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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gunter uxbridge" data-source="post: 492611" data-attributes="member: 7526">I was a bootee in a whole mess that occurred over the summer.  Actually, it was one of the saddest things I have ever been through.My group had been playing together on and off for about three years.  We swapped DMing responsibilities back and forth, but for the last year or so I had been pretty much running 90% of the games.  We were all work acquaintances and got along really well and had a good time playing together.  We stopped and started a lot of campaigns, but the last two had taken the characters to 8th level.  Quite an accomplishment for us.  In May of 2001 three of us got laid off from our jobs, but we continued to play regularly.One of the players was kind enough to host all of our sessions in his house.  I used to play host, but after I had to move to a much smaller apartment I had to defer to him.  Frankly it was a MUCH better venue and we all appreciated his generosity.  We continued along these lines for quite some time.Then the bottom fell out.After a three week hiatus we picked up our game at his place.  After the pre-Game chatting my friend and his wife asked if they could talk to us about something first.  It turns out that the last time we played there his wife's wallet went missing.  What is more, one of the credit cards had been used at a gas station.  They had pretty much narrowed it down to one of us, and talked to us one at a time to give whoever took it a chance to fess up.  Nobody did, they informed us they would be talking to the police and after that night we would no longer be able to play at their place.  I was absolutely devastated by this.  First off, I had at least some sort of proof that I didn't do it, (The credit card was used to buy something like $25.00 in gas.  I bought gas the same day on my own card.  My car WILL NOT hold $35 in gas.)  This meant that either one of my two other best friends was a thief or my friend and his wife made a HUGE mistake and accused three innocent people of being thieves.  I hope with all my soul that it is the latter.  Memory is such a fallible thing and none of us were in such bad financial constraints to make us steal.  Who knows though...sometimes you just don't know about some people.It has been four months since we played last and we have all moved on.  One of us moved out of town and I and the other accused are looking for a new group to join.  I hope the truth will come out some day, but I'm not betting that way.  Until then, I have lost a good friend.</blockquote>

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