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<blockquote data-quote="Campbell" data-source="post: 2435140" data-attributes="member: 16586"><p>I'm not Teflon Billy, but I will address your points. In general I have a hard time seeing why anyone should be forced to treat fellow gamers or even potential gamers any differently than they treat other people. Additionally, I don't see how playing roleplaying games infers any obligation towards other people who play roleplaying games. I must have missed that information when I was introduced to this hobby. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't view this as problematic. Gaming is an activity I engage in to have fun. I do not game to show others the errors of their ways, espicially if they can have fun playing the game in the manner they wish to if they find a group that is conducive to their playstyle. Besides people engage in social discrimination all the time, and it's not neccesarily all that bad. I'm more likely to enjoy the company of people my age, who dress like I do, go out to the same places, and watch the same sorts of movies. Like Teflon Billy, I pretty much game with people my own age. It's not that I'm passing judgement on everyone in the 30+ age group, but gaming is a social activity, and I prefer to spend my time socializing with other people in my age group that have similar interests. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>By engaging yourself in the process of teaching other people "How to Play The Right Way" your placing yourself and the way you play a game of make-believe up on a pedastool above the way other people play the game. Extropolate that to enough GMs, and the hobby will suffer in the long run.</p><p></p><p>Honestly, *the hobby* most likely doesn't suffer because of normal social exclusionary practices. It probably does suffer due to the existence of a seperate social standard that does not apply in society at large, and serves to retard normal social development. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Whereas, I prefer to spend my gaming time gaming, not babysitting. I won't exercise any more compassion with another gamer, than I would with any one who wasn't a gamer. Gamers do not deserve some sort of special treatment. I fail to see any sort of moral imperative. Teflon Billy isn't committing some grave injustice by choosing to spend his free time having fun, rather than engaging in teaching others 'how to play'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Campbell, post: 2435140, member: 16586"] I'm not Teflon Billy, but I will address your points. In general I have a hard time seeing why anyone should be forced to treat fellow gamers or even potential gamers any differently than they treat other people. Additionally, I don't see how playing roleplaying games infers any obligation towards other people who play roleplaying games. I must have missed that information when I was introduced to this hobby. I don't view this as problematic. Gaming is an activity I engage in to have fun. I do not game to show others the errors of their ways, espicially if they can have fun playing the game in the manner they wish to if they find a group that is conducive to their playstyle. Besides people engage in social discrimination all the time, and it's not neccesarily all that bad. I'm more likely to enjoy the company of people my age, who dress like I do, go out to the same places, and watch the same sorts of movies. Like Teflon Billy, I pretty much game with people my own age. It's not that I'm passing judgement on everyone in the 30+ age group, but gaming is a social activity, and I prefer to spend my time socializing with other people in my age group that have similar interests. By engaging yourself in the process of teaching other people "How to Play The Right Way" your placing yourself and the way you play a game of make-believe up on a pedastool above the way other people play the game. Extropolate that to enough GMs, and the hobby will suffer in the long run. Honestly, *the hobby* most likely doesn't suffer because of normal social exclusionary practices. It probably does suffer due to the existence of a seperate social standard that does not apply in society at large, and serves to retard normal social development. Whereas, I prefer to spend my gaming time gaming, not babysitting. I won't exercise any more compassion with another gamer, than I would with any one who wasn't a gamer. Gamers do not deserve some sort of special treatment. I fail to see any sort of moral imperative. Teflon Billy isn't committing some grave injustice by choosing to spend his free time having fun, rather than engaging in teaching others 'how to play'. [/QUOTE]
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