The Story of Family Man, Part 1 of 2

[dave_littler]

I posted this on the community bad_rpers_suck  this morning, and it seems to have been pretty well received, so I figured I may as well post it here as well, for those of you who are into this sort of thing.

This is a story from years and years ago - some time around 1999, if I remember correctly.

I was the Domain Storyteller for the local Camarilla group - the

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[chezmax]

I think that (specific situation) is pretty hilarious. Good on Toshi ;)

Unfortunately, these large gaming groups do tend to tear themselves apart over time :(

[foreign_xchange]

I agree, Toshi sounds like a hilarious little sod!

Maybe those who were there "just to hang out" should have started their own group, if they were going to get so upset about something like this.

[dave_littler]

It's kind of ironic, really; they originally WERE their own group; my crew joined up and ultimately kind of usurped control of it. It was well-received at first, but by this point - around a year later - they were getting worn out my my relentless "running an actual game at this gaming event."

[dave_littler]

It's very true. Roleplayers tend to be the sorts of extreme personalities that can't abide one anothers' presences indefinitely. Without reasonably high turnover of membership, they always end up crashing and burning (and more on THAT in tomorrow's installment!)

[fallenthropy]

I laughed. I couldn't help myself.

And with my luck I probably know these dorks.

[dave_littler]

Oh, it's quite likely. The name "DaggerMouth" ought to give you one big hint as to the physical appearance of the person in question. From that, the identities of the others become fairly quickly discernible. I suspect the other two which will be brought up in today's entry (which I'm about to post) will be equally easy to pick out.

[fallenthropy]

I think I know but not entirely sure.

Regardless it all doesn't surprise me in the slightest. There was and is a good reason why I will never join the Cam, regardless of the fact I have given up on LARPing entirely. I don't have the patience to deal with the bullshit. I don't do politics well.

[dave_littler]

Well, things are meant to be kept anonymous in bad_rpers_suck, which I wrote this for, but really, there's no reason why I can't open up in my own journal.

"Family Man" is Tony Stroppa, the fellow with no character sheet was Matt Saunders, DaggerMouth was Chris Nefadow, and Six was Jason Engel.

If you read the second part of the story, posted today, Coma Kid was Mike Goldsworthy, and Moriarti was Greg Clark.