The Official Welcome Thread

[Jdvn1]

Hello Trygvie! You certainly have travelled a lot. According to this:
http://www.frappr.com/enworld
... there aren't any other EN Worlders in Yemen. That isn't exhaustive, though, (not nearly), but a lot of even semi-active EN Worlders have seen and put themselves on this map.

See you around the PbP boards! A lot of people seem to enjoy them.

 

[internetotaku]

new to the forum

Hallo and well-met! Anyway, I'm new to the forum, stumbled across it looking for something else. Anyway, its good to be here, looks like a great forum. As you can probably guess, one of my primary interests is roleplaying games, particularly fantasy, particularly D&D, particularly AD&D. I also like Anime, videogames, and comics (natch).

As a side thing, Frappr has really caught on, huh? I mean, I saw it like yesturday and suddenly everyone has it!

I also write a webcomic which is at http://superpeoples.keenspace.com

Anyway, nice to be here. Talk to you soon!

 

[ssampier]

hey guys, just wanna know what are the possible psychological effects of playing RPG? Cite the bad ones please...

None more than any other addiction. If you push away your family and friends to play a game, then you need to think more about your priorities in life. Do not believe the rubbish about not being able to discern fact from fantasy. Those people had severe emotional and possibly psychological problems before they began gaming.

All the studies I've seen the rates for suicides for young role-playing males is actually lower than the National Average. This lower rates can be attributed that to fact that a gamer has a group of friends to confide in and gaming can be build strong friendships.

I think the only possible side-effects are lack of time to prepare games, to the wallet for supplement money, and the possible effect on the waist-line (Cheetos, Mountain Dew, and pizza are not low cal ).

By the way, I'm ssampier. I've been here for several years. I just want to formally say "Hi" to all in En World.

 

[Shottglazz]

'ello...

Hey there...new to the site, old to role-playing...interested in hearing from fans of 2nd ed AD&D, AFMBE, TW:2K, Rolemaster, or most other systems...

 

[genshou]

hey guys, just wanna know what are the possible psychological effects of playing RPG? Cite the bad ones please...

I don't know what you're talking about. I'm perfectly normal... normal... normal... normal... normal...

Seriously, though, playing an RPG is no more unhealthy than playing any other sort of game, including sports, video games, chess, and breathing air. Each of the aforemented activities carries some risks of addiction and/or obsession, but for people who don't have mental illnesses already, they are character-building in one way or another. RPGs are what you make of them, so if all you want is an uplifting, challenging, thought-provoking introspection into human nature, you can play that way. (This is my preferred kind of gaming.)

Not too much to say here. I am a 39yo gamer. Followed the regular path: played original and 1st edition and some 2nd edition when younger. Stopped playing. Got older, and got back into it.

Had two different but great gaming groups in the Detroit area. Now I am teaching English in Yemen. Don't think I'll find a table top group here, so I am getting a PbP game started.

I've been a fan of EN World since I returned to gaming but have never posted. Now that I am desperate for virtual gaming cohorts, I'll be posting regularly.

Any other gamers in Yemen??? :\

Welcome, Trygvie! I've always believed that the best way to find a gaming group in a place like Yemen is to make your own. But if you're running a 2nd/3rd/3.5 PbP here on the EN World boards, I'd love to participate.

Hallo and well-met! Anyway, I'm new to the forum, stumbled across it looking for something else. Anyway, its good to be here, looks like a great forum. As you can probably guess, one of my primary interests is roleplaying games, particularly fantasy, particularly D&D, particularly AD&D. I also like Anime, videogames, and comics (natch).

As a side thing, Frappr has really caught on, huh? I mean, I saw it like yesturday and suddenly everyone has it!

I also write a webcomic which is at http://superpeoples.keenspace.com

Anyway, nice to be here. Talk to you soon!

Wow, not enough anime otakus around here. That's probably because most of the EN Worlders are old. Good to have someone with similar interests around here. I hope you'll get involved in some of the discussions (though not as much as I am; it's not a good lifestyle).

Hey there...new to the site, old to role-playing...interested in hearing from fans of 2nd ed AD&D, AFMBE, TW:2K, Rolemaster, or most other systems...

Boy, we're getting a lot of 2nd Edition gamers lately! Things are going to be getting much better around here as a result.

Welcome to the boards!

 

[Wynja]

RPG Online with characters and real time playing?

Where do i find RPG Online games with characters and real time playing? It is no prob for it to be forumbased, as long as its GOOD!

I love playing and making the characters, but its hard to find good fanasy or science-fiction RPGs Online. I found one, but it was abandoned... http://rpgforumsonline.game-host.org/forum/index.php ... or there was some error..maybe its fixed...will check it up eventually...

Please help !

With fire! Wynja

 

[Axx83]

Hi

just want to search the forums, bye

 

[the Jester]

Welcome, all you new folks! Enjoy ENWorld, it's always fun for me...

 

[Jdvn1]

Hello Wynja, hello Axx83!

For roleplaying opportunities on EN World, try either joining a game in the Talking the Talking forum (in the Gaming Action group) or try the new ISRP forum (adopted from the Wizards boards). Neither are real-time (to my knowledge), though. I don't know a lot about ISRP, but it seems really neat.

And do you mean "search" as in "browse around"? If so, that's fine. We have quite a bit of archives and old threads here (we've been around for quite a while). If you want to use the Search feature on EN World, you have to be a Community Supporter, though.

 

[Biohazard411]

It's all about me...

Well, hello everyone. Um...this is my first post, if it's not obvious. I don't really have a lot to say, but I sure have a lot to say about nothing! Anyways, a little about me: I'm 18...I'm male...and I like to read. I would go for moonlit strolls on the beach (not that I live anywhere near a beach), but I don't like having to continually watch out for those darn lycanthropes. FYI: If you haven't guessed it by now, I'M WEIRD!!!