What ENWorld means to me (you).

[Sage]

Wow, you guys (or girls) are really sentimental.

I found enworld a few months ago and have "stepped by" every day since, but thet was only for the news and review site.

I really only got introduced to the boards with the SRD competition, but that wasn't very encouraging since not everyone was as nice as they could have been

But sinse then other threads, this among them, have made me stop considering subtituting the boards for the DND-L, I'm definetely going to do it

I hope I become as attached as you seem to be.

Sage

 

[BSF]

Right there with you Djeta!
(One of the first things I noticed about you is your sig. Weird Al is great!)

Where else can I find people with similar interests? EN World is a place to "hang out". I even decided to come out of lurker mode in July and start posting! I'm still trying to get to know everyone and I am hoping that I am not looking like too much of a dolt. EN World is about gaming, but it is about a whole lot more.

 

[francisca]

MMMMM. Well first off, it's been a good place to glean a better understanding of 3E. That still is it's primary purpose. I'm still a pretty average DM, but I'm way better than I would be without this place.

As far as community: In general, I do not have much interest in online communities. I have plenty of friends and family in the real world to invest my emotions in. However, this place is the exception.

While I don't get too emotional about good and bad news people share on this board, I do feel a twinge of emotion when someone posts extreme good news (like babies) or extreme bad news (death or terminal illness). It is nice to see people respond to such news in the way they do around here: by putting what is important in life in perspective.

I guess I feel more of a sense of comaraderie than community. Kinda like the difference between a group hug and high five with everyone around you. To me, this is a high-five kinda place.

I will say this, without ENWorld and it's members, GenCon would have been a pretty crappy experience for me. However, despite having to leave the con earlier than I expected, I had a great time, largely due to meeting and gaming with people who post right here.

 

[CarlZog]

I started looking at these boards in the spring, but didn't start posting until coming back GenCon. After less than a month, I've found this to be the most mature, interesting, polite, and fun forum I've ever seen -- regardless of the subject.

I've gotten a lot of good game ideas, learned a lot, and generally enjoyed the company.

Unfortunately, I'll be out of touch from mid-Sept to early-December (Travelling for work), and it's just starting to dawn on me how much I'm going to miss catching up with these forums each day. In a very short time, Enworld has anchored itself in my daily routine.

I look forward to coming back in December, and particularly to getting in touch with members in the Providence-Boston area as I'll be eager to find a weekly game over the winter.

Thanks.

CZ

 

[Hand of Evil]

Making your way in the world today
Takes everything you've got;
Taking a break from all your worries
Sure would help a lot.
Wouldn't you like to get away?

All those night when you've got no lights,
The check is in the mail;
And your little angel
Hung the cat up by it's tail;
And your third fiance didn't show;

Sometimes you want to go
Where everybody knows your name,
And they're always glad you came;
You want to be where you can see,
Our troubles are all the same;
You want to be where everybody knows your name.

Roll out of bed, Mr. Coffee's dead;
The morning's looking bright;
And your shrink ran off to Europe,
And didn't even write;
And your husband wants to be a girl;

Be glad there's one place in the world
Where everybody knows your name,
And they're always glad you came;
You want to go where people know,
People are all the same;
You want to go where everybody knows your name.

Where everybody knows your name,
And they're always glad you came;
Where everybody knows your name,
And they're always glad you came;

 

[Imhotepthewise]

Sad are the times I log onto the Internet and for some reason can't check EN World. I save many threads for reference and entertainment. I enjoy looking at threads by many posters that I know will be interesting and funny. We now have a history, which we should commit to remember. The 911 reports of Chairman Kaga and his subsequent loss. The other losses and gains. Excitement, anticipation, camaraderie, respect, and humor are all found here. I look forward to meeting as many of you in person if that ever becomes possible. RPGs are our common love, and the kinship is shown here. May the circle be unbroken.

 

[pogre]

ENWorld inspires me. The polite, fun people here are a joy to hang out with (in the internet sense). The crassness of other boards just leave me cold.

It certainly has improved my game. Writing a story hour has also helped my writing - as hard as that is to believe

Finally, I love to watch people beat Hong with a stick.

 

[Belen]

I have been reading the site ever since Eric first started it back in 99. However, I did not sign up for the boards until a few years later (I used to think message boards were useless.)

It was not until I started finding the news section boring that I started hanging out on the boards. There are just too many d20 companies to keep up with these days and the news just is not as exciting as when 3e was new.

Anyway, I love visiting the EnWorld community. I enjoy hearing from the people on the boards, even if I have a tendency to throw out topics for debate when the ideas have on half-formed.

Enworld is a great mecca for ideas and I know that the people here have helped me on my way to becoming a better GM.

Heck, once I have finished my new campaign world, I may try to challenge PirateCat to a GM duel!

Dave

 

[bekkilyn_rpg]

I started visiting Eric Noah's site back during the months before 3.0 was coming out and was pretty good about keeping up with things. I even registered for whatever messageboard ended up there at the time. Since then, I've been on and off about visiting the site, whether it be an older incarnation or this enworld incarnation and so have mostly lurked and read to try to keep up with things even if I was focusing on non-gaming things at the time.

Well recently I finally decided to register for *this* messageboard and actually post something. I haven't really made any friends being so "new" to the boards and such, but through lurking I have gotten to where I feel I've gotten to know something about some of you and I like finding out what's been happening in the lives of the people here.

Like Djeta, I don't really get why some people get so frustrated by the OT posts (at least when they're marked OT) either. I don't always read them, but I like that they exist and contribute a lot to the "community feel" which I also like.

In any case, this is the very best site around for D&D/d20!

 

[diaglo]

for me at first it was a place to find the conversions of older material. i would send people here looking for it.

than it was a place to find new groups to game with.

and to meet wandering people to sleep at my house.

but i just come for the news mostly.