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<blockquote data-quote="Wolv0rine" data-source="post: 4447836" data-attributes="member: 9045">While I was a young gamer during the Pulling Era, I saw few actual ramifications of it in sweet, crumbling Toledo, Ohio.&nbsp; That's not to say I saw no ramifications of it however.&nbsp; I hated Tom Hanks for YEARS over that inane movie he did, still find no humor in Chick Tracts, and still regret that D&amp;D was BANNED from all schools in any way, shape, or form by the Board of Education.&nbsp; That pretty much nipped the joy from the official Game Club in my high school right there, I'll tell you.&nbsp; One year it was D&amp;D, Champions, Toon, Mechwarrior, and all kinds of cool stuff.&nbsp; The next year...Bam...&nbsp; it was chess, checkers, and miniature tactical games.&nbsp; Now, I'm not knocking chess, checkers, tactical mini games or the like...&nbsp; but this was NOT what I had joined the club to do.Luckily for me, my mother was only slightly concerned over D&amp;D and talked to me about her ignorance...&nbsp; (even going so far as to suggest I write a game called Angels and..&nbsp; something, I forget...)&nbsp; until I explained that in the majority, the monsters and evil stuff in the game were pretty much there to be killed, overcome, and serve as opponents.&nbsp; At which point she basically went &quot;Oh, I see.&nbsp; Okay&quot;Which, overall, was much less disturbing than the day she knocked on my bedroom door with a fruit tray for me and my friends and asked in a whisper if I was having an orgy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wolv0rine, post: 4447836, member: 9045"] While I was a young gamer during the Pulling Era, I saw few actual ramifications of it in sweet, crumbling Toledo, Ohio. That's not to say I saw [b]no[/b] ramifications of it however. I hated Tom Hanks for YEARS over that inane movie he did, still find no humor in Chick Tracts, and still regret that D&D was BANNED from all schools in any way, shape, or form by the Board of Education. That pretty much nipped the joy from the official Game Club in my high school right there, I'll tell you. One year it was D&D, Champions, Toon, Mechwarrior, and all kinds of cool stuff. The next year...Bam... it was chess, checkers, and miniature tactical games. Now, I'm not knocking chess, checkers, tactical mini games or the like... but this was NOT what I had joined the club to do. Luckily for me, my mother was only slightly concerned over D&D and talked to me about her ignorance... (even going so far as to suggest I write a game called Angels and.. something, I forget...) until I explained that in the majority, the monsters and evil stuff in the game were pretty much there to be killed, overcome, and serve as opponents. At which point she basically went "Oh, I see. Okay" Which, overall, was much less disturbing than the day she knocked on my bedroom door with a fruit tray for me and my friends and asked in a whisper if I was having an orgy. [/QUOTE]

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