A jesus fish for role players

[WhatGravitas]

Apparently I'm too young. This symbol was just a green triangle? How is anyone supposed to get "play games" from a green triangle?

Ever looked at your video recorder/walkman/music device? Now look at the button for "Play"!

Cheers, LT.

 

[AnonymousOne]

Ya know, people kind of grin and chuckle when I tell them I play D&D and that's fine.

I just ask them whats wrong with sitting around with my friends and drinking beer while hanging out. That's gotten a few people to nod. Really, in the realm of hobbies, D&D is pretty tame. There are however ... antisocial and aggressive people who are the outliers that give us a questionable reputation.

 

[Nifft]

Ever looked at your video recorder/walkman/music device? Now look at the button for "Play"!

That meme will never catch on.

Cheers, -- N

 

[SDOgre]

i let people know i'm a gamer by displaying my prominent neckbeard.

buwahahahahahahah!

 

[HellHound]

Apparently I'm too young. This symbol was just a green triangle? How is anyone supposed to get "play games" from a green triangle?

I think this was covered already in this thread, but to reiterate:

Green Light (as in traffic lights) = Go
Triangle (as in on tape players, cd players, mp3 players) = Play

Green Triangle = Go Play

Just like the fish, it is designed to NOT be an obvious symbol of what it represents, and people will have to have seen it before to know what it means.

 

[AnonymousOne]

That meme will never catch on.

Cheers, -- N

I see what you did there. Well played sir!

 

[Turjan]

Apparently I'm too young. This symbol was just a green triangle? How is anyone supposed to get "play games" from a green triangle?

You don't have to talk in the past about it. Some variation of that symbol is still quite popular as an avatar on rpg.net.

 

[Nifft]

I see what you did there. Well played sir!

A gentleman does what a gentleman can.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Oni]

Just another example of the fact this kind of weirdness is still out there. When I was in highschool in the 90's I live in Alexandria, VA which is just outside Washington DC, so not exactly the bible belt. Anyway I had a friend who played Magic: the Gathering who ended up trading me his entire magic card collection because the pastor at his mother's church had convinced her that they were a form of devil worship and she made him get rid of them. Of course I traded him my genesis and some games like Mortal Kombat for them, though that never seemed to bother her.

 

[Henry]

...Of course I traded him my genesis and some games like Mortal Kombat for them, though that never seemed to bother her.

Y'see, it's this example, and the earlier story about the parents being fine with Vampire and Werewolf, but not D&D, that absolutely astound me, and I fight really hard NOT to start a rant about terrible parenting skills and a lack of attention to their children's lives.

I've had someone tell me they player Rolemaster back in the 1980's because the parents of one of their friends could not abide by D&D, but had no problem with Rolemaster, which is the same darned thing, just with different rules. If I had hair, I'd tear it out.