Breaking up is hard to do

[the Jester]

To quote diaglo, "Life's too short to play crappy rpgs."

In this case, "crappy" means "not suited to your play style" rather than "no good"- more like "no good for you."

Good luck!

 

[Nyaricus]

Yeah, I really ought to get back onto that. Thread resurrection is imminent, especially now that I have my internet connection back again.

As for arriving at your table....the next time I come to Canada I'll have to make it out to Winnipeg. It was really magical seeing snow up close at christmas-time when I was in Ontario back in 2001. One of the girls I stayed with at the time was from Winnipeg (she invited me out, but I had to decline at the time )

Overall though I'm realising a little more about my own limitations, and just how different other folk can be. I've always prided myself at my control of my emotions, for being easy going, and not allowing much to get me down. But sometimes things just don't work out. And.... that's OK.

It's funny, I felt better immediately after writing all those thoughts above even before the comments). The comfort of writing. Of language. Releasing my thoughts into the aether, as photons on a message board.

Now that's magic.

Glad you're doing alright man In any case, Dog Moon is planning to come up to Canada for a one-shot sometime next year; perhaps we could all get together at once for this You never know!

cheers,
--N

 

[devilbat]

Glad you're doing alright man In any case, Dog Moon is planning to come up to Canada for a one-shot sometime next year; perhaps we could all get together at once for this You never know!

'Scuze the interruption but...

You can all come for our second annual Winnipeg Game Day! if the first one goes as well as planned.

Back to your previous discussions.

 

[werk]

I just left the group that I was playing in last week, myself. Didn't meet often enough and cancelled sessions with too little notice.

If you aren't having fun or are feeling stress or anxiety about gaming with a group...get a new group. I want to have fun, especially in a group I PLAY in.

 

[Chimera]

I just left the group that I was playing in last week, myself. Didn't meet often enough and cancelled sessions with too little notice.

Last week, on top of ending the game I was running, I quit the game I was playing in.

I'd told the GM (who was a player in my game) that I'd come very close to dropping out last spring. It was a matter of never knowing WHEN, WHAT or IF we were playing. Often right up to the last second. I'd come home to find the game cancelled, or moved to another night. I'd be packing up to leave when I'd get the call not to come. I'd get there, only to find that the game I was expecting was being dropped in favor of something I didn't want to play.

He had all sorts of ideas for new games and couldn't settle down on one. He ended a long-time game where we'd just gotten to 12th level and was extremely inconsistent on whether or not it was just 'on haitus' (which we all know, is permanent), whether or not it was going to resume. He started another game, but kept talking about dropping it in favor of whatever wild hair he got up his butt that week. His room-mate, who didn't like V3, started an older edition game, then cancelled it after three sessions.

The one time, I showed up to find that they'd started a WarHammer game. I didn't want to play WarHammer. So that group split schedules, going to every-other week, so that those who wanted to play Warhammer could do so on the alternate weeks.

Things settled down a bit this summer, then the guy started to get twitchy again. In a heart-to-heart about gaming, he told me that he wanted to end the current game and start something else. I later told him that this would be my cue to walk away from his group. Scheduling started to get too random again, with them constantly switching the weeks around for the two groups, and the night of the week.

When I ended my game, I walked away from that group too. I told him that I wanted a consistent, dependable game on a consistent and dependable schedule - and that he clearly could not provide that.

Too bad, because I enjoyed playing with most of those people (they were all active players, in contrast to the ones I had in my game) and I was having a blast with my character.

 

[Nyaricus]

'Scuze the interruption but...

You can all come for our second annual Winnipeg Game Day! if the first one goes as well as planned.

Back to your previous discussions.

Dude, you are too funny.

Chim & werk, that's too bad guys. Hope you can each find a decent group, respectively.

Personally, I went through the same thing this spring with my grou I'd made the year before. IN the end, I only had two players from that whole mess, from about 15 or so which had played with us at one time or another. It sucked hardcore, but I've found a new group of dedicated players which are all good people, so I'm more than happy right now, and just want to say that you, too can get through this and come on top

cheers,
--N

 

[atom crash]

As long as it was a peaceful break-up -- and it sounds like it was -- there's always the possibility that you could return for another game (of course, one more suited to your tastes) in the future.

 

[Sound of Azure]

'Scuze the interruption but...

You can all come for our second annual Winnipeg Game Day! if the first one goes as well as planned.

Back to your previous discussions.

Yay!

Maybe I'll have enough cash to fly across the Pacific by next year. hmmmm..... you never know.

Chimera and werk- Oh, that sucks. I had a similar problem to Chimera about 3 years ago. I still remember the compromise: Call of the (Big Eyed, Small Mouthed) Dragon: the Apocalypse. Weird....

 

[ZSutherland]

I quote The Man (a.k.a. Kenny Rogers): You gotta know when to fold 'em.

Good luck finding a new game, and kudos for keeping your cool and class while leaving.

 

[Renshai]

To quote Alan Thicke, "It takes diff'rent strokes to move the world".

I'd just like to say that only Teflon Billy could use this quote and still sound cool while doing so.