that happy about it so we have each other on ignore! Works just fine. Shell’s note: You could at least have made up some interesting drama!

Are you ever embarrassed to tell non-gamers how you met?

No all our friends know the truth.

Last question, is there any advice you would give to other players managing a possibly long-distance in-game romance?

Actually this is the best relationship I ever had, we knew almost everything about each other before we met. So that Zarrak is a bit shorter than me, that I’m taller and have a few extra kilos on my body didnt matter that much. Having a long-distance relationship is also a lot about trusting each other. And now when we live together I think we trust each other more than our friends trust each other, I mean since we lived in different countries we had to trust each other 100% and we couldnt really check up on each other – I know many of my friends check on their guys….. “Oh are you at that pub is my boyfriend there??? -Ok, is he ok? Keep an eye on him ” and so on.

Conclusion style effort

So it seems there’s some sort of taboo on game-based relationships and marriages insofar as the majority of people (going from this one experience) don’t like to talk about it in case someone gets angry all over again. In light of that, thankyou Thindra for saving me at the last minute and gratz to you and Zarrak for making it work. Do we have any readers with a bit of in-game romance to restore my faith in humanity?

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