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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Shaman" data-source="post: 5714177" data-attributes="member: 26473">Could, "I stopped enjoying either edition of AD&D for a variety of reasons," make exactly the same point without the lengthy digression?Or was the lengthy digression actually the point?Hell yes.It was the experience of playing d20 games which fired a renewed interest in the roleplaying games I enjoyed years earlier. It wasn't an online community that lead me back to Traveller; it was me buying a copy of 1001 Characters, with the idea of writing something similar for d20 Modern, which got me excited about the idea of running Traveller again and introducing the game to some friends.Of course, the same way gamers found each other in the days before the internet, through game stores, 'zines, uni clubs, and so on, or by creating their own groups through introducing people to the hobby.But we don't live in a world without the intreweb, so the point is moot.And that leads back around to my original point: trying to draw a line between the experiences of gamers who participate in online fourms et al. and those who don't is artificial, in my experience. For every gamer I know who does participate in these forums I know two or three who don't, and they're still enjoying all these games you seem to think no one plays.Oh, and it really doesn't matter how many gamers you've played with, wingandsword; there's still a selection bias. It's like trying to find Dodger fans at AT&T Park; even if you do manage to find a few, you won't find too many people willing to cheer along with them.I honestly don't give any thought - seriously, none at all - to what may or may not discomfit you.And by the way, I noticed you edited out the personal dig.</blockquote>

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