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<blockquote data-quote="Enceladus" data-source="post: 865440" data-attributes="member: 9615"><p><em>Trollin' trollin' trollin'.....</em></p><p></p><p>Seriously this has been gnawing at me ever since I heard of the concept. Just so you know I've been gaming since '82-'83, somewhere around there anyway, its been so long I can't remember. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Heres the deal:</p><p></p><p>I just simply <strong>can not</strong> fathom spending all kinds of money, buying all the books for this hobby, going to web sites, participating if forums and not getting a group of good gamers together and playing this game. I just couldn't handle it. </p><p></p><p>The whole PBP or PBEM concept is well, to me kind of a waste. The experience is totally washed out, where's the face to face interaction with the DM? Other players? Geez I could go on all day about what's missing. What's good about it? It seems to me the internet has allowed us an excuse to hide behind something rather than to get out and socialize. Hell, the last two gaming groups (first one joined, second put together) I didn't know the people from Adam until we started rolling up characters. Are people just shy? Antisocial? Help me out here.</p><p></p><p>Call me old fashioned I guess, but no matter how desolate you think your gamer pool is (unless you live in Antarctica) there is always someone who can play or who you can bring into the game. Anyways, sorry if this seems a bit direct, its just a question thats been bugging me for a while.</p><p></p><p>Agree? Am I insane or just old?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Enceladus, post: 865440, member: 9615"] [i]Trollin' trollin' trollin'.....[/i] Seriously this has been gnawing at me ever since I heard of the concept. Just so you know I've been gaming since '82-'83, somewhere around there anyway, its been so long I can't remember. :) Heres the deal: I just simply [b]can not[/b] fathom spending all kinds of money, buying all the books for this hobby, going to web sites, participating if forums and not getting a group of good gamers together and playing this game. I just couldn't handle it. The whole PBP or PBEM concept is well, to me kind of a waste. The experience is totally washed out, where's the face to face interaction with the DM? Other players? Geez I could go on all day about what's missing. What's good about it? It seems to me the internet has allowed us an excuse to hide behind something rather than to get out and socialize. Hell, the last two gaming groups (first one joined, second put together) I didn't know the people from Adam until we started rolling up characters. Are people just shy? Antisocial? Help me out here. Call me old fashioned I guess, but no matter how desolate you think your gamer pool is (unless you live in Antarctica) there is always someone who can play or who you can bring into the game. Anyways, sorry if this seems a bit direct, its just a question thats been bugging me for a while. Agree? Am I insane or just old? [/QUOTE]
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