Hey Ken,

Thanks for the e-mails. It's neat to hear from
another Bay Area/East Bay Strat player. I know they're
out there, but I have noticed, in my limited
experience, that many of them are unwilling to meet
for face to face play. Maybe it's just me; I don't
know. I've played different baseball board sims for
years--you name it, I've played it. I always come
back to Strat-O-Matic, regardless of what game I may
be playing or into at a given moment, which should
tell you something about Strat's appeal.

A face to face or PBM league would be a lot of fun.
I've never tried the online, netplay thing, and
because I'm a board gamer and Mac user I really can't
do the computer version thing, although it is very,
very good. Still, the netplay thing might be okay.
Sometimes playing against another human is nice.

As far as staying in touch, that would be great by me.
I have found, for whatever reason, that finding
fellow Strat players in the Bay Area to be
challenging. It's nice to meet someone else who loves
the game on my stomping grounds.

Later,

Matt
--- Ken Rhodes <kwrhodes_1999@...> wrote:

> Hey Matt,
>
> I just finished replying to your post about
> projects, then read this one so, sorry for not
> putting everything into one reply.
>
> First, thanks for responding. Up until this email
> the only other one I've received was a one line
> question asking if I played football, baseball, or
> hockey. I said baseball and haven't heard back so,
> that must've been an incorrect answer. Well, never
> was much good at those multiple choice test anyway.
>
> I'm getting back into Strat after a long lay-off so,
> I'm not sure where this is going right now. Maybe
> look at forming a F2For even a PBM... or is it
> PBInternet league? Have you ever played Netplay? I'd
> like to give that a go after the computer version
> arrives and I get my Strat legs back.
>
> Thanks and let me know what you think. If we can
> stay in touch, I'd really appreciate it.
> Ken
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Matt <matt1964@...>
> To: stratmat@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2007 2:19:26 PM
> Subject: [Stratmat] Re: Anyone in California
> Tri-Valley area?
>
> --- In stratmat@yahoogroup s.com, "Ken Rhodes"
> <kwrhodes_1999@ ...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, Is there anyone in the group who lives in the
> Pleasanton,
> > Livermore, Dublin, CA area? How about East Bay or
> the City or the Bay
> > Area in general? I just made my first order in
> years (2006 cards &
> > computer game) Playing solitaire will do for now,
> but after awhile it
> > would be nice to try a little ftf.
> >
> > Ken
> >
> I live in Napa. I've been looking for Strat players
> in the Bay Area
> for quite a while, but they seem a bit standoffish.
> I'd even love to
> form FTF league sometime.
>
> Matt
>
>
>
>
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