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<blockquote data-quote="Philotomy Jurament" data-source="post: 3317277" data-attributes="member: 20854">I dunno.&nbsp; All this talk about arrogance, stagnating the game, etc. by not being interested in virtual play strikes me as a little overblown.&nbsp; If I choose not to play RPGs via virtual gaming, or even publicly state my disinterest in virtual play and my preference for sitting around a real table, how does that stagnate the game and limit its accessibility?&nbsp; I suppose you could argue that by removing myself from the pool of potential players, I'm limiting the accessibility of online play.&nbsp; But I find that a little silly.&nbsp; That's like saying that I'm limiting the accessibility of basketball by not being interested in going out for a pick-up game at the gym.&nbsp; Technically true, I suppose, but pretty far out there.&nbsp; I suppose one could say that I contribute to the limited availability of chitlins, too, because I would never eat (or buy) that nasty crap.To me, this thread is a good example of how different preferences so easily get painted as evil or bad or wrong or arrogant or illogical or whatever.&nbsp; IMO, the whole thing boils down to &quot;there's no accounting for taste,&quot; nothing more.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Philotomy Jurament, post: 3317277, member: 20854"] I dunno. All this talk about arrogance, stagnating the game, etc. by not being interested in virtual play strikes me as a little overblown. If I choose not to play RPGs via virtual gaming, or even publicly state my disinterest in virtual play and my preference for sitting around a real table, how does that stagnate the game and limit its accessibility? I suppose you could argue that by removing myself from the pool of potential players, I'm limiting the accessibility of online play. But I find that a little silly. That's like saying that I'm limiting the accessibility of basketball by not being interested in going out for a pick-up game at the gym. Technically true, I suppose, but pretty far out there. I suppose one could say that I contribute to the limited availability of chitlins, too, because I would never eat (or buy) that nasty crap. To me, this thread is a good example of how different preferences so easily get painted as evil or bad or wrong or arrogant or illogical or whatever. IMO, the whole thing boils down to "there's no accounting for taste," nothing more. [/QUOTE]

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