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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Radiating Gnome" data-source="post: 6033510" data-attributes="member: 150">I spend plenty on gaming (hell, I just started a column about gadgets and technology in gaming, and the seed for that is actually having spent a lot of money on them). But I don't see my hobby spending as a problem. 1. I can afford it.  (double income no kids household, and so on)2. Compared to other hobbies, like golf or skiing or my wife's bookbinding, the spending seems to be inline with what other committed people spend on their hobbies.  3. It brings me a lot of pleasure.It's entirely possible to play D&D on a shoestring budget, the same way it's possible to go to the DAV and buy a set of old, used golf clubs and play golf on just a local, municipal golf course because it's cheap. I could afford new state-of-the-art clubs, and could afford travel to play on different, private courses, would it be a problem for me to do so? And who gets to decide that? So, anyway, we all live in different circumstances, with different budgets and different priorities. Being less able to spend on the hobby doesn't make anyone more or less committed to it.  Just like being able to spend a lot on golf clubs doesn't make a person a better golfer. Moderating your spending is a pretty personal thing, I figure.  -rg</blockquote>