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<blockquote data-quote="cybertalus" data-source="post: 1441036" data-attributes="member: 4400">But Diaglo, if I can be blunt here, you do share one thing in common with some of the types of fans I'm talking about in that you (humorously or not, it's hard to tell sometimes via messageboards) refer to things you don't like in a way that's sort of a put down.Whether this is the intent or not, my interpretation when I see people doing that is that they're being dismissive of that thing which doesn't interest them, and that further they're likely to be equally as dismissive of anything else which doesn't interest them.&nbsp; Therefore they're not someone I'm going to try to discuss Virginia Woolf or Thoreau or the metaphysical implications of Bob Dylan lyrics with because I don't want to meet their scorn.On this I agree wholeheartedly.&nbsp; It's not playing the game though that's my area of concern, it's fitting in with a gaming group on a social level.&nbsp; It's having something to discuss that is of interest to the other players as well as myself before the game starts or when the DM steps outside for a smoke or whatever.One phrase I see come up a lot on these boards is &quot;I'd never game with someone I wouldn't want to spend an evening with doing something else.&quot;&nbsp; Seems like a reasonable standard to me.&nbsp; A problem I see is when there is so little in common aside from gaming that spending an evening doing something else wouldn't be an enjoyable evening.(And just in case anyone from my current group is reading this.... I haven't known y'all long enough to know if this will be the case with y'all or not.&nbsp; Consider this preventative troubleshooting.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cybertalus, post: 1441036, member: 4400"] But Diaglo, if I can be blunt here, you do share one thing in common with some of the types of fans I'm talking about in that you (humorously or not, it's hard to tell sometimes via messageboards) refer to things you don't like in a way that's sort of a put down. Whether this is the intent or not, my interpretation when I see people doing that is that they're being dismissive of that thing which doesn't interest them, and that further they're likely to be equally as dismissive of anything else which doesn't interest them. Therefore they're not someone I'm going to try to discuss Virginia Woolf or Thoreau or the metaphysical implications of Bob Dylan lyrics with because I don't want to meet their scorn. On this I agree wholeheartedly. It's not playing the game though that's my area of concern, it's fitting in with a gaming group on a social level. It's having something to discuss that is of interest to the other players as well as myself before the game starts or when the DM steps outside for a smoke or whatever. One phrase I see come up a lot on these boards is "I'd never game with someone I wouldn't want to spend an evening with doing something else." Seems like a reasonable standard to me. A problem I see is when there is so little in common aside from gaming that spending an evening doing something else wouldn't be an enjoyable evening. (And just in case anyone from my current group is reading this.... I haven't known y'all long enough to know if this will be the case with y'all or not. Consider this preventative troubleshooting.) [/QUOTE]

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