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Commitment to a Gaming Session

Started by Greentongue, May 14, 2014, 08:33:21 AM

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Dodger

#45
May 17, 2014, 08:16:39 PM
Quote from: S'mon;749966If he's ever in London he's welcome to send me a PM & come play... :cool:
Whereabouts in London? I'm there sometimes.
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#46
May 18, 2014, 02:06:35 AM
Quote from: S'mon;749966Now that's the kind of player I like! :D
If he's ever in London he's welcome to send me a PM & come play...
Hah, I'll let him know.  Truth be told, he's crazily devoted to playing in my campaigns.  Way back when he was in college (back in the mid-80s), I was in Boston, and he was in school in the extreme opposite side of the state.  He'd drive 3+ hours each way to make a four hour gaming session.  I'd tell him, "Dude, I'm not that good a GM."  He smiled and ignored me.

As far as other factors go, I agree that the GM's equally responsible for keeping a steady schedule.  It's what caused me to take an eight year break from tabletop: I'd gotten heavily involved in LARPing, my weekend schedule became erratic, and I'd been hardcore, all-the-damn-time GMing for 17 years.  I loved boffer fantasy weekend-long LARPing, and I needed a change.  (Can't say I regret it, not least of which I met my wife there ...)
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TheShadow

#47
May 18, 2014, 02:22:03 AM
Quote from: Scott Anderson;750000The famous "shit test."  This is a sure sign you chose your spouse poorly.

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S'mon

#48
May 18, 2014, 02:56:34 AM
Quote from: soltakss;749991Just messing with my head - she asked why I wasn't going to the game about half an hour before the game would have started. Dontchya love 'em?

Hmm. We have a calendar with D&D nights etc scheduled on it, that doesn't get messed with. :D
Although thinking about it, as Kyle Aaron indicated upthread, we got organised because we had a child and had to get organised in order to schedule babysitting, school pickup etc; I remember things being a lot messier back in the old days.

S'mon

#49
May 18, 2014, 03:03:56 AM
Quote from: Scott Anderson;750000The famous "shit test."  This is a sure sign you chose your spouse poorly.

I could be wrong, but my understanding is that shit tests are a natural part of female behaviour to a mate or potential mate, they're not an indicator of contempt and they don't indicate a bad woman, what matters is how they are handled. I've learned (somewhat painfully) that the correct response is not to supplicate to them, you have to go "of course I'm going to the game" - in good humour. OTOH you should probably aim to do something nice - but unsolicited - for her soon afterwards.

S'mon

#50
May 18, 2014, 03:08:07 AM
Quote from: Dodger;750006Whereabouts in London? I'm there sometimes.

I run games at the London D&D Meetup - http://www.meetup.com/London-DnD/messages/boards/ - currently 4e D&D and Pathfinder per sig, sometimes BX/Labyrinth Lord or AD&D/OSRIC (looking at maybe running my next Paizo AP in OSRIC). The Meetup venues are in central London in the City (Monday/Tuesday) and Borough (weekends).

Greentongue

#51
May 18, 2014, 10:11:29 AM
Quote from: Shawn Driscoll;749978What social contract did your game group all agree to?
Maybe that is a problem. I (foolishly?) think that if you express interest in playing you imply agreement to showing up weekly at that same time. Unless of course an exception is discussed and agreed on by the person running the game.
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soltakss

#52
May 18, 2014, 02:08:22 PM
Quote from: Scott Anderson;750000The famous "shit test."  This is a sure sign you chose your spouse poorly.

The many reasons why I chose my spouse poorly don't generally have anything to do with RPGs.

The many reasons why my spouse chose poorly definitely include my playing RPGs, though.

What it does mean, is that next time it happens, I can confidently cite this as a precedent as to why I can play on a Bank Holiday, thus taking the moral high ground. However, I have been married long enough to have had the naivety and innocence removed, so I know it won't end well. :)
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#53
May 18, 2014, 09:44:58 PM
Quote from: Greentongue;750064Maybe that is a problem. I (foolishly?) think that if you express interest in playing you imply agreement to showing up weekly at that same time. Unless of course an exception is discussed and agreed on by the person running the game.
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There are a lot of gaming circles where you imply agreement to show up weekly at the same time ... unless there's something you'd rather be doing, in which case tough for the group.

Where people get into trouble is when they just presume that the Way Things Are Done that they're used to/prefer is a universal truth.
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