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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 7876969" data-attributes="member: 15700">While I agree 5e doesn't get all the credit, I can't think of why it doesn't get the overwhelming amount.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Because what else has shifted in pop culture all the sudden to make a lot of people play D&amp;D?&nbsp; We saw D&amp;D (and the fantasy genre in general) spike in pop culture long before 5e came out, but it didn't result in more people playing D&amp;D.&nbsp; We didn't see this spike until 5e did come out.&nbsp; Seems like the only correlated factor in amount of gamers is the release of 5e.&nbsp; The following had a big impact in the increase of fantasy/geek in our pop culture becoming more mainstream, and look at when they came out when the fantasy/D&amp;D reference was made:LoTR: 2000-2003Big Bang Theory: 2007 (peppered with D&amp;D references for 12 years)Harry Potter: 2001Freaks and Geeks: 2000Community: 2010IT Crowd: 2010News Radio: 1998SuperHero Movies: 2000 (with X Men, then Iron Man in 2008 really kicked it off)&nbsp; Surely D&amp;D's popularity in pop culture isn't tied solely to Stranger Things, because it's been in popular media long before that.&nbsp; Not to mention Stranger Things came out 2 years after 5e's official release, so 5e was already soaring by then.&nbsp; So what happened, all of the sudden in 2014?&nbsp; If 5e doesn't get credit, what does?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 7876969, member: 15700"] While I agree 5e doesn't get all the credit, I can't think of why it doesn't get the overwhelming amount. Why? Because what else has shifted in pop culture all the sudden to make a lot of people play D&D? We saw D&D (and the fantasy genre in general) spike in pop culture long before 5e came out, but it didn't result in more people playing D&D. We didn't see this spike until 5e [I]did [/I]come out. Seems like the only correlated factor in amount of gamers is the release of 5e. The following had a big impact in the increase of fantasy/geek in our pop culture becoming more mainstream, and look at when they came out when the fantasy/D&D reference was made: LoTR: 2000-2003 Big Bang Theory: 2007 (peppered with D&D references for 12 years) Harry Potter: 2001 Freaks and Geeks: 2000 Community: 2010 IT Crowd: 2010 News Radio: 1998 SuperHero Movies: 2000 (with X Men, then Iron Man in 2008 really kicked it off) Surely D&D's popularity in pop culture isn't tied solely to Stranger Things, because it's been in popular media long before that. Not to mention Stranger Things came out 2 years after 5e's official release, so 5e was already soaring by then. So what happened, all of the sudden in 2014? If 5e doesn't get credit, what does? [/QUOTE]

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