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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8260554" data-attributes="member: 7023840">If you're familiar with the 1980s movie, Revenge of the Nerds, you know that the following three things are true:1. Anthony Edwards? Anthony Edwards!2. Woah .... yeah ... those 80s movies didn't age well. I mean ... ouch. Just brutal. 3. Jocks and nerds don't mix. Or, to put it in terms Ogre might have understood .... NERDS!The reason I bring this up is that there used to be a line demarcating the province of the nerd/geek (comic books, D&amp;D, science fiction, etc.) from the rest of polite society. But, thanks to our outstanding secret plan to take over Hollywood, the Fortune 500, Silicon Valley, and popular culture, WE RULE THE WORLD! Um, wait, don't tell anyone about the secret plan. I didn't say that.Ahem. Anyway, the one are where there has still been, traditionally, some separation is the traditional battleground- JOCKS and NERDS. Of course, that's no longer the case, is it? With the rise of statistics and fantasy sports and so on, we see that even these traditional enemies have a lot in common.Which brings us to today's burning question for D&amp;D players- do you know about, or care about, the NFL Draft? I was wondering, because this has probably been the single hottest topic of conversation in my office the last couple of weeks; I was wondering if the big tent of D&amp;D has expanded to include all, or if there is still some traditional disdain for the sports.So, a poll! Finding out if the good people of enworld who (1) are familiar with D&amp;D also (2) are interested in the NFL Draft.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 8260554, member: 7023840"] If you're familiar with the 1980s movie, [I]Revenge of the Nerds[/I], you know that the following three things are true: 1. Anthony Edwards? Anthony Edwards! 2. Woah .... yeah ... those 80s movies didn't age well. I mean ... ouch. Just brutal. 3. Jocks and nerds don't mix. Or, to put it in terms Ogre might have understood .... NERDS! The reason I bring this up is that there used to be a line demarcating the province of the nerd/geek (comic books, D&D, science fiction, etc.) from the rest of polite society. But, thanks to our outstanding secret plan to take over Hollywood, the Fortune 500, Silicon Valley, and popular culture, WE RULE THE WORLD! Um, wait, don't tell anyone about the secret plan. I didn't say that. Ahem. Anyway, the one are where there has still been, traditionally, some separation is the traditional battleground- JOCKS and NERDS. Of course, that's no longer the case, is it? With the rise of statistics and fantasy sports and so on, we see that even these traditional enemies have a lot in common. Which brings us to today's burning question for D&D players- do you know about, or care about, the NFL Draft? I was wondering, because this has probably been the single hottest topic of conversation in my office the last couple of weeks; I was wondering if the big tent of D&D has expanded to include all, or if there is still some traditional disdain for the sports. So, a poll! Finding out if the good people of enworld who (1) are familiar with D&D also (2) are interested in the NFL Draft. [/QUOTE]

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