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<blockquote data-quote="Feeroper" data-source="post: 5675715" data-attributes="member: 83317"><p>Its unfortunate that so many people here have had bad experiences, and certainly anyone who experiences these types of occurences would rightfully feel poorly about pubic play in general. However, I just wanted to add to what Steel_Wind said, and say that not all experiences are the same.</p><p> </p><p>Ive been playing D&D social play for a while now (Presently I mostly play encounters, and Im looking forward to Lair Assault when that gets organized. I also used to play a fair bit of LFR). My experiences have been very positive indeed. I have a couple home games I am part of and I consider my soical play groups to be on the same level of quality. Ive made many new friends in the gaming community this way, and the group dynamic always works well. At encounters we see a few tables running every week steadily, and quite often we will get surges of players who are new, but rarely do we need to turn anyone away, there are a nuumber of DMs among us who can start up a new table if the need is there. Overall the experience has been really rewarding for me. </p><p> </p><p>I just recently (within the last week) began attending PFS games at a couple of local stores. Initially I was nervous, as I felt like I had a really good group with all the 4e public gaming Ive been doing, I wasnt sure how it would be with PFS. Added ot that was the fact that my girlfriend decided she wanted to join me for this (which would be her first time in a public play game, and her 1st time playing PF or even a 3.5 based game for that matter) and I have never been able to keep a stable home group with PF and havent played 3.5 in what feels like eons. When we got to our first game though, all those fears vanished quickly. We had a great time! I found the people to be just as friendly and welcoming as the 4e games I have been playing. They were patient with us, but managed to keep the game moving at a good pace for everyone. We really felt just like one of the group. </p><p> </p><p>They told us that on the coming Thursday they would be starting PFS play at another local store (as in just starting up at this new location) and we were invited to come and play. On the 1st night my girlfriend and I had brought Pre-Gen characters due to lack of time to roll any new ones up. Howeverm wehen we were invited on Thursday, one of the GMs said that if we wanted, he would meet us 1 hour ahead of time and help us rtoll up our own custom characters. So we made the trip there on Thursday and had a great game night! We are definetly going to be returning for more PFS gaming. </p><p> </p><p>So for what its worth, for anyone turned off by the thought of public play, its not all bad. Ive had great experiences myself, and obviously others above have had unfortunate experiences. Dont let that dissuade you if you were interested though, you never know how its going to be unless you try it out. Its like anything in life, you just gotta roll the dice sometimes, or I guess in this case, roll the d20's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Feeroper, post: 5675715, member: 83317"] Its unfortunate that so many people here have had bad experiences, and certainly anyone who experiences these types of occurences would rightfully feel poorly about pubic play in general. However, I just wanted to add to what Steel_Wind said, and say that not all experiences are the same. Ive been playing D&D social play for a while now (Presently I mostly play encounters, and Im looking forward to Lair Assault when that gets organized. I also used to play a fair bit of LFR). My experiences have been very positive indeed. I have a couple home games I am part of and I consider my soical play groups to be on the same level of quality. Ive made many new friends in the gaming community this way, and the group dynamic always works well. At encounters we see a few tables running every week steadily, and quite often we will get surges of players who are new, but rarely do we need to turn anyone away, there are a nuumber of DMs among us who can start up a new table if the need is there. Overall the experience has been really rewarding for me. I just recently (within the last week) began attending PFS games at a couple of local stores. Initially I was nervous, as I felt like I had a really good group with all the 4e public gaming Ive been doing, I wasnt sure how it would be with PFS. Added ot that was the fact that my girlfriend decided she wanted to join me for this (which would be her first time in a public play game, and her 1st time playing PF or even a 3.5 based game for that matter) and I have never been able to keep a stable home group with PF and havent played 3.5 in what feels like eons. When we got to our first game though, all those fears vanished quickly. We had a great time! I found the people to be just as friendly and welcoming as the 4e games I have been playing. They were patient with us, but managed to keep the game moving at a good pace for everyone. We really felt just like one of the group. They told us that on the coming Thursday they would be starting PFS play at another local store (as in just starting up at this new location) and we were invited to come and play. On the 1st night my girlfriend and I had brought Pre-Gen characters due to lack of time to roll any new ones up. Howeverm wehen we were invited on Thursday, one of the GMs said that if we wanted, he would meet us 1 hour ahead of time and help us rtoll up our own custom characters. So we made the trip there on Thursday and had a great game night! We are definetly going to be returning for more PFS gaming. So for what its worth, for anyone turned off by the thought of public play, its not all bad. Ive had great experiences myself, and obviously others above have had unfortunate experiences. Dont let that dissuade you if you were interested though, you never know how its going to be unless you try it out. Its like anything in life, you just gotta roll the dice sometimes, or I guess in this case, roll the d20's. [/QUOTE]
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