Quote Originally Posted by sleepygeckos View Post
I've tried to find a few local groups through P&P Games, but the groups have been kind of scary. (One DM canceled due to "WoW Guild Drama." I don't play and that wasn't a great advert. Another DM told me he was so happy I was interested because having a girl at the table meant the other guys would be more likely to shower...)

I've done a little over Skyping and would love to get involved in another group. I've always used Skype for the screen share and web cam abilities, but not all the players need to have web cams - just good connections. I'm still a bit of a 2nd player, but have played enough 3.x to accept it as D&D, but I will never play 4th ed again! Yuk! Pathfinder is ok, but everyone wants to play crazy house rules that are never balanced or well thought out. So that's been a bit of a turn off. I'm curious to read up on these other connection methods.
LOL! Ok, that just made both my and my hubby's night reading that first part. I'm the only girl in our group but seeing as either my husband or I DM, the guys better shower or they get to go back home and don't get fed. You'd be amazed at how big of an incentive home cooking can be.

I'm still trying to find ways to make Skype work well for gaming and if anyone has any thoughts, let me know. We have a gaming table that's 8'x4' and I can put the mic in the middle but it's still hard to hear on both ends. Granted, it's hooked up to my laptop but the guys on Skype want to be able to see the table for layout as well. The only idea I've gotten so far is to install a camera directly above the table but I draw the line at that one.