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<blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 2079613" data-attributes="member: 20741"><p>I guess this is kind of an odd question for me.</p><p></p><p>I game with friends. All of these friends I met through gaming over the years.</p><p></p><p>Two of them are friends since high school that I met through an old "wargaming" club as it was known in the 70s. I met them as a result of gaming, but to refer to them as gaming friends would be wrong. We've hung out socially and I have lived with both as room-mates over the course of time over the years. One was an usher at my wedding.</p><p></p><p>The other four I met when I started gaming with the two afforementioned friends again in 1997. They had formed a group whilst I was away in law school so I was the "new" joiner from their perspective. So what's that - eight years or so? </p><p></p><p>One new addition to my group joined as a result of being extended an invitation to play in my campaign as he is the music composer for our software team. He would be the only one in the "gaming friend" definition right now - but that's just not being fair to him. If he was around the gaming table for 8 years - or 26 years - I would be incredulous if anyone suggested I was not gaming with one of my oldest, closest friends ever.</p><p></p><p>I guess this all flows from a consequence of how often you are gaming with the same group of people and the nature of the venue. I can see how a game run out of a local gaming shop would be a little less personal initially - but over the course of time, surely that changes dramatically?</p><p></p><p>Looking back, I can say wihout any hesitation that all of my true friends in life have been gamers. I have kept that association with them over the course of years through that shared interest. I don't know how long it takes to be gaming with someone before you slip into that "true friend" mode - but it can't be all that long, is it? If for some reason that did not transpire, I am not sure I would want to be gaming with them for very long.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steel_Wind, post: 2079613, member: 20741"] I guess this is kind of an odd question for me. I game with friends. All of these friends I met through gaming over the years. Two of them are friends since high school that I met through an old "wargaming" club as it was known in the 70s. I met them as a result of gaming, but to refer to them as gaming friends would be wrong. We've hung out socially and I have lived with both as room-mates over the course of time over the years. One was an usher at my wedding. The other four I met when I started gaming with the two afforementioned friends again in 1997. They had formed a group whilst I was away in law school so I was the "new" joiner from their perspective. So what's that - eight years or so? One new addition to my group joined as a result of being extended an invitation to play in my campaign as he is the music composer for our software team. He would be the only one in the "gaming friend" definition right now - but that's just not being fair to him. If he was around the gaming table for 8 years - or 26 years - I would be incredulous if anyone suggested I was not gaming with one of my oldest, closest friends ever. I guess this all flows from a consequence of how often you are gaming with the same group of people and the nature of the venue. I can see how a game run out of a local gaming shop would be a little less personal initially - but over the course of time, surely that changes dramatically? Looking back, I can say wihout any hesitation that all of my true friends in life have been gamers. I have kept that association with them over the course of years through that shared interest. I don't know how long it takes to be gaming with someone before you slip into that "true friend" mode - but it can't be all that long, is it? If for some reason that did not transpire, I am not sure I would want to be gaming with them for very long. [/QUOTE]
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