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Originally Posted by neuronphaser

But your pricing...is...atrocious. I would not pay you this rate for what you do. None of my friends would. Many of my friends LOVE to game, but hate DMing. I'm moving to Cali, so they will be without a regular DM. Guess what? ...they would still never pay your rate. Ever. I can't think of a single gamer of all the ones I've met and played with (and believe me, I'm talking of well over 100 people that I know personally [in varying degrees, of course! I'm not that popular]).

I, on the other hand, think it's a great idea to ignore gamers.

Gamers are cheap. Gamers are cynical. Gamers without fail believe they are smarter than you and can one-up you at any and every turn (as if anybody who reads these or the WotC boards ever needed any of this to be spelled out).

But guess what. There are many people in the world who AREN'T gamers. In fact, I've heard rumors that there are actually MORE people in the world who aren't gamers, than those who are! (I can't confirm this myself though).

You wanna market gaming to gamers who already game on their own terms? You're gonna have a hard time. But, you wanna bring a one-time gaming experience to non-gamers who are curious about it but could never do it by themselves? A novelty experience for the bored couple with nothing to do this Thursday night, whom would think nothing of dropping $30 on an evening's entertainment, even if just to try it for the sake of trying it and later saying it sucked? The world is stuffed with people like that. Go there and you might have a shot. A very long shot, but a shot.

(Edit -> This is not to say I don't endorse also continuing to look for a real job with everything you've got at the same time. That goes without saying I should think)