[PBEM News] AM I OLD OR WHAT??????????

From: TJnMichigan@netzero-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (TJnKentucky)

Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 03:05:31 +0000

Hi , i am a 31 year old gamer ( I remember playing the original boxed
set D&D in the 2nd grade during lunch recess as a teacher started
a game with some of us kids as a teaching tool ) I have played and
been hooked ever since , running endless campaigns as a DM and even
writing my own game ........ A few years back , every weekend , a
plethora of players armed with Mountain Dew and Cheetos in hand would
converge on my house to enter a world shared by imagination , intrigue
and terror ...... at the kitchen table we sat (physically) yet we
traveled far into mysterious realms , battled legendary beasts and
became the stuff of legend (or Goblyn meat !!!!!)
Anyhow , These last years I have seen a huge reduction in REAL
roleplaying (tabletop) as most seem to be taking the route of the
MMORPG (which to me is about META-GAMING not roleplaying)
I recently moved from Michigan to Kentucky and have Not a soul  to
game with , nor does it seem that anyone is interested in tabletop
gaming anymore (Hell , they might miss American Idol for Gods
sake!!!!!!!)
I have been toying with the idea of joining a PBEM group , but from
what i have seen , it looks like players dictate too much and seems
to be more involved with dialouge beetween charactors than plot
.....Seems to be a player driven soap opera . I also dont understand
how anything could get done with 1 or 2 moves a week (it would take
years to complete 1 dungeon at that rate it would seem to me) ..... A
typical battle might take a year , assuming 52 actions were involved
and turns were 1 a week)
I could be mistaken , as I have NOT played a PBEM , only lurked (and
the 2 games I saw were completly player driven and thus just a
cooperative story) ...... Its a shame that good 'ol fashion
roleplaying seems dead , or am I just getting old???????
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