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I understand alot of you guys come here for various GW games, however I am curious as to what other hobbies my fellow dakkaites burn time with. Obviously if I miss something in the poll speak up and I may add it.

My other hobbies are:
D&D
Video Games
Airsoft
Shooting my Smith and Wesson
and whenever I have the urge partying


EDIT: put in title that this is a multiple choice

Video Games and Art, albeit in a written form (because I cannot draw for toffee).

well art is art in any form, in otherwords I CANT DO ANY OF IT *insert evil laugh*

I'm curious to see how many people participate in sports, I know I'm one of the current two.

Airsoft and video games.

I spend most of my time (while not working or doing tabletop related stuff) with sports (Martial Arts to be precise: Jiu-Jitsu), Literature or volunteer work with the local youth.

So yeah, quit busy at times ^^

huh thats something I never thought of, should i put martial arts as its own category or keep it with sports? Since with sports first thing that comes to mind is football(US and UK variants) hockey and baseball.

I like playing catch and I also enjoy swimming so I'll say sports even though I fell out of being on an actual team in Middleschool because my school didn't have any intramural sports.

I used to play civic league flag football as center and I tried out for football in highschool, but when you dislocate your knee and lose a lot of cartilage in said knee you tend to suffer badly from practice. That and my feet are about a foot apart when my knees are touching.

I enjoy doodling and drawing, I'm trying to learn how to draw like comic artists right now.

Videogaming is something I do for fun of course.

I enjoy shooting and cleaning my weapons, I currently own three rifles; a .22, an SKS, and a Mosin Nagant. I like buying ammo for the Nagant because I get 1,000 rounds in a wooden crate with two metal cases and a can opener. Stupid Russians messed up screws, I mean how can you put the slot to one side of the screw instead of the middle of the screw? I had to use a hammer, still fun to buy though because I feel like a 3rd world dictator.

I also work at a toy store, and not the adult novelty kind of toy either.

My other hobbies atm include but are not limited to:

Powerlifting. I've been powerlifting for about a year now and have my first competition coming up in September. Really looking forward to it.

Motorcycling. I've got two motorbikes which break down on me with metronomic regularity but as long as they keep providing thrills then I'll keep fixing them up.

Computer games - namely the Command and Conquer series. Working my way through the whole lot of them.

There are others but I've only just got up; I might add some as they spring to mind.

GazzyG wrote:My other hobbies atm include but are not limited to:

Powerlifting. I've been powerlifting for about a year now and have my first competition coming up in September. Really looking forward to it.

Motorcycling. I've got two motorbikes which break down on me with metronomic regularity but as long as they keep providing thrills then I'll keep fixing them up.

Computer games - namely the Command and Conquer series. Working my way through the whole lot of them.

There are others but I've only just got up; I might add some as they spring to mind.

I knew I forgot some categories XD, Computer Games obviously just get thrown in with Video Gaming, however working out and automotives are simply unforgivable on my part

Mostly running (being able to keep a sustained pace for many miles will come in handy for the inevitable zombie apocalypse), but I've done a few triathlons too. Swimming 1500m in the sea is murder.

Apart from those I selected, playing the drums.

My hoobies include:
Sports
Trading Card Games
Video Gaming
Art



I am also surprised that us forgot READING.

Martial arts, music...

Forums...

Oh yeah, martial arts too I guess. Traditional Anglo-French boxing and cane fighting.

Sports and roleplaying.

I thought about video games, but figured it doesn't really count because I haven't played a game in about a year. Though it's probably been about as long since I roleplayed, and I didn't hesitate to tick that as an answer.

Perhaps 'arguing on dakka' should be an option?

Music, play drums and am learning zee bass.

Airsoft and video games for me.

Frisbee
Basketball
Volleyball
Isshinryu Karate
Video-Gaming
RPGs (D&D/Savage Worlds/Star Wars/Homebrew Systems)
Airsoft
Piano
Reading

I started doing Krav Maga about 18 months ago and I haven't looked back. I first heard about this strange sounding martial art from a friend who I found out to my surprise had been doing it for nearly three years without my knowledge and when I heard that it was designed by and for the Israeli special forces and had since been adopted by British and American special forces and intelligence services I HAD to find out more.

