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<blockquote data-quote="JesterOC" data-source="post: 4404303" data-attributes="member: 42841">I have two nephews that are just now starting to play D&amp;D (4e).&nbsp; Both were interested in playing because of familiarity of the name, but neither had any friends who played.&nbsp;Both have played computer RPGs before, and all of their friends do to.&nbsp; They also play 1st person shooters and RTS's.&nbsp; &nbsp;MMO's and other online games have MUCH more abusive players than have ever been seen in a D&amp;D forum.&nbsp; Racial, gender, and sexual orientation slurs and curses are far more common in the other computer games (less so in MMOs with subscriptions but very very common in games like Counter-Strike where I hear someone spouting pure hate at least once a week when I played.)&nbsp;So since these computer games have a more abusive culture we can't point to that as the root cause of roleplaying games decline.&nbsp; What you have to do is see where they are different, and the biggest difference is that D&amp;D is hard to schedule.&nbsp; &nbsp;The biggest problem with all role playing games is the huge amount of contigous hours one must devote to the game to have the most amount of fun.&nbsp; Also the logistics alone to get 6 people together for 4-6 hours at a given time is pretty is pretty tough.&nbsp; &nbsp;Remember that they have school, and perhaps music lessons, and more homework than we had at that age.&nbsp; It is a lot easier to go online for an hour or two from the comfort of their own homes and play a MMO than get together for D&amp;D.&nbsp; &nbsp;I think it is fair to say that if asked what type of game is easier to schedule, everyone can agree computer or console games win hands down.&nbsp;And if you want to talk about player hate, and abuse the computer games have the market cornered on that one too (in real time, and often using voice chat).&nbsp;&nbsp;This is where I think DDI's virtual table may just help boost playing of D&amp;D.&nbsp; Which is why I really want them to finish it and get it working so they can get my $10 a month (Yearly subscription of course).&nbsp;JesterOC</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JesterOC, post: 4404303, member: 42841"] I have two nephews that are just now starting to play D&D (4e). Both were interested in playing because of familiarity of the name, but neither had any friends who played. Both have played computer RPGs before, and all of their friends do to. They also play 1st person shooters and RTS's. MMO's and other online games have MUCH more abusive players than have ever been seen in a D&D forum. Racial, gender, and sexual orientation slurs and curses are far more common in the other computer games (less so in MMOs with subscriptions but very very common in games like Counter-Strike where I hear someone spouting pure hate at least once a week when I played.) So since these computer games have a more abusive culture we can't point to that as the root cause of roleplaying games decline. What you have to do is see where they are different, and the biggest difference is that D&D is hard to schedule. The biggest problem with all role playing games is the huge amount of contigous hours one must devote to the game to have the most amount of fun. Also the logistics alone to get 6 people together for 4-6 hours at a given time is pretty is pretty tough. Remember that they have school, and perhaps music lessons, and more homework than we had at that age. It is a lot easier to go online for an hour or two from the comfort of their own homes and play a MMO than get together for D&D. I think it is fair to say that if asked what type of game is easier to schedule, everyone can agree computer or console games win hands down. And if you want to talk about player hate, and abuse the computer games have the market cornered on that one too (in real time, and often using voice chat). This is where I think DDI's virtual table may just help boost playing of D&D. Which is why I really want them to finish it and get it working so they can get my $10 a month (Yearly subscription of course). JesterOC [/QUOTE]

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