Hack For More

MORE FILLER: Again?

I guess it's no surpise to those of you following along at home that there's more filler; my group seems to be meeting more and more sporadically. Part of the problem is that we've all been pretty darn busy: Laura and I have had to work more weekends at work, tiring us out; Seth had a wedding anniversary and a birthday, and Erich can never reschedule because he's always visiting his new girlfriend.

I feel like it's the last summer of high school all over again, when everybody wanted to just go off to college and bum around and nobody was ever able to game.

And hey, I'm cool with it. It's hard to write a column at eleven at night, the only time I have to do it, and so I'm not always that enthusiastic about gaming myself. It's frustrating to spend ostensibly free time participating in a compromise activity when there's so many other things that we all have to get done around our homes.

I almost wish the group had a few wargamers, so we could at least dig out some boxed game and just whip into it if not enough people showed, but more and more, it just seems like nobody wants to go through the hassle of gaming if we're not actually going to do the game.

Maybe it's my fault. I'm something of a primma donna GM, subjecting the players to my whims and mood swings, altering the rules from one moment ot the next, and above all, lacking any sort of consistency. Being a player with a bad GM is rough work; you find yourself wondering what the point of it is, when you could be at home, watching a movie or playing Master of Orion 3 or anything but what you're actually doing: listening to a moron babble and roll dice like some sort of spastic random number generator.

I dunno. Maybe I'm burned out; it's hard to maintain the momentum with so many fits and starts. I like to think I have a few more columns in me; that way, the bar will be sufficiently lowered for any future RPG.net columnists. ("Your column doesn't have a lot to offer, does it?"/"Hey, at least it isn't Hack For More."/"All is forgiven!")

Alternately, I might just be wallowing in self-pity; I just wanna freaking game, man!

Topics	Author	Date	Latest Reply
Thank you Ed (1) new	RL	03-22-2005 18:06	03-22-2005 18:06 new
Good Luck and God Bless (1) new	Walt C	03-17-2005 16:44	03-17-2005 16:44 new
FINISH IT! (7) new	[]D [] []\/[] []D	03-17-2005 16:21	03-30-2005 21:28 new
To a Good Bloke (1) new	Jethrow	03-16-2005 21:51	03-16-2005 21:51 new
To one of my favourite columnists (1) new	nihtgenga	03-16-2005 18:39	03-16-2005 18:39 new
Understand & Hope (1) new	Magickone	03-16-2005 10:39	03-16-2005 10:39 new
Good luck & best wishes. (12) new	Jonathan	03-15-2005 07:16	03-16-2005 07:22 new
... just like a real Catholic... (1) new	No2	02-22-2005 14:00	02-22-2005 14:00 new
...you already said that... (2) new	Ian Sokoliwski	02-22-2005 13:36	02-23-2005 06:20 new
A Machine in Search of a Mission (1) new	Ian Sokoliwski	02-14-2005 22:21	02-14-2005 22:21 new
Sorry Ed (36) new	Charlie Dunwoody	02-09-2005 12:59	02-01-2006 02:58 new
Sorry Ed (32) new	Charlie Dunwoody	02-09-2005 12:51	01-30-2006 23:37 new
A few (well lots of) remarks (13) new	Grop	02-09-2005 06:23	02-12-2005 05:22 new
Go to hell (25) new	Charlie Dunwoody	02-09-2005 04:36	04-28-2005 23:58 new
It's like school, only it's not ... (5) new	Ian Sokoliwski	02-08-2005 09:41	02-10-2005 08:50 new
V-day 'projects' (2) new	NotMousse	02-02-2005 01:38	02-02-2005 09:30 new
Let's help with column ideas :) (3) new	Ian Sokoliwski	02-01-2005 23:18	02-02-2005 09:27 new
'Huge Zombie Tank Farm' (6) new	Ian Sokoliwski	01-25-2005 18:42	01-27-2005 08:07 new
Meet the Characters! (1) new	Laura	01-19-2005 09:47	01-19-2005 09:47 new
Why so worked up about a good session? (4) new	Ryan	01-11-2005 13:00	01-12-2005 08:38 new

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MORE FILLER: Again?

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MORE FILLER: Again?

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Hack For More MORE FILLER: Again? by Edward McEneely Sep 14,2004	Hack For More MORE FILLER: Again? I guess it's no surpise to those of you following along at home that there's more filler; my group seems to be meeting more and more sporadically. Part of the problem is that we've all been pretty darn busy: Laura and I have had to work more weekends at work, tiring us out; Seth had a wedding anniversary and a birthday, and Erich can never reschedule because he's always visiting his new girlfriend. I feel like it's the last summer of high school all over again, when everybody wanted to just go off to college and bum around and nobody was ever able to game. And hey, I'm cool with it. It's hard to write a column at eleven at night, the only time I have to do it, and so I'm not always that enthusiastic about gaming myself. It's frustrating to spend ostensibly free time participating in a compromise activity when there's so many other things that we all have to get done around our homes. I almost wish the group had a few wargamers, so we could at least dig out some boxed game and just whip into it if not enough people showed, but more and more, it just seems like nobody wants to go through the hassle of gaming if we're not actually going to do the game. Maybe it's my fault. I'm something of a primma donna GM, subjecting the players to my whims and mood swings, altering the rules from one moment ot the next, and above all, lacking any sort of consistency. Being a player with a bad GM is rough work; you find yourself wondering what the point of it is, when you could be at home, watching a movie or playing Master of Orion 3 or anything but what you're actually doing: listening to a moron babble and roll dice like some sort of spastic random number generator. I dunno. Maybe I'm burned out; it's hard to maintain the momentum with so many fits and starts. I like to think I have a few more columns in me; that way, the bar will be sufficiently lowered for any future RPG.net columnists. ("Your column doesn't have a lot to offer, does it?"/"Hey, at least it isn't Hack For More."/"All is forgiven!") Alternately, I might just be wallowing in self-pity; I just wanna freaking game, man!