Topic: Pioneers in this new world
There are games and there are hobby games.
Back before games were digital, it was easy to tell the difference between a regular game and a hobby game. When you opened up the game of "Monopoly" it took just a few minutes to read the directions and you were off and playing. Then there was that wierd neighbor guy with the table set up in his garage with 100's of little cardbord squares on a huge painted grid. 30 mins in and out for "Monopoly" where that other guy barely even sorted out the infantry pieces in that amount of time.
Nia is much more of that hobby game of the past then of the rainy day distraction board game.
We are pioneers in this new world, nia. And unlike those games in the garage, this one doesn't need to be put away, doesn't get upset by the dog, and is open to players across the world not just across the street.
We are pioneers, so we endure the hardships, we struggle and scrape to gain a foothold. Everything we do, in some way, matters. Hobby games are fun, but they are also demanding. Hobbies are defined by the value of the personal achievement you recieve from it, not by any tangilble reward. Hobby games are the same, the point isn't to just stack the little cardboard pieces on the other side of the map, its the process of getting them there that makes the game.
We are pioneers, those that follow will reap the benefit of our work without acknowledgement. We toil for the satisfaction of the game, not for the game itself. Our goals are our own and achieving them is the reward.
We. Are. Pioneers.