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Rando
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I am a gamer on the edge.
I play Magic every Friday, and throw in a few PTQ's and every pre-release and that makes me a busy guy when you factor in a full time job and a marrige.
Now, throw into the mix a now year-old D&D campaign that has attracted 12 players! That's a big group to handle and a lot of material to produce...and I never use pre-printed moduales or campaign settings.
And then, there's my new gaming pride and joy...an on-going Battletech campaign that started with 2 players and, through word-of-mouth and play-to-learn demos, has grown to 10!
To be properly prepared for everything, be it the right deck, or a new adventure, or the force composition for the merc company's latest search and destroy mission, I must devote several hours every day to my hobbies.
...and I haven't even mentioned painting the miniatures and building the terrain to keep my games looking super spiffy. The best way to attact a new player is to catch their eye...and while I may be a handsome fella, 20-something year old game geeks are usualy more attracted to a well painted Atlas battlemech or a fully realized medeaval village in 25mm scale then a 26 year old red head with smouldering brown eyes and a boyish grin.
Why do I do it? Why would I drive myself to the point of emotional and mental exaustion each and every week for a group of, for the most part, hygene-chalanged and socialy retarded individials?
Because I am loving every minute of it.
It has always been my philosophy that the games we play tell the world more about us then the work we do. Why? Because we work because we have to. We play because we want to. In the end it is what we want to do that shows the true self. How we get away from "real life" speaks more of the heart and soul of a person then "Hi, may I take your order" ever could.
A blessed and lucky few of us get to work in the industry we also play in. That would be a dream, but an as unrealistic one wanting to grow up to be president. Sure, it could happen, but probably not. So, because I can not make any money off of what I enjoy doing, I will spend it, and most of my time as well.
I may start a column about gaming in general, "Rando's How to be a Gamer" or something. I don't know. I'm not even sure what this post is supposed to be, what it became, or what it's original intentions were.
So, I leave you with this...
Get out there and play something. Don't quit. Always be a child at heart, and never take yourself or those around you too seriously. I'm seeing too much of that silliness around here lately. We, and you, don't need it. There's already too much of it out there in the "real world".
I play Magic every Friday, and throw in a few PTQ's and every pre-release and that makes me a busy guy when you factor in a full time job and a marrige.
Now, throw into the mix a now year-old D&D campaign that has attracted 12 players! That's a big group to handle and a lot of material to produce...and I never use pre-printed moduales or campaign settings.
And then, there's my new gaming pride and joy...an on-going Battletech campaign that started with 2 players and, through word-of-mouth and play-to-learn demos, has grown to 10!
To be properly prepared for everything, be it the right deck, or a new adventure, or the force composition for the merc company's latest search and destroy mission, I must devote several hours every day to my hobbies.
...and I haven't even mentioned painting the miniatures and building the terrain to keep my games looking super spiffy. The best way to attact a new player is to catch their eye...and while I may be a handsome fella, 20-something year old game geeks are usualy more attracted to a well painted Atlas battlemech or a fully realized medeaval village in 25mm scale then a 26 year old red head with smouldering brown eyes and a boyish grin.
Why do I do it? Why would I drive myself to the point of emotional and mental exaustion each and every week for a group of, for the most part, hygene-chalanged and socialy retarded individials?
Because I am loving every minute of it.
It has always been my philosophy that the games we play tell the world more about us then the work we do. Why? Because we work because we have to. We play because we want to. In the end it is what we want to do that shows the true self. How we get away from "real life" speaks more of the heart and soul of a person then "Hi, may I take your order" ever could.
A blessed and lucky few of us get to work in the industry we also play in. That would be a dream, but an as unrealistic one wanting to grow up to be president. Sure, it could happen, but probably not. So, because I can not make any money off of what I enjoy doing, I will spend it, and most of my time as well.
I may start a column about gaming in general, "Rando's How to be a Gamer" or something. I don't know. I'm not even sure what this post is supposed to be, what it became, or what it's original intentions were.
So, I leave you with this...
Get out there and play something. Don't quit. Always be a child at heart, and never take yourself or those around you too seriously. I'm seeing too much of that silliness around here lately. We, and you, don't need it. There's already too much of it out there in the "real world".
