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<blockquote data-quote="MaxKaladin" data-source="post: 2579967" data-attributes="member: 1196">I don't know.&nbsp; I suppose if someone wanted to, they could just hang out here on the off-topic forum to participate in the various off-topic threads and not care at all about RPGs.&nbsp; People generally expect someone here to be interested in RPGs though.&nbsp; In any case, that's not what I was talking about.&nbsp; What I'm talking about is the idea many sports fans seem to have that because I'm male I am required to be interested in sports or that because I live in San Antonio, I am required to be a enthusiastic fan of the Spurs.&nbsp; I'm not the only one to notice this.&nbsp; There is more than one comment upthread about how others have experienced this sort of thing.&nbsp; That's what I'm talking about as an interest in sports being manditory.&nbsp; I don't view the two as the same thing.&nbsp; Expecting the people in the stadium or the sports bar to be sports fans or the people at a game convention or a RPG message board to be RPG fans is one thing and pretty reasonable.&nbsp; Requiring me to be a fan because I happen to live in the same city or because of my gender isn't.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MaxKaladin, post: 2579967, member: 1196"] I don't know. I suppose if someone wanted to, they could just hang out here on the off-topic forum to participate in the various off-topic threads and not care at all about RPGs. People generally expect someone here to be interested in RPGs though. In any case, that's not what I was talking about. What I'm talking about is the idea many sports fans seem to have that because I'm male I am required to be interested in sports or that because I live in San Antonio, I am required to be a enthusiastic fan of the Spurs. I'm not the only one to notice this. There is more than one comment upthread about how others have experienced this sort of thing. That's what I'm talking about as an interest in sports being manditory. I don't view the two as the same thing. Expecting the people in the stadium or the sports bar to be sports fans or the people at a game convention or a RPG message board to be RPG fans is one thing and pretty reasonable. Requiring me to be a fan because I happen to live in the same city or because of my gender isn't. [/QUOTE]

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