How do you express yourself as a gamer?

[Dice4Hire]

Nothing for me.

I stick out enough as a 6 foot foreigner in Japan as it is. No need to try harder.

 

[Dandu]

Other.

I wrote two character class guides, give advice, and optimize regularly.

 

[S'mon]

I would have gaming-related art in the house, but my wife won't let me. So, no style at all.

 

[blargney the second]

I've got minis on display in the house, a skeletal archer on the dash of my car, and an OOTS t-shirt that I wear whenever it's clean. I'm not shy about this stuff.
-blarg

 

[Cyronax]

I keep it to myself around coworkers and acquaintances.

I work in a pretty conservative office environment where everyone also knows everyone's business .... so I tend to keep my gaming affiliations private. I love poker so I can often substitute the word 'game session' for 'played poker' if it comes down to it.

A recent example highlighted why its good not to flaunt too much about your geeky side. I was commenting about how I'm obsessed with the Iron Man movie and 'recently' (as in 2-3 years ago) started buying certain comics again ..... well it was a passing conversation, but some random and older coworker who was well-removed from the original conversation said he'd heard 'I still read comics.' It came off like I was an idiot or immature ... and I know revealing myself as a hardcore GAMER would be ten times more of a stigma.

What's really ironic though is the fact that there is no stigma for certain video games. Mass Effect-style RPGs, FPS games, sports games, even guitar hero, etc. WoW's stigmatized a little, but not like D&D.

Around non-work types that I know well ... I'm pretty open about it. But I still hide the gaming books when I bring a new girl back to the apartment.

Anyway, based on past periods of my life of being an open gamer, I know that some stigmas never die.

AT LEAST the stigma that we are all pagan devil worshipers has largely fallen by the wayside. That was a big deal in the early 90's when I first started gaming in middle school.

C.I.D.

 

[The Shaman]

If this is a contest, I suspect that I have everybody else here beat by miles.

Not without photos, you don't.

I admit I've really admired a couple of the gaming tattoos I've seen, especially the demon idol from the cover of the 1e AD&D PHB.

 

[Nifft]

How do you transmit your gaming hobby, if at all?

Sexually.

"That's also how I got this rash...", -- N

 

[jdrakeh]

Not without photos, you don't.

Do you have any idea how hard it is to photograph the back of your own head? I'll try to give it a shot using a mirror, but don't expect anything great.

[Edit: Yeah. . . that didn't work at all. I'll try to have neighbor snap a pic.]

 

[Mark]

Not without photos, you don't.

I admit I've really admired a couple of the gaming tattoos I've seen, especially the demon idol from the cover of the 1e AD&D PHB.

This was a business arrangement -

http://www.enworld.org/forum/publis...rent-my-head-space-literally.html#post4131072

 

[Crothian]

Sexually.

Are you into Role Playing?