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Message: <blockquote data-quote="unan oranis" data-source="post: 5028840" data-attributes="member: 65462">Pardon me; I did not mean the magic rules - I meant a person falling in love with the game itself, finding the game to be mysterious, compelling.Clearly dnd players are one of the most diverse crowds associated with any hobby; thus the question of why it's "rep" is poor.  But "rep" is a generalization, and is based on generalizations - I would never judge a players reason for playing without factoring in their specific uniqueness.However, in observation of many players (in north america at least) certain trends in motivation become pretty obvious, especially at the high-school level.  Not bad or wrong or detrimental to anyones character, but plainly some people are getting things out of the game that other people get elsewhere.This capability is in fact one of many amazing attributes of rpg's in general.Maybe I'm wrong as to what makes a nerd, or why a nerd would be attracted to this activity, but the consensus and observable facts are that "nerdy" people are the ones who mostly expose non-players to the existence of the game, and thus create the profile for all of us.Perhaps dnd itself is a gateway nerd-ism and not the other way around?edit:  if it isn't obvious already, I identify myself as a raging nerd - peace my nerdly brothers</blockquote>