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Message: <blockquote data-quote="freebfrost" data-source="post: 3368917" data-attributes="member: 3713">As a one-time moderator of the D&D Meetup for Columbus, Ohio, I definitely would say that basing your data on Meetup involvement is largely flawed.There are numerous gaming groups in Columbus, so much that many people tell me that it is a midwest "mecca" for gamers - but the participation in the Meetup was far short of that reality.  I found most of the Meetup members in Columbus to be fringe gamers who were looking for a group but had no idea where to go to find them.  A few didn't even know we had gaming stores in Columbus.  More than a few were extremely reclusive and outsiders in the gaming community at large.  There was little interaction between members, not even in the online forums.  It was not indicative of the gamers and groups that I personally know or know of in Columbus.  Other areas' Meetups might be more relevant, but its clearly not for Columbus.Adding to that, as you mentioned, the fact that Meetup wanted to charge funds to host meeting annoucements prompted me to resign from the group and effectively close it down.  I'm not sure if anyone stepped up to run it - it may be totally inactive.  I'd be more interested in seeing data compiled from gaming stores, website forums (EnWorld, WotC, rpg.net) and the posters' hometowns, and from local convention attendence.  That is harder data to obtain, but more robust IMO.</blockquote>