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D&D 5E Jocks and Nerds: If you like D&D, do you like ... the NFL Draft? (POLL)
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Orius
Legend
Jocks are The Enemy! And I loathe football. The only thing I like about football is that it's not soccer.... (cue the Brits here telling me football isn't football 
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Yeah, I'll definitely agree. My old man hated sports and never watched them. When I was younger, I tried developing an interest in sports, but never really could bring myself to care. I wasn't really concerned about which teams won, nor was I a fan of any players or teams. And as a result, I really couldn't develop an interest.
)Yeah, I'll definitely agree. My old man hated sports and never watched them. When I was younger, I tried developing an interest in sports, but never really could bring myself to care. I wasn't really concerned about which teams won, nor was I a fan of any players or teams. And as a result, I really couldn't develop an interest.
Benjamin Olson
Hero
For those wanting more fantasy in their fantasy football:
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Campbell
Relaxed Intensity
I'm a pretty casual overall football fan and a pretty dedicated Detroit Lions fan. I'll check the draft picks on my phone for the teams I care about, but I don't feel a need to watch paint dry. As a spectator I prefer lacrosse, rugby, combat sports (judo, jiujitsu. boxing, MMA) and strength sports (power lifting, crossfit*, Strong Man).
In high school I was pretty much a power athlete. Nose tackle in football, wrestled heavy weight, threw shotput and run the 100m dash. In my experience there was a good deal of crossover between us big dude athletes and general nerd culture. A lot of us played at least Magic, were into computer games, and comic books. A large portion of my D&D group in high school came from our defensive line and/or wrestling team. That might have been a bit of a chicken or the egg thing though.
As an adult I spent 4 years in the United States Army which got me back into weight training. As a commo nerd there were a lot of nerd adjacent folks who were still pretty focused on their physical fitness. My platoon sergeant at my first duty station in Suwon, South Korea got me back into World of Warcraft. Lot of Magic, computer games, and even a bit of D&D. Also lots of watching UFC fights.
After the Army I've kept active mostly through weight training, muay thai and jiujitsu. I tried Crossfit, but it's not my thing. There's a pretty big nerd intersection in both the power lifting and jiujitsu spaces. They both really benefit from an analytical approach to training. Joe Rogan has even talked about the rise of the nerd assassin in jiujitsu. Really smart dudes taking over the space.
* Not a fan of crossfit as a training modality, but really enjoy it as a spectator sport.
In high school I was pretty much a power athlete. Nose tackle in football, wrestled heavy weight, threw shotput and run the 100m dash. In my experience there was a good deal of crossover between us big dude athletes and general nerd culture. A lot of us played at least Magic, were into computer games, and comic books. A large portion of my D&D group in high school came from our defensive line and/or wrestling team. That might have been a bit of a chicken or the egg thing though.
As an adult I spent 4 years in the United States Army which got me back into weight training. As a commo nerd there were a lot of nerd adjacent folks who were still pretty focused on their physical fitness. My platoon sergeant at my first duty station in Suwon, South Korea got me back into World of Warcraft. Lot of Magic, computer games, and even a bit of D&D. Also lots of watching UFC fights.
After the Army I've kept active mostly through weight training, muay thai and jiujitsu. I tried Crossfit, but it's not my thing. There's a pretty big nerd intersection in both the power lifting and jiujitsu spaces. They both really benefit from an analytical approach to training. Joe Rogan has even talked about the rise of the nerd assassin in jiujitsu. Really smart dudes taking over the space.
* Not a fan of crossfit as a training modality, but really enjoy it as a spectator sport.
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Mind of tempest
(he/him)advocate for 5e psionics
if you are not into binge drinking or sports my town has little to offer the only d&d group died and spread out, I suppose there are religious communities but I have no faith so that would not work.
plus why would I want something I have never seen?
I believe it is related to this dark god from Warhammer or something.
Mind of tempest
(he/him)advocate for 5e psionics
no, I believe they used a have ball and kicked it into hoops.You put the sportsball in the net area, right?
Didn't the Aztecs do that with severed heads?
TwoSix
Dirty, realism-hating munchkin powergamer
Damn. Tim Duncan's always been one of my favorite players, now I think he might be #1.
