Hello all: For those who have been following my current emotional strife (last
count 3 people), I have good news. I've worked up the courage to ask out a
girl who frequents my local game store to lunch. She accepted! The particulars
still need to be worked out, but if all goes well I might
be back in relationship-vile again.
Later, Mark A. Siefert
"In my life, I have never seen anything like it. They would weep, they would
pray, they would say goodbye to their loved ones and then throw themselves
without fear or hesitation at the very face of death itself. Never
surrendering. No one who saw them fighting against the inevitable could help
but be moved to tears by their courage... Their stubborn nobility. When they
ran out of ships, they used guns. When they ran out of guns, they used knives
and sticks and bare hands. They were magnificent."
-Emperor Londo Mollari
Re: Humanity and the Earth/Minbari War.
"Babylon 5: In the Beginning."
"In my life, I have never seen anything like it. They would weep, they would
pray, they would say goodbye to their fellow gamers and then throw themselves
without fear or hesitation at the very face of of a relationship itself. Never
surrendering to the idea that someone was not out there. No one who saw them
trying for the inevitable could help but be moved to tears by their courage...
Their stubborn nobility in the face of the cold cruel dating world. When they
ran out of bars they tried churches, when they ran out of churches they tried
social groups, dating servies, friends even the want ads. In the end they
resorted to gamming groups. They were magnificent."
Mark: Hope everything works out right. John
> Hello all:
Hello all:
I might
> be back in relationship-vile again.
Mark, I wish you only well!
Bye for now,
> At 04:09 PM 1/27/98 -0800, you wrote:
Mark,
Make sure to carefully document all encounters with this "girl"; as it is a
widely held belief (held at least among us in the Chicago area), that these
so-called "Gamer Girls" as you call them (More specifically, women
interested in gaming) are not a naturally occuring phenomenon on planet Earth.
It could make for an interesting thesis in either anthropology or (more
likely) xenobiology.
Take care,
Ahh, Gamergirls.
Have you noticed how much nicer they smell cpompared to the male variety?:)
Enjoy it Mark, you deserve it after the year you've had.
Seth Hollingsworth.
on 27 Jan 98, FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk wrote...
> Hello all:
> On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Donald A. Chipman III wrote:
I am from Chicago, and my girlfriend plays role-playinn one of
my role playing game group, we have 4 women (GM's wife, a friend of GM, a
friend of a friend of G, and my girl friend) out of group of 8. Maybe you just
hang out with wrong people:)
> [quoted text omitted]
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*To be is infinite better then to be in the limbo flowing around...*
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On Tue, 27 Jan 1998 13:30:10 -0600 (CST), "<Mark Andrew Siefert>"
> <cthulhu@csd.uwm.edu> wrote:
> The particulars still need to be worked out, but if all goes well I
Hmm. Thinking of relationships as "vile" probably isn't the best way
to look at it on a first date. :-)
Congratulations, Mark, and good luck. On the day I met Leann we talked games
and she was actually interested. I just KNEW I wasn't going to find anyone
else like her. Women who understand your need for gaming are rare; those that
participate are even rarer. Hope it works out for you.
> Later,
> Kevin Wang wrote:
My gaming group has 3 women in it. My wife, her girlfriend and my girlfriend.
(and no, this is NOT as weird as it sounds) Out of 7
players + DM (me).
> Ahh, Gamergirls.
Something to do with NOT believing that soap and water are dangerous when
mixed, I think........ :)
> Enjoy it Mark, you deserve it after the year you've had.
But do we get an after-action report posted to the list, complete with
full OOBs and tactical analysis from both sides...? [Even more:)]
More seriously, I think there are definitely more female gamers around now
that there used to be; at the shows, we're seeing more ladies buying stuff and
taking an active interest, rather than looking terminally bored while
trailing after anorak-clad husband or boyfriend. IMHO this is a very
good thing for the hobby itself, its public image AND one's olfactory
system....
I personally know (and game with) several female roleplayers, but only two
female miniatures gamers (one of whom is the delightful Mary Gentle -
author of "Grunts", among other books, rat and orc enthusiast extraordinaire
and truly one of the most vicious playtesters I've ever met
- Oh, she fights with real swords too...)