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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 4748288" data-attributes="member: 7635"><p>Rocky Horror Picture Show survived for decades on "Cult Status"</p><p></p><p>Most people STILL can't name one Radiohead song. Yet they sell out every venue they play.</p><p></p><p>D&D will survive on cult status. Heck, it thrived there. When D&D got mainstream cred, we got <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084314/" target="_blank">Mazes & Monsters</a>. </p><p></p><p>I bought a D&D logo shirt at a Steve & Barry's (before it went under). I've seen references to D&D in music, on TV, and in movies. At the high-schools I work at, I've seen plenty of D&D-related fiction (mostly Drizzt/FR novels) being read by 14-18 year olds. Sites like Jinx have official D&D merchandise, and some of thier shirts have filtered down into Hott Topics and such.</p><p></p><p>And I still see D&D books on sale in most chain bookstores. Found PHB2 in the Bestseller section of my local Borders right next to all the hot books of the week.</p><p></p><p>D&D will never be Harry Potter or Star Wars with huge throngs of fans standing out in lines awaiting midnight releases of DMG2. I'm thoroughly certain to be cursed to never have a good D&D movie. But D&D doesn't really need all that popularity; its survived long enough doing what it does now. </p><p></p><p>Lastly, it is the natural extension of all fandoms that they must believe their chosen fandom is on the verge of collapse. Star Wars fans are certain the prequels drove off fans; Doctor Who fans assume every season of the most popular BBC show in the UK is the last; Harry Potter fans dread the rise of Twilight as the "kewl teen book du jour", etc. Its in the nature, and its nearly universal in all fandoms I'm aware of. Everyone knows no show/movie/book/game will remain popular forever, decline and fall are built in. D&D has been in "decline" for nearly 20 years and and yet still has done well for itself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 4748288, member: 7635"] Rocky Horror Picture Show survived for decades on "Cult Status" Most people STILL can't name one Radiohead song. Yet they sell out every venue they play. D&D will survive on cult status. Heck, it thrived there. When D&D got mainstream cred, we got [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084314/"]Mazes & Monsters[/URL]. I bought a D&D logo shirt at a Steve & Barry's (before it went under). I've seen references to D&D in music, on TV, and in movies. At the high-schools I work at, I've seen plenty of D&D-related fiction (mostly Drizzt/FR novels) being read by 14-18 year olds. Sites like Jinx have official D&D merchandise, and some of thier shirts have filtered down into Hott Topics and such. And I still see D&D books on sale in most chain bookstores. Found PHB2 in the Bestseller section of my local Borders right next to all the hot books of the week. D&D will never be Harry Potter or Star Wars with huge throngs of fans standing out in lines awaiting midnight releases of DMG2. I'm thoroughly certain to be cursed to never have a good D&D movie. But D&D doesn't really need all that popularity; its survived long enough doing what it does now. Lastly, it is the natural extension of all fandoms that they must believe their chosen fandom is on the verge of collapse. Star Wars fans are certain the prequels drove off fans; Doctor Who fans assume every season of the most popular BBC show in the UK is the last; Harry Potter fans dread the rise of Twilight as the "kewl teen book du jour", etc. Its in the nature, and its nearly universal in all fandoms I'm aware of. Everyone knows no show/movie/book/game will remain popular forever, decline and fall are built in. D&D has been in "decline" for nearly 20 years and and yet still has done well for itself. [/QUOTE]
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