dnemiller wrote:
Well I just noticed there is not a lot of conversation going on. It seems strange to me because I know for a ton of folks this used to occupy a large block of their day. So have they moved on to other games and their forums? It is hard to communicate for several years at a huge level and then just kind of stop doing so without filling it with something.
For me it has been the pursuit of a Phd. Which I am still doing. I spend almost every waking hour either reading a book that I need to or writing a paper of some sort. I just this week had time to read the Mercy Kill book because I have a little time between summer session and fall semester.
I know Nate and I spend countless hours putting Dylan through a plyometrics workout course for football season. Then we also spend a great amount of time debating Marvel Super Heroes which we both really enjoy. Nate has moved on to collecting comic books. He is getting ready to head back to Ok State for his Sophomore year and I must be honest I am quite depressed about it. I am watching my second son move on with his life and realizing that just like Chase our time has become very limited. I am very impressed with the young man he has become and that makes it even harder.
Anyways I just thought if anyone just likes to communicate with something other than Facebook.
I love reading about Dennis aka Boris the Dwarf. He swore for years he would never have a child and now here 2013 he sits with a baby boy. That is just too awesome.
Funny how life works out sometimes. It just takes being with the right person to make you want to be a parent, I suppose.
Sadly, I don't spend as much on Gamers as I once did. Last year right before GenCon (like the Friday before the convention), I quit my job of seven years that had provided me quite a bit of freedom to help with things like the v-set and enjoy forum time. I had just gotten married a few months prior and decided to move to Chattanooga where she was living. I put my house on the market and as soon as GenCon was over, headed down there for what I thought would be the last time. But life has a funny way of working out. Four months later I got a job offer to manage a news bureau in Owensboro, and I'd been having bad luck with realtors (don't trust a realtor who tells you she has a "partner") so we decided to move back.
Interest in Star Wars Minis around Owensboro had already been waning quite a bit even before I moved, but while I was gone, it completely died. Everyone else had just moved on from the game. So with my son coming into the world and no one to play this game with, I made the hard decision to downsize my massive collection. I kept most of my Hoth stuff - far too much sentimental value to ever let that go - but I've got about 1/3, maybe half, of what I used to. I sold off a few other games, too. Now, I get in a game of X-Wing when I can (not a lot of interest in that around here, either), and Star Trek Attack Wing. My current favorite game is the Lord of the Rings LCG, but a lot of that has to do with the fact that it can be played solo, and my wife enjoys playing it.
I guess I quit coming around as much after I stepped back from designing. There wasn't much else going on except discussion of the v-set cards, and it was hard to find interest in something I wasn't even getting to play. I'm looking forward to when my son is about 8 or so, when I can introduce him to this game. I think he will enjoy it.
Anyway, welcome back Dean! I was thinking yesterday I need to get on here and catch up on what's been going on.