That doesn't actually refute it ... in how many communities could she find such a group?[/quote]I personally can count a dozen (at least) "well adjusted" AND/or attractive people in my clan o' gamers who are some seriously hardcore nerds. Several of us were even 'cool kids'.MfA wrote:[quote="Hiram McDan] fiance would be interested to read that. Her D&D group is made up entirely of attractive and socially well adjusted Portland hipster girls.
So, really, this self absorbed negative worldview that people construct from poor social interaction/demographic saturation/circumstance is bullshit and full of holes.
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Damn your sweet bard's tongue.Hiram McDaniels wrote:Many. Roleplaying games and related activities certainly aren't for everyone, but they're not for nobody either.
There is a caveat; the vast majority of gamers aren't into hardcore number crunching and theorycrafting like Gaming Den, or Brilliant Gameologists, or the D&D Charop boards, and they're not into deeply immersive, method acting roleplay like all those World Of Darkness groups that I avoid. Most gamers sit down once every couple of weeks to play, have a good time, then put their books away and do other shit until it's time to game again. We know this because:
A) WotC's estimate from the 2010 GAMA show is around 1.5 million actively playing tabletop RPG's, and counting up the membership of the various gaming related forums, you get around 350-400,000 active accounts in total, even generously assuming that none of these are the same people posting in different communities, only about 27% of the hobby gives enough of a shit to talk about it online.
B) When you try talking about Gaming Den shit with your real life group, they change the subject to work or sports or something.
So if you consider casual gamers to be real gamers, and you should, then you can find many communities where conventionally attractive and hip people are happy to sit down and play RPG's. In my experience, all you need to do is invite people.