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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5644023" data-attributes="member: 82106">I'm just going to say that my experience is very different from yours. I've found that there are certainly people who can/will play RPGs, and people who can't/won't and there are people who like them but lack the patience to play a lot. That may be a result of 'ADHD' or just lack of interest or short attention span or whatever. I don't know if the demographic is much different now than it was 10, 20, or 30 years ago, but anecdotally I would note that gamers nowadays tend to be quite a bit older and often have played for a long time. OTOH there are plenty of young people playing too. I find that people take up RPGs very easily and quickly and all types of people 'get it' as soon as they are introduced to the concept. Most children love it, just like we did at their ages. I'm not really sure what 'not really RPing' is either. Some people may not do what YOU think is correct RP, and they may play their characters more like game pieces than pretend human beings, but that is still a vast step up from checkers. In fact most people when they start playing or at some point in their evolution as players, if they last long enough, go through that kind of phase. There are also all different levels of engagement amongst all different players. I know people who NEVER EVER act 'in character', and yet are excellent role players, and others that act out 'in character' all the time and are lousey RPers (by my standards of RP, maybe not yours).Basically generalizing about people that RP is generally futile.</blockquote>

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