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How Long Will Text role-play gaming Last?

How Long Will Text role-play gaming Last?
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Name: Dovi

Comments Playing an RPG with pencil and paper or in a forum like this can't last very long can it? I mean it has a limit with how everything is going graphics and 3D.

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Currently, what is replacing text roleplaying, as far as paper and pencil, is not really graphics and 3D, but voice, such as Skype or other voice interface. A lot of people do have webcams, but more use is made of the microphone, to supply the social aspect, the actual interaction, including the roleplaying in character, and nuance, and to also avoid the problems of people being bad at grammar and spelling, etc.

My friend that has run and played games for decades would be an example - if he had an internet connection that would allow it, IF he had to choose, he would likely choose voice over a realtime text chat game, for a long distance game, because his spelling is atrocious and he can't really formulate or get his ideas across all that well in text, but he does very good at GMing at the table.

I do agree the graphics and 3d, once it can become truly complementary to the voice and text/ppg aspect, could subsume *some* players' choice for gaming, but only for gatherings of a certain distance. I would still go to my friends' or have them come to my place, to play face to face tabletop roleplaying games, because I get to be there and see them too, because I just enjoy being with them, and everybody does not have computers in front of them all the time, no matter how common some people may make you think it is.

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Name: Dovi

Comments: Thanks for your thoughts. I believe it has to do with age and it might dye with the older generations who grew up playing using pencil and paper. Generations younger than me can't even believe we play a game with pencil and paper. When I suggest it I get a big "Boring!".

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I don't think it actually has that much to do with age -- I know plenty of younger people who enjoy traditional pen-and-paper role-playing games. Yes, it's much less common than it used to be, but it's not going to die out for a long time.

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I think it will last as long as there are people out there that have a real creative writing background. There aren't many and many creative writers don't know about this level of writing but I bet if someone introduced them they might like it.

How Long Will Text role-play gaming Last?

Agreed. I know plenty of people who seem like the exact sort who would be very bored by pen-and-paper role-playing games. One of them, a good friend of mine, thought I was insane when he found out that I played games that did not involve computers or video game consoles, but when I showed him the game itself, he actually liked it due to how open-ended it was.

How Long Text role-play gaming Last

Anything can last for ages so long as there is interest in it. Maybe D&D and other role-playing games won't be as popular in the future but there will still be hard core role-playing games out there.

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Anything based on text alone like the days of Zork and tabletop D&D will be considered old school. People are demanding to be the super hero rather than just play it with their imaginations. Of course that leads to weaker minds but this is a push button generation and they want all to be seen right now that's why video game sales is a billion dollar industry.