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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 8233306" data-attributes="member: 6796661">It goes both ways. When I went to college, Magic the Gathering came out and I am embarrassed to admit that I kinda looked down my nose at players of the game. Partly gate-keeping, because it was so popular and brought in lots of people who were not normally in the fan cohort that had been playing TTRPGs, but mostly because I saw it as a shallow facade of fantasy gaming. Vampire just seemed like a goth party game and an excuse for drugs, sex, and being edgy.  There also was a subset of players who made the whole Vampire thing a lifestyle choice, dressing up like that 24/7, going to Vampire themed clubs, etc. I didn't have anything particularly against it, it just wasn't my jam. Shortly after that, focus on studies, youthful political activism, and hanging with a different crowd lead me to putting gaming aside and I didn't care and was oblivious to all of it. So much so, that I didn't know about TSR going out of business and selling to WotC, and never heard about Paizo until maybe 2012 or 2013 when I moved back to the states and started talking to old friends about trying D&D again. But 4e wasn't the game I remembered and Pathfinder was too intimidating. So I stuck with board games and card games until 5e came out and sucked me back in. Now I'm polyamorous with my gaming and will play anything. I'm open to LARPing but not enough to spend the time and money on another demanding hobby.  I still avoid Magic the Gathering, but that has more to do with an aversion to collectible card games. An inclination strengthened by my experiences with buying and building decks for Pokemon Card Game with my sons. I would rather buy more games than collect cards for one game and I don't like the fact that one's effectiveness is at least partly based on the amount of money you pump into your collection.  But I don't begrudge others for their preferences. I can see the appeal, I just don't need another time consuming and expensive hobby.</blockquote>

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