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Message: <blockquote data-quote="T. Foster" data-source="post: 1433746" data-attributes="member: 16574">I voted #4, but really, depending on which time period, my answer could've been any/all of the other three: Back when I was a kid all of my best friends were also gaming-friends, and even those who weren't gamers at first were brought into the circle sooner or later. That said, there were also a few people in the group who were game-only friends, whom I had no desire to hang out or be friends with outside of the game. This became a problem later on, when we were in college, because when we would get together to play (at Xmas or in the summer) some of us would be wanting to catch up "as friends" and others would only be interested in gaming together. Therefore we had to separate it a bit -- those of us who wanted to would get together as friends and gaming wouldn't be mentioned or on the agenda. Then later we'd all get together and game. So #1, with a little bit of #4 later, for this period.In college (I didn't go to college with any of my childhood friends) I didn't mix friends and co-gamers at all. I had a circle of friends, none of whom were gamers, and I had a circle of gamers, none of whom was I "out-of-game" friends with (because, to be prefectly honest, I didn't really like them very much). Eventually I dropped the gamers and only continued playing with my old friends during school-breaks. So definitely #2 for this period.I've recently met one guy (over the 'net) and we're planning a game together, but although we get along great he's not (at least so far) a friend outside of gaming, I've never even met the other people we'd be gaming with, and none of my non-gaming friends are going to be involved in the game. So at present the two circles are very separate with no overlap, but that's by coincidence and not deliberate choice, so #3.</blockquote>

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