05-30-2009, 12:37 PM | #21 | |
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Medford, MA
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Take for example, Swing Dancing. Swing Dancing is a social activity where you are surrounded by your friends. In some social circles, drinking your cocktails and dancing is the way to go. The circles I danced in, no one drank anything but lots and lots of water...well and maybe a soda here and there. We took our dancing very seriously, didn't want to add to dehydration, and didn't want any sort of impairment. The follow/lead relationship, especially if you are doing complicated steps/dips/aerials needs a clear head and a lot of concentration. No drinking. And we would not dance with those with those who had been drinking. The people who were drinking were having fun. We were having fun. But we would not have fun dancing with each other. Or beach volleyball. Some people want to drink, have a cookout, and play a bit of beach volleyball with their pals. Some people want to seriously play some beach volleyball with no distractions from the game, including alcohol. I can very easily game with people who are not friends of mine...because I'm not at game to hang out with friends. I'm there for the game first and foremost. And I'm pretty serious about it. When I look for a new gaming group, I'm not looking for a new group of freinds. I'm looking for excellent gamers. People who have got a certain sort of RP skill, a certain level of commitment and seriousness about the hobby, and who share certain gaming aesthetics with me. If we become friends, cool. If not, that is also fine. I would much rather game with a person I can't stand once we leave the table but who has a high level of professionalism at the table than a pal of mine who wants to drink and joke and chat and distract me and the rest of the group with social time while I'm at the table. So for some people's version of game, it is appropriate to drink and joke and chat. In other people's version of game it is not. Last edited by trooper6; 05-30-2009 at 12:43 PM. |
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05-30-2009, 12:59 PM | #22 |
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Re: Food and drink
Whew, i'm glad my group(s) don't insist anyone drinks :-).
--- But to steer somewhat back on topic: is cleanliness ever an issue, or do you guys manage well enough? |
05-30-2009, 01:03 PM | #23 | ||
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Lawrence, KS
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I regularly invite in new players to see what they'll make of my campaigns. A lot of them keep coming back. Not all of them develop social ties outside of the campaign, and I don't think they need to. I think what you're pointing at is a spectrum from people who game for the challenge and people who game for relaxation . . . the proverbial "beer and pretzels" game. I'm definitely looking for the former. Now, I wouldn't want to claim that you can't combine challenge with drinking . . . I have the impression Kromm manages to do so . . . but drinking often leads to the expectation of a fairly relaxed, casual atmosphere devoted mainly to the exchange of phatic communication. And that's specifically not what I'm looking for. On the other hand, "challenge" may suggest an emphasis on combat and a competitive attitude toward fellow players, and neither of those is what I'm talking about. The challenge I have in mind is that of portraying a person other than yourself, in a setting where such a person would exist, and figuring out how that person would react to difficult situations. Challenge as drama. Or challenge as comedy . . . but good comedy takes a very high level of focus to bring off. Bill Stoddard |
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05-30-2009, 01:04 PM | #24 | |
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Lawrence, KS
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05-30-2009, 01:43 PM | #25 |
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Vancouver, WA
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Re: Food and drink
I discourage folks that have been eating nacho cheese Doritos or Cheetos from leafing through *my* rulebooks. They can put their grubby fingers on their own books but I'm quite anal about not getting food stains on mine :)
None of my groups have ever had too much problem with cleanliness (related to food, I have met a couple of gamers that needed better hygene). M |
05-30-2009, 01:49 PM | #26 |
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: East of the moon, west of the stars, close to buses and shopping
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Re: Food and drink
The people I game with are well-adjusted adults. If they weren't, I wouldn't be spending my very sparse leisure time with them. We conduct ourselves accordingly. So, no, it isn't an issue. There are dirty dishes and such, but it's no different from any other social gathering where food and drinks are present.
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05-30-2009, 01:51 PM | #27 | |
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Portland, Oregon
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05-30-2009, 02:31 PM | #28 | |
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My group seems to think "Rob'll bring something, so we don't need to." I've taken to bringing things that only I like, but nobody else has caught the hint yet...
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05-30-2009, 03:39 PM | #29 | |
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Lawrence, KS
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I would urge you to bring just enough for yourself, and say, up front, "No one else brings snacks to share with me, so I'm just bringing a snack for myself, and not one to share." Bill Stoddard |
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05-30-2009, 03:52 PM | #30 |
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Janesville, WI
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Re: Food and drink
my group theoretically meets about once a month (lately it's been less, even), there might be a beer or two, but no heavy drinking. As for food, the game is a weekend affair because we're not able to game more then once a month (the group is quite literally scattered half-way across Wisconsin, with many people having to drive 2-3 hours to get to the game site, which rotates among the players), so the hosts will supply food like breakfast and maybe a dinner on Saturday, lunch tends to be frozen pizzas with everyone bringing one or two, and then there's quite the collection of chips, soda, Little Debbie snack cakes, and dippin' vegetables, once in a while I might make a cheeseball to bring as it's very popular.
Breakfast is usually scrambled eggs, bacon/sausage, and hash browns, or pancakes and some variation of above...or an egg strata.
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