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How do you help your local gamers/gaming community? Do you?

Started by Serious Paul, March 31, 2008, 03:16:42 PM

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C.W.Richeson

#15
April 02, 2008, 02:08:56 AM
I also used to.  I put a lot of work into it, but then I moved away.  The next community wasn't as welcoming and when I returned to the first I just didn't have the desire.

I've been kicking around the idea of running some monthly demos at local shops, but I've not convinced myself that I really want to drive out there and run demos.  I think I'd rather just have another game at home - doing demos and such seems too much like work to me.
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April 02, 2008, 02:43:35 AM
I'm not involved in the gaming community much. I've tried to connect with local communities on and off but haven't found the right one yet.  

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April 02, 2008, 04:14:00 AM
Community be damned.
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Zardoz

#18
April 02, 2008, 05:33:20 AM
I run games at local conventions.
 

Hackmastergeneral

#19
April 02, 2008, 06:52:15 AM
I don't.

I was once heavily involved with the local gaming scene, but they are a bunch of tinpot dictators with pretensions far above what their actual power/ability are.  Organizing a con was a pissing match between people who had too big an ego and/or delusions of power.

The local Camarilla group is pretty much the same, except all the judges are buddy buddy with the Prince and his clique, and the whole thing is a big excvuse for them to get their power masturbation fantasies on.

I owe the local gaming community nothing.
 

Anemone

#20
April 02, 2008, 12:25:00 PM
Quote from: HackmastergeneralI owe the local gaming community nothing.
It's true, and anyways I think that getting involved because you felt you "owe" would be a chore doomed to collapse.  Anything I do, I do for fun.

That said, any organization has its kings of the hill, its whiners, its drama llamas, and its apathetic slugs.  I enjoy hearing about people who run against the same thing when organizing, say, the local choir, amateur sports league, or beer club; it gives me perspective about the gaming community.  :D
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