To me. You want to pick a fight, but I’m not interested. Joe’s seems to be wanting to only play with guys. Certainly his choice but I’m disappointed by it. That is all.
How do you know that Joe only wants to play with guys? Simple, you don't.
We don't know all the details of who and why Joe plays with who he plays. We know he plays with his friends. We do read in the article that networking is a factor, somebody in the game tells a friend, who then expresses interest in joining. Have some of Joe's female friends and contacts expressed interest, and been shot down? Who the hell knows?
There are no women currently in Joe's group. That says nothing about who Joe is willing and interested in playing with. And, quite frankly, it's none of our goddamn business.
If you came into my house, looked around, and started making comments about the "sausage fest" and lack of women at my table . . . insinuating that my players and I are sexist . . . you would quickly be shown the door.
The folks who like to play D&D have always been diverse, and our game is getting even more so. That's a good thing. But the fact remains that our hobby is dominated by white guys. We do need more representation, and a lot of professionals in the hobby are working hard to encourage that in any way they can. But criticizing individual play groups, especially when your context knowledge is close to zero, is not the way to push for more diversity.
Sheesh.
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