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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lichtenhart" data-source="post: 1727934" data-attributes="member: 761">(emphasis mine)North American popular culture is pervasive, it reaches everywhere. But it's far from being the global popular culture. Many things don't reach Europe, or if they do, they are just dismissed as 'americanate' (italian term).E.g. Dark Dungeons and the 'D&D is the tool of the devil' crusade never reached Italy, I think. Had it done, it would have only been slightly frowned upon, i think.Another example: in every movie I see about an american school there are bullies, jocks, and cheerleaders. Those categories do not exist in italian school, and most people I know have trouble relating to them.So Nisarg, I'm seriously trying to tell yo that rpg fans aren't seen negatively by italian, and I think european in general too, popular culture.I've put some example in a post above. I remember that when 3.5e came out, there were some interviews in a gaming store on the national channel.I can't really speak for japanese culture, and I invite someone more competent than me to speak about it, but I don't think that in Japan rpgfans are seen any worse than the common otaku.So I wonder if it couldn't be the other way around. Couldn't it be that rpgs being depicted negatively attracts weirdos, rather than rpgs attracting weirdos makes them be depicted negatively?</blockquote>