Why is Dungeons and Dragons looked down upon by our society?

[Schadenfroh]

See title, they dont like games that require creativity and thought?

 

[captains]

its the devil....and no one wants their kids to grow up to be nerds

 

[akubi]

I think it's fine until you get to the stage where you take the role playing aspect a little too seriously.

see reno 911 for reference.

 

[blackdogdeek]

some people think the world of make-believe and pretending is best left to children.

 

[dighn]

 

[FoBoT]

most people don't have a wizard hat, so they don't "get it"

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek
the world of make-believe and pretending

You mean like marriage?

 

[HardcoreRobot]

the people that play that game are usually "different"

that is standard human reaction, not that i agree with it

 

[Teliasen]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek
some people think the world of make-believe and pretending is best left to children.

You mean like marriage?

 

[Fingolfin269]

Have you seen the people who play?

 

[NiKeFiDO]

stereotype

 

[Teliasen]

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
Have you seen the people who play?

I think he is one...

 

[Amplifier]

D&D rulez!~!!111!!!!!11!1

And by D&D I mean morrowind.

 

[dighn]

by D&D do you mean computer RPG games or the "pen + pencil" games? or both?

 

[DnetMHZ]

LIGHTNING BOLT!!! LIGHTNING BOLT!!

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: Teliasen

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
Have you seen the people who play?

I think he is one...

nah, know some people that do...

I was in chem 101 lab and my lab partner and i were heating some chemicals to boiling and it was taking too long, so i said that "I wish we had someone that plays D&D here to conjur up a fireball to make this damn thing boil." He reached into his backpack and pulled a pair of dice out and rolled them and said, "Rolled a 20, YEH!!! that mother f*cker critted"

 

[Teliasen]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: Teliasen

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
Have you seen the people who play?

I think he is one...

nah, know some people that do...

I was in chem 101 lab and my lab partner and i were heating some chemicals to boiling and it was taking too long, so i said that "I wish we had someone that plays D&D here to conjur up a fireball to make this damn thing boil." He reached into his backpack and pulled a pair of dice out and rolled them and said, "Rolled a 20, YEH!!! that mother f*cker critted"

LOL

You're kidding, right?

 

[imported_Tomato]

Dunno, but I enjoy it.

Just joined a regular group that plays every Sunday. My fiance and I, and 3 other guys (a 30-year-old middle school assistant principal, a 28-year-old pharm drug researcher, and a 32-year-old hairdresser)... it's great fun

 

[akubi]

Originally posted by: Teliasen

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: Teliasen

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
Have you seen the people who play?

I think he is one...

nah, know some people that do...

I was in chem 101 lab and my lab partner and i were heating some chemicals to boiling and it was taking too long, so i said that "I wish we had someone that plays D&D here to conjur up a fireball to make this damn thing boil." He reached into his backpack and pulled a pair of dice out and rolled them and said, "Rolled a 20, YEH!!! that mother f*cker critted"

LOL

You're kidding, right?

of course he is! you'd have to be stupid to cast an aoe like fireball in a chem lab.

 

[Queasy]

Because of people like this?

 

[imported_Tomato]

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
Have you seen the people who play?

People who play it.

 

[meltdown75]

Because you touch yourself at night?

 

[Gurck]

You need an "I look down on people who look down on it" option

 

[dighn]

where is the option that i don't look up down upon any of them? yes even the "LIGHTNING BOLT" crowd

 

[Toasthead]

its because a few people took it WAAAAAY too far and ruined it for everyone.