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<blockquote data-quote="Kelleris" data-source="post: 2485109" data-attributes="member: 19130">Okay, there's a computer troubles columnist in my local paper (the Fort Worth Star-Telegram) called &quot;Dr. Bombay.&quot;&nbsp; I usually enjoy this column, since he seems to know his stuff and has a nice sarcastic wit going.&nbsp; But today he runs this ignorant drivel about D&amp;D in response to someone asking him about EverQuest addiction - &nbsp;And here's where I start to get cheesed off - Anyway, the rest of the column goes on to call EQ players (and D&amp;D players by extension, I imagine), &quot;reclusive toad<s> with no friends or job prospects&quot; and suggest some tough-love techniques.&nbsp; It also compares Half-Life 2 favorably with EQ and its ilk, but whatever.</s><s></s><s>As someone who just graduated from college, I'm a little cheesed off at the comparison to an EQ addict, and the implication that EQ is a better version of D&amp;D (that &quot;old&quot; game from &quot;a few years back&quot;) is just stupid.&nbsp; I don't like MMORPGs and I like D&amp;D quite a lot, for very different reasons.&nbsp; And what's with this &quot;card game&quot; nonsense!?&nbsp; Aaargh!!!</s><s></s><s>Hmph.&nbsp; Well, I've vented.&nbsp; I'm considering sending this guy a polite e-mail to correct his ignorance, but I'm not sure it's worth my time.&nbsp; Sheesh, just when I think I may be able to convince my grandmother that I am not in fact worshipping Satan, I come across something like this...&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /></s></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kelleris, post: 2485109, member: 19130"] Okay, there's a computer troubles columnist in my local paper (the Fort Worth Star-Telegram) called "Dr. Bombay." I usually enjoy this column, since he seems to know his stuff and has a nice sarcastic wit going. But today he runs this ignorant drivel about D&D in response to someone asking him about EverQuest addiction - And here's where I start to get cheesed off - Anyway, the rest of the column goes on to call EQ players (and D&D players by extension, I imagine), "reclusive toad[s] with no friends or job prospects" and suggest some tough-love techniques. It also compares Half-Life 2 favorably with EQ and its ilk, but whatever. As someone who just graduated from college, I'm a little cheesed off at the comparison to an EQ addict, and the implication that EQ is a better version of D&D (that "old" game from "a few years back") is just stupid. I don't like MMORPGs and I like D&D quite a lot, for very different reasons. And what's with this "card game" nonsense!? Aaargh!!! Hmph. Well, I've vented. I'm considering sending this guy a polite e-mail to correct his ignorance, but I'm not sure it's worth my time. Sheesh, just when I think I may be able to convince my grandmother that I am not in fact worshipping Satan, I come across something like this... :([/s] [/QUOTE]

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