That's just weird. I don't get it.There is no bad press. We just have to get the Pathfinder Rules to both candidates.
Send both parties some dice.
It could be like the coke commercial where they both sit in front of the capital, only, you know, attacking goblins this time!
sitting on the sidelines here in the UK killing myself laughing..only in America
Yup. And then in the UK there is that whole "Jedi" thing. There is enough humor to go all around.
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sitting on the sidelines here in the UK killing myself laughing..only in America
Yeah, but America never had the likes of Winston Churchill and Lady Astor in Congress.
During a Floor DebateLady Astor (to Churchill): Sir, if you were my husband I would put posion in your coffee.
Churchill (in response): Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it.
We never get great debates like this in the Colonies.
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Well,
I am not a veteran, republican, nor democrat. I am a dungeons and dragons player. Here's how I see it:
The McCain aide used the stereotype of the basement-dwelling, D&D playing dork to ridicule and undermine "rickrocket's" blog. However, this stereotype is one perpetrated by none other than D&D players themselves.
When the cover the Player's Handbook 4th edition ANDY COLLINS name on it, a casual search about who these people are (follow the link) would suggest a certain left-leaning sympathy.
Using D&D players as a derogatory attack is certainly childish, but to the uninitiated, thats exactly what we the D&D community have perpetrated.
Offensive? Hardly.
I've been called a "D&D Nerd" for decades now. I choose not to empower people by being bothered by insults.
sitting on the sidelines here in the UK killing myself laughing..only in AmericaYeah, but America never had the likes of Winston Churchill and Lady Astor in Congress.
During a Floor Debate
Lady Astor (to Churchill): Sir, if you were my husband I would put posion in your coffee.
Churchill (in response): Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it.We never get great debates like this in the Colonies.
You are joking, right? Try this one on for size.
But that wasn't in Congress. The Great Churchill/Lady Astor fights were on the floor of Parliment.
Well, you just said 'no great debates in the colonies.' But if you want an in-congress fracas, what about the abolition debates where Brooks came in and beat Charles Sumner until his cane broke?
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But that wasn't in Congress. The Great Churchill/Lady Astor fights were on the floor of Parliment.Well, you just said 'no great debates in the colonies.' But if you want an in-congress fracas, what about the abolition debates where Brooks came in and beat Charles Sumner until his cane broke?
Okay, well there was that.
Wow this is so old news, can't it die off yet?
What ever happened to Playing D&D = anti-christ ?
What ever happened to Playing D&D = anti-christ ?
People grew brains.
Actually, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think that stereotype has completely died out...?
It did not. There are still those who feel that DnD is just a demonic tool to draw young minds into the occult. The only difference is that they don't feel at liberty to run their mouths as loudly about the subject.
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And there are enough Christian gamers out there that they have been pretty much marginalized. Almost everyone knows a gamer, except in a few isolationist groups, and they can see for their own eyes that we are not demonic cultists out to destroy their world. So they have turned their attention to bashing Harry Potter instead.
And there are enough Christian gamers out there that they have been pretty much marginalized. Almost everyone knows a gamer, except in a few isolationist groups, and they can see for their own eyes that we are not demonic cultists out to destroy their world. So they have turned their attention to bashing Harry Potter instead.
Precisely what I meant when I said they don't feel as free to run their big mouths. But I've still got fundie friends who are more upset with my "lifestyle" of roleplaying than with the fact I'm Jewish. The worst part is that they aren't being judgmental freaks or jerks about it...they honestly and truly believe that I'm endangering my soul by engaging in the game. That's sad to me, that they've been fed such misinformation by people they trust. To the point where it isn't up for debate anymore than whether murder is ok.
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What ever happened to Playing D&D = anti-christ ?People grew brains.
Actually, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think that stereotype has completely died out...?
No no it has not, but it is dieing and although slow it is only now coming to the point that this is no longer truly excepted. In point of fact the prevalence of games such as WOW and EQ is doing a lot to change the way people see this game. That being said it will take only one death popularized in the press of some kid killing himself or someone else over the loss of some silly character on one of these silly little online freak fests for it to blow all out of proportion.