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<blockquote data-quote="lumenbeing" data-source="post: 6677623" data-attributes="member: 6779684"><p>Here. Here! Thank you for having the bravery to be positive. I personally agree with you 100% and I sick to death of people complaining and bitching. When I was DMing at the game store this past Wednesday, the owner announced to all the players that there was a D&D movie coming out. Collectively everyone started in with "That's gonna suck" and "Please no" As if they are so afraid of the movie not being good that they feel compelled to belittle it before they even know the facts about it. The fact is the Warner Bros is not <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />ing around. They weren't <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />ing around with LotR, or Harry Potter, or The Hobbit, and the aren't <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />ing around with D&D. Fantasy is HOT! They need a fantasy franchise with a recognizable name and unlimited sequel potential. </p><p>Whether you call it a golden age or not, D&D is becoming main stream and probably in a bigger broader way than ever before. It's part of a much larger embracing of nerd culture that includes the big screen Marvel machine. It's also part of the mega popularity of games in general, from Angry Birds to Settlers of Catan. </p><p>5e may be the most assessable edition EVER. And at a time when Facebook and smartphones cause us to become more isolated, more and more new players are discovering the joys of real human interaction around the dinner table, rolling dice and drinking long into the night.</p><p>The new players at my home table are lawyers, CEOs, entrepreneurs, designers... Nerds who have made it and are now realizing that it's fine to let their inner geek out. We are having a blast.</p><p>My theory is that the ones complaining and being pessimistic are the other geeks who never made it, for whom "The Hobby" is their entire life, still living in their parents' basement, deathly afraid that pop culture will steal from them that last bastion of deep geekdom. So they cling to that by-gone Golden Age of (insert their favorite edition) when the hobby was theirs and theirs alone. Forget that noise. We won! Victory! Enjoy it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lumenbeing, post: 6677623, member: 6779684"] Here. Here! Thank you for having the bravery to be positive. I personally agree with you 100% and I sick to death of people complaining and bitching. When I was DMing at the game store this past Wednesday, the owner announced to all the players that there was a D&D movie coming out. Collectively everyone started in with "That's gonna suck" and "Please no" As if they are so afraid of the movie not being good that they feel compelled to belittle it before they even know the facts about it. The fact is the Warner Bros is not :):):):)ing around. They weren't :):):):)ing around with LotR, or Harry Potter, or The Hobbit, and the aren't :):):):)ing around with D&D. Fantasy is HOT! They need a fantasy franchise with a recognizable name and unlimited sequel potential. Whether you call it a golden age or not, D&D is becoming main stream and probably in a bigger broader way than ever before. It's part of a much larger embracing of nerd culture that includes the big screen Marvel machine. It's also part of the mega popularity of games in general, from Angry Birds to Settlers of Catan. 5e may be the most assessable edition EVER. And at a time when Facebook and smartphones cause us to become more isolated, more and more new players are discovering the joys of real human interaction around the dinner table, rolling dice and drinking long into the night. The new players at my home table are lawyers, CEOs, entrepreneurs, designers... Nerds who have made it and are now realizing that it's fine to let their inner geek out. We are having a blast. My theory is that the ones complaining and being pessimistic are the other geeks who never made it, for whom "The Hobby" is their entire life, still living in their parents' basement, deathly afraid that pop culture will steal from them that last bastion of deep geekdom. So they cling to that by-gone Golden Age of (insert their favorite edition) when the hobby was theirs and theirs alone. Forget that noise. We won! Victory! Enjoy it. [/QUOTE]
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