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<blockquote data-quote="JonnyP71" data-source="post: 7783763" data-attributes="member: 6788862"><p>I guess my own situation regarding the people I gamed with is likely to differ from most here.</p><p></p><p>As I said right at the start of the thread, I went to a private school (all boys - twin school over the road was girls only). I knew 1 person within walking distance of my home who played RPGs, he also went to the same school - the school was an hour journey each morning - 40 mins of that by train. There were about 5-6 of us (of 100 boys) in my school year who gamed, plus a couple in the years above and below whom I caught the train with.</p><p></p><p>I met up with the fellow geeks in my school year to play RPGs about 4-5 times a year (as our homes were scatttered all over the city) - none of us had ANY female friends - we had sisters, they just ignored us, or made fun of us. My most frequent gaming was done during school lunchtimes or on the train on the way to and from school, this was the only time I ever came into contact with girls for about 5 years - we were always in a group, so were they, and it was here that we were derided frequently. We were shy, all we did was retreat into the corners of the train carriages to try to play undisturbed.</p><p></p><p>There were no gaming clubs, no gaming in FLGS, no local group meeting at weekends - just mostly those snatched moments at lunchtimes and during train journeys.</p><p></p><p>So it was never an option to create 'a safe and inviting space', or be 'supportive', when all we encountered was derision!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JonnyP71, post: 7783763, member: 6788862"] I guess my own situation regarding the people I gamed with is likely to differ from most here. As I said right at the start of the thread, I went to a private school (all boys - twin school over the road was girls only). I knew 1 person within walking distance of my home who played RPGs, he also went to the same school - the school was an hour journey each morning - 40 mins of that by train. There were about 5-6 of us (of 100 boys) in my school year who gamed, plus a couple in the years above and below whom I caught the train with. I met up with the fellow geeks in my school year to play RPGs about 4-5 times a year (as our homes were scatttered all over the city) - none of us had ANY female friends - we had sisters, they just ignored us, or made fun of us. My most frequent gaming was done during school lunchtimes or on the train on the way to and from school, this was the only time I ever came into contact with girls for about 5 years - we were always in a group, so were they, and it was here that we were derided frequently. We were shy, all we did was retreat into the corners of the train carriages to try to play undisturbed. There were no gaming clubs, no gaming in FLGS, no local group meeting at weekends - just mostly those snatched moments at lunchtimes and during train journeys. So it was never an option to create 'a safe and inviting space', or be 'supportive', when all we encountered was derision! [/QUOTE]
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