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<blockquote data-quote="JonnyP71" data-source="post: 7783895" data-attributes="member: 6788862"><p>This here is a key point. We all have different experiences, and it seems that some of those looking back have entirely unrealistic ideas of each contributor's own personal situation, and their capability to have any influence over that!</p><p></p><p>When I was doing most of my gaming it was 1983-1988 - I was 12-17 years old. I couldn't choose where I lived, I didn't have a choice regarding the school I attended, and I had very little control over my own social circles. My suburb of Birmingham was 100% white, very middle class. The school I attended was 100% male, about 90% white, and with a high proportion of pupils from *very* wealthy backgrounds - another reason why I was a bit of an outsider, as my family was poor in comparison.</p><p></p><p>I played RPGs with the people who accepted me. Just as I accepted them. Our group had one guy who was obviously gay (in the 80s, when it was tough to be open about it), another who was from India, and another who was a Polish immigrant. So by the standards of the time, and in comparison with the demographics of both my local area and my school environment, we were extremely diverse. </p><p></p><p>We didn't have the internet, we didn't have mobile phones, we didn't have gaming meetup groups/societies, we relied on public transport - there wasn't the communication network to break out from these smaller social circles - thus we played with the people we knew, who accepted us, and who were interested in gaming. We played the games that were available to us, those any one of us could afford, and those that were stocked by our gaming shop - the only gaming shop I was ever aware of in the 80s was Games Workshop in Birmingham town centre!!</p><p></p><p>There is no need for self flagellation on this topic. Quite simply, there is *nothing* most of us could have done to change a thing. We weren't even aware anything needed changing!!!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JonnyP71, post: 7783895, member: 6788862"] This here is a key point. We all have different experiences, and it seems that some of those looking back have entirely unrealistic ideas of each contributor's own personal situation, and their capability to have any influence over that! When I was doing most of my gaming it was 1983-1988 - I was 12-17 years old. I couldn't choose where I lived, I didn't have a choice regarding the school I attended, and I had very little control over my own social circles. My suburb of Birmingham was 100% white, very middle class. The school I attended was 100% male, about 90% white, and with a high proportion of pupils from *very* wealthy backgrounds - another reason why I was a bit of an outsider, as my family was poor in comparison. I played RPGs with the people who accepted me. Just as I accepted them. Our group had one guy who was obviously gay (in the 80s, when it was tough to be open about it), another who was from India, and another who was a Polish immigrant. So by the standards of the time, and in comparison with the demographics of both my local area and my school environment, we were extremely diverse. We didn't have the internet, we didn't have mobile phones, we didn't have gaming meetup groups/societies, we relied on public transport - there wasn't the communication network to break out from these smaller social circles - thus we played with the people we knew, who accepted us, and who were interested in gaming. We played the games that were available to us, those any one of us could afford, and those that were stocked by our gaming shop - the only gaming shop I was ever aware of in the 80s was Games Workshop in Birmingham town centre!! There is no need for self flagellation on this topic. Quite simply, there is *nothing* most of us could have done to change a thing. We weren't even aware anything needed changing!!!!! [/QUOTE]
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