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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Telgian" data-source="post: 396215" data-attributes="member: 2796">OK, I'm with you so far, even if the practicalities of the situation would not allow it to happen. These are people who are already intrested in the fantasy genre, and could become intrested in D&D if approached.[RANT] Quibble 1. And Joe the fantasy enthusiast always goes to the theatre with his buddy pals? Never with his SO? Never with his buddy pals and their SO's? The times that I have gone to the theatre the audience seems to be about a 50-50. Don't forget that not everone in line is male. Quibble 2. Oohh and I bet Joe's SO just [sarcasm]loves[/sarcasm] this little display. So is this approach to market D&D, or bring up gender issues? I mean, after all, if the gal is a "hot chick" Joe will be drooling, right? Right? That is the point of the example isn't it? Sell by using sex? So what about the reaction of the gals in line? (Oh, I really need to lose weight -- I would never look good in that; I wish I were that pretty; wonderful, my boyfriend is drooling over another woman; What kind of freaks wear that in public; I wouldn't be caught dead in that; I wish I had the courage to wear that; Is that what my boyfriend likes; how embarrasing, and they're heading our way;...)Well, so far we're off to a good start with the guys, and the gals...a bit negative already there I would think.And this goes over like a lead balloon.  Quibble3. Matinee I would assume?[/RANT]So what about tasteful and well done costume? What's so wrong with that? "Regdar" and "Mialee" in something like 16th century court attire?The problem with costumes is that they must be *very* well done, or they have little more impact than the unfortunate soul in a chicken outfit standing outside a restaurant trying to wave customers in.First contact, as it were, should be a little more credible than the chainmail bikini approach. Remember, if this is a persons first exposure to D&D they may not have run into the chainmail bikini's or the LARPers before, and may not be horribly impressed. Especially if their viewpoint is somewhat conservative.[And as a matter of fact they do not impress me. Just so that you are aware of my biases.]Unless it's a different movie theatre than the type I assume that you are talking about <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" />Bravo.</blockquote>

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