Israeli army frowns on D&D (merged)

[Greylock]

I'd like to see the all-FPS-pc-game-recruited-Army go up against the PnP-RPG-recruited-Army. I'd pay good money even. It would be an interesting fight.

[My money will be on the PnPer-DnDing-pcFPSers.]

 

[Darkness]

Sure. Maybe we should get another merge?

That's what I was thinking too. *merge*

 

[Greylock]

That's what I was thinking too. *merge*

Bah. Think outside the box. Think of this as a Fated topic. This topic has touched a nerve with a lot of irregular visitors. I, for one, wonder why?

 

[Jdvn1]

Thanks Dark. You obviously have a lot of patience. This was the fourth one or what?

 

[Yair]

A number of the follow-up comments were pointing out that the pictures were from "RD&D", which seems to be a form of LARP popular in Israel. Just Google "RD&D LARP" and see...

Anyone know anything more about this RD&D? The Hebrew is a leetle hard to read Anyone know why they haven't been sued their asses off by WotC for using that name?

RD&D stands for Real D&D. I am not sure on how it came about, but in israel it is essentially synonimous to LARP. It came to the fore with Russian immigrants, so I suppose it is a translation of their own term for it. In practice most RD&D games have very little to do with D&D, and are usually more freeforms. The russian players are renowned for their martial skills, so personal ability tends to be important
That said this is all from hear-say, as I'm not in the scene (but one of my friends is).

 

[somekindofjerk]

Not having seen any evidence either way, I wonder how scientifically sound it is to declare that D&D players queue up outside the psychologist's office. Would anyone happen to know if Israel has equivalents to U.S. medical and psych review boards that can say "whoa-up there, Action Jackson!" to this sort of thing? I don't see how pnp gaming is qualified as aberrant behavior, though I can see what might be considered strange about LARPing (not a knock against anyone, trust me), any more than perhaps civil war recreationists, or folks who go out an rebuild viking longboats, triremes, and other forms of archaic transport for personal use, or RenFair, or the recreationists at various historic landmarks for that matter. This whole affair just seems... wonky to me. :\

 

[FreeTheSlaves]

Well, one of the most villainous armies around frowns on D&D? So what? They probably don't want to go near anything that may, by chance, tackle moral dilemmas. Thinking soldiers might ask uncomfortable questions.

 

[DM_Matt]

Well, one of the most villainous armies around frowns on D&D? So what? They probably don't want to go near anything that may, by chance, tackle moral dilemmas. Thinking soldiers might ask uncomfortable questions.

As someone for whom the politics of that region is my academic specialty, I'd love to go toe to toe on you on that, I'm going to respect the house rules on this one. I hope you -- or a mod -- would do the same with that post.

 

[Yair]

Well, one of the most villainous armies around frowns on D&D? So what? They probably don't want to go near anything that may, by chance, tackle moral dilemmas. Thinking soldiers might ask uncomfortable questions.

The amusing thing is, even if this closes this thread another one is bound to come up

FreeThe Slaves: Please read the forum rules. Wouldn't you be insulted if I described NewZealand's X as "one of the most villainous" or something like that? Please don't muddle the water with politics, there are plenty of other forums for that.

 

[caudor]

The IDF wants to send D&D players to see a psychologist? It begs the question: What happens to psychologists who play D&D? Will a D&D playing psychologist need to go see a non-D&D playing psychologist in order to get in?

Yep, maybe I am detached from reality just a tad. Feels kinda good sometimes