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<blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 7761178" data-attributes="member: 45197"><p>Hiya.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I did my research. Of all the things I found out, the general consensus among professional psychologists and other mental health professionals, is that roughly 20% to 25% of people in positions of "power" (CEO's, Politicians, Lawyers, Police Officers, etc) have significant psychotic traits that would likely place them in the clinical category of psychopath or sociopath. </p><p></p><p>That is NOT to say that all psychopaths are knife-wielding maniacs...they aren't. Most aren't, actually. But CEO's was near the top of the list in every study or review I found. </p><p></p><p>As for the relationship to D&D...I wasn't making that jump. I was saying that the idea of eSports D&D was likely coming from a position up high deciding they wanted more money/market-share/power and figured merging D&D's recent uptick in popularity with the silly amount of money that eSports (and other "televised competitive events") was somehow a win/win idea. And that this idea was not hatched due to any sort of actual first-hand experience or even second-hand (like, "My kids play and they told me that..."). The person(s) making the final decision to support such an idea were ultimately the CEO's and other's in a position to decide to do it; hence, the psychopath/sociopath connection. (re: the CEO's are doing it for want of more money/power and not because they think it would be cool, fun and engaging for others because they find it so).</p><p></p><p>So, as you can see, I didn't say it to "be a jerk" or for "no reason".</p><p></p><p><em>PS: If you type in "psychopaths sociopaths CEO's position power" into DuckDuckGo.com (or whatever search engine), you'll get a lot of info immediately. Look for the sites that are actual psychology/education/medical related and not the click-bait sensationalism "stories" you get from places like Vox or Buzzfeed.</em></p><p></p><p>^_^</p><p></p><p>Paul L. Ming</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pming, post: 7761178, member: 45197"] Hiya. I did my research. Of all the things I found out, the general consensus among professional psychologists and other mental health professionals, is that roughly 20% to 25% of people in positions of "power" (CEO's, Politicians, Lawyers, Police Officers, etc) have significant psychotic traits that would likely place them in the clinical category of psychopath or sociopath. That is NOT to say that all psychopaths are knife-wielding maniacs...they aren't. Most aren't, actually. But CEO's was near the top of the list in every study or review I found. As for the relationship to D&D...I wasn't making that jump. I was saying that the idea of eSports D&D was likely coming from a position up high deciding they wanted more money/market-share/power and figured merging D&D's recent uptick in popularity with the silly amount of money that eSports (and other "televised competitive events") was somehow a win/win idea. And that this idea was not hatched due to any sort of actual first-hand experience or even second-hand (like, "My kids play and they told me that..."). The person(s) making the final decision to support such an idea were ultimately the CEO's and other's in a position to decide to do it; hence, the psychopath/sociopath connection. (re: the CEO's are doing it for want of more money/power and not because they think it would be cool, fun and engaging for others because they find it so). So, as you can see, I didn't say it to "be a jerk" or for "no reason". [I]PS: If you type in "psychopaths sociopaths CEO's position power" into DuckDuckGo.com (or whatever search engine), you'll get a lot of info immediately. Look for the sites that are actual psychology/education/medical related and not the click-bait sensationalism "stories" you get from places like Vox or Buzzfeed.[/I] ^_^ Paul L. Ming [/QUOTE]
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