The curse placed on Irving Pulling?

[Wycen]

I dunno, if there's ever an time where it will be considered wrong to hate Hitler...

At least in the Futurama universe it is not only done, but apparently altering the course of history by killing him is also not wrong.

 

[Theo R Cwithin]

So as not to derail this thread, I've forked the discussion of gaming scares in other countries to this thread.

.

and, *ding* 1000 posts

 

[Kzach]

The opposite actually. The research Stackpole did suggested that D&D players had a _vastly lower_ rate of suicides than the national American avarage. I'm more inclined to believe him than, well, it's a really long list.

Which makes sense. Most D&D groups are essentially a group of friends getting together and sharing an interest in a hobby. It's well known that having such a support network is a vital part of mental health.

Ironic that such groups should be vilified for the very thing they're helping prevent.

 

[Herobizkit]

From the wiki entry:
BADD described D&D as "a fantasy role-playing game which uses demonology, witchcraft, voodoo, murder, rape, blasphemy, suicide, assassination, insanity, sex perversion, homosexuality, prostitution, satanic type rituals, gambling, barbarism, cannibalism, sadism, desecration, demon summoning, necromantics, divination and other teachings.

My campaigns tend to have most of the above contained therein in one form or another, and I'm fine with that.

 

[Mikaze]

From the wiki entry:
BADD described D&D as "a fantasy role-playing game which uses demonology, witchcraft, voodoo, murder, rape, blasphemy, suicide, assassination, insanity, sex perversion, homosexuality, prostitution, satanic type rituals, gambling, barbarism, cannibalism, sadism, desecration, demon summoning, necromantics, divination and other teachings.

My campaigns tend to have most of the above contained therein in one form or another, and I'm fine with that.

Kind of want to have a creativity jam thread because of this quote....

Come up with a campaign that encompasses all of the above, weaved organically into the adventures and background of the setting, and do it tastefully and in a mature manner.

Any setting, commercial or homebrew. Full campaign arc or a short series of adventures.

Shouldn't be hard, but it would be interesting to see the different angles people take.

 

[malraux]

Kind of want to have a creativity jam thread because of this quote....

Come up with a campaign that encompasses all of the above, weaved organically into the adventures and background of the setting, and do it tastefully and in a mature manner.

Any setting, commercial or homebrew. Full campaign arc or a short series of adventures.

Shouldn't be hard, but it would be interesting to see the different angles people take.

Well, Fatal is clearly the rules setting to use for that.

 

[jonesy]

Interesting timing. The Spoony One just came out with a review of Mazes and Monsters.

http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/08/01/mazes-monsters/#comments

 

[Iconik]

This is all a moot discussion. The woman was nuts. Not even her wiki article takes her seriously.

"
The American Association of Suicidology, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, and Health & Welfare (Canada) all eventually concluded that there was no causal link between fantasy gaming and suicide.[7] In 1990, the writer Michael Stackpole authored The Pulling Report, a review highly critical of BADD's methods of data collection, analysis and reporting.[5]
BADD effectively ceased to exist when Pulling died of cancer in 1997. By this time, BADD had been reduced to Pulling as its sole member."