I spent this last weeking mostly gaming. I tend to do that off and on and it's sorta weird cause I've teetered on the edge completely quitting gaming, at least in the Camarilla.

Of course you talk to anyone in the Cam long enough and they all talk about quitting the Cam. But the Cam is full of people and people by and large are annoying so it should come as no surprise that there are annoying people in the Camarilla. And frankly the Cam is the only thing that forces me to have a social life. All of my current friends (certainly my closest friends) were all made in the Cam and some of them have so seriously impacted my life that contemplating my life without the last fourish years of the Camarilla seems almost foolish.

Still, there are a lot of foolish people in the Cam, and it really feels sometimes like their bad habits are encouraged in the Cam structure. It's a really bad combination of the squeaky wheel getting the attention and not being about what you can do, but who you make friends with. Having a friend of a friend be in a good position works 1000 times better than following the chain of command. Period. Dot.

but that's not what I'm talking about today. I just wanted to note today that this weekend was actually pleasant, even with some minor detracting points. I ran a vampire game on Friday night and a Mage game on Saturday night and yesterday played my PC at the garou game.

The vampire game was only frustrating in that I assumed that people would only attend a vampire game if they read the invitation and thought it sounded cool for their character. Most people had already been the game a week earlier where there was no premise and no real plot, the attendance had to be in the upper thirties. So obviously people go when there is no reason, therefore they should avoid a game when there is a reason. Especially when there is two more games left in the month. Why go to a specialized game that you won't be interested in when you still have a minimum of two more chances for XP? Well some folks had a reason and there were 15 people at my game. The slightly irritating part was that there was a strong handful that came to where the plot was and, though they *KNEW* what the plot was, they turned on their heel and stalked away. Then were waiting for cool points at the end of the game. To Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum I give two stupid points each. To Tweedle-Dummer I say what's your deal dood?

But the great part was I had a chance to run some plot stuff that was relevant to the people in my chapter and they totally went for it. I like getting people into the game and watch their eyes grow wide as new thoughts cross their mind, I absolutely love it when I can watch someone grow inside their character and alter their world view some. Then it feels like gaming is doing something more than killing a night.

The Mage game was a blast which is the only thing that kept me from being super-depressed after it. I had my regular two players and Raisin Girl actually showed up and the three of them played together just fine. There were parts that made me laugh my ass off and Squire very nearly lost his character. I have to get the new Book of Madness.

Yesterday was fun with a decent sized game of Garou. There was a point where all the garou in one room were a social challenge away from death. That would have left Squire, Pandora and Molasses as the only current players with PCs left. Oh and Pandora's boyfriend, but he wasn't at the game. Pandora wasn't in the house, Molasses was at the caern and Squire was running the game. It would have been very interesting if we had all died. But I think the others in the group would have been bummed. Dolores needs Stoking. And another rank wouldn't be all bad. I wish Dolores could get along better with Pandora's but it gets tough cause we seem to only talk about things that sets Dolores off. She has a Hatred of vampires and has seen too many kinfolk who are far too full of their own self-worth.

but the point is, this is fun, I just don't like feeling negative. So I guess I'll keep at till I'm thrown out for good. }:>