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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 6386026" data-attributes="member: 2525"><p>Unless it was a <a href="http://www.pixelitis.net/features/why-mmorpgs-may-be-dying-genre" target="_blank">trend that is now dying,</a> or unless generationally people come back around to wanting to be around their friends in person...like they are doing with <a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2012/03/11/inside-board-game-renaissance/XXRfS0Ble3X9BGgrZlA7wO/story.html" target="_blank">board games now</a>. </p><p></p><p>Indeed, Dancey's research was for growing EVE, but since then <a href="http://nosygamer.blogspot.com/2014/07/graphing-eve-online-history-from.html" target="_blank">EVE is dying</a>. </p><p></p><p>Dancey did not find that people will never come back to TTRPGs, just that they were leaving for MMORPG at that time and when leaving they did not have any plans at the time to come back. Much like they had no plan to ditch EVE once they left...but they are. And much like they had no intention of going to Board Gaming once they left, but they are.</p><p></p><p>This is all about trends really, not permanent changes. And I think the AngryDM and Mike Mearls are correct that the trending is there to support people coming back to TTRPGs, just as the trending was there years ago for them to leave for MMORPGs, and then leave for board games. Geek culture definitely seems like it is swinging towards the table top and away from the console gaming at the moment, and D&D should try and take advantage of that swing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 6386026, member: 2525"] Unless it was a [URL="http://www.pixelitis.net/features/why-mmorpgs-may-be-dying-genre"]trend that is now dying,[/URL] or unless generationally people come back around to wanting to be around their friends in person...like they are doing with [URL="http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2012/03/11/inside-board-game-renaissance/XXRfS0Ble3X9BGgrZlA7wO/story.html"]board games now[/URL]. Indeed, Dancey's research was for growing EVE, but since then [URL="http://nosygamer.blogspot.com/2014/07/graphing-eve-online-history-from.html"]EVE is dying[/URL]. Dancey did not find that people will never come back to TTRPGs, just that they were leaving for MMORPG at that time and when leaving they did not have any plans at the time to come back. Much like they had no plan to ditch EVE once they left...but they are. And much like they had no intention of going to Board Gaming once they left, but they are. This is all about trends really, not permanent changes. And I think the AngryDM and Mike Mearls are correct that the trending is there to support people coming back to TTRPGs, just as the trending was there years ago for them to leave for MMORPGs, and then leave for board games. Geek culture definitely seems like it is swinging towards the table top and away from the console gaming at the moment, and D&D should try and take advantage of that swing. [/QUOTE]
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