How old are people here?

Black Vulmea · May 09, 2014, 04:42:03 PM

Quote from: Shipyard Locked;745044Ooh, secondary thread question! - For those of you who have had children, was it as disruptive to RPGs as generally described?

As my kids got older, it got harder as the they became more involved in a range of extracurricular activities - baseball and soccer for my son, dance and cheer for my daughter. My time is spent ferrying them around, attending practices, rehearsals, games, and performances, and socializing with other families with whom we share activities.

Kravell · May 09, 2014, 10:36:40 PM

Quote from: Shipyard Locked;745044I've been doing it for nearly two decades and I can't imagine what it would take to dislodge it from my top 5 hobbies list. Of course that's easy to say since I'm childfree by choice.

Ooh, secondary thread question! - For those of you who have had children, was it as disruptive to RPGs as generally described?

I game every other week and cancel a few times a year for the kids. My wife really helps me out so I can game on a regular basis.

Ravenswing · May 09, 2014, 11:45:44 PM

It's not that so many people are being self-deprecating about being 40-50. It's that half the posters here are 40-50 (points upward at the poll numbers). Misery loves company.

jan paparazzi · May 13, 2014, 04:35:03 PM

34, but I look like 24. So I hope I keep looking 10 years younger when I am 50.

Doughdee222 · May 13, 2014, 05:04:54 PM

Quote from: Lynn;747997After 40 you do start feeling a bit less springy, and some of the activities you used to mock when you were a kid suddenly are kind of nice.

But I understand what you mean; no reason not to keep up the adventuresome spirit at 50 (assuming one ever had it to begin with).

I'm 46 years old. A couple years ago I took my nieces on a vacation to New Hampshire where we visited the Cornish-Windsor bridge (2nd longest covered bridge in America.) They were mostly bored with it but I enjoyed walking on it. Then it occurred to me that when I was their age I would have been bored too, it's just a wooden bridge after all. It struck me how much people can and do change over the decades. Maybe 30 years from now they'll go back to it and be as entranced as I was.

3rik · May 13, 2014, 07:09:44 PM

Quote from: jan paparazzi;74913434, but I look like 24. So I hope I keep looking 10 years younger when I am 50.

Don't count on it.

mcbobbo · May 13, 2014, 09:45:51 PM

Quote from: 3rik;748144Don't get me started on the pictures... Really, there's a limit to the nice-sounding things I can come up with to say under such circumstances and I reached it ages ago. Nowadays I just sit there with a blank expression until they shut up and put their cellphone slideshow away. The worst thing is they don't realize themselves how boring, uninteresting and unremarkable it all is.

Sorry, pet peeve. Back on topic.

An on-topic comparison might be people telling stories about their favorite character - http://dorkland.spreadshirt.com/don-t-tell-me-about-your-character-men-A765056

It's one of those things that's really important to the 'teller' but some of the listeners can't really relate. Or if they do relate, it's in comparison to their own kids/character.

Black Vulmea · May 14, 2014, 01:30:58 AM

Quote from: 3rik;747841People who have (young) children can be disruptive to any social activity, because all they ever talk about is their kids which is extremely predictable and boring as fuck.

Attitudes like yours are one of the reasons we tend to congregate with other parents.

Cave Bear · May 14, 2014, 06:47:15 AM

I'm 28 and already getting grey hairs.

3rik · May 14, 2014, 07:17:15 AM

Quote from: Black Vulmea;749241Attitudes like yours are one of the reasons we tend to congregate with other parents.

Which is fine with me. Mind you, I never said all parents are like that. Many of them are perfectly fine and I don't mind an occasional kids anecdote.

Quote from: mcbobbo;749216An on-topic comparison might be people telling stories about their favorite character - http://dorkland.spreadshirt.com/don-t-tell-me-about-your-character-men-A765056

It's one of those things that's really important to the 'teller' but some of the listeners can't really relate. Or if they do relate, it's in comparison to their own kids/character.

Moderation is key. It's when it gets overly repetitive and predictable that it starts to get annoying and, eventually, disruptive.

mcbobbo · May 14, 2014, 09:57:38 AM

Quote from: 3rik;749258Moderation is key. It's when it gets overly repetitive and predictable that it starts to get annoying and, eventually, disruptive.

Like with Monte Python quotes, yep.

Unfortunately gamers aren't always the one with the best social skills...

Bill · May 14, 2014, 10:01:36 AM

I am so old when I started gaming you had to walk 10 miles, uphill, both ways, in the snow, with no shoes to roll 3d6 in order.

jan paparazzi · May 14, 2014, 10:44:23 AM

Quote from: 3rik;749182Don't count on it.

Foei! :nono:

mcbobbo · May 14, 2014, 11:06:59 AM

Quote from: Bill;749301I am so old when I started gaming you had to walk 10 miles, uphill, both ways, in the snow, with no shoes to roll 3d6 in order.

I actually did have to walk to school uphill both ways (large valley on the route) to school, and it did snow more than once. One time I slipped on the ice and the 2nd edition SW book I had just received went sliding probably 50 feet. Tore up the cover. I was really upset.

Kids today will never know my pain...

Panjumanju · May 14, 2014, 11:19:14 AM

Quote from: mcbobbo;749324I actually did have to walk to school uphill both ways (large valley on the route) to school, and it did snow more than once. One time I slipped on the ice and the 2nd edition SW book I had just received went sliding probably 50 feet. Tore up the cover. I was really upset.

Kids today will never know my pain...

I think it holds true. Today it's just slipped on an uncleared sidewalk and smashed your ipad with all the pdfs on it. Times haven't changed that much. Kids are still walking to school. And slipping. And destroying their things by accident.

//Panjumanju