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<blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 5863869" data-attributes="member: 17106"><p>It's a little like looking at the average NFL fan by taking a sample from box seats at a stadium. Or looking at the average doctor by going to a conference at a university. Or looking at the average single young adult by going to a bar. I'm not saying the group at conventions isn't diverse, I'm saying it isn't representative of the gaming population as a whole, because going to a convention is in itself an unusual activity.</p><p></p><p>I've DMed and played for close to 15 years with dozens of people. I've never been to a convention or seriously considered doing so, despite the fact that there's a significant one not far from me (right around this time of year in fact). No one I know has ever been to a convention, or played in any kind of organized way or with people who weren't met through everyday social activities. Most don't even post on message boards like this one. I'm also a lifelong Star Trek fan who's never been to a convention for that. I don't understand conventions.</p><p></p><p>The point is not that there is anything <em>wrong</em> with conventions or with convention gaming, but that when you say that people at rpg conventions don't struggle with rpg terminology, I don't take that as being applicable to the population of actual or potential rpg players as a whole, because I believe the vast majority of D&D players will never go to one (just my opinion; I don't know what data there is available), just as most NFL fans watch their games at home, most physicians are in private practice or hospitals and grab their continuing ed at small events, and young singles spend their nights in all kinds of places.</p><p></p><p>What I would consider a cross section is a general phone survey that asks random people whether they play rpgs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ahnehnois, post: 5863869, member: 17106"] It's a little like looking at the average NFL fan by taking a sample from box seats at a stadium. Or looking at the average doctor by going to a conference at a university. Or looking at the average single young adult by going to a bar. I'm not saying the group at conventions isn't diverse, I'm saying it isn't representative of the gaming population as a whole, because going to a convention is in itself an unusual activity. I've DMed and played for close to 15 years with dozens of people. I've never been to a convention or seriously considered doing so, despite the fact that there's a significant one not far from me (right around this time of year in fact). No one I know has ever been to a convention, or played in any kind of organized way or with people who weren't met through everyday social activities. Most don't even post on message boards like this one. I'm also a lifelong Star Trek fan who's never been to a convention for that. I don't understand conventions. The point is not that there is anything [I]wrong[/I] with conventions or with convention gaming, but that when you say that people at rpg conventions don't struggle with rpg terminology, I don't take that as being applicable to the population of actual or potential rpg players as a whole, because I believe the vast majority of D&D players will never go to one (just my opinion; I don't know what data there is available), just as most NFL fans watch their games at home, most physicians are in private practice or hospitals and grab their continuing ed at small events, and young singles spend their nights in all kinds of places. What I would consider a cross section is a general phone survey that asks random people whether they play rpgs. [/QUOTE]
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