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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7713522" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>Like you say though, we don't get to define "The Hobby". As it becomes more mainstream, what "The Hobby" means is going to change. That's just a fact of life.</p><p></p><p>Look at Batman as an example. That's about as mainstream as we can get, right? The number of people who've actually read a Batman comic is quite probably absolutely dwarfed by the number of people who have either watched a Batman movie or TV show. So, "The Hobby" of Batman isn't defined by "people who read Batman comics" but, rather, by "people who enjoy Batman in some form of media". And, frankly, "The Hobby" of Batman likely hasn't been defined as "people who read Batman comics" in decades. </p><p></p><p>If (and I do mean if) D&D manages to achieve mainstream success, that means that "The Hobby" will change. Simply because you have so many different vectors coming into "The Hobby" that what defines "The Hobby" will become much more porous. People who have never even seen a polyhedral die will be able to say, "I like D&D" in exactly the same way that people say, "I like Batman". </p><p></p><p>That's what it means to become mainstream.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7713522, member: 22779"] Like you say though, we don't get to define "The Hobby". As it becomes more mainstream, what "The Hobby" means is going to change. That's just a fact of life. Look at Batman as an example. That's about as mainstream as we can get, right? The number of people who've actually read a Batman comic is quite probably absolutely dwarfed by the number of people who have either watched a Batman movie or TV show. So, "The Hobby" of Batman isn't defined by "people who read Batman comics" but, rather, by "people who enjoy Batman in some form of media". And, frankly, "The Hobby" of Batman likely hasn't been defined as "people who read Batman comics" in decades. If (and I do mean if) D&D manages to achieve mainstream success, that means that "The Hobby" will change. Simply because you have so many different vectors coming into "The Hobby" that what defines "The Hobby" will become much more porous. People who have never even seen a polyhedral die will be able to say, "I like D&D" in exactly the same way that people say, "I like Batman". That's what it means to become mainstream. [/QUOTE]
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