tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14114860.post2762509084037963690..comments2024-02-28T00:52:26.740-08:00Comments on The Lair of the Evil DM: "I hear it makes kids worship the devil"evildmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11365812717229067172noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14114860.post-30410525065228220432008-08-29T06:15:00.000-07:002008-08-29T06:15:00.000-07:00I was fortunate that my parents never fell for the...I was fortunate that my parents never fell for the stupidity or the hype. Of course, they didn't like my playing D&D, but that was because I was neglecting my schoolwork to play a game, not because the game itself was 'dangerous'. (On the other hand, it probably didn't help that I knew Dallas Egbert - whose disappearance started alot of the national hype - from our local Chess Club. Ironically neither of us knew the other played D&D until after he returned home and started playing in a game with one of my former gamers.)<BR/><BR/>And we all owe a debt of gratitude to Michael Stackpole for taking on Pat Pulling and many others on the issue of the (lack of a) connection between D&D and Suicide and other issues. http://www.rpgstudies.net/stackpole/pulling_report.html<BR/><BR/>(For those who are unaware of the facts, it has been estimated that the incidence of suicide among D&D players is lower than that of the population at large. If anything, D&D makes suicide less likely for the simple reason that one of the primary causes of suicide is isolation and depression and having friends tends to reduce feeling of isolation/depression and D&D is a social activity and leads to making friends).<BR/><BR/>But we all knew that anyway. <BR/><BR/>CarlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14114860.post-21888644743647697382008-08-28T22:45:00.000-07:002008-08-28T22:45:00.000-07:00The youngest of my two sisters sat me down and tal...The youngest of my two sisters sat me down and talked and talked to the point of tears about how concerned she was that I was going to conjure demons.<BR/><BR/>*sigh*<BR/><BR/>I will never, ever forget this moment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14114860.post-62905749146550263432008-08-28T18:11:00.000-07:002008-08-28T18:11:00.000-07:00I know precisely where you're coming from. Wh...I know precisely where you're coming from. <BR/><BR/>When I was little my grandpa gave me a brochure and a scolding to never play D&D, because I would be "possessed by a demon". <BR/><BR/>I actually argued it for a while, trying to point out the sweet irony. He was saying that in reality I would be, literally, possessed by a demon, on account of not being grounded by reality.<BR/><BR/>I made the mistake of actually laughing. I think I said something like "Are we still on Earth? Do the laws of physics still exist? Possessed by a demon? Really?"<BR/><BR/>Yeah. Goofy, ignorant knuckleheads sure made it tougher.brandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507192624540239249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14114860.post-13042433665121440872008-08-28T14:51:00.000-07:002008-08-28T14:51:00.000-07:00Posted just today about one of the peeps behind th...Posted just today about one of the peeps behind the perpetuation of this crap...guess you'll have to come over and check it out!<BR/><BR/>Totally agree, as a whole, I'd say gamers are a lot better adjusted than folks who can't stop thinking about going to hell eh?Donny_the_DMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05679820663329606114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14114860.post-75186944066804440902008-08-28T14:34:00.000-07:002008-08-28T14:34:00.000-07:00I'm lucky in that my parents were at least som...I'm lucky in that my parents were at least somewhat smarter than that. They warned me about the things they had heard in regard to D&D suicide. They basically said that, as long as I didn't let the game overshadow the rest of my life I was ok playing. Glad they were so open minded about it.The Pretentious Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16735230941952160631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14114860.post-66786255978171312432008-08-28T12:30:00.000-07:002008-08-28T12:30:00.000-07:00Thanks for the props, Evil DM!Thanks for the props, Evil DM!Reis O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06968860465396048985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14114860.post-7500682073611077002008-08-28T10:25:00.000-07:002008-08-28T10:25:00.000-07:00Shades of Wertham!Shades of Wertham!JustDave1472https://www.blogger.com/profile/00354910659607781153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14114860.post-11480412799943129072008-08-28T09:12:00.000-07:002008-08-28T09:12:00.000-07:00Fortunately for me my mom wasn't much of a reader....Fortunately for me my mom wasn't much of a reader. She wouldn't have liked what I was reading, but she didn't know much about it.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com