The Culture: The Normie Problem (Part Three)

Do you really want this hobby to be a mass-market consumerist passtime, which is what Normies actually want?

They already have plenty of options for barely-structured social hangout passtimes with a common topic of conversation.

(You can replace this with ANY TEAM OR INDIVIDUAL SPORT OR GAME WHATSOEVER so long as you can watch it on TV.)

I do not want people taking up space that are just there to hang out. Those are spectators, and spectators are boat anchors that drag everything down; they are in the stands for a reason, and that reason is because they neither possess the desire nor the capacity to engage in this hobby as it is.

I want only those that can do that and will.

"But that's gatekeeping!"

Yes, it is. Gatekeeping is good.

"But no one can keep their business going on that."

from Imgflip Meme Generator

Fuck the commercial side. Yes, including Wizards of the Coast.

The hobby is better off being underground, being elite and elitist, and being behind the iron gates of the Clubhouse. This hobby is not for everyone, and it's not for anyone either. It is for a very specific demographic profile, and once this is made as obvious as a brick to the face or a jet full-sending into the ground out of nowhere, then we'll see all the hangers-on, scensters, and other boat anchors cut themselves loose as there won't be any more clout, status, or money to be farmed from it.

Good. This is not a mass-market passtime; it is an elitist, time-consuming hobby and passion and works best in the social structure built to accomodiate it: the Clubhouse. Normies can stick to the media that suits them properly, and leave this one for those who are able to appreciate it for what it is.