Has anyone ever tried to 'save' you from D&D?
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CalrinAlshaw
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Sort of, during my freshman year in high school, one jerk in my french class thought it was funny to harass the nerdy D&D player. At first I tried just telling him to leave me alone, later I got the teacher to rearrange the seating assignments. None of that worked, well, one day the fat kid harassing me finally decides that it's time to try and start a real fight. He starts harassing me a short walk from the classroom after french, and I was with my friend at the time. Finally he turns one of my comments into the "Ohh, you wanna fight huh?!", so I just kinda calmly looked at him, said 1 sec, handed my glasses and backpack to my friend and asked him if he was ready to get the crap beat out of him. He turned around and walked away and left me alone after that.
(Part of the confidence was that I was in wrestling, which he didn't know. The other part was that I knew he just all mouth. But I find that showing a nice cold-calculating confident exterior before a fight unnerves people...that alone has gotten me out of countless fights.)
Calrin Alshaw
(Part of the confidence was that I was in wrestling, which he didn't know. The other part was that I knew he just all mouth. But I find that showing a nice cold-calculating confident exterior before a fight unnerves people...that alone has gotten me out of countless fights.)
Calrin Alshaw
Gilladian
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I live deep in the bible belt of Texas. When I mention DnD at work (not that I play, but that I am familiar with it) people express all sorts of misgivings. They hint about satanic links and bad cult stuff; I just change the topic. These are not co-workers; they're fine with it, but patrons of the library.
If they knew I was an agnostic hardcore science reading dnder I'm sure I'd get plenty of intervention. I once got prayed over (in thanks, I guess) because I taught a good computer class! It was hysterical, after the fact.
It might shed some light on the situation to say that I live less than 30 miles from the Branch Davidian compound. People here know the damage that weird beliefs can cause, but have little experience judging how (un) weird DnD is.
Gilladian
If they knew I was an agnostic hardcore science reading dnder I'm sure I'd get plenty of intervention. I once got prayed over (in thanks, I guess) because I taught a good computer class! It was hysterical, after the fact.
It might shed some light on the situation to say that I live less than 30 miles from the Branch Davidian compound. People here know the damage that weird beliefs can cause, but have little experience judging how (un) weird DnD is.
Gilladian
babomb
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When I started playing, my mom said she had heard something in the '80s about it being sacreligious. She asked me if it was true, and I told her no. I never heard about it again.
There was one guy who wanted to join our group in high school, but his dad thought it was evil and wouldn't let him.
There was one guy who wanted to join our group in high school, but his dad thought it was evil and wouldn't let him.
Andrew D. Gable
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I picked the first three. I still encounter a lot of being stereotyped as a geek (well, not unfairly 
) because of DnD, and most of it from one party in particular. Weirdly enough, said guy was hyper-religious and did the full-out Chick tract thing, but never objected to DnD on religious grounds. Hmm.
) because of DnD, and most of it from one party in particular. Weirdly enough, said guy was hyper-religious and did the full-out Chick tract thing, but never objected to DnD on religious grounds. Hmm.
Viking Bastard
Adventurer
No.
But my mom was worried that my gaming (among many other geeky passtimes)
would keep her from ever gettin' any grandchildren. Of course, when I *got* a
girlfriend she became all worried that she *would* get grandchildren.
You just can't please some people.
But my mom was worried that my gaming (among many other geeky passtimes)
would keep her from ever gettin' any grandchildren. Of course, when I *got* a
girlfriend she became all worried that she *would* get grandchildren.
You just can't please some people.
Faerl'Elghinn
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When I was 16 or so, my dad took away all of my D&D books (several hundred dollars' worth- Core books, Tome of Magic, Drow of the Underdark, Encyclopedia Magica, etc, etc, etc...) in an effort to save my soul from the wrong path. I was heavily into hard drugs, a daily drinker, violent, and just plain impudent. He also confiscated several hundred CDs. Well, this tactic was highly successful... at pissing me off. I put him in the hospital. He didn't seem to understand that during D&D sessions was the only time when I was actually "behaving". It was the only social circle where I found acceptance as a teenager, and when he tried to rob me of it, I felt as if he were depriving me of my only real source of joy. He's very lucky it didn't get him killed- honestly.
Elrik_DarkFury
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I saw many "old dogs" here(over 30 years old-who survived the dark age of 80s to tell the story 
) and many of u from USA.
I am just 18 years old from greece and i never had any big problem with any kind of "conversion".
-My mother has tried to make me quit just because i spent too much time playing and she wanted me to study more.
I am at university now as a would be civil engineer and she has stopped.
So no big deal.
However a friend of mine lost his entire book collection by his lunatic,faith fanatic father.
That guy (my friends father) had abantoned his family a long time ago.After many months of absence he just showed up and all of the sudden felt responsible for his son.He took the books and left! We never saw them again.. :\
off-topic but mentioned
One of the things that really angers me is the whole geek issue.
I know that life is different in europe but i cannot understand your attitude about this.
I would never let an @sshole whose intellingence is obviously below 0,or a stupid girl who can't see beyond the price of my car(i dont have a car) or the music i hear or whether i wear trendy clothes and go to fancy clubs or not, stereotype me like this and make me feel sorry about myself.
This is pathetic.Nobody calls me nerd because i play dnd and if they do
i feel sorry about them.
Hell i don't give a damm about what stupid and unworthy people think about me.
Whenever i came across this kind of attitude i fought against it and aventually i won.Don't take always the defensive.That is what they would like u to do.
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The Wizard
) and many of u from USA.I am just 18 years old from greece and i never had any big problem with any kind of "conversion".
-My mother has tried to make me quit just because i spent too much time playing and she wanted me to study more.
I am at university now as a would be civil engineer and she has stopped.
So no big deal.
However a friend of mine lost his entire book collection by his lunatic,faith fanatic father.
That guy (my friends father) had abantoned his family a long time ago.After many months of absence he just showed up and all of the sudden felt responsible for his son.He took the books and left! We never saw them again.. :\
off-topic but mentioned
One of the things that really angers me is the whole geek issue.
I know that life is different in europe but i cannot understand your attitude about this.
I would never let an @sshole whose intellingence is obviously below 0,or a stupid girl who can't see beyond the price of my car(i dont have a car) or the music i hear or whether i wear trendy clothes and go to fancy clubs or not, stereotype me like this and make me feel sorry about myself.
This is pathetic.Nobody calls me nerd because i play dnd and if they do
i feel sorry about them.
Hell i don't give a damm about what stupid and unworthy people think about me.
Whenever i came across this kind of attitude i fought against it and aventually i won.Don't take always the defensive.That is what they would like u to do.
________________
The Wizard
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