[Cthulhu_]

Counterpoint. The "nerdy" hobbies are dominated by gatekeepers who have played the thing they're into (e.g. DND, MTG, Warhammer) for a long time, who don't actually want to get you into it as well, but who want to flex their experience and skills. They don't want people to play with, they want an audience.

You can be into social games but still be socially maladjusted. I prefer the single player experience over that.

[2muchcoffeeman]

If your goals, personalities or experience don't align, it will suck to play games with certain people. But that's the case for all social activities. But plenty of game groups exists with enough people that you don't have to play with the people you don't like playing with.