Hardcore gamers

[BaldHero]

Like a few of the other posters here, i was pulled from a D&D game when my wife went into labor.

I would not call it hardcore so much as i would call it strange.

In 1998, my wife and i experienced several false alarms, and even though we were excited, the constant expectation was becoming grueling. The doctors refused to induce labor, and said we would just have to wait it out.

My wife told me to go and play at the D&D game our friend was running. He had previously put the game on hold, and was just that night about to start it up again. We were having a tough time getting everyone organized so we jumped at the chance to get together. I carpooled with a buddy,and we showed up fifteen minutes later.

Everyone sat down to play, and i twisted the top off of a Red Dog beer when the phone rang.
My friend that had driven said "Well, i'll get my keys..."
And i looked at my bottle cap to see what silly thing was printed on it. (They printed phrases and quotes under the cap in those days, do they still do that?)

Mat, the DM and host answered the phone, and promptly handed it to me. It was my wife and her water had just broke.

The bottle cap was marked with "What are the odds?"

I got a ride home, picked up my car and drove my wife to the hospital. My first son was born at 10:21 the next morning.

 

[Nyaricus]

After reading a mere 12 of the 338 pages of LIVING HELL over at RPGnet, I am ever so glad Winnipeggers are relativly normal, and aside from a few creepazoids I see at the gas station I work at, I usually never get accosted with crazy junk like that.

/WHEW that thread is just nuts lads and lassies!

 

[MonkeyDragon]

I love this thread.

My hardcore story remains DMing with a kidney stone. Curse you, kidney stones....

Now, reading all the stories of guys who've had to book it when the wife went into labor, I want to hear from a lady gamer who played when SHE was in labor. Now THAT'D be hardcore.

 

[Hairfoot]

Nothing too severe. I once stopped in for a quick drink at a friend's party, and stayed. Next morning I went straight from the still-roaring party to a MERP session, DFed as all get-out. I remember little, but had fun.

After reading a mere 12 of the 338 pages of LIVING HELL over at RPGnet...

And I just discovered where the "hat of d02" stuff came from at RPGnet. I'm in tears, here, honestly.

 

[GandhitheBFG]

Other than spending my entire GCSE exam period attempting (and, eventually failing) to create a homebrew campaign world I was happy with, I have nothing. Then again, I'm young yet

On the bright side, I managed to blag the exams, and got into college anyway. And uni after the summer!

Therefore, d20 is the ultimate revision tool.

 

[erc1971]

I gamed 7 days a week for several years straight - a different game each night of the week. I even DM'd one of them. The military is great for gaming

I have skipped out on weddings, forced my family to re-schedule holiday events, driven 90 minutes 1 way, cut out of work early or taken sick days, went AWOL, and prioritized gaming over girlfriends on multiple occasions.

Some people may be normal, but not me, give me gaming or give me death. No wait, give me gaming, or give me a shotgun so I can blow you away, then go to gaming.

I am Back Door Sluts #9 hardcore when it comes to gaming! (It this sentence makes no sense, see the Lord of the Rings episode of South Park)

Eric

 

[Waylander the Slayer]

we used to game with someone I suspected was a narcoleptic. I'm not sure how he managed to leave the house, because in the middle of a session (sometimes almost in the middle of speaking a sentence), he would just pass out very suddenly. The first time I saw it happen, he was sitting on a futon; he fell asleep so quickly that his head hit the wooden frame with a very loud "crack!" As you can imagine, I freaked out, but he was completely fine. The rest of group knew him well and told me not to worry about him, that he would eventually wake up as if nothing had happened. He always showed up for game even though he might miss part of it.

I played with a guy who did the same exact thing! and his toupee would come off!

 

[sniffles]

I just want to know if I'm still the winner. Aeson said I won back on the first page. And where's my prize?

 

[hafrogman]

I just want to know if I'm still the winner. Aeson said I won back on the first page. And where's my prize?

You are still the winner.

You have won a minor limb of your choice.

 

[painandgreed]

Best I can do is that back in my second year of college, I had regular campaigns to play in 5 nights out of the 7 in 6+ hour games (the other two nights were reserved for partying). I still made three games during finals week. Weirdly enough, it was my best semester ever with almost straight A's. It always seemed that the more D&D I played, the better grades I got. Not sure if that was because I managed my time better since I was planning around my games or if I only found time to play more games when I was doing really good in school.