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My point is that the /vrg/ meetups are not what they once were. We're full, effectively. New players joining through the thread are likely to be kicked as randos and laughed about later. If they clear up the misunderstanding later, they'll get some attention until people get to know them, at which point they'll recede into obscurity and be ignored. If they're anything other than a heterosexual male they'll get some combination of open ridicule from most and creepy sexual attention from some. If they make friends elsewhere and those friends join them in the meetup, they'll be kicked as randos and then the person they joined on will be ridiculed.
It's a toxic environment.
For all this, it would be tolerable if it were some hotbed of creative activity that justified the exclusivity and holier-than-thou attitude of a lot of /vrg/, but it's not. People who create things in /vrg/ do their work elsewhere and occasionally share the results, but /vrg/ does not work together, and it drives away content creators except those with an inhumanly thick skin. It was more welcoming in the past, and also more creative. It is neither now.
The winning strategy, if you have nowhere else, is to use /vrg/ to meet the creatives who occasionally stop by, friend them, and move on into their circles. It's what a lot of our newfags end up doing.