You Know You've Been Playing Oblivion Too Much When.....

[RedDragonDreamer]

True Story.

I play as daedra only and several times I have almost called people I know mortals instead of their names. I've gotton snarly at my mister 4, and man, even called him a swit while waiting for the bus to town once when he was being naughty.

I also tending to yell Break and Fall and Kneel Churl and even DIEEEeeeeee when he's naughty. It's not a angry thing though and he loves it, laughs like anything and even I have to smile. He loves playing Oblivion and Fallout 3.

[Xinimator]

When you start calling African Americans Redguards, Americans Imperials, and Norsemen Nords.

[daemondarque]

When you nearly stop the car because you thought you saw a Nirnroot...

[WhoGuru]

When you see a scenic vista while driving and think, didn't I see that in Cyrodiil last night?

[RedDragonDreamer]

When someone in the supermarket annoys you and you inform them that you are the hero of Kvatch and how they best watch their step...

[nottlong]

When you get up in the morning and start looking for you armor and weapons.

[WhoGuru]

When you're real life obsession with teapot collection carries over into Oblivion.

Real life:

Oblivion:

Hello my name is Red and I have a problem.

[Critterman]

There was an almost identical topic on the Bethesda forums a few days ago:

You've been modding Oblivion for too long when...

When you start to refer to real life photos as screenshots.

When you start to wonder what the alchemical effects of a real-life plant are.

When you wish you could use fast travel instead of sitting in traffic.

When you start to call the city police guards.

When you wish you had a restore fatigue potion on a hard day.

When you wonder what you would do if you could cast spells at everyone.

When you start to call annoying pest "Adoring Fans".

When you look up at the sky and are surprised to find only one moon.

[donnato]

When you go to the bar and order skooma...

[Arthmoor]

When you go to the bar and order skooma...

... or you catch your friend trying to explain to the bartender how to mix it and you don't find the situation strange at all.

[Arion]

When you nearly stop the car because you thought you saw a Nirnroot...

As much as I hate to admit it, I can relate to that.

BTW, I've found 180 of them and haven't taken any that were added by mods or were in houses I inherited.

[gdklebba2]

...when you start writing stories about it. Not a bad thing, but I'm sure normal people would find it strange.

[The Vyper]

You Know You've Been Playing Oblivion Too Much When.....

You can identify more plants in game than you can IRL.

You know more about the politics of Tamriel than your own country.

You know more about the history of Tamriel than your own country.

You can give detailed directions from Leyawiin to Bruma but can't give directions to your own house starting from more than a mile away.

You start calling that sword sitting on your mantle an Akaviri Katana.

You open your front door to go outside and are surprised that you don't see a loading screen.

You go outside and think "Whoa! Great graphics!"

You hear a strange noise and think "Uh-oh, it's a (insert creature name here) and I don't have a useful weapon or spell! I'm doomed!"

You consider doing something risky or stupid and think "Well, I'll just reload an earlier save if it goes badly."

You say "By the Nine" when you get exasperated.

You tap your destination on your GPS in order to "fast travel" to it.

You think you can outrun a deer or horse on foot (although this could also be due to the use of...certain substances )

You think you can swim while wearing a full set of armor and carrying 200 pounds of stuff.

You try to cast a "Light" spell when the power goes out.

You hear someone moving in the dark and try to cast "Detect Life" to see where they are.

You have a collection of swords IRL that rivals what you collect in game (I have 37 swords IRL. I even designed one and had it custom made.)

You start comparing things you see IRL to things you see in game. "That pug looks a lot like an Orc."

You start comparing people you know to NPCs in game. "Sean reminds me of Ida Vlinorman. Always climbing things."

[WhoGuru]

You can give detailed directions from Leyawiin to Bruma but can't give directions to your own house starting from more than a mile away.

You start comparing things you see IRL to things you see in game. "That pug looks a lot like an Orc."

You start comparing people you know to NPCs in game. "Sean reminds me of Ida Vlinorman. Always climbing things."

SO guilty of those. Oh yes.

[Critterman]

You can identify more plants in game than you can IRL.

You can give detailed directions from Leyawiin to Bruma but can't give directions to your own house starting from more than a mile away.

You go outside and think "Whoa! Great graphics!"

You consider doing something risky or stupid and think "Well, I'll just reload an earlier save if it goes badly."

Guilty!!! Get out of my mind.

After playing oblivion for too long in one sitting I begin to think things like that

[darkstone]

You see something bright pink on TV and think...uh oh.... missing texture.

[InsanitySorrow]

When your out and about and look at an object and think "Hmmm that could do with some enhancing".

[DaMage]

when your internet home page is set to an oblivion related site.

[daemondarque]

or your machine startup looks like this...

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=27993&navtag=file/images.php?id=27993&tab=3

I love this one:

You open your front door to go outside and are surprised disappointed that you don't see a loading screen.

[The Vyper]

When you list "Ayleid" among the languages that you speak.

[Pushkatu]

When you consider your little sister "The adoring fan"!

[CrisG9]

You try to find the map to fast travel from your kitchen to your bedroom.

[Galvon]

When you think people dressed in fur are bandits

[the-manta]

When you know an in-game spell appropriate for every RL situation

When you spend a moment wondering where youre compass has gone

When you find yourself thinking "ah screw it, I'll .coc there" or, "damn, what was the console code for cookies..."

When you find yourself wondering about the mercantile skill of the guy behind the counter

When you see someone or something that looks totally out of place, and wonder what mod is causing it

[Critterman]

When you wish you could pause time and use the speechcraft mini-game to make people like you