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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 1078764" data-attributes="member: 2205">Here's my late-breaking opinion on the matter(s):<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I refuse to believe that gamer guys are different than guys from any other demographic.  That's one thing I've definately noticed lately; gamers are the same kind of people I meet anywhere else.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mars/Venus, etc. are useful books because they are often true.  It's fine for a few people here and there in the thread to pop in and say they don't belong to the stereotypes they espouse, but for a good 95% of the men and women I've met, those books are the absolute Bible on their behavior.  These wild accusations that the books are useless, tripe, should be burned, etc. (I know, I'm paraphrasing) strike me as both extremely odd and extremely ignorant.  (considering the timbre of this thread, maybe I should add a meaningless disclaimer that this is my personal opinion, not mean to offend, blahblahblah.)  After all, there's a reason they are wildly popular, doncha think?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">fusangite hit the nail on the head: there's no correct way for a given gaming group to behave except what the members of said gaming group decide.  If established groups have trouble assimilating new members, chances are they don't really want new members unless they are new members that already act like they do.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">For what it's worth, lately I typically game in mixed company; in fact, we game as husband and wife teams in many cases.  And yes, the wives (mostly) are new gamers that don't know the rules very well.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Also for what it's worth, I tend to speak argumentatively and authoritatively about most things.  I will readily admit when my knowledge is inadequate, but otherwise, I stick to what I say.  My wife thinks I'm unduly "hard" about stuff like this, so maybe I do it worse than most, though.  Most guys I know do the same.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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