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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Emirikol" data-source="post: 3077713" data-attributes="member: 10638">Rant About Stupid Idiots In Our Gaming Industry Sitting In The DarkI keep a perpetual ad up at Enworld, WotC and local stores for that very reason.  I NEVER run out of players becasue I've always got new ones calling me.  When I put up an Ad, it takes about a month for the first person to call and then get 1-3 inquiries per month after that.  As I get extra inquiries, I forward them to other people in need or replace a player or so a year.It's not that there aren't players out there, but you have to look at the emphasis that Enworld, WotC and game stores put towards growing their hobby..barely ANY.*  Advertising product does not grow the number of gamers out there.*  Game stores MAY have a poster board somewhere in the back and neither maintain, nor encourage their GAMERS WANTED sections.  I consider this the biggest and most moronic thing that the 'leaders' in our hobby do.   Hey, let's sit in the dark and bitch about why there aren't enough gamers out there and how the hobby is dying and then not try to grow our numbers.*  Ever try to find the GAMERS WANTED section on these or the WotC boards?  If it takes more than ONE CLICK from EVERY PAGE YOU ARE CURRENTLY ON, then you have someone disconnected, inattentive (and sometimes MORONIC) running your boards.  GAMERS SEEKING GAMERS should be on the border of EVERY GAMING INDUSTRY WEBPAGE.I hope I ruffle some feathers and step on toes with this post becasue I consider it a problem.  Those of us who have full groups can sit here and say, "Dude, it's too bad you don't have players..good luck" and not lift a darn finger to help anyone but ourselves.jh</blockquote>

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