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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tyler Do'Urden" data-source="post: 2588451" data-attributes="member: 4601">One of the arguments against middle-aged gaming seems to be that it's too time consuming for someone who has to raise a family and be successful in their career... I say that's a complete load of bull.To take a common example of a middle aged man with a time consuming, obsessive gaming hobby, let's look at my father:-he often spends his Saturday and Sunday afternoons watching athletic events on television.-he often spends weekday nights doing the same-he is a member of two country clubs, and usually plays 2-3 rounds of golf a week during the season-during the summer season, he often has season tickets to the local minor league baseball team's nightly games, and often attends twice a week.-he spends an evening at an Indian casino about once a month-he subscribes to and reads three sports-related periodicals, as well as books on his favorite gamesYet his time consuming hobby has not stopped him from raising two (now grown and college-educated) children, holding together a marriage (now in it's 31st year), or becoming a self-made millionaire executive.By contrast, my own RPG "habit" probably consumes half as much time as his gaming- and far less money- and doesn't cut in to my graduate school or work schedule.It seems that RPG gaming should be a respectable hobby for adults; it's social, relatively inexpensive (anyone who complains about the cost of RPG books should look at what tickets for athletic events or country club memberships run for; not to mention the cost of motorsports, motorcycle collecting, etc...), thought provoking, often strategically challenging, and helps hone many mathematical and thinking skills that are valuable in a business environment.Which leaves my question- if you enjoy it, why not do it?</blockquote>

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