seneschal Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 (edited) So how come fantasy football is accepted and even advertised on TV and radio while fantasy role-playing is still often considered a strange activity participated in by strange people? When was the last time you heard a radio spot offering you instant cash to role-play? Why can't Hasbro cough up money for TV spots for D&D 5th when these fantasy football leagues are recruiting during prime time?I mean, pretending is pretending, right? They are both numbers games with colorful logos and fanatical fan bases. Games Workshop did real fantasy football in 1987 with Blood Bowl. That other hobby, while conceived in 1962, didn't hit the big time until 1997. Edited October 6, 2015 by seneschal Add comment 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canis latrans popus Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 They don't even use dice like a proper game of pretend. Quote My roleplaying blog: Axes and Orcs. Scramblings of anime, D&D, and RQ-derived games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sephleon Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 (edited) I work in a newsroom pretty close to the Sports department (I face them when I'm working on my computer). Although I don't like sports in general (except for Fencing and – occasionally – Hockey), I laugh out loud every time I hear fantasy football chatter going on among my coworkers, which generally involves people of different departments coming over to talk in the Sports Department. Their conversations sound exactly like roleplayers discussing stats, numbers, and hypothetical circumstances, just in a different context.And yes, I am pretty much the resident roleplaying geek for the majority of the office, though some people here admitted to having played older editions of D&D way back in the 70s and 80s and then didn't go back.Not the only video gamer, though. Just though I'd share all that to help support Seneshcal's musings. Edited October 7, 2015 by Lord Sephleon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threedeesix Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 (edited) Edited October 8, 2015 by threedeesix 2 Quote Join my Mythras/RuneQuest 6: Classic Fantasy Yahoo Group at https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/RQCF/info "D100 - Exactly 5 times better than D20" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yelm's Light Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 When RP'ing grosses 13 billion a year, maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Weihe Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 OTOH, nobody in Hollywood makes it a point to bring up his Fantasy Football or Baseball experiences while growing up, unlike, say, Vin Diesel or Nathan Fillion. It might be a long time, but we just might become socially acceptable. Of course, when that happens, all the fun of "our own thing" will be gone, won't it? If you can/have_to discuss with your auto mechanic and your bus driver the differences between D&D versions or why Rolemaster never took off like some thought it should have, how will that be different from having to fake an interest in non-local sports? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simlasa Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 (edited) Not even just 'fantasy' football, but regular spectator sports as well, are full of imaginary participation on the part of the fans. Guys I now who get all worked up about 'their' team and talk in terms of 'we' when referring to what happened during a game, as if they were on the field playing. I've got a friend who has loads of Seahawks memorabilia in his house... but he's never played football, doesn't even live in Seattle. It's really no different than the guy with fantasy swords on his walls. But somehow watching sports on TV is more macho. Edited December 14, 2016 by Simlasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceApe Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 (edited) I agree that they're very similar, but until you can gamble on player XP, it won't be as popular as FF. Companies only advertise when they expect to recoup the moneys. Edited January 28, 2017 by SpaceApe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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