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<blockquote data-quote="ProfessorCirno" data-source="post: 5380722" data-attributes="member: 65637">I've begun questioning this, personally.We can, I think, all agree that D&amp;D is an inherently nerdy hobby.&nbsp; We can also, I think, all agree that the average person spends an incredible amount of time on the internet.True, most D&amp;D players will not read EN World.Or the WotC websiteOr the Penny Arcade forumsOr Something AwfulOr any other gaming forum......At the same time.But I think the vast, vast majority of D&amp;D gamers reads one of those.&nbsp; People like to talk about their hobbies, and what better place to do that then the internet?&nbsp; I doubt there's many D&amp;D players who have no web access at all, and it's completely natural to look up D&amp;D if you enjoy playing it.&nbsp; Compounding this is the fact that, well, we're nerds.&nbsp; Congregating to websites to discuss minutia is more or less what we do.So yeah, I think the idea of the clueless casual D&amp;D gamer who literally knows nothing about the game outside of going to the local bookstore to play it with friends is false.&nbsp; I think that's really far, far rarer then anything else.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ProfessorCirno, post: 5380722, member: 65637"] I've begun questioning this, personally. We can, I think, all agree that D&D is an inherently nerdy hobby. We can also, I think, all agree that the average person spends an incredible amount of time on the internet. True, most D&D players will not read EN World. Or the WotC website Or the Penny Arcade forums Or Something Awful Or any other gaming forum... ...[I]At the same time.[/I] But I think the vast, vast majority of D&D gamers reads [I]one[/I] of those. People like to talk about their hobbies, and what better place to do that then the internet? I doubt there's many D&D players who have no web access at all, and it's completely natural to look up D&D if you enjoy playing it. Compounding this is the fact that, well, [I]we're nerds[/I]. Congregating to websites to discuss minutia is more or less what we do. So yeah, I think the idea of the clueless casual D&D gamer who literally knows nothing about the game outside of going to the local bookstore to play it with friends is false. I think that's really far, far rarer then anything else. [/QUOTE]

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