MonsterMash
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diaglo said:
As long as they don't sleep during the game surely!
Hospitality in Gaming or Gaming in Hospitality?
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As long as they don't sleep during the game surely!
nakia
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I think I follow Henry's line of thought. There's a relationship between my gaming and hospitality.
I game with friends, but often have made new/closer friends because of gaming. At one point, those I game with were not friends, just some random people looking for a game. As a result of gaming, we became friends, and our hospitality toward each other grew, up to and including being in each other's weddings.
Now, we also engage in hospitality toward each other outside of gaming because of general notions about hospitality and friendship. We play board games, so our non-gamer spouses can particpate. We go to movies. Heck, Cthulhu's Librarian and I (with our wives) took a mini-vacation together.
Although part of being an adult gamer, for me, is probably erring more on the side of hospitality. I'd rather be friends with someone, hang out more, and game more casually than maintain a serious, weekly game with folks I didn't feel all that hospitable towards. It wasn't that way in high school.
I game with friends, but often have made new/closer friends because of gaming. At one point, those I game with were not friends, just some random people looking for a game. As a result of gaming, we became friends, and our hospitality toward each other grew, up to and including being in each other's weddings.
Now, we also engage in hospitality toward each other outside of gaming because of general notions about hospitality and friendship. We play board games, so our non-gamer spouses can particpate. We go to movies. Heck, Cthulhu's Librarian and I (with our wives) took a mini-vacation together.
Although part of being an adult gamer, for me, is probably erring more on the side of hospitality. I'd rather be friends with someone, hang out more, and game more casually than maintain a serious, weekly game with folks I didn't feel all that hospitable towards. It wasn't that way in high school.
taitzu52
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Totally. I live on the wrong side of town for my group, though. So I make it a point to kiss the proverbial arse of our host(player), and his lovely girlfriend. We drink their beer, rearrange their furniture, stink up their bathroom, and generally throw their lives into complete chaos once a week. Therefore, we shower the lady with gifts, and give our host extra allowances in game, and extra munchies from the delivery guy. Now you're geekin'!Hand of Evil said:
TZ
Varianor Abroad
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Wow! I think my players need to sign up for that course taitzu52! 
I DM constantly. I do find it tiring and occasionally need a break due to burnout. It never lasts more than a couple months. Then I go right back to it. I see DMing as an opportunity to entertain my friends again and again.
I DM constantly. I do find it tiring and occasionally need a break due to burnout. It never lasts more than a couple months. Then I go right back to it. I see DMing as an opportunity to entertain my friends again and again.
Elrik_DarkFury
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Wow..I 've been in the wrong side since.. i begun playing!
I always play with close friends of mine,so someone could say that hospitality comes first(after all, we spend a lot of time doing other things together).
BUT, it seems that when it comes to playing i become a selfish bastard!
I want to play as often it gets and when it comes to playing it doesn't matter how friends we are.
I am going to push them, annoy them ,bribe them and ultimately do every dirty thing a person can imagine in order to achieve my goal. -play,play and play.
So,although on a first look hospitaly would come first, the truth is that the need to game corrupts me and changes me and makes me see my friends as mechanic parts of a toy,not as people i want to be with for what they are.-friends
So, great post (Beavis,or Butthead?) jester 47.
Maybe i too, have to change this too..So that i pursuade them play MORE..MUUHAHAHAHAHA.
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The Wizard
I always play with close friends of mine,so someone could say that hospitality comes first(after all, we spend a lot of time doing other things together).
BUT, it seems that when it comes to playing i become a selfish bastard!
I want to play as often it gets and when it comes to playing it doesn't matter how friends we are.
I am going to push them, annoy them ,bribe them and ultimately do every dirty thing a person can imagine in order to achieve my goal. -play,play and play.
So,although on a first look hospitaly would come first, the truth is that the need to game corrupts me and changes me and makes me see my friends as mechanic parts of a toy,not as people i want to be with for what they are.-friends
So, great post (Beavis,or Butthead?) jester 47.
Maybe i too, have to change this too..So that i pursuade them play MORE..MUUHAHAHAHAHA.
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The Wizard
I don't understand the question!!!
Of course I get on with the people I role-play with, but I don't often meet with them except for the purpose of having a game (unless someone wants their computer fixing!).
On the other hand I don't 'socialise' much at all, it's not an activity that I enjoy. I'd rather be doing something.
Mexal.
Of course I get on with the people I role-play with, but I don't often meet with them except for the purpose of having a game (unless someone wants their computer fixing!).
On the other hand I don't 'socialise' much at all, it's not an activity that I enjoy. I'd rather be doing something.
Mexal.
Piratecat
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We prefer to game with folks who we like spending time with outside the game as well. It makes for even better roleplaying, because we have ties of friendship that extend beyond the gaming table. I also suspect that well-rounded people can make well-rounded characters, if that makes any sense.
Ruined
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As the years have gone by, it's gotten to the point that we game so that we can keep up with friends who grow distant. We're getting older, and real life invades more of our time, so if we can keep up this scheduled hobby, we get to see and interact with our friends more. Plus it makes for a great excuse to people who can't comprehend our glorious hobby. 
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