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<blockquote data-quote="Mark CMG" data-source="post: 3345005" data-attributes="member: 10479">I don't think that is quite what he asserts.&nbsp; He doesn't seem to say they will take something over the other but rather in lieu of the other.I think I see what I was missing in Dancey's continued assertions that online CRPGs will ultimately replace tabletop RPGs.&nbsp; It's his caveat that eventually older tabletop RPGers will die off and enough people will be introduced first, and only, to online CRPGs (and thus will never know that they are missing something that only tabletop RPGs offer).&nbsp; It's an interesting theory but I am familiar with enough CRPGers who have come to the tabletop experience subsequently and once they do, they understand why online CRPGs might be a good aternative but will never be a replacement for tabletop RPGs.I get the feeling that he thinks of tabetop RPGs as buggywhips as opposed to chess sets.&nbsp; It is probably true that more people play chess online but that doesn't mean chess sets will disappear . . . nor that they will stop being made.I think some of what I guess seems to be frustration in his assertion stems from some desire to see the tabletop RPG market grow at a rate it just never will.&nbsp; He has flat out said he has no horse in an online CRPG race.&nbsp; I look forward to seeing what the next few/five years brings.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mark CMG, post: 3345005, member: 10479"] I don't think that is quite what he asserts. He doesn't seem to say they will take something [i]over[/i] the other but rather in lieu of the other. I think I see what I was missing in Dancey's continued assertions that online CRPGs will ultimately replace tabletop RPGs. It's his caveat that eventually older tabletop RPGers will die off and enough people will be introduced first, and only, to online CRPGs (and thus will never know that they are missing something that only tabletop RPGs offer). It's an interesting theory but I am familiar with enough CRPGers who have come to the tabletop experience subsequently and once they do, they understand why online CRPGs might be a good aternative but will never be a replacement for tabletop RPGs. I get the feeling that he thinks of tabetop RPGs as buggywhips as opposed to chess sets. It is probably true that more people play chess online but that doesn't mean chess sets will disappear . . . nor that they will stop being made. I think some of what I guess seems to be frustration in his assertion stems from some desire to see the tabletop RPG market grow at a rate it just never will. He has flat out said he has no horse in an online CRPG race. I look forward to seeing what the next few/five years brings. [/QUOTE]

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