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<blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 7894966" data-attributes="member: 467">A very good post. I would add that part of gatekeeping is a self defense measure born out of insecurity: this thing is important to me but others feel it is invalid, so I will INVALIDATE THEM! Bwahahah. That sort of thing.I don't remember the name of the film, and I never saw it, but maybe 5 or more years ago there I recall a trailer circulating for a D&amp;D based drama where the main thrust of the plot seemed to be that a good looking,likable &quot;hipster douchebag&quot; was stealing the nerdy DM's players away from him. This was in the early days of &quot;acceptance&quot; -- when D&amp;D With Pornstars was a blog and just a couple B-listers and maybe Robin Williams had come out as gamers. It's a good illustration of some of what we are seeing now: a reaction against the mainstreaming and &quot;coolifying&quot; of the hobby that was a nerd badge of honor for so long.I don't think that's something we want -- gatekeeping so we can continue to feel special for liking something for which we were mocked -- but I think it is there and is to some extent understandable. At the aame time, among my Gen-X non-geek friends, I am the D&amp;D Guy and so one friend came to me when her daughter (a sociially high ranked cheerleader type, and very sweet young lady) started a D&amp;D group with a bunch of her cool friends.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Reynard, post: 7894966, member: 467"] A very good post. I would add that part of gatekeeping is a self defense measure born out of insecurity: this thing is important to me but others feel it is invalid, so I will INVALIDATE THEM! Bwahahah. That sort of thing. I don't remember the name of the film, and I never saw it, but maybe 5 or more years ago there I recall a trailer circulating for a D&D based drama where the main thrust of the plot seemed to be that a good looking,likable "hipster douchebag" was stealing the nerdy DM's players away from him. This was in the early days of "acceptance" -- when D&D With Pornstars was a blog and just a couple B-listers and maybe Robin Williams had come out as gamers. It's a good illustration of some of what we are seeing now: a reaction against the mainstreaming and "coolifying" of the hobby that was a nerd badge of honor for so long. I don't think that's something we want -- gatekeeping so we can continue to feel special for liking something for which we were mocked -- but I think it is there and is to some extent understandable. At the aame time, among my Gen-X non-geek friends, I am the D&D Guy and so one friend came to me when her daughter (a sociially high ranked cheerleader type, and very sweet young lady) started a D&D group with a bunch of her cool friends. [/QUOTE]

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