Darth K'Trava
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theredrobedwizard said:
I used to have a boss who gamed. He mostly did computer games like Civilization. He was a lousy boss but an ok guy to chat "geeky stuff" with.
You're a gamer???
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I used to have a boss who gamed. He mostly did computer games like Civilization. He was a lousy boss but an ok guy to chat "geeky stuff" with.
ephemeron
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The biggest surprise I've had along those lines was when I found out a couple of teachers at my high school played Magic: the Gathering.
Much more recently -- by which I mean, since I started grad school -- it seems that at least half the people in my department are F/SF nerds of one kind or another, which inevitably means a number of gamers. I ought to try to organize a gaming group, if only to get people offline and away from the World of Warcraft guild composed entirely of academics.
Much more recently -- by which I mean, since I started grad school -- it seems that at least half the people in my department are F/SF nerds of one kind or another, which inevitably means a number of gamers. I ought to try to organize a gaming group, if only to get people offline and away from the World of Warcraft guild composed entirely of academics.
Desdichado
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Literally every single person in my group now is one of those "I'd never guess you for a D&D player!"
Well I take that back. One guy fits enough of the stereotypes to not be surprising, I guess. But the rest of us; no way.
I have a large baseball-sized d20 that I keep on my computer at work, too. I've had lots of conversations with gamers that walk by and see it and then ask me about gaming. It's also fairly "stealthy": non-gamers see it and don't really think much of it except that it's some kind of weird desk ornamentation thingy or something.
Well I take that back. One guy fits enough of the stereotypes to not be surprising, I guess. But the rest of us; no way.
I have a large baseball-sized d20 that I keep on my computer at work, too. I've had lots of conversations with gamers that walk by and see it and then ask me about gaming. It's also fairly "stealthy": non-gamers see it and don't really think much of it except that it's some kind of weird desk ornamentation thingy or something.
ivocaliban
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Didn't happen to me, but my cousin (and fellow gamer) discovered his department manager and his wife were both gamers. Certainly made his work environment a little more pleasant.
Almost like Freemasonry. Only...without the secret handshake.
Almost like Freemasonry. Only...without the secret handshake.
SiderisAnon
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You don't know the handshake? You must have missed that meeting.ivocaliban said:
SteelDraco
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Guess nobody ever told you about that, eh?ivocaliban said:
Edit: Curse you, Sedaris!
pallandrome
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I've met a number of gamers only because I talk openly about it. ("What are you doing after work?" "Oh, I'm going to play DnD with some buddies.") The tricks to not seeming like a total geek (and thus getting the new people interested in playing) are...
A. Do not talk about your character! I know he/she's awsome. But talking about him/her will not interest a non-gamer. At ALL. Trust me. Don't be that guy/girl.
B. Do not mention game mechanics. Until a person actively sits down at the table to make a character, the mechanics will only confuse and frighten them. Caveat: If the person is a statistics or math major/professor/ect., feel free. it might interest him/her.
and...
C. Avoid in-jokes. Shooting a magic missile at the darkness holds no humor value to someone who doesn't know what a magic missle IS.
Just be yourself, and laid back about gaming, and the newbs will come to you.
A. Do not talk about your character! I know he/she's awsome. But talking about him/her will not interest a non-gamer. At ALL. Trust me. Don't be that guy/girl.
B. Do not mention game mechanics. Until a person actively sits down at the table to make a character, the mechanics will only confuse and frighten them. Caveat: If the person is a statistics or math major/professor/ect., feel free. it might interest him/her.
and...
C. Avoid in-jokes. Shooting a magic missile at the darkness holds no humor value to someone who doesn't know what a magic missle IS.
Just be yourself, and laid back about gaming, and the newbs will come to you.
Lord Ipplepop
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My group is not, usually, what you would expect to be the "typical" D&D nerdy group. We have:
A Commercial Electrician who played football in high school, and is 6'3" and goes in at 2 some-odd
A Machine Operator Manager at the local plastics plant (also a drummer and former football player)
A Professional Wrestler and Machine Operator
A local Metal Musician
A Truck Driver
A Construction Worker (with hair to his shoulder blades)
A fresh from school kid who is 6'5" and weighs in at about 245 who looks like the lead singer for Mudavayne
OF course, once you get to know us, then you get to hear the conversations "stat-ing out" various movie characters, and talks about various old school games (from the early 80's), and the various video games,and such that we partake in.
A Commercial Electrician who played football in high school, and is 6'3" and goes in at 2 some-odd
A Machine Operator Manager at the local plastics plant (also a drummer and former football player)
A Professional Wrestler and Machine Operator
A local Metal Musician
A Truck Driver
A Construction Worker (with hair to his shoulder blades)
A fresh from school kid who is 6'5" and weighs in at about 245 who looks like the lead singer for Mudavayne
OF course, once you get to know us, then you get to hear the conversations "stat-ing out" various movie characters, and talks about various old school games (from the early 80's), and the various video games,and such that we partake in.
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