Who ruined D&D's Rep?

[Thartiel]

This thread is here for everyone to voice their opinion of what person or group made D&D seem really geeky and stupid, making them think the same of any who played it.
I'll start: LARPers. They are the idiots running around in a robe in the woods yelling "Lightning bolt" and hitting each other with foam swords

 

[Morrus]

OK, I admit it. It was me.

I had a cold that day.

 

[Raven Crowking]

OK, I admit it. It was me.

I had a cold that day.

Seconded. It was Morrus.


RC

 

[ShinHakkaider]

In one way or another:

ALL OF US.

 

[Somebloke]

In one way or another:

ALL OF US.

My first thought.

To be fair the game was aimed at a demographic lacking in cool cred.

 

[diaglo]

james dallas egbert iii

jack chick

followed by anita bryant, tipper gore, and the rest of the mothers against fun

lorraine williams

 

[Dice4Hire]

Well, anything hat does not involve a ball is uncool. A d20 just does not cut it.

 

[DaveMage]

Naked boobs in the 1E rulebooks.

Ah boobs, the cause of - and solution to - all of life's problems.

 

[Riley]

I'm pretty sure I helped.

 

[Bullgrit]

ALL OF US.

Oddly, my original game group(s) in high school were not really uncool.

One guy was a football player. One guy was in track and field. One guy was sort of a bodybuilder (he worked out a lot and was "ripped"). One guy was a pot head (not cool, but not what you think of as a "nerd"). Most of us dated girls here and there, and some of us had a girlfriend at one time or another while we played D&D (my girlfriend at one point was a cheerleader -- yes, really).

There were some of my fellow gamers who fit the stereotype of "nerd D&D player," but they were not the majority.

In my early twenties, I would go clubbing and dancing on Friday and Saturday nights, and then play games with my friends on Sunday night.

I think becoming a dad has made me more uncool than gaming ever did.

Geek in Preppy Clothing

Geeks Nerds Dorks

Bullgrit