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<blockquote data-quote="palleomortis" data-source="post: 3851013" data-attributes="member: 30755"><p>As ligitement as all of those points are, and very worth considering, you also have to realize the alternative. Perhaps it's not near so much an issue with people who have moved on out of high school, or their adolescent, teen-age idiocy years, but so far as my age group goes, there's much worse that could happen. You have to take into account things such as gameing systems (Xbox, Playstation, Wii), Computer interaction (Myspace additions, chating), and the other time fillers (Movies, TV, ...Nothing). While D&amp;D can have it's negative effects when compared to other more ideal lives, you have to realize that it is actually often saving more than killing. It get the screen out of your face and replaces it with people and friends, it gets you out of the house, it gets your imagination going, as well as other things. And to be perfectly frank, I think that if it gets to the point that your saying it is non-physical, or anti-social, then your more looking for reasons NOT to play, and are bound to find them in some fashion or another. Don't get me wrong though, I'm sure there are some out there that actually do have such tight scheduals of school or work that taking four-ish hours to play would cuase some damage, or at least change, in their daily lives.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="palleomortis, post: 3851013, member: 30755"] As ligitement as all of those points are, and very worth considering, you also have to realize the alternative. Perhaps it's not near so much an issue with people who have moved on out of high school, or their adolescent, teen-age idiocy years, but so far as my age group goes, there's much worse that could happen. You have to take into account things such as gameing systems (Xbox, Playstation, Wii), Computer interaction (Myspace additions, chating), and the other time fillers (Movies, TV, ...Nothing). While D&D can have it's negative effects when compared to other more ideal lives, you have to realize that it is actually often saving more than killing. It get the screen out of your face and replaces it with people and friends, it gets you out of the house, it gets your imagination going, as well as other things. And to be perfectly frank, I think that if it gets to the point that your saying it is non-physical, or anti-social, then your more looking for reasons NOT to play, and are bound to find them in some fashion or another. Don't get me wrong though, I'm sure there are some out there that actually do have such tight scheduals of school or work that taking four-ish hours to play would cuase some damage, or at least change, in their daily lives. [/QUOTE]

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