Traditional Games are notoriously known to be played by people who lack this.
>>98516994Which is why most games suck shit and most groups fall apart.OP just has a skill issue though. You only need basic social skills.
>>98516975You should leave then.
I really love the dichotomy of the (in person) TTRPG for this reason. It's the nerdiest thing you can possibly do with your free time but also requires a big group of friends.
>>98517073Doesn't help when 90% of this hobby are just retrograde mature nerds with victim complexes. Both the old nerds used to be shelved in lockers and the new blue hair septum piercing theater kid tranny..
>>98517329True, although you're definitely in the former group kek.
>>98516975I just play with my friends.We like each other anyway.Mostly.Eh, you know how it is, friends come and go, and then sometimes they come back again.Try reaching out to somebody from the past.Conjure up some living ghost.You must have a few.
>>98517329It absolutely helps. Every decent game I've ever been part of or run has been almost exclusively comprised of huge nerds with massive chips of their shoulders, because they're there to play the fucking game. Every fucktarded disaster campaign I've ever had the misfortune to experience or witness was stuffed to the fucking gunwales with normieshitters, who ruined it because they're not there to play the fucking game, they're there to "socialise" which inevitably leads to a bunch of irrelevant fucking drama, sidetracking, and fallings out.Crusty old nerds who got into the hobby to escape being bullied by normies and so who understand the value of excluding normies from everything are the best gaming buddies you can have.
>>98516975It's kinda obvious that you need decent social skills. It's an hobby that's based on, you know, talking with other people.Only a retard would think otherwise.
>>98516975>friend slop>videogame term for retarded people with no friends to play the games withMost card games and old timey board games only exist as a vehicle for people to sit around a table together with beers and shoot the shit. Literally the most ancient board games were lines carved into stone tables at pubs.Tabletop games are friendslop by tradition. Which is why the term is retarded. Autistic rules heavy games are favored by autistic antisocial people. That's a no brainer. But it's a vehicle that allows even them to socialize with like-minded people. All games played with other people are like this. Games for playing by yourself are traditionally just for killing time not for being fun. But you pointing this out is like pointing out you can't play playstation games without a playstation. Like yeah. No shit. And you can't clap with one hand. Do you have an actual point? You can't make an omelet without eggs.
>>98519421>Literally the most ancient board games were lines carved into stone tables at pubs.What? No, Senet started out as a nobles' game. Probably not too serious, mind you, but that's beyond the point.
>>98516975There's an entire thread devoted to single-player games, try going over there if you can't interact with other human beings.
>>98516975>Get into TTRPGs to grind social skills>It works
>>98519878Most likely from notepad discord server.
>>98519968wut?
>>98519971Every once in a while some bullshit will leak from the discord servers into a thread or two.I'm just guessing it's notepad's because of last time his discord monkeys like to shit throw a lot on tg.
>>98516975Nah. You just need like, a lot of patience. You don't need to treat people well, you just have to not treat them poorly.
>>98520091But it really also helps if you know what is socially acceptable and what's not. Someone could easily do something with the best of intentions but come off as a complete creep due to social ignorance. If your social interactions boil down to pretty much small talk at the grocery stores register. Then prepare to experience awkwardness and misunderstanding that pretty much ruin your life. Well at least ruin any chance you had in this hobby.
>>98520617>But it really also helps if you know what is socially acceptable and what's notThe simple solution is to just not do anything. Patience and cordial stoicism wins no friends but guarantees a spot at the LGS table for years to come.
>>98519663>started as a nobles gameno it started as something everyone played. The origin of these ancient games is that they were easy to draw in the sand or scratch onto a rock with chalk, and then played using stones. The earliest form of senet was arguably a board scratched into rock for workers to play.The more you learn about history the more obvious it becomes that nearly all culture enjoyed by the elites throughout history was co-opted from the commoners, but most of what survives to become history are what those elites hoarded in burial tombs or decided was worth writing down.For example, possibly the next oldest board game "the royal game of Ur" has been found literally carved into ancient pub tables like I said earlier. Yet we call it the "royal" game of Ur, because history is unfair.
>>98516975Hey OP, you forgot to write a post. Was there something you wanted to discuss?
>>98516975Generally socializing with other people depends on social ability, yes.
>>98522472Mostly that the hobby of traditional games especially more nerdy side of the hobby it's just one big ouroboros of people getting attracted to the hobby just to be eaten and shit out if you're not already competent with social circles or have a tight-knit friend group.It's sort of the scumbag Steve catch-22 situation. The most nerdy hobby that requires friends attracts the most nerdy friendless losers. Socially anept nerdy friendless loser tries to get a game going. Attracts other socially nerdy friendless losers. Fecal matter hits the oscillating rotating air circulation unit at terminal velocity. Everyone leaves worse for wear. Just for the cycle to start over and continue.
>>98523327Sucks to suck. Most of us were just smart kids who wanted to play games. Its good practice socializing in an environment with rules for the particularly shut in. Even the most basement dwelling I have played with has a gf now and they're doing good.
Nuh-uh, I can fart my way into a group if I want to. I just don't want to. (Y'all are the problem, not me).
>>98523327>aneptlmao fucking retard can't spell
