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<blockquote data-quote="ShinHakkaider" data-source="post: 4748104" data-attributes="member: 9213">Also...One other thing:I hear alot about getting younger players involved with RPG's and honestly most of the time i think it's just lip service for most. There are a few of you I think that honestly believe that it's a good thing and this is for you guys:Do you really think the young people today who you pull into the fold are going to be limited by your standards of what gaming is? Most of them already understand that they can play a great game with their friends with out their friends actually being there. They'll be smart enough to understand that, Yes optimally having people in the room with you is best, but they definitely wont poo-poo the concept of using tech to facilitate their game as some of you here have done.And with that and them, the game and how we play it will evolve. The same way that if you put a copy of red book basic next to 4th Edition and see the evolution of the rule set, is gonna be the same way how we play the game will change. If how we play the game doenst evolve fewer and few of us will play or pass the gift that are RPG's down. I mean if I mention RPG's to other people in real space theyre either thinking of things like &quot;final Fantasy&quot; or even worse &quot;second Life&quot; or &quot;Baldurs Gate / Neverwinter Nights&quot;. I was at dinner with an acquaintance and her husband a few weeks ago and were talking about our geek interests. When I mentioned that I still played role playing games, he husband responded with &quot;like dungeons and dragons?, That's still around?&quot;.That response is pretty typical when I tell people that I play. Even within what you would think are otherwise knowledgeable geek circles.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ShinHakkaider, post: 4748104, member: 9213"] [b]Also...[/b] One other thing: I hear alot about getting younger players involved with RPG's and honestly most of the time i think it's just lip service for most. There are a few of you I think that honestly believe that it's a good thing and this is for you guys: Do you really think the young people today who you pull into the fold are going to be limited by your standards of what gaming is? Most of them already understand that they can play a great game with their friends with out their friends actually being there. They'll be smart enough to understand that, Yes optimally having people in the room with you is best, but they definitely wont poo-poo the concept of using tech to facilitate their game as some of you here have done. And with that and them, the game and how we play it will evolve. The same way that if you put a copy of red book basic next to 4th Edition and see the evolution of the rule set, is gonna be the same way how we play the game will change. If how we play the game doenst evolve fewer and few of us will play or pass the gift that are RPG's down. I mean if I mention RPG's to other people in real space theyre either thinking of things like "final Fantasy" or even worse "second Life" or "Baldurs Gate / Neverwinter Nights". I was at dinner with an acquaintance and her husband a few weeks ago and were talking about our geek interests. When I mentioned that I still played role playing games, he husband responded with "like dungeons and dragons?, That's still around?". That response is pretty typical when I tell people that I play. Even within what you would think are otherwise knowledgeable geek circles. [/QUOTE]

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