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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7713455" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>My group too. And that's perfectly fine. But, that's not the issue. The issue is you telling a group of strangers that they aren't really part of the hobby because they aren't playing the tabletop game. You and I enjoy D&D as a tabletop game. And that's groovy. Someone else enjoys D&D by watching a movie or playing NWN. That's perfectly fine too, isn't it? </p><p></p><p>Why gatekeeper the hobby? What productive points can be made by telling someone who plays NWN or reads FR novels they aren't actually part of the hobby?</p><p></p><p>Telling me that I'm not really a fan of Marvel because I don't buy comic books seems a bit strange, to be honest. I haven't bought a comic book in decades. Mostly because I live in Japan and they aren't available. But, I enjoy the Marvel Universe stuff in the movies and TV shows. Does that make me less of a fan than someone who buys comic books? Why bother creating this sort of hierarchy?</p><p></p><p>It's no different than Star Wars. Just because I'm not a consumer of the novels, does that mean I'm no longer counted as a Star Wars fan? I've never played the RPG (mostly because of lack of opportunity). So, does that further move me down on the fandom ladder? </p><p></p><p>Good grief, going back to NFL, there are probably an order of magnitude more NFL fans who haven't picked up a football in a decade than those who play on anything approaching a regular basis. Does that mean that they aren't really football fans? Am I only a real fan if I paint myself blue and go to a stadium? Millions of people watch NFL every weekend on TV. Are they somehow less important than those guys standing in the stands?</p><p></p><p>I really don't get this need to getting into pissing contests over who is a bigger fan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7713455, member: 22779"] My group too. And that's perfectly fine. But, that's not the issue. The issue is you telling a group of strangers that they aren't really part of the hobby because they aren't playing the tabletop game. You and I enjoy D&D as a tabletop game. And that's groovy. Someone else enjoys D&D by watching a movie or playing NWN. That's perfectly fine too, isn't it? Why gatekeeper the hobby? What productive points can be made by telling someone who plays NWN or reads FR novels they aren't actually part of the hobby? Telling me that I'm not really a fan of Marvel because I don't buy comic books seems a bit strange, to be honest. I haven't bought a comic book in decades. Mostly because I live in Japan and they aren't available. But, I enjoy the Marvel Universe stuff in the movies and TV shows. Does that make me less of a fan than someone who buys comic books? Why bother creating this sort of hierarchy? It's no different than Star Wars. Just because I'm not a consumer of the novels, does that mean I'm no longer counted as a Star Wars fan? I've never played the RPG (mostly because of lack of opportunity). So, does that further move me down on the fandom ladder? Good grief, going back to NFL, there are probably an order of magnitude more NFL fans who haven't picked up a football in a decade than those who play on anything approaching a regular basis. Does that mean that they aren't really football fans? Am I only a real fan if I paint myself blue and go to a stadium? Millions of people watch NFL every weekend on TV. Are they somehow less important than those guys standing in the stands? I really don't get this need to getting into pissing contests over who is a bigger fan. [/QUOTE]
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