Quote from: The Butcher;540338I hope I'm wrong too, kitty. But from the admittedly skewed perspective of blogs and forums, it looks like the fucking Tower of Babel.

Blogs and forums are part of the internet culture, which at this point is practically synonymous with "echo chamber".  The fast-food consumption nature of the internet means people can simply tune out anything they don't want to hear, and most places ban or block anyone else from disturbing the harmony.  This place is different, but it's also rare.

TTRPing requires human beings talking to each other, where you don't get to just /ignore someone who fundamentally disagrees with you.  Meetups and gaming clubs all over the place have people dealing with different versions of D&D or *gasp* other games and yet it usually doesn't lead to bloodshed(unless you game with ggroy ).

Can it be hard to find games? Sure, but interactive communication keeps getting better and better, we're not too far out from a commercially viable VTT and that will be the game changer.

Quote from: CRKrueger;540537Blogs and forums are part of the internet culture, which at this point is practically synonymous with "echo chamber".  The fast-food consumption nature of the internet means people can simply tune out anything they don't want to hear, and most places ban or block anyone else from disturbing the harmony.  This place is different, but it's also rare.

TTRPing requires human beings talking to each other, where you don't get to just /ignore someone who fundamentally disagrees with you.  Meetups and gaming clubs all over the place have people dealing with different versions of D&D or *gasp* other games and yet it usually doesn't lead to bloodshed(unless you game with ggroy ).

Can it be hard to find games? Sure, but interactive communication keeps getting better and better, we're not too far out from a commercially viable VTT and that will be the game changer.

VTT.....oh yes! Combined with OGL the hobby will never die.