It doesn't get much worse than this!

[Umbran]

A full half hour of taking the rip out of D&D bigtime.

Just for the record, I don't know what this means, or if it is supposed to be good or bad.

"...taking the rip out of..." As opposed to "..putting the rip into..."? So, the opposite of ripping or damaging? Like, repairing? Half an hour of repairing D&D?

You kids with your wacky lingo

 

[nedjer]

Just for the record, I don't know what this means, or if it is supposed to be good or bad.

"...taking the rip out of..." As opposed to "..putting the rip into..."? So, the opposite of ripping or damaging? Like, repairing? Half an hour of repairing D&D?

You kids with your wacky lingo

taking the rip - kind of random psychological happy slapping

 

[wingsandsword]

Funny, I had a completely different attitude to the program!

I love Moss, and he was excellent as nerdy D&D guy (as would be expected), but the thing that I really liked about it? It made a difference! The corporate jerks got drawn into it, and Roy came to a resolution about his lost girlfriend.

Rather than the typical take of it being something connected with losers, I felt that they actually made it quite appealing

I've got to agree. The IT Crowd is big Geek Humor, the popular Geek sitcom for British TV the way that The Big Bang Theory is on US TV. It seemed more of loving parody than savage mockery to me.

 

[Wolf1066]

I recall years ago (I'm also an Old Farte TM) an episode of Taggart where they encountered a group of RPGers as part of their murder investigation. I was most impressed with how the show deconstructed a lot of the "signing pacts with Satan" and "dangerous loony" prejudices that were levelled against RPGs/RPGers back then.

Mind you, Taggart was like that - they'd do their research then show the reality of the group contrasted against the stereotypes/prejudices. Usually by having someone asking the questions that the bigots never ask but would dispel the myth if they did. (Probably why the bigots don't ask the questions, actually - who wants to have their lovely myth - and "justification" for acting like an utter arse - dispelled?)

 

[Wolf1066]

Just for the record, I don't know what this means, or if it is supposed to be good or bad.

"...taking the rip out of..." As opposed to "..putting the rip into..."? So, the opposite of ripping or damaging? Like, repairing? Half an hour of repairing D&D?

A politer version of "taking the p*** out of" - mockery. Can be gentle or savage.

You kids with your wacky lingo

It was perfectly understandable to me here in New Zealand, it's you guys over there who have turned your back on "proper English"

 

[BrokeAndDrive]

Gamers being made fun of? no wai

(yeah I know that article is about video gamers, but I can't find much that doesn't also apply to PnP)

 

[Ahnirades]

I thought it was great fun.

 

[Henry]

I only have one thought about this travesty unfolding before my eyes...

WOO-HOO! IT Crowd gets a Season 4! YES!

Now, all I have to do is wait for it to show up on Netflix or BBCA...

 

[nedjer]

So what are we saying here? That Moss is a positive role model for roleplaying games?

Surely the vast majority of tabletop RPG players have girlfriends, are capable of catching a ball and would rather be seen dead than go Gandalf-head?

Or is it all horribly true? Have all GMs got fully colonised macrobiotic beards, did most players speak to a girl some time last year, or the year before; and would nobody else punch any guy who puts on a pixie voice to deliver cod therapy mid-game?

 

[PaulofCthulhu]

I thought it was quite an endearing portrayal of tabletop roleplaying set within a geeky comedy.

The outcome was successful and even had a rather touching emotional component.

Also the writer of IT Crowd/Black Books/Father Ted is a roleplayer (and Call of Cthulhu fan).