Hardcore gamers

[glass]

Last summer, I drove (or took public transportation) about once per week from Baltimore, MD to Alexandria, VA.

Is that far?


glass.

 

[Storm Raven]

Is that far?

It probably took him a couple hours each way to make the trip, depending on what part of Baltimore he started in, where in Alexadnria he was going to, and traffic conditions when he made the trip.

 

[diaglo]

Is that far?


glass.

about an hour and a half one way due to traffic. distance wise 50 or so miles.

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

There's a guy in my group who regularly drives from just outside Memphis to Little Rock. It's about a 2.5 hour drive one way. He drives in for the games, then drives home afterward.

 

[Aust Diamondew]

During the winter we use to play shadowrun and D&D out on my friends porch at night. It got so cold once the ink in my pen froze but we kept playing anyway. Now days we don't play outside in the winter if it's below 40 degrees. Just yesterday we made characters for Stargate SG1 in a gazebo in the pouring rain I was completely soaked walking up there but I managed to keep my gaming supplies in my back pack dry. And occaisonally I'll skip lunch or dinner to continue playing.

 

[Goddess FallenAngel]

Goddess, I think this is the thread you want. It's HUGE, full of stories about creepy gamers. Enjoy.

http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=133489&page=1&pp=10

Thanks!

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

You're most welcome. I don't know how many of those stories are true, but whether they are or not, they are the least entertaining and at the most downright appalling. The thread is over 200+ pages long now.

wow.

 

[AntiStateQuixote]

Either a guy puts his foot down (and generally gets divorced, kicked out of the house, and forced to pay a lot of money), or he becomes a thrall to his wife's petty demands and is never heard from by his friends again. The same thing happens to my non-gaming friends though. That's marriage in a nutshell. A man gives up his old life, friends, and freedom in exchange a for a permanent supply of sex. Unfortunately many men find that the frequency and perhaps quality of the sex steadily decreases as the weight of the woman supplying it steadily increases.


That woman needs a doctor, not a DM! Seriously though, how do some guys get away with stuff like that?

Wow! Bitter much? I've been married somewhat over 12 years, and it just keeps getting better: the relationship in general and the sex in particular. I suspect you're either gratuitously posting to get a rise out of other forum users or have just had a really bad experience or you have no idea what you are talking about.

 

[Henry]

As a side note, I consider gaming to be an important social engagement, just like a date, a party, or any other outing with friends, and breaking it for another social engagement is disresepctful. Why? Because it IS a social engagement, and it IS desirespectful!

If someone made the commitment to be at a game, then they need to be there, unless soemone's sick, the car broke down, or they are on-call at work. Missing it because someone said yes at the last minute for a date is not a valid excuse to me, because you're valuing one relationship over another! Anyone can feel free to do that, but don't expect me to be perfectly fine with it.

It's not about the game; it's about gaming with friends, and it you're blowing me off for someone else, it tells me a lot about the value of the friendship.

 

[Quasqueton]

Is that far?

Depends on your perspective. I notice you are in the UK.

"Americans think 200 years is a long time. The British think 200 miles is a long ways."

Quasqueton