Doug McCrae
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Why do you game?
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DonaldRumsfeldsTofu
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1. The story-telling aspect, combined with the interactivity of it, is extremely rewarding.
2. It satiates my bloated imagination.
3. It allows me to impose my self-rightous morals on a fictional world where my actions actually make a difference; IE: Escapism.
4. I enjoy the company of all of the crazy intellectuals who do it.
2. It satiates my bloated imagination.
3. It allows me to impose my self-rightous morals on a fictional world where my actions actually make a difference; IE: Escapism.
4. I enjoy the company of all of the crazy intellectuals who do it.
Galethorn
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1. To live out the sorts of things I couldn't really do in real life, for all sorts of reasons, other than than the simple 'there's no such thing as goblins. This includes being heroic (which I know [second-hand, fortunately] to be a very bad idea to try and seek out), wearing armor and having swords (which I do every year at the local ren-faire, to a certain extent, but don't have the time or resouces or craziness to pursue more often than that in real life), making journeys through the wilderness (I just like my computer too much for that), and killing bad guys (because we all know how horrible killing is in real life).
2. To take part in epic struggles. Nuff said. However, I'm the one presenting the problem more often than the one doing the struggling.
3. Because I got sick of MMORPGs, and all the good singleplayer ones are too short.
4. To hang around with my friends, and make really, really bad, spur-of-the-moment puns. I've got Skill Focus: Punnery, and two levels in Master Punner, after all. I can inflict 2d6 sanity damage if I get a critical pun, you know.
5. What other hobby justifies a 20-sided, 34mm-wide, half-pound lump of metal for $15?
6. Post 300! I am a golden god!
2. To take part in epic struggles. Nuff said. However, I'm the one presenting the problem more often than the one doing the struggling.
3. Because I got sick of MMORPGs, and all the good singleplayer ones are too short.
4. To hang around with my friends, and make really, really bad, spur-of-the-moment puns. I've got Skill Focus: Punnery, and two levels in Master Punner, after all. I can inflict 2d6 sanity damage if I get a critical pun, you know.
5. What other hobby justifies a 20-sided, 34mm-wide, half-pound lump of metal for $15?
6. Post 300! I am a golden god!
Tetsubo
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For me it's the interactive, creative aspect of gaming. Cooperation among people to craft a story. It's not competative. Which is why I don't game at conventions. It's not a zero-sum activity. I am also a control freak and I get to play GOD! 
I enjoy how people can take my idea as a GM and push it into directions that I would never have considered.
I enjoy how people can take my idea as a GM and push it into directions that I would never have considered.
Razz0putin
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okay gorilla we've still yet to hear your reason.
Lord Foul
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hero4hire said:well besides the fact I've been doing it for 27 years (I don't think I would know how not to game). Its great escapism from the daily grind...It is a great creative outlet...and its an excuse to hang out with my friends and act silly.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Because pretending to kill things is a stress reliever. Especially when you name your orcs after co-workers and then slaughter them.
As a side benefit, I get to work through the occasional moral issue through a fantasy light, which means it gets isolated and amplified. Then when you deal with its implications there, the potential for applying that to real life is much greater.
Those are basically the two reasons. Some days the emphasis changes one way or the other. When I'm world building, it's mostly two. On the days that there are endless waves of orcs (or the occasional adult dragon that acts like a child and is ultimately too lazy to even defend itself effectively) named, oh, Dave or Maggie (names changed to protect me), then it's mostly the first.
As a side benefit, I get to work through the occasional moral issue through a fantasy light, which means it gets isolated and amplified. Then when you deal with its implications there, the potential for applying that to real life is much greater.
Those are basically the two reasons. Some days the emphasis changes one way or the other. When I'm world building, it's mostly two. On the days that there are endless waves of orcs (or the occasional adult dragon that acts like a child and is ultimately too lazy to even defend itself effectively) named, oh, Dave or Maggie (names changed to protect me), then it's mostly the first.
William Ronald
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My reasons for gaming.
As Dinkeldog said, there is a lot to be said to getting rid of stress. Gaming is one way to do this.
I love a good challenge, and there is a challenge both in taking on the persona of a character and facing various challenges. I also enjoy such things as grappling with difficult issues, trying to figure out the motives and plots of adversaries, and such things as politics and diplomacy. Also, I enjoy playing characters who can be truly heroic, morally and physically. (Some of the villains my PCs have faced turned out to be about as vile as some of the historical figures in our own world. Finding ways to defeat such foes was always satisfying and knowing that my character made a difference. Even if I had to sacrifice the life of a character to save his fellow party members, or get a hard task done.)
Gaming also provides me with several creative outlets. From world building to creating characters, I have spent hours of fun as a player and occassional DM.
Additionally, I have meet many friends through gaming and it is a great way to socialize with other people. If I may, let me make a plug for the Chicago EN World Gameday that is coming up on October 23rd and similar events. They are a great way to meet new gamers and try new games.
As Dinkeldog said, there is a lot to be said to getting rid of stress. Gaming is one way to do this.
I love a good challenge, and there is a challenge both in taking on the persona of a character and facing various challenges. I also enjoy such things as grappling with difficult issues, trying to figure out the motives and plots of adversaries, and such things as politics and diplomacy. Also, I enjoy playing characters who can be truly heroic, morally and physically. (Some of the villains my PCs have faced turned out to be about as vile as some of the historical figures in our own world. Finding ways to defeat such foes was always satisfying and knowing that my character made a difference. Even if I had to sacrifice the life of a character to save his fellow party members, or get a hard task done.)
Gaming also provides me with several creative outlets. From world building to creating characters, I have spent hours of fun as a player and occassional DM.
Additionally, I have meet many friends through gaming and it is a great way to socialize with other people. If I may, let me make a plug for the Chicago EN World Gameday that is coming up on October 23rd and similar events. They are a great way to meet new gamers and try new games.
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