Creamsteak
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I'm pretty iconic for a gamer nerd. I'd say.
Non-Stereotypical Gamers you've met
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mistergone
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Man, I can relate to the playing games with your dog stories. When I was 12, I was "too old" to play with Transformers, so I had to play alone, except for my dog, he'd always play. I let him be Bumbledee, or the red one, but I think he really wanted to be a Dinobot. He could make the sounds for a dinobot, but not any laser sounds, and he couldn't make any of them transform except the lame one that you could roll back and let go and it would spring open... except, I had to roll it back for him. Still, we had fun.
As for atypical, eh, I do and don't see my friends I have gamed with as geeks. It just depends. I think we're all cooler than "typical gamer geeks" but I've also felt the shame of Rico trying to explain the basics of roleplaying to total non-gamers. Actual physical pain there. Aside from my friends, I've gamed with many many people, but only once or twice. Most of them were more "typical" than not, but a few stood out. Nothing too spectacular, however. Just a few that you wouldn't think they would ever play a roleplaying game.
And then there's my dad. He's 55, a lieutenant(? i think, i lost track)deputy sheriff, in charge of his own whole divison-thingy, and he plays Everquest. Poor MMORPG taste aside, that's kinda cool. He's a guild leader even, and his guild consists almost entirely of other sheriffs and their families.
As for atypical, eh, I do and don't see my friends I have gamed with as geeks. It just depends. I think we're all cooler than "typical gamer geeks" but I've also felt the shame of Rico trying to explain the basics of roleplaying to total non-gamers. Actual physical pain there. Aside from my friends, I've gamed with many many people, but only once or twice. Most of them were more "typical" than not, but a few stood out. Nothing too spectacular, however. Just a few that you wouldn't think they would ever play a roleplaying game.
And then there's my dad. He's 55, a lieutenant(? i think, i lost track)deputy sheriff, in charge of his own whole divison-thingy, and he plays Everquest. Poor MMORPG taste aside, that's kinda cool. He's a guild leader even, and his guild consists almost entirely of other sheriffs and their families.
d4
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during my four years in the Army, i was in 3 different gaming groups. role-playing is quite common in the military because a lot of times, there's nothing else to do. 
since i got out of the military, it seems every group i've played in has had at least two veterans in it.
the group i mentioned previously was 50% raver chicks and 50% military veterans. very interesting group dynamic there.
since i got out of the military, it seems every group i've played in has had at least two veterans in it.
the group i mentioned previously was 50% raver chicks and 50% military veterans. very interesting group dynamic there.
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I've gamed with an Australian Federal Police detective-sergeant who was on secondment to the National Crimes Authority (committing crimes in the national interest, presumably). And I've gamed with a bloke whose job has a cover story (umm... I work for, ah, the Attorney-General's Department) and who just missed out on the Australian Olympic team in 2000.
But the most atypical gamer I've ever met was a nymphomaniac who joined the RPG club at my first university because she liked the odds. She didn't like the games much, but she went home with a different gamer about twice a week for two semesters. I guess this sounds like a fantastic honeyfall, but in fact it was a pretty scary experience for most of the blokes who got involved. Nymphomaniacs are scary, miseerable, screwed up people: never sleep with anyone crazier than you are.
Regards,
Agback
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I've gamed with an Australian Federal Police detective-sergeant who was on secondment to the National Crimes Authority (committing crimes in the national interest, presumably). And I've gamed with a bloke whose job has a cover story (umm... I work for, ah, the Attorney-General's Department) and who just missed out on the Australian Olympic team in 2000.
But the most atypical gamer I've ever met was a nymphomaniac who joined the RPG club at my first university because she liked the odds. She didn't like the games much, but she went home with a different gamer about twice a week for two semesters. I guess this sounds like a fantastic honeyfall, but in fact it was a pretty scary experience for most of the blokes who got involved. Nymphomaniacs are scary, miseerable, screwed up people: never sleep with anyone crazier than you are.
Regards,
Agback
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