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<blockquote data-quote="Bomberooski" data-source="post: 9582929" data-attributes="member: 7046929">Hahaha. This is what I hear. Without trying to derail this thread too far... Coming from a place in high school and through my 20's where I was embedded in the &quot;jock-world&quot; I unfortunately got caught up in the looking down on the &quot;nerds&quot; world (super regrettable and something that was great to work through because in reality I was as nerdy or even more nerdy than the people I was probably mean too). Anyway, I get involved in DnD through some Adventurers League open table stuff and fall in love with it. So I jump in and get involved in the community ONLY TO FIND OUT that INSIDE the community the same &quot;hey, let's look down on DnD and the folks that like it&quot; was happening.Again, I'm sure that living through the way DnD has been ran and changed has been crazy to experience for long time players. I'm sure it's frustrating too. The bummer is that if you are hoping for the hobby to grow and thrive it is most likely assumed that DnD is the doorway in. That person will probably head to YouTube or internet articles to learn about the hobby and how the game works and avoiding the &quot;DnD is dead&quot; or &quot;Why you should never play DnD&quot; videos is tough. For someone that could very well be uncomfortable with the idea of trying a role-playing game those videos just turn people off and lead to &quot;Eh, maybe I won't try it. I'll just play a video game instead&quot; thoughts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bomberooski, post: 9582929, member: 7046929"] Hahaha. This is what I hear. Without trying to derail this thread too far... Coming from a place in high school and through my 20's where I was embedded in the "jock-world" I unfortunately got caught up in the looking down on the "nerds" world (super regrettable and something that was great to work through because in reality I was as nerdy or even more nerdy than the people I was probably mean too). Anyway, I get involved in DnD through some Adventurers League open table stuff and fall in love with it. So I jump in and get involved in the community ONLY TO FIND OUT that INSIDE the community the same "hey, let's look down on DnD and the folks that like it" was happening. Again, I'm sure that living through the way DnD has been ran and changed has been crazy to experience for long time players. I'm sure it's frustrating too. The bummer is that if you are hoping for the hobby to grow and thrive it is most likely assumed that DnD is the doorway in. That person will probably head to YouTube or internet articles to learn about the hobby and how the game works and avoiding the "DnD is dead" or "Why you should never play DnD" videos is tough. For someone that could very well be uncomfortable with the idea of trying a role-playing game those videos just turn people off and lead to "Eh, maybe I won't try it. I'll just play a video game instead" thoughts. [/QUOTE]

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