[Parody]

It is, unfortunately, too easy to slip into socializing and goofing around and not playing. One of my friends had one of their gaming nights end due to this. Having a regular social time can be fun, but not if you're expecting to game.

Both of the campaigns I was in earlier this year (one running, one playing) decided to focus on the game more and it definitely improved them. Instead, we started having a defined food and socializing time and clamped down on the socializing during gaming time, which worked pretty well for our groups.