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Old 11-19-2007, 03:56 AM
dismalstudent99 dismalstudent99 is offline
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Default Quiet poker night?

Does anyone have any experience trying to insulate poker-night noise from the family/roommates/neighbors?

(I mean, aside from moving to the garage, saying "shh!" more, cutting off the beer, or ending the night sooner.)

My particular problem isn't so much with an adjacent wall or shared floor/ceiling, but rather noise traveling down the hallway.

I have my poker game at the kitchen table, and I have a roommate that has a room around the corner, a total of about 25' from the table.

I haven't gotten any real complaints from her, but I would like to take pre-emptive action to head off any future issues.

So I'd like to hear some ideas and experiences.

Thicker doors for the bedrooms? Acoustical tile over the table? Strategically placed bookshelves?

Tell me what you've tried, or would try in this situation.
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Old 11-19-2007, 04:06 AM
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Default Re: Quiet poker night?

Darken the lighting. Generally, people are less noisy when it is darker.

Play meditation music. It is hard to be rowdy when an Indian guru is chanting Sanskrit verses to the sound of waterfalls or Oms in the background. Get the players in a relaxed state of consciousness.
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Old 11-19-2007, 04:20 AM
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Default Re: Quiet poker night?

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Get the players in a relaxed state of consciousness.

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This would probably work, but it sounds less fun... and less profitable [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Sound deflecting/dampening?
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Old 11-19-2007, 04:39 AM
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Default Re: Quiet poker night?

Make sure you've got something soft like a thick table cloth or blanket on the table. We found that helped a lot since chips make lots of noise.
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Old 11-19-2007, 05:27 AM
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Default Re: Quiet poker night?

why is your roomate asleep/not with you? are you playing until like 6 in the am or something?
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Old 11-19-2007, 11:00 AM
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Buy her some ear plugs.
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Old 11-19-2007, 11:14 AM
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Default Re: Quiet poker night?

For acoustical damping, you can put up a very heavy blanket or drape from ceiling to floor at the entrance to the hall.
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Old 11-19-2007, 11:21 AM
Lottery Larry Lottery Larry is offline
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Default Re: Quiet poker night?

Where's the bathroom that the game uses?

Hang a thick blanket or something in between the bedroom and the game noise (two, if you can do it) to muffle/deflect sound.
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Old 11-19-2007, 02:11 PM
mr.spam mr.spam is offline
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Buy her some ear plugs.

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QFT
or make sure she goes out on those nights or something, or that she joins or just watches and is social if she doesn't want to play or whatever...
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Old 11-19-2007, 02:18 PM
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pay her to go under the table?
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