Thank you for a great time!
Posted: Mon May 18, 2015 2:11 pm
I posted this on my facebook. I wanted to post it here as well:
My rut is destroyed. My faith in humanity is restored.
I had been dealing with a period in my life that was full of anxiety, stress, and responsibility. I fell into a rut where my productivity and emotions had hit a low.
But no longer.
I have had the distinct privilege to spend the last few days with many people I didn’t know, some I did know but only from online experiences, and a few that I had known for many years.
We are Gamers. For those who don’t know what a Gamer is, the definition is simple… we play games; everything from easy board games to Role Playing Games with more rule books than most encyclopedia editions. We are Nerds really. We wear it like a badge of honor, and rightfully so. We enter a temple of where our holy symbols are dice and our altars are tables to share experiences. We care not what color you are, what you wear, how much money you make, or how you look. All we care about is having a good time with friends. We care about each other.
Over the course of the weekend, I met new friends. I made good friends out of acquaintances. I partied with people I didn’t even know their first name, but only knew them by their online persona. We shared games, spirits, food, and time freely and without an account for who paid for what, or what you brought to the table. We all sat together; engineer, IT professional, Fast food worker, unemployed, artist, and writer… liberal, conservative, independent… Black, White, Latino, Asian… social giants and the socially inept… We all had common goals. We all treated each other as if we had been friends for years. It wasn’t the celebration of our differences, but the ignorance of them.
We celebrated our imagination.
We outsmarted Dragons, defeated giant robots, saved the world, and pitted our strategy against our competitors. We celebrated victories and laughed at our defeats. We shook hands over games well played.
This was one of the best events… no… that’s not right; This was one of the best times of my life. It will be reminder to me in the future; when times are tough, people are selfish, and the world can’t seem to get along; it will remind me that people from all walks of life can get along and find common ground and actually care for each other, even if only over a character sheet, a miniature, and a 20 sided dice.
I wish to thank all of those that I battled, rolled dice, drank and spent time with. You showed me that in this world of war, accidents, selfishness, and strife; there is still some out there that will accept a challenge to be blind to differences and celebrate together. I am proud to call all of you friends.
Patrick “Jake” Jakubowski
My rut is destroyed. My faith in humanity is restored.
I had been dealing with a period in my life that was full of anxiety, stress, and responsibility. I fell into a rut where my productivity and emotions had hit a low.
But no longer.
I have had the distinct privilege to spend the last few days with many people I didn’t know, some I did know but only from online experiences, and a few that I had known for many years.
We are Gamers. For those who don’t know what a Gamer is, the definition is simple… we play games; everything from easy board games to Role Playing Games with more rule books than most encyclopedia editions. We are Nerds really. We wear it like a badge of honor, and rightfully so. We enter a temple of where our holy symbols are dice and our altars are tables to share experiences. We care not what color you are, what you wear, how much money you make, or how you look. All we care about is having a good time with friends. We care about each other.
Over the course of the weekend, I met new friends. I made good friends out of acquaintances. I partied with people I didn’t even know their first name, but only knew them by their online persona. We shared games, spirits, food, and time freely and without an account for who paid for what, or what you brought to the table. We all sat together; engineer, IT professional, Fast food worker, unemployed, artist, and writer… liberal, conservative, independent… Black, White, Latino, Asian… social giants and the socially inept… We all had common goals. We all treated each other as if we had been friends for years. It wasn’t the celebration of our differences, but the ignorance of them.
We celebrated our imagination.
We outsmarted Dragons, defeated giant robots, saved the world, and pitted our strategy against our competitors. We celebrated victories and laughed at our defeats. We shook hands over games well played.
This was one of the best events… no… that’s not right; This was one of the best times of my life. It will be reminder to me in the future; when times are tough, people are selfish, and the world can’t seem to get along; it will remind me that people from all walks of life can get along and find common ground and actually care for each other, even if only over a character sheet, a miniature, and a 20 sided dice.
I wish to thank all of those that I battled, rolled dice, drank and spent time with. You showed me that in this world of war, accidents, selfishness, and strife; there is still some out there that will accept a challenge to be blind to differences and celebrate together. I am proud to call all of you friends.
Patrick “Jake” Jakubowski
