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<blockquote data-quote="Kae'Yoss" data-source="post: 2469423" data-attributes="member: 4134">The worst about things like calling the hobby &quot;worthless crap&quot;, or &quot;useless&quot; is not when someone says it to insult you, but when they say it without thinking. Some of my relatives have said degrading stuff about my hobby several times, but it was not because they wanted to insult me, they just didn't think what they were saying or that it could be insulting to others.I noticed that, too. A couple of the less serious gamers accuse me of being obsessed because I'm always there and never plan anything else at game time (not if I can help it). It's interesting to note that it was usually those gamers who often did not show up because &quot;they had to go shopping&quot; or stuff like that. The fact that we had very few players back then and we could not play when even one said he couldn't make it helped in their decision, I think. They were not there, there was no game, so they didn't miss anything.Anyway...The analogy with football and other sports is a very good one. My brother now trains like four times a week for soccer, so I say the 1/2 days a week I use for RPG is not so bad.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kae'Yoss, post: 2469423, member: 4134"] The worst about things like calling the hobby "worthless crap", or "useless" is not when someone says it to insult you, but when they say it without thinking. Some of my relatives have said degrading stuff about my hobby several times, but it was not because they wanted to insult me, they just didn't think what they were saying or that it could be insulting to others. I noticed that, too. A couple of the less serious gamers accuse me of being obsessed because I'm always there and never plan anything else at game time (not if I can help it). It's interesting to note that it was usually those gamers who often did not show up because "they had to go shopping" or stuff like that. The fact that we had very few players back then and we could not play when even one said he couldn't make it helped in their decision, I think. They were not there, there was no game, so they didn't miss anything. Anyway... The analogy with football and other sports is a very good one. My brother now trains like four times a week for soccer, so I say the 1/2 days a week I use for RPG is not so bad. [/QUOTE]

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