Anyone have good/bad comments on RPG Gamer Classifieds? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Anyone have good/bad comments on RPG Gamer Classifieds? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
igotsmeakabob!!
12-29-05, 02:11 AM I know this could probably go somewhere else but I'll justify it by saying that it involves an Eberron campaign. Our gaming group has recently dropped from 5 to 3 people (myself included) and we are now low on players and our usual DM has developed anti-d20 in his blood. We all really want to play in a good Eberron game (DM included, he just doesn't want to run d20) but we don't know anyone else in the area (Huntington station, Long Island, New york) between ages of 16/18-28/30 that plays. So I thought of using the RPG Gamer Classifieds to find some people in the area. My question is, has anyone ever used it and how has it worked out?
Kalanth
12-29-05, 03:02 AM The one player I snagged off the RPG Gamer Classifieds was the single worst player I have seen in years. Indescript, insisted on using the 3.0 rules in a 3.5 game, social interaction was a foreign language to him. But then again, with all the recruiting I have done through stores and the internet, all I have come across are bad to worse players. I am pretty sure there are some solid players in the RPG Classifieds, but the ones that are really good are already locked into a solid tenure of gaming goodness.

Do it if your desperate, but I am sure that in a city like New York, you should have no trouble finding a gaming store and recruiting face to face.
Saurenda
12-29-05, 05:11 AM The one player I snagged off the RPG Gamer Classifieds was the single worst player I have seen in years. Indescript, insisted on using the 3.0 rules in a 3.5 game, social interaction was a foreign language to him. But then again, with all the recruiting I have done through stores and the internet, all I have come across are bad to worse players. I am pretty sure there are some solid players in the RPG Classifieds, but the ones that are really good are already locked into a solid tenure of gaming goodness.

Do it if your desperate, but I am sure that in a city like New York, you should have no trouble finding a gaming store and recruiting face to face.

I've had this happen myself as well. However recently for Eberron I have had a very successful player who uses 3.5 and can be very social. The difference and how to make it happen?

Be **** in the request. Define what your looking for. Don't just say, DnD player needed. Say DnD Eberron 3.5, and define what books they'll need knowledge of. Even go so far as to say, "3.0 will not be used at all".

You can certainly screen reponses yourself. The single best way to do this is to not talk on IM. Espically in NY. I'm there myself and it is too big a state not to visit someone local where you live. When you do find someone to play, meet before the game during the week on neutral ground. A college, a gaming store, another persons game. Watch them play, ask them questions. See thier reactions to different campagin settings and suppliments.

If you like what you hear and can read thier body language good. If thier not up to your standards simpyl say, "We'll get back to you". It's formal. It's polite, and like the real world no one actually does 'get back to you'.
Grymar
12-29-05, 09:05 AM I found a few good guys through the board.

Be sure to be specific. We are an older group, real life can often throw our gaming plans out the window, and we tend to be crude, rude, and offensive to any but the most cynical and jaded. I said this in the article and got a response from some guys who fit our group very well.

It can work, but it will take some effort from you to find people that fit your style.
igotsmeakabob!!
12-29-05, 12:43 PM If I was in New York City I'd be set, but unfortunately I'm in Long Island New York, the anti-gaming capitol of the country. So few stores here and my only chance of recruiting some more people is off the net. If I do put the ad up I'll be sure to be as specific as possible, within reason of course.
Kalanth
12-29-05, 02:58 PM If I was in New York City I'd be set, but unfortunately I'm in Long Island New York, the anti-gaming capitol of the country. So few stores here and my only chance of recruiting some more people is off the net. If I do put the ad up I'll be sure to be as specific as possible, within reason of course.

Yeah, I do tend to forget that Long Island is not New York. To bad you are not in or near Redback, cause I know that Kevin Smith has an active D&D recruiting setup in his comic shop out there.
Rummy
12-29-05, 03:16 PM I second the in-person screening. I recently joined a gaming group I read about online. It was a very good sign that both the DM and I insisted on meeting on person to get a read of each other. The DM is great and I am having a wonderful time.
igotsmeakabob!!
12-30-05, 02:26 AM Anyone else?
Saurenda
12-30-05, 05:47 AM If I was in New York City I'd be set, but unfortunately I'm in Long Island New York, the anti-gaming capitol of the country. So few stores here and my only chance of recruiting some more people is off the net. If I do put the ad up I'll be sure to be as specific as possible, within reason of course.

Try Dutchess County in NY. Most towns retain thier Native American given names, stone dividers for property up since 1800s, and we loose power every time it rains. At least your in civilization. :P

Consider yourself lucky for having a few gaming stores. We barely have one, and it was out bid by another business and moved to a smaller space. Yet agian it is threatened to be taken away.

