College, dorms, and roommates

oh MEGA bonus- it was super chill at my dorm and we didn't need to swipe people in with security when we invited people over. Every other dorm has night monitors that require you to swipe your friends in and if pomegranate goes down while they're there, you could be held liable.

This pomegranate right here. This is one of the main, if not the biggest reason I'm worried about switching to the dorm with the single rooms. We have this convoluted process of having to sign guests in. You can't just walk over and knock on people's doors, you have to go through the front desk, check in, get a guest pass and be escorted to their room.


I can relate to your post somewhat; Smash is what we use to get people social around these parts. Fortunately enough for me, it works. My roommate has a huge plasma (as mentioned in my previous posts), and he's cool with letting me use it. I have a PC, we play Project M through Dolphin. It attracts a lot of people.

I was a pretty big loner in HS, and even though most other people annoy the f'ucking shi't out of me, I cannot express how beneficial roommates were to me.

I'd still be a hermit with almost no social interaction if I had lived alone in college. Instead, I'm a hermit with medium social interaction. It's a start.

One of my roommates is in China this semester, and his room was taken by a mutual female friend (paid under the table, she's totally not allowed to live here). I should note I'm in an apartment.
Holy f'uck is she messy / loud / spoiled / annoying. Drives me insane some days. We (four in total in the apartment) have had some serious bonding nights and these are people I'll be friends with for the rest of my life.

In general, to any gamer that doesn't really want/care about social interactions -- I highly recommend roommates. Life is pretty boring without socializing.

Valid points all around. I think what I'm trying to figure out is, can the social aspect of dorms be had without a roommate? There are no triples or anything over here, just doubles. My roommate and I are not close in the least bit; All of my friends come from my hallway/floor.


I want that social aspect, but I grow tired of coming in and having someone watching movies until 2 AM, or slamming doors at 4 AM, having women brought over, etc... Amongst other privacy related concerns.