Comments on: Gamers Deserve Better

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Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:34:23 +0000

[...] Gamers Deserve Better from Theo Dudek, Ultimate Game Master (ultimatedm.com) [...]

By: admin

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:05:54 +0000

@Sherp Yes, it would have been cool to invite him to a game. ^^ Maybe I missed an opportunity…

By: Sherp

Sherp — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:39:05 +0000

You know, you could invite him to play a game with you. Maybe a few hours of role-playing and dice rolling would change his opinion of D&D from “that weird game that those weird people play” to “this cool game that I tried once.” He might not want to right away, but if you made the recording contingent on him trying the game at least once, I bet you could get him to sit down and try it.

Of course, whether you want to inflict this person on your players might depend on how patient said players are. :-) But it might be a better option than saying “no, you’re an idiot, go away.”

By: kaeosdad

kaeosdad — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:31:47 +0000

Over here the reactions I’ve gotten has been that some people think that it’s either a devil worshiping game or a joke. Truth is that so much people become so self absorbed in their own worlds that everything outside of it is a joke. Most people are delusional when it comes to gauging their standards of what is and isn’t normal.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:50:34 +0000

The lack of research (”There’s no D&D conventions”) is what really bugged me. ^^* And of course, yes, anyone with just a little knowledge of D&D can do a better parody of RPGs than someone who has none. Doesn’t this guy even watch The Guild?!!

By: Tyler

Tyler — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:10:56 +0000

That’s a riot. Though as a filmmaker of sorts, I feel compelled to apologize for the shady way this one comported himself.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:50:11 +0000

“Really? I thought D&D was just a made-up game people used to epitomize geekiness.”

Nope, that would be Klingon Boggle.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:15:47 +0000

Once I told someone I played D&D. Her response was, “Really? I thought D&D was just a made-up game people used to epitomize geekiness.”

By: Rev. Lazaro

Rev. Lazaro — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:24:21 +0000

That’s sad. The worst part is there’s already mockumentaries out there about gamers, and were designed by real gamers, and thus the humor was hilarious. I bet this guy would make some lame jokes that were really only funny to people outside the gamer circles in a failed attempt to poke fun at us; when really we’d just sit around shaking our heads and going “Gee, the Nerd vs Jock mentality died after high school fellas.”

By: Christian

Christian — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:41:43 +0000

What an idiot. I’m glad you hung up on that guy. We, as gamers, don’t have to put up with people who try to perpetuate stereotypes at our expense.