Oh no Conan just DIDNT!

[Cactot]

What is this "stigma" against D&D that you guys talk about? I dont even play D&D but the first thing i announce when i walk into a bar is that i play 1st ed AD&D, then i proceed to cast a couple of "charm" spells at the cute chicks, they like totally dig it. I have found it helps me get laid, and if i wear my pointed ears and chainmail then they are on me like flies on a turd, have to beat em away with my warmaul i always carry. They love my mountian dew/cheetos aura and my splotchy beard.


Jock = old and busted
AD&D magic user = new hotness

 

[jokamachi]

I would have given the guy TWO wedgies.

And a twister. And a melvin.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

After the guy was carried off, Conan said "That never happened to me in high school" with that sad "I'm not fooling anyone with that lie" look and tone of voice he does. Just about every time he does a D&D joke he does something like that to imply he was a nerdy D&D player in high school. This isn't to say he actually was one, but he generally pokes fun at himself at the same time he does it.

Precisely. Quite often when Conan makes fun of something on his show that is geeky - Trek fandom, D&D, etc. - he lets the viewer know he's just as geeky. He has even straight-out talked about the irony of making fun of geeks and their geek-fix, when he's been there himself. So I think those who are getting riled up should grow thicker skins.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

It is sad to see our hobby degenerated so. Even "mainstream" hobbies like video games get the same treatment.

I think the word is "denigrated." And it's actually fun. It's good to be able to laugh at oneself.

 

[Shoel Sweeny]

Uh... *raises hand*

Yup, ditto

 

[trancejeremy]

I think the word is "denigrated." And it's actually fun. It's good to be able to laugh at oneself.

Maybe philosophically, but from a marketing perspective, it's terrible, and part of the reason as a hobby and an industry its in such dire straights.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

Maybe philosophically, but from a marketing perspective, it's terrible, and part of the reason as a hobby and an industry its in such dire straights.

I really doubt it's part of the reason the industry is in dire straits.

 

[Nyaricus]

Yup, ditto

Three for tea!

 

[Sejs]

Not even as a Dungeon Master? That makes Mialee cry.

I think Mialee's hair makes Mialee cry enough as it is.

Poor girl.

Poor awkward, shaggy, horribly dressed girl.

 

[Viktyr Gehrig]

don't forget about Phil. Gods, phil sucks.

My old gaming group, I could always get an NPC killed within fifteen minutes by revealing his name to be "Phil". Of course, that had nothing to do with "geekiness"...