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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JonnyReb" data-source="post: 1581700" data-attributes="member: 4940">That was a great piece, I'm sorry I missed it on the commute home.Ironically I don't have a professional problem as a gamer - I'm the ASM of a video game store. My problem is with my wife's family. We live in the mountains of western North Carolina (as I like to tell my friends, it's the "buckle" of the bible belt.) We moved here from Tacoma WA to be closer to her family, but I went from being manager of a WoTC store to being around a group of people that think the game is satanic, pure and simple. To make things more fun, I'm a Baptist, and a member of a (more or less fundamental) Baptist church down here. I don't speak much about gaming to her folks, and no-one knows about it at church except my pastor - who's actually o.k. with it. If it weren't for who he is - position wise - I think he might actually like to try it, truth to tell. As difficult as it is not to be more open about my gaming, I think the hardest thing around here (especially compared to WA) is the "caliber" of gamers I do find. I am not currently running a game because most of the gamers around here do it more to be "bad boys (and girls)" then for real enjoyment of the game. Most are teens or barely past, or have some weird Wicca/DnD/Hippy child thing going. Finding mature, involved, dedicated gamers - difficult in any area - seems magnitudes moreso here. That's why I'm working on the wife to move "home" ASAP  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious    :]" data-shortname=":]" /></blockquote>

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