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1/ So many thoughts on this, but the tl;dr is that these gatekeeping dweebs can go screw themselves with a +5 Vorpal Longsword. Dungeons and Dragons and tabletop roleplaying games more generally are wonderful, and it's brilliant that more people are getting to experience them.

Jamie Smart@jamiesmart.bsky.social

A game where you can do anything and they’re mad that people are doing anything.

All the new vibes and people have basically enriched the hobby and finally put an end to the previously perennial and tedious raft of "RPGs are dying out" arguments that were ubiquitous. Old grogs can continue to have an embarrassment of riches in terms of rpgs due to the vast cohort interested now.

Exactly! Someone playing tennis on a completely different court miles away from me doesn't ruin my tennis experience.

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And 100x more people now taking up tennis meaning there's a metric funk ton more tennis clubs and people to play with, and shops selling things I want related to my hobby etc. etc.