Yeah, I was told I was being elitist by judging a game by actually playing it. I was like, huh?

Yeah, if somebody wants to attach a value to "gamer" beyond "somebody who plays games semi regularly as a hobby" that's their problem, not mine.

I think Pundit's definition, for the purpose of this thread, is a good one. I don't think you can do any activity less than once a month and still say you do it regularly. I'm sure he does not mean 'gamer' in a sub-cultural sense, but strictly as a noun.

I think it's a sound evaluation, especially when people get to explain their circumstance with posts.

//Panjumanju

I run a weekly D&D 5e game right now, that gets missed occasionally when we fail to have a quorum but generally we have most games.  And I am in a weekly Numenera game, but I've been missing that a lot lately.  So yes, I am currently a gamer according to this definition.

I'm somewhat ashamed to admit that I'm not a gamer. I haven't taken part in a regular TTRPG group for a couple of years.

My lifestyle doesn't lend itself to regular gaming sessions and I feel guilty if I join a group and then don't turn up to 25-40% of the sessions. It feels like I'm disrespecting the GM and the other players.

Sometimes I get the WFRP2e corebook down from the bookshelf and fondle it. My girlfriend looks at me like I'm some kind of freak. I plan to convene a group around our kitchen table (it seats eight) at some point in retaliation.

There has been no reason for me to tell you any of this. This confession has meant nothing....

Quote from: shuddemell;748728Unfortunately, while school is in session, don't have time. So it has been about a nine months since I played anything. I will get about 3 months of play time, and then back on hiatus until my degree is finished.

I read that the average American student studies for 12 hours per week. I take it you do more?

Quote from: Black Vulmea;748861It's a dumbass definition of non-gamer.

Back when I was single, between camping and backpacking I spent a hundred nights a year outdoors. Now I get in a weekly trip once or twice a year. Does that make me not a camper or a backpacker?

Stupid.

Agreed. I mean, I went on vacation for a couple of weeks, which required me to work superhard for the month before that to get all my projects done at work before leaving.

Apparently because I did that and didn't have time for TTRPGs for one month, I stopped being a gamer.

I game weekly if not more. I have too much free time on my hands.

There's obviously a difference between someone who hasn't gamed for two months (especially if there's some reason why, and especially if the plan is to game sometime within the next couple of months) and someone who hasn't gamed in two years and has no forseeable likelihood of doing so any time soon.

But the need for some kind of demarcation was to delineate between someone who's a very active gamer RIGHT NOW and someone who isn't.  Likewise, to avoid allowing certain people from saying "well, I haven't actually played in or run a game in four years, but I still consider myself a gamer!"

RPGPundit

We aim to game weekly on Tuesdays 6-9pm. I DMed last year. We had none December because of various holidays, and January was spent with me saying, "I'll run something," and our guy Grant saying, "no, I will, I just have to organise the house rules," etc. So we started in February.

I've had 24 game sessions since 2013 July 1st. I'm happy with this, it was my goal to have it either every fortnight on average, or else a good run of weekly sessions for 6 months and then a break.

It's been 9 of them this year since far. It's supposed to be weekly, but we get the occasional day when 3 of the players are sick, or the DM is away for work, etc.

We run an open game table at a store, so we get anything from 4 to 8 players. It was 7 last time, plus 2 henchmen and 3 men-at-arms, plus lots of noise in the background from other gamers and card-players, when we had a combat I didn't know what the fuck was going on, we need a whiteboard or something.

Quote from: Panjumanju;748899I think Pundit's definition, for the purpose of this thread, is a good one. I don't think you can do any activity less than once a month and still say you do it regularly. I'm sure he does not mean 'gamer' in a sub-cultural sense, but strictly as a noun.

So if you can't get laid you're not gay anymore?

You're a gamer if you game or want to.

But it's fair to ask how many of us are actually getting laid. Er, I mean, actually gaming.

It's the whole "bitter non-gamers" crap that infests this place like social justice wank on that purple place.  Really I think "bitter" is the key issue rather than how often one plays.  I'm playing very frequently and hating it lately.  Makes me crabby.

First they came for the non-gamers...

Quote from: RPGPundit;748668How many of you are actually NOT gaming at this time (with "not gaming" defined as having been at least one month without playing a game)?  And if so, how long since you did?

Last Game session I ran was in January. Wednesday January 31st to be specific.

 Its mostly been an issue of scheduling - got 4 to 7 people that WANT to game - we just can't make the schedules match
 up.

- Ed C.

It depends on whether pbp counts.  I haven't had a face to face group in about 10 years.  I am almost always playing in or running a pbp game.

Quote from: Dan Vincze;748883At least where I'm from, the term "gamer" refers to a bloated man-child who fritters his life away playing games because he isn't competent to do anything else.

I resent that.  I am NOT bloated.