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Real time sessions haven't worked on here.

Nope, they are working perfectly fine. Don't think I am opposed to it. I am an advocate for online sessions but people on here don't seem to want to do it. (I have tried.)

If you call taking 3 months to do what I can do in 10 mins in a real time game 'perfectly fine' then sure... Which even if that is the case, it'll never truly be D&D it lacks sooo much.
And yeah I've tried many times as well lol, tho honestly the hardest part for me if finding a DM that I like, and get along with. It's very hard to be creative and imaginative now days when most DMs (at least im my experience) just look at the book and expect it to give them all the answers.
Nothing wrong with Core only, or doing everything by the books...It's just not D&D and not how I wanna play. ^^'

just for the giggles and to slightly prove my point...My top 3 favorite reasons why DMs have quite DMing games I've been in.

#1: DM) Ok so you have to do everything by the book, and if it's not in the book you can't do it.
Me) ...How do I walk? or eat? or omg I can't breath! As non of that is in the books!

#2: (playing as a cleric) Okay I raise dead and make a zombie follower.
DM) Ok sure, you have the spell and all the stuff needed so no problem.
Me) I now buy a back pack for my zombie and have him to carry all my stuff around, since he's not gonna ever fight.
DM)... *explodes in a string of curses and yells at me for 20mins about how I can not make a Zombie carry anything, or put a back pack on it.*
Me)...well why can't I? It's under my command? it has a high str score, and it's humanoid...sooo where exactly does it say I can't, or by what logic?
DM) *gives up and quits DMing*

#3 (epic level game) DM) Ok so this is my boss you guys are now facing he's pretty tough just warning you.
Me) I sneak attack him! ...I need more Dice my Sneak attack does 90D6 applies damage twice, causes 16 points str damage, and the enemy doesn't know I've attacked till it's next turn.
DM) ... I hate rogues... *quits*


Week to week is easier to work with, hourly not so much but who knows, if you have Skype toss me an invite and maybe if I get enough people a DM will show up lol.
Including me I have 2 people atm.

Still wouldn't hurt to send me an invite~ you never know, and if no game happens at least you'd have another person to talk about ideas and stuff with, plus I am always looking for people to talk with lol.
Also I know how it is <.<' it's like when my otherhalves sister randomly drops by and is like oh hi! here are my kids you don't mind watching for the weekend do you? no? ok bye!
You all need to stop being so negative about everything sheesh.

Play-by-post games work fine, and if you're playing D&D, you're playing D&D. There isn't any "it's not D&D" just because you don't personally like it. It is D&D. There is no right way or wrong way to play it. A pure combat-oriented game is still D&D, if you're playing D&D.

I'm not even sure why I'm responding to that, I think it just might be a pet peeve of mine for people to say "that isn't D&D!" or infer there is a way to play that is wrong, or isn't D&D.

As a side, I do feel sorry for your string of bad luck with DMs. I hope you manage to find a RT game that suits you. If I had the ability to do so, I'd probably consider running one, but I don't.