Comments on: Leveling Up My Roleplaying Skills http://www.apathygames.com/2009/12/18/leveling-up-my-roleplaying-skills/ Zero Compromise Roleplaying Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Spyder Z http://www.apathygames.com/2009/12/18/leveling-up-my-roleplaying-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-680 Spyder Z Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:25:44 +0000 http://www.apathygames.com/?p=380#comment-680 Heheheh, that's obviously it. ;P<br><br>Really though, my personal/work life has been such a mess that I've just not gotten around to saying "This Additional Time is also Dedicated to Gaming"... I'll eventually crack and just do it. ;P Heheheh, that's obviously it. ;P

Really though, my personal/work life has been such a mess that I've just not gotten around to saying “This Additional Time is also Dedicated to Gaming”… I'll eventually crack and just do it. ;P

]]> By: Spyder Z http://www.apathygames.com/2009/12/18/leveling-up-my-roleplaying-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-262 Spyder Z Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:25:44 +0000 http://www.apathygames.com/?p=380#comment-262 Heheheh, that's obviously it. ;P<br><br>Really though, my personal/work life has been such a mess that I've just not gotten around to saying "This Additional Time is also Dedicated to Gaming"... I'll eventually crack and just do it. ;P Heheheh, that's obviously it. ;P

Really though, my personal/work life has been such a mess that I've just not gotten around to saying “This Additional Time is also Dedicated to Gaming”… I'll eventually crack and just do it. ;P

]]> By: Tyson J. Hayes http://www.apathygames.com/2009/12/18/leveling-up-my-roleplaying-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Tyson J. Hayes Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:13:23 +0000 http://www.apathygames.com/?p=380#comment-260 Well you must be having so much fun in your current campaign that you haven't thought about running yourself. :P Well you must be having so much fun in your current campaign that you haven't thought about running yourself. :P

]]> By: Spyder Z http://www.apathygames.com/2009/12/18/leveling-up-my-roleplaying-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Spyder Z Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:10:46 +0000 http://www.apathygames.com/?p=380#comment-250 I never really stopped "Playing Pretend" as a kid. I just refined and evolved it over the years into Storytelling for a game. As such my brothers were the first and longest lived (Not in game though, they frequently went through characters like some people go through paper towels. ;P ) players. That gives me a little over 15 years Roleplaying, as I don't really count pre ten years. I did actually have a system developed back then, but it was primitive enough that we'll just lump everything until ten into 1 year. :P As I moved around a lot as a kid, my group has changed so dramatically and so often that I've never really had a "Long Term" group. WA is actually the first place I've ever lived without having several large games running. O.o! (In fact, I haven't run a game in almost two years! D: ) I never really stopped “Playing Pretend” as a kid. I just refined and evolved it over the years into Storytelling for a game. As such my brothers were the first and longest lived (Not in game though, they frequently went through characters like some people go through paper towels. ;P ) players. That gives me a little over 15 years Roleplaying, as I don't really count pre ten years. I did actually have a system developed back then, but it was primitive enough that we'll just lump everything until ten into 1 year. :P As I moved around a lot as a kid, my group has changed so dramatically and so often that I've never really had a “Long Term” group. WA is actually the first place I've ever lived without having several large games running. O.o! (In fact, I haven't run a game in almost two years! D: )

]]> By: Leveling up My Roleplaying Skills - Followup | Apathy Games http://www.apathygames.com/2009/12/18/leveling-up-my-roleplaying-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-203 Leveling up My Roleplaying Skills - Followup | Apathy Games Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:19:52 +0000 http://www.apathygames.com/?p=380#comment-203 [...] two weeks ago I shared a story about how my roleplaying skills are getting older, and asked how long you have been roleplaying and who taught you.  Wolf was kind enough to share [...] [...] two weeks ago I shared a story about how my roleplaying skills are getting older, and asked how long you have been roleplaying and who taught you.  Wolf was kind enough to share [...]

]]> By: Hillary Crenshaw http://www.apathygames.com/2009/12/18/leveling-up-my-roleplaying-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Hillary Crenshaw Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:25:40 +0000 http://www.apathygames.com/?p=380#comment-183 @Wolf: I can definitely relate to not getting much school work done due to gaming. I think my record is five games at one point. Amusingly enough, it was only with two different groups of people. All four of us were running games (mine lasted a whole of three sessions) and I was involved with another game completely outside of our regular group. Now I only have three going and I feel under-stimulated. @Wolf: I can definitely relate to not getting much school work done due to gaming. I think my record is five games at one point. Amusingly enough, it was only with two different groups of people. All four of us were running games (mine lasted a whole of three sessions) and I was involved with another game completely outside of our regular group. Now I only have three going and I feel under-stimulated.

