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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thulcondar" data-source="post: 4214788" data-attributes="member: 43770">You may well have been playing with the rules of D&D, but I guarantee you have not had the full benefit of the social experience that D&D can bring. Nothing wrong with playing RPG's online, of course. But it's most definitely not the same thing as playing across the table. I cannot help but wonder why such a simple observation makes you so defensive...Apologies. I had no idea you were a Gorean; it was most definitely not a personal dig as I had no idea that was something you did (nor was my post aimed at you at all, but it followed yours, so I can see how you could think so). It was merely an allusion to the second-rate text-based RP's out there with little or no regard to the original source material. I'm sure it's very fulfilling to you and to the hundreds (or thousands) of other folks out there who do it (I did so myself, way back when). But again, it's not the same as a face-to-face, over-the-table game. Unless your FTF games are a lot different than mine... ;-)And you don't think needing such a setup is going to necessitate a fundamental shift in the mindset and demographics of the players involved? I must disagree. What you're describing (and I do in fact understand what you're describing) is more akin to requiring a billiard table, compared to playing marbles. I can play D&D with a couple of books right now, and can play on the kitchen table or a park bench. You're describing a game that requires a lot more... formality, if for no other reason than it requires specialized (and expensive) equpiment. 1980: "Let's play D&D over at Joe's house!" "Okay!" (Grabs PH to go off and have fun)2010: "Let's play D&D over at Joe's house!" "Nahh... he only has the Gmr 7600 table, and the character generator can't render my armor right. Plus I don't think his dice-roller is properly randomized. And I can't even put an animated lolcat in my profile! WTF is up with that?"Now, I'm having some fun with you, and I hope you take it in the proper spirit, but the point remains. Folks across a table, talking with one another as to how their characters will react, is a different thing than the same folks sitting across the same table exchanging packets of data to manipulate a digital avatar. Joe</blockquote>

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