Why am I the only one in my school who likes RPGs?

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im not really sure, but is it just me but are forgotten realms rpgs not very well known in south australia? i lend my baldurs gate and iwd2 games to people but they give them back saying they are boring and slow . everyone on sorcerers.net knows this is not true, but how can i tell everyone i know this?

[ March 01, 2003, 11:41: Message edited by: Taluntain ]

 

Tastes differ. A lot of people in my school don't game at all, and those who do stick to the mindless killinggames. (Well, and then I stumbled across Master of Nuhn, a gift from above. Bless ya! ) If you want to hang out with people who have similar tastes in games, try finding them in computer stores, local geekshops (like comicbookshops, places where they sell the DnD handbooks and the like. Basically any place with Warhammer 40k will do )

Expect this post to be moved to another forum by the mods, because it's not about IWD2.

 

Mate, hate to break it to you but RPG's aren't popular in Australia full stop. No one at my school is into RPG's much though I have brough one or two into the goodness of it all. Almost a complete failure in the PnP area though

 

I don't know of any place in the world where RPG games are a broad genre, with mass appeal and all, except possibly Japan... I have one friend who understand RPGs, the rest of them get bored within 10 minutes. It's their loss, really.. And I don't think playing RPGs on the computer is a social thing.. I mean, in a sports or an action game you can sit around with a few friends and take turns... I wouldn't want to do that with BG2 or a game like that, I prefer playing alone.

 

Faragon's right, lokk into places like Games Workshop, but watch the smell, all of them have BO.

 

They think its boring and slow becouse they play many crappy games like CS, Diablo and Rune. Thats what I think.

 

thanks, i guess you guys are right...

 

diablo's not crappy.. just not as good as other RPG's. None of my friends are into RPG's either, which is good because i can play with people who do like them over the internet and footie and "mindless killing" games with my mates (perfect balance )

 

In our school? All I know of are Frosty and I, I don't think Teeny is really that into them but gives them a go anyway. Then again... girls school. All they are interested in is flame-throwers, boys and make-up

 

i agree that diablo and diablo 2 are good games (well mabye not the first one...) but i still like the in-depth of all the d&d rpgs. I dont know ANY females who like rpgs, anyone like to prove me wrong? (no offences meant. well, mabye to people who know nothing about computers.)

 

I don't even consider the diablos an RPG. Hack'n'slash or Action Adventure. Never going to be an RPG in my book. A turkey can never swore with the eagles.

 

im from Argentina i have a lot of friends that like the rpgs a LOT!! of FRIENDS i think that my city ( Mar Del Plata) is the best place for the rpgs Players, all the weekends i play with my friends or with strangers in comicshops...
im very lucky ..!!
the bad thing is the monetary problem... all have it in Argentina.. and the AD&D or another rules are very rare here .... but the web always help...

oohh.. and sorry for my english...jaja

 

Nearly 4/10 of my schools likes FRP or RPG's well books at least...

 

I happen to have the same problem.

I've never met anyone who would know what AD&D is.
The only exeption is a schoolmate who's the only one who even knows and has played Baldur's Gate 2.
Now i've finaly convinced a friend to try BG2. Of course i kept telling them for the last year and a half what a great game that is. The problem is he's a complete newbie and is stuck with TorGall on minimum difficulty. He complains about great damage the troll inflicts. Even 10 damage per hit!!!
So its pretty tough on newbies.

And its so easy to overlook a great but graphicaly not very attractive game using infinity engine.

I remember from the time i hat that magasine PCGamer. And somwhere in it (i think it was E3 report) i found a whole page dedicated to BG2. One big picture and loadful of text. I just looked at it and sighted: Why do they spend a whole page on such a game???
Couldt they rather give some info about AoE expansion insted???
Stupid gitts.


And i would never know...

 

i am the only person i know in real life who play PC games (any kind). No kidding. People i know just don't touch any game. It has been hard, but then i learn how to navigate myself among all these gaming forums. World is small when you have internet.

 

Most people I know have read LotR, but that's as far as it goes. I tried to get my friends to play BG, didn't turn out great. The english and the 'difficulty' put them off.