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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vartan" data-source="post: 5079408" data-attributes="member: 26155">I'm willing to bet--without the benefit of any scientific study--that tabletop roleplayers are more intelligent and creative than the average bear. They're also more passionate about their hobby: at any point over the past 20 years I could have tossed my game books and thrown myself fully into CCGs or MMORPGs, but like most of the members of this community the tabletop RPG is in my blood.The hobby obviously needs new blood, and I don't think a hobbyist's tenure gives them special insight into what does or doesn't make RPGs good, or fun.However, I think the biggest problem facing the hobby today (and something which could potentially scare off new gamers) is the culture of divisiveness that surrounds RPGs (particularly D&D). As a community we can't manage to say "You play Basic D&D, I play 4th Edition, and he plays Rifts. We can have some collegial fun making of each game's peculiarities, but we share more commonalities than we do differences and the world is big enough for all of us, so let's stick together and have some fun." The RPG community today is dominated by petty bickering. How many words have been written on these boards--by intelligent, well-meaning hobbyists--decrying the GSL? Last I checked the OGL was doing just fine, and all of that energy could have been channeled into creating cool gaming products.To answer your question...Heck yeah I'm excited for the future of the hobby! I'm as in love with D&D today as I was when I first cracked open that Basic boxed set. If I went back in time and told the 11 year old Vartan that, in 2010:1. There would be digital tools for character and adventure creation, and 2. The internet would help you buy whatever game-related products you want and put you in touch with millions of fellow gamers around the world; and3. There would be multiple licenses available to hobbyists which would enable the commericial publication of D&D-compatible supplements...then the 11 year old Vartan would have passed out in a fit of geekstacy.When did we, as a community, lose that sense of wonder? How is it that the flagship RPG enthusiast forum's most successful threads are recycled "The new/old edition of D&D is bad, let us count the ways" discussions?</blockquote>

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