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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ShinHakkaider" data-source="post: 3960786" data-attributes="member: 9213">I almost hate to say this as someone who's been playing role-playing games for well over 20 years, but your brother? He's absolutely right. It will never be cool to play D&D. It's branded as a nerd / geek hobby and that brand's gonna stick until the world ends. Also, alot of people who play D&D and other role-playing games arent helping to alter that image AT ALL. I like having relatively normal, balanced people in my groups so that when I'm trying to introduce the average person to the hobby it doesnt look like Nerdapalooza. And let's not get it twisted. There is no overall nerd acceptance, there is nerd TOLERANCE. Just because it's looking like nerds are ruling the world right now doesn't mean that people LIKE nerds. It helps to be a decent human being first...I play role-playing games, I still read comic books and I still play video games. But aside from my glasses, most people cant read me for nerd plauge right off the bat. I know this becasue I've asked people who've gotten to know me after the fact if they thought that I was into all the stuff that I was into. Personally I hate nerds or I should say a specific type of nerd. The one that relishes pedantry and the need to make themselves feel smarter at the expense of others. Guess what wisenheimer? When you make fun of the "stooopid" jock, youre no better than he is for making fun of you for being a nerd. Sad to say there are quite a few of this kind of nerd on this board as well. Anyway to get back on point, no edition change is going make D&D less nerdy. You know, unless it's an actual video game.</blockquote>

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