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<blockquote data-quote="TalonComics" data-source="post: 3012319" data-attributes="member: 60">I rarely run into people who don't understand what RPGs are but when I do I explain it a couple of different ways depending on the person.1. Video Game Player Or someone who understands what video games consist of are the easiest. &quot;RPGs are essentially video games without the electricity. I provide the 'system/console' as the GM and the players respond to my dialog.&quot;2. Theatre/Movies - Also an easy explanation. &quot;It's like improvisational theatre. I'm the director/playwrite and the players are the actors.&quot; If you want to be a snob about it you can always say, &quot;if you don't understand that then there's no point explaining further.&quot; I wouldn't do that though. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />If they can't understand what you're talking about from these examples I pretty much give up. Honestly, like all hobbies, not everyone is going to &quot;get it&quot; nor are they going to be interested. NASCAR is a sport and not everyone &quot;gets it&quot; but I still see total &quot;NASCAR Geeks&quot; running around.Everyone geeks out about something. If someone gives you serious crap about your personal hobbies then I have two words for them. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />~D</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TalonComics, post: 3012319, member: 60"] I rarely run into people who don't understand what RPGs are but when I do I explain it a couple of different ways depending on the person. 1. [I]Video Game Player[/I] Or someone who understands what video games consist of are the easiest. "RPGs are essentially video games without the electricity. I provide the 'system/console' as the GM and the players respond to my dialog." 2. [I]Theatre/Movies[/I] - Also an easy explanation. "It's like improvisational theatre. I'm the director/playwrite and the players are the actors." If you want to be a snob about it you can always say, "if you don't understand that then there's no point explaining further." I wouldn't do that though. ;) If they can't understand what you're talking about from these examples I pretty much give up. Honestly, like all hobbies, not everyone is going to "get it" nor are they going to be interested. NASCAR is a sport and not everyone "gets it" but I still see total "NASCAR Geeks" running around. Everyone geeks out about something. If someone gives you serious crap about your personal hobbies then I have two words for them. ;) ~D [/QUOTE]

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