Quote from: BrantaiI agree with the sentiment that there's not much here to do, otherwise.  Some people opt to start drinking at an early age and some people opt to nerd out.  Also, fair warning: they put bacon on fucking everything here.

It's true. And it's weird, because even the nerds start drinking early, and I love bacon.

So, wait, are we known for wargaming now, though?
I thought there might be a bunch of role-playing because the Midwest tends to be a little low on culture, so we needed to invent some. >.>

Quote from: Thanatos02It's true. And it's weird, because even the nerds start drinking early, and I love bacon.

I don't drink.

But bacon?  Bacon comes from God's own butt.

EDIT: Wait, no.

So wait, how many of us are living in the midwest here, anyhow?

Quote from: Dr Rotwang!But bacon?  Bacon comes from God's own butt.

EDIT: Wait, no.

Yes!  Don't backslide on the bacon.

Quote from: ReimdallYes!  Don't backslide on the bacon.

Huh huh huh.  "Backslide".

Okay, it's like it comes OFF of God's butt, not OUT of Go-

Look, you can sort it out.

Quote from: Thanatos02So wait, how many of us are living in the midwest here, anyhow?

Don't know if you can count me as I'm out of the region, but I'm a former cornhusker.  You just don't get more midwest than that.

Quote from: SpikeDon't know if you can count me as I'm out of the region, but I'm a former cornhusker.  You just don't get more midwest than that.

Same here.  I'm a former jayhawker, though more as a fan of KU basketball than as a pre-civil war paramilitary abolitionist.

Quote from: ReimdallSame here.  I'm a former jayhawker, though more as a fan of KU basketball than as a pre-civil war paramilitary abolitionist.

Pretty low post-count for a guy that old.

Quote from: Dr Rotwang!Look, you can sort it out.

Bacon = Glory.  Sorted.

Quote from: Dr Rotwang!Pretty low post-count for a guy that old.

Dude, I gotta keep Kansas a free state, then post when I can.

Quote from: flyingmicePittsburgh on the other hand had not spot of level ground larger than a VW bug. The folks there have one leg shorter than the other for better purchase on the slopes. They look with distain on lesser mortals and mountain goats.

-clash

:haw: The beautiful river hills of The Burg.  

I asked a co-worker who's from Lake Geneva.  Apparently, there's not a whole hell of a lot to do there.

Quote from: SpikeIt strikes me that the midwest is full of down to earth 'do it yourself' sensible people.  Never mind that in California everything is done out of doors (beaches, cars, whatever) and people on the coasts are, for reasons unfathomable to me, obsessed with 'cool' of one sort or another.

See, when you have a bunch of people who think the out of doors is for work (farming, shoveling snow, whatever) and who like to get their hands in... and don't have some weird, unrealistic, hangups about violence... well, I suppose it was only a matter of time before someone decided they were tired of just recreating the battles and tired of just listening too/reading the stories and decided they wanted to DO the stuff.

Based purely on vague stereotypes of the regions of course.

I was born and raised in Ohio, near Cleveland, and have lived in Southern California for a few years now, and I have to say I see a lot of truth in what you're saying here. There is a definite cultural difference between the midwest and the coasts, and from my own perspective, you pretty much hit the nail on the head. The bit about the importance of "cool" is spot-on - the notion of what is and isn't cool on the coasts (I've been to New York, and have known people from there) is very narrowly and rigidly defined, much more so than where I'm from originally. In my experience. I know this is purely anecdotal. I also know it is a gross generalization. And all that other qualifying blahblahblah.

Quote from: Elliot WilenPeople are settling on climate, and it's plausible. But it's not just the midwest: most of the northeast, at least down to Maryland (which is the Mid-Atlantic if you want to get picky), has cold winters--often rainy and cold, far worse than snow--and stiflingly hot summers.

Dude rainy far worst than snow? You must be out side your mind. Come on up to the upper penisuka of michigan with me this winter. See what bad snowy conditions really are. Up in the Keweenaw they get an average snowfall of 250 inches per year. Theres only three things to do there in winter. Snowmobile, drink, and game.

Quote from: RoninDude rainy far worst than snow? You must be out side your mind. Come on up to the upper penisuka of michigan with me this winter.

Thanks for the offer! But...probably not!

Around Maryland, and probably the rest of the Atlantic seaboard, though, snow really is better than rain, at least if you're a kid and provided it isn't during a blizzard. After a significant snowstorm, it's fun fun fun.

But the worst is cold rain, sleet, freezing rain, which come pretty often from autumn through spring.

We don't have mountains here in IL, so we build our own.

Climate?  Eh, maybe.  I mean, we gamed, as a kid, in the summer as much as the winter.

Flat?  Sure, in places.  I mean, the Cheeseheads call us Flatlanders (if they are in a nice mood).

There's a ton to do in Lake Geneva - depending on what you like to do. It's a bit of a tourist area, but there's ton of outdoor stuff.  They have movie theaters, bars, etc.  I mean, it's no Chicago, from whence EGG hails. Whenever I hear people say "there's not a lot to do" I tend to think they mean "of a certain category of 'things to do'"

What about the possibility that once the first one(s) hit the market, the places most likely impacted were around the source.  so they had the longest time to absorb the idea and then build upon it.  So in the early days, the people most exposed to gaming were in and around the upper midwest so the virus struck first there.  It would seem natural that the first follow-ups would come from that same area.

Just a thought.

Any time, Sett.  I have two extra rooms and a basement ready for gaming.