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<blockquote data-quote="Cyronax" data-source="post: 5413198" data-attributes="member: 822">I agree with you on most of your points. The whole premise of this discussion pigeon-holes long-time gamers in a caste of unruly grognards vs. kids with no attention span. It does no service either group. I was in high school on the AOL boards back in the mid-90's. I remember being entranced by all of the fandom for Greyhawk, especially creative people like Erik Mona and other posters. By all rights I should have not even been into Greyhawk, but I loved the history and at-that-time old feel that that world had. Anyway, my point is that even back then, kids were being overwhelmed by video games and computer games and all sorts of stuff like that. The D&amp;D brand and reputation still drew many kids in, especially because a lot of people didn't like the railroad impersonal nature of video games. I think tabletop rpgs will be around for a long time. Though it might be enhanced by iPhones and other enabling tech, it'll still be more than a video game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cyronax, post: 5413198, member: 822"] I agree with you on most of your points. The whole premise of this discussion pigeon-holes long-time gamers in a caste of unruly grognards vs. kids with no attention span. It does no service either group. I was in high school on the AOL boards back in the mid-90's. I remember being entranced by all of the fandom for Greyhawk, especially creative people like Erik Mona and other posters. By all rights I should have not even been into Greyhawk, but I loved the history and at-that-time old feel that that world had. Anyway, my point is that even back then, kids were being overwhelmed by video games and computer games and all sorts of stuff like that. The D&D brand and reputation still drew many kids in, especially because a lot of people didn't like the railroad impersonal nature of video games. I think tabletop rpgs will be around for a long time. Though it might be enhanced by iPhones and other enabling tech, it'll still be more than a video game. [/QUOTE]

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