Asking myself "Why?" about gaming lately...
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Buttercup said:
I just got the weirdest image in my head...
Scene: Sunny Pines Assisted living center
Time: 50 years hence
Eric: All right, you old pirate, roll to hit the beholder!
Piratecat: An 18! Hot crap on a stick!
Eric: You lucky old coot! *wheeze*
Darkness: He's pretty hot with those dice tonight, isn't he? Look at the wild spin he gives 'em before they land! Old boy must be cheating or something!
Gargoyle: Oh, he's been that way ever since the palsy set in. We just let him spin.
Piratecat: All right, that's a hit with my my fal- my fal- whatever you call the thing, my Big curved sword-thing! For (rolls) 11 points of damage! All right! *wheeze*
Eric: All right, you wounded him pretty badly - let's see - confound it, I can't read the hit-point totals - left muh bi-focals on the canasta table...
Gargoyle: That's 43 damage total, Eric.
Darkness: Right it is - (checks init) my action, and I want to - use a domain spell!
Eric: you Forgetful Nelly, they REMOVED Domain spells in 36th edition!
Darkness: Oh. Yeah.
Eric: Gargoyle?
Gargoyle: I'm gonna call it a night, Eric. My Siatica is acting up again, and I've got that date with Ashtal again! We're going to go cruising the game stores and feed the pigeons!
Eric: Oh, fine then. Piratecat, you old galoot, it's your turn again.
Piratecat: I rear up, *wheeze* I raise my Falchion, *wheeze*and I say... *wheeze* *thump!!*
Gargoyle: Kevin, you all right?
Darkness: (checks for breathing) He's dead, Jim. That last dice roll must have done him in.
Eric: Oh, well.... Oh, Crap! Where am I going to find a new player now to take over his character
Darkness: I hear Henry is available - as long as he changes his oxygen tank every couple of hours, he's a spunky puppy!
Eric: Great! I'll call him tomorrow! Now we got to call an orderly about Piratecat. One thing - could somebody help me pry the dice from his fingers? Those are some perfectly good dice...
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BiggusGeekus
That's Latin for "cool"
Just some advice to my fellow old fogies (I'm 31).
My group meets about once a month or less. Sometimes absence makes the heart grow fonder. Also, gaming is young-kid friendly as long as nobody minds that the Half-Orc may have to have someone else roll his dice while he burps his kid.
My group meets about once a month or less. Sometimes absence makes the heart grow fonder. Also, gaming is young-kid friendly as long as nobody minds that the Half-Orc may have to have someone else roll his dice while he burps his kid.
tleilaxu said:i don't know about you, but i consider anyone without kids a failure to the human race.
Yeah, what Reprisal said and...
Apparently alot of people feel this way about procreation. I consider it a failure to overpopulate and destroy the planet we all live on. How well can MASS procreation work when our planet fights it every step of the way?
Rel
Liquid Awesome
First I need to address a couple of "asides" that have appeared in this thread:
Reapersaurus, I think this topic is especially appropriate for this forum. Just from the posts in this thread you can see that it affects lots of people. Even if Dr. M posted this to "troll for sympathy" or whatever, it has been an interesting discussion. Furthermore, the fact that Dr. M has shared some stuff on this board about his personal life makes him seem more real to me than many of the other poster who I only know by their views on Attacks of Opportunity. And, frankly, I think he sounds like a helluva neat guy. So take your curmudgeonly attitude elsewhere if you don't mind.
Regarding reproduction or the lack thereof, I can see a certain philosophical point that if you don't pass on your genes, you are a "evolutionary failure". Fine, but so what.
The unequivocal truth is that nobody should feel obligated to have children that they don't want. It is an enormous responsibility and will make your life miserable. But, FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT, every kid deserves to be born into a family where they will be loved and wanted and not treated like a burden. Do not let anybody pressure you into having kids before you are ready. It is bad for you and it is bad for the kids.
Now, Dr. M, about your problem. I agree with most of the others who have said that you might just need a change of pace. So talk to the DM. Maybe you can arrange a logical way for your character to step out of the campaign that won't be disruptive. But one way or another, leave any game where you aren't having any fun.
Spend some time doing stuff that does excite you. And if you feel like nothing is really exciting you, don't sweat it. We all go through the doldrums now and again.
If you are having trouble finding something engaging, do some kind of activity outside. Pick a sport or go hiking and camping or gardening. I find that it is hard to feel in a rut when you are outside breathing fresh air. At the very least you will be getting some exercise (and maybe a tan) which is something you can always feel good about.
In short, get some perspective. Gaming will be there for you when and if you should want to return to it.
But, whatever you do, don't stop playing Star Wars. I'm having way too much fun reading your story hour.
Good luck.
Reapersaurus, I think this topic is especially appropriate for this forum. Just from the posts in this thread you can see that it affects lots of people. Even if Dr. M posted this to "troll for sympathy" or whatever, it has been an interesting discussion. Furthermore, the fact that Dr. M has shared some stuff on this board about his personal life makes him seem more real to me than many of the other poster who I only know by their views on Attacks of Opportunity. And, frankly, I think he sounds like a helluva neat guy. So take your curmudgeonly attitude elsewhere if you don't mind.
Regarding reproduction or the lack thereof, I can see a certain philosophical point that if you don't pass on your genes, you are a "evolutionary failure". Fine, but so what.
The unequivocal truth is that nobody should feel obligated to have children that they don't want. It is an enormous responsibility and will make your life miserable. But, FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT, every kid deserves to be born into a family where they will be loved and wanted and not treated like a burden. Do not let anybody pressure you into having kids before you are ready. It is bad for you and it is bad for the kids.
Now, Dr. M, about your problem. I agree with most of the others who have said that you might just need a change of pace. So talk to the DM. Maybe you can arrange a logical way for your character to step out of the campaign that won't be disruptive. But one way or another, leave any game where you aren't having any fun.
Spend some time doing stuff that does excite you. And if you feel like nothing is really exciting you, don't sweat it. We all go through the doldrums now and again.
If you are having trouble finding something engaging, do some kind of activity outside. Pick a sport or go hiking and camping or gardening. I find that it is hard to feel in a rut when you are outside breathing fresh air. At the very least you will be getting some exercise (and maybe a tan) which is something you can always feel good about.
In short, get some perspective. Gaming will be there for you when and if you should want to return to it.
But, whatever you do, don't stop playing Star Wars. I'm having way too much fun reading your story hour.
Good luck.Not in the US
We don't have nearly enough kids here in the developed world. We'd be having negative population growth here if it wasn't for immigration and you gotta feel for the way Japan's population is going down.
We all need to have six kids and in a generation or two gamers could be a majority in America and the 98-pound weaklings would throw miniatures in the face of the defenseless bully. Also the fact that the mere fact that we're typing this out right now shows that our kids probably would inherit our socio-economic status and wouldn't have too much trouble feeding themselves.
Weeble said:
We don't have nearly enough kids here in the developed world. We'd be having negative population growth here if it wasn't for immigration and you gotta feel for the way Japan's population is going down.
We all need to have six kids and in a generation or two gamers could be a majority in America and the 98-pound weaklings would throw miniatures in the face of the defenseless bully. Also the fact that the mere fact that we're typing this out right now shows that our kids probably would inherit our socio-economic status and wouldn't have too much trouble feeding themselves.
Holy Bovine
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Piratecat said:
Oh my sweet lord that was funny!!
And PC haven't you made the you-can-have-my-dice-when-you-pry-them-from-my-cold-dead-fingers pledge yet??
