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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 9303009" data-attributes="member: 4348"><p>I am a POC, but not Japanese myself. I play RPGs with a bunch of Japanese gamers (one of the groups I game with, but it's sporadic and only around once a month at most when we meet, normally it's online these days) who voice their opinions on various RPGs if that counts at all, but of course, that's anecdotal.</p><p></p><p>What I stated is NOT outright stated by any of them (Actually, their frustrations with some of the outrage of Americans over Oriental Adventures and other items ARE indicated in my post directly though, and some of their thoughts on how Americans and the West try to use certain terms in relation to their ethnicity and backgrounds). Their preferences also influenced what I wrote.</p><p></p><p>IF we play a Western RPG it tends to be AD&D (1e or 2e, leans towards 1e which is what we are playing) or something older (edit add: as in, an older RPG such as something from the 80s or 90s). They don't play 5e. Only reason they play 3e is they DO like the Oriental Adventures and such (or anything that reflects Japanese influence or culture in the West is something they get a kick out of I think...that's more of an impression I get from playing with them over the years). Ironically, we don't PLAY 3e Oriental Adventures though, it's more of a...interest point they bring up occasionally on why 3e is interesting. I don't think I've ever played anything beyond low level 3e with them in the past decade (when we have given it a shot, normally we play shorter rpg adventures that take one to three sessions these days, perhaps that would change if we had a more frequent gaming session). Interestingly enough I think that attitude is something a lot of Asian-Americans may find horrifying though, which would...to me...illustrate the divide of culture and morals we have between those in the East and those in the West.</p><p></p><p>There are other RPGs we play, but nothing that is popular on these forums (at least I don't think they are popular on these forums, don't see much discussion on them).</p><p></p><p>Edit: I should also add, as my points are based on an anecdotal observation, these are ALL older gamers. I don't think any of them are under the age of 45, so my views may not be reflective of the younger gaming audiences in Japan or East Asia.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 9303009, member: 4348"] I am a POC, but not Japanese myself. I play RPGs with a bunch of Japanese gamers (one of the groups I game with, but it's sporadic and only around once a month at most when we meet, normally it's online these days) who voice their opinions on various RPGs if that counts at all, but of course, that's anecdotal. What I stated is NOT outright stated by any of them (Actually, their frustrations with some of the outrage of Americans over Oriental Adventures and other items ARE indicated in my post directly though, and some of their thoughts on how Americans and the West try to use certain terms in relation to their ethnicity and backgrounds). Their preferences also influenced what I wrote. IF we play a Western RPG it tends to be AD&D (1e or 2e, leans towards 1e which is what we are playing) or something older (edit add: as in, an older RPG such as something from the 80s or 90s). They don't play 5e. Only reason they play 3e is they DO like the Oriental Adventures and such (or anything that reflects Japanese influence or culture in the West is something they get a kick out of I think...that's more of an impression I get from playing with them over the years). Ironically, we don't PLAY 3e Oriental Adventures though, it's more of a...interest point they bring up occasionally on why 3e is interesting. I don't think I've ever played anything beyond low level 3e with them in the past decade (when we have given it a shot, normally we play shorter rpg adventures that take one to three sessions these days, perhaps that would change if we had a more frequent gaming session). Interestingly enough I think that attitude is something a lot of Asian-Americans may find horrifying though, which would...to me...illustrate the divide of culture and morals we have between those in the East and those in the West. There are other RPGs we play, but nothing that is popular on these forums (at least I don't think they are popular on these forums, don't see much discussion on them). Edit: I should also add, as my points are based on an anecdotal observation, these are ALL older gamers. I don't think any of them are under the age of 45, so my views may not be reflective of the younger gaming audiences in Japan or East Asia. [/QUOTE]
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