]]> By: Hillary Crenshaw http://www.apathygames.com/2009/12/18/leveling-up-my-roleplaying-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-1131 Hillary Crenshaw Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:25:00 +0000 http://www.apathygames.com/?p=380#comment-1131 @Wolf: I can definitely relate to not getting much school work done due to gaming. I think my record is five games at one point. Amusingly enough, it was only with two different groups of people. All four of us were running games (mine lasted a whole of three sessions) and I was involved with another game completely outside of our regular group. Now I only have three going and I feel under-stimulated. @Wolf: I can definitely relate to not getting much school work done due to gaming. I think my record is five games at one point. Amusingly enough, it was only with two different groups of people. All four of us were running games (mine lasted a whole of three sessions) and I was involved with another game completely outside of our regular group. Now I only have three going and I feel under-stimulated.

]]> By: Tyson J. Hayes http://www.apathygames.com/2009/12/18/leveling-up-my-roleplaying-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Tyson J. Hayes Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:27:06 +0000 http://www.apathygames.com/?p=380#comment-173 @Wolf - Thanks for the reply and sharing your story. Do you still keep in touch with your original core group or have you lost touch? Personally I've found the group I game with is still my close friends even if they move away or we don't game together as much as we used to. @Wolf – Thanks for the reply and sharing your story.

Do you still keep in touch with your original core group or have you lost touch?

Personally I’ve found the group I game with is still my close friends even if they move away or we don’t game together as much as we used to.

]]> By: Tyson J. Hayes http://www.apathygames.com/2009/12/18/leveling-up-my-roleplaying-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-1130 Tyson J. Hayes Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:27:00 +0000 http://www.apathygames.com/?p=380#comment-1130 @Wolf - Thanks for the reply and sharing your story. Do you still keep in touch with your original core group or have you lost touch? Personally I've found the group I game with is still my close friends even if they move away or we don't game together as much as we used to. @Wolf – Thanks for the reply and sharing your story.

Do you still keep in touch with your original core group or have you lost touch?

Personally I’ve found the group I game with is still my close friends even if they move away or we don’t game together as much as we used to.

]]> By: Wolf http://www.apathygames.com/2009/12/18/leveling-up-my-roleplaying-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Wolf Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:40:12 +0000 http://www.apathygames.com/?p=380#comment-170 I started in 1985-'86, my roleplaying skills are almost legal to rent a car (or has that changed?), and have been legal enough to drink for almost 3 years now give or take. Man, the group we had back then were raggedy. And most of the guys moved away, but the core is still there, or were back in '03. Then I became one of the guys who moved away. (even after a 4 year stint in the Army, we still got together and threw the dice all the way up till when I left. I think it was about 1992 when we ran a session of Star Wars (the best and original West End Games version, IMHO) for a marathon 15 or so hours, and just as the sun was coming up, we realized that none of us remembered rolling dice. And we were having a ton of fun, so then we just started seeing how much fun we could have just getting into character... That was the first time, the day before I die will be the last. During my time I've gamed with my core group, two college groups (along with that core group, yah, there's a reason I went into the military, I never got work done in college, what with upwards of 6 games a week, I mean come on now. LOL, seriously though). A local group of Germans when I was in Germany for a few years, two Great, and I mean Great, groups in the 82nd Airborne, back to my old home town group after the service, then I picked up another group or two back home, Then I moved out here to Arizona, and have been in 7 or 8 groups here, still trying to settle down, but I think that a core group is bubbling out of the flotsam there too. Great article, and good for stirring up the memories. Thanks. I started in 1985-’86, my roleplaying skills are almost legal to rent a car (or has that changed?), and have been legal enough to drink for almost 3 years now give or take.

Man, the group we had back then were raggedy. And most of the guys moved away, but the core is still there, or were back in ’03. Then I became one of the guys who moved away. (even after a 4 year stint in the Army, we still got together and threw the dice all the way up till when I left.

I think it was about 1992 when we ran a session of Star Wars (the best and original West End Games version, IMHO) for a marathon 15 or so hours, and just as the sun was coming up, we realized that none of us remembered rolling dice. And we were having a ton of fun, so then we just started seeing how much fun we could have just getting into character… That was the first time, the day before I die will be the last.

During my time I’ve gamed with my core group, two college groups (along with that core group, yah, there’s a reason I went into the military, I never got work done in college, what with upwards of 6 games a week, I mean come on now. LOL, seriously though). A local group of Germans when I was in Germany for a few years, two Great, and I mean Great, groups in the 82nd Airborne, back to my old home town group after the service, then I picked up another group or two back home, Then I moved out here to Arizona, and have been in 7 or 8 groups here, still trying to settle down, but I think that a core group is bubbling out of the flotsam there too.

Great article, and good for stirring up the memories. Thanks.

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