Heya Guys & Gals!

[Valarie]

Dear Members of The Older Gamers,


My name is Valarie F. Broderick and I would like to join your group. I was born in the last gasp of 1969, so I fit your over 25-age category. I am an adult, mature, female gamer in what frequently seems like an Internet gaming environment consumed with the excesses of flaming, grabbing gold at the expense of honor, and people who say they will help you with a quest only to disappear ten minutes later when the going gets rough or they decide to do something else.

I am a graduate student in Communication, a wife, a mother, a daughter, and occasionally, a Goth. My husband is Will Broderick and he is sending in his application as well. Since we have two children, we don’t always have as much time to devote to gaming as we might like. Therefore, I spend much of my gaming time on the weekends with a few hours here and there during the week. My time is precious to me, and thus, my gaming time is a time I want to spend with pleasant people doing fun activities such as role-playing, doing quests, helping others achieve their goals while I achieve mine, and insuring that the guild I join remains likable. This, as you can well imagine, means that often I have felt some dissatisfaction when I have run into the barely 15-year-old set which has a completely different agenda. That was why I was so interested in joining your group when I saw a mention of it on the D&D Online Forums.

I like to play a game for a long time, and this includes MMORG’s. The games I have played include SWG, CoH, CoV, and WoW. I had the most fun with SWG, but personal issues caused me to leave the game. It just isn’t much fun when guild after guild falls apart… As a D&D player from the first pamphlet edition, I am very much looking forward to playing D&D Online. My husband, Will (he’s very big on Elves), and I will be playing this game for quite a while. I even intend to use a survey on the Forum to see how players feel about guild and culture issues, so you know I take this experience as one not only to enjoy, but to learn from as well.

I think one of the biggest questions any group should ask to a prospective member is this one: will you do anything to intentionally screw up the group? My answer to this is no, I will not. I am a big proponent of the idea of synchronicity. You find like-minded people and enjoy their company. If something goes bad, you take your happy memories and move on to another group – but you do not try to sabotage the group. That just leaves a bitter taste in everyone’s mouth and does nothing other than make a good experience into a cybernightmare. Did I mention I had been through a bunch of guild break-ups? Yes, I learned this lesson from experience. Never once have I seen a group dissolve that was pretty, much less gratifying, for anyone.

If you are wondering what I normally play, I would have to say some sort of magic-user. I usually play some type of healer or mage. I just gravitate to those classes. Even in D&D Online when I play a fighter-type it will be a Paladin. I usually let others do the heavy lifting, as it were, and mop up the rest or clean up the mess left behind. I am planning on installing TeamSpeak now that I have headphones with a microphone, and look forward to trying those out. I might as well enter the 21st Century in gaming with the best accessory I can think of – real people enjoying themselves in real time, in surround sound.

I have read your fact section and agree to abide by its rules. Let me know if you like what you have read. I look forward to hearing from you.

Valarie F. Broderick
*email address removed to prevent spam* CannonFodda

[B B]

Welcome, wow the lady can type ,heres competition for gator,for forum spam queen !!!!

[Ijs]

Welcome aboard Val, hope you enjoy your time here in DDO, or whatever game you choose.

[doggsley]

Welcome

[Father]

Welcome to TOG, your application has been reviewed by an administrator and approved.

You will now have full access to all parts of the TOG website

• All TOG member only forums
• All member only areas of the website

Undoubtedly you want to get started and the best place to start is to visit the main forum for the game in which you are interested, have a read of the sticky posts and other threads that catch your attention.

Introduce yourself and ask any further questions you may have.
You will find other TOG members most helpful if you take the time to ask any questions you may have.

The social heart of TOG can be found in “The Lounge Room”, where any topic is being discussed and debated. If you want to know the other TOG members across the whole of TOG visit the Lounge Room.
Want to know when the next real life get together is of TOG members, again the lounge room is the place to be.

We sincerely hope that you enjoy TOG for as long as you choose too, feel free to spread the message to your friends and family who enjoy gaming and don’t forget to have fun yourself!

All the best!

The Older Gamers!

[viking]

Welcome to TOG

[Valarie]

Dear Viking, Bentbrent, and everyone else kind enough to say "hello."


Hello to all of you. Thank you for acknowledging my entrance into TOG. If I can help you out, let me know. I play on CoV sometimes and will play DDO more. I am also looking forward to getting a group together to play Middle Earth Online.

Oh, and would someone be kind enough to let me know what a PUG is? Besides the ugly Chinese dog, that is...

See you in cyberspace,
Valarie

[griller]

Hey Valarie welcome to TOG!

[mayday]

G'day and welcome to TOG.

It's very similar to hello I suppose.

[entropy]

I kind of get the message from Valarie's post that there are games other than CS:S and DOD:S out there. Sssscary ...

Welcome Valarie. I'm a new member too, but my experience so far has been that everyone here is happy to look out for averybody else - just the way a community should!

One day I might journey over into the WoW's, CoV's and DDO's (if that is even possible?) and say hello again.