You archaically-minded fucksticks...

[Spee]

Originally Posted by Bighoss

you'll thank your dad in a few years.

for preventing me from doing something which innumerable other people enjoy safely and harmlessly? Oh yes, Ill thank him.


Ill also thank him for trying to get me into sports, something that I couldnt give two shits about.


Tell me, what difference is there in cultishly following sports figures, buying newspapers to see a few numbers, occupying a computer to retreive some other numbers because some idiot told you those numbers were wrong, and Dungeons and Dragons?


Ill tell you - The D&D Kid is going to have a much more fufilling life than the bookie-wannabe prick.

[Neon Apocalypse]

you gotta love how your brother said that your dad likes watching the opening sequence of Saving Private Ryan when your dad said that D&D is a game for violent sociopaths

[Angel_of_Death]

Originally Posted by Spee

for preventing me from doing something which innumerable other people enjoy safely and harmlessly? Oh yes, Ill thank him.


Ill also thank him for trying to get me into sports, something that I couldnt give two shits about.


Tell me, what difference is there in cultishly following sports figures, buying newspapers to see a few numbers, occupying a computer to retreive some other numbers because some idiot told you those numbers were wrong, and Dungeons and Dragons?


Ill tell you - The D&D Kid is going to have a much more fufilling life than the bookie-wannabe prick.

Someone hooked on playing D&D is going to have a much more fulfilling life than a sports fan? Sorry, but I fail to see how you come to that conclusion.

[HunterKiller]

Your dad is awesome, but for a diffrent reason than not letting you get your game.

[oddfish]

DnD... i dunno. i played football. i turned out okay. i mean. i'm a ***, and i like to make really weird silly signatures, and i like promiscuous sex with girls i barely know, and alcohol is a good water subsitute, but aside from that, i'm you're normal average joe. i think i'd have turned out the same way if i played DnD. what i'm trying to say is that playing DnD isn't gonna turn you into a creep, it's how the people around you react to you playing DnD. if they treat you like a creep you're going to start acting like one, unless you have a very strong mind. then they won't be able to use the force to control your mind and tell you that these are not the droids you're looking for. after which you, bill paxton, and micheal bean can kill all the aliens and save the human race. GO BRUINS!

what i'm trying to say is: DnD isn't going to fuck anyone or anything up.. it's the ignorant assholes around you who make it into a problem.

[HunterKiller]

Originally Posted by oddfish

GO BRUINS!

now way, GO AVALANCHE!

[HunterKiller]

Originally Posted by oddfish

GO BRUINS!

no way, GO AVALANCHE!

[oddfish]

Originally Posted by HunterKiller

no way, GO AVALANCHE!

moosecock

[Sputty]

Originally Posted by Spee

for preventing me from doing something which innumerable other people enjoy safely and harmlessly? Oh yes, Ill thank him.


Ill also thank him for trying to get me into sports, something that I couldnt give two shits about.


Tell me, what difference is there in cultishly following sports figures, buying newspapers to see a few numbers, occupying a computer to retreive some other numbers because some idiot told you those numbers were wrong, and Dungeons and Dragons?


Ill tell you - The D&D Kid is going to have a much more fufilling life than the bookie-wannabe prick.

Don't take it personally. Bighoss feels he has more experience than he actually does. Not trying to insult Bighoss, but most people feel that way.

[Spee]

Originally Posted by Angel_of_Death

Someone hooked on playing D&D is going to have a much more fulfilling life than a sports fan? Sorry, but I fail to see how you come to that conclusion.

In my eyes, he will. But then again, Im of the opinion that your average-joe American is a waste of Oxygen.

[WildEagle]

D&D sux I played atleast 50 times. Everytime I died because of bulshit.
Magic suxxorz too. I'm somewhat flaming but it seems everyone I know that plays those, have no social life.

[Spee]

Originally Posted by WildEagle

D&D sux I played atleast 50 times. Everytime I died because of bulshit.
Magic suxxorz too. I'm somewhat flaming but it seems everyone I know that plays those, have no social life.

70% of the time, you die ebcause you did something really dumb.


the other 30 is because your DM is a jerk.

[Infernus]

Originally Posted by HunterKiller

no way, GO AVALANCHE!

heh whats it matter... the Flyers will win in the end...

[Neon Apocalypse]

D&D is kinda fun. But you have to play with friends that aren't too serious or too little serious about it. It can be fun with the right bunch of people. Spee's dad shouldn't care at all. Just get it and hide it or something. Theres some messed up people in this world. I have no way of telling if you're one of them, but sometimes games can drive people crazy when you get obsessed with them. For you it shouldn't be a problem since you just want to play with people from school. Let me tell you a story of a possible columbine.

I had a friend, well i wouldn't consider him as someone i really know, but we became friends over the internet playing Desert Combat. We started a clan called SOAR which a few people from the previous clan we were both in joined because we decided we didn't like what the leader of that one was doing. Anyways I always thought he was a bit of an odd guy. He liked to make fun of people and show off a bit. But he was cool. Anyways he lived in Pennsylvania in some rural place. His family did lots of hunting so he had access to some weapons. DC is a sort of realistic FPS with modern day weapons. This friend of mine was a bit obsessed with it. He just loved shooting people in it while I was the clan's main pilot. He wasn't the most popular kid in school. Didn't have a girlfriend and he was in 10th grade. I'm not sure if he ever had a good girlfriend who loved him. Eventually the clan thing got boring and I got addicted to PS and i stopped playing DC. The clan was kinda getting boring since the person in charge of the server was always away and couldnt patch it frequently. So we kinda just split. This week I talked to another friend that was in our clan. He told me that my other friend, SFCOBRA was his name, was arrested. What happened was he was talking to a friend from school on AIM and he said he was going to come to school and shoot everyone then commit suicide. I'm not sure if he was drunk or something but he said it. Somehow the word got to someone and the police found out. He was arrested and all his computers discs and electronics were confiscated. He was sent to a mental rehab hospital/ juvenile hall thing. His life is pretty much over. Everyone thinks hes a psychopath. Im not sure if he's tried commiting suicide.

The thing is this kid seemed normal to me at first. FPS games can change people when they become obsessed. Its something you have to be careful of if you think you are weak minded or act without thinking. The kids who did the columbine shootings were addicted to doom and did lots of modding to it.

What I'm tring to say here is that games can change people. What you're dad said was true. There are people addicted to games that get obsessed and do crazy things.

I personally am not worried about myself because I would never intend or even think of killing someone. I could barely come to grips with shooting a deer. Unless i was going to die or something.

As for D&D you just gotta watch out for the obsessed people. I dunno what could happen but who knows. Someone could get obsessed with swords and go out slashing people up or something. There are some fucked up people out there my friend.

[AztecWarrior]

I belive you need a DM who isn't too serious, but serious enough to not have you in an inn with DirecTV watching elf porn. I wish I made that last part up, but I've actually seen that happen.

Granted, it was in 7th grade, but still.

You also need one who doesn't give you a sword and tells you to go kill like 200 goblins. The same applies in reverse, 3 small monsters per session is no good.