There is a University or Community College nearby you? Then there are DnD players.
Griff_Goodbeard
12-30-05, 11:00 AM When I moved to Columbus, I didn't know anyone, and I used the RPG Gamer classifieds to find a group. It worked out great for me. The group I found is very much like my old group in both personality and style of play. Been gaming with them almost 2 years now and hang out with most of them outside the game now too. :)

Of course they told me they had to dismiss the previous player they had found on the classified's because he was a disruptive wierdo. :eek:
TheRedRobedWizard
12-30-05, 11:17 AM Well, I recruited two of my players off the RPG Classifieds boards and they've been with the group for almost two years. Both of them are great, and are an asset to the group.

In fairness, I did have one bad experience with the RPGCB, and that was when I tried to join a group a coupla years back, and they ended up being way more into the "smoke drugs and drink a lot of alcohol" part of gaming. I left during the second session, due to the fact that the cops showed up and detained all of us.

Luckily for me, the local law enforcement had no evidence that I was directly involved in the drugs-ing.

-TRRW
Logos7
12-30-05, 12:11 PM I've tried to use the rpgamer classified and just really found them not used at all, If you stuck on the net chances are you can find a more local gamer website and recruit off that to begin with

then again im in canada ,so less usefull for me to begin with

Logos
igotsmeakabob!!
12-30-05, 01:37 PM Ah Canadia.. the far off mystical land of Bagged Milk.
Board_Rider
12-30-05, 04:04 PM I have used it and found two gamers who, unfortunately, have moved on. I am meeting another next week to begin a game with him.

Have you tried meetup.com?
Edymnion
12-30-05, 04:12 PM My question is, has anyone ever used it and how has it worked out?My comment on it was made much more humorously by CAD:
http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20050810
Pocalem
12-30-05, 04:13 PM Now that I'm gearing up for a real game of Eberron in Jan, I've decided, after this thread, to post that I'll join an online game. I think one person added me off it, but so far no real leads.

I hope that something works out for you kebob, and me as well.

