Israeli army frowns on D&D (merged)

[Hand of Evil]

Tactics, maneuvers, capiblities, flexability, inventivness, all are positives from the game and I would think would be important but then again it is what is important to you and what you are looking for in an army.

 

[Krieg]

Might be a nicer world if we did.

Quite the opposite I suspect.

 

[kolvar]

I wonder how the average other person evaluates with the psychologists They only stated, that half of the rpglers evaluated where not good enough. But how many other people are evaluated? And when? And why?

But still, the point, that most modern role-players have stopped to look at things in black and white might be a moral dilemma for soldiering.

 

[Lhorgrim]

I thought maybe it was because they caught some recruits running an Al-Qadim campaign.

I had to chuckle when I read that one.

 

[BiggusGeekus]

Dang. I was all about to sign up for the IDF, too.

The only thing stopping me was tousands of miles of ocean, my advanced years, and my absolutely stunning gut. Now I'll have to follow my second love, interperative dance.

 

[Darkness]

A role-player I know described his experiences in the military as "one big LARP." Seems he had a lot of fun.
Of course, he's nearly invulnerable to verbal attacks, which probably helped. Others' mileage certainly varies.

 

[reveal]

Dang. I was all about to sign up for the IDF, too.

The only thing stopping me was tousands of miles of ocean, my advanced years, and my absolutely stunning gut. Now I'll have to follow my second love, interperative dance.

"Can I be honest with you guys?"

"Of course."

"Well, I've been thinking about my plan to go to law school. So I'm standing in line at the post office the other day and I look around and I realize that these are the people I would be representing. The dregs of humanity. Not that humanity's bad or anything, I just... I don't know."

"So, if you're not going to law school, what do you want to do?"

"....I wanna dance!"

--- Horribly misquoted from Dazed and Confused

 

[Gunslinger]

Israeli Army Discriminates Against D&D Players

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles//0,7340,L-3052074,00.html

"One of the tests we do, either by asking soldiers directly or through information provided us, is to ask whether they take part in the game," he says. "If a soldier answers in the affirmative, he is sent to a professional for an evaluation, usually a psychologist."

Here we go again...

 

[francisca]

No flamage intended, but this already posted. about 4 times, in the off-topic area.

 

[Yair]

Who reads the off-topic forum?

Anyways the discrimination is apparently only regarding live action roleplaying, not tabletop D&D. At least I said I played D&D and I got accepted as an intelligence sargeant (non-officer-commander, what's the english term?), so it apprently didn't hurt MY profile...

I find the idea insane to begin with, but hey that's not the only stupid thing they do.
BTW you get discharged if you're in a "self-awareness" group like IM or, I believe, Vipassana.