[UA] [OT] "The Game"

[Twist0059 at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/23/99 2:25:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
esp.horsepie at btinternet.com writes:

> > Non-gamers look at
>  > the theme of D&D, not the way it's played with pencil and paper and die
>  > rolls.  So they get this truly negative vision of a 30-year-old guy
>  claiming
>  > to be the "High Priest Toltan".
>  
>  yeah, but is it really any better to be a 30-year-old gut claiming to be 
the
>  "Head Cultist of Cthulhu" or the "Godwalker of the Executioner"? i don't
>  play ad&d anymore, but i think the whole "cooler than thou" thing doesn't
>  help roleplaying as a whole. maybe ad&d isn't the best vehicle in which to
>  do some "serious roleplaying". but then, you could argue that a mini metro
>  isn't the best vehicle to do some stunt racing in. in which case, you
>  obviously haven't seen The Italian Job


Not saying one system is better than the other, it's just that the American 
Public has this certain idea of a what a D&D player is like.  

So it's like having everyone judge you as if your favorite movie is "Willow", 
when it's really "Pulp Fiction".    Those people who would be into what 
you're playing hear "D&D" and think "oh, it's fantasy stuff" and split or 
write you off.  








 

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