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<blockquote data-quote="DarrenGMiller" data-source="post: 2424107" data-attributes="member: 23174">Sorry to quote a whole long post just to contribute a little, but I have seen the stuff you are talking about and it is borne out in my experiences with younger players.&nbsp; Actually though, in my experience, high school age players are MUCH MORE MATURE than college age players.&nbsp; I am not sure why this is, but in my example earlier in the thread, players 1 &amp; 3 were great players in high school and their playing went downhill and their maturity level dropped radically when they got to the local college (living at home).&nbsp; When I needed fresh blood to replace these players, I tried the local gaming stores to no avail, then found players online at bulletin boards for just that purpose.&nbsp; My games are Greyhawk and not overly complex either.&nbsp;Another thing I forgot to mention in my earlier post was that player 1 reverted to talking in &quot;gangsta&quot;style towards the last few months.&nbsp; He kept telling NPC's &quot;This is how we roll.&quot;&nbsp; He cast Continual Flame on his gauntlets to add to the &quot;bling.&quot;&nbsp; He also tried asking NPC's what level they were, how many hit points they had, etc.&nbsp; Before college, he was one of my better role-players and stayed in character a good bit.&nbsp; Then his degeneration as a contributing member of my game was sudden and complete.&nbsp;DM</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DarrenGMiller, post: 2424107, member: 23174"] Sorry to quote a whole long post just to contribute a little, but I have seen the stuff you are talking about and it is borne out in my experiences with younger players. Actually though, in my experience, high school age players are MUCH MORE MATURE than college age players. I am not sure why this is, but in my example earlier in the thread, players 1 & 3 were great players in high school and their playing went downhill and their maturity level dropped radically when they got to the local college (living at home). When I needed fresh blood to replace these players, I tried the local gaming stores to no avail, then found players online at bulletin boards for just that purpose. My games are Greyhawk and not overly complex either. Another thing I forgot to mention in my earlier post was that player 1 reverted to talking in "gangsta"style towards the last few months. He kept telling NPC's "This is how we roll." He cast Continual Flame on his gauntlets to add to the "bling." He also tried asking NPC's what level they were, how many hit points they had, etc. Before college, he was one of my better role-players and stayed in character a good bit. Then his degeneration as a contributing member of my game was sudden and complete. DM [/QUOTE]

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