The dangers of DnD

[Aust Diamondew]

Funny thing is...

Before he moved to Baltimore*, our next door neighbor was our Luthern pastor who loved to play D&D and Magic. He always loved playing the raging half-orc barbarians.

*Unrelated anecdote: After he moved out to Baltimore with his family, we drove out there to visit them. That sunday, we stopped by his church to sit in on a service, since he was an excellent speaker and gave great sermons. After the service, the fellow sitting in front of us turned around and asked if we were new members. We told him we were just visiting the pastor's family. He said that was too bad, complimented my singing, and said that I should have otherwise joined the church choir.

Later that day, the pastor's wife says, "Oh, I saw you talking Sid, he's such a nice guy. He sings in choir and volunteers for all the church programs." I relate our encounter with 'Sid' to her. She replies, "I thought you'd like him, Greg says he writes some kind of computer programs." Oh really? What kind of programs I wonder. "Computer games, I think," she says...

Just then I realized that I'd unknowingly met Sid Meyer, creator of Civilization.

Wow! Sid Meier is like a freaking god. The Civilization series is one of the best game series ever. And Sid Meier has his name shoved on the front of it.
I wish I could meet Sid Meier.

 

[Pbartender]

Wow! Sid Meier is like a freaking god.

Actually no... He's a person just like any of us. And a pretty good singer to boot.

Had I realized who he was, I would have congratulated him on the games that have brought so much entertainment to my wife and me, and then I would have promptly changed the subject... Maybe invite him out for a cup of coffee or something.

He seemed a pretty ordinary, laid-back sort of guy.

 

[Mark Chance]

Hey, he's not a native english speaker, some spelling errors like this are just natural.
Give him a break, ok?

That would be the Christian thing to do, admittedly, but it really chafes my backside when someone arrogantly judge millions of people (including me and my entire family) as "naive and superstitious" and worse than "stupid and narrowminded" for doing things like believing in God. I'd think someone from Copenhagen would at least know that Soren Kirkegaard believed in God, angels, devils, Hell, et cetera, but still managed to not be naive, superstitious, narrow-minded, or stupid.

I'll edit my previous post. No sense in having two people here who have resorted to cheap shots.

 

[Thanee]

No sense in having two people here who have resorted to cheap shots.

Right.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Kae'Yoss]

Disclaimer: I haven't read all the thread...

... so I don't know whether you brought this up:

http://www.pvponline.com/rants_jesus.php3

It's the PVP answer to the infamous Chick Tract. Recommended reading for all of you!

 

[ajanders]

(Deletia)

There are other things in life tha... in fact, a corrupted treant named Blackleaf.