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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Campbell" data-source="post: 2194619" data-attributes="member: 16586">I believe that you'd probably find an interesting correlation between preferences towards gaming PDF and how people view technology in general. From my vantage point PDFs and other electronic documents are a superior delivery method for rules related material, espicially additional crunch. I play D&D largely because of hyperlinked versions of the SRD, and the availability of electronic supplements. I use custom initiative and experience tracking software, and a nifty dice rolling program. I type all of my notes up on my Powerbook, and use it as my only aid when running sessions. I use XHTML documents to catalog house rules. I communicate with my players over e-mail, rather than eat away at cellphone time.Then again, I'm on a computer unless I'm working out, working, or going out for the night. I'm currently working on my Associate's in Computer Information Systems, and I do some web development as a side job. I use my laptop to search for restaurants to go to, things to do, classes to attend, prospective schools for a bachelor's degree, etc. I'm only 20, and I've grown up using computers. I can read from a computer screeen just as easily as from the printed page. Technology is a vital component of how I live. I'd hazard a guess that most people that prefer books to PDFs most likely differ in their outlook on how technology should be used. I'd guess that a lot of people that prefer books don't feel as at ease when sitting down at a computer as I do. As an example, I've realized that while I'll sit down with my laptop to write a rough draft of a paper, most people I know will jot down their rough drafts on paper first. In short, I'm a highly unusual person, even amongst people my age who grew up using computers.Of course that all could be a bunch of bull. Maybe I'm just immune to to the visceral thrill of having a book in my hands. I might even prefer PDFs because I'm a cheapskate. Setting material and adventures seem to be the exceptions to my preference for PDFs mostly because I approach setting material in the same way I do novels. I get alot of entertainment value out of those products, and I've found that printed material just feels right for the amount of attention those products deserve.</blockquote>

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