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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 7983440" data-attributes="member: 18182"><p>Yes, this is just his home table. And no, if they were drinking brandy and smoking cigars, I would not look sideways at it. Heck, maybe they are drinking brandy and smoking cigars while they play D&D!</p><p></p><p>Celebrities are people too. And some of them just want to get together and game, and that's all that's happening here. In a sense, its not really newsworthy, the article only exists due to the celebrity status of the participants. This isn't a backroom cabal of Hollywood elites making secret deals . . . and the power of the participants is limited, at best. This is just a weekly D&D game, and should not be judged for a supposed lack of gender diversity.</p><p></p><p>Being a celebrity is a weird thing. You spend a significant part of your life in the spotlight, so much so that it is normalized to a degree. People want to know about your personal life in detail, especially if they feel a connection. Gamers are excited to learn that Joe and his famous friends are D&D nerds, even though it doesn't really impact our lives in any real way. My home game isn't newsworthy, nobody cares. Joe's home game? We shouldn't care, but we do.</p><p></p><p>If there is any marketing or business angle to this at all, which there really isn't . . . . its that Joe has entered into the "celebriD&D ecosystem" of D&D celebrities. Joe doesn't live stream his home game, but he has participated in a variety of livestream games and events in partnership with WotC (and some charities, I believe). He co-wrote a Dragonlance script (that didn't end up going anywhere) and he owns/runs a fashion line with D&D inspired designs. His home game isn't a part of any of that, but Joe has become known as a celebrity who plays D&D (a celebriD&D!), and that led to interest in his long-running home game and this article.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 7983440, member: 18182"] Yes, this is just his home table. And no, if they were drinking brandy and smoking cigars, I would not look sideways at it. Heck, maybe they are drinking brandy and smoking cigars while they play D&D! Celebrities are people too. And some of them just want to get together and game, and that's all that's happening here. In a sense, its not really newsworthy, the article only exists due to the celebrity status of the participants. This isn't a backroom cabal of Hollywood elites making secret deals . . . and the power of the participants is limited, at best. This is just a weekly D&D game, and should not be judged for a supposed lack of gender diversity. Being a celebrity is a weird thing. You spend a significant part of your life in the spotlight, so much so that it is normalized to a degree. People want to know about your personal life in detail, especially if they feel a connection. Gamers are excited to learn that Joe and his famous friends are D&D nerds, even though it doesn't really impact our lives in any real way. My home game isn't newsworthy, nobody cares. Joe's home game? We shouldn't care, but we do. If there is any marketing or business angle to this at all, which there really isn't . . . . its that Joe has entered into the "celebriD&D ecosystem" of D&D celebrities. Joe doesn't live stream his home game, but he has participated in a variety of livestream games and events in partnership with WotC (and some charities, I believe). He co-wrote a Dragonlance script (that didn't end up going anywhere) and he owns/runs a fashion line with D&D inspired designs. His home game isn't a part of any of that, but Joe has become known as a celebrity who plays D&D (a celebriD&D!), and that led to interest in his long-running home game and this article. [/QUOTE]
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