And Logos, I AM CANADIAN too! And thus, so are the other 6(?) people that I'll be joining in an Eberron campagin, though we all go/went to the same university (I believe I'm the only dropout/non-local in the group)
igotsmeakabob!!
12-30-05, 04:15 PM I just went through meetup.com and found nothing near me, pretty much as I expected. I suppose that the boards will be my groups hope.
Board_Rider
12-30-05, 04:22 PM I just went through meetup.com and found nothing near me, pretty much as I expected. I suppose that the boards will be my groups hope.
How far is Seaford (http://dnd.meetup.com/694/)? Well, good luck to ya.
igotsmeakabob!!
12-31-05, 01:50 PM Thanks heh, hopefully I get good players first try.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
igotsmeakabob!! 12-29-05, 02:11 AM	I know this could probably go somewhere else but I'll justify it by saying that it involves an Eberron campaign. Our gaming group has recently dropped from 5 to 3 people (myself included) and we are now low on players and our usual DM has developed anti-d20 in his blood. We all really want to play in a good Eberron game (DM included, he just doesn't want to run d20) but we don't know anyone else in the area (Huntington station, Long Island, New york) between ages of 16/18-28/30 that plays. So I thought of using the RPG Gamer Classifieds to find some people in the area. My question is, has anyone ever used it and how has it worked out?
Kalanth 12-29-05, 03:02 AM	The one player I snagged off the RPG Gamer Classifieds was the single worst player I have seen in years. Indescript, insisted on using the 3.0 rules in a 3.5 game, social interaction was a foreign language to him. But then again, with all the recruiting I have done through stores and the internet, all I have come across are bad to worse players. I am pretty sure there are some solid players in the RPG Classifieds, but the ones that are really good are already locked into a solid tenure of gaming goodness. Do it if your desperate, but I am sure that in a city like New York, you should have no trouble finding a gaming store and recruiting face to face.
Saurenda 12-29-05, 05:11 AM	The one player I snagged off the RPG Gamer Classifieds was the single worst player I have seen in years. Indescript, insisted on using the 3.0 rules in a 3.5 game, social interaction was a foreign language to him. But then again, with all the recruiting I have done through stores and the internet, all I have come across are bad to worse players. I am pretty sure there are some solid players in the RPG Classifieds, but the ones that are really good are already locked into a solid tenure of gaming goodness. Do it if your desperate, but I am sure that in a city like New York, you should have no trouble finding a gaming store and recruiting face to face. I've had this happen myself as well. However recently for Eberron I have had a very successful player who uses 3.5 and can be very social. The difference and how to make it happen? Be **** in the request. Define what your looking for. Don't just say, DnD player needed. Say DnD Eberron 3.5, and define what books they'll need knowledge of. Even go so far as to say, "3.0 will not be used at all". You can certainly screen reponses yourself. The single best way to do this is to not talk on IM. Espically in NY. I'm there myself and it is too big a state not to visit someone local where you live. When you do find someone to play, meet before the game during the week on neutral ground. A college, a gaming store, another persons game. Watch them play, ask them questions. See thier reactions to different campagin settings and suppliments. If you like what you hear and can read thier body language good. If thier not up to your standards simpyl say, "We'll get back to you". It's formal. It's polite, and like the real world no one actually does 'get back to you'.
Grymar 12-29-05, 09:05 AM	I found a few good guys through the board. Be sure to be specific. We are an older group, real life can often throw our gaming plans out the window, and we tend to be crude, rude, and offensive to any but the most cynical and jaded. I said this in the article and got a response from some guys who fit our group very well. It can work, but it will take some effort from you to find people that fit your style.
igotsmeakabob!! 12-29-05, 12:43 PM	If I was in New York City I'd be set, but unfortunately I'm in Long Island New York, the anti-gaming capitol of the country. So few stores here and my only chance of recruiting some more people is off the net. If I do put the ad up I'll be sure to be as specific as possible, within reason of course.
Kalanth 12-29-05, 02:58 PM	If I was in New York City I'd be set, but unfortunately I'm in Long Island New York, the anti-gaming capitol of the country. So few stores here and my only chance of recruiting some more people is off the net. If I do put the ad up I'll be sure to be as specific as possible, within reason of course. Yeah, I do tend to forget that Long Island is not New York. To bad you are not in or near Redback, cause I know that Kevin Smith has an active D&D recruiting setup in his comic shop out there.
Rummy 12-29-05, 03:16 PM	I second the in-person screening. I recently joined a gaming group I read about online. It was a very good sign that both the DM and I insisted on meeting on person to get a read of each other. The DM is great and I am having a wonderful time.
igotsmeakabob!! 12-30-05, 02:26 AM	Anyone else?
Saurenda 12-30-05, 05:47 AM	If I was in New York City I'd be set, but unfortunately I'm in Long Island New York, the anti-gaming capitol of the country. So few stores here and my only chance of recruiting some more people is off the net. If I do put the ad up I'll be sure to be as specific as possible, within reason of course. Try Dutchess County in NY. Most towns retain thier Native American given names, stone dividers for property up since 1800s, and we loose power every time it rains. At least your in civilization. :P Consider yourself lucky for having a few gaming stores. We barely have one, and it was out bid by another business and moved to a smaller space. Yet agian it is threatened to be taken away. There is a University or Community College nearby you? Then there are DnD players.
Griff_Goodbeard 12-30-05, 11:00 AM	When I moved to Columbus, I didn't know anyone, and I used the RPG Gamer classifieds to find a group. It worked out great for me. The group I found is very much like my old group in both personality and style of play. Been gaming with them almost 2 years now and hang out with most of them outside the game now too. :) Of course they told me they had to dismiss the previous player they had found on the classified's because he was a disruptive wierdo. :eek:
TheRedRobedWizard 12-30-05, 11:17 AM	Well, I recruited two of my players off the RPG Classifieds boards and they've been with the group for almost two years. Both of them are great, and are an asset to the group. In fairness, I did have one bad experience with the RPGCB, and that was when I tried to join a group a coupla years back, and they ended up being way more into the "smoke drugs and drink a lot of alcohol" part of gaming. I left during the second session, due to the fact that the cops showed up and detained all of us. Luckily for me, the local law enforcement had no evidence that I was directly involved in the drugs-ing. -TRRW
Logos7 12-30-05, 12:11 PM	I've tried to use the rpgamer classified and just really found them not used at all, If you stuck on the net chances are you can find a more local gamer website and recruit off that to begin with then again im in canada ,so less usefull for me to begin with Logos
igotsmeakabob!! 12-30-05, 01:37 PM	Ah Canadia.. the far off mystical land of Bagged Milk.
Board_Rider 12-30-05, 04:04 PM	I have used it and found two gamers who, unfortunately, have moved on. I am meeting another next week to begin a game with him. Have you tried meetup.com?
Edymnion 12-30-05, 04:12 PM	My question is, has anyone ever used it and how has it worked out?My comment on it was made much more humorously by CAD: http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20050810
Pocalem 12-30-05, 04:13 PM	Now that I'm gearing up for a real game of Eberron in Jan, I've decided, after this thread, to post that I'll join an online game. I think one person added me off it, but so far no real leads. I hope that something works out for you kebob, and me as well. And Logos, I AM CANADIAN too! And thus, so are the other 6(?) people that I'll be joining in an Eberron campagin, though we all go/went to the same university (I believe I'm the only dropout/non-local in the group)
igotsmeakabob!! 12-30-05, 04:15 PM	I just went through meetup.com and found nothing near me, pretty much as I expected. I suppose that the boards will be my groups hope.
Board_Rider 12-30-05, 04:22 PM	I just went through meetup.com and found nothing near me, pretty much as I expected. I suppose that the boards will be my groups hope. How far is Seaford (http://dnd.meetup.com/694/)? Well, good luck to ya.
igotsmeakabob!! 12-31-05, 01:50 PM	Thanks heh, hopefully I get good players first try.