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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7783887" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>But, but, but, I've read several posters here telling me that gamers WERE totally inclusive back then. It wasn't gamers keeping people out of the hobby, it was other folks who were bullying people. Gamers were completely free of any blame back in the day. </p><p></p><p>That's what I'm being told anyway.</p><p></p><p>And, I agree that we need to understand how we got here today. That's been my point all the way along. That we shouldn't be trying to pretend that we were something we weren't. And, looking how we were, we can do better now.</p><p></p><p>As to why I'm participating in a thread about 32 year old information, well, it's posts like this one:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>that are about as tone deaf as you could possibly be. All those other games could change their art and no one cared because no one was actually playing those games. It was D&D and then everything else. NINETY NINE percent male. Oh, but, it couldn't possibly be because of the actions of gamers, publishers and game makers. No, of course not. It's never our fault is it? We just happened to live somewhere where no girls wanted to play.</p><p></p><p>Apparently 99% of White Dwarf respondents went to all boys schools. Could be, I suppose. It's possible. Large, flatulent monkeys might spontaneously explode from my vas deferens as well, but, it's equally likely.</p><p></p><p>What baffles me, honestly, is this defensive tone. Yeah, the hobby done screwed up in the past. But, we're trying to fix that. Well done us. Why is it so hard to admit that we might not have been as good in the past as we could have been? <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/erm.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":erm:" title="Erm :erm:" data-shortname=":erm:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7783887, member: 22779"] But, but, but, I've read several posters here telling me that gamers WERE totally inclusive back then. It wasn't gamers keeping people out of the hobby, it was other folks who were bullying people. Gamers were completely free of any blame back in the day. That's what I'm being told anyway. And, I agree that we need to understand how we got here today. That's been my point all the way along. That we shouldn't be trying to pretend that we were something we weren't. And, looking how we were, we can do better now. As to why I'm participating in a thread about 32 year old information, well, it's posts like this one: that are about as tone deaf as you could possibly be. All those other games could change their art and no one cared because no one was actually playing those games. It was D&D and then everything else. NINETY NINE percent male. Oh, but, it couldn't possibly be because of the actions of gamers, publishers and game makers. No, of course not. It's never our fault is it? We just happened to live somewhere where no girls wanted to play. Apparently 99% of White Dwarf respondents went to all boys schools. Could be, I suppose. It's possible. Large, flatulent monkeys might spontaneously explode from my vas deferens as well, but, it's equally likely. What baffles me, honestly, is this defensive tone. Yeah, the hobby done screwed up in the past. But, we're trying to fix that. Well done us. Why is it so hard to admit that we might not have been as good in the past as we could have been? :erm: [/QUOTE]
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