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[drydem]

Let me clear up my enigmatic comment of earlier. Right now, I feel like the constant pressure of participating in game after game after game has made it so that I have not had a chance to connect with anyone in a non-game capacity for like a year and a half. If I can't find a way to integrate a social life in which I can make friends with the gaming that's being done then I am going to drop the gaming, because it is beginning to feel to me like an artificial social life.
When it comes down to it, I really just want to be able to have people over to my house to hang out and chat, I miss just hanging out with people as myself. It's not because I don't want to see gaming people, It's because I want to see the people, not the games.

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[bneuensc.livejournal.com]

I see your point, but have a slightly different take on it, I think. It's true that much of my socialization, at the moment, revolves around gaming. But the reason for this is that I'm very very busy, and don't really have the time for hanging out and chatting that I'd like to -- I wish I did, but I don't. Gaming survives the time crunch because it's a scheduled thing; random hanging out falls prey to the "well, I'd like to, but I have this that and the other thing I should get done." And for me, quitting or cutting back on gaming wouldn't solve the problem; the newly freed-up time would only get sucked into the black hole of other things I need to do. This way, though, at least I'm guaranteed of seeing other people who aren't my classmates, my professors, or Kyle at least a couple of times a month. :-)

[kniedzw.livejournal.com]

I could say something snarky at this point, but I shall not. :)

In general, I think that Bryn's got a good point. Gaming for me is and always has been a social activity. While I enjoy it for its own sake, the reason I return to a game is the people, and scheduled social events tend to survive the "oh, darn, I have to bail" test a little better than random get-togethers.