I don ' t know how deeply widespread it is , but it is brought up and talked about enough by enough people that it cannot just be nothing but a small handful of freak incidents . Sure it does come up time to time , but how are we supposed to know what a lot would mean ? For every complaint about being discriminated at a gaming event , there could be 100 experiences that had no problem at their events . But people are likely to only post the negative ones , not the ones that proceed normally . I ' m not saying that there couldn ' t be a barrier , but to say definitely that there is a barrier is foolish . You would have to round up a huge amount of people and get most of them to say that they have had negative experiences at most of their gaming experiences for this barrier to exist . I would bet money that the complaints are coming from a vocal few . As you admit that you don ' t know how often it occurs , we cannot go off of the premise that it definitely occurs often . And if that ' s the case , we may have to consider that these PSA posts could be unnecessary . I was just saying if the matter is of no interest or concern to you , that going on about how much is is not a concern of yours is helping contribute towards the false acceptance the assholes in the world use to continue to act like assholes . I don ' t think it ' s fair to categorize neutrality like that . Staying out of a situation could be done for many reasons . It could be that you don ' t know enough about a situation to make the right decision about it . Or it could be that the best move could be to do nothing . But to assume that all people who don ' t participate in a scene are okay with it going on is inaccurate . If the onus is on me , why am I , and other people like the two women in the video this post is about , apparently wrong for trying to do something about it ? The issue that I have with this is because it attempts to say what is objectively true and right for all on an unproven premise and is telling others what to do . By the nature that most gamers at events are men , you are essentially telling men that they have to go out of their way to make places safe for women and minorities . The kicker is that the people that are saying these things make zero effort in hearing what the men have to say and the issues they may face . If you are running around and telling a certain group of people what to do , at least try to step in their shoes for once . Let me give you an example of what it feels like . Imagine that I ' m a guy going to predominately female harry potter events and parading to the women there that they have to make it more approachable for guys and to do things to encourage more guys there because it ' s the right thing to do . When I do this , I am being culturally ignorant and I am arbitrarily declaring what I am doing as the right thing to do without actually talking to the people there and considering their perspectives . You see gaming has mostly been a place where many social outcasts have resided , you know the geeks , the nerds and the losers . Running in there with an air horn and telling them what they need to do is rude and disrespectful because you aren ' t understanding where they are coming from . You are saying make it comfortable for me ! when you aren ' t considering that many people there may be already beaten or lost . When you say that there are barriers to gaming , you need to back that up with consistent proof . Saying that it happens occasionally is not good enough . If your premise is as loose as this , it makes no sense to go on this campaign to tell everyone to inclusive and fight evil wherever it is . This really annoys skeptical people like myself who would be on board with it , but can ' t join a movement that is purely based on anecdotes and emotions . Why ? Because it leads to dangerous precedents . It leads to mob behavior and hivemind thinking . If we can ' t factually say that there is a consistent barrier to female and minority gamers across the nation , then we have to then consider that there may not be a barrier at all and that the accounts are possibly few in number , but simply vocal . Smart people consider every possibility before they make big decisions . So to recap , my issue with inclusive posts like these are that they are based on very loose foundations that are often from a few anecdotes or bad experiences . They need to be a regularly occurring problem that happens to most areas to warrant serious action . The second part is that the people who are promoting this campaign are very inconsiderate and do not try to understand the culture that they are trying to affect . It comes off as condescending and selfcentered . The last part is that you have to understand that this is YOUR campaign and you are trying to gain the stage here when there are many other people fighting for different causes . Notice how you are more centered on including women , instead of trying to bring minorities over . As far as your opinion on board games go , it is up to the store to decide what games to carry or not , just as the store would decide to carry movies and adult movies . And as far as what goes on the cover , consumers can express their distaste , but distaste alone should not warrant a cover being banned . As far as being uncomfortable goes . I ' m sorry , but that ' s how the world works . Some people felt uncomfortable with books such as Huckleberry Finn or Fahrenheit 451 and tried to ban those books . If you feel uneasy , you simply avoid that content you don ' t nuke anything you don ' t like . Board games and their covers are creative products and as such they can and will challenge us from time to time . You don ' t win by banning something because you have a problem with it . You win by not buying that product . If the people who want inclusion would be more rational and thoughtful in their approach I ' m sure they would get a better response from moderate people like myself . As it is , they are fighting for their brand of righteousness and telling men what they should be doing without trying to understand the issues that men face . That comes off as very arrogant and explains why many people on rboardgames have strong opinions against inclusive posts like these .