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<blockquote data-quote="Exquisite Dead Guy" data-source="post: 2755364" data-attributes="member: 7864">I feel your pain.&nbsp; It took me years to get a good group together.&nbsp; Now I am now actually turning people away from our group (4 last month and 2 this month).&nbsp; If this happens to you at least ask them to put you in touch with any other folks that also get turned down.&nbsp; The best advice I can give is to keep posting either online or in stores.&nbsp; Post things like &quot;Looking to meet gamers age X - Z.&nbsp; Nothing against younger gamers, but shared experience and all that&quot;.&nbsp; Read message boards that have postings often - heck, just post here at EN world a lot i the various forums.&nbsp; You'd be surprised how often I've seen people say &quot;hey, you live right down the street from me!&quot; If someone posts that is just outside your area ask them if they would mind a longer commute or maybe you would be willing to drive a little further.&nbsp; At the very least you've made a contact, and who knows, one of you might move closer (this actually happened in my current group).As far as determining if a potential gamer is the kind of person you are comfortable with, try meeting somewhere neutral&nbsp; location and just having lunch and yes, I know that sounds like a &quot;safe dating&quot; tip.&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> Just keep at it.&nbsp; You'll be glad you did!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Exquisite Dead Guy, post: 2755364, member: 7864"] I feel your pain. It took me years to get a good group together. Now I am now actually turning people away from our group (4 last month and 2 this month). If this happens to you at least ask them to put you in touch with any other folks that also get turned down. The best advice I can give is to keep posting either online or in stores. Post things like "Looking to meet gamers age X - Z. Nothing against younger gamers, but shared experience and all that". Read message boards that have postings often - heck, just post here at EN world a lot i the various forums. You'd be surprised how often I've seen people say "hey, you live right down the street from me!" If someone posts that is just outside your area ask them if they would mind a longer commute or maybe you would be willing to drive a little further. At the very least you've made a contact, and who knows, one of you might move closer (this actually happened in my current group). As far as determining if a potential gamer is the kind of person you are comfortable with, try meeting somewhere neutral location and just having lunch and yes, I know that sounds like a "safe dating" tip. :lol: Just keep at it. You'll be glad you did! [/QUOTE]

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