I really do recommend this incredible system of self defence. It doesn't have anything showy like kata's that are found in other arts but is based around a very practical way of defending yourself that is based on VERY powerful counter attacks that are designed to take someone down HARD and FAST with the minimum of fuss.

I would just like to say that I don't think that there is anything wrong with practicing kata and I fully appreciate there place and purpose. I just prefer a more, dare I say, realistic way to train rather than the spiritual 'inner self' thang.

I enjoy fishing and hiking, and camping. I don't get to do them a lot, but I consider them hobbies.
Videogames, Roleplaying games and browsing forums are my other three biggest after miniature wargaming.

-Target shooting (recent go ahead from SWMBO to start competing, yee ha)
-Competitive dog walking. Literally dog(s) walk me every day. They are quite insistent about it.
-Full contact dog sitting, and by that I mean small, very bad breathed dogs sit on my lap and/or belly.
-Wallet clean and jerk. This also is a full contact sport consisting of children (yea you're as tall as me but you're still a kid!), Wife, and dogs wrestling my wallet out of my hands and taking money.

Mountain biking
Kayaking
Surfing
Climbing
Rugby
Running
Reading
Writing
Painting
And I guess hanging out at the pool counts as swimming. . .



Oh, I can't forget ultimate frisbee! Love me some disc.

And of course, bragging about my hobbies on toy soldier forums.

Muhr wrote:I started doing Krav Maga about 18 months ago and I haven't looked back. I first heard about this strange sounding martial art from a friend who I found out to my surprise had been doing it for nearly three years without my knowledge and when I heard that it was designed by and for the Israeli special forces and had since been adopted by British and American special forces and intelligence services I HAD to find out more.

I really do recommend this incredible system of self defence. It doesn't have anything showy like kata's that are found in other arts but is based around a very practical way of defending yourself that is based on VERY powerful counter attacks that are designed to take someone down HARD and FAST with the minimum of fuss.

I would just like to say that I don't think that there is anything wrong with practicing kata and I fully appreciate there place and purpose. I just prefer a more, dare I say, realistic way to train rather than the spiritual 'inner self' thang.

My Karate School also teaches Krav Maga - which I would also recommend to anyone who wants to learn self-defense, or just wants a good workout.

I haven't ever come across schools that do the whole spiritual thing. Isshinryu is a practical form of self-defense. Most of what is taught is practical, and very little is "showy" - and the little that is they designate as so.

I make zee pretty pictures!

Also, video games... lots of video games.

Trolling forums, browsing the internet for surplus, reading about junk. Thrift-store shopping

Other: Dumpster Diving

I go into the dregs of rich people's trash, and find odd things. I found a pair of Antique waterskiis and a half drunk bottle of an 1912 Scotch.

It was delicious, needless to say, but you get some odd looks when you tell people what you do on your wednesdays during the summer...

Muhr wrote:I started doing Krav Maga about 18 months ago and I haven't looked back. I first heard about this strange sounding martial art from a friend who I found out to my surprise had been doing it for nearly three years without my knowledge and when I heard that it was designed by and for the Israeli special forces and had since been adopted by British and American special forces and intelligence services I HAD to find out more.

I really do recommend this incredible system of self defence. It doesn't have anything showy like kata's that are found in other arts but is based around a very practical way of defending yourself that is based on VERY powerful counter attacks that are designed to take someone down HARD and FAST with the minimum of fuss.

I would just like to say that I don't think that there is anything wrong with practicing kata and I fully appreciate there place and purpose. I just prefer a more, dare I say, realistic way to train rather than the spiritual 'inner self' thang.

I do have to say I have been curious about Krav Maga, however I live in wyoming, so odds of me finding someone to train are probably 1/1000000 which is really bad considering the population is under 1 million

Wow I have a lot
I play flute for fun
I'm a dungeon master for my group an on call for others
I'm a big video game nerd
I make video lets plays for youtube
I'm a hobby carpenter and work with wood all the time
I do a little bit of metal work mostly jewelry from scrap metal
I play chess frequently and assist in coaching my schools chess team
I'm getting into amateur radio, and am looking to get my technician class operating license this month
I'm trying to get into archery specifically so I can make my own bows and then test them, not looking at competitive stuff.
I probably have more but I can't think of any others