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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 5954676" data-attributes="member: 9037">There have been a lot of valid points made here. I would like to add that the fact so many gamers still feel the need to hide the game from their girlfriends, wives and non gaming friends is not helping bring new people into the game. I sometimes think some people would be more open about porn then about gaming.I think it would help if we were just open about it. You don't see football fans or rock climbers hiding their hobby. Over the years I have had several hobbies that some people find weird. I belonged to the SCA and I used to cons all the time and at Trek cons I dressed like a Klingon. I never hid it and found that most people giving the chance are okay with it. I was working in the NICU unit and I had brought some garb I was working on to work on in during my breaks and my lunch break. One of the nurses who also sewed became fascinated with what I was doing and we stated talking about it. She ended up getting involved in the SCA doing sewing for those who could not and got a nice little side business going on. I am the same way with gaming. My books are not hidden away in the garage. I will work openly on my game in public places like the book store or the library. I don't dress like a stereotypical gamer. I wear make up and kind of conservative soccer mom clothes I don't give off that weird vibe. Most of my fellow gamers have real jobs, spouses and you rarely see any kind of T shirt. Overcoming the gamer stereotype would be one way of getting people to want to play.</blockquote>

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