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jaklumen
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response 103 of 115:
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Jun 25 03:52 UTC 2003 |
Speak for yourself, Greggo.
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phenix
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response 104 of 115:
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Jun 25 13:19 UTC 2003 |
hey, i've run cons i feel that i have an objective idea of the sanity of the
gaming public
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jazz
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response 105 of 115:
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Jun 25 13:53 UTC 2003 |
You've run conventions before?
Liking Star Trek doesn't make you a dork, but there are enough Star
Trek dorks that it's a good sign ... and I like Star Trek, at least DS9. The
same goes for gaming.
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jmsaul
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response 106 of 115:
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Jun 25 14:27 UTC 2003 |
Nah. There are dorky gamers, and there are non-dorky gamers, The dorks are
just more obvious.
Re #104: Which cons have you run?
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jazz
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response 107 of 115:
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Jun 25 17:36 UTC 2003 |
I'm agreeing with you there. But if you hear Joe Blow is a gamer, then
it's much more likely that he'll be a dork than if his hobby is, say,
parasailing.
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jaklumen
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response 108 of 115:
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Jun 26 02:04 UTC 2003 |
It depends on how you look at it. I'm not a narrow-genre gamer, i.e.
I don't focus on just one aspect. I do all of it, board games, table
top, LARP, arcade/console/PC games, and I enjoy Scottish
games/festivals.
I've also made a habit of trying to do a little bit of various things
at a gaming con. We watched a little anime, did some tabletop,
danced, schmoozed, and participated in some panels at Radcon
(www.radcon.org). Julie and I took Sarah, our 13 mo. old and did just
fine-- hard to be an utter dork when you're as a family, at least
outside family definitions.
Besides, I don't game for the games alone. I game for the people.
There's nothing more miserable than gaming with folks who are
*totally* socially inept and cantankerous. I will overlook faults in
the spirit of having a good time and in the fact that I accept that
many gamers have issues, especially LARPers. It comes with the
territory.
I am also one of those people who has OTHER hobbies besides gaming. I
was a musician long before I adopted gaming, and I am pursuing guitar
lessons. I figure I will be doing good once I find out about the
guitar society and start playing with an ensemble again. I also grow
my own peppermint-- although hardly a real hobby, I suppose, it is
nice to have my own looseleaf tea. I plan to get those fancy teapots
from Target that brew a proper pot of tea and will look into expanding
into growing other herbs. We must grow them in the windowsill as we
have no garden space.
Besides, I'm also on Grex on a variety of conferences, so how could I
be gaming all the time?
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dcat
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response 109 of 115:
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Jun 26 05:25 UTC 2003 |
Laptop + WiFi ? ;-)
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jmsaul
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response 110 of 115:
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Jun 26 13:00 UTC 2003 |
Re #107: Certain hobbies, like parasailing, make it very unlikely that the
person is a dork. (They may be an asshole... ;-)
Re #108: Yes, you can be a family and still be dorks. Trust me.
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jazz
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response 111 of 115:
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Jun 26 14:02 UTC 2003 |
Joe, you're maintaining that there's no correlation between gaming and
dorkdom?
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jmsaul
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response 112 of 115:
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Jun 27 13:43 UTC 2003 |
I'm maintaining that the correlation isn't as high as it may appear. The
dorks are a lot more visible, while you may not even know that the non-dorks
are gamers.
(As a side note, I have a friend who games and does parasailing. ;-)
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phenix
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response 113 of 115:
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Jun 28 14:16 UTC 2003 |
let's see, i was on staff of u*con '95
and recently i ran gaming for conclaive '02
now dork is differnt' from insane. i'm merly talking about having highly
irrational beliefs not being totally socially inept (though, there are alot of
gamers with low social skillz) (side note: it's fun to watch them larp with
socially well adjusted girls. behold the power of boobs)
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jmsaul
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response 114 of 115:
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Jun 28 15:15 UTC 2003 |
I've met a number of gamers who are socially inept, but I've met very few with
highly irrational beliefs.
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orinoco
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response 115 of 115:
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Jun 28 16:36 UTC 2003 |
Irrational _ideas,_ yes. Irrational _beliefs,_ no. Most of the gamers I've
met have had a pretty good grip on the line between fantasy and reality when
they've needed to. I guess that's what comes from spending a lot of your free
time fiddling around with that line.
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