What's Your Relationship With Your Fellow Gamers?

[Glyfair]

As with others, my ranking has passed through my gaming "career."

Right now I game with people I only see at games. We are sociable, it's certainly not only "business." However, if we aren't getting together to roleplay we are playing some other game.

When I started roleplaying I DMed my brother, and then met someone at the hobby store where I bought my D&D stuff and we both were looking for others to play. We became friends and the bulk of the group was friends.

For most of the 80s my main gaming was with people I socialized with on a regular basis. We often broke the game to head to a communal house that a majority of the group shared (most were college students).

On the other hand, I gamed with of strangers at the same time in the 80s. A few of us started running Saturday afternoon (and sometimes evening) Champions. More and more players, mostly kids, joined and played. We had 3 or 4 games going at a time for quite a long time and my friends and I mostly split up to run the various games.

 

[Hussar]

Hrm, interesting.

Looks like a 2/3:1/3 split.

I wonder if, at the end of the day, this is the reason we don't see much of a push for a virtual tabletop coming out of WOTC. If 2/3rds of gamers are close friends, presumably they're playing in the same location. Putting a lot of effort into trying to recruit a much smaller gaming population doesn't make sense.

 

[Pig Champion]

That would be the other way round in Scotland. The conservative would keep quiet or be immediately associated with social injustice and self-interest. Your opinions would be considered well worth a hearing

Most gamers I know from overseas are quite delightful people as far as ideological similarities go. Unfortunately, I fear as people get older in my country, the more conservative and less progressive they are willing to get.

If only my own friends could be lured into a long term game

 

[nedjer]

Most gamers I know from overseas are quite delightful people as far as ideological similarities go. Unfortunately, I fear as people get older in my country, the more conservative and less progressive they are willing to get.

If only my own friends could be lured into a long term game

They can. Just gotta find their hook. If they're 'politicially aware' maybe drop them into a rules light 'syndicates and cartels' post-modern urban nightmare (aka District 13 with the gloves off) and ask them to save the world, or even themselves if they can . . .

 

[Dark Mistress]

I voted Sociable, mostly cause that applies to most of the guys i play with. Some though are close, but typically half are more are sociable. People I hang out with every now and again outside of gaming.

 

[TarionzCousin]

How would you describe your general relationship with other gamers?

I like some of you.

 

[Lord Ipplepop]

For my group, it is a combination of all factors:

There is one female that I would be datinig, were we both single (kind of a deterrent, ya know)
One guy that I wouldn't urinate on were he aflame
There is a guy that is ok... not a part of my mundane life, not being avoided
A married couple that is OK... could be more should I really thin about it, but nothing special.
My stepdaughter and step son

 

[TheNovaLord]

Not quite answering the question, but everyone one of my long term friends I met through gaming.

By long term I mean known them 20+ years, been each others best men, and such things

Some of them still game regular, some of them dont, but we are still friends, get together as regular as we can and maybe play board games now rather than rpgs so much

Of my two rpg weekly groups:

1 consists of 8 people, all but 1 of whom i met in the last 5 years since the group has been going. there are now all my friends and we share accomodation at cons, go to beer festivals and some social functions together. this group has 1 long term friend in it. Some of them travel 20+ miles to game.

the other group is of 6 people, this group is moderately new (<18 months), but we all get on very well, and all live within 2 or 3 miles of each other.

So pretty much every 'friend' i have is a gamer.

Like in all things, avoid complex romantic 'affairs' with fellow gamers. It wrecked a marriage, a lot of friendships and killed of a previous gaming group that had been going 8 years or so. Sad ending.

 

[Henry]

I'd describe it as somewhere between "close" and "sociable" - I game with gamers I've only known for under a year, and we get along very well, but with busy schedules we don't really socialize outside of gaming, though I wouldn't be averse to it - it's more a matter of time than anything else.

I can't even conceive of people you'd only refer to as character names at the table - it's in my nature to at least know the last names of people I game with!

 

[Hussar]

I'd describe it as somewhere between "close" and "sociable" - I game with gamers I've only known for under a year, and we get along very well, but with busy schedules we don't really socialize outside of gaming, though I wouldn't be averse to it - it's more a matter of time than anything else.

I can't even conceive of people you'd only refer to as character names at the table - it's in my nature to at least know the last names of people I game with!

Did my first chat session today with my bunch. Thanks Voxli. One player I've known for almost eight years. Heard her for the very first time today.