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<blockquote data-quote="Agent Oracle" data-source="post: 2903568" data-attributes="member: 40076">First words?&nbsp; Smart, articulate, Geek, Introspective.Phrases? &quot;I attack the Darkness!&quot; &quot;Natural 20!&quot; &quot;Fireballs coming on-line!&quot;Images?: A little more embaressing:&nbsp; Reams of paper covered in tiny numbers, often erased.&nbsp; Oh come on, it only takes a precursory glance to see all the steriotypes of gamers, hell, we self-perpetuate our own steriotypes of certain kinds of gamers within the gaming community!&nbsp; I don't think that Jocks have anywhere NEAR as many levels of heirarchy as we gamers do!&nbsp; (Don't talk to him! Total soccer player, he'll start on Beckham and you'll never get away...) Okay, ther's the larper, the casual gamer, the grognard, the MMORPGer, the Munchkin, the Roleplayer, the Loons...Oh, wiat, you mean from the outside looking in? yeah, they have steriotypes of us too.Hmm, you know, When I thought i would never meet the geek who filled all of the steriotypes of gamer-kind, I met phil. Phil relates his day-to day activities from a perspective of d20.&nbsp; &quot;Where are my glasses? Whoops, failed that spot check.&quot; etc.In normal society, gamers are very specialists.&nbsp; we are pale, Ahh, I'm an Overt geek / covert roleplayer.&nbsp; I'm tall, relatively handsom, within an acceptable weight and muscle tone standard, and socialy compitent. People don't know I play D&amp;D until I say so, which is good since, once I mention D&amp;D, people begin asking what the hell you do and how you win and whatnot.&nbsp;Yes.. I've done it a few times.&nbsp; Started on this answer a bit early I fear... The result is allways the same. Outsiders seem to have no perspective of how a &quot;game&quot; can have no board, and no defined ending point, no way to win.&nbsp; What i've started doing is explaining that D&amp;D is as much a tool for storytellers as it is a game for other's enjoyment.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Agent Oracle, post: 2903568, member: 40076"] First words? Smart, articulate, Geek, Introspective. Phrases? "I attack the Darkness!" "Natural 20!" "Fireballs coming on-line!" Images?: A little more embaressing: Reams of paper covered in tiny numbers, often erased. Oh come on, it only takes a precursory glance to see all the steriotypes of gamers, hell, we self-perpetuate our own steriotypes of certain kinds of gamers within the gaming community! I don't think that Jocks have anywhere NEAR as many levels of heirarchy as we gamers do! (Don't talk to him! Total soccer player, he'll start on Beckham and you'll never get away...) Okay, ther's the larper, the casual gamer, the grognard, the MMORPGer, the Munchkin, the Roleplayer, the Loons... Oh, wiat, you mean from the outside looking in? yeah, they have steriotypes of us too. Hmm, you know, When I thought i would never meet the geek who filled all of the steriotypes of gamer-kind, I met phil. Phil relates his day-to day activities from a perspective of d20. "Where are my glasses? Whoops, failed that spot check." etc. In normal society, gamers are very specialists. we are pale, Ahh, I'm an Overt geek / covert roleplayer. I'm tall, relatively handsom, within an acceptable weight and muscle tone standard, and socialy compitent. People don't know I play D&D until I say so, which is good since, once I mention D&D, people begin asking what the hell you do and how you win and whatnot. Yes.. I've done it a few times. Started on this answer a bit early I fear... The result is allways the same. Outsiders seem to have no perspective of how a "game" can have no board, and no defined ending point, no way to win. What i've started doing is explaining that D&D is as much a tool for storytellers as it is a game for other's enjoyment. [/QUOTE]

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