Bass Puppet
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hahaha, today he was complaining about candles, he said they should be illegal.
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CrusaderX said:Did anyone listen to Stern's show this morning? I don't know how the topic of D&D came up, since I only heard part of the show, but Howard and his gang were ripping on the game pretty bad. In typical Stern fashion, the game was portrayed as being sexually perverse - Stern actually claimed that the game involves an older man (the DM) leading young boys into a dark basement, where they have to obey his commands. (?) Robin the co-host asked how the game is "won", and nobody had an answer. So Stern made up his own sex-related answers on how the game is won. Many more sexual comments and jokes followed, D&D players were portrayed as inept losers at best and sexual perverts at worst, and nothing was said to dispute what D&D is really like. One caller actually phoned in the show and claimed that potential police candidates are asked if they ever played D&D or not, with Stern saying that he wouldn't trust a D&D player to become a cop, since D&D players aren't mentally stable.
All in all, D&D was bashed pretty bad, and its players were made to look like total freaks. Which, coming from Stern and Co., is a case of the pot calling the kettle black, of course. But D&D really doesn't need this kind of publicity.
diaglo said:yeah, i prefer cash too.
Orius said:That's of course even more offensive. There are a lot of sports fans out there who are just as obsessed with their favorite teams as some people in fandom. Or even worse. Look at those people who go to the games wearing a speedo and body paint in their favorite team colors. How is that any different than people who go to Star Wars movies dressed like Boba Fett? Or people who camp out at the stadium for tickets. No different than the Star Wars fans who also camped out for tickets.