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<blockquote data-quote="HeapThaumaturgist" data-source="post: 3225162" data-attributes="member: 12332">Well, for most of a year I commuted about an hour, each way, to the game I'm currently in.&nbsp; We lived a town over and I figured I'd be getting a job any time where we wanted to live, so it wasn't a big deal.&nbsp; &quot;A few months&quot; of commuting turned into a year of commuting without finding work.&nbsp; After a while my wife completed her degree program so we had no reason to stay in the college town and, since neither of us could find work, we moved to the south end of the state and moved in with my folks (where rent is free).So now, if I &quot;commute&quot; to the game, it's 3 hours each way.&nbsp; I don't go up there just for the game, though.&nbsp; If I'm in town for an interview or some business we need to take care of, we try to get the game and the other needs to coincide with eachother.I'm a pretty dedicated guy.&nbsp; I joined the group so I sort of feel responsible for getting to the games.&nbsp; I helped set up a wireless networking solution in the game room, though, so now I attend games via Skype and a webcam over the internet.&nbsp; They hang the eye over the terrain and have a mic more or less hanging over the game table so I can hear everybody and they can hear me through the speakers.&nbsp; It's a little more PITA, but it seems to be working out rather well.Certainly not &quot;the same&quot;, but as a stopgap we'll see.&nbsp;&nbsp; --fje</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HeapThaumaturgist, post: 3225162, member: 12332"] Well, for most of a year I commuted about an hour, each way, to the game I'm currently in. We lived a town over and I figured I'd be getting a job any time where we wanted to live, so it wasn't a big deal. "A few months" of commuting turned into a year of commuting without finding work. After a while my wife completed her degree program so we had no reason to stay in the college town and, since neither of us could find work, we moved to the south end of the state and moved in with my folks (where rent is free). So now, if I "commute" to the game, it's 3 hours each way. I don't go up there just for the game, though. If I'm in town for an interview or some business we need to take care of, we try to get the game and the other needs to coincide with eachother. I'm a pretty dedicated guy. I joined the group so I sort of feel responsible for getting to the games. I helped set up a wireless networking solution in the game room, though, so now I attend games via Skype and a webcam over the internet. They hang the eye over the terrain and have a mic more or less hanging over the game table so I can hear everybody and they can hear me through the speakers. It's a little more PITA, but it seems to be working out rather well. Certainly not "the same", but as a stopgap we'll see. --fje [/QUOTE]

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