Eryk
First Post
I think those above me couldn't have said it better, but at the risk of turning this into a "shout out" thread, I'm gonna add my own two cents.
I'm a theatre major at my university, so performing has been in my blood a long time. That's doubtlessly what got me hooked on RP from the minute my then-boyfriend slapped a 3rd ed. D&D book into my hand. What is all this, after all, if not a grand sort of improv theatre? And when I'm up at school and without my usual tabletop gaming group, this is one of the best ways out there I've found to get a little fantasy RP in my blood when I'm jonesin' for some dice-slinging.
What's kept me here, though, is, like many, the people I've met over the years. First and foremost the people who were patient enough with me to show me the ropes or just put up with my goofy characters. (Willow and Draeloc, I heart you THIS much). And of course my dearest Rose. But a mention of the people who I wouldn't likely still be here without cannot be complete without a nod to Incara Laurana's player, who has become my bestest buddy and the better half of what has come to be known as the Unholy Hivemind. Darlin', you are the best.
But it doesn't stop there, of course. Another part of what keeps me RPing is not only the people I've met, but also the ones I continue to meet. And THAT is what should teach us all to not be afraid to step outside our usual circle of people that we're comfy playing with...as if I hadn't done just that, I never would have gotten to know what awesome people the likes of Nicholas, Elf Ariel, Sonja, Nate Sane and countless others' players are. This is a community, duckies, and a pretty darn good one as far as groups of mildly crazy people go. One of the only ones I have access to when I'm stuck out here in BFN, and -that's- why I keep comin' back.
I'm a theatre major at my university, so performing has been in my blood a long time. That's doubtlessly what got me hooked on RP from the minute my then-boyfriend slapped a 3rd ed. D&D book into my hand. What is all this, after all, if not a grand sort of improv theatre? And when I'm up at school and without my usual tabletop gaming group, this is one of the best ways out there I've found to get a little fantasy RP in my blood when I'm jonesin' for some dice-slinging.
What's kept me here, though, is, like many, the people I've met over the years. First and foremost the people who were patient enough with me to show me the ropes or just put up with my goofy characters. (Willow and Draeloc, I heart you THIS much). And of course my dearest Rose. But a mention of the people who I wouldn't likely still be here without cannot be complete without a nod to Incara Laurana's player, who has become my bestest buddy and the better half of what has come to be known as the Unholy Hivemind. Darlin', you are the best.
But it doesn't stop there, of course. Another part of what keeps me RPing is not only the people I've met, but also the ones I continue to meet. And THAT is what should teach us all to not be afraid to step outside our usual circle of people that we're comfy playing with...as if I hadn't done just that, I never would have gotten to know what awesome people the likes of Nicholas, Elf Ariel, Sonja, Nate Sane and countless others' players are. This is a community, duckies, and a pretty darn good one as far as groups of mildly crazy people go. One of the only ones I have access to when I'm stuck out here in BFN, and -that's- why I keep comin' back.