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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Terraism" data-source="post: 763798" data-attributes="member: 278">I wasn't going to chime in on this, just because I think Psion and Celebrim have said it easily as well as I could.  Thanks, guys.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />  But on the chainmail bikini note, in regards to the relationship it shares with our hobby, I've got a story to tell.I'm currently in my freshman year at college.  This fall, the school ran an activities fair, where all the on-campus clubs had a booth in order to give us all an idea of what's offered, and to maybe take a dip into something we hadn't tried.  Great idea, and all in all a good fair.  Anyway, Clarkson has a gaming club - The Gauntlet - that ranges from D&D to GURPS to Vampire, from Risk to Magic.  A pretty broad range, and they had a nice table set up with books from a variety of games, some cards, and some minis.  No, it wasn't going to get the most traffic, but they were sure to get a bit, and probably pick up a few new people.That wasn't enough, though, apparently.  Instead of leaving it at that, one of the female members of the club dressed up - chainmail bikini.  (Note - I wasn't aware such things actually existed.  I learned otherwise.)  Personally, I don't think it was appropriate for wearing in public, but that's me.  Point is, they got probably the highest traffic of any booth there.  Did it help any?  Not really - I can't say for sure, but from the one meeting I've gone too, the only people who seemed to sign up were those that were already looking for a gaming group on campus.  And of the masses of other people who stopped to look?  I haven't met a single one yet who didn't think it was both tacky and stupid.  A shining example of our hobby, indeed.Yes, maybe having this cheese art sells.  I doubt it makes that big of an impact.  Non-gamers still aren't going to pick it up, because if they want a magazine with half-naked women, they'll probably just go the whole nine yards and pick up Playboy or some such.  Here's another issue of Dragon that I'll buy for the content, but pull the cover off of if I plan on reading it anywhere in public.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

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