It's intresting you should talk about this because my article that I was going to interveiw you for (and still hope to) is largely about the community created by a large LARP.
But I dunno, for me personaly I don't think my lack-of-hanging-out-with-people has anything to do with gaming. It's just crippling and painful fear of social situations like calling someone and asking them if they want to hang out. Many of those who flock to our game (though by no means all) come from a certain amount of "nerd" background where-in thier social skills are not so developed. Talking about and being in game is something they are good at and it acts as a shield as I am sure you know. If you really do want to hang out with folks outside of it, then take the initiative. Call someone and say "Hey, feel like comming over for some tea and a game of checkers?". I don't think anyone dislikes out-of-game social events, I think they are just harder for some.
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Date: 2004-03-31 12:54 pm (UTC)It's intresting you should talk about this because my article that I was going to interveiw you for (and still hope to) is largely about the community created by a large LARP.
But I dunno, for me personaly I don't think my lack-of-hanging-out-with-people has anything to do with gaming. It's just crippling and painful fear of social situations like calling someone and asking them if they want to hang out. Many of those who flock to our game (though by no means all) come from a certain amount of "nerd" background where-in thier social skills are not so developed. Talking about and being in game is something they are good at and it acts as a shield as I am sure you know. If you really do want to hang out with folks outside of it, then take the initiative. Call someone and say "Hey, feel like comming over for some tea and a game of checkers?". I don't think anyone dislikes out-of-game social events, I think they are just harder for some.