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<blockquote data-quote="Shallown" data-source="post: 208575" data-attributes="member: 1368">I agree with Arcady on this one.I have had non gamers want to know why I get upset when people miss my game... after all &quot;its just a game&quot;Well I compare it to bowling or some other team sport. If someone fails to show up for a league game and I had to default as team captain (read GM) I would be upset. If it couldn't be helped or something okay but if it is becuase the person just didn't feel like it well I would boot them friend or not. I would expect if I called them firend they would understand why I booted them. It is the fact I take my gaming seriously. My time is valuable and yes it is just a game but so are most sports or any other team/group dependent hobbies. I had a player who only gamed when it wasn't nice weather otherwise he wanted to be outdoors. I told him he might as well stay home while its raining, I wasn't going to be his second choice or his stand-by entertainment. He wanted to play but understood. Gaming was my entertainment/hobby and something I spent time working on. When I was in the Coast guard and on an Icebreaker we played 5 or more nights a week when at sea and maybe once a month when in port. As Young men we had different prorities then.. now I'm old (not that old) and take my gaming more seriously. It is a conscious effort to game and takes time from other things in my life like my wife and daughter so it means something to me. I don't like to waste that time...Period</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shallown, post: 208575, member: 1368"] I agree with Arcady on this one. I have had non gamers want to know why I get upset when people miss my game... after all "its just a game" Well I compare it to bowling or some other team sport. If someone fails to show up for a league game and I had to default as team captain (read GM) I would be upset. If it couldn't be helped or something okay but if it is becuase the person just didn't feel like it well I would boot them friend or not. I would expect if I called them firend they would understand why I booted them. It is the fact I take my gaming seriously. My time is valuable and yes it is just a game but so are most sports or any other team/group dependent hobbies. I had a player who only gamed when it wasn't nice weather otherwise he wanted to be outdoors. I told him he might as well stay home while its raining, I wasn't going to be his second choice or his stand-by entertainment. He wanted to play but understood. Gaming was my entertainment/hobby and something I spent time working on. When I was in the Coast guard and on an Icebreaker we played 5 or more nights a week when at sea and maybe once a month when in port. As Young men we had different prorities then.. now I'm old (not that old) and take my gaming more seriously. It is a conscious effort to game and takes time from other things in my life like my wife and daughter so it means something to me. I don't like to waste that time...Period [/QUOTE]

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