I think I am reaching a point where I struggle to co-exist with the broader hobby.
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I think there’s a lot of virtual country club politics going on there too. I’ve seen people really push for a style of gaming so they can control the agenda. What I have never understood is why.
I had someone reply to me on a YouTube comment once that made this click for me.
They’re all playing on Start Playing Games, and they want to ensure they don’t have to think about anything, just run their RPGBOT-optimized build and flex on the other players.
That's somewhat grimly just how some people are. They tend to be very loud too
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@Taskerland @Printdevil And they’d still be wrong.
The industry—as opposed to the hobby—runs on money, and the ragebaiters arguably drive commerce to the bigger players. Until, of course, they get too toxic (and often exposed as racists and/or sex predators, FWIW), and another replaces them: there’s always another would-be pundit ready to grift their way into the limelight.
They drag you onto their own turf because it’s the only ground on which they can compete. You don’t HAVE to indulge them.
@Taskerland @Printdevil I guess I’m trying to say there’s nothing wrong with your gaming opinions, and we all have your back, else we would’ve devolved into name-calling and ad hominems by now.
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@Taskerland @Printdevil And they’d still be wrong.
The industry—as opposed to the hobby—runs on money, and the ragebaiters arguably drive commerce to the bigger players. Until, of course, they get too toxic (and often exposed as racists and/or sex predators, FWIW), and another replaces them: there’s always another would-be pundit ready to grift their way into the limelight.
They drag you onto their own turf because it’s the only ground on which they can compete. You don’t HAVE to indulge them.
RPGs are one of the hobbies with a tremendous silent majority, more groups probably exist than we'd ever know, playing happily for decades till the vagaries of time and ages, or just society makes them pop up for a look. Most of my old group never bought a game in their lives, that's what annoys corporate about RPGs. They can't harvest people who just game, and most groups aren't buying six players guides. They want us playing a different version of the hobby entirely
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RPGs are one of the hobbies with a tremendous silent majority, more groups probably exist than we'd ever know, playing happily for decades till the vagaries of time and ages, or just society makes them pop up for a look. Most of my old group never bought a game in their lives, that's what annoys corporate about RPGs. They can't harvest people who just game, and most groups aren't buying six players guides. They want us playing a different version of the hobby entirely
@Printdevil @davej @Taskerland
And the people who spend the most on products are the ones who play LOTS of different games. It’s best for the ecosystem as a whole for there to be dozens of solid reliable companies making myriad products… but thats not how business works -
@Taskerland @Printdevil I guess I’m trying to say there’s nothing wrong with your gaming opinions, and we all have your back, else we would’ve devolved into name-calling and ad hominems by now.
@davej Thank you for the kind thoughts Dave
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