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<blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 6218563" data-attributes="member: 5143">I got into the hobby because there was already a community.&nbsp; I played my first game of Red Box D&amp;D when I was 12 or somewhere around there.&nbsp; I liked it, but I only knew one person who played: my next door neighbor.&nbsp; I didn't like him very much so I never played again....until I was 15 and I found out people were playing D&amp;D on BBSes.&nbsp; I found a BBS where there were 20 different games of D&amp;D and other RPGs running in message boards.&nbsp; There were discussion groups for people who liked D&amp;D.&nbsp; When I realized that this was something that people actually liked and played it felt like there were other people out there who liked the same things as I did.I met my first real DM on my BBS.&nbsp; He paged me to ask if he could start a Robotech RPG on my message boards.&nbsp; We got to talking and he invited me to his weekly RPG group that has 12 people in it and played nearly every RPG.&nbsp; However, 80% of the time we played D&amp;D as it was everyone's favorite.&nbsp; Some of the people in that group are still my friends to this day, 20 years later.I've stayed friends with them mainly by playing D&amp;D.&nbsp; It's what we have to talk about.&nbsp; To me, the D&amp;D community is the exact same thing as my friend circle.&nbsp; We are held together by D&amp;D and a schism in the D&amp;D community means I lose friends.I have a group of friends that I met through Living Greyhawk.&nbsp; We all used to travel to conventions and see each other a couple of times a year.&nbsp; We could talk for hours about our experiences with the adventures that were released and our opinions of certain feats or spells.&nbsp; Now, we see each other ONLY at GenCon.&nbsp; When we meet, we go out for dinner and have nothing in common to talk about.&nbsp; They play Pathfinder, I play D&amp;D Next playtests.&nbsp; They haven't bothered to try D&amp;D Next and they have no real desire to learn about it.Without a community, I have very little desire to play D&amp;D at all.&nbsp; I mean, I enjoy it but it lacks that extra joy that goes along with having people who like the same thing as you do.&nbsp; I kind of hate WoW, but all my friends play it.&nbsp; Most of them are the former D&amp;D friends that I don't see anymore because they've abandoned D&amp;D for WoW.&nbsp; A day doesn't go by that I don't think &quot;Maybe I should just buy WoW because then I'd be part of the community again.&quot;D&amp;D Next really scares me.&nbsp; I like it a lot.&nbsp; However, if it doesn't manage to convince some of my friends to return to playing with me...I might have to give it up and just play WoW instead.&nbsp; Which is disappointing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Majoru Oakheart, post: 6218563, member: 5143"] I got into the hobby because there was already a community. I played my first game of Red Box D&D when I was 12 or somewhere around there. I liked it, but I only knew one person who played: my next door neighbor. I didn't like him very much so I never played again....until I was 15 and I found out people were playing D&D on BBSes. I found a BBS where there were 20 different games of D&D and other RPGs running in message boards. There were discussion groups for people who liked D&D. When I realized that this was something that people actually liked and played it felt like there were other people out there who liked the same things as I did. I met my first real DM on my BBS. He paged me to ask if he could start a Robotech RPG on my message boards. We got to talking and he invited me to his weekly RPG group that has 12 people in it and played nearly every RPG. However, 80% of the time we played D&D as it was everyone's favorite. Some of the people in that group are still my friends to this day, 20 years later. I've stayed friends with them mainly by playing D&D. It's what we have to talk about. To me, the D&D community is the exact same thing as my friend circle. We are held together by D&D and a schism in the D&D community means I lose friends. I have a group of friends that I met through Living Greyhawk. We all used to travel to conventions and see each other a couple of times a year. We could talk for hours about our experiences with the adventures that were released and our opinions of certain feats or spells. Now, we see each other ONLY at GenCon. When we meet, we go out for dinner and have nothing in common to talk about. They play Pathfinder, I play D&D Next playtests. They haven't bothered to try D&D Next and they have no real desire to learn about it. Without a community, I have very little desire to play D&D at all. I mean, I enjoy it but it lacks that extra joy that goes along with having people who like the same thing as you do. I kind of hate WoW, but all my friends play it. Most of them are the former D&D friends that I don't see anymore because they've abandoned D&D for WoW. A day doesn't go by that I don't think "Maybe I should just buy WoW because then I'd be part of the community again." D&D Next really scares me. I like it a lot. However, if it doesn't manage to convince some of my friends to return to playing with me...I might have to give it up and just play WoW instead. Which is disappointing. [/QUOTE]

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