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General Newbieness Posted on: 10-03-2004 @ 08:51 am |
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This game can be frustrating at times. I know basics, like how to play but I don't know a whole lot of what makes it real and tangible. I should say I know the mechanics, but not the heart of it. It does tend to bug me when I chat with other people and they are going on about this and that and I have no idea what they are talking about. The frustration isn't with them, it's with the volume of material to be found and digested. I have no idea where to start or what to look for. All in all, my gaming experiences to date have been very good, but I just have to learn things one scrap at a time and it's a pain in the a**. You have all been at the point I'm at, maybe some of you were quite some time ago, but you have been there. Sitting there, just starting out, while your friends hash out the last big campaign they were on. "Mythos smacked the crap outta that thing. You remember that? I thought we were all goners, until Mysticelf cast that spell." You just watch and listen in a ignorant fog while that combat is rehashed for 20 minutes. Not bored or anything, just lost in the sauce. After a while, you just tend to write up your character background or read while the table does this sort of thing. You half-listen, picking up on familiar names and place, but for the most part you just filter it. There is no problems with it, and it tends to add more to the social aspect of the game, sharing something in common, a group dynamic if you will. But at the same time, it's like being on the outside looking in. This is something you deal with as a new player in a group that has been gaming together for years and years. IT also has it's benefits too. Being incorporated into that dynamic and treated as an equal the first time you take a chair at the table. While you may have to have things 'dumbed' down for you, they are explained with patience and forebearance. 'Ok, you have to have Gwendyl do this to roll for attack and add this. It's simple and I'm sure you will pick it up in no tme, but if you have questions, toss em out, we have enough people to answer them.' While I've advanced past that stage, anything I need to know is answered if I just throw out a question. As with anything that anyone is interested in, it becomes easier to explain when you really want one to grasp the concept. To understand you. Camaraderie and being at ease comes with the passage of time, though it doesn't take much time. Pretty soon your rocking and rolling, hackin and slashin with the rest of them. And thus ends my rant for the day.
Last updated on 10-03-2004 @ 08:51 am
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