This is just a question to satisfy my curiosity. How many people do you know in real life that frequents this or any forum?
I know a lot of you won't care but I also posted a similar poll (http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=357914) on the Big Purple:keke:
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I used to game with Hinterwelt, I've met Zachary the First & Dr.Rotwang!(IIRC). So I've meet a few.
On this forum I don't know anyone and haven't met anyone in real life-on another forum I've met a small group of people, who also happen to be friends of friends I know in real life. A few of my real life friends frequent various forums.
I have done 4 business deals with people that I've met on the SJG forums, There have been at least TWO different women flirt with me via PM at the Orange & Friendly, two frequent posters over there sought out my phone number and called me up on the phone. (Paladin/The Gunny was one of them - and Yeah He Really IS a marine)
Because of the now well-known outfit I wear and charity activity that i do at Gen Con...I have met at leat 8 people that frequent this forum and the Big Purple. (maybe more). A few people said "Hey you're that guy online....without telling me what their handle/avatar was. It was just busy enough at times that I couldn't get more details on a few people.
Thing is I have more respect for all the people that introduced themselves in-person. (Hi Zachary, JoeWolz, C.W....etc....) I suspect there were a few more that were either too shy to speak up at Gen Con or might have been holding a grudge about arguments or debates that I forgot about.
By-the-way , Tehana from rpg.net is really cute in person and has nice eyes.
- Ed C.
I was about to vote 'only by persona, but I might arrange a meeting', but then I remembered I bought jrient's Mekton Zeta books, so...I've done business with one forum member.
Via eBay. But there was email!
I think I may have run into Koltar at Gencon 2006,if he was there. Otherwise it was dude that looked just like him.
Quote from: McrowI think I may have run into Koltar at Gencon 2006,if he was there. Otherwise it was dude that looked just like him.
I've been told that I was the only Klingon there this past year and one of the very few in 2006.
IF you walked past the Jail Table in front of the exhibitors hall after hours in August 2006 and saw a guy with 1 or 2 other people trying to get a
GURPS:TRAVELLER game started up - that was me.
- Ed C.
the closest answer was "know personae/would meet IRL".
i did stumble upon a guy i gamed with in undergrad over at rpg.net. a little while later i also stumbled upon one from my old (local) group as well there. but since i moved to this place, i haven't had contact with them.
would like to do business with some from here, but i need some disposable income, first.
To date I've met three people from forums and gamed with them. Having got on well online I was actually disappointed with the gaming. I suspect that the people we'd actually most enjoy playing with are the ones we often spend most time arguing with.
I've met four or five folks from RPGnet, and found out a couple of people I game with have accounts there and at another forum or two I frequent.
I've also met about a dozen folks from my car owners club forum when we went to a track day a few years ago.
I've been introduced to one person via forum and have had a couple of near encounters with people who've come here on vacation. I never really have the time to look up folks when I'm back on the mainland.
Hmmm...
As far as I know, no one.
I'm so lonely.
"By-the-way , Tehana from rpg.net is really cute in person and has nice eyes."
You just threw that in there to rub our noses in it, didn't you?
Quote from: Danger"By-the-way , Tehana from rpg.net is really cute in person and has nice eyes."
You just threw that in there to rub our noses in it, didn't you?
Dude,
Before she moved out of state and changed her hair color , she used to shop at the game store that I work at. This year at Gen Con she told me that she really misses Cincinnati. Tehana only moved to Massachusetts to be with her boyfriend.
In 2006, she recognized me through all the Klingon stuff and gave me a good hug - I was feeling down, so that hug helped. I tend to remember really good hugs from good looking gamer girls.
- Ed C.
At your age I'm surprised you don't hurt yourself to see if you still feel....:P
I've met a few folks. Mostly through forums that were very setting or system specific. Met a ton through some of the old Kult boards back in the day. Also met a few on a forum that is set up for gamers in a specific area.
But I don't think I've met anyone on a big board like rpgnet, this one or any other.
I met Bill (Hinter) and Pete (formerly Moriarty) at a Game day in Mt Prospect. As far as I know, I've not met anyone else.
GenCon next year might change that as I'll be expected to kidnap Doc! and I hope to find a way to get in some gaming with folks like Zachary, AM, Clash, Hinter and all the other lucky bastards I had hoped to meet last this year.
I always thought it was weird that I actually worked, for a time, at the same institution as Ron Edwards - even did some IT work for the specific college to which he belonged if I'm not mistaken, but never , as far as I know, crossed paths with him. Then again, it was during my break from gaming and gaming related things, so I was unaware.
I've met Balbinus in London and Madrid. He's as cool IRL as he's here :) I intend to meet as many of you as possible. This place has a lot of cool people hanging around.
The poll has exclusive results, when it seems like there should be multiple results. i.e. I've met people through forums, but I've also known people beforehand who post in forums.
Around these parts, I knew Elliot mainly from a period of face-to-face gaming before encountering him on theRPGsite. (Though he connected with our group through the Harn forums, as I recall.)
Yep, however we also interacted at least obliquely through rec.games.frp.advocacy back in the day.
In fact, nearly all my current gamer contacts came through the net, with the remainder being people I met through the Endgame minicons.
Boo! to the single choice poll. I need multiple choice! :)
There is only a limit of 10 options on this forum when you make a poll...if I had it my way, there would have been a few more than that.
Quote from: KoltarThing is I have more respect for all the people that introduced themselves in-person. (Hi Zachary, JoeWolz, C.W....etc....) I suspect there were a few more that were either too shy to speak up at Gen Con or might have been holding a grudge about arguments or debates that I forgot about.
Heh... I passed the jail but wasn't sure it was you outside it (damn klingons all look the same...)
Quote from: beejazzHeh... I passed the jail but wasn't sure it was you outside it (damn klingons all look the same...)
According to most attendees - I was the only one who actually looked like a Klingon. (or got the look right)
- Ed C.
I know Malcolm Sheppard (eyebeamz) IRL, sort of, and some members of my RL group post or read this forum.
I'd already met a smattering of posters before I got online. JoeWolz and Brantai are two people that I've gone to school and gamed with, for example, but other then that, I haven't met anyone.
If there was a meetup fairly nearby, I'd try to go, though.
Quote from: KoltarAccording to most attendees - I was the only one who actually looked like a Klingon. (or got the look right)
- Ed C.
Then it was you. Maybe next year.
off subject slightly but how many of you are relatively close to the Indianapolis, IN and surrounding areas? In other words, how much interest would there be in arranging some kind of get-together now or in the next few months?
Quote from: ancientgameroff subject slightly but how many of you are relatively close to the Indianapolis, IN and surrounding areas? In other words, how much interest would there be in arranging some kind of get-together now or in the next few months?
Cincinnati is within 2 hours driving time of there.
(depending on speeding, road construction and /or obeying the speed limits) So, yeah I'd be interested.
- Ed C.
that's one!...maybe I should make a different post but i'll hold off for now:)