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Message: <blockquote data-quote="awesomeocalypse" data-source="post: 5129483" data-attributes="member: 85641">my group tends to take the tack that "real life trumps gaming, but gaming trumps other fun or laziness." In other words, if your brother you haven't seen in years is in town, that trumps gaming. If you have a huge, massive unforseen project come up at work that needs to be dealt with, that trumps gaming. If someobody dies or you get seriously ill, that trumps gaming. If your wife leaves you or something comes up and you have to watch your kid unpextedly, that trumps gaming. Things that don't trump gaming are when the player or GM simply decides they'd have more fun playing basketball or WoW that day, or that its rainy outside and they aren't really feeling it, or their favorite team is in the playoffs. I mean, obviously if someone schedules a trip to disney months in advance or something thats okay, but generally we ask that if possible people avoid scheduling things they have control over on the same day as our games, and that they prioritize gaming over spur of the moment decisions about what feels fun at the moment. As the poster above me said, this is closer to a team sport than it is to a barbecue, not having certain people show up can seriously impact the game.</blockquote>