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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 3854121" data-attributes="member: 4937">That's a good question.&nbsp; I got into the game at a much younger age than WL - which I think is an important point - and did so sort of mid-incident, but I'm quite certain that part of my own parents responce to the game was influenced by the fact that the first group of players they knew about were drug abusers, vandals, and otherwise dysfunctional.&nbsp; To thier credit, they didn't immediately judge the whole game based on that one data point, but it almost certainly influenced there thinking as the incident unfolded.There has been some defence of the contriversy as good for the game.&nbsp; I'm sure it undoubtably did pull in alot of people who were attracted to the anti-social reputation of the game, but I'm equally convinced that it was not good for the game.&nbsp; In fact, I think it pretty much tanked the product.&nbsp; I personally think that without the contriversy, D&amp;D would have a toy/spinoff line on par with Transformers or GI Joe to this day, that the game line would be prominently marketed along side risk or monopoly in major department stores, and that the upcoming Dragon Lance movie would have a budget more on par with that of the recent LotR movie (cashing in on its success) rather than being a rinky dink embarassing badly animated straight to video sort of thing.&nbsp; Now you could reasonably think that would be bad for the game, but that's a different topic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 3854121, member: 4937"] That's a good question. I got into the game at a much younger age than WL - which I think is an important point - and did so sort of mid-incident, but I'm quite certain that part of my own parents responce to the game was influenced by the fact that the first group of players they knew about were drug abusers, vandals, and otherwise dysfunctional. To thier credit, they didn't immediately judge the whole game based on that one data point, but it almost certainly influenced there thinking as the incident unfolded. There has been some defence of the contriversy as good for the game. I'm sure it undoubtably did pull in alot of people who were attracted to the anti-social reputation of the game, but I'm equally convinced that it was not good for the game. In fact, I think it pretty much tanked the product. I personally think that without the contriversy, D&D would have a toy/spinoff line on par with Transformers or GI Joe to this day, that the game line would be prominently marketed along side risk or monopoly in major department stores, and that the upcoming Dragon Lance movie would have a budget more on par with that of the recent LotR movie (cashing in on its success) rather than being a rinky dink embarassing badly animated straight to video sort of thing. Now you could reasonably think that would be bad for the game, but that's a different topic. [/QUOTE]

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