Nightstorm
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plus sites like this have t-shirts and such for sale. Sean Reynolds, Monte Cooke and Enworld among others .
Anyone have effective closet gamer detection methods?
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WanderingMonster
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Nightstorm said:
[flak] If you drive too close to a radio tower, or McDonald's drive-thru, does it get all fuzzy? [/flak]
or is it actually used anywhere in the books?
Hey, here's an idea. Just ask people, and stop being so furtive and passive aggressive about the things you care about. If people make fun of you, who cares? You wouldn't game with them anyway. Have I slipped into an alternate universe where everyone's self-image is decided by what other people think about their hobbies? Stop fondling your dice bags and dicename dropping, and be yourselves.
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Tsyr
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Fade said:
Heh. I've got one of those "Property of XXXXXXX University Athletic Department" grey sweatshirts, an it says it's property of "Miskataonic University"
I have a D20 keychain ornament I made, I've gotten a couple by that...
Best "found a gamer" story I have...
Me and a friend last year were talking in one of the "break" areas in the humanities building at college... There was this guy, around 50 or so, that I said "hi" to almost every day, as we both almost always there at the same time.
Anyhow, I was in line for the coffee machine, and I was talking to my friend about having just snagged a "Cthullu edition" D&Dg book off e-bay, and the guy turned around and said "Yeah, I have that book."
We got talking, turns out he was actualy a pretty big gamer until he got remaried about 5 years ago.
RSKennan
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Nightstorm said:
I'm not gay, but I have several good friends who were gay, lesbians, or bi, and we've had conversations about gaydar. That's why I used the term "Game-dar"."Twink" is another word that's come out of the gay culture. We have a lot in common, probably defined as a common enemy of intolerance. I think that gaydar and "Game-dar" both come down to intuition. When you're marginalized in any way, you tend to pick up on intuitive cues to find others who share your way of seeing things.
Nightstorm
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I think you hit the nail on the head there RS.
I've met 2 of my best friends and gaming buddies through stories like these.
My freshman year in college, I was casting around looking to meet new people, and I started up a conversation with a guy in my dorm. We were trading roommate horror stories, and he mentions how his freeky roomamte has all this "dungeons and dragons crap all over the walls". I said something like "that doesn't sound so freaky", and moved on. Went straight to talk to the Freaky Roomate, and we've been close friends ever since.
Another friend I met at work. He was doodling various medieval weapons on a note pad during a particularly boring meeting. Afterwards I said to him "Nice halberd," pointing to his artwork. He covered it up real quickly and tried to dismiss it, I told him "No, it's cool. One of my favorite characters was an elven fighter who specialized in the halberd". Joined his gaming group later that week, and we've been going strong for just about 4 years now.
My freshman year in college, I was casting around looking to meet new people, and I started up a conversation with a guy in my dorm. We were trading roommate horror stories, and he mentions how his freeky roomamte has all this "dungeons and dragons crap all over the walls". I said something like "that doesn't sound so freaky", and moved on. Went straight to talk to the Freaky Roomate, and we've been close friends ever since.
Another friend I met at work. He was doodling various medieval weapons on a note pad during a particularly boring meeting. Afterwards I said to him "Nice halberd," pointing to his artwork. He covered it up real quickly and tried to dismiss it, I told him "No, it's cool. One of my favorite characters was an elven fighter who specialized in the halberd". Joined his gaming group later that week, and we've been going strong for just about 4 years now.
