I've ditched my friends to play games a lot of times and they still keep inviting me to stuff. You plan fails Rainecloud. My friends usually do pop up to see what my other plans where and it always ends up the same way: They watch me play whatever it was. That gives me an idea: compromise, invite your friends over to watch you play Resident Evil 2. That should be more entertaining than The Shining. Besides the book is a lot better.