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<blockquote data-quote="The Little Raven" data-source="post: 978260" data-attributes="member: 10095"><p>Well, how would you feel if I said that most D&D gamers are overweight, ugly, social retards that continue to live with their parents for most of their lives, while collecting trivial pieces of plastic in order to feel a deeper connection to an old television series than the people around them? What if I said that most D&D gamers were immature children that lack the basic social skills to even interest a member of the opposite sex? What if I said that most D&D gamers are unimaginative lunatics that would rather delve into a book about some fantasy world that was made up almost 30 years ago by a guy in Wisconsin than go out into sunlight and fresh air?</p><p></p><p>I'm sure most people on these forums would have quite a problem with that, and it would be construed as an attack on D&D gamers. However, by looking at a few stereotypes, I could paint the entire D&D community with this brush, just as you people are painting the LARP community... remember, the most vocal portion of any community is a minority... and those socially maladjusted LARPers that everyone seems to acknowledge were socially maladjusted before they ever picked up a LARP book.</p><p></p><p>LARPers are just gamers that don't care what society thinks of them. However, the problem with a good deal of LARPers is that they do not know how to actually LARP, since many of the "freaks" that I've met have usually been between the ages of 14-18. These kids don't even know how to be themselves, much less seriously act like another character.</p><p></p><p>And before anyone takes offense to my statements above... I know plenty of well adjusted and socially adept D&D players (being one, myself), but I have met MORE than enough gamers on the other end of the spectrum to give this stereotype immortality.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Little Raven, post: 978260, member: 10095"] Well, how would you feel if I said that most D&D gamers are overweight, ugly, social retards that continue to live with their parents for most of their lives, while collecting trivial pieces of plastic in order to feel a deeper connection to an old television series than the people around them? What if I said that most D&D gamers were immature children that lack the basic social skills to even interest a member of the opposite sex? What if I said that most D&D gamers are unimaginative lunatics that would rather delve into a book about some fantasy world that was made up almost 30 years ago by a guy in Wisconsin than go out into sunlight and fresh air? I'm sure most people on these forums would have quite a problem with that, and it would be construed as an attack on D&D gamers. However, by looking at a few stereotypes, I could paint the entire D&D community with this brush, just as you people are painting the LARP community... remember, the most vocal portion of any community is a minority... and those socially maladjusted LARPers that everyone seems to acknowledge were socially maladjusted before they ever picked up a LARP book. LARPers are just gamers that don't care what society thinks of them. However, the problem with a good deal of LARPers is that they do not know how to actually LARP, since many of the "freaks" that I've met have usually been between the ages of 14-18. These kids don't even know how to be themselves, much less seriously act like another character. And before anyone takes offense to my statements above... I know plenty of well adjusted and socially adept D&D players (being one, myself), but I have met MORE than enough gamers on the other end of the spectrum to give this stereotype immortality. [/QUOTE]
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