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<blockquote data-quote="Dwarf Bread" data-source="post: 2673607" data-attributes="member: 22205">I met my best friend through gaming in 4th grade--we didn't know what we were doing, but we had fun.&nbsp; We've been friends for 25 years.&nbsp; I've also met most of my other friends through gaming.RPGs helped me academically, as well, both in stats and in vocabulary.&nbsp; &quot;Fecund&quot; was actually on the vocabulary portion of my graduate school entrance exam...thank you, Gary Gygax!In addition, I don't have any fear of speaking in public; for a lot of people, fear of being negatively evaluated while in front of an audience can be extremely debilitating, but I'm always eager to work the crowd.&nbsp; I believe this is due at least in part to roleplaying.Finally, I believe that gaming teaches us quite a bit about group dynamics.&nbsp; In grad school I took a class on conducting group therapy and found that I already knew quite a bit about the different types of group members (the monopolizer, the &quot;lost child,&quot; etc.) and how to deal with them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dwarf Bread, post: 2673607, member: 22205"] I met my best friend through gaming in 4th grade--we didn't know what we were doing, but we had fun. We've been friends for 25 years. I've also met most of my other friends through gaming. RPGs helped me academically, as well, both in stats and in vocabulary. "Fecund" was actually on the vocabulary portion of my graduate school entrance exam...thank you, Gary Gygax! In addition, I don't have any fear of speaking in public; for a lot of people, fear of being negatively evaluated while in front of an audience can be extremely debilitating, but I'm always eager to work the crowd. I believe this is due at least in part to roleplaying. Finally, I believe that gaming teaches us quite a bit about group dynamics. In grad school I took a class on conducting group therapy and found that I already knew quite a bit about the different types of group members (the monopolizer, the "lost child," etc.) and how to deal with them. [/QUOTE]

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