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<blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 1731452" data-attributes="member: 99">Having given this topic a bit more thought over the weekend, I've come to a further conclusion that I figured I throw out there to be chewed upon by the masses.It seems to me that if you buy into the notion that the &quot;cat piss men&quot; are the &quot;poster children&quot; for Roleplaying and you desire to change this, you should be very open about your gaming hobby to people outside the gaming community.&nbsp; After all, if you are a &quot;normal&quot;, sweet-smelling, well socialized professional adult who is no longer living in his parents' basement then you are providing a counter to the stereotype.&nbsp; If you are openly a gamer then the people who know you will have their perception of the hobby altered.&nbsp; And they will further have some ammunition against those who they encounter that cling to the stereotype.You should also be actively trying to recruit outsiders to the hobby, provided that they aren't &quot;cat piss men&quot; already.&nbsp; Because, in doing so, you are increasing the percentage of people in the hobby that are &quot;non cat piss men&quot; and thereby decreasing the proportion of &quot;cat piss men&quot;.This appears to me to be the only viable strategy for changing the demographics of the hobby because I don't think that you can effectively drive the &quot;cat piss man&quot; element out of roleplaying.&nbsp; And &quot;rehabilitating&quot; the current &quot;cat piss man&quot; population seems to be an iffy prospect at best.As a final thought, I'll note that I could never have guessed a week ago that I'd have ever used the term &quot;cat piss man&quot; so many times in a single post.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rel, post: 1731452, member: 99"] Having given this topic a bit more thought over the weekend, I've come to a further conclusion that I figured I throw out there to be chewed upon by the masses. It seems to me that if you buy into the notion that the "cat piss men" are the "poster children" for Roleplaying and you desire to change this, you should be very open about your gaming hobby to people outside the gaming community. After all, if you are a "normal", sweet-smelling, well socialized professional adult who is no longer living in his parents' basement then you are providing a counter to the stereotype. If you are openly a gamer then the people who know you will have their perception of the hobby altered. And they will further have some ammunition against those who they encounter that cling to the stereotype. You should also be actively trying to recruit outsiders to the hobby, provided that they aren't "cat piss men" already. Because, in doing so, you are increasing the percentage of people in the hobby that are "non cat piss men" and thereby decreasing the proportion of "cat piss men". This appears to me to be the only viable strategy for changing the demographics of the hobby because I don't think that you can effectively drive the "cat piss man" element out of roleplaying. And "rehabilitating" the current "cat piss man" population seems to be an iffy prospect at best. As a final thought, I'll note that I could never have guessed a week ago that I'd have ever used the term "cat piss man" so many times in a single post. [/QUOTE]

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