Gaming with friends, jerks, and reactions

[thejc]

Mostly I game with friends. My first group was one from middle school and we played all the way til now. I don't game with them anymore because life has removed me from the equation, and it is just to much of a drive to do it. But they still play.

My second group was strangers I got hooked up with at my FLGS after moving to a much larger city for work. These people with the exception of one soon became some really good friends. It had much the same chemisty of my first group.

And I had about 2 other groups that I just didn't mesh with. So I left. They were great people just not my cup of tea.

Not to brag but I have had a pretty great life. Done a lot of crazy things that were awesome, but if my kids did, I may have a heart attack. Hung out with people of national renown, had times that you tell your grandkids about. The stuff bards sing about. That being said some of my best memories are around the gaming table. Both on the table top and in the meta aspect of the game.

 

[the Jester]

My regular game is with friends, but I'm willing to try just about anything.

That said, my tolerance for a bad game is just barely above zero, so if I'm playing with strangers and it turns out their game sucks (which is to say, isn't to my taste) I'll bail in a red-hot second. Likewise, if I'm running for strangers and one of them is a douche, they get ejected right quick.

To me, the strangest thing in that other thread is that there seems to be an argument circulating through it that if you do not play with douchebags, somehow your opinion on gaming is less valid than if you do- you have somehow chosen to ignore part of the herd that is very important. I'd say rather that if you play with douchebags knowingly, repeatedly and consistently, you're demonstrating a lack of discrimination and getting the game you deserve. By not playing with douchebags, everyone has more fun.