Mac saves teen from D&D

[Bront]

Well... I *AM* a girl, so there. The only girl in my gaming group, but ehhhh... also the only Christian, which sorta puts me out of any of their sights in terms of dateability. (This is where I get screwed over because there aren't too many Christian gamer guys around here... blehhhh. No wonder I'm 19 and have never had a boyfriend. )

Strangely, almost all of my gaming buddies I met through church. Most are single guys, and a few single girls.

 

[astralpwka]

I always made my girlfriends game. If they wouldn't game, it was over.

Meeting girls way back then was due to having a job in a mall (oooh! And one from church!!!!).

 

[ElvishBard]

Well... I *AM* a girl, so there. The only girl in my gaming group, but ehhhh... also the only Christian, which sorta puts me out of any of their sights in terms of dateability. (This is where I get screwed over because there aren't too many Christian gamer guys around here... blehhhh. No wonder I'm 19 and have never had a boyfriend. )

I've always been kind of a nerd/geek, so nerd/geeks are what I feel comfortable with. In high school all the loud, giggly preppie chicks just annoyed the heck out of me, and even in middle school I got progressively more bummed out as all my friends grew out of playing pretend (and became preppies, lol) and I didn't. Even the ones who were younger than me, which most were.

So it's really no wonder I ended up getting into RPGs and D&D and such. And I suspect it's at least part of the reason I've been in absolutely no hurry to get a boyfriend or get into the sorts of trouble that other teens were. Much safer to be inside at all hours of the night playing D&D than going out and getting in trouble with the police.

Wow, that describes me almost perfectly, except that I am 18 .

 

[Quasqueton]

Mac saves teen from D&D

personal "mac"-trainer

By the way, what does this use of "mac" mean? My first thought was Macintosh, but I don't think that's it.

Quasqueton

 

[caudor]

It is easier to give up fast food than it is gaming. At least by giving up the former, you have a better chance of snagging yourself a girl.

 

[Aaron L]

By the way, what does this use of "mac" mean? My first thought was Macintosh, but I don't think that's it.

Quasqueton

I thought either Macintosh, or Big Mac. But then Im pretty far away from anything resembling normalcy.


And Ive never had a date in my life. And Im not proud of it.

 

[Enkhidu]

It's "the Mack", actually. Not "Mac."

 

[Anabstercorian]

Someone clearly hasn't updated to 3rd Edition yet, seeing as how they're dual-classing.

 

[Digital M@]

To me it sounds like to many people the game has become an obsession. Expanding ones horizons and looking for change is almost always a good thing, it is good for the mind and spirit and in this case body. I will admit, I am not a hardcore gamer, but I am glad I did not marry a gamer because she has expanded my interests and stops me from getting too focused into a game. She has actively searched out players and games for me and never critical of the hobby, but has no interest in it.

I think everyone should put the game down from time to time and see what else life has to offer. There is a lot more out there than D&D or any other RPG.

 

[IronWolf]

Yeah and here I was expecting to see how a Macintosh computer saved someone from D&D!