MR MILLS SCOT BRODON
2007-05-29 19:17:47 UTC
Looking at several RPG related NGs I've come to find out that DnD isn't
all that well-liked (obviously, I'm excluding the fine folks in RGFD.)
Why is that so? I know the system has it's flaws, but is it not the
most popular system out there?
Now, before I hear a few folks scream out "Popular doesn't always mean
better,", hear me out. I've played in a couple Rolemaster and GURPS
campaigns and I've got to say that it's nothing but a bunch of
overweight men who dream of one day getting a woman. I mean, these
guys, while smart, stare at charts all day for christsakes! And don't
even get me started on those who LARP for Vampire games. Talk about
freaks: "Hi, I'm a vampire and I'm named Lestat. I also happen to have
a taste for human blood." Yeah, dood, that's really original.
The point is, even though DnD may not be a perfect system, it draws the
most players. Why, I remember in my college days when certain RPGs were
cool. The Vampire players were all a bunch of goth wannabes. The
Rulemaster......oops....I meant Rolemaster players, slaved over charts
all day. And let's not forget the GURPS players who thought their
system was better than everyone elses. But never did I see such a
VARIETY of people playing an RPG as I did with DnD.
DnD is fairly simple, if awkward. It allows folks to socialize as well
as have a few drinks instead of trying to be too serious (try joking
around in a Vampire game. Those folks take their games way too
seriously.) The fact that there's a dungeon crawl going on means
little- it's all about fun. One time I met a nice young girl (age 18,
straight out of high school) who had huge misconceptions about RPGs. She
thought D&Ders were nothing but a group of geeks and Satan worshippers
(I dare not say what she thought of Vampire players.) Anyways, I yelled
at her and told her the errors of her ways. At first she rebeled but
given time and information she soon opened her mind.
That's when I finally took her to her first D&D session. She had a
blast (over many Bacardi and Cokes, if you know what I mean) and soon
changed her mind entirely. After the session she had tears in her eyes
and told me that she was sorry for thinking that I was such a person to
worship Satan. She said she didn't know how to show how full of remorse
she really was, so I told her to bend over. And as I entered her tight
poop loop and felt the flesh stretch and the ripping of tender muscle, I
too had a tear in my eyes. But it wasn't for any sin I commited. It
was for all my roleplaying brothers, the lonely who belong to a secret
society which tend to sleep with books instead of members of the
opposite sex. It was tears for those who in their pain refuse to
understand that RPGs are about fun and socializing instead of trying to
become the most powerful (like GURPS players.) Only D&D is able to
attract ALL people of the world as one under the RPG banner and as such
they tend to get laid much more often.
DESMOND PEOPLEZ
all that well-liked (obviously, I'm excluding the fine folks in RGFD.)
Why is that so? I know the system has it's flaws, but is it not the
most popular system out there?
Now, before I hear a few folks scream out "Popular doesn't always mean
better,", hear me out. I've played in a couple Rolemaster and GURPS
campaigns and I've got to say that it's nothing but a bunch of
overweight men who dream of one day getting a woman. I mean, these
guys, while smart, stare at charts all day for christsakes! And don't
even get me started on those who LARP for Vampire games. Talk about
freaks: "Hi, I'm a vampire and I'm named Lestat. I also happen to have
a taste for human blood." Yeah, dood, that's really original.
The point is, even though DnD may not be a perfect system, it draws the
most players. Why, I remember in my college days when certain RPGs were
cool. The Vampire players were all a bunch of goth wannabes. The
Rulemaster......oops....I meant Rolemaster players, slaved over charts
all day. And let's not forget the GURPS players who thought their
system was better than everyone elses. But never did I see such a
VARIETY of people playing an RPG as I did with DnD.
DnD is fairly simple, if awkward. It allows folks to socialize as well
as have a few drinks instead of trying to be too serious (try joking
around in a Vampire game. Those folks take their games way too
seriously.) The fact that there's a dungeon crawl going on means
little- it's all about fun. One time I met a nice young girl (age 18,
straight out of high school) who had huge misconceptions about RPGs. She
thought D&Ders were nothing but a group of geeks and Satan worshippers
(I dare not say what she thought of Vampire players.) Anyways, I yelled
at her and told her the errors of her ways. At first she rebeled but
given time and information she soon opened her mind.
That's when I finally took her to her first D&D session. She had a
blast (over many Bacardi and Cokes, if you know what I mean) and soon
changed her mind entirely. After the session she had tears in her eyes
and told me that she was sorry for thinking that I was such a person to
worship Satan. She said she didn't know how to show how full of remorse
she really was, so I told her to bend over. And as I entered her tight
poop loop and felt the flesh stretch and the ripping of tender muscle, I
too had a tear in my eyes. But it wasn't for any sin I commited. It
was for all my roleplaying brothers, the lonely who belong to a secret
society which tend to sleep with books instead of members of the
opposite sex. It was tears for those who in their pain refuse to
understand that RPGs are about fun and socializing instead of trying to
become the most powerful (like GURPS players.) Only D&D is able to
attract ALL people of the world as one under the RPG banner and as such
they tend to get laid much more often.
DESMOND PEOPLEZ
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Mills Scot Brodon
Mills Scot Brodon