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Joined: Wed Apr 30, 2003 4:23 pm
Posts: 789
Location: Tampa, Florida
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What is up people? In case anyone hasn't noticed the lack of arguing in many of the gaming forums, I kind of dipped off the radar screen. I had a feeling that the gaming bug in me might be going away for awhile now, and it looks like it was for real.
Last summer my girlfriend and I of four years broke up and there has no doubt been a huge change in my life since then. I wasn't too happy about it, but what the hell. Why waste anymore time with someone who obviously isn't THE one?
Anyway, about six years ago I had realized I just wasn't playing games anymore and sold most of it. I kept my most of my Epic stuff, but I even got rid of some of that stuff too. Yeah, I know, heretic.
Anyway, I guess around a year or so into my relationship with my ex, I had graduated from college and settled into adult life and one of my friends mentioned he was interested in 40k after seeing all the LOTR stuff coming out. So we got into it and I went way overboard buying back all the stuff I had sold previously and then some. I picked up unopened copies of all the Epic games, Man O' War, 40k, Necromunda, WFB, Warhammer Quest and so forth of Ebay (remember, these are already games I used to have  ) and the many many gaming stores I called around the country. It wasn't just gaming stuff, but also lots of Japanimation models from the series found on my website (all which have been oop for many years). I mean, I was on a shopping spree and the internet made everything accessible. That is how I get into something though, I want it all.
I actually have three groups of friends and only one of them was interested in the games. We as much as we could but I think I was just reliving the old days reading all the books on my own. I am a collector like many of you and I think that was the real thrill. Anyway, between a girlfriend, work, and not going out as much I set plenty of time aside for all that stuff. I actually enjoyed it. I built my website around it all.
Well, now most of the time I am single and I prefer to be out partying and socializing way too much. In some aspects the gaming hobby is dirt cheap compared to going out all the time. And geez, the chics in Tampa love Red Bull and Grey Goose. That's a freakin $12 drink! #%@*! Obviously I want to be where the hotties are, so I can't complain too much. There are a lot of hotties in Florida.
I also neglected many of my friends staying inside all the time, something which they have forgiven me for and a mistake I will never make again. My friends would rather have poker night, which I prefer now too. After that, I'd rather play online games.
To be honest something in me changed. I don't know what. My friends say I enjoyed the gaming stuff because it was my time during the relationship, and now I don't really have a need for that. Now I guess I am looking for something and it is not in my apartment. LOL.
I really can't believe how introverted gaming made me. I like to build Japanese robot and spaceship models too, and that is very solitary work. You spend far more time building gaming armies than you do playing, not that that is bad, but I just resent spending too much time over my desk. I am in IT too, so I spend much of my work day looking at a PC, so between all that I can see how I became anti-social. Not good.
Anyway, so I have decided to box up most of my stuff and put it away. I am not selling too much yet just incase I want it back in 6 years. I absolutely love my Epic and Man O' War stuff, so I will always keep those in easy reach, but the others, like WFB, while I like them I just can't believe I almost spent more money on it all. Just to sit there. Thank god.
Has anyone been in similar shoes? Maybe I am growing out of it, I don't know. I know I DON'T want to set time aside for it. Maybe you married guys can relate?
The best part is, I have almost ZERO interest in my website anymore, nor much of what is on it. Yet people keep sending me stuff to post. I knocked my laptop off my desk and broke it too, so I may have lost everything. . . 
I have no idea what is going on in the playtesting forum. I hate that place now.
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), and a Postal employee who works 55+ hours a week (midnight shift, even!), I struggle to find time to do anything with my gaming stuff. A hour here , a hour there, a game once or twice a month (if I'm lucky!) is pretty much all I get, between family, work, and playing on my computer. I finally got around to building my gaming table, and someday will have pics of my army on it to show off(reminder to self: get new digital camera 
Also for years I modeled and collected WWII-Modern AFVs, infantry etc. Now I out grew that and I am in the process of selling the 100s of those models, I had stored away. Some of the $$$ will go to E:A, some will go to my investments. As we grow we evolve ... hopefully ! 
