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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sundragon2012" data-source="post: 2624139" data-attributes="member: 7624">I have known plenty of folks who played D&D and only about 70% maybe were geeks in a classic sense. I know a guy who was in the army of 7yrs, served in Desert Storm and was an incredible athelete with a real social life who was also an intellectual with a capacity for technical work. I know other D&D players, including myself who are equally well-rounded.I think that generally speaking geeks are attracted to D&D and their geekiness is further reinforced by D&D....a vicious circle of geekdom. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> But seriously, I have known plenty of D&D players who were geeks but plenty who no one could ever call a geek. I personally feel pleased when a girl I am dating looks as me nonplussed "You play Dungeons and Dragons?" I think that if more folks didn't look the part, the D&D=Geek stereotype could become less and less a reality. Those who where surprised I played D&D were also far more open minded about learning what the game is about than if I had an overt geeky quality. They got to see that there is nothing weird about gaming and folks outside of the socially maladjusted can have such a hobby.Chris</blockquote>