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Married In Oblivion

Posted by Zonk on Fri Apr 21, 2006 07:20 PM
from the a-touching-tale dept.
Role Playing (Games)
An anonymous reader writes "Thanks to an odd glitch in the game that prevents him from completing the Knights of the White Stallion quest, Shawn has figured out how to keep himself a mighty fine Orc wife, Mazoga. Once she went on adventures with him. Now she lives in his house in Tamriel, and he can't get her to leave. He visits her when he's in the city, tired after his days of adventuring. He's thinking about buying her a kitchen set. Maybe a living room. Hands down, it's the best Oblivion glitch to date."
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  • Sex (Score:3, Funny)

    by Feminist-Mom (816033) <feminist.momNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Friday April 21 2006, @07:25PM (#15178420)
    I've always wondered what it would be like to sleep with an orc.
  • The article didn't mention what glitch it was, but if it was the one where the bandit never shows up... try going toward the boundary of that country (don't remember its name, but it wasn't far from the ruins where you're supposed to ambush him -- and it was a general area I saw other named bandits walk from). I found him stuck between a couple of trees, pacing errantly back and forth until he saw me and attacked.

    As for Mazoga, I always figured she was probably a lesbian.
    • If he doesn't show up outside, just enter the cave. He'll be inside, it's not a bug.
      • I just waited until midnight and entered the cave/dungeon that he was supposed to be in and there he was.

        Ever occur to you that bugs don't happen every time? I haven't run into a single quest bug (I'm sure I just jinxed it though), that doesn't mean I think there aren't any. Would be a lot easier to spot if quests were broken (i.e. failed every time). Btw, just did the last quest for Arch-mage and that guy is a wuzz... I hope the main story has a stronger boss.

  • Obligatory Futurama reference... (Score:3, Funny)

    by TheNoxx (412624) on Friday April 21 2006, @07:56PM (#15178535) Homepage Journal
    As soon as virtual sex partners become a reality, civilization will collapse completely.

    DON'T HAVE SEX WITH ROBOTS... or... MMORPG wives...! Or else!

  • Funny you should mention it... (Score:5, Interesting)

    by Balinares (316703) on Friday April 21 2006, @07:57PM (#15178548)
    In Morrowind, you could actually get yourself a girlfriend [uesp.net], and as close to married as you'll get in that game. After meeting and befriending her, then doing a few personal things for her, she ends up giving you the key to her house in Pelagiad, which becomes yours for all intents and purposes. As far as I can remember, there's only one bed in that house, but so long as you don't mind catgirls [tes.ag.ru] that shouldn't be an issue. :)
  • "Ma-zo-ga: Light of my life, fire of my loins."

    I'm surprised his character's name wasn't Pendleton Pendleton.
  • Hands down, it's the best Oblivion glitch to date."

    Like you could ever know that, especially when there are so many to choose from


    Disclaimer: Even with all of the bugs its still a great game :)
  • I read and enjoyed the article but was left wondering, is this really a glitch? The author described what he has done to complete the quest that he claims to be glitching. Sadly, he's not actually doing the right thing. Odds are the quest is working just fine, he's just not a very successful knight.

  • Naked Man (Score:5, Funny)

    by Rowan_u (859287) on Saturday April 22 2006, @08:55AM (#15180235) Homepage
    This reminds me of a story my good friend told me about Oblivion. During a certain fighter's guild quest, he had a well armored male companion. Due to an accidental pick pocketing during the quest, he was kicked out of the fighter's guild. However, his companion continued to follow him everywhere, helping out with ambushes as needed. Also turned out that his loyal fighter's guild companion was unkillable.

    This wouldn't have been that funny itself . . . but, after awhile the Fighter's amour begin to fall into disrepair, eventually leaving him completely naked. So, currently, my friend has a naked man following him everywhere. On the 360 widescreen, you can just make him out . . . running behind, desperate to catch up.
  • Or simply the guy never bothering to explore the ruins Mazoga led him to?

    Try going inside next time......

    • Also, he may have to wait around for a little while, depending on what time of day it is. There are clues inside the ruins as to when the guy shows up.

      My problem was that I lost track of Mazoga on the way to the ruins, so I had to finish it solo (which, since I was playing a stealthy character, was no problem at all). Never did see her or her corpse again.

  • Take her key (Score:2, Interesting)

    by Anonymous Coward
    I pick pocketed the fugly bat... took her key to the lodge, and locked it inside the house.

    Didn't see her for a while.

    But then I found her, sans armor (nice green breastises..), sleeping in one of the beds.

    Wiley little wench..

    • Re:Red tab? (Score:1, Informative)

      by Anonymous Coward
      It's a bug in slashcode. Stories that are only section stories (the ones that only appear as one line in a grey box) appear on the front page before they're actually released from "the mysterious future". Non-subscribers (like me) see a link on the front page that gives them a friendly error 404 for a short time after they appear.

    • Re:Red tab? (Score:5, Funny)

      by MobileTatsu-NJG (946591) on Friday April 21 2006, @07:58PM (#15178549)
      "Did anyone else notice that the background color of the "tab" for the story on the front page was red? Next refresh it was back to normal gray again."

      What, you've never seen Slashdot go to Red Alert?

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