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<blockquote data-quote="Banshee16" data-source="post: 3240787" data-attributes="member: 7883">That's a good point.&nbsp; I'm probably not your stereotypical gamer myself, but I have many memories of&nbsp; hiding the hobby.&nbsp; One thing I've realilzed is that far more people than I ever though either play, or have played.&nbsp; My oldest friend was the football quarterback on his high school team, and I never mentioned anything about the game to him.&nbsp; Until one day, visiting him after being away for a few years, I noticed the rack of Drizzt novels on his bookshelf, and the booted up copy of BG II on his computer.&nbsp; Other friends in University I hid the hobby from, only to learn afterwards that they themselves played, but had hid the hobby from me.&nbsp; We were already friends, and to find out that they play also was cool.&nbsp; In my office, a tonne of my coworkers either currently play, or have played before.&nbsp; Most of us had no idea about each other's interest in the game, because people are so busy hiding it.Admittedly, the passtime is kind of silly.&nbsp; Pretending to be elves and dwarves and such, on the surface level, does seem weird.&nbsp; But I look back on it, and it gave me an outlet for my creativity, taught about teamwork and preparation, and helped keep me out of drugs and stuff during my teenage years.&nbsp; None of these are bad things.Maybe the book will be funny...so long as it doesn't perpetrate stereotypes.Banshee</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Banshee16, post: 3240787, member: 7883"] That's a good point. I'm probably not your stereotypical gamer myself, but I have many memories of hiding the hobby. One thing I've realilzed is that far more people than I ever though either play, or have played. My oldest friend was the football quarterback on his high school team, and I never mentioned anything about the game to him. Until one day, visiting him after being away for a few years, I noticed the rack of Drizzt novels on his bookshelf, and the booted up copy of BG II on his computer. Other friends in University I hid the hobby from, only to learn afterwards that they themselves played, but had hid the hobby from me. We were already friends, and to find out that they play also was cool. In my office, a tonne of my coworkers either currently play, or have played before. Most of us had no idea about each other's interest in the game, because people are so busy hiding it. Admittedly, the passtime is kind of silly. Pretending to be elves and dwarves and such, on the surface level, does seem weird. But I look back on it, and it gave me an outlet for my creativity, taught about teamwork and preparation, and helped keep me out of drugs and stuff during my teenage years. None of these are bad things. Maybe the book will be funny...so long as it doesn't perpetrate stereotypes. Banshee [/QUOTE]

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