
While it's certainly not "mainstream," role-play is actually quite popular these days. It's important to remember there's a lot of RP outside of MMO's, or even outside of the internet! I've run into a lot of people in my small little redneck town who are also role-players, or who've at least tried it before. It's just that most other role-players are also afraid to randomly bring it up for fear others won't understand or will make fun of them.