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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 5899699" data-attributes="member: 9037">I have to admit that when I read the list I kind of felt the way Lwaxy did. It seems rather limited if that is the only criteria that you are using.But I also understand the reasons for not wanting to play with some people. I always meet new players in a neutral location usually Barnes and Noble. The first thing is how do they look. A big turn off is if they are grungy and smell. Grooming is a sign of someone who is mentally in a good place. I chat with them about their game history I can tell a lot from this. It can tell me if we have radical different play styles. I get a feel of how rigid they are. If I ask about a past character and all they tell me is stats and feats and how he was so powerful that is a warning sign. The reasons I don't think the list is all that great is this. Take the job thing. There are people who like me are disabled and on SSDI. And to me someone working as a night security guard does not say to me that the person has social skills. IBM was down here in my area for years and I knew a lot of the employees they gamed and were in the local SF club let me tell you some of those people had no social skills at all. The SO. Okay what does that prove I have known to many people in destructive relationships. I have also seen SOs wreak havoc on a gaming group.Other hobbies. I have a lot of different hobbies but I know some people who only have gaming because that is all they had time for in their busy life. And there is a downside to a person with a lot of hobbies. They are the ones who miss game sessions because of their other hobbies. I had one player who was a great guy and great gamer except during football season. He had season tickets to the Dolphin games so it was tough scheduling gaming around this. So to me a list like this can really make you not take a chance on someone who is not only a great gamer but a great person as well. As a guideline sure but as hard fast rules no.</blockquote>

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