Poll

Do you like to drink alcohol while role playing?

Always. I am usually shit faced before the first die roll.
1 (3.2%)
Usually. I like to knock back a few to get in to character.
6 (19.4%)
Sometimes. I need to keep on my toes.
13 (41.9%)
Never. I would fall asleep at the table.
5 (16.1%)
What's alcohol?
6 (19.4%)

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Drinking and Gaming
« on: February 28, 2011, 12:26:33 PM »
A quick poll. Do you drink while gaming? I have the tendency to avoid it if I am GMing, but even then I usually have a couple of beers throughout the night. If I'm not GMing, I tend to have a few more (but I also eat more too I guess). Alcohol has led to some hilarious lines over the years for the groups I've gamed with. "Fuck your idea check. I poke it with a stick!" is probably still my fav  :D

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Re: Drinking and Gaming
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2011, 12:42:38 PM »
Me and basically everybody I play with on a regular basis follow the Tom's drinking rules. The ones I know who might drink I play with only in our local gaming store so no alcoholic beverages allowed.

Skype games on the other hand... well, it's just say I've gamed with some of the folks from the Nerdbound forums, if you know what I mean.

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Re: Drinking and Gaming
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2011, 01:16:08 PM »
I am embarrassed to say I am unfamiliar with Tom's drinking rules. Is that from a particular post or RPPR episode? (I couldn't track anything down with the search bar).
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Re: Drinking and Gaming
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2011, 01:26:11 PM »
It's mentioned in at least one game (the Wushu League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, '88, IIRC) that Tom doesn't drink.

I and most of my gaming friends follow a similar rule.  In my experience, the few who didn't follow such rules usually took it too far and ended up falling asleep or getting too agitated or confrontational.  I get the feeling this poll will be wide and varied in its results!   :D

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Re: Drinking and Gaming
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2011, 01:35:55 PM »
We drink a little bit, saki and whiskey tend to be the two recuring drinks.  Its fairly causal, like what you'd do when shooting the breeze.   When I GM try somehow figure out senarios where my players/characters have to drink grog.  

The best drinking situation we ever had was during the New World Game I ran.   The players were the colonial ambassadors at this big summer native festival, Dark Ravens, Grey Fangs, Grippili, Foundamentalist Bahamut worshipping Kobolds, Druid Minators..the works.  At anyrate the Bard and the warlock had to tell stories of 'great heroes' from the old world to impress the locals..ie they had re-tell an adventure of a character they played in a previous game.   It was a skill challange so they had to do all sorts of checks but they also had to keep shooting saki until they were done.  So they end up with like 8 shots apiece and then its time for the Warforge to do his bit.  He sees me putting away the saki and is like "Where's mine?" and I turn to him and say "Warforges don't need food or drink "Mr I save so much money because I don't have to get an inn or eat.'"  His face fell and the rest of us damn near busted a gut laughing.  
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Re: Drinking and Gaming
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2011, 01:36:41 PM »
I get the feeling this poll will be wide and varied in its results!   :D

+1

I actually posted this same poll on a couple of other forums and got quite a variety. I always assume most gamers don't drink, but that may be my nerd stereotyping coming through from when I used to work at a comic shop.
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Re: Drinking and Gaming
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2011, 02:13:13 PM »
I am embarrassed to say I am unfamiliar with Tom's drinking rules. Is that from a particular post or RPPR episode? (I couldn't track anything down with the search bar).

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Re: Drinking and Gaming
« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2011, 02:21:28 PM »
Yeah, I don't drink and none of my gaming group do beyond very infrequently.  Beyond this base, the fact that all of us are pretty thrifty/cheap and that we usually game in the afternoon really drives the likelihood to drink way down.  Plus I think we're starting to think of crazy enough things sober that we don't really need to...

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Re: Drinking and Gaming
« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2011, 04:11:31 PM »
margaritas.
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Re: Drinking and Gaming
« Reply #9 on: February 28, 2011, 04:21:06 PM »
woodchuck ale is pretty good too

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Re: Drinking and Gaming
« Reply #10 on: February 28, 2011, 04:27:15 PM »
2 parts limeade, 1 part Sailor Jerry and spoon of brown sugar for thrills.  Fantastic.

Or three fingers of Markers Mark.   
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Re: Drinking and Gaming
« Reply #11 on: February 28, 2011, 05:05:11 PM »

Or three fingers of Markers Mark.   

This, right here. Whiskey goes down slowly, and it + coffee helps me concentrate.
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Re: Drinking and Gaming
« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2011, 05:17:40 PM »
coffee on top of it??  yucka.
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Re: Drinking and Gaming
« Reply #13 on: February 28, 2011, 05:23:14 PM »
Gin and Tonics.  ;D
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Re: Drinking and Gaming
« Reply #14 on: February 28, 2011, 05:43:58 PM »
Gin and Tonics.  ;D

Yeah we usually have some brewskis but lately it's Gin and Tonics- we were in Kenya after all. You can hear us drinking beer all over the podcast, but it never causes any problems.

We grill out, have beers and roll dice its a nice ritual we got going.
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